Horizon Edge Partition Functions in $Λ>0$ Quantum Gravity

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Hauptverfasser: Law, Y. T. Albert, Lochab, Varun
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author Law, Y. T. Albert
Lochab, Varun
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Lochab, Varun
contents We obtain the spectra of codimension-2 horizon "edge" degrees of freedom for gravity and higher-spin gauge fields in de Sitter space and in the static Nariai spacetime, advancing previous Lorentzian and Euclidean analyses of one-loop thermodynamics. The edge spectra exhibit universal shift symmetries, revealing a novel symmetry-breaking structure in one-loop partition functions with positive cosmological constant. For the graviton, these modes admit a geometric interpretation as fluctuations of the cosmic horizon, which also persists in the Nariai case.
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spellingShingle Horizon Edge Partition Functions in $Λ>0$ Quantum Gravity
Law, Y. T. Albert
Lochab, Varun
High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
We obtain the spectra of codimension-2 horizon "edge" degrees of freedom for gravity and higher-spin gauge fields in de Sitter space and in the static Nariai spacetime, advancing previous Lorentzian and Euclidean analyses of one-loop thermodynamics. The edge spectra exhibit universal shift symmetries, revealing a novel symmetry-breaking structure in one-loop partition functions with positive cosmological constant. For the graviton, these modes admit a geometric interpretation as fluctuations of the cosmic horizon, which also persists in the Nariai case.
title Horizon Edge Partition Functions in $Λ>0$ Quantum Gravity
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.20913