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Deconstructing de Sitter

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Vijay Balasubramanian, Petr Horava, Djordje Minic

High Energy Physics - Theory · Submitted 21 Mar 2001

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The authors' main claim We suggest a picture for Euclidean de Sitter space in string theory, and use the AdS/CFT correspondence to argue that de Sitter entropy can be understood as the number of degrees of freedom in a quantum mechanical dual.

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CitationDjordje Minic, Petr Horava, Vijay Balasubramanian. "Deconstructing de Sitter." arXiv:hep-th/0103171 (2001). https://pith.science/paper/2SCSJPCI
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Semiclassical gravity predicts that de Sitter space has a finite entropy. We suggest a picture for Euclidean de Sitter space in string theory, and use the AdS/CFT correspondence to argue that de Sitter entropy can be understood as the number of degrees of freedom in a quantum mechanical dual.

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s1 We suggest a picture for Euclidean de Sitter space in string theory, and use the AdS/CFT correspondence to argue that de Sitter entropy can be understood as the number of degrees of freedom in a quantum mechanical dual. contribution 0.97 0.82 0.79 hedged possibility 0.72

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Semiclassical gravity predicts that de Sitter space has a finite entropy. We suggest a picture for Euclidean de Sitter space in string theory, and use the AdS/CFT correspondence to argue that de Sitter entropy can be understood as the number of degrees of freedom in a quantum mechanical dual.

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  • Understanding the thermodynamics and quantum particle production of de Sitter space [ref] is well-motivated both mathematically, since it is the maximally symmetric solution of Einstein's equations with a positive cosmological constant, and physically, since during the early universe, $t≲10^-32$s, inflation is approximately de Sitter [ref] and with current cosmic acceleration the cosmos may be headed for a future de Sitter state.

    The mirror at the edge of the universe: Reflections on an accelerated boundary correspondence with de Sitter cosmology · Introduction · 0.91

  • According to the dS/CFT correspondence [ref] , its precursors [ref] and refinements [ref] , the microscopic degrees of freedom giving rise to the dS entropy are encoded within a dual Euclidean conformal field theory located at the boundary of global dS space.

    De Sitter Space and Entanglement · The problem of de Sitter entropy · 0.87

  • The rest of this thesis focuses on the dS static patch — and other maximally symmetric causal diamonds — since it has thermodynamic properties, as we will see in the next subsection.[For extensive reviews of de Sitter space, see [ref] .]

    Emergent Gravity in a Holographic Universe · Classical geometry of de Sitter space · 0.98

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