Supergroup Structure of Jackiw-Teitelboim Supergravity

DOI10.1007/JHEP08(2022)002arXiv2106.09353MaRDI QIDQ6370537FDOQ6370537

Thomas G. Mertens, Yale Fan

Publication date: 17 June 2021

Abstract: We develop the gauge theory formulation of $mathcalN=1$ Jackiw-Teitelboim supergravity in terms of the underlying $extOSp(1|2,mathbbR)$ supergroup, focusing on boundary dynamics and the exact structure of gravitational amplitudes. We prove that the BF description reduces to a super-Schwarzian quantum mechanics on the holographic boundary, where boundary-anchored Wilson lines map to bilocal operators in the super-Schwarzian theory. A classification of defects in terms of monodromies of $extOSp(1|2,mathbbR)$ is carried out and interpreted in terms of character insertions in the bulk. From a mathematical perspective, we construct the principal series representations of $extOSp(1|2,mathbbR)$ and show that whereas the corresponding Plancherel measure does not match the density of states of $mathcalN=1$ JT supergravity, a restriction to the positive subsemigroup $ext{OSp}^{+}(1|2,mathbbR)$ yields the correct density of states, mirroring the analogous results for bosonic JT gravity. We illustrate these results with several gravitational applications, in particular computing the late-time complexity growth in JT supergravity.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Black holes (83C57) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Supergravity (83E50)

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