Classifying fusion rules of anyons or SymTFTs: A general algebraic formula for domain wall problems and quantum phase transitionsWe propose a formula for the transformation law of anyons in topologically ordered phases or topological quantum field theories (TQFTs) through a gapped or symmetry-preserving domain wall. Our…Yoshiki Fukusumi·Dec 25, 2025SaveLearn
Shell formulas for instantons and gauge origamiWe introduce the shell formula-a framework that unifies the description of partition functions whose pole structures are classified by Young diagrams of arbitrary dimension. The formalism yields…Jiaqun Jiang·Dec 25, 2025SaveLearn
Bulk-cone singularities and echoes from AdS exotic compact objectsThe region near a black hole horizon may be modified by quantum gravity effects that resolve the singularity. Such geometry may be represented by an exotic compact object. Because the horizon is…Heng-Yu Chen, Yasuaki Hikida, Yasutaka Koga·Dec 25, 2025SaveLearn
Entanglement wedge cross section triangle information and holographic entanglement of assistanceWe identify a non-negative and upper-bounded entanglement signal in holography which is defined as a combination of entanglement wedge cross sections (EWCS) for a tripartite mixed state ABE:…Xin-Xiang Ju, Wen-Bin Pan, Ya-Wen Sun et al.·Dec 25, 2025SaveLearn
Sp(4,Z) modular inflationWe investigate inflation models governed by the Siegel modular group Sp(4,Z). The Sp(4,Z) group extends the SL(2,Z) framework from one modulus to three moduli while…Si-Yi Jiang, Wenbin Zhao, Gui-Jun Ding·Dec 25, 2025SaveLearn
Constructing the Padmanabhan Holographic Model in a BIonic SystemRecently, Padmanabhan has argued that a difference between the number of degrees of freedom on the surface and the number in a bulk causes the expansion of the universe. We can reconsider this idea…Alireza Sepehri, Muhammad Al-Zafar Khan·Dec 25, 2025SaveLearn
Generators of a Bosonic VOA and Connections to a Boundary VOAWe show how to identify generators of bosonic VOAs associated with T[n-1,1][1n](SU(n)) and T[n-1,12][2,1n-1](SU(n+1)), and conjecture that the algebraic structure of these VOAs…Hikaru Sasaki·Dec 25, 2025SaveLearn
Aspects of holographic timelike entanglement entropy in black hole backgroundsWe study the holographic construction of timelike entanglement entropy (tEE) in black hole backgrounds in Lorentzian geometries. The holographic tEE is realized through extremal surfaces consisting…Mir Afrasiar, Jaydeep Kumar Basak, Keun-Young Kim·Dec 24, 2025SaveLearn
Crossing symmetry of OPE statisticsWe study the crossing symmetry of the ensemble of large-c 2D CFTs defined through 3D gravity. A central observation is that statistical moments of OPE coefficients are not independent; rather,…Diandian Wang·Dec 24, 2025SaveLearn
Twisted Feynman Integrals: from generating functions to spin-resummed post-Minkowskian dynamicsWe propose to call a class of deformed Feynman integrals as twisted Feynman integrals, where the integrand has an additional exponential factor linear in loop momenta. Such integrals appear in…Joon-Hwi Kim, Jung-Wook Kim, Jungwon Lim·Dec 24, 2025SaveLearn
OTOC and Quamtum Chaos of Interacting Scalar FieldsDiscretizing the λϕ4 scalar field theory on a lattice yields a system of coupled anharmonic oscillators with quadratic and quartic potentials. We begin by analyzing the two coupled oscillators in…Wung-Hong Huang·Dec 24, 2025SaveLearn
Modular ZerosModular symmetries are known to be powerful and have various remarkable properties. We point out that the structure of vector-valued modular forms (VVMFs) space leads to the absence of couplings…Xiang-Gan Liu, Michael Ratz·Dec 24, 2025SaveLearn
Demystifying stringy miracles with eclectic flavor symmetriesEffective field theories arising from string compactifications are subject to constraints originating from the duality transformations of string theory. Interpreting these so-called selection rules…V. Knapp-Perez, Xiang-Gan Liu, Hans Peter Nilles et al.·Dec 24, 2025SaveLearn
T-Duality Effects in Electrodynamics: The (2+1)-dimensional CaseWe investigate the interplay between T-duality and (2+1)- dimensional electrodynamics, revealing a relationship between short and large length scales of the gauge potential. Our findings demonstrate…Patricio Gaete, Piero Nicolini·Dec 24, 2025SaveLearn
Deforming and dissecting AdS3 with matterWe study deformations of the model by Henneaux, Martínez, Troncoso and Zanelli [arXiv:hep-th/0201170] which features asymptotically AdS3 black hole solutions that incorporate the exact…Nele Callebaut, Blanca Hergueta, Ruben Monten et al.·Dec 24, 2025SaveLearn
Gravitational open effective field theory of inflationWe construct a gravitational open extension of the effective field theory of inflation in the Schwinger-Keldysh framework. While physical symmetries allow many open operators in the Schwinger-Keldysh…Perseas Christodoulidis, Jinn-Ouk Gong·Dec 24, 2025SaveLearn
Emergent structures in open EFTsOpen effective field theories provide a systematic framework for describing systems coupled to an environment, where dissipation, noise, and modified conservation laws naturally arise. Working within…Perseas Christodoulidis·Dec 24, 2025SaveLearn
The DSSYK Model: Charge and HolographyThe Anti-de Sitter/Conformal Field Theory correspondence (AdS/CFT) is one of the most significant findings in theoretical physics and forms the basis of this thesis. Although highly powerful, the…Mattia Arundine·Dec 23, 2025SaveLearn
Bounds on Abelian Currents in 4d CFTsWe study four-dimensional conformal field theories (CFTs) with an abelian U(1) global symmetry using the conformal bootstrap approach. We obtain numerical bounds on the scaling dimensions of…Denis Karateev, Petr Kravchuk, Andrea Manenti et al.·Dec 23, 2025SaveLearn
The Cosmological Constant and Dark Dimensions from Non-Supersymmetric StringsWe present a string theory construction in which the particle physics contributions to the one-loop vacuum energy exactly cancel, whilst the gravitational contributions are suppressed in the size of…Emilian Dudas, Susha Parameswaran, Marco Serra·Dec 23, 2025SaveLearn
Holographic Entanglement Negativity and Thermodynamics in Backreacted AdS Black HoleWe investigate holographic entanglement negativity (HEN) as a probe of mixed state quantum correlations in a deformed AdS black hole background with backreaction sourced by a string cloud. The bulk…Sanjay Pant, Himanshu Parihar, Pradeep Kumar Sharma·Dec 23, 2025SaveLearn
Holographic shear correlators at low temperatures, and quantum η/sThe strongly-coupled 3-dimensional theory, holographically dual to black branes at fixed chemical potential μext and temperature T μ is considered in AdS4 Einstein-Maxwell theory. The…Alexandros Kanargias, Elias Kiritsis, Sameer Murthy et al.·Dec 23, 2025SaveLearn
On holography with ADE singularitiesWe study aspects of the AdS/CFT correspondence for N=4 U(N) super Yang-Mills theory on S3/Γ, where Γ⊂ SU(2) is a finite subgroup, leading to an ADE singularity in the bulk…Sunjin Choi, Yuji Tachikawa·Dec 23, 2025SaveLearn
Entanglement of General Subregions in Time-Dependent StatesWe develop a unified framework for computing Rényi and entanglement entropies of arbitrary spacetime intervals in time-dependent states of (1+1)-dimensional conformal field theories. By combining…Wu-zhong Guo, Song He, Tao Liu·Dec 23, 2025SaveLearn
Why Indices Count the Total Number of Black Hole Microstates (at large N)Using supersymmetric localization, we show that the partition function of four-dimensional superconformal gauge theories - computed as a trace over BPS states without the insertion of (-1)F - is…Alejandro Cabo-Bizet·Dec 23, 2025SaveLearn