Conformally Invariant Corrections to the Anomaly-Induced Effective Action and Black Hole Evaporation in Four DimensionsWhen matter fields are integrated out in a large N approximation, the conformal anomaly induces an effective action up to conformally invariant correction terms. In the present work, we consider the…Bing-Nan Liu, David A. Lowe·Jul 21, 2026SaveLearn
Stochastic Survival near Swampland BoundariesSwampland and compactification data tell us where a chosen EFT description can lose parametric control; stochastic cosmology asks which histories survive near that edge. We turn this question into a…Omer Guleryuz·Jul 21, 2026SaveLearn
Gravitational index, black hole saddle degeneracy, and one-form symmetryIt is known that the saddle describing the contribution of supersymmetric black holes to the index of four-dimensional superconformal field theories is degenerate. This degeneracy is a consequence of…Davide Cassani, Gianmarco Esposto·Jul 21, 2026SaveLearn
Krylov complexity has it allThis paper establishes that Krylov complexity contains the entire information about the dynamics of a quantum operator, extending the list of equivalent quantities that can serve this purpose, such…Wolfgang Mück·Jul 21, 2026SaveLearn
Fermion Families and Pontryagin Class: Topological Field Theory via Colour Symmetry ExtensionFamily puzzle asks why the Standard Model (SM) features exactly 3 families of quarks and leptons. Motivated by topological constraints, we study 4d fermionic anomalies with discrete Zn symmetry,…Zheyan Wan, Juven Wang, Shing-Tung Yau·Jul 21, 2026SaveLearn
Holographic entanglement entropy under external magnetic field from the EMD modelIn this work, we explore holographic entanglement entropy in the QCD phase diagram under an external magnetic field using an Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton model. We consider both the specious-confinement…Man-Man Sun, Man-Li Tian, Zhou-Run Zhu·Jul 21, 2026SaveLearn
Scattering amplitudes in Quadratic Graivty in a general formalismIn salvio, inspired by the works pauli-donogue, a prescription for calculating the correlation functions in Quadratic Gravity stelle1-stelle2 was presented and…Osvaldo P. Santillán·Jul 21, 2026SaveLearn
Dynamical Implementation of the Constraints in Conformal GravityWe propose a first-order geometric Lagrangian for four-dimensional conformal gravity within the Cartan formulation, which yields, dynamically, the standard constraints on the fields, expected for…L. Andrianopoli, R. D'Auria, G. Grosso et al.·Jul 21, 2026SaveLearn
In-in worldline formalism in pair creating fieldsAn in-in framework under Schwinger pair creating fields in strong-field quantum electrodynamics is formulated using in-out propagators in coordinate space, that have first-quantized or worldline…Patrick Copinger, Shi Pu·Jul 21, 2026SaveLearn
Fuzzy Black Holes from Mass Generation in Matrix CompactificationWe investigate a mechanism for generating mass terms in the IKKT and BFSS matrix theories through compactification on a torus and the derivation of a zero-mode effective theory, emphasising the…Davide Laurenzano, John F. Wheater·Jul 21, 2026SaveLearn
On Time-Evolution in Quantum GravityWe derive an explicit BRST-exact operator identity for the bulk Hamiltonian in quantum gravity, working within a BRST-invariant quantization of General Relativity, treated as a low-energy effective…Lasha Berezhiani, Gia Dvali, Otari Sakhelashvili·Jul 21, 2026SaveLearn
The non-relativistic limit of HSZ TheoryWe study the non-relativistic (NR) limit of HSZ theory, a higher-derivative theory of gravity with exact and manifest T-duality invariance. Since the theory can be formulated using the generalized…Eric Lescano·Jul 21, 2026SaveLearn
Fay identities for polylogarithms on higher-genus Riemann surfacesA recent construction of polylogarithms on Riemann surfaces of arbitrary genus in arXiv:2306.08644 is based on a flat connection assembled from single-valued non-holomorphic integration kernels that…Eric D'Hoker, Oliver Schlotterer·Jul 21, 2026SaveLearn
Gauging the Gauge and Anomaly ResolutionIn this paper, we explore the algebraic and geometric structures that arise from a procedure we dub "gauging the gauge", which involves the promotion of a certain global, coordinate…Hank Chen, Florian Girelli·Jul 21, 2026SaveLearn
The Fuzzy-Sphere as a Black Hole in the IKKT Matrix Model: An AssessmentBlack-hole thermodynamics has been reproduced with remarkable success from the BFSS matrix model, but the corresponding test in the closely related IKKT matrix model has awaited its recently proposed…Koichiro Matsumoto·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Viscoelastic and thermal response on nuclear pasta states at finite baryon densityWe compute the viscoelastic and thermal response of non-homogeneous hadronic condensates at finite baryon density representing crystals of baryonic tubes and layers. We describe them using analytic…Nicolás Grandi, Scarlett Rebolledo, Aldo Vera·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Global Asymptotics, the Swampland Conjectures, and Preheating of String ModuliWhile the cosmological implications of the Swampland Conjectures are usually discussed in the context of inflationary model building, they also have implications for the violent, non-adiabatic…Leia Price, Kuver Sinha, Robert Wiley Deal·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Refined Vafa-Witten invariants for toric surfaces from supersymmetric localization in 5D gauge theoryWe study the partition function of five-dimensional N=1 U(N) supersymmetric Yang-Mills (SYM) theory with an adjoint hypermultiplet of mass m adj on a toric Kähler surface S…Osama Khlaif, Boris Pioline, Alessandro Tanzini·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
(De)Coherence of a quantum system in an anti-de Sitter spacetimeIn this paper, we study the coherence/decoherence of a quantum harmonic oscillator in anti-de Sitter (AdS) spacetime by quantising the graviton in a curved background with a nontrivial boundary…Mandas Biswas, Anupam Mazumdar·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Warped Numerical Calabi-Yau MetricsWe compute numerical warped Type IIB flux backgrounds on Calabi-Yau threefolds following the construction of Giddings, Kachru, and Polchinski. Using physics-informed neural networks, we approximate…Severin Lüst, Fabian Ruehle, Simon Schreyer·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
The fermion sector of the SMEFT from asymptotically safe gravityQuantum gravity impacts Standard Model fields through effective interactions generated by renormalization. These appear as Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT) operators, where the effects…Astrid Eichhorn, Moritz Gessner, Shouryya Ray·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Asymptotic behaviour of the derivative expansion in the ERGWe show that the derivative expansion of the exact (functional) renormalization group is a divergent series in any dimension, both for an exponential cutoff and more general smooth cutoffs. We prove…Tim R. Morris·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
The black hole S-matrix in gauge/gravity dualityA variety of examples of gauge/gravity duality have a Coulomb branch for the gauge theory dynamics. We exploit this feature to construct an S-matrix, in which the initial state is a shell of branes…Emil J. Martinec·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Unlocking the Wronskian Tower: A Simplification of the Holomorphic Modular BootstrapCharacters of rational conformal field theories solve modular linear differential equations labelled by their order and the Wronskian index . Direct classification of admissible solutions by…Arpit Das, Sunil Mukhi·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
All Tree-Level Massive Cosmological Correlators via Spectral GluingMassive cosmological correlators exhibit a rich hypergeometric structure already at tree level, reflecting the distorted propagation of particles in de Sitter spacetime. In this paper, we reveal that…Jonathan Gräfe, Denis Werth·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn