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dS2 supergravity.
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Journal of High Energy Physics . Nov2023, Vol. 2023 Issue 11, p1-64. 64p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- We construct two-dimensional supergravity theories endowed with a positive cosmological constant, that admit de Sitter vacua. We consider the cases of N = 1 as well as N = 2 supersymmetry, and couple the supergravity to a superconformal field theory with the same amount of supersymmetry. Upon fixing a supersymmetric extension of the Weyl gauge, the theories are captured, at the quantum level, by supersymmetric extensions of timelike Liouville theory with N = 1 and N = 2 supersymmetry respectively. The theories exhibit good ultraviolet properties and are amenable to a variety of techniques such as systematic loop expansions and, in the N = 2 case, supersymmetric localization. Our constructions offer a novel path toward a precise treatment of the Euclidean gravitational path integral for de Sitter, and in turn, the Gibbons-Hawking entropy of the de Sitter horizon. We argue that the supersymmetric localization method applied to the N = 2 theory must receive contributions from boundary terms in configuration space. We also discuss how these theories overcome several obstructions that appear upon combining de Sitter space with supersymmetry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11266708
- Volume :
- 2023
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174312592
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2023)145