We consider theories with time-dependent Hamiltonians which alternate between being bounded and unbounded from below. For appropriate frequencies dynamical stabilization can occur rendering the effective potential of the system stable. We first study a free field theory on a torus with a time-dependent mass term, finding that the stability regions are described in terms of the phase diagram of the Mathieu equation. Using number theory we have found a compactification scheme such as to avoid resonances for all momentum modes in the theory. We further consider the gravity dual of a conformal field theory on a sphere in three spacetime dimensions, deformed by a doubletrace operator. The gravity dual of the theory with a constant unbounded potential develops big crunch singularities; we study when such singularities can be cured by dynamical stabilization. We numerically solve the Einstein-scalar equations of motion in the case of a time-dependent doubletrace deformation and find that for sufficiently high frequencies the theory is dynamically stabilized and big crunches get screened by black hole horizons.

Auzzi, R., Elitzur, S., Gudnason, S. B., Rabinovici, E., Time-dependent stabilization in AdS/CFT, <<JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS>>, 2012; (1208 (2012) 035): 0-37. [doi:10.1007/JHEP08(2012)035] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/55809]

Time-dependent stabilization in AdS/CFT

Auzzi, Roberto;
2012

Abstract

We consider theories with time-dependent Hamiltonians which alternate between being bounded and unbounded from below. For appropriate frequencies dynamical stabilization can occur rendering the effective potential of the system stable. We first study a free field theory on a torus with a time-dependent mass term, finding that the stability regions are described in terms of the phase diagram of the Mathieu equation. Using number theory we have found a compactification scheme such as to avoid resonances for all momentum modes in the theory. We further consider the gravity dual of a conformal field theory on a sphere in three spacetime dimensions, deformed by a doubletrace operator. The gravity dual of the theory with a constant unbounded potential develops big crunch singularities; we study when such singularities can be cured by dynamical stabilization. We numerically solve the Einstein-scalar equations of motion in the case of a time-dependent doubletrace deformation and find that for sufficiently high frequencies the theory is dynamically stabilized and big crunches get screened by black hole horizons.
2012
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Auzzi, R., Elitzur, S., Gudnason, S. B., Rabinovici, E., Time-dependent stabilization in AdS/CFT, <<JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS>>, 2012; (1208 (2012) 035): 0-37. [doi:10.1007/JHEP08(2012)035] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/55809]
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