Hecke Relations from Self-DualityHecke operators can be used to relate characters of rational conformal field theories with different central charges, but it has remained a mystery how to interpret these relations physically. We…Justin Kaidi·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
Weyl Rescalings: A First Order ApproachWeyl transformations, --local rescalings in which the metric transforms as gμν(x) Ω2(x)\, gμν(x)--, are expected to be a symmetry of nature at extremely high energy, that…L. Andrianopoli, J. Zanelli·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
Interpolating between 4d N= 1 SCFT supercurrent multiplet anomaliesA renormalized SCFT can be coupled to a number of background off-shell supergravity multiplets, defining different current multiplets and superconformal anomalies. We focus on the relation between…Pantelis Panopoulos, Ioannis Papadimitriou·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
Crossover from Schwarzian dynamics to rotational soft modes in near-extremal Lovelock black holesNear-extremal black holes are controlled by a small set of soft modes, and counting these modes fixes the coefficient of T in the entropy. We ask whether genuine six-derivative interactions…Ankit Anand, Aditya Singh, Kimet Jusufi·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
Fortuitous BMN Operators from Multiple CoresWe develop a systematic construction of fortuitous cohomology classes in the BMN sector of N=4 super Yang--Mills theory from multiple lower-rank building blocks. For arbitrary partitions…Robert de Mello Koch, Sarthak Duary, Minkyoo Kim et al.·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
The Stringy Origin of Kerr MultipolesWe construct a new family of exact open and closed bosonic string solutions in flat spacetime that reproduce the root-Kerr and Kerr multipoles at every fixed multipole order in the large-mass and…Maurizio Firrotta·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
Scalar radiation from circular orbits in D3 brane spacetimes: a Mano-Suzuki-Takasugi-like approachWe study scalar perturbations in a ten-dimensional D3 brane spacetime, developing a (higher-dimensional) Mano-Suzuki-Takasugi-like formalism adapted to the present case leading to a sourced…Donato Bini, Giorgio Di Russo, Veronica Fantini·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
Modular properties of correlators in generalised Gibbs ensemblesWe study the modular properties of torus correlators in a generalised Gibbs ensemble (GGE) of a two-dimensional conformal field theory. For the free fermion with KdV charges, we compute the exact…Tanmoy Sengupta·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
Regge bounds and eikonal scaling in a four-dimensional scalar EFTPositivity bounds rest on twice-subtracted dispersion relations, which assume that the amplitude grows more slowly than s2. For the massless shift-symmetric scalar with g4(∂ϕ)4/Λ4 and…Ji Li·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
Circuit Complexity of Scalar and Tensor Perturbations in Luminal Einstein--Gauss--Bonnet InflationWe investigate the circuit complexity of primordial scalar and tensor perturbations in the luminal branch of Einstein--Gauss--Bonnet inflation. Starting from the quadratic perturbation actions, we…Tao Li, Hai-Bing Fu, Lei-Hua Liu·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
Gauge-invariant thermodynamic description of rotating black strings in 5D minimal supergravity via Kaluza-Klein reductionWe develop a gauge-invariant formulation of the thermodynamics of rotating black strings in five-dimensional minimal supergravity through Kaluza-Klein reduction. At the two-derivative level, we…Yang Yu, Peng-Ju Hu·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
On the universality of entanglement entropy in quantum field theoryThe standard definition of entanglement entropy in quantum field theory requires regularizing the entangling surface and factorizing the Hilbert space, which in turn involves a choice of boundary…Orr Sela·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
Negative Junction Logarithms in Scalar Multipartite EntanglementA three-region junction in a free real relativistic scalar vacuum in 2+1 dimensions yields a strictly negative logarithmic contribution to genuine tripartite Rényi multi-entropy for every integer…Chen-Te Ma·Nov 3, 2026SaveLearn
A Ghost-Free dS/AdS Correspondence in N=1 SupergravityReversing the sign of the scalar potential exchanges de Sitter and anti-de Sitter vacua and, through the domain-wall/cosmology correspondence, maps flat domain walls onto flat FLRW cosmologies, but…Omer Guleryuz·Nov 2, 2026SaveLearn
Hermitian matrix-valued nonlocal deformation of the SU(N) Thirring model at large NWe investigate a Hermitian matrix-valued nonlocal deformation of the two-dimensional SU(N) Thirring model at leading order in 1/N. We impose f(∂)=f(∂)…J. R. Nascimento, P. J. Porf\'ırio, C. Furtado·Nov 2, 2026SaveLearn
Obstruction to local entropy laws on arbitrary black-hole cuts in five-dimensional Einstein--Gauss--Bonnet gravityWe study local entropy laws on arbitrary cuts of event horizons in five-dimensional Einstein--Gauss--Bonnet gravity, treated as an exact theory. No covariant local entropy can both reproduce the…Cendikiawan Suryaatmadja, Robert B. Mann·Nov 2, 2026SaveLearn
Hamiltonian of open string field theory for time-dependent solutionsUsing the recently introduced expression for conserved charges of L∞ theories, we give an explicit form for the Hamiltonian of Witten's bosonic open string field theory. We evaluate it on…Vinícius Bernardes, Riccardo Poletti·Nov 2, 2026SaveLearn
Exotic Pauli spinors and magnetic flux quantization in a superconducting ringWe develop the formalism of the exotic Pauli equation and establish an effective symmetry between standard and exotic Pauli spinors to describe magnetic flux quantization in a superconducting ring…L. Ibrain Cohen Iskandar, J. M. Hoff da Silva, R. T. Cavalcanti·Nov 2, 2026SaveLearn
From off-shell strings to entropy flowsBit threads express holographic entropy as the maximal flux of a divergenceless vector field subject to a local capacity bound, but do not identify a physical carrier of that flux. In our previous…Houwen Wu, Shuxuan Ying·Nov 2, 2026SaveLearn
A lattice construction of the Kormos-Runkel-Watts defect flows in minimal modelsKormos, Runkel, and Watts (KRW) showed that a topological defect of a diagonal minimal model M(p,p+1), perturbed by a weakly relevant defect field, flows to a new conformal interface. We study the…Junchen Rong·Nov 2, 2026SaveLearn
Reconstruction of the conformal algebra from a critical groundstate on the (fuzzy) sphereRecently, we found a method to reconstruct the dilatation operator (sphere Hamiltonian) from a regulated conformal field theory groundstate. In this paper, we explore methods to construct the whole…Rolando Ramirez Camasca, Xiang Li, Ting-Chun Lin et al.·Nov 2, 2026SaveLearn
Resonant electroweak clouds around Schwarzschild black holesWe construct nonlinear electroweak clouds around Schwarzschild black holes in the bosonic Weinberg-Salam theory. These configurations are supported by harmonically time-dependent charged gauge…Carlos Herdeiro, Eugen Radu·Nov 2, 2026SaveLearn
Compact holography via polarized IKKTThe polarized IKKT matrix model is a U(N) supersymmetric matrix integral proposed to be dual to an N D-instanton sector of Euclidean type IIB string theory. We show a direct path from matrix…Arsam Najafian, Mark Van Raamsdonk, Alejandro Vilar López·Nov 2, 2026SaveLearn
A Sojourn Through c=1 String TheoryWe revisit the S-matrix, the thermal S-matrix and the thermal free energy of c=1 string theory from the worldsheet perspective. By numerically integrating Virasoro conformal blocks with DOZZ…Sam Christian, Yuchen Wang, Xi Yin et al.·Nov 2, 2026SaveLearn
Inner Product of Closed Universe from Gravitational Path-integralWe construct the Hilbert space of a closed universe of fixed topology in anti-de Sitter (AdS) and de Sitter (dS) Jackiw-Teitelboim (JT) gravity from the gravitational path integral. Quantizing…Masamichi Miyaji, Sunil Sake, Kotaro Shinmyo·Nov 2, 2026SaveLearn