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Holographic flows from CFT to the Kasner universe

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-08-26 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

The Schwarzschild singularity is known to be classically unstable. We demonstrate a simple holographic consequence of this fact, focusing on a perturbation that is uniform in boundary space and time. Deformation of the thermal state of the dual CFT by a relevant operator triggers a nonzero temperature holographic renormalization group flow in the bulk. This flow continues smoothly through the horizon and, at late interior time, deforms the Schwarzschild singularity into a more general Kasner universe. We show that the deformed near-singularity, trans-horizon Kasner exponents determine specific non-analytic corrections to the thermal correlation functions of heavy operators in the dual CFT, in the analytically continued `near-singularity' regime.

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@article{arxiv.2004.01192,
  title  = {Holographic flows from CFT to the Kasner universe},
  author = {Alexander Frenkel and Sean A. Hartnoll and Jorrit Kruthoff and Zhengyan D. Shi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.01192},
  year   = {2020}
}

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21 pages, 5 figures