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dS$\boldsymbol{_2}$ as excitation of AdS$\boldsymbol{_2}$

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-12-07 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We introduce a family of 2D dilaton gravity models with state-dependent constant curvature so that dS2_2 emerges as an excitation of AdS2_2. Curiously, the strong coupling region corresponds to the asymptotic region geometrically. Apart from these key differences, many features resemble the Almheiri--Polchinski model. We discuss perturbative and non-perturbative thermodynamical stability, bubble nucleation through matter shockwaves, and semiclassical backreaction effects. In some of these models, we find that low temperatures are dominated by AdS2_2 but high temperatures are dominated by dS2_2, concurrent with a recent proposal by Susskind.

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@article{arxiv.2204.00045,
  title  = {dS$\boldsymbol{_2}$ as excitation of AdS$\boldsymbol{_2}$},
  author = {Florian Ecker and Daniel Grumiller and Robert McNees},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.00045},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

40 pages plus appendices, v2: added 2 refs and extended discussion in sec 6, v3: added ref and a comment in sec 4