Asymptotic symmetries of AdS2 Branes

C. Bachas

Asymptotic symmetries of AdS2 Branes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v2

Authors: C. Bachas

Abstract

I analyze the asymptotic symmetries of a theory of gravity in a background consisting of two patches of ${\rm AdS}_3$ spacetime glued together along an ${\rm AdS}_2$ brane. These are generated by a single Virasoro algebra, as expected from the conjectured dual description in terms of a scale-invariant interface separating two conformal field theories. Contributed to the proceedings of the Francqui Colloquium 2001: `Strings and Gravity: Tying the Forces Together .'

Keywords

asymptotic symmetries AdS branes Virasoro algebra conformal field theory interface

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-th/0205115,
  title  = {Asymptotic symmetries of AdS2 Branes},
  author = {C. Bachas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0205115},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

11 pages, Latex file. Minor changes and some extra references

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