We holographically calculate two-point functions in the pseudoconformal universe, an early universe alternative to inflation. The pseudoconformal universe can be modeled as a defect conformal field theory, where the reheating surface is a codimension-1 spacelike defect that breaks the conformal algebra to a de Sitter subalgebra. The dual spacetime geometries are domain walls with de Sitter symmetry in an asymptotically anti–de Sitter spacetime. We compute two-point functions of scalars and stress tensors by solving the linearized equations for scalar and tensor fluctuations about these backgrounds.
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