Coupling Higher Form Structures of the EFT of Force Free Electrodynamics to GravityThe charged Reissner Nordström black hole metric is obtained from the Einstein Hilbert action. This action has the kinetic term F2 = (da)2. Motivated by the higher-form symmetry structure of…Harsh Anand·Aug 1, 2026SaveLearn
Probing holographic conformal field theoriesWe embed relativistic quantum information protocols in AdS/CFT: an Unruh-DeWitt detector coupled to a local primary of a holographic CFT has a reduced state fixed by the universal boundary Wightman…Ming Zhang, Jiayue Yang, Dyuman Bhattacharya et al.·Aug 1, 2026SaveLearn
Structural Origin of the Gravitino Mass Term: Geometric and Supergravity PerspectivesWe identify a minimal superspace projector that uniquely selects the Rarita Schwinger mass bilinear in four-dimensional N=1 supergravity. Working in a reduced superspace with a single fermionic…Stefano Bellucci, Stefania De Matteo·Aug 1, 2026SaveLearn
On the stabilizer complexity of Hawking radiationWe study the complexity of Hawking radiation for an evaporating black hole from the perspective of the stabilizer theory of quantum computation. Specifically, we calculate Wigner negativity -- a…Ritam Basu, Onkar Parrikar, Suprakash Paul et al.·Aug 1, 2026SaveLearn
Infrared Problem in Quantum ElectrodynamicsIt is well known that the inclusive cross section in QED is infrared finite. In the standard diagram techniques this result follows from cancellation of infrared divergences. We construct a new…Igor Frolov, Albert Schwarz·Jul 31, 2026SaveLearn
Minimal Massive Gravity Coupled to Higher SpinsAmong three-dimensional massive gravities, Minimal Massive Gravity (MMG) is distinguished by a parameter regime in which the AdS bulk theory and the dual conformal field theory can be simultaneously…Franz Ciceri, Nihat Sadik Deger, Bastien Duboeuf et al.·Jul 31, 2026SaveLearn
Dynamics of nucleation in thermal phase transitionsWe study dynamical effects during nucleation in thermal first-order phase transitions in field theory. Focusing on the classical regime of the decay of a metastable state, we present the general…Oliver Gould, Joonas Hirvonen, Andrey Shkerin et al.·Jul 31, 2026SaveLearn
The Lorentzian Geometry of Tunneling in Global de Sitter at Late TimeIt is widely believed that Coleman--De Luccia (CDL) instantons characterize tunneling transitions in a de Sitter multiverse. Their most naive interpretation uses analytic continuation to Lorentzian…Thibaut Coudarchet, Ben Freivogel, Bjoern Hassfeld et al.·Jul 31, 2026SaveLearn
A-type Sigma Models from Differential Poisson GeometryWe study the differential Poisson sigma model (DPSM) in the symplectic case and show that its classical reduction defines a distinguished class of A-type models on symplectic targets, not necessarily…Cesar Arias, Per Sundell·Jul 31, 2026SaveLearn
Holographic timelike complexity for de SitterWe investigate the recent proposal of holographic volume complexity for timelike subregions Alishahiha:2025xml in the framework of static patch holography for de Sitter spacetime. Using the…Arpan Bhattacharyya, Md Khalid Hossain, Sanhita Parihar et al.·Jul 31, 2026SaveLearn
Tensionless limit of M5-brane and conformal symmetry of its bosonic bodyWe obtain a tensionless limit of the M-theory 5-brane action and discuss its properties. The consistency of this limit requires that the field strength of the worldvolume 2-form gauge field on the M5…Igor Bandos, Kurt Lechner, Dmitri P. Sorokin·Jul 31, 2026SaveLearn
A Holographic Map from AdS3 to CFT2We propose a holographic map from the semiclassical Hilbert space of pure general relativity in AdS3 to that of CFT2. We define the bulk Hilbert space by semiclassically…Manish Ramchander, Ronak M Soni·Jul 31, 2026SaveLearn
BPS Invariants for Generalized Toric Calabi-Yau ThreefoldsWe apply topological vertex techniques to Calabi-Yau threefolds dual to brane webs where several 5-branes can end on the same 7-brane. In this context, we determine how topological string partition…Antoine Bourget, Peng Cheng, Quentin Lamouret·Jul 31, 2026SaveLearn
Proto-Area Response Beyond Bulk EntropyWe study how much of the proto-area response can be inferred from the bulk von Neumann entropy. In the perturbative holographic code setting considered by CCKLP and Witten, we keep the recovery frame…Ling-Zheng Xia, Lixin Xu·Jul 31, 2026SaveLearn
A Toy Model for Topological Entanglement Features in 1+1D Integrable Quantum Field TheoryIn this paper we investigate an entanglement measure, the Rényi entropy, in a 1+1D integrable quantum field theory known as the Federbush model. This is a deformation of the theory of two massive…Emmalise J. H. Aalbers, Olalla A. Castro-Alvaredo·Jul 31, 2026SaveLearn
Line operator indices of S-fold theoriesWe study superconformal indices in the presence of line operators in S-fold theories. We consider two types of lines, realized by fundamental strings and fivebranes, respectively, in AdS$5 ×…Yosuke Imamura, Masato Inoue, Akihiro Sei·Jul 31, 2026SaveLearn
Quantum Scattering in Schwarzschild Spacetime: Hawking Radiation and Black Hole AtmospheresIn this paper, we investigate scattering of a scalar field near a Schwarzschild black hole through its S-matrix. Within this framework, we obtain a novel derivation of Hawking radiation by…Victor H. Alencar, Gabriel Picanço, Carlos A. D. Zarro·Jul 31, 2026SaveLearn
Chiral symmetry and curvature bounds in de Sitter spacetimeWe study chiral symmetry breaking in the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model on a de Sitter background, treating it as a non-renormalizable effective field theory with a physical ultraviolet cutoff. Using…L. G. Barbosa·Jul 31, 2026SaveLearn
Light-Front approach to 4d massless Higher-Spin interactionsThis thesis studies 4d massless higher-spin interactions in the Light-Front approach by analysing the closure of the Poincaré algebra at quartic order. We first solve the light-cone quartic…Mattia Serrani·Jul 31, 2026SaveLearn
Anti-scrambling and euclidean folds from observer correlators in de Sitter spaceThe de Sitter horizon behaves in a qualitatively different way from a black hole horizon, which poses a challenge to any attempt to develop a fundamental quantum description of de Sitter space. In…Daniel Harlow, Ying Zhao·Jul 31, 2026SaveLearn
A Linearized Obstruction to the Supersymmetric Extension of Conformal Boundary Conditions in Euclidean GravityThe conformal boundary condition for gravity fixes the boundary conformal class and the mean curvature, leaving the trace-free extrinsic curvature free as the conjugate response. It is the…Xingyang Yu·Jul 31, 2026SaveLearn
Nonadditivity in Quantum Field Theory: Replica Energies, Scaling Filters, and the Renormalization GroupExtensive systems have a simple thermodynamic signature: the dimensionless canonical free energy scales homogeneously with the size of the system. We show that the failure of this scaling, measured…Giacomo Santoni, Francesco Scardino·Jul 31, 2026SaveLearn
Spin Ruijsenaars-Schneider models are Coulomb branchesIn this paper, we show that the Poisson algebras of homological and K-theoretic Coulomb branches of 3d N=4 necklace quiver gauge theories provide Poisson structures and Hamiltonians…Gleb Arutyunov, Lukas Hardi·Jul 31, 2026SaveLearn
On Gauge-Invariant Entire-Function Regulators and UV Finiteness in NonLocal Quantum Field TheoryIn this paper we clarify the status of gauge invariant entire function regulators in NonLocal Quantum Field Theory, in this the regulator is implemented as an entire function of the covariant…J. W. Moffat, E. J. Thompson·Jul 31, 2026SaveLearn
Gradient RG Flow in Scalar-Fermion QFTsThe gradient property of the renormalisation group (RG) is examined to four-loop order in scalar-fermion systems in d=4 and d=4- dimensions. The crucial role played by the beta shift,…William H. Pannell, William Patrick Ronayne, Andreas Stergiou·Jul 31, 2026SaveLearn