Gravitational duality, topologically massive gravity and holographic fluids

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Abstract

Self-duality in Euclidean gravitational set ups is a tool for finding remarkable four-dimensional geometries. From a holographic perspective, selfduality sets a relationship between two a priori independent boundary data: the boundary energy–momentum tensor and the boundary Cotton tensor. This relationship, which can be viewed as resulting from a topological mass term for gravity boundary dynamics, survives under the Lorentzian signature and provides a tool for generating exact bulk Einstein spaces carrying, among others, nut charge. In turn, the holographic analysis exhibits perfect-fluid-like equilibrium states and the presence of non-trivial vorticity allows to show that infinite number of transport coefficients vanish.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)331-367
Number of pages37
JournalLecture Notes in Physics
Volume892
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2015

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