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Dissipation in Open Holography

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-10-07 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We exploit the holographic realization of a conformal theory coupled to an external bath realized via a double trace deformation and its gravity dual in terms of transparent boundary conditions in order to map out some basic dissipative properties of this simple open holographic system. In particular, we determine the energy transmission coefficient across the boundary, discover a novel duality relating weak and strong coupling to the external bath, and quantify the dissipation in the system by working out the quasi normal modes.

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@article{arxiv.2509.14312,
  title  = {Dissipation in Open Holography},
  author = {Andreas Karch and Merna Youssef},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.14312},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

30 pages, 11 Figures, v2: clarifications made, references added

R2 v1 2026-07-01T05:42:37.626Z