Abstract
We study causal diamonds in Minkowski, Schwarzschild, (anti-)de Sitter, and Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetimes using Euclidean methods. The null boundaries of causal diamonds are shown to map to isolated punctures in the Euclidean continuation of the parent manifold. Boundary terms around these punctures decrease the Euclidean action by A/4, where A is the area of the holographic screen around the diamond. We identify these boundary contributions with the maximal entropy of gravitational degrees of freedom associated with the diamond.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 106022 |
Journal | Physical Review D |
Volume | 103 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 21 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics