Entanglement, defects, and TT on a black hole backgroundIn this article, we investigate the proposed duality between the island and the defect extremal surface (DES) prescriptions using the fine-grained entanglement entropy in Karch-Randall (KR)…Ankur Dey·Nov 7, 2025SaveLearn
Schwinger-Dyson approximantsWe revisit the solution to the Schwinger-Dyson equations in the simple case of the 0-dimensional 12m2 ϕ2 +λ4 ϕ4 theory with m2>0 and λ≥ 0. We argue that the truncated…Bartomeu Fiol, Elena Gijon, Unai Lejarza Alonso·Nov 7, 2025SaveLearn
Generalised anomalies, QCD4, and holographyDuring the last decade, the notion of an 't Hooft anomaly has been generalised to the case of discrete symmetries. An interesting instance, discussed by Tanizaki, is the mixed anomaly between the…Mohammad Akhond, Shigeki Sugimoto·Nov 7, 2025SaveLearn
Quantum Gravity, de Sitter Space, and NormalizabilityWe propose a resolution to the longstanding problem of perturbative normalizability in canonical quantum gravity of the Lorentzian Chern-Simons-Kodama (CSK) state with a positive cosmological…Stephon Alexander, Heliudson Bernardo, Jacob Kuntzleman et al.·Nov 7, 2025SaveLearn
Generalized Effective Field Theory for Four-Dimensional Black Hole EvaporationThe quantum induced stress tensor of 3+1-dimensional Einstein gravity, with conformally coupled matter, is studied in an effective field theory approach. In this context, Riegert's non-local…Bing-Nan Liu, David A. Lowe, Larus Thorlacius·Nov 7, 2025SaveLearn
Exact Renormalisation Group Evolution of the Inflation Dynamics: Reconciling α-Attractors with ACTWe present a non-perturbative framework for the dynamics of slow-roll inflation that consistently incorporates quantum corrections, based on an alternative functional renormalisation group (RG)…Jean Alexandre, Lucien Heurtier, Silvia Pla·Nov 7, 2025SaveLearn
Classical scattering matrix for hard and soft Bose-excitations in a non-Abelian plasma within the Hamiltonian formalismWithin the framework of the Zakharov-Schulman approach, in close analogy with the methods of quantum field theory, the classical scattering matrix for the simplest process of interaction between hard…Yu. A. Markov, M. A. Markova, D. M. Gitman et al.·Nov 7, 2025SaveLearn
Global Type IIA Vacuum: A Unified Model for the Standard Model and CosmologyWe propose a unified framework within Type IIA string theory, based on a globally consistent intersecting D6-brane model compactified on a T6/(Z2 × Z2) orientifold. The…Yang Liu·Nov 7, 2025SaveLearn
Exact Mutual Information Difference: Scalar vs. Maxwell FieldsWe compute, for any Rényi index n, the exact difference between the mutual Rényi informations of a pair of free massless scalars and that of a Maxwell field in d=4 dimensions. Using the standard…Nicolás Abate, Horacio Casini, Marina Huerta et al.·Nov 6, 2025SaveLearn
Fermionic Casimir densities for a uniformly accelerating mirror in the Fulling-Rindler vacuumWe investigate the local characteristics of the Fulling-Rindler vacuum for a massive Dirac field induced by a planar boundary moving with constant proper acceleration in (D+1)-dimensional flat…A. A. Saharian, L. Sh. Grigoryan, V. Kh. Kotanjyan·Nov 6, 2025SaveLearn
Holographic Cosmology at Finite TimeWe investigate Cauchy Slice Holography in de Sitter spacetime. By performing a T2 deformation of a (bottom-up) dS/CFT model, we obtain a holographic theory living on flat Cauchy slices of de…Goncalo Araujo-Regado, Ayngaran Thavanesan, Aron C. Wall·Nov 6, 2025SaveLearn
Thermal superpotential and thermodynamics of neutral hairy black holes in extended SUGRAWe present a family of exact neutral hairy black-hole solutions with spherical horizon topology in extended supergravity with Fayet--Iliopoulos terms. We consider a consistent dilaton truncation and…Andrès Anabalòn, Dumitru Astefanesei, David Choque et al.·Nov 6, 2025SaveLearn
Holographic CCFT Pseudo-EntropyAccording to the flat/CCFT correspondence, Carrollian conformal field theories (CCFT) in d dimensions are dual to asymptotically flat spacetimes in d+1 dimensions. In this paper, starting from the…Reza Fareghbal, Abolfazl Hassani Majoulan·Nov 6, 2025SaveLearn
Supersymmetry Breaking with Fields, Strings and BranesThe first part of this review tries to provide a self-contained view of supersymmetry breaking from the bottom-up perspective. We thus describe N=1 supersymmetry in four dimensions, the Standard…E. Dudas, J. Mourad, A. Sagnotti·Nov 6, 2025SaveLearn
Peierls instability for systems with several Fermi surfaces: an example from the chiral Gross-Neveu modelAs is well known, the chiral Gross-Neveu model at finite density can be solved semi-classically with the help of the chiral spiral mean field. The fermion spectrum has a single gap right at the Fermi…Michael Thies·Nov 6, 2025SaveLearn
The Universal Floquet Modes of (Quasi)-Breathers and OscillonsJust as linearized perturbations of time-independent configurations can be decomposed into normal modes, those of periodic systems can be decomposed into Floquet modes, which each evolve by a fixed…Jarah Evslin, Tomasz Romańczukiewicz, Katarzyna Slawińska et al.·Nov 6, 2025SaveLearn
QCD in AdSWe study QCD on AdS space with scalars or fermions in the fundamental representation, extending earlier results on pure Yang-Mills theory. In the latter, the Dirichlet boundary condition is…Riccardo Ciccone, Fabiana De Cesare, Lorenzo Di Pietro et al.·Nov 6, 2025SaveLearn
Non-hyperbolic 3-manifolds and bulk field theories for supersymmetric/WN minimal modelsBuilding on the work of Gang, Kang, and Kim arXiv:2405.16377, we propose 3D bulk dual field theories for 2D N=1 supersymmetric minimal models SM(P, Q) and WN algebra minimal models…Seungjoo Baek, Heesu Kang·Nov 6, 2025SaveLearn
Automorphism-weighted ensembles from TQFT gravityWe study the recent proposal of arXiv:2405.20366 which poses a precise holographic duality between a 3d TQFT summed over all topologies and a unitary ensemble of boundary 2d CFTs. In that proposal,…Ahmed Barbar·Nov 6, 2025SaveLearn
Transient de Sitter and Quasi de Sitter States in SO(32) and E8 x E8 Heterotic String TheoriesOne of the long-standing puzzles in string theory has been on the existence of a four-dimensional de Sitter and quasi de Sitter configurations, the latter being defined with a temporally varying dark…Keshav Dasgupta, Suddhasattwa Brahma, Bohdan Kulinich et al.·Nov 5, 2025SaveLearn
Graded S-Matrices, Generalised Gibbs Ensembles and Fractional-Spin CDD DeformationsWe introduce and study a class of two-dimensional integrable quantum field theories that carry an internal Zn structure. These models extend factorised scattering beyond the conventional…Nicolò Brizio, Tommaso Morone, Nicolò Primi et al.·Nov 5, 2025SaveLearn
Holographic Black Hole Formation and Scrambling in Time-Ordered CorrelatorsWe describe a holographic mechanism for black hole formation via the collision of two shock waves in three-dimensional anti-de Sitter spacetime. In the dual conformal field theory (CFT), a…Pratyusha Chowdhury, Felix M. Haehl, Adrián Sánchez-Garrido et al.·Nov 5, 2025SaveLearn
Cosmological Entanglement Entropy from the von Neumann Algebra of Double-Scaled SYK & Its Connection with Krylov ComplexityWe investigate entanglement entropy between the pair of type II1 algebras of the double-scaled SYK (DSSYK) model given a chord state, its holographic interpretation as generalized horizon entropy;…Sergio E. Aguilar-Gutierrez·Nov 5, 2025SaveLearn
Symplectic structure in open string field theory I: Rolling tachyonsWe discuss a new formula for the symplectic structure on the phase space of open string field theory. Revisiting the setup of Cho, Mazel, and Yin, we use the formula to compute the energy of rolling…Vinícius Bernardes, Theodore Erler, Atakan Hilmi Fırat·Nov 5, 2025SaveLearn
Variations on a Theme of KrylovSpread complexity uses the distribution of support of a time-evolving state in the Krylov basis to quantify dispersal across accessible dimensions of a Hilbert space. Here, we describe how variations…Vijay Balasubramanian, Pawel Caputa, Joan Simón·Nov 5, 2025SaveLearn