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Fake gaps in AdS_3/CFT_2

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-01-20 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We discuss properties of interpolating geometries in three dimensional gravity in the presence of a chiral anomaly. This anomaly, which introduces an unbalance between left and right central charges, is protected under RG flows. For this simple reason it is impossible to gap a system with such an anomaly. Our goal is to discuss how holography captures this basic and robust feature. We demonstrate the absence of a mass gap by analysing the linearized spectrum and holographic entanglement entropy of these backgrounds in the context of AdS3_3/CFT2_2.

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@article{arxiv.1508.01201,
  title  = {Fake gaps in AdS_3/CFT_2},
  author = {Alexandre Belin and Alejandra Castro and Ling-Yan Hung},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.01201},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

22 pages + Appendices, v2 bibliography fixed + references added

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