Non-thermal behavior in conformal boundary states

• DOI: 10.1007/jhep09(2014)082
• Publication Date: 2014-09-19T16:49:37Z
• Authors: Kevin Kuns; Donald Marolf
• Keywords: Infinity

Cardy has recently observed that certain carefully tuned states of 1+1 CFTs on a timelike strip are periodic with period set by the light-crossing time. The in question defined Euclidean time evolution conformal boundary associated particular conditions imposed edges strip. We explain this behavior, and lack thermalization, showing such Lorentz-signature transformations ground state. Taking long-strip limit implies used to model thermalization Minkowski plane admit non-thermal extensions beyond future infinity plane, thus retain some notion behavior at late times. also comment holographic description these states.