Bulk geometry from entanglement entropy of CFT

2018/07/31 by Ashis Saha, Sourav Karar, Sunandan Gangopadhyay · 16 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Mathematical Physics Problems #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Conformal field theory #Conformal map #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Entropy (arrow of time) #Geometry #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Physics #Quantum entanglement #Quantum mechanics #Topological entropy in physics #gr-qc #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1140/epjp/s13360-020-00110-7

published in The European Physical Journal Plus 135(2) (Springer Science+Business Media) · 15 pages Latex, results in the older version have been corrected, a new section has been added

arxiv created 2019/01/23 · openalex publication_date 2020/01/28 · arxiv updated 2020/02/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

In this paper, we compute the exact form of the bulk geometry emerging from a (1+1)-dimensional conformal field theory using the holographic principle. We first consider the (2+1)-dimensional asymptotic AdS metric in Poincare coordinates and compute the area functional corresponding to the static minimal surface γ_A and obtain the entanglement entropy making use of the holographic entanglement entropy proposal. We then use the results of the entanglement entropy for (1+1)-dimensional conformal field theory on an infinite line, on an infinite line at a finite temperature and on a circle. Comparing these results with the holographic entanglement entropy, we are able to extract the proper structure of the bulk metric. Finally, we also carry out our analysis in the case of N=4 super Yang-Mills theory and obtain the exact form of the dual bulk geometry corresponding to this theory. The analysis reveals the behavior of the bulk metric in both the near boundary region and deep inside the bulk. The results also show the influence of the boundary UV cut-off "a" on the bulk metric. It is observed that the reconstructed metrics match exactly with the known results in the literature when one moves deep inside the bulk or towards the turning point.

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