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Title: Lorentzian threads and generalized complexity
A<sc>bstract</sc> Recently, an infinite class of holographic generalized complexities was proposed. These gravitational observables display the behavior required to be duals of complexity, in particular, linear growth at late times and switchback effect. In this work, we aim to understand generalized complexities in the framework of Lorentzian threads. We reformulate the problem in terms of thread distributions and measures and present a program to calculate the infinite family of codimension-one observables. We also outline a path to understand, using threads, the more subtle case of codimension-zero observables.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2210562
PAR ID:
10525067
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Springer
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume:
2024
Issue:
4
ISSN:
1029-8479
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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