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On AdS/CFT without Massless Gravitons

High Energy Physics - Theory 2012-07-30 v2

Abstract

We point out that it is possible to define CFT duals to AdS theories with massive gravitons only. This is achieved by considering the product of two or more CFTs on the boundary, each possessing a large-N expansion and a corresponding bulk dual. It is possible to couple the CFTs through a marginal perturbation that makes all but one of the bulk gravitons massive. In the infinite-N limit for one of the CFTs the massless graviton decouples.

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@article{arxiv.1205.4956,
  title  = {On AdS/CFT without Massless Gravitons},
  author = {Luis Apolo and Massimo Porrati},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.4956},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

4 pages; v2: minor typos corrected, version accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. B

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