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Kinematic Space and Wormholes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-02-01 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

The kinematic space could play a key role in constructing the bulk geometry from dual CFT. In this paper, we study the kinematic space from geometric points of view, without resorting to differential entropy. We find that the kinematic space could be intrinsically defined in the embedding space. For each oriented geodesic in the Poincar\'e disk, there is a corresponding point in the kinematic space. This point is the tip of the causal diamond of the disk whose intersection with the Poincar\'e disk determines the geodesic. In this geometric construction, the causal structure in the kinematic space can be seen clearly. Moreover, we find that every transformation in the SL(2,R)SL(2,\mathbb{R}) leads to a geodesic in the kinematic space. In particular, for a hyperbolic transformation defining a BTZ black hole, it is a timelike geodesic in the kinematic space. We show that the horizon length of the static BTZ black hole could be computed by the geodesic length of corresponding points in the kinematic space. Furthermore, we discuss the fundamental regions in the kinematic space for the BTZ blackhole and multi-boundary wormholes.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1610.07134,
  title  = {Kinematic Space and Wormholes},
  author = {Jian-dong Zhang and Bin Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.07134},
  year   = {2017}
}

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31 pages, 20 figures, published version

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