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Holographic complexity under a global quantum quench

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-10-25 v2

Abstract

There are several different proposals, relating holographic complexity to the gravitational objects defined on the Wheeler-DeWitt patch. In this paper, we investigate the evolution of complexity following a global quantum quench for these proposals. We find that surprisingly they all reproduce known properties of complexity, such as the switchback effect. However, each of these proposals also has its own characteristic features during the dynamical evolution, which may serve as a powerful tool to distinguish the various holographic duals of complexity.

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@article{arxiv.1811.01473,
  title  = {Holographic complexity under a global quantum quench},
  author = {Zhong-Ying Fan and Minyong Guo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.01473},
  year   = {2019}
}

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To appear in NPB, published version; 41+15 pages

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