Does hot QCD have a conformal manifold in the chiral limit?Recent lattice evidence suggests the chiral phase transition in QCD is second-order for Nf 2 massless flavors. We constrain CFT descriptions of a critical line in temperature T and imaginary…Shi Chen, Aleksey Cherman, Robert D. Pisarski·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
Generalised Cluster Adjacency for CosmologyIn this paper we study the cluster algebraic properties of wavefunction coefficients for conformally coupled scalar theories in de Sitter cosmology. We show that the symbol of the wavefunction…Mattia Capuano, Livia Ferro, Tomasz Lukowski et al.·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
Photon spheres and bulk probes in AdS3/CFT2: the quantum BTZ black holeThe entanglement entropy in d+1 dimensional conformal field theories can be calculated using the area of d dimensional minimal surfaces in AdSd+2. Therefore, the existence of surfaces…Oscar Lasso Andino, Axel León-Arteaga, Guillermo Ramírez-Ulloa·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
Regge's InfernoWe study large-spin operators in conformal field theories (CFTs) in spacetime dimensions d>2 by placing the theory on appropriate pp-wave backgrounds. We show that these geometries admit…Zohar Komargodski, Alessio Miscioscia, Fedor K. Popov·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
States of 2D Yang-Mills and Large-Volume EntanglementWe study entanglement in two-dimensional Yang-Mills theory, viewed as a quasi-topological model of emergent space. The most familiar class of states in this theory are states defined by Euclidean…Dmitry Melnikov, Jefferson T. Oliveira, Valmir Peixoto et al.·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
Towards Two-to-Two Scattering of Scalars in Asymptotically Safe Quantum GravityWe compute the graviton-mediated two-to-two scattering amplitude and cross section for scalar particles in asymptotically safe quantum gravity. Specifically, we compute the full momentum dependence…Angelo P. Chiesa, Jan M. Pawlowski, Manuel Reichert·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
Entanglement and Renormalization Group Irreversibility of Quantum Field Theory in AdSWe study nonperturbative aspects of quantum field theory (QFT) in rigid anti de Sitter (AdS) spacetime using quantum information theoretic methods. While irreversibility of renormalization group (RG)…Nicolás Abate, Ignacio Salazar, Gonzalo Torroba·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
One-loop mass corrections of interacting string statesThe free string spectrum is highly degenerate, with a degeneracy that grows exponentially with the mass. Turning on a non-vanishing string coupling gs introduces interactions, rendering massive…Lorenzo Grimaldi, Massimo Bianchi, Maurizio Firrotta·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
Dynamics and interaction of solitons in the BPS limit and their internal modesThe main objective of this thesis has been to analyse soliton dynamics in detail, with special attention paid to the role of the internal modes associated with these configurations. Specifically, the…S. Navarro-Obregón·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
Equilibrium Partition Function of Non-Relativistic CFTs in Harmonic TrapWe investigate the equilibrium partition function of non-relativistic conformal field theories in harmonic quantization. We first analyze the hydrodynamic regime and show that, at leading order, the…Eunwoo Lee·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
How Heavy Can Moduli Be?In Kaluza-Klein (KK) compactification of gravitational theories, moduli fields, which are scalar fields associated to the deformations of the compact manifold, are typically lighter than the KK…Mehrdad Mirbabayi, Giovanni Villadoro·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
Capacity of Entanglement and Replica Backreaction in RST GravityWe compute the capacity of entanglement in two dimensional dilaton gravity in a setting where Hawking radiation, backreaction, and islands can be treated analytically. Our focus is the eternal black…Raúl Arias, Daniel Fondevila·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
Kaluza-Klein mode mixing in braneworlds: constraints on scalar absorption and physical degrees of freedomWe investigate the mixing between Kaluza-Klein (KK) modes for a bulk U(1) gauge field within braneworld models. By demanding orthonormality and completeness for the KK basis functions, we demonstrate…Wen-Xuan Ma, Chun-E Fu·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
Non-invertible symmetries and selection rules for RG flows of coset modelsWe analyze superselection sectors, non-invertible symmetries and selection rules for RG flows triggered via perturbations of a UV two-dimensional conformal field theory (CFT2). To this end we…Valentin Benedetti, Paul Fendley, Javier M. Magan·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
Duality and DilatonWe review and elaborate on the issue of the dilaton transformation under the usual r → α'/r target space duality and its non-static generalization (or σ-model duality). It is found…A. A. Tseytlin·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
Operator Renormalization using Emergent SupersymmetriesWe develop a mechanism that enables supersymmetric Ward identities to be applied in non-supersymmetric theories. These identities are then used to streamline calculations in our target theories,…Mrigankamauli Chakraborty, Sven-Olaf Moch·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
Radiation Entropy in asymptotically AdS Black Holes within f(Q) GravityWe employ the island rule to investigate the radiation entropy of asymptotically AdS black holes in the framework of f(Q) gravity. Through an analysis based on the Euclidean action, we find that the…Yipeng Liu, Wei Xu, Baocheng Zhang·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
Interface Minimal Model Holography and Topological String TheoryWe study the dynamics of 2d fermions coupled to 3d Chern-Simons gauge fields. For SU(N) gauge group and fermions in the fundamental representation, the resulting interfaces are closely related to…Davide Gaiotto, Keyou Zeng·Mar 9, 2026SaveLearn
A proof of conservation laws in gravitational scattering: tails and breaking of peelingWe propose a definition of asymptotically flat spacetimes that is consistent with both null infinities and compatible with known properties of gravitational scattering, incoming and outgoing…Geoffrey Compère, Sébastien Robert·Mar 9, 2026SaveLearn
Cluster Bootstrap for Cosmological CorrelatorsWe show that cosmological wavefunction coefficients associated with n-site chain and loop graphs for a cubic scalar theory in de Sitter spacetime have symbol alphabets given by subsets of…Shruti Paranjape, Marcos Skowronek, Marcus Spradlin et al.·Mar 9, 2026SaveLearn
Topological Fields in 4d Higher Spin TheoryThe equations for topological fields in the 4d higher spin theory are considered. It is shown that these fields contain a finite number of degrees of freedom that justifies their naming. The issue…P. T. Kirakosiants·Mar 9, 2026SaveLearn
Hydrodynamics as cospans of field theories into the BF theoryHydrodynamics is based on conservation laws of currents: one starts from the conserved currents of the theory describing the microscopic dynamics, and provides an alternative parameterisation of…Simon Jonsson, Hyungrok Kim·Mar 9, 2026SaveLearn
Universal Planar Abelian Duals for 3d N=2 Unitary CS-SQCDWe provide an explicit planar Abelian dual for three-dimensional N=2 U(N)k SQCD with F fundamental chiral multiplets. This construction covers the entire (N, F, k) parameter space…Sergio Benvenuti, Riccardo Comi, Gabriel Pedde Ungureanu et al.·Mar 9, 2026SaveLearn
Crystal Melting, Triality and Partition Functions for Toric Calabi-Yau FourfoldsWe extend the study of the recently introduced crystal melting models associated to toric Calabi-Yau 4-folds in several directions. In particular, we investigate in greater detail the structure of…Mario Carcamo, Sebastián Franco·Mar 9, 2026SaveLearn
All-Loop Renormalization and the Phase of the de Sitter WavefunctionCosmological observables of the primordial universe are encoded in the late-time field-theoretic wavefunction. For shift-symmetric scalars in de Sitter, a good approximation for many inflationary…Alexander Farren, Ciaran McCulloch, Enrico Pajer et al.·Mar 9, 2026SaveLearn