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Conformal Einstein equation and symplectic flux with a positive cosmological constant

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2025-10-15 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We analyze the conformal Einstein equation with a positive cosmological constant to extract fall-off conditions of the gravitational fields. The fall-off conditions are consistent with a finite, non-trivial presymplectic current on the future boundary of de Sitter. Hence our result allows a non-zero gravitational flux across the boundary of the de Sitter. We present an explicit gauge-free computation to show that the Gibbons-Hawking boundary term, counterterm in the action, and fall-off condition of gravitational field in conformal Einstein equation are crucial to reproduce the finite symplectic flux.

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@article{arxiv.2504.20845,
  title  = {Conformal Einstein equation and symplectic flux with a positive cosmological constant},
  author = {Sk Jahanur Hoque and Pavel Krtouš and Carlos Peón-Nieto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.20845},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

37 pages, revised version and extended appendices