Single-trace current correlators for 2d models of 4d gluon scatteringCorrelators of affine Kac-Moody currents evaluate to a sum over multi-color-trace contributions. We present a `single-trace current system' defined on a genus 0 Riemann surface, whose correlators…Sean Seet·Sep 15, 2025SaveLearn
More solutions to the decoration transformationIn this work, we investigate new solutions to the decoration transformation in terms of various special functions, including the hyperbolic gamma function, the basic hypergeometric function, and the…Erdal Catak, Mustafa Mullahasanoglu·Sep 15, 2025SaveLearn
QCD Effective Lagrangian and Condensation of Chromomagnetic Flux TubesWe compute the effective action for covariantly constant gauge fields that are solutions of the sourceless Yang-Mills equation and have the form of magnetic flux tubes. They represent a superposition…George Savvidy·Sep 14, 2025SaveLearn
Quantum state spectrum and field theory of D0-braneWe quantize D0-brane, the simplest representative of the family of supersymmetric Dirichlet p-branes, in its spinor moving frame formulation and analyze its quantum state spectrum. Besides being a…Igor Bandos, Unai D. M. Sarraga, Mirian Tsulaia·Sep 14, 2025SaveLearn
Wrapped D4-branes from maximal 6D gauged supergravityWe study a large class of domain wall solutions with Mkw3× Σ2 and Mkw2× Σ3 slices from maximal gauged supergravity in six dimensions. Σ2 and Σ3 are given by a Riemann surface…Parinya Karndumri, Patharadanai Nuchino·Sep 14, 2025SaveLearn
On RN-AdS Black Holes with a Cloud of Strings and Quintessence in Noncommuative GeometryMotivated by certain recent works, we study thermodynamic and optical properties of the Reissner-Nordström-AdS black holes in a noncommutative spacetime with a string cloud and quintessence dark…Saad Eddine Baddis, Adil Belhaj, Hajar Belmahi et al.·Sep 14, 2025SaveLearn
Dual is Different: EFTs, Axions and Nonpropagating Form Fields in CosmologyScalar fields in 4D are known to have equivalent dual descriptions in terms of form-field gauge potentials, but this is often regarded as an arcane fact. Why use more complicated formulations when…C. P. Burgess, F. Quevedo·Sep 14, 2025SaveLearn
Physics-informed neural network solves minimal surfaces in curved spacetimeWe develop a flexible framework based on physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) for solving boundary value problems involving minimal surfaces in curved spacetimes, with a particular emphasis on…Koji Hashimoto, Koichi Kyo, Masaki Murata et al.·Sep 13, 2025SaveLearn
Gluon scattering amplitudes with instantons and minimal surfaces with topology changeWe study the instanton effect on the gluon scattering amplitudes at strong coupling and large N for the N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. According to Alday and Maldacena, the gluon…Koji Hashimoto, Koichi Kyo, Masaki Murata et al.·Sep 13, 2025SaveLearn
A complex scalar field theory for charged fluids, superfluids, and fracton fluidsWe propose a field-theoretic framework for ideal hydrodynamics of charged relativistic fluids formulated in terms of a complex scalar field defined on a spacelike hypersurface comoving with the…Aleksander Głódkowski·Sep 12, 2025SaveLearn
Emergent higher-form symmetry from type IIB superstring theoryWe investigate a higher-form symmetry in type IIB superstring theory, which possesses an SL(2,Z) symmetry. From the point of view of the low-energy effective field theory, the $…Naoto Kan, Masashi Kawahira, Hiroki Wada·Sep 12, 2025SaveLearn
On Casimir effect in Yang-Mills theories in three and four dimensionsWe calculate the Casimir energy for the configuration of two parallel plates coupled to nonabelian gauge fields with a Yang-Mills action. We consider both 2+1 and 3+1 dimensions in the manifestly…Dimitra Karabali, Antonina Maj, V. P. Nair·Sep 12, 2025SaveLearn
Coarse-Grained Fixed-Point Tensor Networks and Holographic Reflected Entropy in 3D GravityWe use the framework of fixed-point BCFT tensor networks to present a microscopic CFT derivation of the correspondence between reflected entropy (RE) and entanglement wedge cross section…Ning Bao, Jinwei Chu, Yikun Jiang et al.·Sep 12, 2025SaveLearn
QM2-branes and the Swampland Distance Conjecture in nine dimensionsWe discuss the relationship between the Swampland program and QM2-branes, which are supersymmetric M2-branes with discrete spectrum. The worldvolume description of these M2-branes is well-known. The…María Pilar García del Moral, Camilo las Heras, Alvaro Restuccia·Sep 12, 2025SaveLearn
Preface to Fields, Gravity, Strings and Beyond: In Memory of Stanley DeserThis is a preface to Fields, Gravity, Strings and Beyond, a special issue collection of articles published in J. Phys. A in memory of Stanley Deser.Marc Henneaux, Rafael I. Nepomechie, Domenico Seminara·Sep 12, 2025SaveLearn
Non-Invertible Selection Rules on Heterotic Non-Abelian OrbifoldsWe investigate coupling selection rules in heterotic string theory on non-Abelian orbifolds. Since boundary conditions on the orbifolds are classified by conjugacy classes of space group elements,…Tatsuo Kobayashi, Ryusei Nishida, Hajime Otsuka·Sep 12, 2025SaveLearn
Generalized Mandelstam-Leibbrandt regularizationAlgebraic non-covariant gauges are used often in string theory, Chern-Simons theory, gravitation and gauge theories. Loop integrals, however, have spurious singularities that need to be regularized.…Jorge Alfaro·Sep 11, 2025SaveLearn
On Lagrangian formulations for (ir)reducible mixed-antisymmetric higher integer spin fields in Minkowski spacesWe extend the results of Lagrangian formulations study to construct gauge-invariant Lagrangians for (ir)reducible integer higher-spin massless and massive representations of the Poincare group with a…Alexander A. Reshetnyak, Julia V. Bogdanova, Vipul K. Pandey·Sep 11, 2025SaveLearn
Supersymmetric truncation of N=3 dilaton Weyl multipletWe perform all possible supersymmetric truncations of the four-dimensional N=3 dilaton Weyl multiplet, which realizes an R-symmetry SU(2) × U(1) × U(1), to N=2. A particular truncation…Soumya Adhikari, Aravind Aikot, Eswar Krishnan et al.·Sep 11, 2025SaveLearn
Optimal symmetry operatorsWe present a constructive method to maximize the expectation value of operators that implement a symmetry on a subsystem, making use of modular tools. More generally, we study the positive cones…Leandro Martinek·Sep 11, 2025SaveLearn
Self-dual monopole loops, instantons and confinementIt is well-known that the standard instanton analysis in 4d Yang-Mills is plagued with the instanton size moduli problem, which renders the instanton contribution to vacuum energy density (or…Mendel Nguyen, Mithat Ünsal·Sep 11, 2025SaveLearn
Symplectic realization of generalized Snyder-Poisson algebraWe investigate Snyder space-time and its generalizations, including Yang and Snyder-de-Sitter spaces, which constitute manifestly Lorenz invariant noncommutative geometries. This work initiates a…V. G. Kupriyanov, E. L. F. de Lima·Sep 11, 2025SaveLearn
Zeroth law of black hole thermodynamics for higher derivative Proca theoriesWe prove the constancy of surface gravity across a Killing horizon (not necessarily of bifurcate type) in arbitrary higher curvature theories of gravity coupled to Proca fields - vector fields…Parthajit Biswas, Alokananda Kar, Anowar Shaikh·Sep 11, 2025SaveLearn
Fixed points of classical gravity coupled with a Standard-Model-like theoryCoupling quantum field theory (QFT) \!-\! even free QFT \!-\! to gravity leads to well-known problems. In particular, the stress tensor Tμν (gravity's source) and its correlators typically…Latham Boyle, Neil Turok, Vatsalya Vaibhav·Sep 11, 2025SaveLearn
The Internal Structure of the Deconstructed Dirac MonopoleI study the internal structure of the Dirac magnetic monopole in a deconstructed U(1) gauge theory. The deconstructed U(1) gauge theory has a product U(1)N gauge group, which breaks down to…Kazuyuki Furuuchi·Sep 11, 2025SaveLearn