2013/09/10 by Jonathan S. Maltz, Jonathan Maltz, Maltz, Jonathan
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1309.2356
PhD Thesis, Stanford University, Submitted August 2013 Accepted September 2013, (Leonard Susskind Principal Advisor) (Leonard Susskind, Stephen H. Shenker, Shamit Kachru, Reading Committee), 307 Pages, 14 Figures, 1 table Stanford Libraries http://purl.stanford.edu/cy190vg0911, some minor grammatical corrections and citations added
openalex publication_date 2013/09/10 · arxiv created 2013/10/11 · arxiv updated 2013/10/14 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
String theory is arguably the best candidate for a theory of quantum gravity and unified interactions. Reconciling Einstein's theory of General Relativity with Quantum Mechanics. The theory however is best understood on Minkowski and Anti-de Sitter space-times, and not on exponentially expanding space-times with positive cosmological constant, like our own universe. There is still no satisfactory formulation of String Theory on these so called asymptotically de Sitter space times. In this thesis I will discuss certain avenues of progress towards a String Theory formulation of de Sitter space-times. Specifically, how understanding of the analytic continuations of Liouville Theory and how to gauge-fix it in the Timelike regime will aid in the understanding of the proposed FRW-CFT duality of de Sitter space. It is also discussed how non-trivial topology effects proposed Chern-Simons Matter duals of Vasiliev Higher Spin gravity theories which are important in the dS-CFT description of de Sitter Space.