Unimodular JT gravity and de Sitter quantum cosmology

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• Farbod Rassouli, University of Nottingham
• Friday 07 February 2025, 13:00-14:00
• Potter room / https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/87235967698.

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In this talk, I will show how a gauge-theoretic approach to Jackiw–Teitelboim (JT) gravity naturally yields a two-dimensional Henneaux–Teitelboim (HT) unimodular theory, applicable to both flat and curved spacetimes. Under a mini-superspace reduction, the Wheeler–DeWitt equation becomes a Schrödinger-like equation admitting a consistent, unitary quantum description. The resulting wavefunction describes a quantum distribution for the scale factor, illuminating cosmic expansion and contraction, and allowing topology change at a=0.

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