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Holography, a covariant c-function, and the geometry of the renormalization group

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arxiv hep-th/9910099 v2 pith:GIMDG2O3 submitted 1999-10-12 hep-th gr-qc

Holography, a covariant c-function, and the geometry of the renormalization group

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keywords c-functioncovariantexpressionextremaladmitagreementapplyblack
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We propose a covariant geometrical expression for the c-function for theories which admit dual gravitational descriptions. We state a c-theorem with respect to this quantity and prove it. We apply the expression to a class of geometries, from domain walls in gauged supergravities, to extremal and near extremal Dp branes, and the AdS Schwarzschild black hole. In all cases, we find agreement with expectations.

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