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Reparameterization Dependence is Useful for Holographic Complexity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-07-06 v3

Abstract

Holographic complexity in the "complexity equals action" approach is reconsidered relaxing the requirement of reparameterization invariance of the action with the prescription that the action vanish in any vacuum causal diamond. This implies that vacuum anti-de Sitter space plays the role of the reference state. Moreover, the complexity of an anti-de Sitter-Schwarzschild black hole becomes intrinsically finite and saturates Lloyd's bound after a critical time. It is also argued that several artifacts, such as the unphysical negative-time interval, can be removed by truly considering the bulk dual of the thermofield double state.

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@article{arxiv.2101.10909,
  title  = {Reparameterization Dependence is Useful for Holographic Complexity},
  author = {Ayoub Mounim and Wolfgang Mück},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.10909},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

33 pages, 7 figures, v2: references added, v3: added section on BTZ black hole, version to appear in JHEP

R2 v1 2026-06-23T22:33:09.351Z