Infinite Temperature is Not So Infinite: The Many Temperatures of de Sitter Space
High Energy Physics - Theory
2025-04-18 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
Several distinct concepts of temperature appear in the holographic description of de Sitter space. Conflating these has led to confusion and inconsistent claims. The double-scaled limit of SYK is a concrete model in which we can examine and explain these different concepts of temperature. This note began as an addendum to our paper ``Comments on a Paper by Narovlansky and Verlinde" but in the process of writing it we learned new things -- interesting in their own right -- that we wish to report here.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2401.08555,
title = {Infinite Temperature is Not So Infinite: The Many Temperatures of de Sitter Space},
author = {Adel A. Rahman and Leonard Susskind},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.08555},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
50 pages, 5 figures; V2 added Acknowledgments section which was accidentally omitted in V1; V3 updated formatting