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The quantum mechanical formalism for position and momentum of a particle in a one dimensional cyclic lattice is constructively developed. Some mathematical features characteristic of the finite dimensional Hilbert space are compared with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. C. de la Torre , D. Goyeneche

We show that there is only one physically acceptable vacuum state for quantum fields in de Sitter space-time which is left invariant under the action of the de Sitter-Lorentz group $SO(1,d)$ and supply its physical interpretation in terms…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-06-30 Aharon Casher , Pawel O. Mazur , Andrzej J. Staruszkiewicz

It is widely accepted that the states of any quantum system are vectors in a Hilbert space. Not everyone agrees, however. The recent paper ``The unphysicality of Hilbert spaces'' by Carcassi, Calder\'on and Aidala is a thoughtful dissection…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-03 Nivaldo A. Lemos

In this paper we study various aspects of entanglement entropy in strongly-coupled de Sitter quantum field theories in various dimensions. We find gravity solutions that are dual to field theories in a fixed de Sitter background, both in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-07-08 Willy Fischler , Sandipan Kundu , Juan F. Pedraza

We consider the quantum gravity partition function that counts the dimension of the Hilbert space of a spatial region with topology of a ball and fixed proper volume, and evaluate it in the leading order saddle point approximation. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-10-03 Ted Jacobson , Manus R. Visser

In this paper, we describe some interesting properties of a non-Hermitian Jaynes-Cummings model. For this particular model, it is known that the Hilbert space can be described by infinitely-many two-dimensional invariant (closed) subspaces,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-23 Gargi Das , Aritra Ghosh , Bhabani Prasad Mandal

Physical laws for elementary particles can be described by the quantum dynamics equation given a Hamiltonian. The solution are probability amplitudes in Hilbert space that evolve over time. A probability density function over position and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-12-02 Davi Geiger , Zvi M. Kedem

We study Jackiw-Teitelboim gravity with positive cosmological constant as a model for de Sitter quantum gravity. We focus on the quantum mechanics of the model at past and future infinity. There is a Hilbert space of asymptotic states and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-15 Jordan Cotler , Kristan Jensen

We compute the relative entropy between the vacuum and a coherent state for a massive scalar field in de Sitter spacetime, using Tomita-Takesaki modular theory and the Araki-Uhlmann formula for the relative entropy. Embedding de Sitter…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-22 Markus Fröb , Albert Much , Kyriakos Papadopoulos

The $S$-matrix formulation indicates that a consistent embedding of de Sitter state in quantum gravity is possible exclusively as an excited quantum state constructed on top of a valid $S$-matrix vacuum such as Minkowski. In the present…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-12 Lasha Berezhiani , Gia Dvali , Otari Sakhelashvili

A long-standing and intriguing question is: does the holographic principle apply to cosmologies like de Sitter spacetime? In this work, we consider a half dS spacetime wherein a timelike boundary encloses the bulk spacetime, presenting a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-18 Taishi Kawamoto , Shan-Ming Ruan , Yu-ki Suzuki , Tadashi Takayanagi

The quantum deformation of the Hopf algebra describes the skeleton of quantum field theory, namely its characterizing feature consisting in the existence of infinitely many unitarily inequivalent representations of the canonical commutation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Iorio , G. Lambiase , G. Vitiello

A composite quantum system comprising a finite number k of subsystems which are described with position and momentum variables in Z_{n_{i}}, i=1,...,k, is considered. Its Hilbert space is given by a k-fold tensor product of Hilbert spaces…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-10-24 M. Korbelar , J. Tolar

We show that global de Sitter space is unstable to particle creation, even for a massive free field theory with no self-interactions. The O(4,1) de Sitter invariant state is a definite phase coherent superposition of particle and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-05-28 Paul R. Anderson , Emil Mottola

For states in infinite dimensional Hilbert spaces entanglement quantities like the entanglement of distillation can become infinite. This leads naturally to the question, whether one system in such an infinitely entangled state can serve as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Keyl , D. Schlingemann , R. F. Werner

This paper explores infrared quantum effects in the de Sitter space. The notion of "eternal manifolds" is introduced and it is shown that in most cases the de Sitter space doesn't belong to this class. It is unstable under small…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 A. M. Polyakov

The space of continuous states of perturbative interacting quantum field theories in globally hyperbolic curved spacetimes is determined. Following Brunetti and Fredenhagen, we first define an abstract algebra of observables which contains…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Stefan Hollands , Weihua Ruan

We study the phase space structure of the Jackiw-Teitelboim model in its connection variables formulation where the gauge group of the field theory is given by local SL(2,R) (or SU(2) for the Euclidean model), i.e. the de Sitter group in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-07-24 Clisthenis P. Constantinidis , Alejandro Perez , Olivier Piguet

The basic features of a quantum field theory which is Poincar\'e invariant, gauge invariant, finite and unitary to all orders of perturbation theory are reviewed. Quantum gravity is finite and unitary to all orders of perturbation theory.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 J. W. Moffat

In the presence of a cosmological constant, interpreted as a purely geometric entity, absence of matter is represented by a de Sitter spacetime. As a consequence, ordinary Poincare' special relativity is no longer valid and must be replaced…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-09-01 R. Aldrovandi , J. P. Beltran Almeida , C. S. O. Mayor , J. G. Pereira