Quantum linearization instabilities of de Sitter spacetime. I

A. Higuchi

doi:10.1088/0264-9381/8/11/009

Quantum linearization instabilities of de Sitter spacetime. I

A. Higuchi^*

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It is known that all the physical states in linearized gravity are required to be invariant under the continuous isometries of the background spacetime if it is spatially compact. For example, all the physical states in linearized gravity in de Sitter spacetime are required to be SO(4, 1) invariant. A detailed derivation of SO(4, 1) invariance of the physical state is presented. Also, it is found that normal ordering of operators is unnecessary in the constraints which demand SO(4, 1) invariance. Then it is proved that there are no normalizable SO(4, 1)-invariant states other than the vacuum state in the Fock space. This appears to suggest that there would be no dynamics in de Sitter spacetime. A step towards a possible resolution of this paradox will be presented in the sequel to this article.

Original language	English
Article number	009
Pages (from-to)	1961-1981
Number of pages	21
Journal	Classical and Quantum Gravity
Volume	8
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/8/11/009
Publication status	Published - 1991

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