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String worldsheet for accelerating quark (2015)
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Hubeny, V. E., & Semenoff, G. W. (2015). String worldsheet for accelerating quark. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015(10), Article 71. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep10%282015%29071

We consider the AdS bulk dual to an external massive quark in SYM following an arbitrary trajectory on Minkowski background. While a purely outgoing boundary condition on the gluonic field allows one to express the corresponding string worldsheet in... Read More about String worldsheet for accelerating quark.

Entanglement density and gravitational thermodynamics (2015)
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Bhattacharya, J., Hubeny, V., Rangamani, M., & Takayanagi, T. (2015). Entanglement density and gravitational thermodynamics. Physical Review D, 91(10), Article 106009. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.91.106009

In an attempt to find a quasilocal measure of quantum entanglement, we introduce the concept of entanglement density in relativistic quantum theories. This density is defined in terms of infinitesimal variations of the region whose entanglement we mo... Read More about Entanglement density and gravitational thermodynamics.

Causality & Holographic Entanglement Entropy (2014)
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Headrick, M., Hubeny, V. E., Lawrence, A., & Rangamani, M. (2014). Causality & Holographic Entanglement Entropy. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014(12), Article 162. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep12%282014%29162

We identify conditions for the entanglement entropy as a function of spatial region to be compatible with causality in an arbitrary relativistic quantum field theory. We then prove that the covariant holographic entanglement entropy prescription (whi... Read More about Causality & Holographic Entanglement Entropy.

Covariant Residual Entropy (2014)
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Hubeny, V. E. (2014). Covariant Residual Entropy. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014(9), Article 156. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep09%282014%29156

A recently explored interesting quantity in AdS/CFT, dubbed ‘residual entropy’, characterizes the amount of collective ignorance associated with either boundary observers restricted to finite time duration, or bulk observers who lack access to a cert... Read More about Covariant Residual Entropy.

Holographic probes of collapsing black holes (2014)
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Hubeny, V. E., & Maxfield, H. (2014). Holographic probes of collapsing black holes. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014(3), Article 97. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep03%282014%29097

We continue the programme of exploring the means of holographically decoding the geometry of spacetime inside a black hole using the gauge/gravity correspondence. To this end, we study the behaviour of certain extremal surfaces (focusing on those rel... Read More about Holographic probes of collapsing black holes.

Effective hydrodynamics of black D3-branes (2013)
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Emparan, R., Hubeny, V. E., & Rangamani, M. (2013). Effective hydrodynamics of black D3-branes. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2013(6), Article 2013:35. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep06%282013%29035

The long-wavelength effective field theory of world-volume fluctuations of black D3-branes is shown to be a hydrodynamical system to leading order in a gradient expansion. We study the system on a fiducial ‘cutoff’ surface: the fluctuating geometry i... Read More about Effective hydrodynamics of black D3-branes.

Thermalization of causal holographic information (2013)
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Hubeny, V. E., Rangamani, M., & Tonni, E. (2013). Thermalization of causal holographic information. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2013(5), Article 136. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep05%282013%29136

We study causal wedges associated with a given sub-region in the boundary of asymptotically AdS spacetimes. Part of our motivation is to better understand the recently proposed holographic observable, causal holographic information, χ, which is given... Read More about Thermalization of causal holographic information.

Extremal surfaces as bulk probes in AdS/CFT (2012)
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Hubeny, V. E. (2012). Extremal surfaces as bulk probes in AdS/CFT. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2012(7), Article 93. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep07%282012%29093

Motivated by the need for further insight into the emergence of AdS bulk spacetime from CFT degrees of freedom, we explore the behaviour of probes represented by specific geometric quantities in the bulk. We focus on geodesics and n-dimensional extre... Read More about Extremal surfaces as bulk probes in AdS/CFT.

Causal Holographic Information (2012)
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Hubeny, V. E., & Rangamani, M. (2012). Causal Holographic Information. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2012(6), Article 114. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep06%282012%29114

We propose a measure of holographic information based on a causal wedge construction. The motivation behind this comes from an attempt to understand how boundary field theories can holographically reconstruct spacetime. We argue that given the knowle... Read More about Causal Holographic Information.

The Fluid/Gravity Correspondence: a new perspective on the Membrane Paradigm (2011)
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Hubeny, V. (2011). The Fluid/Gravity Correspondence: a new perspective on the Membrane Paradigm. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 28(11), Article 114007. https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/28/11/114007

This paper gives an overview of the recently-formulated fluid/gravity correspondence, which was developed in the context of gauge/gravity duality. Mathematically, it posits that Einstein's equations (with negative cosmological constant) in d + 1 dime... Read More about The Fluid/Gravity Correspondence: a new perspective on the Membrane Paradigm.

Holographic dual of collimated radiation (2011)
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Hubeny, V. (2011). Holographic dual of collimated radiation. New Journal of Physics, 13(3), Article 035006. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/13/3/035006

We propose a new and simple method of estimating the radiation due to an accelerated quark in a strongly coupled medium, within the framework of the anti-de Sitter (AdS)/conformal field theory (CFT) correspondence. In particular, we offer a heuristic... Read More about Holographic dual of collimated radiation.

Hawking radiation from AdS black holes (2010)
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Hubeny, V. E., Marolf, D., & Rangamani, M. (2010). Hawking radiation from AdS black holes. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 27(9), Article 095018. https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/27/9/095018

We study Hartle–Hawking-like states of quantum field theories on asymptotically AdS black hole backgrounds, with particular regard to the phase structure of interacting theories. By a suitable analytic continuation we show that the equilibrium dynami... Read More about Hawking radiation from AdS black holes.

Hawking radiation in large N strongly-coupled field theories (2010)
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Hubeny, V. E., Marolf, D., & Rangamani, M. (2010). Hawking radiation in large N strongly-coupled field theories. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 27(9), Article 095015. https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/27/9/095015

We consider strongly coupled field theories at large N on black hole backgrounds. At sufficiently high Hawking temperature TH, one expects a phase where the black hole is in equilibrium with a deconfined plasma. We explore this phase in the context o... Read More about Hawking radiation in large N strongly-coupled field theories.

Black funnels and droplets from the AdS C-metrics (2010)
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Hubeny, V. E., Marolf, D., & Rangamani, M. (2010). Black funnels and droplets from the AdS C-metrics. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 27(2), Article 025001. https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/27/2/025001

We recently argued that the dynamics of strongly coupled field theories in black hole backgrounds is related via the AdS/CFT correspondence to two new classes of AdS black hole solutions: black funnels and black droplets suspended above a second disc... Read More about Black funnels and droplets from the AdS C-metrics.

A Holographic view on physics out of equilibrium (2010)
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Hubeny, V. E., & Rangamani, M. (2010). A Holographic view on physics out of equilibrium. Advances in High Energy Physics, 2010, Article 297916. https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/297916

We review the recent developments in applying holographic methods to understand nonequilibrium physics in strongly coupled field theories. The emphasis will be on elucidating the relation between evolution of quantum field theories perturbed away fro... Read More about A Holographic view on physics out of equilibrium.

Dynamical black holes and expanding plasmas (2009)
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Figueras, P., Hubeny, V. E., Rangamani, M., & Ross, S. F. (2009). Dynamical black holes and expanding plasmas. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2009(04), Article 137. https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2009/04/137

We analyse the global structure of time-dependent geometries dual to expanding plasmas, considering two examples: the boost invariant Bjorken flow, and the conformal soliton flow. While the geometry dual to the Bjorken flow is constructed in a pertur... Read More about Dynamical black holes and expanding plasmas.

Local Fluid Dynamical Entropy from Gravity (2008)
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Bhattacharyya, S., Hubeny, V. E., Loganayagam, R., Mandal, G., Minwalla, S., Rangamani, M., & Reall, H. S. (2008). Local Fluid Dynamical Entropy from Gravity. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2008(06), Article 055. https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2008/06/055

Spacetime geometries dual to arbitrary fluid flows in strongly coupled = 4 super Yang Mills theory have recently been constructed perturbatively in the long wavelength limit. We demonstrate that these geometries all have regular event horizons, and d... Read More about Local Fluid Dynamical Entropy from Gravity.

A covariant holographic entanglement entropy proposal (2007)
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Hubeny, V., Rangamani, M., & Takayanagi, T. (2007). A covariant holographic entanglement entropy proposal. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2007(07), https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2007/07/062

With an aim towards understanding the time-dependence of entanglement entropy in generic quantum field theories, we propose a covariant generalization of the holographic entanglement entropy proposal of hep-th/0603001. Apart from providing several ex... Read More about A covariant holographic entanglement entropy proposal.

Bulk-cone singularities & signatures of horizon formation in AdS/CFT (2007)
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Hubeny, V. E., Liu, H., & Rangamani, M. (2007). Bulk-cone singularities & signatures of horizon formation in AdS/CFT. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2007(01), https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2007/01/009

We discuss the relation between singularities of correlation functions and causal properties of the bulk spacetime in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence. In particular, we argue that the boundary field theory correlation functions are singular... Read More about Bulk-cone singularities & signatures of horizon formation in AdS/CFT.