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Holographic Gravitational Anomalies

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-04-06 v2

Abstract

In the AdS/CFT correspondence one encounters theories that are not invariant under diffeomorphisms. In the boundary theory this is a gravitational anomaly, and can arise in 4k+2 dimensions. In the bulk, there can be gravitational Chern-Simons terms which vary by a total derivative. We work out the holographic stress tensor for such theories, and demonstrate agreement between the bulk and boundary. Anomalies lead to novel effects, such as a nonzero angular momentum for global AdS(3). In string theory such Chern-Simons terms are known with exact coefficients. The resulting anomalies, combined with symmetries, imply corrections to the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of black holes that agree exactly with the microscopic counting.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0508218,
  title  = {Holographic Gravitational Anomalies},
  author = {Per Kraus and Finn Larsen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0508218},
  year   = {2010}
}

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25 pages

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