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Dual description of a 4d cosmology
Michael Smolkin, Neil Turok
M-theory compactified on S^7/Z_k allows for a four-dimensional, asymptotically AdS cosmology. The holographic dual consists of ABJM theory with a non-supersymmetric marginal deform…
On the dynamical generation of the Maxwell term and scale invariance
Eliezer Rabinovici, Michael Smolkin
Gauge theories with no Maxwell term are investigated in various setups. The dynamical generation of the Maxwell term is correlated to the scale invariance properties of the system.…
On Holographic Entanglement Entropy and Higher Curvature Gravity
Ling-Yan Hung, Robert C. Myers, Michael Smolkin
We examine holographic entanglement entropy with higher curvature gravity in the bulk. We show that in general Wald's formula for horizon entropy does not yield the correct entangl…
Non-Relativistic Gravitation: From Newton to Einstein and Back
Barak Kol, Michael Smolkin
We present an improvement to the Classical Effective Theory approach to the non-relativistic or Post-Newtonian approximation of General Relativity. The "potential metric field" is…
Analytic Evidence for Continuous Self Similarity of the Critical Merger Solution
Vadim Asnin, Barak Kol, Michael Smolkin
The double cone, a cone over a product of a pair of spheres, is known to play a role in the black-hole black-string phase diagram, and like all cones it is continuously self simila…