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SISSA, Trieste, Italy 2014

Abstract

Abstract

We test the Maldacena proposal for the Hartle-Hawking late time quantum state in an asymptotically de Sitter universe. In particular, we calculate the on-shell action for scalar instantons on the southern hemisphere of the four-sphere and compare the result with the renormalized on-shell action for scalar instantons in EAdS^sub 4^. The two results agree provided the corresponding instanton moduli as well as the curvature radii are analytically continued. The instanton solutions in de Sitter are novel and satisfy mixed boundary conditions. We also point out that instantons on S ^sup 4^ calculate the regularized volume of EAdS^sub 4^, while instantons on EAdS^sub 4^ calculate the volume of S ^sup 4^, where the boundary condition of the instanton in one space is identified with the radius of curvature of the other. We briefly discuss the implications of the above geometric property of instantons for higher-spin holography.

Details

Title
Instantons and the Hartle-Hawking-Maldacena proposal for dS/CFT
Author
de Haro, Sebastian; Petkou, Anastasios C
Pages
1-16
Publication year
2014
Publication date
Nov 2014
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
e-ISSN
10298479
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1708022882
Copyright
SISSA, Trieste, Italy 2014