Holographic models of de Sitter QFTs

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We describe the dynamics of strongly coupled field theories in de Sitter spacetime using the holographic gauge/gravity duality.

• The main motivation for this is to explore the possibility of dynamical phase transitions during cosmological evolution.
• Specifically, we study two classes of theories: (i) conformal field theories on de Sitter in the static patch which are maintained in equilibrium at temperatures that may differ from the de Sitter temperature and (ii) confining gauge theories on de Sitter spacetime.
• In the former case we show the such states make sense from the holographic viewpoint in that they have regular bulk gravity solutions.