Zooming out of AdS4 ×S2 ×S2: The Branes behind the CFT'sWe reveal the supersymmetric brane configurations that give rise to AdS4×S2×S2 supergravity solutions, which are holographic duals to three-dimensional N=4 CFTs or to conformal…Iosif Bena, Antoine Bourget, Raphaël Dulac et al.·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
Exact Path Integral Methods in Supersymmetric AdS2× S2 BackgroundsWe determine the exact functional determinants of charged, massive spin-0 and spin-12 particles in AdS2× S2 backgrounds threaded by constant electric and magnetic…Alberto Castellano, Carmine Montella, Matteo Zatti·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
Oscillons from Q-balls in generalized modelsWe study the oscillon/Q-ball relation in an extended model with non-canonical kinematics. The model contains a single real scalar field whose kinetic term is enlarged to include a generalizing…E. da Hora, Fabiano C. Simas·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
Baryons in SO(N) vector models and their duals in higher spin theoryBlack shells, a kind of black hole mimickers, are identified thermodynamically as bulk duals of baryon operators in vector models, indicating that such objects are essential for the consistency of…Bo Sundborg·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
Classical Gravitational Scattering from the Ultraviolet and the Absence of Calabi-Yau Integrals in the Conservative Sector at O(G5)We explain why Calabi-Yau and complete elliptic integrals do not contribute to conservative observables at fifth post-Minkowskian order, despite appearing in intermediate steps. At even loop orders,…Zvi Bern, Avery Jackman, Gareth Mansfield et al.·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
Galois Covers of Calabi-Yau Quivers and BPS State CountingBPS quivers are central to our understanding of BPS states in 4d N=2 supersymmetric field theories and of D-branes at Calabi-Yau threefold singularities. The two subjects are deeply…Johannes Aspman, Cyril Closset, Elias Furrer et al.·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
Residual group-like symmetries in selection rules without group actionsWe analyze loop-induced group-like symmetries in theories where fields are labeled by basis elements of a fusion algebra constructed from the conjugacy classes of finite groups. Although the fusion…Jun Dong, Tatsuo Kobayashi, Shuhei Miyamoto et al.·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
Quantum potential with no perturbative series, and nonperturbative vacuum dominated by complex classical pathsSpectra of standard 1d potentials (double-well, sin-Gordon etc) are given by trans-series in coupling, including (badly divergent) perturbative series (PS), and nonperturbative terms. All of them are…Edward Shuryak·Mar 15, 2026SaveLearn
Quantum M2-branes and HolographyWe discuss the semi-classical quantisation of supersymmetric membranes in holographic geometries with asymptotic AdS4 and AdS7 boundary conditions. In AdS4 geometries this quantisation…Jesse van Muiden·Mar 15, 2026SaveLearn
A Holographic Model for Soft Photons and Gravitons in Four DimensionsWe construct a two-dimensional action on the celestial sphere that describes the infrared sector of Abelian gauge and gravitational theories in four dimensions. In particular, we use the holographic…Sangmin Choi, Prahar Mitra·Mar 15, 2026SaveLearn
A Quantum Weak Cosmic Censorship and Its ProofRecent work has highlighted the deep connection between quantum information and spacetime geometry. Bousso and Shahbazi-Moghaddam (Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 231301 (2022)) proved that…Naman Kumar·Mar 14, 2026SaveLearn
On the Gauge-Invariant FermionWe show that the Dirac dressing of the fermion is equivalent to a shift of the gauge parameter. For every gauge, the gauge-dependent part is projected out of physical observables. After…Kang-Sin Choi·Mar 14, 2026SaveLearn
Spectral Geometry and the One-Loop QED β-Function on S3 × S1We compute the one-loop QED β-function coefficient directly from heat kernel data of the twisted Spinc Dirac operator on S3 × S1. Using ζ-function regularization, the logarithmic…Lyudmil Antonov·Mar 14, 2026SaveLearn
Extending fusion rules with finite subgroups: A general construction of ZN extended conformal field theories and their orbifoldingsWe construct the ZN symmetry extended fusion ring of bulk and chiral theories and the corresponding modular partition functions with nonanomalous subgroup Zn(⊂ ZN). The chiral…Yoshiki Fukusumi, Shinichiro Yahagi·Mar 14, 2026SaveLearn
Analytic structure of holographic thermal correlators from Fourier seriesWe compute the holographic Euclidean two-point function of scalar operators in a thermal state. We work directly using the Fourier series on the thermal circle. The Fourier series does not converge…Paolo Arnaudo, Benjamin Withers·Mar 13, 2026SaveLearn
M-theory on S1 S1 as Type 0AWe propose an exotic geometric M-theory dual for the weak coupling Type 0A string: compactification on a sub-Planckian S1 S1 (two circles connected at a point), where strong quantum effects…Zihni Kaan Baykara, Emilian Dudas, Cumrun Vafa·Mar 13, 2026SaveLearn
Quantum obstructions for N=1 infinite distance limits -- Part II: Kähler obstructionsWe continue our analysis of quantum corrections in the complex structure moduli space of four-dimensional Type IIB/F-theory compactifications with N=1 supersymmetry. We find that limits in the…Lukas Kaufmann, Jeroen Monnee, Timo Weigand et al.·Mar 13, 2026SaveLearn
Conformal Vacuum of dS4× R with Oppositely Oriented BoundariesWe derive a dS4 × R quotient spacetime that is asymptotically dS4, where the quotient makes its past boundary oppositely oriented relative to its future boundary. This introduces a…Lucas K. Kovalsky, Shivesh Pathak, Kyle Ritchie·Mar 13, 2026SaveLearn
Two Times for FreudenthalWe investigate the algebraic structure of the two-time physics introduced some time ago by I. Bars and his co-authors, clarifying its relations with quadratic and cubic Jordan algebras, as well as…Alexander Kamenshchik, Alessio Marrani, Federica Muscolino·Mar 13, 2026SaveLearn
Noncommutative QFT and Relative Entropy on Axisymmetric Bifurcate Killing HorizonsWe construct a deformed algebraic quantum field theory on bifurcate Killing horizons in stationary axisymmetric spacetimes. The deformation is generated by the commuting actions of affine dilations…Philipp Dorau, Albert Much, Rainer Verch·Mar 13, 2026SaveLearn
Jones index from Rényi entropies in the Ising conformal field theoryWe study the relation between the Jones index and the Rényi entropies of two disjoint intervals on the line and of the ground state for a generic value of the Rényi index in the two conformal field…Valentin Benedetti, Isai Davila-Cuba, Erik Tonni·Mar 13, 2026SaveLearn
Carroll symmetries in field theory and gravityThis thesis explores several facets of Carroll symmetries through their applications to field theories and gravity. The geometric description of curved Carroll manifolds is developed from a…Florian Ecker·Mar 13, 2026SaveLearn
Testing the AdS/CFT Correspondence Through Thermodynamic Geometry of Nonlinear Electrodynamics AdS Black Holes with Generalized EntropiesWe investigate the thermodynamics and thermodynamic geometry of several Anti--de Sitter black hole solutions arising from nonlinear electromagnetic theories, namely the ModMax, nonlinear…Abhishek Baruah, Amijit Bhattacharjee, Prabwal Jyoti Phukon·Mar 13, 2026SaveLearn
(De-)Exciting the Third Poschl-Teller KinkThere is a series of scalar models possessing reflectionless kinks whose linear perturbations are described by a Pöschl-Teller potential at integer level σ. The cases σ=1 and 2 are the…Hengyuan Guo, Jarah Evslin, Stefano Bolognesi·Mar 13, 2026SaveLearn
Stress-Energy Tensor of a Scalar Field on a Product Spacetime with a Time-Dependent Compact DimensionWe compute the vacuum expectation value of the stress-energy tensor of a scalar field on a product spacetime composed of an FLRW background times a compact dimension ($M1, \,d-1 ×…Anamitra Paul, Sonia Paban·Mar 12, 2026SaveLearn