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.

*HY is supported by the Theory of Quantum Matter Unit at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellowships for Young Scientists.

Presenters

  • Han Yan

    • Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

Authors

  • Han Yan

    • Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology