Holographic Thermalization in Gauss-Bonnet Gravity with de Sitter Boundary

We introduce higher-derivative Gauss-Bonnet correction terms in the gravity sector and we relate the modified gravity theory in the bulk to the strongly coupled quantum field theory on a de Sitter boundary. We study the process of holographic thermalization by examining three non-local observables, the two-point function, the Wilson loop and the holographic entanglement entropy. We study the time evolution of these three observables and we find that the modification of the gravity side with the Gauss-Bonnet correction terms influences the saturation time to reach thermal equilibrium with the dominant effect given by the holographic entanglement entropy since it contains more bulk information