2016/12/01 by Ayan Mukhopadhyay · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #gr-qc #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0217751x16300593
published as International Journal of Modern Physics A Vol. 31, No. 34 (2016) 1630059 · 19 pages; invited review to IJMPA
arxiv created 2016/12/01 · arxiv updated 2016/12/12
This is a review of some recent works which demonstrate how the classical equations of gravity in AdS themselves hold the key to understanding their holographic origin in the form of a strongly coupled large N QFT whose algebra of local operators can be generated by a few (single-trace) elements. I discuss how this can be realised by reformulating Einstein's equations in AdS in the form of a non-perturbative RG flow that further leads to a new approach towards constructing strongly interacting QFTs. In particular, the RG flow can self-determine the UV data that are otherwise obtained by solving classical gravity equations and demanding that the solutions do not have naked singularities. For a concrete demonstration, I focus on the hydrodynamic limit in which case this RG flow connects the AdS/CFT correspondence with the membrane paradigm, and also reproduces the known values of the dual QFT transport coefficients.