Holographic Schwinger-Keldysh field theory of SU(2) diffusion

Yanyan Bu, Xiyang Sun, Biye Zhang

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Abstract

We construct effective field theory for SU(2) isospin charge diffusion, based on holographic Schwinger-Keldysh contour [1]. The holographic model consists of a probe SU(2) gauge field in a doubled Schwarzschild-AdS5 geometry. Accurate to first order in derivative expansion, we analytically compute the effective action up to quartic order in dynamical variables. The effective theory contains both non-Gaussianity for noises and nonlinear interactions between noises and dynamical variables. Moreover, the effective theory captures both thermal and quantum fluctuations, which perfectly satisfy dynamical Kubo-Martin-Schwinger (KMS) symmetry at quantum level. Interestingly, the dynamical KMS symmetry, which is crucial in formulating non-equilibrium effective field theory for a quantum many-body system, is found to have a nice holographic interpretation.

Original languageEnglish
Article number223
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2022
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • AdS-CFT Correspondence
  • Gauge-Gravity Correspondence
  • Holography and Condensed Matter Physics (AdS/CMT)
  • Holography and Hydrodynamics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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