Thermofield Double States in Group Field Theory

TL;DR

This paper constructs thermofield double states within group field theory, linking quantum gravity models to thermodynamic concepts like black hole horizons and cosmology through condensate states at finite temperature.

Contribution

It introduces a novel construction of thermofield double states in group field theory using squeezed states and relates these to gravitational thermodynamics.

Findings

Thermofield double states are realized as condensate states at finite flow parameter β.

These states satisfy the Kubo-Martin-Schwinger condition.

The equilibrium flow parameters β are connected to inverse temperatures in gravitational thermodynamics.

Abstract

Group field theories are higher-rank generalizations of matrix/tensor models, and encode the simplicial geometries of quantum gravity. In this paper, we study the thermofield double states in group field theories. The starting point is the equilibrium Gibbs states in group field theory recently found by Kotecha and Oriti, based on which we construct the thermofield double state as a "thermal" vacuum respecting the Kubo-Martin-Schwinger condition. We work with the Weyl $C^*$-algebra of group fields, and a particular type of thermofield double states with single type of symmetry are obtained from the squeezed states on this Weyl algebra. The thermofield double states, when viewed as states on the group field theory Fock vacuum, are condensate states at finite flow parameter $\beta$. We suggest that the equilibrium flow parameters $\beta$ of this type of thermofield double states in the group field theory condensate pictures of black hole horizon and quantum cosmology are related to the inverse temperatures in gravitational thermodynamics.