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No-Boundary State for Klein Space

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-10-14 v1

Abstract

Analytic continuation from (3,1)(3,1) signature Minkowski to (2,2)(2,2) signature Klein space has emerged as a useful tool for the understanding of scattering amplitudes and flat space holography. Under this continuation, past and future null infinity merge into a single boundary (J\mathcal{J}) which is the product of a null line with a (1,1)(1,1) signature torus. The Minkowskian S\mathcal{S}-matrix continues to a Kleinian S\mathcal{S}-vector which in turn may be represented by a Poincar\'e-invariant vacuum state C|\mathcal{C}\rangle in the Hilbert space built on J\mathcal{J}. C|\mathcal{C} \rangle contains all information about S\mathcal{S} in a novel, repackaged form. We give an explicit construction of C|\mathcal{C}\rangle in a Lorentz/conformal basis for a free massless scalar. J\mathcal{J} separates into two halves J±\mathcal{J}_\pm which are the asymptotic null boundaries of the regions timelike and spacelike separated from the origin. C|\mathcal{C}\rangle is shown to be a maximally entangled state in the product of the J±\mathcal{J}_\pm Hilbert spaces.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2410.08853,
  title  = {No-Boundary State for Klein Space},
  author = {Walker Melton and Atul Sharma and Andrew Strominger and Tianli Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.08853},
  year   = {2024}
}

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12 pages, 1 figure

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