Kasner Exponents from the Bouncing Singularity

Abstract

The black hole singularity can be probed by the thermal boundary two-point correlator. When there is a bouncing geodesic, the boundary correlator reveals the singular behavior $G(t,\vec{x}=0)\propto (t-t_c{)}^{-2\Delta +b_t}$ at large $N$. We show that the additional power $b_t$ is determined by the Kasner exponents near the singularity: for planar black branes in AdS${}_{d+1}$, we derive the formula $b_t=(d-1)\max \left(\frac{p_i-p_t}{1-p_t},\frac{1}{2}\right)$, where $p_t$ and $p_i$ are the exponents of the time and spatial directions. We compare our formula with the numerical values of Čeplak and Valach. It reproduces their relation for black branes with $g_{tt}{g}_{rr}=-1$. For $g_{tt}{g}_{rr}\ne -1$, where no formula had been found, our formula agrees with most of their data and fits them much better than their relation. We also give predictions for $b_t$ in theories where the Kasner exponents are known, but $b_t$ has not been computed.

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