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Gauge dependence of the AdS instability problem

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-12-20 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Previous work on the AdS instability problem within the two-time framework (TTF) has found an "oscillating singularity" whose presence depends on the gauge choice. We give a physical interpretation of this singularity as a diverging redshift between the boundary and the center of AdS. This signals a genuine breakdown of the linearized gravity. One can also identify the diverging redshift through a back-reaction calculation purely in the boundary gauge, where the TTF result stays regular.

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@article{arxiv.1607.08094,
  title  = {Gauge dependence of the AdS instability problem},
  author = {Fotios V. Dimitrakopoulos and Ben Freivogel and Juan F. Pedraza and I-Sheng Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.08094},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

12 pages; v2: references added and minor typos were fixed, v3: Resubmitted to match the journal version, minor typos were fixed

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