Fracton and Holography

ORAL

Abstract

We propose that the fracton topological order is a class of toy models for holography. The discovery of AdS/CFT correspondence as a concrete construction of holography, and the subsequent developments including the Ryu-Takayanagi formula of entanglement entropy have revolutionized our understanding of quantum gravity, and provided a powerful tool set for solving various strongly-coupled quantum field theory problems. In this work we discuss a classical toy model based on fracton topological order, a class of exotic many-body systems with boundary area law of ground state degeneracy and (partially) immobile excitations. We show that such a model defined on the hyperbolic lattice satisfies some key properties of holographic correspondence. These properties include: the AdS-Rindler reconstruction is realized; the mutual information obeys the Ryu-Takayanagi formula, and a naively defined black hole's entropy scales as its horizon area.

Presenters

  • Han Yan

    Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

Authors

  • Han Yan

    Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology