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Defining the $T \overline{T}$ Deformation on $\mathrm{AdS}_2$

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-05-13 v2

Abstract

We show that the TTT \overline{T} deformation of two-dimensional quantum field theory on AdS2\mathrm{AdS}_2 is well-defined and solvable at the quantum level. Flow equations for the energy spectrum and partition function are derived in analogy with the flat space case. As a non-trivial check, we perturbatively compute the deformed energy spectrum for the case of a free scalar field. We analyze the high energy density of states of the deformed theory and find a Hagedorn growth of states.

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@article{arxiv.2005.00431,
  title  = {Defining the $T \overline{T}$ Deformation on $\mathrm{AdS}_2$},
  author = {T. Daniel Brennan and Christian Ferko and Emil Martinec and Savdeep Sethi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.00431},
  year   = {2020}
}

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29 pages; LaTeX; references and comments added

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