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Marolf and S.F

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In AdS, scalar fields with masses slightly above the Breitenlohner-Freedman bound admit a variety of possible boundary conditions which are reflected in the Lagrangian of the dual field theory. Generic small changes in the AdS boundary conditions correspond to deformations of the dual field theory by multi-trace operators. Here we extend this discussion to the case of vector gauge fields in the bulk spacetime using the results of Ishibashi and Wald [hep-th/0402184]. As in the context of scalar fields, general boundary conditions for vector fields involve multi-trace deformations which lead to renormalization-group flows. Such flows originate in ultra-violet CFTs which give new gauge/gravity dualities. At least for AdS4/CFT3, the dual of the bulk photon appears to be a propagating gauge field instead of the usual R-charge current. Applying similar reasoning to tensor fields suggests the existence of a duality between string theory on AdS4 and a quantum gravity theory in three dimensions.

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Holographic D-brane constructions with dynamical gauge fields

hep-th · 2025-06-11 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Equips bottom-up holographic D-brane models with dynamical boundary gauge fields and shows that quasinormal mode dispersion relations in equilibrium and nonequilibrium states match hydrodynamics with dynamical U(1) symmetry.

Bulk-to-bulk photon propagator in AdS

hep-th · 2025-10-27 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Derives photon bulk-to-bulk propagators in AdS in multiple gauges by tensor decomposition and form-factor solution, recovering prior results and adding new expressions with improved IR behavior in Fried-Yennie gauge.

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  • Protected operators in non-local defect CFTs from AdS hep-th · 2026-05-13 · unverdicted · none · ref 58 · internal anchor

    Defect-induced symmetry breaking viewed from the AdS bulk enforces protected displacement and tilt operators in non-local boundary CFTs via Ward identities.

  • When AdS$_3$ Grows Hair: Boson Stars, Black Holes, and Double-Trace Deformations hep-th · 2026-05-05 · unverdicted · none · ref 89

    In AdS3 gravity with double-trace scalar boundary conditions, zero-frequency boson stars are the true ground state below the instability threshold, and hairy black holes carry higher entropy than BTZ at fixed mass and angular momentum.

  • Holographic D-brane constructions with dynamical gauge fields hep-th · 2025-06-11 · unverdicted · none · ref 30 · internal anchor

    Equips bottom-up holographic D-brane models with dynamical boundary gauge fields and shows that quasinormal mode dispersion relations in equilibrium and nonequilibrium states match hydrodynamics with dynamical U(1) symmetry.

  • Bulk-to-bulk photon propagator in AdS hep-th · 2025-10-27 · unverdicted · none · ref 73 · internal anchor

    Derives photon bulk-to-bulk propagators in AdS in multiple gauges by tensor decomposition and form-factor solution, recovering prior results and adding new expressions with improved IR behavior in Fried-Yennie gauge.