Moving mirrors, OTOCs and scrambling

Abstract We explore the physics of scrambling in the moving mirror models, in which a two-dimensional CFT is subjected to a time-dependent boundary condition. It is well-known that by choosing an appropriate mirror profile, one can model quantum aspects of black holes in two dimensions, ranging from...

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Main Authors: Parthajit Biswas, Bobby Ezhuthachan, Arnab Kundu, Baishali Roy
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Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2024-10-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2024)146
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description Abstract We explore the physics of scrambling in the moving mirror models, in which a two-dimensional CFT is subjected to a time-dependent boundary condition. It is well-known that by choosing an appropriate mirror profile, one can model quantum aspects of black holes in two dimensions, ranging from Hawking radiation in an eternal black hole (for an “escaping mirror”) to the recent realization of Page curve in evaporating black holes (for a “kink mirror”). We explore a class of OTOCs in the presence of such a boundary and explicitly demonstrate the following primary aspects: First, we show that the dynamical CFT data directly affect an OTOC and maximally chaotic scrambling occurs for the escaping mirror for a large-c CFT with identity block dominance. We further show that the exponential growth of OTOC associated with the physics of scrambling yields a power-law growth in the model for evaporating black holes which demonstrates unitary dynamics in terms of a Page curve. We also demonstrate that, by tuning a parameter, one can naturally interpolate between an exponential growth associated with scrambling and a power-law growth in unitary dynamics. Our work explicitly exhibits the role of higher-point functions in CFT dynamics as well as the distinction between scrambling and Page curve. We also discuss several future possibilities based on this class of models.
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spelling doaj-art-8247fb31d5e2402b83db8c94f929a0582024-12-08T12:10:30ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792024-10-0120241013010.1007/JHEP10(2024)146Moving mirrors, OTOCs and scramblingParthajit Biswas0Bobby Ezhuthachan1Arnab Kundu2Baishali Roy3Department of Physics, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research InstituteDepartment of Physics, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research InstituteSaha Institute of Nuclear PhysicsDepartment of Physics, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research InstituteAbstract We explore the physics of scrambling in the moving mirror models, in which a two-dimensional CFT is subjected to a time-dependent boundary condition. It is well-known that by choosing an appropriate mirror profile, one can model quantum aspects of black holes in two dimensions, ranging from Hawking radiation in an eternal black hole (for an “escaping mirror”) to the recent realization of Page curve in evaporating black holes (for a “kink mirror”). We explore a class of OTOCs in the presence of such a boundary and explicitly demonstrate the following primary aspects: First, we show that the dynamical CFT data directly affect an OTOC and maximally chaotic scrambling occurs for the escaping mirror for a large-c CFT with identity block dominance. We further show that the exponential growth of OTOC associated with the physics of scrambling yields a power-law growth in the model for evaporating black holes which demonstrates unitary dynamics in terms of a Page curve. We also demonstrate that, by tuning a parameter, one can naturally interpolate between an exponential growth associated with scrambling and a power-law growth in unitary dynamics. Our work explicitly exhibits the role of higher-point functions in CFT dynamics as well as the distinction between scrambling and Page curve. We also discuss several future possibilities based on this class of models.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2024)146AdS-CFT CorrespondenceBlack HolesBoundary Quantum Field TheoryConformal Field Models in String Theory
spellingShingle Parthajit Biswas
Bobby Ezhuthachan
Arnab Kundu
Baishali Roy
Moving mirrors, OTOCs and scrambling
Journal of High Energy Physics
AdS-CFT Correspondence
Black Holes
Boundary Quantum Field Theory
Conformal Field Models in String Theory
title Moving mirrors, OTOCs and scrambling
title_full Moving mirrors, OTOCs and scrambling
title_fullStr Moving mirrors, OTOCs and scrambling
title_full_unstemmed Moving mirrors, OTOCs and scrambling
title_short Moving mirrors, OTOCs and scrambling
title_sort moving mirrors otocs and scrambling
topic AdS-CFT Correspondence
Black Holes
Boundary Quantum Field Theory
Conformal Field Models in String Theory
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2024)146
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