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Isometric Evolution in de Sitter Quantum Gravity
Jordan Cotler1, Kristan Jensen2
1Society of Fellows, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
Abstract:
We study time evolution in a simple model of de Sitter quantum gravity, namely, Jackiw-Teitelboim with a positive cosmological constant. We find that time evolution is isometric rather than unitary. The states that are projected out under time evolution correspond to initial conditions that crunch. Our findings suggest that knowledge of bulk physics, even on arbitrarily large timescales, is insufficient to deduce the de Sitter S matrix.
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