Higher-spin composites and emergent AdS3 geometry in the (1+1)-dimensional Gross-Neveu modelWe study the (1+1)-dimensional Gross-Neveu (GN) model with N fermion species and derive from it an emergent AdS3 geometry together with the leading entries of a holographic dictionary. We use…Laith H. Haddad·Jul 16, 2026SaveLearn
Quasinormal Modes of Extremal Reissner-Nordstrom Black Holes via Seiberg-Witten QuantizationWe study the scalar perturbations of asymptotically flat extremal Reissner-Nordström black holes via the quantum Seiberg-Witten geometry of N=2 SU(2) gauge theory with Nf=2 flavors.…Yi-Rong Wang, Peng Yang, Kilar Zhang·Jul 16, 2026SaveLearn
Novel cluster-algebraic letters for 5- and 6-point QCD processesBy breaking dual conformal invariance, we transform cluster-algebraic predictions for the alphabet of 9-point amplitudes in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory to analogous predictions for 5- and…Rigers Aliaj, Gabriele Dian, Georgios Papathanasiou·Jul 16, 2026SaveLearn
Curve integral formula for the Möbius stripThe scattering amplitudes for colored scalars can be calculated using the so-called curve integral formula, relying on simple combinatorics. It introduces a set of global Schwinger parameters for all…Amit Suthar·Jul 16, 2026SaveLearn
Twisting BFSS & IKKTIn this note we initiate the study of ``twisted holography'' for the dualities involving the BFSS matrix quantum mechanics and the IKKT matrix model in their N → ∞ limits. We…Fabian Hahner, Natalie M. Paquette·Jul 16, 2026SaveLearn
The Yang-Baxter Sigma Model from Twistor SpaceWe derive a novel two-field four-dimensional integrable field theory (IFT) from 6d holomorphic Chern-Simons theory on twistor space. The four-dimensional IFT depends on a skew-symmetric linear…Meer Ashwinkumar, Jitendra Pal·Jul 16, 2026SaveLearn
Entanglement Dynamics by (Non-)Unitary Local Operator Quenches in a 2D Holographic CFTIn this paper, we investigate the time evolution of entanglement entropy and mutual information for the spatially-infinite systems where we act with a primary operator on the vacuum state and then…Weibo Mao, Akihiro Miyata, Masahiro Nozaki et al.·Jul 16, 2026SaveLearn
Flat Holography & Holographic Renormalization: Scalar FieldWe adapt the Hamilton-Jacobi method of holographic renormalization to scalar field theories in Minkowski spacetime with scattering boundary conditions. The approach yields a flat-space holographic…Martin Ammon, Federico Capone, Christoph Sieling·Jul 16, 2026SaveLearn
Vacuum fluctuations and the renormalized stress-energy tensor on a cone with arbitrary boundary conditionsWe analyze the vacuum fluctuations and the stress-energy tensor of a scalar field of mass M in a conical spacetime, where the topological singularity at the apex requires boundary conditions for…João Paulo M. Pitelli, Ricardo A. Mosna, Victor Hugo M. Ramos et al.·Jul 16, 2026SaveLearn
Anomaly Inflow and Gauge Group Topology in the 10d Sugimoto String TheoryWe revisit the chiral spectra on charged 1- and 5-branes in the 10d non-supersymmetric sp(16) string theory (also known as the Sugimoto model), and verify that they consistently cancel…Vittorio Larotonda, Ling Lin·Jul 16, 2026SaveLearn
Lectures on Open Systems and CosmologyOpen systems are ubiquitous in physics. Many realistic systems interact, at least weakly, with environmental degrees of freedom that may be too numerous, too complicated, inaccessible, or unknown.…Enrico Pajer·Jul 15, 2026SaveLearn
The variational approach to infrared divergencies: Applications to black hole action integrals and holographic Wilson loopsRenormalizing the on-shell action variation offers two important advantages over renormalizing the action itself. First, the variation of the action has a universal form in which the bulk…M. Arroyo, D. Arteaga, M. Bañados et al.·Jul 15, 2026SaveLearn
Non-Hermitian Holographic Flows to Little Rip CosmologiesSpacelike singularities supported by matter satisfying the null energy condition (NEC) are expected to fall within the Belinski--Khalatnikov--Lifshitz (BKL) paradigm. We show that controlled…Daniel Arean, David Garcia-Fariña, Juan F. Pedraza·Jul 15, 2026SaveLearn
Gravitational Effective Theories with Maximal Supersymmetry and a Peculiar ParityWe study the space of four-dimensional ultraviolet completions for N=8 supergravity that are described at low energies by weakly-coupled effective field theories (EFTs) with maximal…Justin Berman, Simon Caron-Huot, Aditi V. Chandra et al.·Jul 15, 2026SaveLearn
Ising the way into de SitterWe study the two-dimensional Ising model deformed by the relevant thermal operator and placed on de Sitter (dS) spacetime. Despite being strongly interacting in its original formulation, the theory…Giovanni Galati, Stathis Vitouladitis·Jul 15, 2026SaveLearn
JT gravity on the worldlineMotivated by the problem of understanding the experience of an observer in dynamical quantum gravity, we study the effects of coupling a one-dimensional quantum mechanical system living on a bulk…Ben Freivogel, Alessandro Fumagalli, Diego M. Hofman·Jul 15, 2026SaveLearn
Negative shocks versus static patch holographyWe study a version of de Sitter static patch holography in which the Euclidean gravitational path integral, with an observer worldline included, is conjectured to compute a trace. Motivated by recent…Yiming Chen, Douglas Stanford, Haifeng Tang et al.·Jul 15, 2026SaveLearn
Resurgent Lambert series from Feynman and beyondLambert series of the form Σn>0a(n)qn/(1-qn) are ubiquitous in mathematical physics. In particular, 2-loop sunrise and 3-loop banana Feynman diagrams yield Lambert series with a(n) of the…David Broadhurst, Daniele Dorigoni·Jul 15, 2026SaveLearn
Temporal Entanglement from Twist Correlators in 2d Conformal Field Theory and HolographyWe formulate timelike entanglement entropy and its Rényi extension in two-dimensional conformal field theory through the analytic continuation of replica twist correlators to time-ordered,…Alice Bernamonti, Federico Galli, Michal P. Heller et al.·Jul 15, 2026SaveLearn
Carroll-Field-Jackiw term in nonlocal Lorentz-violating QEDWe investigate the radiative generation of the Carroll--Field--Jackiw (CFJ) term in nonlocal Lorentz- and CPT-violating extensions of quantum electrodynamics. Nonlocality is introduced in the…J. R. Nascimento, A. Yu. Petrov, P. J. Porfirio et al.·Jul 15, 2026SaveLearn
Horizon Microstructure Thermodynamics in AdS Black Holes: Smarr-Consistent Excitation EnthalpyIn this work we formulate a horizon-microstructure description of four-dimensional AdS black holes in which a horizon of area A is resolved into N=A/ap microscopic sites and N…Juan Diego Haro, Ernesto Medina, Bertrand Berche et al.·Jul 15, 2026SaveLearn
A de Sitter Anti-Scrambling AlgebraWe study the algebra of observables of a semiclassical observer in de Sitter space. When operators are time-evolved by a scrambling time, out-of-time-ordered correlation functions (OTOCs) receive…Wentao Cui, David K. Kolchmeyer·Jul 15, 2026SaveLearn
An adaptive inverse-problem framework for one-loop five-gluon BCJ numeratorsAn inverse problem comprises a matrix equation together with its unknown space, physical data, equivalence relation, and validation tests. We formulate Bern--Carrasco--Johansson (BCJ) numerator…Lin Mai, Yaobo Zhang·Jul 15, 2026SaveLearn
Krylov Complexity for Time-Dependent HamiltoniansWe investigate Krylov spread complexity for states evolving under time-dependent Hamiltonians. For periodically driven systems, we formulate the problem within Floquet theory and show how the Magnus…Amin Faraji Astaneh, Parsa Kafashi·Jul 15, 2026SaveLearn
Scattering of wobbling vorticesWe investigate the dynamical role of internal vibrational modes in the Abelian Higgs model, focusing on how Derrick-type excitations modify vortex dynamics and scattering processes. We study the…A. Alonso-Izquierdo, A. González-Parra, A. Wereszczynski·Jul 15, 2026SaveLearn