" Observables" in de Sitter Quantum Gravity: in Perturbation Theory and Beyond

T Banks - arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.01773, 2024 - arxiv.org
A review of some errors made by the author and others in their search for quantum models
of gravity in cosmological space-times that asymptote to de Sitter (dS) space in the future …

Quantum gravity in de Sitter space

E Witten - arXiv preprint hep-th/0106109, 2001 - arxiv.org
We discuss some general properties of quantum gravity in De Sitter space. It has been
argued that the Hilbert space is of finite dimension. This suggests a macroscopic argument …

Quantum linearization instabilities of de Sitter spacetime. II

A Higuchi - Classical and Quantum Gravity, 1991 - iopscience.iop.org
For pt. I see ibid., vol. 8, no. 11, p. 1961 (1991). The requirement of de Sitter invariance of
physical states in linearized gravity in de Sitter spacetime leads to an apparent paradox …

Some thoughts on the quantum theory of de sitter space

T Banks - arXiv preprint astro-ph/0305037, 2003 - arxiv.org
This is a summary of two lectures I gave at the Davis Conference on Cosmic Inflation. I
explain why the quantum theory of de Sitter (dS) space should have a finite number of states …

A global picture of quantum de Sitter space

SB Giddings, D Marolf - Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and …, 2007 - APS
Perturbative gravity about a de Sitter background motivates a global picture of quantum
dynamics in “eternal de Sitter space,” the theory of states which are asymptotically de Sitter …

Toy model for the zero-mode problem in the conformal sector of de Sitter quantum gravity

A Folacci - Physical Review D, 1996 - APS
In de Sitter space, the theory of the conformal factor of quantum gravity becomes nontrivial
when corrections from quantum matter fields are considered. In the corresponding theory …

Finite features of quantum de Sitter space

D Anninos, DA Galante… - Classical and Quantum …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We consider degrees of freedom for a quantum de Sitter spacetime. The problem is studied
from both a Lorentzian and a Euclidean perspective. From a Lorentzian perspective, we …

Accelerated detectors and temperature in (anti-) de Sitter spaces

S Deser, O Levin - Classical and Quantum Gravity, 1997 - iopscience.iop.org
We show, in complete accord with the usual Rindler picture, that detectors with constant
acceleration a in de Sitter (dS) and anti-de Sitter (AdS) spaces with cosmological constants …

Quantum instability of de Sitter space

I Antoniadis, J Iliopoulos, TN Tomaras - Physical review letters, 1986 - APS
The graviton propagator in a de Sitter background is found to be divergent. We show that as
a consequence of this divergence, de Sitter space is not a solution of the equations of …

Pure de Sitter space and the island moving back in time

W Sybesma - Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Observers in de Sitter space can only access the space up to their cosmological horizon.
Assuming thermal equilibrium, we use the quantum Ryu–Takayanagi or island formula to …