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Entropy of Flat Space Cosmologies from Celestial dual

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-02-02 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We construct a one-dimensional dual theory that effectively describes the sector of the (2+1)D flat gravity phase space near a Flat Space Cosmology (FSC) saddle labeled by definite mass and angular momentum. This Schwarzian type action describes the dynamics of the (Pseudo-) Goldstone Bosons of BMS3_3 algebra on a circle as the symmetry is spontaneously and anomalously broken. This 1D theory, living on the celestial circle, provides an explicit construction of a celestial dual in (2+1)D. We use it to calculate the semiclassical entropy of Flat Space Cosmologies and find perfect agreement with existing literature.

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@article{arxiv.2310.02682,
  title  = {Entropy of Flat Space Cosmologies from Celestial dual},
  author = {Arindam Bhattacharjee and Muktajyoti Saha},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.02682},
  year   = {2024}
}

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