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Complex geodesics in de Sitter space

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Shira Chapman *
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Damián A. Galante
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Eleanor Harris
S
Sameer U. Sheorey
D
David Vegh
DOI:10.1007/JHEP03(2023)006delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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The two-point function of a free massive scalar field on a fixed background can be evaluated in the large mass limit by using a semiclassical geodesic approximation. In de Sitter space, however, this poses a puzzle. Certain spacelike separated points are not connected by real geodesics despite the corresponding two-point function in the Bunch-Davies state being non-vanishing. We resolve this puzzle by considering complex geodesics after analytically continuing to the sphere. We compute one-loop corrections to the correlator and discuss the implications of our results to de Sitter holography.
Keywords:
AdS-CFT Correspondence
de Sitter space

Journal

Journal of High Energy Physics cover
Journal of High Energy Physics
IF:
5.5
Papers:
3.9W
Citations:
13.7W

Organization

B
ben gurion university
Scholars:
1.3W
Papers: 1.0W
Citations: 5
U
university of london
Scholars:
21.5W
Papers: 19.7W
Citations: 305