Updates on Calabi-Yau manifolds from pairs of non-compact Calabi-Yau manifoldsWe discuss developments in the construction of Calabi--Yau manifolds by smoothing normal crossing unions of quasi-Fano manifolds, following the introduction of this method to the physics community in…Nam-Hoon Lee·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
R7-branes and AdS9 solutions in type IIBWe consider the recently found AdS9 backgrounds in type IIB supergravity. We start by reviewing the solutions in a more convenient set of coordinates, which allows us to explicitly…Giuseppe Dibitetto, Cameron Gibson, Nicolò Petri et al.·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
Superconformal indices and black hole saddlesThe AdS/CFT correspondence implies that the superconformal index I in N=4 SU(N) supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory can be computed using the dual bulk theory. In particular,…Maciej Kolanowski, Donald Marolf, Zi-Yue Wang et al.·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
Towards a Holographic dual of Carrollian BCFTIn this work we aim to lay the foundation of flat version of AdS3/BCFT2 correspondence through Carrollian framework. We begin with discussing the recently discovered Boundary Carrollian…Pronoy Chakraborty, Ritankar Chatterjee, Priyadarshini Pandit·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
Three-loop onset of the wormhole length in DSSYKThe length of the Einstein-Rosen bridge in sine-dilaton gravity at disk level equals the Krylov spread complexity of the dual double-scaled SYK (DSSYK) model, with the double-scaling parameter λ…Eleonora Alfinito, Matteo Beccaria·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
Quantum de Sitter and Analytically Continued Chern Simons TheoryWe give a Lefschetz thimble definition of the Chern--Simons--Kodama wavefunctional in Lorentzian self-dual gravity with positive cosmological constant. By complexifying the connection and choosing…Stephon Alexander, Kenneth Blakey·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
Analytic Spread Complexity from Level Statistics: From Chaos to IntegrabilitySpread complexity has emerged as a useful probe of quantum chaos, yet the microscopic spectral origin of its characteristic finite-time peak remains incompletely understood. We develop an analytic…Pallab Basu, Suman das, Bigboy Madlala·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
Critical dynamics of a scalar field near four spatial dimensionsThe critical dynamics of a non-conserved order parameter is generally expected to become overdamped at long distances, even when propagating modes occur at microscopic or intermediate scales. We…Laura Batini, Eduardo Grossi·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
Magnetic Catalysis and Fermion Mass Generation in de Sitter SpacetimeWe consider the dynamics of a charged fermion in de Sitter space in the presence of a uniform background magnetic field, and discuss magnetic catalysis of chiral symmetry breaking using the…Kohei Fujikura, Toshifumi Noumi, Shintetsu Yamazaki·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
Tilting Mutations and Quiver-Invariant Dualities in Brane TilingsQuiver-invariant dualities relate distinct 4d N=1 supersymmetric gauge theories that arise as worldvolume theories on a D3-brane probing the same toric Calabi-Yau 3-fold. These dual theories share an…Seong-Jin Lee, Rak-Kyeong Seong, Benjamin Suzzoni·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
Spectral Topology and Universal Krylov DynamicsThe leading asymptotic growth of Lanczos coefficients is controlled by spectral tails and furnishes a coarse classification of Krylov dynamics. We show that the global topology of the…Jeff Murugan, Hendrik J. R. Van Zyl, Masataka Watanabe·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
The spectral gap of the ABJM model: A holographic perspective from uplifted higher-dimensional geometriesWe study the U(1)4 charged black brane solution of four-dimensional gauged supergravity and analyze the fermionic response in this geometry, which is holographically dual to 3d N=2…Mahdis Ghodrati·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
Notes on the Graph-Encoded Manifolds for the (Genuine) Multi-EntropyGenuine multi-entropy is the part of the q-partite multi-entropy that captures entanglement genuinely shared among all q parties, rather than entanglement already present among…Norihiro Iizuka·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
Universality of Magic in Local Quantum Field TheoryWe show that no stabilizer state in a discrete realization of a local quantum field theory can flow in the continuum to the vacuum or to any state that resembles the vacuum at short distances. The…Valentin Benedetti, Atish Dabholkar, Marcello Dalmonte·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
Higher-Trace Operators and Cut Diagrammatics in the Conformal Block ExpansionWe study four-point functions of identical scalar operators in conformal field theories with AdS duals in large-N expansion. We analyze the appearance of higher-trace operators in theories dual to…Mohammad Reza Khansari·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
Defect Conformal Manifolds along RG Domain Walls between ZN-Parafermions and Minimal ModelsWe investigate the renormalization group (RG) domain walls interpolating between the ZN parafermion theory (the critical N-state Potts model) and the Virasoro minimal model…Jin-Rui Zhang, Jing-Hao Jin, Ting-Kai Chen et al.·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
An Inconsistency in the Null Strings Literature: The Tale of an Overlooked SymmetryNull strings, strings with 2d null worldsheets, have about half a century of literature and are relevant in many physically interesting cases, especially when strings probe cosmological or black…M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari, H. Yavartanoo·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
Bound states and deconfinement from Romans supergravity with magnetic fluxWe apply the dictionary of gauge-gravity dualities to study the spectrum of bound states in a special one-parameter family of strongly coupled, confining field theories in four dimensions. The…Ali Fatemiabhari, Maurizio Piai·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
Five benefits of grand unified SU(5) brane world scenarioWe construct an SU(5) Grand Unified Theory on domain walls in the five-dimensional space-time. In this setup, we introduce an adjoint scalar field and a singlet that together form a set of five…Masato Arai, Filip Blaschke, Minoru Eto et al.·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
Flat holography for spinor fieldsWe develop an asymptotic-coefficient construction for a free Dirac field in four-dimensional Minkowski spacetime using hyperbolic Milne slicing. We solve the massive mode equation and restrict the…Dmitry S. Ageev, Anna S. Bernakevich·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
Finite 4-D Gauss-Bonnet quantum corrections from matter-graviton interactions in a curved backgroundThe Glavan-Lin proposal for 4D Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet (EGB) gravity introduces a singular dimensional scaling to bypass Lovelock's theorem, though its fundamental origin remains debated. In this…Apurv Keer, S. Shankaranarayanan·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
Black hole Near Horizons through the Looking GlassWe show that the near horizon of a generic non-extremal black hole (BH) can be understood in terms of a Carrollian geometry with two null directions, also called a String-Carroll (SC) geometry. The…Arjun Bagchi, Arkachur Bhattacharya, Sharang Rajesh Iyer et al.·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
Topology of Calorons Re-examinedWe reconsider the detailed structure of the topological character of the instantons in pure Yang-Mills theory on S1×R3, known as calorons. We argue that the standard formula for the…Atsushi Nakamula, Genki Sumiyama·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
Schwinger-Keldysh Cosmological Cutting RulesIn this work, we study the realisation of unitarity-based cutting rules for primordial cosmological correlators computed within the Schwinger-Keldysh path integral formalism. While cutting rules have…Francisco Colipí-Marchant, Gabriel Marin, Gonzalo A. Palma et al.·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn
On β-function of N=2 supersymmetric integrable sigma models IIWe continue studying regularization scheme dependence of the N=2 supersymmetric sigma models. In the present work the previous result for the four loop β-function is extended to the…Mikhail Alfimov, Andrey Kurakin·Aug 7, 2026SaveLearn