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Abstract
The near horizon limit of the extremal BTZ black hole is a``self-dual orbifold'' of AdS_3. This geometry has a null circle on its boundary, and thus the dual field theory is a Discrete Light Cone Quantized (DLCQ) two dimensional CFT. The same geometry can be compactified to two dimensions giving AdS_2 with a constant electric field. The kinematics of the DLCQ show that in a consistent quantum theory of gravity in these backgrounds there can be no dynamics in AdS_2, which is consistent with older ideas about instabilities in this space. We show how the necessary boundary conditions eliminating AdS_2 fluctuations can be implemented, leaving one copy of a Virasoro algebra as the asymptotic symmetry group. Our considerations clarify some aspects of the chiral CFTs appearing in proposed dual descriptions of the near-horizon degrees of freedom of extremal black holes.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 17 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Journal of High Energy Physics |
Volume | 2010 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2010 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Black Holes in String Theory
- AdS-CFT Correspondence
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Gravity, thermodynamics and cosmology
Simon Soler, J. (Principal Investigator)
1/03/09 → 31/08/13
Project: Research