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Non-local Geometry inside Lifshitz Horizon
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Non-local Geometry inside Lifshitz Horizon

Abstract

Based on the quantum renormalization group, we derive the bulk geometry that emerges in the holographic dual of the fermionic U(N) vector model at a nonzero charge density. The obstruction that prohibits the metallic state from being smoothly deformable to the direct product state under the renormalization group flow gives rise to a horizon at a finite radial coordinate in the bulk. The region outside the horizon is described by the Lifshitz geometry with a higher-spin hair determined by microscopic details of the boundary theory. On the other hand, the interior of the horizon is not described by any Riemannian manifold, as it exhibits an algebraic non-locality. The non-local structure inside the horizon carries the information on the shape of the filled Fermi sea.

Authors

Hu Q; Lee S-S

Publication date

March 22, 2017

DOI

10.48550/arxiv.1703.07522

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arXiv
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