Towards causal patch physics in dS/CFT
Abstract
This is a status report on a research program aimed at obtaining quantum-gravitational physics inside a cosmological horizon through dS/CFT, i.e. through a holographic description at past/future infinity of de Sitter space. The program aims to bring together two main elements. The first is the observation by Anninos, Hartman and Strominger that Vasiliev's higher-spin gravity provides a working model for dS/CFT in 3+1 dimensions. The second is the proposal by Parikh, Savonije and Verlinde that dS/CFT may prove more tractable if one works in so-called "elliptic" de Sitter space - a folded-in-half version of global de Sitter where antipodal points have been identified. We review some relevant progress concerning quantum field theory on elliptic de Sitter space, higher-spin gravity and its holographic duality with a free vector model. We present our reasons for optimism that the approach outlined here will lead to a full holographic description of quantum (higher-spin) gravity in the causal patch of a de Sitter observer.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1710.05682,
title = {Towards causal patch physics in dS/CFT},
author = {Yasha Neiman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.05682},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
10 pages, 1 figure. Conference proceedings contribution for ICGAC-13/IK-15 in Ewha Womans University in Seoul