PIRSA:16040089 Scientific Series Quantum Fields and Strings

DOI10.48660/16040089

Series: Quantum Fields and Strings

Sully, J. (2016). Stereoscopic CFT Tools for Holography. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/16040089

Sully, James. Stereoscopic CFT Tools for Holography. Perimeter Institute, Apr. 13, 2016, https://pirsa.org/16040089 

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  doi = {10.48660/16040089},
  url = {https://pirsa.org/16040089},
  author = {Sully, James},
  keywords = {Quantum Fields and Strings},
  language = {en},
  title = {Stereoscopic CFT Tools for Holography},
  publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
  year = {2016},
  month = {apr},
  note = {PIRSA:16040089 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
}

Abstract

I will discuss a natural basis of CFT operators for probing dual gravitational physics in a diffeomorphism-invariant manner. On the CFT side, these operators are already well-known: they are 'OPE Blocks' that contribute to the Operator Product Expansion with fixed Casimir. On the gravity side, I will show that these OPE blocks are dual to diff-invariant geodesic or surface operators. Our new entry to the holographic dictionary can be understood as an operator generalization of the Ryu-Takayanagi proposal and I will show it gives a unified description for a host of important results in holography. 

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