The centaur-algebra of observables
Sergio Aguilar-Gutierrez (Institute for Theoretical Physics, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium); Eyoab Bahiru (International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), via Bonomea 265, Trieste, 34136, Italy, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Strada Costiera 11, Trieste, 34151, Italy, INFN, Sezione di Trieste, via Valerio 2, Trieste, 34127, Italy); Ricardo Espíndola (Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China)
This letter explores a transition in the type of von Neumann algebra for asymptotically AdS spacetimes from the implementations of the different gravitational constraints. We denote it as the centaur-algebra of observables. In the first part of the letter, we employ a class of flow geometries interpolating between AdS2 and dS2 spaces, the centaur geometries. We study the type II ∞ crossed product algebra describing the semiclassical gravitational theory, and we explore the algebra of bounded sub-regions in the bulk theory following $$ T\overline{T} $$ deformations of the geometry and study the gravitational constraints with respect to the quasi-local Brown-York energy of the system at a finite cutoff. In the second part, we study arbitrary asymptotically AdS spacetimes, where we implement the boundary protocol of an infalling observer modeled as a probe black hole proposed by [1] to study modifications in the algebra. In both situations, we show how incorporating the constraints requires a type II1 description.