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Quantization of the massless minimally coupled scalar field and the dS/CFT correspondence

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We consider the quantization of the massless minimally coupled scalar field in de Sitter spacetime. The no-boundary Euclidean prescription naturally picks out the de Sitter invariant vacuum state of Kirsten and Garriga. We extend Strominger's dS/CFT correspondence to this case which allows us to interpret the massless field in terms of a Euclidean CFT. The extension is non-trivial and requires careful treatment of the zero mode. Since the graviton is massless, this work may also be considered a step towards a theory of gravity in de Sitter space.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0108119,
  title  = {Quantization of the massless minimally coupled scalar field and the dS/CFT correspondence},
  author = {Andrew J. Tolley and Neil Turok},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0108119},
  year   = {2007}
}

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14 pages, LaTex file, one PostScript figure