On BRST Lagrangian description of partially massless bosonic fieldsWe present an exhaustive BRST lagrangian description of partially massless bosonic fields in four-dimensional space. The basic fields are formulated in terms of two-component spin-tensors in (A)dS…I. L. Buchbinder, S. A. Fedoruk, V. A. Krykhtin·Feb 26, 2026SaveLearn
CFT derivation of entanglement phase transition in pseudo entropyIn this paper, we discuss the entanglement phase transition of pseudo entropy in CFTs. We focus on the case where the in-state and the out-state are different boundary states related by boundary…Hiroki Kanda, Tadashi Takayanagi, Zixia Wei·Feb 26, 2026SaveLearn
BPS lumps in the Nonminimal CP1 Maxwell-Chern-Simons ModelWe investigate self-dual radially symmetric configurations in the CP1 model coupled to a Maxwell and Chern-Simons (CS) gauge fields through nonminimal interactions. Starting from the nonlinear…I. B. Cunha, F. C. E. Lima, Aldo Vera·Feb 26, 2026SaveLearn
Higher dualities in E11 exceptional field theoryIt was proposed that there exists an E11-invariant formulation of eleven-dimensional supergravity in which the propagating fields of the theory are realised through an infinite tower of higher…Guillaume Bossard, Nicolas Boulanger, Josh O'Connor·Feb 26, 2026SaveLearn
Classical investigations in a CPT-even Lorentz-violating model and their implications for the Compton effectIn this work, we investigate some aspects of the Maxwell electrodynamics with the additive Lorentz-violating (LV) CPT-even term. For this model, we derive the energy and momentum conservation laws,…E. Neres Júnior, J. C. C. Felipe, A. P. Baêta Scarpelli et al.·Feb 26, 2026SaveLearn
General Actions of Extended Objects and Volume-Preserving DiffeomorphismWe consider actions that are general functions of the worldsheet/worldvolume metric and the induced metric for extended objects embedded in spacetime as Riemannian manifolds, areal-metric manifolds,…Pei-Ming Ho, Hikaru Kawai, Henry Liao·Feb 26, 2026SaveLearn
Integrability breaking in semiclassical strings in Koopman-Krylov spaceWhile very powerful, integrability in semiclassical string solutions is known to be a rare property. Motivated by the need to understand and characterise the large landscape of non-integrable string…Rathindra Nath Das, Saskia Demulder·Feb 26, 2026SaveLearn
Holomorphic Quantization in Constant Curvature BackgroundsWe present a holomorphic quantization scheme for free point particles on two-dimensional constant curvature Riemannian backgrounds. The procedure is based on a Lagrangian embedding of the particle…Dmitri Bykov, Viacheslav Krivorol·Feb 26, 2026SaveLearn
Geodesic equation in noncommutative space: a field theory perspectiveWe derive the geodesic equation for point particles propagating in Moyal-type noncommutative spacetimes using a field-theoretic approach based on the quasi-classical limit of the noncommutative…Carolina Matté Gregory, Tajron Jurić, Aleksandr Pinzul·Feb 26, 2026SaveLearn
A Perfectoid Duality Between M-Theory and F-TheoryWe present a non-singular, definition-level formulation of F-theory by replacing the traditional shrinking-fiber limit of M-theory with compactification on a tower-completed circle described using…Arshid Shabir, Bobby Eka Gunara, Mir Faizal·Feb 26, 2026SaveLearn
Free and Interacting Fermionic Conformal Field Theories on the Fuzzy SphereThe fuzzy-sphere regularisation is a powerful tool to study conformal field theories (CFT) in three spacetime dimensions. In this paper, we extend its scope to CFTs with local fermionic operators. We…Zheng Zhou, Davide Gaiotto, Yin-Chen He·Feb 26, 2026SaveLearn
Dirichlet, Neumann, Mixed and self-dual holography: (self-dual) Yang-Mills theoryMotivated by applications of self-dual theories to the AdS/CFT correspondence, we study self-dual Yang-Mills theory (SDYM) and its relation to Yang-Mills theory and to Chalmers-Siegel theory with…Evgeny Skvortsov, Richard Van Dongen·Feb 25, 2026SaveLearn
Bjorken Flow of Holographic R-Charged PlasmasWe numerically investigate the time evolution of several physical observables for the so-called 2 R-Charge Black Hole (2RCBH) model undergoing Bjorken flow. The 2RCBH model corresponds to a top-down…Gustavo de Oliveira, Willians Barreto, Romulo Rougemont·Feb 25, 2026SaveLearn
Three-Dimensional Modified Klein--Gordon Oscillator in Standard and Generalized Doubly Special RelativityDoubly Special Relativity (DSR) augments special relativity by introducing, alongside the invariant speed of light c, a second observer-independent scale typically associated with the Planck…Abdelmalek Boumali, Nosratollah Jafari·Feb 25, 2026SaveLearn
Self-Dual Gauge Fields from Superstring Field TheoryThe action for self-dual gauge fields that emerges from the recently constructed superstring field theory is found. The new superstring field theory reduces to that of Sen in a certain limit, and in…Chris Hull·Feb 25, 2026SaveLearn
Strings on freely acting orbifolds: Spectra, moduli spaces and branesIn this dissertation, we study various aspects of type IIB string theory compactified on freely acting orbifolds. We focus particularly on asymmetric orbifolds, which are examples of non-geometric…George Gkountoumis·Feb 25, 2026SaveLearn
Resurgence in the Virasoro Minimal String and 3d GravityWe compute non-perturbative, resurgent contributions to the Virasoro minimal string and 3d gravity using techniques from hermitian matrix models. In particular, we construct a fully non-perturbative…Maximilian Schwick·Feb 25, 2026SaveLearn
BMN-like Matrix ModelsWe conjecture a family of matrix quantum mechanical models that are holographically dual to discrete light-cone quantization of M-theory in pp-wave-like backgrounds. These backgrounds can be obtained…Eunwoo Lee·Feb 25, 2026SaveLearn
Time in gravitational subregions and in closed universesWhat are gauge-invariant local observables in a subregion in quantum gravity? How does one even define such a subregion non-perturbatively? We study these questions in JT gravity. One can define a…Andreas Blommaert, Chang-Han Chen·Feb 25, 2026SaveLearn
Spin chains for ADE quiver theoriesThe spectral problem of four-dimensional superconformal quiver gauge theories can be mapped to one-dimensional spin chains with restricted Hilbert spaces, where the composition of neighbouring spins…Jarryd Bath, Konstantinos Zoubos·Feb 25, 2026SaveLearn
Nonequilibrium steady states in driven holographic Weyl semi-metalsThree-dimensional Weyl materials provide a controlled setting for exploring Floquet dynamics in open quantum systems, including nonequilibrium steady states (NESS). Motivated by the desire for a…Matteo Baggioli, Sebastian Grieninger, James Stokes·Feb 25, 2026SaveLearn
Holographic CFT Phase Transitions and Criticality for Einstein-Maxwell-Power-Yang-Mills AdS Black HolesWe present a comprehensive study of the thermodynamic phase structure for Anti-de Sitter black holes in Einstein-Maxwell-power-Yang-Mills gravity, reformulated through holographic duality as an…Mohammad Reza Alipour, Mohammad Ali S. Afshar, Saeed Noori Gashti et al.·Feb 25, 2026SaveLearn
Localization in supergravityWe give an introduction to equivariant localization in supergravity, focusing on the application to four-dimensional theories and supersymmetric black holes.James Sparks·Feb 25, 2026SaveLearn
On the Kalb-Ramond field with non-minimal coupling to gravityWe consider a massive Kalb-Ramond field with a general non-minimal coupling to gravity. We first study the theory in flat space-time, taking into account the non-linearities. We show that the…Anamaria Hell, Ippei Obata·Feb 25, 2026SaveLearn
Note on the Hopf-algebra-based formula of Yang-Mills-Scalar amplitudesIn this note, we study the Hopf-algebra-based (HAB) formula of Yang-Mills-Scalar (YMS) amplitudes, which expands a YMS amplitude with massive scalars as a combination of propagator matrices that mix…Jiexi Liu, Yi-Jian Du·Feb 25, 2026SaveLearn