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Main Authors: Ge, Dongsheng, Herzog, Christopher P.
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.14580
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author Ge, Dongsheng
Herzog, Christopher P.
author_facet Ge, Dongsheng
Herzog, Christopher P.
contents We study the linearized scattering of dilaton-graviton waves from a thin brane in three-dimensional spacetime. Holographically, the setup models scattering from an interface in a family of strongly coupled theories related to dimensional reductions of higher-dimensional $AdS_{d+2}$ gravity. Unlike the pure $AdS_3$ case, for $d>1$ the physical bulk mode allows incident radiation to be redistributed into reflected, transmitted, and evanescent components. For the $d=2$ background, we obtain a controlled solution in which the interface acts like a rough translucent window, producing diffuse angular scattering and absorption into surface modes. From the dual perspective, the scattering process is suggestive of dissipative flow toward the infrared. For $d=4$, the same analysis reveals a sensitivity to the infrared boundary condition, suggesting that the singular zero-temperature geometry must be regulated in order to have a well-defined scattering process. The structure of the equations nevertheless suggests that a regulated $d=4$ problem may exhibit the same qualitative redistribution of incident flux.
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spellingShingle Scattering off Chamblin-Reall Branes
Ge, Dongsheng
Herzog, Christopher P.
High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
We study the linearized scattering of dilaton-graviton waves from a thin brane in three-dimensional spacetime. Holographically, the setup models scattering from an interface in a family of strongly coupled theories related to dimensional reductions of higher-dimensional $AdS_{d+2}$ gravity. Unlike the pure $AdS_3$ case, for $d>1$ the physical bulk mode allows incident radiation to be redistributed into reflected, transmitted, and evanescent components. For the $d=2$ background, we obtain a controlled solution in which the interface acts like a rough translucent window, producing diffuse angular scattering and absorption into surface modes. From the dual perspective, the scattering process is suggestive of dissipative flow toward the infrared. For $d=4$, the same analysis reveals a sensitivity to the infrared boundary condition, suggesting that the singular zero-temperature geometry must be regulated in order to have a well-defined scattering process. The structure of the equations nevertheless suggests that a regulated $d=4$ problem may exhibit the same qualitative redistribution of incident flux.
title Scattering off Chamblin-Reall Branes
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.14580