Norm of the no-boundary state
Norm of the no-boundary state
We consider Einstein gravity with positive cosmological constant coupled to matter in an asymptotically de Sitter universe with sphere boundary at timelike infinity. In this setting we show that, to one-loop order and at late time, the norm of the no-boundary state vanishes, going as $ e^{S_0} \frac{Z S_0^{-d(d+1)/4}}{\text{vol}(SO(d,1))}$ with $S_0$ the tree-level entropy of the static patch, $d$ the spacetime dimension, and $Z$ non-negative. While we expect a non-zero norm to arise at two loops, the presence of an observer already stabilizes it to a large, finite value at one loop.
Jordan Cotler、Kristan Jensen
物理学
Jordan Cotler,Kristan Jensen.Norm of the no-boundary state[EB/OL].(2025-06-25)[2025-07-16].https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.20547.点此复制
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