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8 papers
Infrared Divergences in dS/CFT
T. Banks, L. Mannelli, W. Fischler
dS/CFT gives a perturbatively gauge invariant definition of particle masses in de Sitter (dS) space. We show, in a toy model in which the graviton is replaced with a minimally coup…
Some Thoughts on the Quantum Theory of Stable de Sitter Space
T. Banks
I review and update ideas about the quantum theory of de Sitter space. New results include a quantum relation between energy and entropy of states in the causal patch, which is sat…
Orthogonal polynomials in several non-commuting variables. II
T. Banks, T. Constantinescu
In this paper we continue to investigate a certain class of Hankel-like positive definite kernels using their associated orthogonal polynomials. The main result of this paper is ab…
Landskepticism: or Why Effective Potentials Don't Count String Models
T. Banks
This paper is a synthesis of talks I gave at the Cargese Workshop in June 2004 and the Munich Conference on Superstring Vacua in November 2004. I present arguments which show that…
The Holographic Approach to Cosmology
T. Banks, W. Fischler
We review the successes and challenges of the holographic approach to cosmology. The model predicts an exactly scale invariant fluctuation spectrum with long and short distance cut…
Tensor algebras and displacement structure. IV. Invariant kernels
T. Banks, T. Constantinescu, Nermine El-Sissi
In this paper we investigate the class of invariant positive definite kernels on the free semigroup on N generators. We provide a combinatorial description of the positivity of the…