De Sitter microstates from T$$ \overline{T} $$ + ?2 and the Hawking-Page transition

A bstract We obtain microstates accounting for the Gibbons-Hawking entropy in dS 3 , along with a subleading logarithmic correction, from solvable T $$ \overline{T} T ¯ + ? 2 deformation of seed CFT sparse light spectrum. The arise as dressed states near dimension ? = c/ 6, associated Hawking-Page transition; they dominate real spectrum deformed theory. exhibit an analogue transition de Sitter. Appropriate generalizations are required to treat model-dependent local bulk physics (subleading at large central charge) and higher dimensions. These results add considerably already strong motivation continued pursuit such more complete characterization type theories, building existing these directions.