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Holographic Description of AdS Cosmologies

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To gain insight in the quantum nature of the big bang, we study the dual field theory description of asymptotically anti-de Sitter solutions of supergravity that have cosmological singularities. The dual theories do not appear to have a stable ground state. One regularization of the theory causes the cosmological singularities in the bulk to turn into giant black holes with scalar hair. We interpret these hairy black holes in the dual field theory and use them to compute a finite temperature effective potential. In our study of the field theory evolution, we find no evidence for a "bounce" from a big crunch to a big bang. Instead, it appears that the big bang is a rare fluctuation from a generic equilibrium quantum gravity state.

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2026 1 2025 1

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Dirichlet walls and the end of time

hep-th · 2026-06-03 · conditional · novelty 8.0

Generic Dirichlet-wall spacetimes can end in finite-time spacelike singularities at the wall, including walls that fall into BTZ black holes.

Strongly Coupled Sectors in Inflation: Gapless Theories and Unparticles

hep-th · 2025-03-22 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Computes inflationary bispectra and trispectra from tree-level unparticle exchanges using Mellin-Barnes methods and symmetry-based differential equations, revealing that full shapes are needed to distinguish unparticles from light particles.

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  • Dirichlet walls and the end of time hep-th · 2026-06-03 · conditional · none · ref 3 · internal anchor

    Generic Dirichlet-wall spacetimes can end in finite-time spacelike singularities at the wall, including walls that fall into BTZ black holes.

  • Strongly Coupled Sectors in Inflation: Gapless Theories and Unparticles hep-th · 2025-03-22 · unverdicted · none · ref 45 · internal anchor

    Computes inflationary bispectra and trispectra from tree-level unparticle exchanges using Mellin-Barnes methods and symmetry-based differential equations, revealing that full shapes are needed to distinguish unparticles from light particles.