Universal Planar Abelian Duals for 3d N=2 Symplectic CS-SQCDWe propose a new class of infrared dualities relating three-dimensional N=2 USp(2N) Chern--Simons SQCD to planar Abelian quiver gauge theories. These dual descriptions are constructed…Sergio Benvenuti, Vittorio Cagioni, Simone Rota et al.·May 7, 2026SaveLearn
Finite-time memory detectors and fully constraining Faddeev-Kulish dressings in QED and gravityWe show that for both QED and perturbative quantum gravity, finite-time Faddeev-Kulish dressings can be fully constrained by symmetry, and that this gives the unique choice which reproduces the…Brett Oertel·May 7, 2026SaveLearn
The Phases of the Scalar S-Matrix IslandThe two-to-two four-dimensional scattering amplitude of identical scalars obeys rigorous two-sided non-perturbative bounds derived via the modern numerical S-matrix bootstrap. These bounds carve out…Joan Elias Miro, Andrea Guerrieri, Mehmet Asim Gumus·May 7, 2026SaveLearn
Hadrons in N=2 supersymmetric QCD from non-Abelian string on 2D black holeWe continue the study of non-Abelian vortex string in 4D N=2 supersymmetric QCD as critical superstring, and extend this analysis to U(N) gauge theory with arbitrary even N and…E. Ievlev, A. Marshakov, G. Sumbatian et al.·May 7, 2026SaveLearn
de Sitter Wavefunction from Quadrangular Polylogarithms: Chain GraphsWe present an explicit formula for the n-site chain graph contribution to the cosmological wavefunction for conformally coupled ϕ3 theory in de Sitter space. Our result relies on the recent…Livia Ferro, Tomasz Lukowski, Lecheng Ren et al.·May 7, 2026SaveLearn
Non-planar corrections in the symmetric orbifoldWe calculate the non-planar corrections to the anomalous dimensions of certain quarter BPS states in the symmetric product orbifold SymN (T4). We find that some of the…Matthias R. Gaberdiel, Beat Nairz, Cheng Peng·May 7, 2026SaveLearn
Systematic Extraction of Exact Yang-Mills Solutions via Algebraic Tensor Ring DecompositionThe non-linear nature of Yang-Mills theory presents a challenge for extracting exact classical solutions, which are useful for understanding non-perturbative vacuum structures. In this paper, an…Yu-Xuan Zhang, Jing-Ling Chen·May 7, 2026SaveLearn
Non-abelian field cohomology, its relation with spontaneous symmetry breaking and Morse's TheoremWe show that, for an SU(2) gauge field (the reasoning extends trivially to SU(N)), spontaneous symmetry breaking changes the field cohomology. This defines a new field with cohomological…V. E. R. Lemes·May 7, 2026SaveLearn
Ultraviolet-Finite Perturbative Expansion of Quantum Gravity at Null InfinityWe present a perturbative formulation of quantum gravity for asymptotically flat vacuum spacetimes based on the Null Surface Formulation (NSF), in which the expansion is ultraviolet-finite term by…Carlos N. Kozameh, Gerardo O. Depaola·May 7, 2026SaveLearn
Trace anomaly, effective approach, and gravitational potentialWe explore and discuss corrections to the Newton potential from the quantum effects of conformal matter fields. In this special case, one can compare different approaches, including that of effective…Riccardo Fecchio, Ilya L. Shapiro·May 7, 2026SaveLearn
Complexity and Operator Growth in Holographic 6d SCFTsWe study Krylov (spread) complexity in strongly coupled six-dimensional N=(1,0) superconformal field theories with holographic duals in massive type IIA supergravity. Extending recent…Ali Fatemiabhari, Carlos Nunez, Ricardo T. Santamaria·May 7, 2026SaveLearn
Stochastic modes in postquantum classical gravityWe study fluctuations of the metric in the postquantum theory of classical gravity, a covariant theory which couples a classical spacetime with quantum matter fields. Mathematical consistency…Jonathan Oppenheim, Muhammad Sajjad·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
Celestial dual of conformal gravity MHV amplitudes: an OPE analysisIn an earlier paper [arXiv:2511.03669] we extracted the OPE of celestial CFT operator duals of positive helicity graviton and scalar particles from the Mellin transformed relevant MHV amplitudes of…Nirmal Ghorai, Partha Paul, Nemani V. Suryanarayana·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
Small Vacuum Energy and Tunneling in a Modified Bousso-Polchinski ModelWe propose a simplified model for the cosmological constant in string theory flux vacua motivated by type IIB and F-theory compactifications. Relative to the Bousso-Polchinski model, small vacuum…James Halverson, Justin Khoury, Cody Long·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
Challenges to Understanding Celestial Holography from the Bottom UpIn the bottom-up approach to celestial holography, it is tempting to define celestial amplitudes by transforming momentum-space amplitudes order by order in perturbation theory. We test this…Adam Tropper·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
Carroll fermions from null reduction: A case of good and bad fermionsWe derive Carrollian fermionic actions using the null reduction method from Bargmann spacetimes. In the Lorentzian light-cone formulation, the Dirac spinor naturally decomposes into dynamical and…Sucheta Majumdar, Aditya Sharma, Sourav Singha·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
A Quantum Singularity Theorem for the Evaporating Black HoleWe prove a singularity theorem in semiclassical gravity without assuming global hyperbolicity or the null energy/curvature condition; the former is replaced by the weaker causality conditions of…Netta Engelhardt, Ivri Nagar·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
Automorphic Structures of Heterotic VacuaWe study moduli stabilization in 4D effective field theories with Sp(4,Z) self-duality inspired by heterotic orbifold compactifications with Wilson lines. The target-space duality group of…Jacob M. Leedom, Nicole Righi, Alexander Westphal·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
Perturbative, Nonperturbative and Exact Aspects of Crystalline Phases in the Gross-Neveu ModelWe study the crystalline phase of the O(2N) Gross--Neveu model with a chemical potential for a ≤ N-2 of the fermions. We analyze the problem in three independent ways: using perturbative QFT…Francesco Benini, Ohad Mamroud, Tomas Reis et al.·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
Positivity of the gravitational path integral implies the axionic weak gravity conjectureThe gravitational path integral can compute inner products between different states of open and closed universes. To have a well-defined Hilbert space, these inner products should be positive…Gabriele Di Ubaldo, Luca V. Iliesiu, Henry W. Lin et al.·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
Ultraviolet completion of Starobinsky inflationWe construct an N=1 supergravity action whose bosonic part contains an arbitrary function of the scalar curvature, the so-called F(R) gravity. As in R+R2 supergravity, it can be described in…Ignatios Antoniadis, Chrysoula Markou, Dimitri V. Nanopoulos·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
Baby Universe in a Coupled SYK ModelWe analyze three saddle points of the path integral computing the partition function of the SYK model with a Maldacena-Qi coupling in the double scaling limit. The three saddle points are…Andrew Sontag, Herman Verlinde·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
On the generalized Komar charge of supersymmetric solutionsWe consider the supersymmetric solutions of several supergravity theories (ungauged N=2,d=4 and N=1,d=5 supergravities coupled to vector supermultiplets and pure…Tomás Ortín·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
Quantum Entanglement in the Dirac Field Quantization around Charged Black HolesWe investigate the quantum entanglement properties of the Dirac field near a charged Reissner--Nordström black hole, incorporating the effects of Hawking radiation within the framework of quantum…Abdessamie Chhieb, Chaimae Banouni, Saliha Abdessamie et al.·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
Subleading Chern-Simons soft factors in perturbative de SitterChern-Simons perturbations introduce corrections to soft theorems for gauge theories at subleading O(ω0) order in soft momenta. We investigate these soft theorems in flat…Pratik Chattopadhyay, Avi Wadhwa·May 6, 2026SaveLearn