The dual of nothing

Balasubramanian, Vijay; Ross, Simon F.

Abstract

We consider “bubbles of nothing” constructed by analytically continuing black hole solutions in anti–de Sitter space. These provide interesting examples of smooth time-dependent backgrounds which can be studied through the AdS/CFT correspondence. Our examples include bubbles constructed from Schwarzschild-AdS, Kerr-AdS and Reissner-Nordström AdS. The Schwarzschild bubble is dual to Yang-Mills theory on three-dimensional de Sitter space times a circle. We construct the boundary stress tensor of the bubble spacetime and relate it to the properties of field theory on de Sitter space.

Citation

Balasubramanian, V., & Ross, S. F. (2002). The dual of nothing. Physical Review D, Particles and fields, 66(8), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.66.086002

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2002
• Deposit Date: Feb 15, 2008
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 2, 2010
• Journal: Physical Review D, Particles and fields
• Print ISSN: 0556-2821
• Publisher: American Physical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 66
• Issue: 8
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.66.086002
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1622148
• Publisher URL: http://publish.aps.org/abstract/PRD/V66/E086002/