A Covariant Formulation of Logarithmic Supertranslations at Spatial InfinityWe investigate the asymptotic symmetries of asymptotically flat spacetimes at spatial infinity. We propose a new symplectic structure and conservative boundary conditions in a polyhomogeneous…Florian Girelli, Simon Langenscheidt, Giulio Neri et al.·Mar 9, 2026SaveLearn
Quotient Quiver Subtraction -- Classical GroupsQuotient quiver subtraction is a simple combinatorial prescription for gauging Coulomb branch isometry subgroups of 3d N=4 quiver gauge theories. This paper uses Type IIB brane…Sam Bennett, Amihay Hanany, Guhesh Kumaran·Mar 9, 2026SaveLearn
Gravitational formulation of stress-tensor deformed field theoriesStress-tensor deformations suggest a geometric origin of emergent gravity but are typically non-local for d>2. We couple a seed QFT to Einstein gravity with deformation parameter λ and evaluate…Yunfei Xie, Yun-Ze Li, Lixin Xu et al.·Mar 9, 2026SaveLearn
Effects of fermions in one-loop propagators in the Curci-Ferrari-Delbourgo-Jarvis gaugeWe present the one-loop computation of the quark propagator in the Curci-Ferrari-Delbourgo- Jarvis (CFDJ) gauge, extending previous analyses to include dynamical quarks. Using the infrared- safe…Santiago Cabrera, Marcela Peláez, Matthieu Tissier·Mar 9, 2026SaveLearn
Error-correcting codes over the Mordell-Weil groups of extremal rational elliptic surfaces and the E8 latticeWe construct the E8 lattice from classical error-correcting codes over the Mordell-Weil groups of rational elliptic surfaces that have a singularity lattice of rank 8 (maximal) for all cases of…Shun'ya Mizoguchi, Takumi Oikawa·Mar 9, 2026SaveLearn
Homogeneous Anisotropic Black Branes with Bianchi VIh SymmetryWe construct a new family of exact vacuum black brane solutions to five-dimensional Einstein gravity with a negative cosmological constant, characterized by a homogeneous horizon with Bianchi VIh…Markus A. G. Amano·Mar 9, 2026SaveLearn
Probing Lorentz symmetry violation via the Casimir effect in rectangular cavitiesWe investigate the Casimir effect as a probe of Lorentz symmetry violation for a real scalar field confined to a rectangular waveguide with Dirichlet boundary conditions. The field dynamics is…M. B. Cruz, E. R. Bezerra de Mello, A. Martín-Ruiz·Mar 9, 2026SaveLearn
On Type II0 Loci in Moduli SpaceWe study type II0 loci in the moduli space of type IIB string theory compactified on Calabi-Yau manifolds. We show that around these infinite distance singular loci the leading order behaviour of…Jarod Hattab, Eran Palti·Mar 8, 2026SaveLearn
BPS vortex from nonpolynomial scalar QED in a CP1-Maxwell theoryWe investigate a generalized gauged CP1-Maxwell theory in which the electromagnetic sector acquires a field-dependent magnetic permeability generated dynamically through…F. C. E. Lima·Mar 8, 2026SaveLearn
Gauss-Bonnet corrected string/black hole transition in large dimensionsWe develop a unified analytic treatment of the Horowitz--Polchinski string/black hole correspondence that systematically incorporates higher-derivative corrections to gravity. Working in Euclidean…Bum-Hoon Lee, Hocheol Lee, Somyadip Thakur·Mar 8, 2026SaveLearn
Time Dependent String Compactification: Towards Bouncing CosmologyWe study the Null Energy Condition (NEC) arising from the Virasoro constraint on the string worldsheet. We then analyze how the NEC in the external spacetime directions emerges under general…Mir Mehedi Faruk·Mar 7, 2026SaveLearn
Chiral--Maxwell Cavity EFT: Reduced Gauge-Mode Condensation and Quantum-Optics LimitsWe develop a finite-volume Chiral--Maxwell effective field theory in which a topologically nontrivial hadronic sector acts as a nonlinear medium for a reduced cavity gauge mode. Starting from the…Fabrizio Canfora, Mauricio Ipinza, Simón Riquelme·Mar 6, 2026SaveLearn
OPE in a generally covariant formWe discuss the general covariance of operator product expansion in D-dimensional Euclidean conformal field theories. We propose to organise the expansion in powers of geodesic distance between two…Anatoly Konechny·Mar 6, 2026SaveLearn
Exact one-loop QED actions in global (A)dS2Using the in-out formalism, we derive the exact one-loop QED effective actions for spinor field in a uniform electric field in two-dimensional global (anti-)de Sitter (A)dS2 spacetime. The…Chiang-Mei Chen, Sang Pyo Kim, Cristian Andres Rivera Medina·Mar 6, 2026SaveLearn
Mass Without Mass from a Berry--Shifted SU(3) Holonomy RotorWe identify a local, gauge-invariant mechanism that generates a finite spectral scale in pure SU(3) Yang--Mills theory on a punctured three-ball. Fixing a Z3 center sector isolates a…Ahmed Farag Ali·Mar 6, 2026SaveLearn
An ode to instantonsWe present a formalism for semiclassical time evolution in quantum mechanics, building on a century of work. We identify complex saddle points in real time, real saddle points in complex time, and…Oliver Janssen, Joel Karlsson, Flavio Riccardi et al.·Mar 6, 2026SaveLearn
Higher-dimensional BKL dynamics in AdS black holesChaotic BKL dynamics provides a canonical description of the approach to spacelike singularities as a sequence of Kasner epochs grouped into eras. While this paradigm is well established for…Elena Cáceres, Ángel J. Murcia, Ayan K. Patra et al.·Mar 6, 2026SaveLearn
Spinor moving frame, type II superparticle quantization, hidden SU(8) symmetry of linearized 10D supergravity, and superamplitudesA covariant quantization of type IIB and type IIA superparticles in their spinor moving frame formulation reveals the hidden SU(8) symmetry of the linearized type II supergravity. It acts on…Igor Bandos, Mirian Tsulaia·Mar 6, 2026SaveLearn
Infrared physics of QED and gravity from representation theoryThe infrared structure of QED and gravity is known to be governed by an infinite-dimensional symmetry group which extends the Poincaré group to include, respectively, large U(1) transformations and…Laura Donnay, Yannick Herfray·Mar 6, 2026SaveLearn
BPS and semi-BPS kink families in two-component scalar field theories with fourth-degree polynomial potentialsWe perform a systematic study of kink solutions in two-component scalar field theories in (1+1) dimensions with interaction terms of at most quartic order. Our approach is based on the Bogomolny…A. Alonso-Izquierdo, M. A. González León, A. González-Parra et al.·Mar 6, 2026SaveLearn
On amplitudes in Chiral Higher Spin GravityWe extract cubic interactions from the covariant equations of motion of Chiral Higher Spin Gravity and compute the corresponding amplitudes. These amplitudes are found to agree with earlier results…Robin Guarini·Mar 6, 2026SaveLearn
Scattering amplitudes in dimensionless quadratic gravity coupled to QEDWe study ultra-Planckian 22 scattering in an Abelian gauge theory coupled to agravity, the scale-free and renormalizable realization of quadratic quantum gravity. Focusing on charged fermions…I. F. Cunha, A. C. Lehum·Mar 5, 2026SaveLearn
Gauge-string duality, monomial bases and graph determinantsQuestions at the intersection of the AdS/CFT correspondence and quantum information theory motivate the study of projectors in sequences of subalgebras of finite-dimensional commutative associative…Garreth Kemp, Sanjaye Ramgoolam·Mar 5, 2026SaveLearn
N3/2 Scaling from 3d N=2 Dualities: an Alternative Approach to Chiral QuiversWe investigate families of 3d N=2 chiral quiver gauge theories conjectured to be dual to M2-branes probing toric SE7 singularities. Geometrically, these families correspond to toric…Antonio Amariti, Giulia Lanzetti·Mar 5, 2026SaveLearn
Pathologies of dimension-zero scalar fieldsIt has been claimed in a series of papers that scalar fields with a fourth-order Lagrangian (φ)2 can solve the cosmological constant problem by canceling the loop contributions from…James M. Cline, Anamaria Hell·Mar 5, 2026SaveLearn