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We study quantum field theories placed on a two-dimensional de Sitter spacetime (dS$_2$) with an eye on the group-theoretic organisation of single and multi-particle states. We explore the distinguished role of the discrete series unitary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-22 Dionysios Anninos , Tarek Anous , Ben Pethybridge , Gizem Şengör

We revisit the literature on locality on de Sitter with the goal to organize the main results with respect to the representation theory of the isometry group of four dimensional de Sitter. We make use of the late-time behavior of two-point…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-30 Murat Onem , Gizem Sengor

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

A frame work has been presented for theoretical interpretation of various modified gravitational models which is based on the group theoretical approach and unitary irreducible representations (UIR's) of de Sitter (dS) group. In order to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-05-30 Mohsen Dehghani

We study quantum field theory on a de Sitter spacetime dS$_{d+1}$ background. Our main tool is the Hilbert space decomposition in irreducible unitary representations of its isometry group $SO(d+1,1)$. As the first application of the Hilbert…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-11-07 Matthijs Hogervorst , João Penedones , Kamran Salehi Vaziri

We construct unitary irreducible representation of the de Sitter group, that forms the basis for the study of $dS_{d+1}$ QFT. Using the intertwining kernel analysis, we discuss bosonic symmetric tensor, and fermionic higher-spinors.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-29 Vladimir Schaub

We study the solutions to the Klein-Gordon equation for the massive scalar field in the universal covering space of two-dimensional anti-de Sitter space. For certain values of the mass parameter, we impose a suitable set of boundary…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-01-12 Atsushi Higuchi , Lasse Schmieding , David Serrano Blanco

In this paper, we study the correspondence between a field theory in de Sitter space in $D$-dimensions and a dual conformal field theory in a euclidean space in $(D-1)$-dimensions. In particular, we investigate the form in which this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-12-16 Juan P. Beltrán Almeida , Josué Motoa-Manzano , César A. Valenzuela-Toledo

We discuss the quantization of a scalar particle moving in two-dimensional de Sitter space. We construct the conformal quantum mechanical model on the asymptotic boundary of de Sitter space in the infinite past. We obtain explicit…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Scott Ness , George Siopsis

We propose a model for the dS/CFT correspondence. The model is constructed in terms of a "Yang-Baxter operator" $R$ for unitary representations of the deSitter group $SO(d,1)$. This $R$-operator is shown to satisfy the Yang-Baxter equation,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-09-13 Stefan Hollands , Gandalf Lechner

We revisit the concept of de Sitter (dS) 'tachyonic' scalar fields, characterized by discrete negative squared mass values, and assess their physical significance through a rigorous Wigner-inspired group-theoretical analysis. This…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-22 Jean-Pierre Gazeau , Hamed Pejhan

Perturbative gravity in global de Sitter space is subject to so-called linearization stability constraints: If they are to couple consistently to the gravitational field, quantum states must be invariant under the de Sitter isometries.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-01-16 Donald Marolf , Ian A. Morrison

Our main goal here is to provide an introduction on some of the well established properties of the representation theory of SO(d+1,1), for those considering to think on physical problems set in de Sitter space in terms of these…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-12-01 Gizem Sengor

We discuss the quantization of a scalar field in three-dimensional asymptotic de Sitter space. We obtain explicit expressions for the Noether currents generating the isometry group in terms of the modes of the scalar field and the Liouville…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-13 Scott Ness , George Siopsis

In this paper, it is shown that the covariant representation (CR) transforming the Dirac field under de Sitter isometries is equivalent to a direct sum of two unitary irreducible representations (UIRs) of the $Sp(2,2)$ group transforming…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-11-12 Ion I. Cotaescu , Doru-Marcel Baltateanu

A holographic duality is proposed relating quantum gravity on dS_D (D-dimensional de Sitter space) to conformal field theory on a single S^{D-1} ((D-1)-sphere), in which bulk de Sitter correlators with points on the boundary are related to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Andrew Strominger

It is commonly believed that a unitary supersymmetric quantum field theory (QFT) involving graviton and gravitino fields on fixed 4-dimensional de Sitter spacetime ($dS_4$) cannot exist due to known challenges associated with supersymmetry…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-20 Atsushi Higuchi , Vasileios A. Letsios

We calculate two-point functions of scalar fields of mass $m$ and their conjugate momenta at the late-time boundary of de Sitter with Bunch-Davies boundary conditions, in general $d+1$ spacetime dimensions. We perform the calculation using…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-10-31 Gizem Sengor , Constantinos Skordis

We discuss the symmetry aspects of quantum field theory in global four-dimensional de Sitter spacetime linked to $SO(1,4)$ isometries. For the unitary irreducible representations relevant to elementary particles, we obtain explicit…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-13 Audrey Lindsay , Tomasz R. Taylor

In our previous article [Letsios 2023 J. High Energ. Phys. JHEP05(2023)015], we showed that the strictly massless spin-3/2 field, as well as the strictly and partially massless spin-5/2 fields, on $N$-dimensional ($N \geq 3 $) de Sitter…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-21 Vasileios A. Letsios