Duality in linearized gravity and holography
Description
We consider spherical gravitational perturbations of AdS4 spacetime satisfying general boundary conditions at spatial infinity. Using the holographic renormalization method, we compute the energy-momentum tensor and show that it can always be cast in the form of a Cotton tensor for a dual boundary metric. In particular, axial and polar perturbations obeying the same boundary conditions for the effective Schroedinger wavefunctions exhibit an energy-momentum/Cotton tensor duality at conformal infinity. We demonstrate explicitly that this is holographic manifestation of the electric/magnetic duality of linearized gravity in the bulk, which simply exchanges axial with polar perturbations of AdS4 spacetime. We note that this particular realization of gravitational duality is also valid for perturbations near flat and dS4 spacetime, depending on the value of a cosmological constant.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/26/6/065013Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1088/0264-9381/26/6/065013;
- PII
- S0264-9381(09)01580-9;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Journal Volume
- 26
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Journal Page Range
- [18 p.]
- ISSN
- 0264-9381
- CODEN
- CQGRDG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 41106056
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; DUALITY; ENERGY-MOMENTUM TENSOR; GRAVITATION; HOLOGRAPHY; METRICS; PERTURBATION THEORY; RENORMALIZATION; SPACE-TIME; SPHERICAL CONFIGURATION; WAVE FUNCTIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- CONFIGURATION; FUNCTIONS; TENSORS