History-Dependent Mode Selection in a Driven Holographic SuperfluidWe study finite-rate mode selection among competing Landau-unstable modes in a holographic superfluid. The selected mode is not generally the instantaneous fastest-growing one, while time-dependent…Bo-Xuan Ge·Aug 15, 2026SaveLearn
On M2-, M5-, and D3-branes from 12d anomalies: an equivariant perspective on dualityWe revisit the twelve-dimensional anomaly polynomial that has long been known to govern M5-brane worldvolume theories, together with its more recently proposed D3-brane counterpart. We show that…Kiril Hristov, Pedro Vicente Marto·Aug 14, 2026SaveLearn
Applications of Flux Compactifications in F-TheoryThis thesis studies 4D F-theory compactifications with fluxes and their connection to particle physics, accompanied with a review of F-theory. First, we develop a general formalism for gauge symmetry…Shing Yan Li·Aug 14, 2026SaveLearn
Universal Emergence of Bosonic and Fermionic Algebras in a Deterministic Proper-Time FrameworkThis work develops the deterministic, discrete proper-time framework introduced in our previous work, Eur.\ Phys.\ J.\ C 86 (2026) 829, in which quantum field theory emerges as an effective…Alessio Maiezza·Aug 14, 2026SaveLearn
What is the simplest holographic matrix model?We study a generalization of a two-matrix model proposed by J. Hoppe in '89. At strong coupling and large N, we unveil an emergent area preserving diffeomorphism symmetry of this model, which…Harish Murali, Pedro Vieira·Aug 14, 2026SaveLearn
Catastrophic Inflation in the AxiverseIn the landscape of compactifications of type IIB string theory on O3/O7 orientifolds of Calabi--Yau threefolds, we identify regions of the axion potential in specific geometries that support…Naomi Gendler, Oliver Janssen, Matthew Kleban et al.·Aug 14, 2026SaveLearn
Building a Quantum Black Hole Microstate: A Bulk Path Integral for a Heavy Virasoro PrimaryConsider level-k SL(2,R) × SL(2,R) Chern-Simons theory on a semi-infinite solid cylinder, with a Wilson line in the unitary principal continuous series inserted along the time direction at…Chethan Krishnan, Rajdeep Mitra·Aug 14, 2026SaveLearn
Towards a Non-Perturbative Classical Double CopyWe construct an exact solution-generating correspondence between restricted ansatz sectors of quartic biadjoint scalar theory, complexified SU(2) Yang--Mills theory and four-dimensional general…Kymani Armstrong-Williams·Aug 14, 2026SaveLearn
Static and Dynamic perturbations of scalar DBI analogue of a black holePerturbations around a spherically symmetric solution of the scalar Dirac-Born-Infeld (DBI) theory obey the equation of motion of a massless scalar field in a curved background with black hole-like…Pedro Meert, Horatiu Nastase·Aug 14, 2026SaveLearn
Four-point functions, Twistors and Supersymmetry in the Symplectic Bi-Grassmannian for CFT4 and AdS5We initiate the study of four point functions in the symplectic bi-Grassmannian framework for four dimensional conformal field theories. We derive factorization formulae analogous to those for…Dhruva K. S·Aug 14, 2026SaveLearn
The Phase Space of Gravity on Null HypersurfacesWe construct the bulk kinematical Poisson structure of general relativity on a caustic-free null segment, prior to imposing the Raychaudhuri and Damour constraints. We first show that shifts of the…Luca Ciambelli, Laurent Freidel, Robert G. Leigh·Aug 14, 2026SaveLearn
Large lumpsWe introduce a procedure to obtain lump solutions via the formation of a kink-antikink pair, consisting of the superposition of kinks whose distance from the origin is controlled by a single…D. Bazeia, I. Bezerra, M. A. Marques et al.·Aug 14, 2026SaveLearn
Information Spreading in Diffusion Models from Effective Field TheoryWe study score-matching diffusion models with a convolutional architecture. We argue that the inductive bias of locality means that the machinery of effective field theory from physics can be…Navonil Neogi, Nabil Iqbal·Aug 14, 2026SaveLearn
Classical gravitational scattering with a massive scalar mediatorWe consider the classical scattering of two gravitating compact objects in the presence of a massive scalar mediator, providing a simple model of exotic phenomena. Through dimensional analysis, we…Birgitta Biendarra, Kays Haddad, Jan Plefka·Aug 14, 2026SaveLearn
Dirac, Majorana, and Weyl Spinors in Arbitrary Dimension and SignatureFermionic field types in arbitrary signature are often inferred from complex Spin representations alone, which obscures distinctions associated with real structures, disconnected spacetime…Jan Hajer·Aug 14, 2026SaveLearn
Investigation of the black-hole quantum atmosphere from the effective proper temperatureHawking radiation may be regarded as originating at the event horizon; however, its spatial origin can instead be distributed over a finite region outside the horizon. In this paper, using an…Sojeong Cheong, Wontae Kim·Aug 14, 2026SaveLearn
Unfolding the Exotic Supergravity MultipletWe provide an unfolded formulation of linearised 6D exotic supergravity with manifest superconformal symmetry including conformal duality transformations. The construction is based on a…Carlo Iazeolla, Per Sundell, Brenno Carlini Vallilo·Aug 13, 2026SaveLearn
Dependence of Critical Exponents Accuracy on the Number of Fields in the O(N) -Invariant ϕ4 ModelThe study of large-N cases of the O(N)-symmetric model at criticality has attracted significant attention in recent years. In particular, a recent high-precision Monte Carlo study ( Physical…Abouzeid M. Shalaby·Aug 13, 2026SaveLearn
Properties of holographic superconductors from Machine LearningWe investigate holographic superconductors using modern optimisation techniques inspired by machine learning. The critical temperature is obtained by minimising the variational functional for the…Aliou Togo, Yang Yu, Kaniba Mady Keita et al.·Aug 13, 2026SaveLearn
Localizing Momentum Waves on MazesWe examine the proposal and analysis of arXiv:2404.14477 for putting momentum waves on mazes of intersecting M2 and M5 branes by computing a family of simple examples of momentum waves on pure M5…Tobi Ramella, Nicholas P. Warner·Aug 13, 2026SaveLearn
Quasinormal modes as exterior probes of black hole interiors in our UniverseWe consider a scenario in which a black hole is enclosed in a reflecting timelike cavity and linearly perturbed. For the resulting quasinormal spectra of gravitational, electromagnetic, and other…Sašo Grozdanov, Vita Movrin, Samuel Valach·Aug 13, 2026SaveLearn
Localised Horizons and Holographic Thermodynamics: Supercooling in the 1/D ExpansionIn holography, four-dimensional confining gauge theories are often modelled by five-dimensional Einstein--scalar gravity by choosing a specific form of the scalar potential. In a large class of…Prateek Agrawal, Gaurang Ramakant Kane, Vazha Loladze·Aug 13, 2026SaveLearn
Holographic Renormalization of String-Derived Lovelock--Horndeski TheoryString-derived higher-curvature scalar--tensor gravities encode microscopic coupling data in boundary response, raising the question of whether holographic observables can reconstruct the underlying…Tianhao Wu·Aug 13, 2026SaveLearn
Frame-dependency of the confinement temperature in a strongly-coupled plasma under rotation: a holographic descriptionRecently, it was demonstrated that the disagreement between lattice calculations and holographic models, regarding rotational effects in the quark-gluon plasma (QGP), occurs due to different choices…Nelson R. F. Braga, Alexsandre L. Ferreira·Aug 13, 2026SaveLearn
3d N= 4 rank-0 SCFT from punctured lens spaceGang-Kim-Stubbs theory Tn --- a pioneering 3d bulk description of M(2n+3,2) Virasoro minimal model as N=4 rank-0 superconformal field theory upon topological A-twist…Sungjoon Kim·Aug 13, 2026SaveLearn