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Petrov classification and holographic reconstruction of spacetime

  • University of Crete
  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • University of Bern

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Abstract

Using the asymptotic form of the bulk Weyl tensor, we present an explicit approach that allows us to reconstruct exact four-dimensional Einstein spacetimes which are algebraically special with respect to Petrov’s classification. If the boundary metric supports a traceless, symmetric and conserved complex rank-two tensor, which is related to the boundary Cotton and energy-momentum tensors, and if the hydrodynamic congruence is shearless, then the bulk metric is exactly resummed and captures modes that stand beyond the hydrodynamic derivative expansion. We illustrate the method when the congruence has zero vorticity, leading to the Robinson-Trautman spacetimes of arbitrary Petrov class, and quote the case of non-vanishing vorticity, which captures the Plebański-Demiański Petrov D family.

Original languageEnglish
Article number5
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2015
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Sept 2015

Keywords

  • AdS-CFT Correspondence
  • Black Holes
  • Black Holes in String Theory
  • Gauge-gravity correspondence

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