On the Fermion Level Crossing in the Electroweak Instanton BackgroundWe investigate fermion level crossing in the electroweak instanton background, taking into account the Euclidean-time dependence of the fermion energy throughout our analysis, from the field…P. E. Mogaddam, S. S. Gousheh·Aug 5, 2026SaveLearn
Critical and multicritical Kasner scaling in holographic phase transitionsWe study how holographic phase transitions imprint their scaling laws on the local Kasner geometry inside Einstein-scalar black holes. At fixed double-trace coupling, we derive the near-critical…Ling-Long Gao, Yan Liu, Hong-Da Lyu·Aug 5, 2026SaveLearn
Tensor Network Formulation of PT-Symmetric Quantum Field TheoryWe develop a non-perturbative analytic tensor network formulation of PT-symmetric scalar field theories defined on complex integration contours. Applying this formulation to the…Yasuyuki Hatsuda, Kengo Kikuchi·Aug 5, 2026SaveLearn
Wilson surface correlator in AdS/CFTWe use the AdS/CFT correspondence to show that for two spherical Wilson surfaces, both in the fundamental representation of SU(N) gauge group, in the six-dimensional (2,0) theory, in the large…Andreas Gustavsson·Aug 5, 2026SaveLearn
Aspects of the quantization of non-linear electrodynamics in an uniform magnetic backgroundThe canonical and path integral quantization for non-linear electrodynamics in the presence of an external electromagnetic (EM) field are proposed in this work. The EM background field is introduced…M. J. Neves·Aug 5, 2026SaveLearn
Hodge numbers for orbifolds of Calabi-Yau threefolds Fermat type and the Roan pairsFirst, for orbifolds of Calabi-Yau threefolds of Fermat type, we define Roan's Hodge numbers. We prove, Theorem main , that for all orbifols of Calabi-Yau threefolds Fermat type, Roan's…Sergey Aleshin, Alexander Belavin, Gleb Koshevoy·Aug 5, 2026SaveLearn
From Galilei to Euclidean Carroll and the Alice Particle: The Times They Are a-Changin'In generalized, also known as p-brane Galilei limits, the speed of light c becomes infinite in the directions transverse to a (p+1)-dimensional Lorentzian worldvolume. In this paper, we explain…Eric A. Bergshoeff, Luca Romano, Jan Rosseel et al.·Aug 5, 2026SaveLearn
Holographic heat engines for Schwarzschild black holesWe construct reversible black hole heat engines in asymptotically flat spacetime using quasi-local gravitational thermodynamics. We enclose a Schwarzschild black hole in a finite spherical cavity and…Ripunjay Dwivedi, Manus R. Visser·Aug 5, 2026SaveLearn
QFT as a set of ODEs: higher dimensionsCorrelation functions of local operators in Quantum Field Theory (QFT) in Anti-de Sitter space (AdS) are completely fixed by the QFT data: the set of scaling dimensions Δi and OPE coefficients…Fabiana De Cesare, Manuel Loparco·Aug 5, 2026SaveLearn
Topics in Celestial holography: A bottom-up perspectiveWe review some selected topics in celestial holography on the search for a celestial dual to quantum gravity in flat spacetimes. We focus on the bottom-up approach, emphasizing symmetries, key…Bin Zhu·Aug 5, 2026SaveLearn
Charge Transport in Magnetized Holographic M-QGPWe investigate DC transport in a top-down construction of thermal QGP-like theories using a holographic M-theoretic background, incorporating quartic curvature corrections. The DC and…Shivam Singh Kushwah·Aug 5, 2026SaveLearn
Virasoro Zero-Mode Flow in Critical Topologically Massive Gravity: Logarithmic Correlators and Partition Function GradingWe study the rank-two logarithmic sector of critical Topologically Massive Gravity through the Virasoro zero-mode action \[ U(s, s)=e-sL0- s L0. \] Writing $L0=h…Yannick Mvondo-She·Aug 5, 2026SaveLearn
Black Hole Response Theory and its Exact Shockwave LimitWe present a black hole response formalism formulated within the worldline approach to the classical gravitational two-body problem. The central objects are response functions: a hierarchy of…Lara Bohnenblust, Carl Jordan Eriksen, Jitze Hoogeveen et al.·Aug 5, 2026SaveLearn
Boundary mutual information in double holographyWe consider a composite system where AdS3 gravity is coupled to a flat heat bath and investigate the mutual information between two subregions on the intersection of the AdS3 and bath, referred…Yuxuan Liu, Yi Ling, Zhuo-Yu Xian·Aug 5, 2026SaveLearn
IIB an equivariantly localized punctureWe use equivariant localization to compute various observables for N=(2,2) preserving AdS3 solutions in type IIB supergravity. Our method for localizing the odd-dimensional internal…Christopher Couzens, Alice Lüscher, James Sparks·Aug 5, 2026SaveLearn
Virial theorem for rigidly rotating matterThe scaling property of the thermodynamic free energy (Φ) of a system at global equilibrium has been examined using a real-time method known as the virial theorem. We demonstrate these scaling…Sourav Dey·Aug 5, 2026SaveLearn
On quivers, spectral networks and black holesIt was recently found that connection coefficients of the Heun equation can be derived in closed form using crossing symmetry in two-dimensional Liouville theory via the Nekrasov-Shatashvili…Paolo Arnaudo, Alba Grassi, Qianyu Hao·Aug 5, 2026SaveLearn
Supersymmetry and Localization on Three-Dimensional OrbifoldsWe consider three-dimensional N=2 supersymmetric field theories defined on general complex-valued backgrounds of Euclidean new minimal supergravity admitting two Killing spinors of…Matteo Inglese, Dario Martelli, Antonio Pittelli·Aug 5, 2026SaveLearn
Tilts from 2-Groups2-group global symmetries intertwine 0-form and 1-form symmetries in an interesting way. We analyze universal constraints on lines which are charged under the 1-form subgroup of a 2-group, and show…Sven Harder, Theodore Jacobson, Zhengdi Sun·Aug 4, 2026SaveLearn
Boundary Conditions and Entanglement in Anti-de Sitter SpaceWe study the entanglement entropy of a conformally coupled scalar field at its ground state in (3+1)-dimensional AdS space in global coordinates. We consider spherical entangling surfaces centered…Konstantinos Boutivas, Dimitrios Katsinis, Georgios Pastras et al.·Aug 4, 2026SaveLearn
Constants in Sequences of M2-brane Partition FunctionsWe determine in closed form the N-independent constant terms in the all-order 1/N expansions of the topologically twisted index and of the associated Bethe potential for the ABJM theory, as well…Junho Hong·Aug 4, 2026SaveLearn
Exact Modular Completion of the ABJM Effective Twisted SuperpotentialThe effective twisted superpotential governs the supersymmetric partition functions of three-dimensional N=2 theories in the Cardy limit and, at large N, the gravitational blocks that…Seyed Morteza Hosseini·Aug 4, 2026SaveLearn
A new perspective on non-commutative deformations of field and gauge theoriesWe construct non-commutative deformations of field and gauge theories based on star-products implemented by Drinfel'd twists. We are able to encompass a large family of twists, including those…Riccardo Borsato, Tim Meier·Aug 4, 2026SaveLearn
Supersymmetry, Supergravity and the Consistency of On-Shell Massive SuperamplitudesI study constraints from consistent complex factorisation of 2→ 2 scattering amplitudes in 4d and their relationship with supersymmetry. I complete the argument demonstrating that a…Timothy Trott·Aug 4, 2026SaveLearn
Comment on "Multi-black holes in Bertotti-Robinson spacetime"We point out that the asymptotically Bertotti-Robinson multi-black hole solutions of Einstein-Maxwell theory can be constructed using only three-dimensional sigma-model techniques, without resorting…Gérard Clément·Aug 4, 2026SaveLearn