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Abstract

Holography has been one of the most promising approaches to study quantum gravity and led to numerous important discoveries that revolutionized our understanding of quantum gravity, Yet, it is still a major challenge to extend the holographic princi-ple beyond Anti-de Sitter space. Building a model of holography for de Sitter space can be a crucial step towards a theory of quantum gravity consistent with the ob-served accelerated expansion of the universe. In this thesis, we explore a proposal for holographic construction of three-dimensional de Sitter space, which uses the ir-relevant TT deformation and its generalizations TT, A2 and OO. We will first go through a trajectory of the solvable TT + A2 deformation and define a boundary dual that captures universal aspects of the duality. Then, we explain an algorithm to properly incorporate the OO operator into the trajectory of deformations and il-lustrate a detailed trajectory that builds a boundary dual that can capture further model-dependent details of the duality. In the last chapter, we study how entan-glement spreads in finite-cutoff three-dimensional spacetimes with positive, negative and zero cosmological constants and describe the spread of entanglement with the entanglement tsunami interpretation.

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1010268
Title
Deformations of Quantum Field Theories and Quantum Gravity in Finite Spacetimes
Number of pages
158
Publication year
2025
Degree date
2025
School code
0212
Source
DAI-B 87/5(E), Dissertation Abstracts International
ISBN
9798265429339
Committee member
Shenker, Stephen; Stanford, Douglas
University/institution
Stanford University
University location
United States -- California
Degree
Ph.D.
Source type
Dissertation or Thesis
Language
English
Document type
Dissertation/Thesis
Dissertation/thesis number
32316524
ProQuest document ID
3275491735
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/deformations-quantum-field-theories-gravity/docview/3275491735/se-2?accountid=208611
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
Database
ProQuest One Academic