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Title:
Lifshitz Anisotropy from Boundary Conditions

Speaker:
Daniel Grumiller

Abstract:
Gravitational theories with Lifshitz-type of scaling usually require some exotic aspect in the bulk: either a non-relativistic theory, a higher derivative theory, or some exotic matter content. In my talk I review the alternative possibility of inducing Lifshitz-scaling through boundary conditions and give several examples: higher spin theories, lower spin theories and pure Einstein gravity in three dimensions. For the last option I will then argue that the singular limit of Lifshitz exponent z=0 is relevant for near horizon physics and soft Heisenberg hair.

Link:
http://scgp.stonybrook.edu/video_portal/video.php?id=3052

Workshop:
Simons- Workshop: Applied Newton-Cartan geometry