Published October 2019 | Version v1
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Spinors in supersymmetric dS/CFT

  • 1. KU Leuven, Institute for Theoretical Physics (Belgium)

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We study fermionic bulk fields in the dS/CFT dualities relating N= 2 su- persymmetric Euclidean vector models with reversed spin-statistics in three dimensions to supersymmetric Vasiliev theories in four-dimensional de Sitter space. These dualities specify the Hartle-Hawking wave function in terms of the partition function of deforma- tions of the vector models. We evaluate this wave function in homogeneous minisuperspace models consisting of supersymmetry-breaking combinations of a half-integer spin field with either a scalar, a pseudoscalar or a metric squashing. The wave function appears to be well-behaved and globally peaked at or near the supersymmetric de Sitter vacuum, with a low amplitude for large deformations. Its behavior in the semiclassical limit qualitatively agrees with earlier bulk computations both for massless and massive fermionic fields.

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Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2019
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 1-30
ISSN
1029-8479

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