String theory embeddings of non-relativistic field theories and their holographic Horava gravity duals

Andreas Karch; Stefan Janiszewski

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String theory embeddings of non-relativistic field theories and their holographic Horava gravity duals

Stefan Janiszewski, Andreas Karch

High Energy Physics - Theory · Submitted 31 Oct 2012

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The authors' main claim We argue that generic non-relativistic quantum field theories have a holographic description in terms of Horava gravity.

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CitationAndreas Karch, Stefan Janiszewski. "String theory embeddings of non-relativistic field theories and their holographic Horava gravity duals." arXiv:1211.0010 (2012). https://pith.science/paper/4FEWWHX5

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We argue that generic non-relativistic quantum field theories have a holographic description in terms of Horava gravity. We construct explicit examples of this duality embedded in string theory by starting with relativistic dual pairs and taking a non-relativistic scaling limit.

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We argue that generic non-relativistic quantum field theories have a holographic description in terms of Horava gravity. We construct explicit examples of this duality embedded in string theory by starting with relativistic dual pairs and taking a non-relativistic scaling limit.

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Revisiting non-relativistic limits
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This duality allows the extension of holography to generic non-relativistic field theories.

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In this paper, we will follow closely the philosophy of [ref] and extend their approach to the parity-violating case by building a holographic dictionary that matches the non-relativistic local spacetime and gauge symmetries of [ref] .

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Using the proposed holographic dictionary of [ref] , with further refinement following [ref] , we show that there is a simple hydrodynamic description of the linearized transport of both charge density and transverse momentum density over long times and distances in the conjectured dual field theory.

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First, we map the symmetry transformation parameters, following the idea of [ref] .

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Our results, and those of [ref] , thus provide further evidence for the picture proposed originally in [ref] , that the natural arena for nonrelativistic holography is nonrelativistic HL gravity.

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Given that these spacetimes are vacuum solutions of Hořava gravity lends evidence to the proposal that this alternate theory of gravity is dual to generic NR QFTs [ref] .

Asymptotically hyperbolic black holes in Horava gravity · Discussion · 0.97

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A holographic correspondence has been conjectured between Hořava Gravity [ref] and non-relativistic quantum field theories [ref] .

Dispersion relations in non-relativistic two-dimensional materials from quasinormal modes in Ho\v{r}ava Gravity · Introduction · 0.82
Proposals for non-relativistic holographic duals of field theories which have a number current may be found in [ref] , and their interpretations in terms of non-relativistic scaling limits of relativistic gauge/gravity dualities are discussed in [ref] .

Lifshitz holography · Dynamical Newton-Cartan geometry · 0.84
another form of nonrelativistic holography with HL gravity were presented in [ref] .

Lifshitz Gravity for Lifshitz Holography · Introduction · 0.93

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