Conformal field theory from automorphic forms on a quantum groupWe reformulate two-dimensional conformal field theory (2d CFT) in the language of noncommutative geometry. To this end, we introduce automorphic forms for the von Neumann algebraic quantum group…Dalimil Mazac·Nov 4, 2026SaveLearn
Anomaly effective actions for 4d N=1 superconformal field theoriesWe present a comprehensive analysis of the Wess-Zumino anomaly effective action of four-dimensional N=1 superconformal field theories in components. After reviewing the coset construction…Pantelis Panopoulos, Ioannis Papadimitriou·Nov 4, 2026SaveLearn
Exact Splitting of Amplitudes and One-Loop Integrands: A Classical Origin of ZerosWe introduce a recursion based on hidden zeros that reconstructs complete tree level scattering amplitudes and one-loop integrands at generic kinematics. The recursion takes a universal…Yang Li, Laurentiu Rodina, Zhi-Zhen Wang·Nov 4, 2026SaveLearn
5-brane webs and generalised symmetries5-brane webs provide a powerful geometric description of five-dimensional quantum field theories, encoding data such as symmetries and dualities. Although the extraction of continuous 0-form…Mohammad Akhond, Federico Carta, Sung-Soo Kim et al.·Nov 4, 2026SaveLearn
Form Factors in AdS from the WorldsheetWe study AdS form factors describing closed strings scattering off D-branes. Assuming that these form factors admit worldsheet integral representations in terms of multiple polylogarithms, we…Luis F. Alday, Clément Virally, Xinan Zhou·Nov 4, 2026SaveLearn
Higher Integrability, Generalized Symmetries, and Partially Topological Field TheoriesWe exhibit a classical link between higher Lax integrability and generalized symmetries in a non-Lorentzian higher semi-holomorphic Chern--Simons theory on M× CP1. The equations of…Luigi Alfonsi, Leron Borsten, Mehran Jalali Farahani et al.·Nov 4, 2026SaveLearn
Quasi-Normal Modes and thermalization in integrable Quantum Field Theories from the Thermodynamic Bethe AnsatzWe propose a Thermodynamic Bethe Ansatz (TBA) approach for describing thermalization in integrable quantum field theories. The exponential damping and oscillations when approaching thermal…Zoltan Bajnok, Romuald A. Janik·Nov 4, 2026SaveLearn
Striped phases of N=4 SYM at finite densityWe construct spatially modulated phases of strongly coupled N=4 supersymmetric Yang--Mills theory at finite R-charge density. Compactification on a three-torus and unequal background…Alex Buchel·Nov 4, 2026SaveLearn
A dynamical Einstein-Proca-dilaton holographic model and exotic hybrid meson resonancesA fully dynamical Einstein-Proca-dilaton (EPD) holographic model is developed for the exotic JPC=1-+ hybrid meson, incorporating the backreaction of the massive vector field dual to the…Bruno Toniato, David Dudal, Hudson Almeida et al.·Nov 4, 2026SaveLearn
Spectral flow in AdS3 revisitedWe revisit an old idea that spectral flow in WZW models can be associated with certain G-bundles over a worldsheet. This allows us to introduce a novel method for computing correlators of…Nathan McStay, Ronald Reid-Edwards, Sean Seet·Nov 4, 2026SaveLearn
On phases of 4d Spin/SO Yang-Mills theoriesWe study the low-temperature phase diagrams of Spin(N)/SO(N) Yang-Mills theories as functions of the θ-parameter. In particular, for every even integer N≥ 4, we find a phase diagram…Ryo Hamachika, Takahiro Nishinaka·Nov 4, 2026SaveLearn
Gluon and Faddeev--Popov ghost propagators in rotating background: An eigenfunction approachWe construct the free gluon and Faddeev--Popov ghost propagators in rigidly rotating cylindrical coordinates using an eigenfunction approach within the Feynman gauge. Starting from the quadratic…Benjamín García-Contreras, Luis A. Hernández, R. Zamora·Nov 4, 2026SaveLearn
Partially Massless Condensates and Reentrant NUT/Bolt Phase Transitions in Conformal GravityWe study non-Einstein Bach-flat Taub-NUT/Bolt instantons with weakened AdS boundary conditions. In particular, the next-to-leading-order coefficient in the Fefferman--Graham expansion is…Cristóbal Corral, Felipe Diaz, Borja Diez et al.·Nov 4, 2026SaveLearn
Static and dynamical Casimir effects in a wedge within the worldline formulationWe study a real massless scalar field in d+1 dimensions confined to a wedge of opening angle α, in the presence of a semitransparent circular arc that may oscillate radially. Within the worldline…César Daniel Fosco, Bruno Cardin Guntsche·Nov 4, 2026SaveLearn
Chiral edge modes from lattice Chern-Simons theoryIt is shown that a level k Abelian lattice Chern-Simons theory with continuum time and a spatial square lattice, which is a topological field theory on the latticized plane and torus, when…Gordon W. Semenoff·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
Complex phase diagram and thermodynamic supercriticality of five-dimensional four-charge AdS black holes in STU-W2U gauged supergravityIn this paper, we investigate the complex phase structure and thermodynamic supercriticality of static four-charge anti-de Sitter (AdS) black holes in five-dimensional STU-W2U gauged supergravity,…Di Wu, Xiao-Dan Zhu·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
Schwinger Effect with a Transversal BoundaryWe study the effect of a boundary on pair production by an electric field. In particular, we are interested in the case in which the electric field has a normal component with respect to the…Santiago Christiansen Murguizur, Daniela D'Ascanio, Pablo Pisani et al.·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
Goldstone theory of gluon saturation in high energy QCD: From color glass to color superfluid condensateIn the high energy Regge asymptotics of QCD, the rapid overpopulation of gluons leads to gluon saturation, characterized by nonperturbative semi-classical lumpy configurations of size 1/QS, where…V. P. Nair, Raju Venugopalan·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
Satisfying Freed--Witten quantization on smooth divisors in Calabi--Yau orientifoldsFreed--Witten quantization conditions on several divisors wrapped by D-branes must be satisfied with one bulk B-field. On a smooth Calabi--Yau threefold X with a holomorphic O3/O7 involution σ,…Mudit Jain·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
Exact thermal correlators at vanishing momenta and the black hole singularityWe study thermal two- and three-point functions of scalar primaries in holographic CFTs dual to AdS black branes. The three-point function arises from a cubic scalar interaction in the bulk. At…Kaustubh Singhi·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
Boundary c≤1 Liouville CFT from the BootstrapWe construct boundary Liouville conformal field theory at central charge c≤1 with FZZT-type boundary conditions and show that it satisfies the Cardy--Lewellen sewing constraints on the disk and…Panos Betzios, Paul Ghiringhelli, Olga Papadoulaki et al.·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
An Exact QFT/Lattice Map for FermionsWe construct an exact map between continuum fermion fields and lattice fields in 1+1 dimensions. This map rewrites a continuum Hamiltonian as a lattice Hamiltonian with nearest-neighbor couplings and…Shu-Heng Shao, Nikita Sopenko·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
From Z to all: cyclic sum rules for thermal CFT partition functionsThe high-temperature expansion of twisted Sd-1× S1 partition functions of CFTd, d = 2κ, has recently been shown to obey an infinite tower of universal constraints. We determine these…Arnav Advant, Harsh Anand, Nathan Benjamin et al.·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
A Holographic Weyl Semimetal in an Effective Gauss--Bonnet GeometryWe study how an effective Gauss--Bonnet deformation of the thermal geometry changes the competition between the conducting Weyl-semimetal and insulating flavour phases of the probe D3/D7 model. The…F. Mousavi, K. Bitaghsir Fadafan·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
Horizon exchange and the universal all-spin response of KerrThe radial Teukolsky equation is invariant under exchange of the outer and inner horizons, although the physical boundary condition is not. We derive an exact monodromy relation between the…Pierre Vanhove·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn