Scrambling time from local perturbations of the eternal BTZ black hole

Mar 27, 2015
37 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 08 (2015) 011
  • Published: Aug 4, 2015
e-Print:
Report number:
  • NORDITA-2015-32,
  • YITP-15-21,
  • IPMU15-0033

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Abstract: (Springer)
We compute the mutual information between finite intervals in two non-compact 2d CFTs in the thermofield double formulation after one of them has been locally perturbed by a primary operator at some time tω_{ω} in the large c limit. We determine the time scale, called the scrambling time, at which the mutual information vanishes and the original entanglement between the thermofield double gets destroyed by the perturbation. We provide a holographic description in terms of a free falling particle in the eternal BTZ black hole that exactly matches our CFT calculations. Our results hold for any time tω_{ω} . In particular, when the latter is large, they reproduce the bulk shock-wave propagation along the BTZ horizon description.
Note:
  • 37 pages, 5 figures
  • AdS-CFT Correspondence
  • Conformal Field Models in String Theory
  • Black Holes
  • Holography and condensed matter physics (AdS/CMT)
  • black hole: BTZ
  • field theory: finite temperature
  • field theory: conformal
  • shock waves: propagation
  • operator: primary
  • perturbation