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Gauge-invariant observables, gravitational dressings, and holography in AdS

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This paper explores construction of gauge (diffeomorphism)-invariant observables in anti de Sitter (AdS) space and the related question of how to find a "holographic map" providing a quantum equivalence to a boundary theory. Observables are constructed perturbatively to leading order in the gravitational coupling by gravitationally dressing local field theory operators in order to solve the gravitational constraints. Many such dressings are allowed and two are explicitly examined, corresponding to a gravitational line and to a Coulomb field; these also reveal an apparent role for more general boundary conditions than considered previously. The observables obey a nonlocal algebra, and we derive explicit expressions for the boundary generators of the SO(D-1,2) AdS isometries that act on them. We examine arguments that gravity {\it explains} holography through the role of such a boundary Hamiltonian. Our leading-order gravitational construction reveals some questions regarding how these arguments work, and indeed construction of such a holographic map appears to require solution of the non-perturbative generalization of the bulk constraint equations.

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Covariant Locally Localized Gravity and vDVZ Continuity

hep-th · 2026-04-30 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

In the Karch-Randall braneworld the zero-graviton-mass limit of the one-loop partition function is a massless graviton plus a decoupled massive vector, not the pure Randall-Sundrum II model.

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  • Covariant Locally Localized Gravity and vDVZ Continuity hep-th · 2026-04-30 · unverdicted · none · ref 25

    In the Karch-Randall braneworld the zero-graviton-mass limit of the one-loop partition function is a massless graviton plus a decoupled massive vector, not the pure Randall-Sundrum II model.

  • Implication of dressed form of relational observable on von Neumann algebra hep-th · 2026-03-27 · unverdicted · none · ref 22 · internal anchor

    Dressed relational observables imply quasi-de Sitter space corresponds to Type II_∞ von Neumann algebra with diverging trace in the gravity decoupling limit, unlike the finite-trace Type II_1 algebra for de Sitter space.