Cosmological Entanglement Entropy and Edge Modes from Double-Scaled SYK \& Its Connection with Krylov Complexity (2511.03779v1)

Abstract: We investigate entanglement entropy in the double-scaled SYK (DSSYK) model, its holographic interpretation in terms of edge modes (acting as quantum reference frames); particularly its de Sitter (dS) space limit; and its connection with Krylov complexity. We define subsystems relative to a particle insertion in the boundary theory. This leads to a natural notion of partial trace and reduced density matrices. The corresponding entanglement entropy takes the form of a generalized horizon entropy in the bulk dual; revealing the emergence of edge modes in the entangling surfaces. We match the entanglement entropy of the DSSYK in an appropriate limit to an area computed through a \emph{Ryu-Takayanagi formula} in dS$_2$ space with entangling surfaces at $\mathcal{I}^{\pm}$; providing a first principles example of holographic entanglement entropy for dS$_2$ space. This formula reproduces the Gibbons-Hawking entropy for specific entangling regions points; while it decreases for others. This construction does not display some of the puzzling features in dS holography. The entanglement entropy remains real-valued (since the boundary theory is unitary), and it depends on Krylov state complexity in this limit.