CRT gauge symmetry in two-sheet de Sitter universes (2411.11056v1)

Abstract: We show how to understand CRT symmetry as gauge symmetry in holographic de Sitter universe involving a pair of mirror universes, in which frame there are two times going in two opposite temporal directions each. The CRT symmetry is global with respect to the big bang for these two-sheet universes. In this construction the presence of an observer is equivalent to taking a CRT gauge, thus breaks the global CRT symmetry. In de Sitter space the observer need not to carry a clock, as the clock is equivalent to a way telling the temporal order of events. The role of a clock can be replaced by redshift, like in FLRW cosmology, points to the adaptability of measurement in cosmological contexts. This concept drives us to write gauge invariant formulas, i.e. correlation function [O(t-w),O(-t-w)]=0 identically for w the time from the observer to big bang. In this spirit, the gauge invariant formula overlaps with the fact that the Hilbert space is real in holographic de Sitter universe. The observer is highly entangled with the rest of the universe in a thermofield double state, thus contributes to no extra degrees of freedom. We show that the time $w$ to the big bang is not real singularity, but an unavoidable focus point along the timelike geodesic congruence of the observer. Our result highlights the role of observer in understanding quantum gravity.