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Ian M. Tolfree

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arXiv2009

Fourier Analysis of the BTZ Black Hole

In this paper we extend our previous work regarding the role of the Fourier transformation in bulk to boundary mappings to include the BTZ black hole. We follow standard procedures for modifying Fourier Transformations to accommodate quotient spaces and arrive at a bulk to boundary mapping in a black hole background. We show that this mapping is consistent with known results and lends a new insight into the AdS/CFT duality. We find that the micro-states corresponding to the entropy of a bulk scalar field are the Fourier coefficients on the boundary, which transform under the principal series representation of $SL(2,R)$. Building upon this we present a toy model to analyze the implications of this for the origin of black hole entropy. We find that the black hole micro-states live on the boundary and correspond to the possible emission modes of the black hole

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arXiv2009

An Alternative Path to the Boundary - the CFT as the Fourier Space of AdS

In this paper we shed new light on the AdS/CFT duality by interpreting the CFT as the Fourier space of AdS. We make use of well known integral geometry techniques to derive the Fourier transformation of a function defined on the AdS hyperboloid. We show that the Fourier Transformation of a function on the hyperboloid is a function defined on the boundary. We find that the Green's functions from the literature are actually the Fourier weights (i.e. plane wave solutions) of the transformation and that the boundary values of fields appearing in the correspondence are the Fourier components of the transformation. One is thus left to interpret the CFT as the quantized version of a classical theory in AdS and the dual operator as the Fourier coefficients. Group theoretic considerations are discussed in relation to the transformation and its potential use in constructing QCD like theories. In addition, we consider possible implications involving understanding the dual of AdS black holes.

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