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New boundary conditions in Einstein-scalar gravity in three dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-01-17 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We analyze the backreaction of a class of scalar field self-interactions with the possibility of evolving from an AdS vacuum to a fixed point where the scalar field potential vanishes. Exact solutions which interpolate between these regions, ranging from stationary black hole to dynamical spacetimes are constructed. Their surface charges are finite but non-integrable. We study the properties of these charges on the solutions. In particular, we show that the integrable part of the charges provides a realization of the conformal algebra by means of a modification of the Dirac bracket proposed by Barnich and Troessaert. The latter construction allows for a field dependent central extension, whose value tends to the Brown-Henneaux central charge at late times.

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@article{arxiv.2307.16027,
  title  = {New boundary conditions in Einstein-scalar gravity in three dimensions},
  author = {Andrés Anabalón and Hernán A. González and Aníbal Neira-Gallegos and Julio Oliva},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.16027},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

25 pages, 1 figure. V2 matches with the published version

R2 v1 2026-06-28T11:43:30.562Z