Thermal transport in$T \bar{T}$-deformed conformal field theories: from integrability to holography

Marko Medenjak, Giuseppe Policastro, Takato Yoshimura

Published 2020-10-29Version 1

In this paper we consider the energy and momentum transport in (1+1)-dimension conformal field theories (CFTs) that are deformed by an irrelevant operator $T\bar{T}$, using the integrability based generalized hydrodynamics, and holography. The two complementary methods allow us to study the energy and momentum transport after the in-homogeneous quench, derive the exact non-equilibrium steady states and calculate the Drude weights and the diffusion constants. Our analysis reveals that both the energy and the momentum Drude weights satisfy universal formulae regardless of the underlying conformal field theory. These fundamental physical insights have important consequences for our understanding of the $T\bar{T}$-deformed CFTs. First of all, they provide the first check of the $T\bar{T}$-deformed $\mathrm{AdS}_3$/$\mathrm{CFT}_2$ correspondence from the dynamical standpoint. And secondly, we are able to identify a remarkable connection between the $T\bar{T}$-deformed CFTs and reversible cellular automata.