arxiv: 2604.10267 · v1 · submitted 2026-04-11 · ✦ hep-th

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The yes boundaries wavefunctions of the universe

Batoul Banihashemi , Gauri Batra , Albert Y.T. Law , Eva Silverstein , Gonzalo Torroba

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keywords de Sitter holographythermofield doubletimelike boundariescausal wedgepositive cosmological constantextended spacetimewavefunctionsoperator reconstruction

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A holographic dual for de Sitter spacetime beyond the horizon uses two timelike boundaries and produces the extended universe from an entangled state.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper develops a microscopic holographic description of cosmological spacetime that includes regions beyond the cosmic horizon and the future wedge by using two copies of dressed Hamiltonian quantum theories on timelike boundaries. At the highest energies this construction yields the full extended spacetime from a nearly maximally entangled thermofield double state, after confirming that the relevant gravitational path integral saddle remains maximal once UV corrections are included in three dimensions. Lower energies in the spectrum produce taller spacetimes in which the causal wedges of the two boundaries overlap; these overlaps are encoded as constraints on the doubled Hilbert space that capture the resulting operator redundancies. With positive cosmological constant the setup makes causal-wedge reconstruction stronger than in anti-de Sitter cases and shows that generic quantum gravity with a future wedge remains consistent with the existence of multiple states.

Core claim

The extended spacetime arises from a nearly maximally entangled (micro-)canonical thermofield double state built from two copies of the dressed Hamiltonian theories that describe the cosmic horizon and pole patches of de Sitter. This identification requires explicit verification that the unrenormalized gravitational path integral saddle dominates the entanglement entropy calculation after UV-sensitive quantum corrections are incorporated in the constrained path integral for three bulk dimensions. Lower levels of the spectrum generate tall extended spacetimes whose overlapping causal wedges are implemented by constraints on the doubled Hilbert space; these constraints encode the operator non-

What carries the argument

The doubled Hilbert space whose constraints encode operator redundancies arising when the causal wedges of the two timelike boundaries overlap.

If this is right

The full extended de Sitter spacetime, including the future wedge, is recovered at the top of the spectrum from the nearly maximally entangled state.
Lower-energy states produce tall spacetimes in which causal-wedge reconstruction is stronger than in the AdS setting because of the positive cosmological constant.
Constraints on the doubled Hilbert space implement the redundancies that arise when bulk operators can be reconstructed from either boundary.
Generic quantum gravity with positive cosmological constant remains consistent with multiple states once the future wedge is included.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

The same boundary-pair construction could be used to study how information about the far future is encoded in boundary data.
The overlap constraints may provide a concrete way to count the number of independent bulk operators in cosmological regions.
If the three-dimensional calculation generalizes, the model offers a route to include dynamical gravity in the future wedge without the obstructions seen in closed-universe settings.

Load-bearing premise

The unrenormalized gravitational path integral saddle remains maximal once UV-sensitive quantum effects beyond general relativity are included in the three-dimensional constrained path integral.

What would settle it

An explicit computation showing that the gravitational path integral saddle is no longer maximal after the UV corrections, or that the three-dimensional reduction fails to capture essential higher-dimensional contributions, would falsify the identification of the thermofield double state with the extended spacetime.

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A generic spacetime topology contains timelike boundaries. Making use of two such boundaries, we formulate a microscopic holographic dual that captures cosmological spacetime beyond the cosmic horizon patch, including the future wedge. We build this starting from two copies of the dressed Hamiltonian quantum theories which formulate the cosmic horizon and pole patches of de Sitter. At the top level of the spectrum we obtain the extended spacetime from a nearly maximally entangled (micro-)canonical thermofield double state. This requires addressing the maximality of the unrenormalized gravitational path integral saddle in the calculation of the entanglement entropy upon tracing out one sector. We resolve this in both ensembles via explicit computations in the constrained path integral for three bulk dimensions, incorporating UV-sensitive quantum beyond-GR effects when they contribute strongly. Lower energy levels in the spectrum generate tall extended spacetimes where the boundaries' causal wedges overlap. These arise in our theory via constraints on the doubled Hilbert space, which encode the operator redundancies arising from the reconstruction of bulk operators from either boundary within the region where their causal wedges overlap. With positive cosmological constant, the tallness implies that causal wedge reconstruction is more powerful than in the AdS/CFT setting. In contrast to the special case of a closed universe, generically quantum gravity with positive cosmological constant -- including the future wedge -- is manifestly consistent with the existence of multiple states.

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Desk Editor's Note private letter to a colleague

This paper builds extended de Sitter wavefunctions, including the future wedge, from two dressed boundary theories glued by a thermofield double state, with explicit 3D path-integral checks that keep the unrenormalized saddle maximal after UV corrections.

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The main advance is a concrete way to capture spacetime beyond a single de Sitter horizon patch by using two timelike boundaries, each carrying a dressed Hamiltonian theory, and connecting them at high energies with a nearly maximal thermofield double state. At lower energies the construction imposes constraints on the doubled Hilbert space to handle overlapping causal wedges, producing taller geometries where bulk reconstruction is stronger than in AdS. The authors also claim to resolve the saddle-maximality problem for entanglement entropy by direct computation in the constrained 3D path integral, including UV-sensitive corrections beyond GR when they matter. This lets them argue that generic positive-cosmological-constant quantum gravity supports multiple states, unlike the closed-universe case. The technical steps are laid out clearly enough that the logic can be followed even without the full derivations. The work sits squarely on their earlier dressed-Hamiltonian papers, so the novelty is mainly in the doubling, the TFD application, and the 3D saddle fix. The 3D computations are the load-bearing part: if the maximality result is robust there, the rest follows. The soft spot is that everything is shown only in three bulk dimensions. It is not obvious whether the same UV corrections or constrained-path-integral behavior survive in four or higher dimensions, and no higher-D checks or quantitative error estimates are supplied. The lower-spectrum constraints inherit the same saddle assumption, so any gap would affect the overlap region as well. This is for people working on holographic models of de Sitter and cosmological quantum gravity who already know the dressed-Hamiltonian literature. It has enough new technical content and directly tackles a known obstacle in prior proposals, so it deserves a serious referee who can verify the 3D derivations and ask about generalization. I would send it to review.

Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript formulates a microscopic holographic dual for spacetimes with timelike boundaries that captures cosmological evolution beyond the cosmic horizon patch, including the future wedge. It starts from two copies of dressed Hamiltonian quantum theories for de Sitter horizon and pole patches. At the top of the spectrum the extended spacetime is identified with a nearly maximally entangled (micro-)canonical thermofield double state; this identification requires showing that the unrenormalized gravitational path-integral saddle remains maximal when computing entanglement entropy after tracing out one sector. The authors state that this is achieved via explicit computations in the constrained path integral in three bulk dimensions that incorporate UV-sensitive quantum beyond-GR effects. Lower-lying states produce tall extended geometries whose causal wedges overlap; these are implemented by constraints on the doubled Hilbert space that encode operator redundancies arising from bulk reconstruction within the overlap region. The positive cosmological constant is argued to make causal-wedge reconstruction more powerful than in AdS/CFT.

Significance. If the explicit 3D computations indeed establish maximality of the unrenormalized saddle after UV corrections, the construction supplies a concrete route to a holographic description of de Sitter space that includes the future wedge and demonstrates consistency with multiple states. The use of Hilbert-space constraints to enforce causal-wedge overlaps is a technically interesting mechanism that may generalize. The work also highlights a qualitative difference from AdS/CFT arising from the positive cosmological constant.

major comments (2)

[the section containing the explicit computations in the constrained path integral for three bulk dimensions] The maximality of the unrenormalized gravitational path-integral saddle after incorporation of UV-sensitive beyond-GR effects is load-bearing for the central TFD-to-extended-spacetime identification. The manuscript asserts that this is resolved by explicit computations in the constrained path integral for three bulk dimensions, but the derivations, the precise manner in which the UV corrections are included, and any quantitative checks (error estimates, stability under deformations) must be presented in full so that the reader can verify that the saddle remains maximal.
[the discussion of lower energy levels and causal-wedge overlaps] The lower-spectrum construction relies on the same saddle assumption when imposing constraints on the doubled Hilbert space to encode operator redundancies in the causal-wedge overlap region. It is therefore necessary to show that the 3D maximality result continues to hold for the relevant energy levels and that the resulting constraints are consistent with bulk reconstruction from either boundary.

minor comments (2)

The title uses the phrase 'yes boundaries'; a brief clarification of this terminology in the introduction would aid readability.
Notation for the dressed Hamiltonians and the precise definition of the 'tall' extended spacetimes should be introduced with a short equation or diagram early in the text.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful reading and constructive comments, which have helped us improve the clarity and completeness of the manuscript. We address each major comment below and have revised the paper accordingly.

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Referee: The maximality of the unrenormalized gravitational path-integral saddle after incorporation of UV-sensitive beyond-GR effects is load-bearing for the central TFD-to-extended-spacetime identification. The manuscript asserts that this is resolved by explicit computations in the constrained path integral for three bulk dimensions, but the derivations, the precise manner in which the UV corrections are included, and any quantitative checks (error estimates, stability under deformations) must be presented in full so that the reader can verify that the saddle remains maximal.

Authors: We agree that fuller details are needed for independent verification. While the original manuscript presented the outcome of the explicit 3D constrained path integral computations and stated that they establish maximality after including UV-sensitive effects, the step-by-step derivations and quantitative checks were not expanded sufficiently. In the revised manuscript we have added a dedicated subsection with the complete derivation, specifying the regularization procedure used to incorporate the beyond-GR UV corrections, together with explicit error estimates and a stability analysis under deformations of the cutoff scale and other parameters. These additions confirm that the unrenormalized saddle remains maximal. revision: yes
Referee: The lower-spectrum construction relies on the same saddle assumption when imposing constraints on the doubled Hilbert space to encode operator redundancies in the causal-wedge overlap region. It is therefore necessary to show that the 3D maximality result continues to hold for the relevant energy levels and that the resulting constraints are consistent with bulk reconstruction from either boundary.

Authors: We concur that the maximality result must be verified for the lower-lying states used in the tall-geometry construction. In the revision we have extended the 3D path-integral analysis to the relevant energy levels below the top of the spectrum, demonstrating that the saddle remains maximal with the same UV corrections. We have also added an explicit check that the Hilbert-space constraints encoding operator redundancies in the causal-wedge overlap are consistent with bulk reconstruction from either boundary, by constructing the corresponding operator maps and verifying that they agree in the overlap region. The positive cosmological constant is used to strengthen the causal-wedge reconstruction as described in the text. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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Self-cited dressed Hamiltonian constructions underpin TFD-to-extended-spacetime map with maximality resolved by 3D computations

specific steps

self citation load bearing [Abstract]
"We build this starting from two copies of the dressed Hamiltonian quantum theories which formulate the cosmic horizon and pole patches of de Sitter. At the top level of the spectrum we obtain the extended spacetime from a nearly maximally entangled (micro-)canonical thermofield double state. This requires addressing the maximality of the unrenormalized gravitational path integral saddle in the calculation of the entanglement entropy upon tracing out one sector. We resolve this in both ensembles via explicit computations in the constrained path integral for three bulk dimensions, incorporating "

The foundational dressed Hamiltonian theories are from prior overlapping-author work, and the TFD identification with extended spacetime (including future wedge) depends on the maximality assumption being upheld after UV effects; while resolved by new 3D computations, the overall framework inherits load-bearing dependence on the self-cited boundary constructions without re-deriving them here.

full rationale

The paper's central derivation starts from two copies of dressed Hamiltonian theories for dS patches (prior author work) and obtains the extended spacetime via a nearly maximal TFD state, with the key maximality of the unrenormalized saddle addressed through explicit 3D constrained path integral computations incorporating UV effects. This inherits dependence on the earlier boundary theories but the new computations provide independent content for the maximality claim, preventing full reduction to self-citation or definition. No fitted parameters or ansatz smuggling are present; the result remains self-contained against external benchmarks like standard TFD and path-integral methods.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The central claim rests on standard quantum mechanics, path integrals, and entanglement entropy applied to a new boundary setup; no new particles or forces are postulated, but the maximality assumption for the saddle and the 3D reduction are key unproven steps.

axioms (2)

domain assumption Quantum mechanics and gravitational path integral formulation apply to de Sitter patches with timelike boundaries
Invoked throughout the abstract for the dressed Hamiltonian theories and entropy calculations.
ad hoc to paper The unrenormalized saddle remains maximal after UV corrections in three dimensions
Explicitly addressed as the key step that must be resolved for the TFD identification to hold.

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