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J.K., Kiritsis, E. et al. Holographic QFTs on AdSd, wormholes and holographic interfaces

Ghodsi, A. Ghosh

J. High Energ. Phys. 2023

Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 2023, Issue 121, ISBN: 1029-8479

DOI: 10.1007/jhep01(2023)121URL

Abstract

Abstract We consider three related topics: (a) Holographic quantum field theories on AdS spaces. (b) Holographic interfaces of flat space QFTs. (c) Wormholes connecting generically different QFTs. We investigate in a concrete example how the related classical solutions explore the space of QFTs and we construct the general solutions that interpolate between the same or different CFTs with arbitrary couplings. The solution space contains many exotic flow solutions that realize unusual asymptotics, as boundaries of different regions in the space of solutions. We find phenomena like “walking” flows and the generation of extra boundaries via flow fragmentation.

Keywords

  • holographic interface
  • wormholes
  • AdS space
  • classical solutions
  • conformal field theory
  • asymptotic behavior

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