2017/01/31 by Rong-Xin Miao, Chong-Sun Chu, Wu-Zhong Guo · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #gr-qc #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.96.046005
published as Phys. Rev. D 96, 046005 (2017) · 6 pages, 2 figures, improve Introduction slightly, references added
arxiv created 2017/02/15 · arxiv updated 2017/08/16
We propose a new holographic dual of conformal field theory defined on a manifold with boundaries, i.e. BCFT. Our proposal can apply to general boundaries and agrees with arXiv:1105.5165 for the special case of a disk and half plane. Using the new proposal of AdS/BCFT, we successfully obtain the expected boundary Weyl anomaly and the obtained boundary central charges satisfy naturally a c-like theorem holographically. We also investigate the holographic entanglement entropy of BCFT and find that the minimal surface must be normal to the bulk spacetime boundaries when they intersect. Interestingly,the entanglement entropy depends on the boundary conditions of BCFT and the distance to the boundary. The entanglement wedge has an interesting phase transition which is important for the self-consistency of AdS/BCFT.