Towards a quantum theory of de Sitter space

2006/09/08 by T. Banks, Tom Banks, B. Fiol +3 · 2 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Operator Algebra Research #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2006/12/004

published as JHEP0612:004,2006 · JHEP3 LaTex - 19 pages

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Abstract

We describe progress towards constructing a quantum theory of de Sitter space in four dimensions. In particular we indicate how both particle states and Schwarzschild de Sitter black holes can arise as excitations in a theory of a finite number of fermionic oscillators. The results about particle states depend on a conjecture about algebras of Grassmann variables, which we state, but do not prove.

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