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Holographic R\'enyi $n\to 0$ entropy and Euclidean fluids

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-12-16 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

We explore the holographic prescription for computing the refined R\'enyi entropies S~n\tilde S_n in the n0n \to 0 limit within the AdSd+1_{d+1}/CFTd_d framework. This limit can be interpreted as a high-temperature regime with respect to the energy defined by the modular Hamiltonian of the state reduced to a subregion. To leading order in nn, we find that the system attains local equilibrium and admits a CFT description in terms of a Euclidean, irrotational perfect fluid. This fluid exhibits vortex-like boundary conditions at the entangling surface. Guided by this physical picture, we construct an ansatz for the dual geometry in terms of the boundary fluid variables. We show that our anzats solves Einstein's equations coupled to a cosmic brane at leading order in nn, in agreement with Dong's proposal for the holographic dual to the refined R\'enyi entropy. The resulting conical singularity, signaling the brane's location, can be understood from this perspective as the bulk extension of the boundary fluid vortices.

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@article{arxiv.2503.08773,
  title  = {Holographic R\'enyi $n\to 0$ entropy and Euclidean fluids},
  author = {Cesar A. Agón and Horacio Casini and Pedro J. Martinez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.08773},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

27 pages and 1 figure. v2 contains a few improvements to match the version accepted for publication at JHEP. It contains appendices B and C. App B discusses our two-dimensional results from the Schottky uniformization perspective, and App C analyzes the relevance of the region behind the zero-determinant wall