Effective description of sub-maximal chaos: stringy effects for SYK scrambling

DOI10.1007/JHEP03(2023)142MaRDI QIDQ6158636zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Changha Choi, Felix M. Haehl, Márk Mezei, Gábor Sárosi

Publication date 31 May 2023

Published in Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.05698

zbMATH Keywords

AdS-CFT correspondenceblack holes in string theoryeffective field theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum theory (81-XX)

Abstract: It has been proposed that the exponential decay and subsequent power law saturation of out-of-time-order correlation functions can be universally described by collective 'scramblon' modes. We develop this idea from a path integral perspective in several examples, thereby establishing a general formalism. After reformulating previous work on the Schwarzian theory and identity conformal blocks in two-dimensional CFTs relevant for systems in the infinite coupling limit with maximal quantum Lyapunov exponent, we focus on theories with sub-maximal chaos: we study the large-q limit of the SYK quantum dot and chain, both of which are amenable to analytical treatment at finite coupling. In both cases we identify the relevant scramblon modes, derive their effective action, and find bilocal vertex functions, thus constructing an effective description of chaos. The final results can be matched in detail to stringy corrections to the gravitational eikonal S-matrix in holographic CFTs, including a stringy Regge trajectory, bulk to boundary propagators, and multi-string effects that are unexplored holographically.

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