Constraints on Kasner Exponents from Holography and Energy Conditions
Abstract
A central question in bottom-up holography is whether a given bulk effective theory admits a consistent holographic dual. In this work, we explore whether the near-singularity Kasner scaling of planar AdS black hole interiors can serve as a useful diagnostic based on interior-sensitive holographic probes. By examining the metric combinations that control interior-sensitive observables, including Complexity=Volume (CV), the bulk contribution to Complexity=Action (CA), Hartman-Maldacena (HM) entropy, and the thermal a-function, we derive algebraic bounds on the Kasner exponents (pt,ps) for the relevant semi-classical regimes: finite-radius late-time branches of CV and HM, finite CA complexity, and a finite near-singularity thermal a-function. The resulting inequalities delineate the corresponding regions of Kasner space in which the terminal scaling alone is sufficient to realize these behaviors. Furthermore, we demonstrate that classical energy conditions, specifically the null and dominant energy conditions, provide simple sufficient criteria ensuring that the Kasner exponents fall within these holographically allowed regions. These results establish a direct connection between classical bulk energy conditions and the interior geometry selected by holographic probes, and suggest that Kasner scaling can provide a complementary diagnostic in bottom-up holography.
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BibTeX
@misc{li2026constraints,
title = {{Constraints on Kasner Exponents from Holography and Energy Conditions}},
author = {Zi-Hao Li and Run-Qiu Yang},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.16980},
eprint = {2609.16980},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.16980},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Constraints on Kasner Exponents from Holography and Energy Conditions
AU - Zi-Hao Li
AU - Run-Qiu Yang
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/30
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.16980
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.16980
AB - A central question in bottom-up holography is whether a given bulk effective theory admits a consistent holographic dual. In this work, we explore whether the near-singularity Kasner scaling of planar AdS black hole interiors can serve as a useful diagnostic based on interior-sensitive holographic probes. By examining the metric combinations that control interior-sensitive observables, including Complexity=Volume (CV), the bulk contribution to Complexity=Action (CA), Hartman-Maldacena (HM) entropy, and the thermal a-function, we derive algebraic bounds on the Kasner exponents (p_t,p_s) for the relevant semi-classical regimes: finite-radius late-time branches of CV and HM, finite CA complexity, and a finite near-singularity thermal a-function. The resulting inequalities delineate the corresponding regions of Kasner space in which the terminal scaling alone is sufficient to realize these behaviors. Furthermore, we demonstrate that classical energy conditions, specifically the null and dominant energy conditions, provide simple sufficient criteria ensuring that the Kasner exponents fall within these holographically allowed regions. These results establish a direct connection between classical bulk energy conditions and the interior geometry selected by holographic probes, and suggest that Kasner scaling can provide a complementary diagnostic in bottom-up holography.
ER -