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Symmetries near the horizon

  • Henry W. LinEmail author
  • Juan Maldacena
  • Ying Zhao
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Abstract

We consider a nearly-AdS2 gravity theory on the two-sided wormhole geometry. We construct three gauge-invariant operators in NAdS2 which move bulk matter relative to the dynamical boundaries. In a two-sided system, these operators satisfy an SL(2) algebra (up to non perturbative corrections). In a semiclassical limit, these generators act like SL(2) transformations of the boundary time, or conformal symmetries of the two sided boundary theory. These can be used to define an operator-state mapping. A particular large N and low temperature limit of the SYK model has precisely the same structure, and this construction of the exact generators also applies. We also discuss approximate, but simpler, constructions of the generators in the SYK model. These are closely related to the “size” operator and are connected to the maximal chaos behavior captured by out of time order correlators.

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AdS-CFT Correspondence Black Holes Conformal Field Theory 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Physics DepartmentPrinceton UniversityPrincetonU.S.A.
  2. 2.School of Natural SciencesInstitute for Advanced StudyPrincetonU.S.A.

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