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$T\overline{T}$ in AdS$_2$ and Quantum Mechanics

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-01-22 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Quantum field theory in zero spatial dimensions has a rich infrared landscape and a universal ultraviolet, inverting the usual Wilsonian paradigm. For holographic theories this implies a rich landscape of asymptotically AdS2_2 geometries. Isolating the interiors of these spacetimes suggests a study of the analog of the TTT\overline{T} deformation in quantum mechanics, which we pursue here. An equivalent description of this deformation in terms of coupling to worldline gravity is proposed, and applications to quantum mechanical systems - including the Schwarzian theory - are studied.

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@article{arxiv.1907.04873,
  title  = {$T\overline{T}$ in AdS$_2$ and Quantum Mechanics},
  author = {David J. Gross and Jorrit Kruthoff and Andrew Rolph and Edgar Shaghoulian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.04873},
  year   = {2020}
}

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35 pages plus appendices