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dS/CFT from Defect

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-12-23 v2

Abstract

We perform a Wick rotation and analytic continuation from global AdSd+1_{d+1} to static dSd+1_{d+1}, yielding CFTd_d generators with a nonstandard adjoint action tied to dS bulk coordinates. To reproduce the real-scalar two-point function, we introduce a global defect operator that twists the inner product. We further show that PTPT symmetry is spontaneously broken in CFT2_2 vacua with a central charge having an imaginary part. Finally, we derive integral identities for bulk and defect correlators, providing a unified framework for computing CFTd_d observables in the presence of global and local defects.

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@article{arxiv.2512.11759,
  title  = {dS/CFT from Defect},
  author = {Xing Huang and Chen-Te Ma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.11759},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

32 pages, 1 figure, minor changes, reference added

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