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CFT duals of three-dimensional de Sitter gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-06-08 v2

Abstract

We present a class of dS/CFT correspondence between two-dimensional CFTs and three-dimensional de Sitter spaces. We argue that such a CFT includes an SU(2)(2) WZW model in the critical level limit k2k\to -2, which corresponds to the classical gravity limit. We can generalize this dS/CFT by considering the SU(N)(N) WZW model in the critical level limit kNk\to -N, dual to the higher-spin gravity on a three-dimensional de Sitter space. We confirm that under this proposed duality the classical partition function in the gravity side can be reproduced from CFT calculations. We also point out a duality relation known in higher-spin holography provides further evidence. Moreover, we analyze two-point functions and entanglement entropy in our dS/CFT correspondence. Possible spectrum and quantum corrections in the gravity theory are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.2203.02852,
  title  = {CFT duals of three-dimensional de Sitter gravity},
  author = {Yasuaki Hikida and Tatsuma Nishioka and Tadashi Takayanagi and Yusuke Taki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.02852},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

46 pages, 6 figures, minor changes, published version

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