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hep-th2014★ 3 cited
The curious case of large-N expansions on a (pseudo)sphere
Alexander M. Polyakov, Zain H. Saleem, James Stokes
We elucidate the large-N dynamics of one-dimensional sigma models with spherical and hyperbolic target spaces and find a duality between the Lagrange multiplier and the angular mom…
hep-th2014★ 8 cited
Holography for a Non-Inflationary Early Universe
Kurt Hinterbichler, James Stokes, Mark Trodden
We construct a gravitational dual of the pseudo-conformal universe, a proposed alternative to inflation in which a conformal field theory in nearly flat space develops a time depen…