Thermodynamics of Hairy Black Holes in Quantum Regimes: Insights from Horndeski TheoryWe study non-perturbative quantum gravitational corrections to the thermodynamics and quantum work distribution of the n-dimensional Schwarzschild--Tangherlini--Anti-de Sitter black hole. Starting…Behnam Pourhassan, Izzet Sakalli, Houcine Aounallah et al.·Mar 24, 2026SaveLearn
Note on KSW-allowability of Wine-Glass GeometryIn this note we consider no-boundary instantons and wine-glass geometries which are of interest in the context of quantum cosmology. While the former usually appears as a dominant saddle in the…Manishankar Ailiga, Gaurav Narain·Mar 24, 2026SaveLearn
Quantum gravity and matter fields in a general background gaugeWe analyse the gauge-dependence of the effective action in an interacting quantum theory of gravitational and matter fields. An explicit off-shell result is obtained in a general background gauge at…J. Frenkel, S. Martins-Filho·Mar 24, 2026SaveLearn
Holography, Brick Wall and a Little Hierarchy ProblemWe propose a heuristic for the brick wall in AdS/CFT: the location where a boundary mode's local bulk energy reaches a (Planckian) UV cut-off. This accomplishes two things: (a) the brick wall is…Vishal Gayari, Chethan Krishnan, Pradipta S. Pathak·Mar 24, 2026SaveLearn
Wilson network expansion for four-point contact and exchange scalar Feynman diagrams in AdS2We derive new integral identities for AdS propagators and further develop the Wilson network expansion for AdS Feynman diagrams. In particular, we demonstrate that four-point contact and exchange…K. B. Alkalaev, V. S. Khiteev·Mar 24, 2026SaveLearn
M-theory and T-geometry: Higgs branch moduli and charged matterM-theory geometric engineering on manifolds of special holonomy yields a rich class of novel field theories. In this paper, we construct new 3d N=2 and N=4 gauge…Marwan Najjar·Mar 24, 2026SaveLearn
Astrophysical aspects of string compactificationsA generic aspect of low-energy effective field theories (EFTs) coming from string compactifications is the appearance of moduli fields. Among these moduli, the axion and dilaton are present as…Mario Ramos-Hamud·Mar 24, 2026SaveLearn
Interpolating conformal algebra in (1+1) dimensions between the instant form and the light-front form of relativistic dynamicsWe present the interpolating conformal algebra between the instant form dynamics (IFD) and the light-front dynamics (LFD) in (1+1) dimensions, along with a 4×4 interpolating projective…Chueng-Ryong Ji, Hariprashad Ravikumar·Mar 24, 2026SaveLearn
Analysis of the QCD Kondo phase using random matricesWe propose a novel random matrix model that describes the QCD Kondo phase. The model correctly implements both the chiral symmetry of light quarks and the SU(2) spin symmetry of heavy quarks. We…Takuya Kanazawa·Mar 24, 2026SaveLearn
Nonperturbative Higgs-Schwinger mechanism at the origin of the gluon mass and color confinementEvidence from lattice and continuum studies supports the existence of a fully nonperturbative Higgs mechanism generating mass for gluons in linear covariant gauges. The broken charge is the…Giorgio Comitini·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
A Note on the Perturbative Expansion of the Schwinger Model on S2The Schwinger model is perhaps the simplest non-trivial exactly-solvable QFT. In this note we examine the perturbative structure of the theory on the sphere and provide evidence that its quantum…Joseph Smith·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
Self-dual gravity from higher-spin theoryHigher-spin symmetry is known to mix lower-spin fields with higher-spin fields, creating a complex interaction picture where no closed finite field sector is expected to exist for dimensions greater…V. E. Didenko, A. V. Korybut·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
Racah matrices for the symmetric representation of the SO(5) groupApproaches to calculate SU(N) colored knot invariants (HOMFLY-PT polynomials) are well and widely developed. However, SO(N) case is mostly forgotten. With this paper we want to start the discusion of…Andrey Morozov·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
Kummitus: a light-weight toolbox for counting DOF in perturbative QFTThe consistent construction of quantum field theories beyond the simplest cases requires a precise characterization of the propagating degrees of freedom. These are encoded in the single-pole…Carlo Marzo·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
Quiver Maps, Nilpotent Orbits and Special Pieces of NilconesThis paper explores 3d N=4 quiver gauge theories whose moduli spaces represent nilpotent orbits, Słodowy slices or, more generally, Słodowy intersections, which span the Special Pieces of…Sam Bennett, Amihay Hanany, Rudolph Kalveks·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
Super Sum rules for Long-Range ModelsWe study sum rules that control the Regge limit of one-dimensional conformal field theory (CFT) correlators and relate them to dual bulk scattering processes at high energies in AdS2. By…Kausik Ghosh, Miguel F. Paulos, Noé Suchel et al.·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
A Conformal Bridge for the Light Transform of QCD Correlation FunctionsUnderstanding the link between correlation functions (CFs) of local operators and measurable collider correlators has emerged as a new opportunity in the study of gauge theory dynamics at colliders.…Hao Chen, Pier Francesco Monni, Zhaoyan Pang et al.·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
CayleyPy-4: AI-Holography. Towards analogs of holographic string dualities for AI tasksThis is the fourth paper in the CayleyPy project, which applies AI methods to the exploration of large graphs. In this work, we suggest the existence of a new discrete version of holographic string…A. Chervov, F. Levkovich-Maslyuk, A. Smolensky et al.·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
At the Corner of Quantum and GravityIn the presence of spacetime boundaries, diffeomorphisms in gravitational theories can become physical and acquire non-vanishing Noether charges. These charges obey an algebra which, within the…Ludovic Varrin·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
Covariant Symplectic Geometry of Classical ParticlesWe investigate the tension between symplecticity and gauge covariance in classical Hamiltonian mechanics. The pursuit of manifest covariance over manifest symplecticity results in a unique geometric…Joon-Hwi Kim·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
Three-loop functions for a quartic model with a cutoffThis paper presents numerical values for auxiliary integrals and coefficients of the beta function in the three-loop approximation for a four-dimensional model with a quartic interaction, using a…A. V. Ivanov, V. A. Nikiforov·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
Symmetries of non-maximal supergravities with higher-derivative correctionsWe consider hidden symmetries arising from U-duality in the dimensional reduction of non-maximal higher-derivative supergravities to three dimensions. In particular, we consider the G2(2)…Yi Pang, Robert J. Saskowski·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
All the D-Branes of ResurgenceIt was recently shown how to account for all instantons of hermitian matrix models via (anti-) eigenvalue-tunneling -- including both exponentially-suppressed and exponentially-enhanced…Ricardo Schiappa, Maximilian Schwick, Noam Tamarin·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
Holographic One-Point Function and Geodesics in SdS3Grinberg and Maldacena showed that heavy thermal one-point functions in AdS/CFT can encode complex geodesics reaching a black hole singularity. We study the de Sitter analogue in three-dimensional…Arundhati Goldar, Nirmalya Kajuri, Rhitaparna Pal·Mar 22, 2026SaveLearn
Shape modes of CP1 vorticesIn this paper we investigate the existence of internal modes of vortices in the gauged CP1 sigma model. We develop a clean geometric formalism that highlights the symmetries of the Jacobi…Nora Gavrea, Derek Harland, Martin Speight·Mar 22, 2026SaveLearn