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Flow-geometry microstates

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-10-23 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We construct geometric microstates for a class of two-dimensional flow geometries-spacetimes that interpolate from an asymptotic AdS2_2 boundary to a dS2_2 static patch in the interior-by inserting particles behind the horizon. We show that this mechanism produces dS microstates with an Einstein-Rosen bridge of infinite length behind the horizon. The state-counting of these microstates, including wormhole contributions, reproduces the Gibbons-Hawking entropy, SdS=AhorizondS/4GS_{\rm dS}=A^{\rm dS}_{\rm horizon}/4G. Furthermore, we extend the microstate-counting method to the case of a finite-length Einstein-Rosen bridge. As a result, the Hilbert space of the dS horizon in the flow geometry can be spanned by states with a purely dS Einstein-Rosen bridge, containing no AdS portion on the time-symmetric slice. This provides a concrete realization of dS microstates within a controlled holographic framework.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2510.18901,
  title  = {Flow-geometry microstates},
  author = {Ricardo Espíndola and Shoichiro Miyashita},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.18901},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

58 pages, 22 figures

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