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arxiv hep-th/0609062 v1 pith:KWZ7OWL2 submitted 2006-09-08 hep-th

Towards a quantum theory of de Sitter space

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We describe progress towards constructing a quantum theory of de Sitter space in four dimensions. In particular we indicate how both particle states and Schwarzschild de Sitter black holes can arise as excitations in a theory of a finite number of fermionic oscillators. The results about particle states depend on a conjecture about algebras of Grassmann variables, which we state, but do not prove.

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