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Complex Worldline Instantons in (Anti-)de Sitter Space
Alberto Castellano, Jinwei Chu, Eliseu Kloster +1
We study complex saddle points of the worldline path integral for massive charged particles in two-dimensional maximally symmetric backgrounds threaded by homogeneous electric fiel…
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Obstacles to Constructing de Sitter Space in String Theory
Michael Dine, Jamie A. P. Law-Smith, Shijun Sun +2
There have been many attempts to construct de Sitter space-times in string theory. While arguably there have been some successes, this has proven challenging, leading to the de Sit…