Wilson loops on the Coulomb branch of N=4 super-Yang-MillsWe study Wilson loops on the Coulomb branch of N = 4 super-Yang-Mills theory, by solving for minimal surfaces that connect the contour on the boundary with the D3-brane in the bulk of AdS$5 ×…Jarne Moens, Konstantin Zarembo·Dec 5, 2025SaveLearn
A model of composite gravity with Pauli-Villars regulatorsWe revisit a model of composite gravity, in the form of a reparametrization invariant, non-polynomial, metric-independent action for scalar fields. Previously, the emergence of a composite massless…Chris Li, Diana Vaman·Dec 5, 2025SaveLearn
Temporal correlations and chaos from spacetime kernelWe develop a finite-dimensional formulation of the recently introduced notion of ``timelike entanglement'', defined in terms of two-point functions between operators supported on different…Rathindra Nath Das, Arnab Kundu, Matheus H. Martins Costa et al.·Dec 5, 2025SaveLearn
Feynman Integral Reduction and Landau SingularitiesWe propose that Feynman integral reduction is controlled by solutions of the Landau equations. We study integral relations with prescribed propagator powers using syzygy methods and discuss how…Federico Coro, Pavel P. Novichkov, Ben Page et al.·Dec 5, 2025SaveLearn
4d/3d reduction of dualities with O6We consider U(N) gauge theories with a pair of two-index tensors interacting through a quartic superpotential, in addition to fundamentals and antifundamentals. The models have a brane…Antonio Amariti, Pietro Glorioso, Chiara Mascherpa et al.·Dec 5, 2025SaveLearn
Various phase transitions in a holographic p-wave superfluid model with nonlinear termsThis study investigates various phase transitions, including those of 2nd, 1st, and 0th order, in a holographic p-wave superfluid model incorporating 4th- and 6th-order nonlinear terms with…Yue-Peng Wang, Zi-Qiang Zhao, Hui Zeng et al.·Dec 5, 2025SaveLearn
Scaling limits of complex Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev models and holographic geometryWe compare different limits of the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model of N complex fermion with p-fermion interactions. First, we compute the fermion Green's function and free energy in the limit of…Elena Gubankova, Subir Sachdev, Grigory Tarnopolsky·Dec 4, 2025SaveLearn
Integral constraints for N=4 super-Yang-Mills from a squashed sphereSupersymmetric localization and Ward identities have been used in the past several years to derive two integral constraints on the four-point function of the stress-tensor multiplet in $N =…Shai M. Chester, Ross Dempsey, Debaditya Pramanik et al.·Dec 4, 2025SaveLearn
Anomaly cancellation and one-loop finiteness of 6D half-maximal supergravitiesWe suggest that the surprising one-loop finiteness of 6D half-maximal supergravities recently discovered in Huang:2025nyr might be related to anomaly-free SO(5, 21) G-duality symmetry in…Renata Kallosh·Dec 4, 2025SaveLearn
On the six-loop scaling dimensions of the (ϕ2)n operators in d=3We consider a class of singlet operators (ϕ2)n in the three-dimensional O(N) model with λ2 ϕ6 interaction. Recently, the corresponding anomalous dimensions γ2n were computed by…A. V. Bednyakov, M. V. Kompaniets, A. V. Trenogin·Dec 4, 2025SaveLearn
On random matrix statistics of 3d gravityWe show that 3d gravity on manifolds that are topologically a Riemann surface times an interval Σg,n× I with end-of-the-world branes at the ends of the interval is described by a random…Daniel L. Jafferis, Liza Rozenberg, Debmalya Sarkar et al.·Dec 4, 2025SaveLearn
A Theory of Backgrounds and Background IndependenceIn this note, we describe how the study of backgrounds for general quantum systems can be formulated in terms of the representation theory of abstract C* algebras. We illustrate our general…Marc Klinger·Dec 4, 2025SaveLearn
Evolution of Generic Varying-Tension Cosmic Strings in Expanding SpacetimesIt has recently been realised that strings with time-dependent tensions exhibit interesting dynamics; in particular, when the tension decreases loops of string can grow and possibly percolate. We…Hubert Lau Sze Chun, Joseph Conlon·Dec 4, 2025SaveLearn
On world-volume supersymmetry of supermembrane action in static gaugeWe review and elaborate on the issue of 3d world volume supersymmetry that appears as a residual part of global target space supersymmetry in the BST supermembrane action. While there is no direct…Arkady A. Tseytlin, Zihan Wang·Dec 4, 2025SaveLearn
Cosmological singularity, conformal anomaly and symmetric polynomialsWe consider a spacetime singularity at t = 0 arising in a Kasner-type metric that solves the gravitational equations modified by quantum effects of a conformal field theory (CFT). The resulting…Sergey N. Solodukhin·Dec 4, 2025SaveLearn
Gravitational Algebras with Two AreasWe study gravitational algebras on spacetimes with two extremal surfaces. In the example of a long wormhole with two asymptotic AdS boundaries and two compact extremal surfaces, we discuss the…Xuchen Cao, Thomas Faulkner, Zhencheng Wang·Dec 4, 2025SaveLearn
Coarse-graining in time, emergent temperature in 2d CFT at large central chargeUsing the monodromy method, a compact expression is obtained for the identity block contribution to the expectation value of two low-energy probe operators on a broad class of time-dependent heavy…Gideon Vos·Dec 4, 2025SaveLearn
Phase Transitions and Black Hole Stability in Gauged N = 8 SupergravityIt is well known that there is a region of parameter space where all purely electric, static, dilatonic black holes are unstable within the STU models of maximal supergravity. We show that, for…Andres Anabalon, Dumitru Astefanesei, Julio Oliva et al.·Dec 4, 2025SaveLearn
Carrollian holographic duals are non-localMapping the S-matrix of a generic theory of flat space gravity coupled to matter to correlation functions of a putative Carrollian dual, we show that bulk interactions imply boundary non-locality.Jordan Cotler, Prateksh Dhivakar, Kristan Jensen·Dec 4, 2025SaveLearn
The Magnus expansion in relativistic quantum field theoryWe investigate the Magnus expansion of the N-operator in relativistic quantum field theory, which is related to the S-matrix via S = eiN. We develop direct methods to compute matrix elements…Andreas Brandhuber, Graham R. Brown, Paolo Pichini et al.·Dec 4, 2025SaveLearn
Instantons meet resonances: Unifying two seemingly distinct approaches to quantum tunnelingIn the study of quantum-mechanical tunneling processes, numerous approaches have been developed to determine the decay rate of states initially confined within a metastable potential region.…Björn Garbrecht, Nils Wagner·Dec 4, 2025SaveLearn
Modular Hamiltonian of the massive scalar field on the half line: A numerical approachWe study the modular Hamiltonian of an interval for the ground state of a massive free scalar field on the half line with Robin boundary conditions, by employing a numerical method. When the interval…Christoph Minz, Erik Tonni·Dec 4, 2025SaveLearn
An Interpretation for the Equivalence of Two Holographic Computations of the Butterfly Velocity with the Canonical Formalism of GravityIn this paper, we revisit the equivalence of two holographic computations of the butterfly velocity: the computation with the shock wave solution and the computation with the entanglement wedge…Feiyu Deng, Xiao-Shuai Wang, Jie-qiang Wu·Dec 4, 2025SaveLearn
On a 5D UV completion of Argyres-Douglas theoriesWe discuss a novel UV completion of a class of Argyres-Douglas (AD) theories in the Ω-background by its embedding into the renormalisation group flow from five dimensional N=1…Giulio Bonelli, Pavlo Gavrylenko, Ideal Majtara et al.·Dec 4, 2025SaveLearn
Probing Evaporating Black Holes with Modular Flow in SYKWe study the effect of modular flow on correlation functions of fermions in the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) model coupled weakly to a bath, which we take to be another SYK model. The system and bath,…Nicolò Bragagnolo, S. Prem Kumar·Dec 3, 2025SaveLearn