Root-T \overline{T} Deformed Boundary Conditions in Holography

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVD.107.126022arXiv2304.08723MaRDI QIDQ6433449FDOQ6433449

Authors: Stephen Ebert, Christian Ferko, Zhengdi Sun 

Publication date: 18 April 2023

Abstract: We develop the holographic dictionary for pure $mathrm{AdS}_3$ gravity where the Lagrangian of the dual $2d$ conformal field theory has been deformed by an arbitrary function of the energy-momentum tensor. In addition to the $ToverlineT$ deformation, examples of such functions include a class of marginal stress tensor deformations which are special because they leave the generating functional of connected correlators unchanged up to a redefinition of the source and expectation value. Within this marginal class, we identify the unique deformation that commutes with the $ToverlineT$ flow, which is the root-$ToverlineT$ operator, and write down the modified boundary conditions corresponding to this root-$ToverlineT$ deformation. We also identify the unique marginal stress tensor flow for the cylinder spectrum of the dual CFT which commutes with the inviscid Burgers' flow driven by $ToverlineT$, and we propose this unique flow as a candidate root-$ToverlineT$ deformation of the energy levels. We study BTZ black holes in $mathrm{AdS}_3$ subject to root-$ToverlineT$ deformed boundary conditions, and find that their masses flow in a way which is identical to that of our candidate root-$ToverlineT$ energy flow equation, which offers evidence that this flow is the correct one. Finally, we also obtain the root-$ToverlineT$ deformed boundary conditions for the gauge field in the Chern-Simons formulation of $mathrm{AdS}_3$ gravity.

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