Holographic Ward identities for symmetry breaking in two dimensions

We investigate symmetry breaking in two-dimensional field theories which have a holographic gravity dual. Being at large N, the Coleman theorem does not hold and Goldstone bosons are expected. We consider the minimal setup to describe a conserved current and a charged operator, and we perform hologr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Argurio, Riccardo, Giribet, Gaston Enrique, Naegels, Daniel, Marzolla, Andrea, Sierra, Anibal
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/64598
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/64598
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ADS-CFT CORRESPONDENCE
FIELD THEORIES IN LOWER DIMENSIONS
SPONTANEOUS SYMMETRY BREAKING
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
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Sumario:We investigate symmetry breaking in two-dimensional field theories which have a holographic gravity dual. Being at large N, the Coleman theorem does not hold and Goldstone bosons are expected. We consider the minimal setup to describe a conserved current and a charged operator, and we perform holographic renormalization in order to find the correct Ward identities describing symmetry breaking. This involves some subtleties related to the different boundary conditions that a vector can have in the three-dimensional bulk. We establish which is the correct prescription that yields, after renormalization, the same Ward identities as in higher dimensions.