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Holographic estimate of heavy quark diffusion in a magnetic field
We study the influence of a background magnetic field on the vector
meson in a DBI-extension of the soft wall model, building upon our earlier work
Phys. Rev. D91, 086002 (2015). In this specific holographic QCD model, we
discuss the heavy quark number susceptibility and diffusion constants of charm
quarks and their dependence on the magnetic field by either a hydrodynamic
expansion or by numerically solving the differential equation. This allows us
to determine the response of these transport coefficients to the magnetic
field. The effects of the latter are considered both from a direct as indirect
(medium) viewpoint. As expected, we find a magnetic field induced anisotropic
diffusion, with a stronger diffusion in the longitudinal direction compared to
the transversal one. We backup, at least qualitatively, our findings with a
hanging string analysis of heavy quark diffusion in a magnetic field. From the
quark number susceptibility we can extract an estimate for the effective
deconfinement temperature in the heavy quark sector, reporting consistency with
the phenomenon of inverse magnetic catalysis.Comment: 27 pages. v2: extra discussions and references, compatible with
version accepted by Phys.Rev.
Radiation Gauge in AdS/QCD: inadmissibility and implications on spectral functions in the deconfined phase
We point out a subtlety in choosing the radiation gauge (A_z=0 combined with
the Lorenz gauge) for gauge fields in AdS/QCD for black hole backgrounds. We
then demonstrate the effect of this on the momentum-dependence of the spectral
functions of the J/psi vector meson, showing a spreading with momentum and a
breaking of isotropy, in contrast to previous results in the literature. We
also discuss the dependence on a background magnetic field, following our
earlier proposed model.Comment: 10 pages, v2: added reference, version accepted for publicatio
Fraud deterrence in dynamic Mirrleesian economies
Social and private insurance schemes rely on legal action to deter fraud and tax evasion. This observation guides the authors to introduce a random state verification technology in a dynamic economy with private information. With some probability, an agent's skill level becomes known to the planner, who prescribes a punishment if the agent is caught misreporting. The authors show how deferring consumption can ease the provision of incentives. As a result, the marginal benefit may be below the marginal cost of investment in the constrained-efficient allocation, suggesting a subsidy on savings. They characterize conditions such that the intertemporal wedge is negative in finite horizon economies. In an infinite horizon economy, the authors find that the constrained-efficient allocation converges to a high level of consumption, full insurance, and no labor distortions for any probability of state verification.Insurance ; Fraud
The Schwarzian Theory - A Wilson Line Perspective
We provide a holographic perspective on correlation functions in Schwarzian
quantum mechanics, as boundary-anchored Wilson line correlators in
Jackiw-Teitelboim gravity. We first study compact groups and identify the
diagrammatic representation of bilocal correlators of the particle-on-a-group
model as Wilson line correlators in its 2d holographic BF description. We
generalize to the Hamiltonian reduction of SL(2,R) and derive the Schwarzian
correlation functions. Out-of-time ordered correlators are determined by
crossing Wilson lines, giving a 6j-symbol, in agreement with 2d CFT results.Comment: 28 pages + appendices, v3: corrected discussion on representation
theory and improved discussion on higher-point functions in appendices,
references added, typos corrected, matches published versio
An Investigation of AdS Backreaction and Holography
We investigate a dilaton gravity model in AdS proposed by Almheiri and
Polchinski and develop a 1d effective description in terms of a dynamical
boundary time with a Schwarzian derivative action. We show that the effective
model is equivalent to a 1d version of Liouville theory, and investigate its
dynamics and symmetries via a standard canonical framework. We include the
coupling to arbitrary conformal matter and analyze the effective action in the
presence of possible sources. We compute commutators of local operators at
large time separation, and match the result with the time shift due to a
gravitational shockwave interaction. We study a black hole evaporation process
and comment on the role of entropy in this model.Comment: 32 pages, 6 figures, v3: typos corrected and references added,
matches published versio
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