Gravitational Vacuum Polarization: Decoupling and the Conformal AnomalyA compact form of the stress tensor TabTcd correlation function of a quantum scalar field of arbitrary mass m and curvature coupling ξ is presented, with particular…Emil Mottola·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Comments on holographic spread complexityWe revisit the holographic proposal relating the growth rate of spread complexity to the radial momentum of a bulk probe, aiming to identify its underlying assumptions and clarify how classical probe…Zhehan Li, Jia Tian·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Dynamical Timelike Entanglement Entropy in an Evaporating Schwarzschild--AdS Black HoleTimelike entanglement entropy (tEE) has recently emerged as a novel probe of temporal quantum correlations in gravitational systems. Existing studies are largely restricted to static backgrounds. In…Digen Das, Prabwal Phukon·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Leading Yukawa terms in the three-loop anomalous dimension and four-loop β-function of N=1 supersymmetric theories for various renormalization prescriptionsFor an arbitrary renormalizable N=1 supersymmetric theory with a single gauge coupling regularized by higher covariant derivatives we calculate the three-loop contribution to the anomalous…Ratmir Jumanov, Konstantin Stepanyantz·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Analytic HTEE in Moving Plasmas and Its TransitionWe investigate the holographic timelike entanglement entropy of a boosted (1+1)-dimensional plasma within the AdS3/CFT2 correspondence, considering a Lorentz-boosted BTZ black hole…Mohammad Ali-Akbari·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Hypercomplex formulation of dissipative scalar electrodynamics and phase transitionsA hypercomplex formulation of scalar electrodynamics is developed, in which dissipation emerges as an intrinsic dynamic property dictated by the extended local gauge symmetry U(1)XSO(1,1). By…B. R. López-Raymundo, R. Cartas-Fuentevilla·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Geometric Approach to Quantum Theory. L-functionalsThis publication consists of slides from my talk at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics in 2024. It contains a brief review of the L-functional formalism, along with a discussion of its…Albert Schwarz·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
An exact algorithm for U(N) matrix models in the gauge-invariant singlet sectorMatrix models appear as fundamental descriptions of M-theory and D-brane dynamics, and via the gauge/gravity duality their gauge-invariant, or singlet, sector describes the purely gravitational…Enrico M. Brehm, Jean Cazalis·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Deriving the AdS3×S3× T4 Quantum Spectral Curve I: Y-system and discontinuity relationsThe mirror Thermodynamic Bethe Ansatz (TBA) describes the spectrum of AdS3×S3× T4 superstrings supported by a mixture of Ramond-Ramond (RR) and…Andrea Cavaglià, Davide Polvara, Nicolò Primi et al.·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Ghost Hunting in the Yang-Mills VacuumIn this work, I analyze the zero modes of a one-loop semiclassical Yang-Mills theory in \(3+1\)d. I find that zero modes are generated by gauge redundancy of the background field. Proper gauge…Seth Grable·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Scalar Charges in a Self-Dual BackgroundIn this work, we present a \(3+1d\) scalar QED model in a constant self-dual magnetic field configuration. We provide exact closed form analytic calculations of the partition function, the…Seth Grable, Jamison Barcelona·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Morse Bridge between Planar Kepler and Hyperbolic Landau DynamicsA common Morse Hamiltonian bridges the planar Kepler--Coulomb and hyperbolic Landau systems, linking flat electric dynamics to curved magnetic dynamics. A radial Liouville transformation with…Mikhail S. Plyushchay·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Universal geometry as an organising principle for heterotic moduliA family of heterotic compactifications carries more structure than a collection of solutions parametrised by moduli. Once the compactification data are fibred over moduli space, deformations become…Jock McOrist·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
4d CFT Correlators from AmbitwistorsWe develop an ambitwistor-space formulation of conserved spinning correlators in four-dimensional CFTs. We show that conformal symmetry and conservation are trivialised by the ambitwistor Penrose…Mariana Carrillo González, Théo Keseman·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Analytic approaches to perturbations of strongly coupled Yang-Mills plasmaWe study perturbations of Yang-Mills plasma, represented by scalar quasinormal modes of AdS black branes, as functions of the wave number q in the entire range from zero to infinity. At finite q,…Inês Aniceto, Paolo Arnaudo, Alex Ratcliffe et al.·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Negative heat capacities in spherically symmetric sectors of d-matrix quantum mechanicsWe consider the SO(d) and O(d) invariant sectors of the bosonic d-matrix harmonic oscillator with U(N) gauge symmetry. The micro-canonical degeneracy Z( N , d , k ) for fixed…Denjoe O'Connor, Sanjaye Ramgoolam·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Algebraic locality and non-invertible Gauss lawsWe study algebraic locality principles on a 2+1D closed lattice in the presence of a Gauss law for a non-invertible symmetry. Prior work in arXiv:2509.03589 showed that when enforcing the Gauss law…Nicholas Holfester, Jonathan Sorce·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
3d QFT IR divergences as UV divergences in 4d Holographic CosmologyIn this paper we consider IR divergences in a 3d toy model field theory for 4d holographic cosmology, and we analyze them by introducing a mass term in a way that preserves a certain form of the…Matheus Cravo, Horatiu Nastase·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Thermal and chemical response from entanglement entropyWe study entanglement entropy (EE) in interacting quantum field theories (QFTs) at finite density. We argue that, in the limit of large subregions, the derivative of EE with respect to the size of…Niko Jokela, Aatu Rajala, Tobias Rindlisbacher·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
A smooth road to bumpy horizons: shaping black holes with non-linear sigma models, from supergravity to higher dimensionsWe construct new families of solutions for General Relativity coupled to a general class of non-linear sigma models, some of which can be embedded in supergravity. The solutions include neutral,…Fabrizio Canfora, Nicolás Grandi, Carla Henríquez-Báez et al.·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
String Theory from Maximal SupersymmetryWe explore the space of non-gravitational, maximally supersymmetric, planar 4d effective field theories (EFTs) that have N=4 super Yang-Mills (SYM) at leading order. In the weakly-coupled…Henriette Elvang, Aidan Herderschee, Roger Morales·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Loop Corrected Supercharges from Holomorphic AnomaliesWe describe the loop corrections to supercharges in supersymmetric quantum field theories using the holomorphic twist formalism. We begin by reviewing the relation between supercharge corrections and…Kasia Budzik, Justin Kulp·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Limits on the Statistical Description of Charged de Sitter Black HolesThe thermodynamics of de Sitter black holes is complicated by the presence of two horizons and the absence of a globally defined timelike Killing vector. The standard choice of the Gibbons-Hawking…Lars Aalsma, Puxin Lin, Jan Pieter van der Schaar et al.·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
Anomaly footprints in SM+GravityThis is a follow-up of arXiv:2412.07470 [hep-th]. A simplified version of the SM plus gravity, put forward there, is presented here and some of its aspects delved into. The basic structure consists…Loriano Bonora·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn
A Soft Theorem from vertex-like operators in BFSS TheoryIn this paper, we derive a soft theorem at leading and subleading orders within the context of BFSS matrix theory. Specifically, we consider the effective field theory describing interactions between…Davide Laurenzano, John F. Wheater·Jul 20, 2026SaveLearn