Euclidean volume fluctuations in de Sitter quantum gravity
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| author | Blanco, David Pérez-Nadal, Guillem Sivilotti, Bruno |
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| contents | The Euclidean formulation of quantum gravity can be interpreted in terms of a probability distribution over Riemannian manifolds. In the context of de Sitter gravity, the statistics of the total volume according to this distribution is encoded in the dependence of the partition function on the cosmological constant. We use this observation to obtain a probability distribution for the volume from known results and proposals for the de Sitter partition function, in several levels of approximation: saddle point, one loop, an all-loop and a non-perturbative proposal in 3 dimensions, and an exact result in 2 dimensions, in the context of Liouville theory. In all cases we find a reasonable behavior: in the classical limit the distribution concentrates around the classical volume, and it spreads as quantum effects are turned on. We also find as a common trend that, as quantum effects are increased, the probability distribution favors increasingly smaller universes. |
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| spellingShingle | Euclidean volume fluctuations in de Sitter quantum gravity Blanco, David Pérez-Nadal, Guillem Sivilotti, Bruno High Energy Physics - Theory General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology The Euclidean formulation of quantum gravity can be interpreted in terms of a probability distribution over Riemannian manifolds. In the context of de Sitter gravity, the statistics of the total volume according to this distribution is encoded in the dependence of the partition function on the cosmological constant. We use this observation to obtain a probability distribution for the volume from known results and proposals for the de Sitter partition function, in several levels of approximation: saddle point, one loop, an all-loop and a non-perturbative proposal in 3 dimensions, and an exact result in 2 dimensions, in the context of Liouville theory. In all cases we find a reasonable behavior: in the classical limit the distribution concentrates around the classical volume, and it spreads as quantum effects are turned on. We also find as a common trend that, as quantum effects are increased, the probability distribution favors increasingly smaller universes. |
| title | Euclidean volume fluctuations in de Sitter quantum gravity |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Theory General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.26045 |