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Phys. Rev. D 78, 046003 (2008) [7 pages]

Toward an AdS/cold atoms correspondence: A geometric realization of the Schrödinger symmetry

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D. T. Son
Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1550, USA

Received 28 April 2008; published 4 August 2008

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We discuss a realization of the nonrelativistic conformal group (the Schrödinger group) as the symmetry of a spacetime. We write down a toy model in which this geometry is a solution to field equations. We discuss various issues related to nonrelativistic holography. In particular, we argue that free fermions and fermions at unitarity correspond to the same bulk theory with different choices for the near-boundary asymptotics corresponding to the source and the expectation value of one operator. We describe an extended version of nonrelativistic general coordinate invariance which is realized holographically.

© 2008 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.78.046003
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.78.046003
PACS:
11.25.Tq, 03.75.Ss