De Sitter Horizon Edge Partition Functions

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Autore principale: Law, Y. T. Albert
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contents One-loop $S^{d+1}$ path integrals were shown to factorize into two parts: a bulk thermal ideal gas partition function in a $dS_{d+1}$ static patch and an edge partition function associated with degrees of freedom living on $S^{d-1}$. Here, we analyze the $\mathfrak{so}(d)$ structure of the edge partition functions for massive and massless totally symmetric tensors of arbitrary rank in any $d\geq 3$. For linearized Einstein gravity on $S^{d+1}$, we find that the edge partition function receives contributions from shift-symmetric vector and scalar fields on $S^{d-1}$, suggesting a possible interpretation in terms of an embedded $S^{d-1}$ brane.
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spellingShingle De Sitter Horizon Edge Partition Functions
Law, Y. T. Albert
High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
One-loop $S^{d+1}$ path integrals were shown to factorize into two parts: a bulk thermal ideal gas partition function in a $dS_{d+1}$ static patch and an edge partition function associated with degrees of freedom living on $S^{d-1}$. Here, we analyze the $\mathfrak{so}(d)$ structure of the edge partition functions for massive and massless totally symmetric tensors of arbitrary rank in any $d\geq 3$. For linearized Einstein gravity on $S^{d+1}$, we find that the edge partition function receives contributions from shift-symmetric vector and scalar fields on $S^{d-1}$, suggesting a possible interpretation in terms of an embedded $S^{d-1}$ brane.
title De Sitter Horizon Edge Partition Functions
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.17912