QNEC2 in deformed holographic CFTs
- We use the quantum null energy condition in strongly coupled two-dimensional field theories (QNEC2) as diagnostic tool to study a variety of phase structures, including crossover, second and first order phase transitions. We find a universal QNEC2 constraint for first order phase transitions with kinked entanglement entropy and discuss in general the relation between the QNEC2-inequality and monotonicity of the Casini-Huerta c-function. We then focus on a specific example, the holographic dual of which is modelled by three-dimensional Einstein gravity plus a massive scalar field with one free parameter in the self-interaction potential. We study translation invariant stationary states dual to domain walls and black branes. Depending on the value of the free parameter we find crossover, second and first order phase transitions between such states, and the c-function either flows to zero or to a finite value in the infrared. We present evidence that evaluating QNEC2 for ground state solutions allows to predict the existence of phase transitions at finite temperature.
Author: | Christian EckerORCiD, Daniel GrumillerORCiDGND, Hesam SoltanpanahiORCiD, Philipp Stanzer |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-843886 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2021)213 |
ISSN: | 1029-8479 |
ArXiv Id: | http://arxiv.org/abs/2007.10367 |
Parent Title (German): | Journal of high energy physics |
Publisher: | Springer |
Place of publication: | Berlin ; Heidelberg |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2021/03/23 |
Date of first Publication: | 2021/03/23 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2024/04/30 |
Tag: | AdS-CFT Correspondence; Black Holes; Conformal Field Theory; Field Theories in Lower Dimensions |
Volume: | 2021 |
Issue: | article number 213 |
Article Number: | 213 |
Page Number: | 47 |
Institutes: | Physik / Physik |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik |
Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |