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Pole-skipping points in 2D gravity and SYK model

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-08-30 v4

Abstract

We represent the first investigation of pole-skipping on both the gravity and field theory sides. In contrast to the higher dimensional models, there is no momentum degree of freedom in (1+1)(1+1)-dimensional bulk theory. Thus, we then consider a scalar field mass as our degree of freedom for the pole-skipping phenomenon instead of momentum. The pole-skipping frequencies of the scalar field in 2D gravity are the same as higher dimensional cases: ω=i2πTn\omega=-i2\pi Tn for positive integers nn. At each of these frequencies, there is a corresponding pole-skipping mass, so the pole-skipping points exist in (ω,m)(\omega,m) space. We also compute the pole-skipping points of the SYK model in (ω,h)(\omega, h) space where hh is the dimension of the bilinear primary operator. We find that there is a one-to-one correspondence of the pole-skipping points between the JT gravity and the SYK model. To obtain the pole-skipping points, we need to consider the parameter ϵ\epsilon related to the chemical potential on the horizon of charged JT gravity and the particle-hole asymmetric parameter E\mathcal{E} of the complex SYK model as shift parameters. This highlights the ϵE\epsilon-\mathcal{E} correspondence in relation to pole-skipping phenomenon.

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@article{arxiv.2303.04801,
  title  = {Pole-skipping points in 2D gravity and SYK model},
  author = {Haiming Yuan and Xian-Hui Ge and Keun-Young Kim and Chang-Woo Ji and Yongjun Ahn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.04801},
  year   = {2023}
}
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