Holographic Formulation of Quantum Supergravity
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-31 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We show that supergravity with a cosmological constant can be expressed as constrained topological field theory based on the supergroup . The theory is then extended to include timelike boundaries with finite spatial area. Consistent boundary conditions are found which induce a boundary theory based on a supersymmetric Chern-Simons theory. The boundary state space is constructed from states of the boundary supersymmetric Chern-Simons theory on the punctured two sphere and naturally satisfies the Bekenstein bound, where area is measured by the area operator of quantum supergravity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0009018,
title = {Holographic Formulation of Quantum Supergravity},
author = {Yi Ling and Lee Smolin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0009018},
year = {2009}
}
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30 pages, no figure