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Cobordism Conjecture in AdS

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-06-26 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

McNamara and Vafa conjectured that any pair of consistent quantum gravity theories can be connected by a domain wall. We test the conjecture in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence. There are topological constraints on existence of an interface between the corresponding conformal field theories. We discuss how to construct domain walls in AdS predicted by the conjecture when the corresponding conformal interfaces are prohibited by topological obstructions.

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@article{arxiv.2006.13953,
  title  = {Cobordism Conjecture in AdS},
  author = {Hirosi Ooguri and Tadashi Takayanagi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.13953},
  year   = {2020}
}

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3 pages

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