Competition and coexistence of baryonic condensates in AdS hardwall modelCold dense QCD admits several order parameters for baryon-number breaking, among them diquark and dibaryon condensates. We ask whether they exclude one another or coexist, using a five-dimensional…Akash Singh·Oct 29, 2026SaveLearn
Quantum curves of 6d SCFTs on a -3 curveWe study half-BPS defects and quantum Seiberg-Witten curves in 6d N=(1,0) SCFTs on a -3 curve. We compute the partition functions in the presence of codimension-4 and codimension-2…Minsung Kim, Sung-Soo Kim, Xin Wang·Oct 29, 2026SaveLearn
A density calculus for quantum field theoryThese notes provide an introduction to Haagerup noncommutative Lp spaces for quantum field theorists. The aim is to explain how the familiar calculus of density matrices, fractional powers, and…Tanay Kibe, Pratik Roy·Oct 29, 2026SaveLearn
N=4 Super Yang-Mills Flux Tube in AdSWe study a supersymmetric Wilson line on the boundary of N=4 super Yang-Mills theory in AdS4, or equivalently on a half-space, as a model for exploring the connection between…Victor Gorbenko, Orr Sela, Brian R. Zielazienski·Oct 29, 2026SaveLearn
The Effective Kerr-Compton Tree Amplitude from Black Hole Perturbation TheoryWe develop a new method to construct the tree-level Compton amplitude for gravitational-wave scattering off a Kerr black hole in post-Minkowskian effective field theory. Building on previous…N. Emil J. Bjerrum-Bohr, Gang Chen, Konstantinos Papadimos et al.·Oct 29, 2026SaveLearn
Initial conditions leave IR imprints in quantum cosmologyWe investigate the gravitational path integral of R × S3 geometries in Lorentzian signature along with the metric fluctuations which live on the S3 hypersurfaces. Each metric…Manishankar Ailiga, Akash Mondal, Gaurav Narain·Oct 29, 2026SaveLearn
On functional classes in higher-spin theoryThe factorization over the ideal in the d-dimensional Vasiliev theory requires an accurate description of the higher-spin algebra A and its twisted adjoint module Atw as…Yu. A. Tatarenko·Oct 29, 2026SaveLearn
Majorana Neutrino Physics and Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry in Type IIA String TheoryWe study Majorana neutrino masses and the matter-antimatter asymmetry in Type IIA string theory on a T6/(Z2 × Z2) orientifold with intersecting D6-branes. Euclidean…Yang Liu·Oct 29, 2026SaveLearn
Superstring Field Theory with Double Background IndependenceA recently constructed superstring field theory has two decoupled sectors, the physical superstring and a shadow sector with a second copy of the superstring. These are both expanded around the same…Chris Hull·Oct 29, 2026SaveLearn
Large-N limit of chiral quiver theories: free energy, supersymmetric indices and operator countingWe find the first analytic solution to the large-N saddle point equations for the S3 free energy of a chiral N=2 Chern-Simons-matter theory with an M-theory dual. Focusing on the…Edoardo Colombo, Hyojoong Kim, Nakwoo Kim et al.·Oct 29, 2026SaveLearn
Carrollian CFTs and the Light FrontCarrollian symmetries play an important role in building holographic duals to asymptotically flat spacetimes (AFS). This construction hinges on the isomorphism between the (asymptotic) isometries of…Arjun Bagchi, Kinjal Banerjee, Sourish Banerjee et al.·Oct 29, 2026SaveLearn
Absorption of bound supernova axion-like particles by the neutron star weakens the heating limits on their photon couplingAxion-like particles (ALPs) that couple to protons are produced in a core-collapse supernova, and the slow ones remain bound to the new neutron star. Bose, Ganguly, Kumar, and Raj [arXiv:2610.30255]…Probit J Kalita, Subha Mitra, Bharat Kumar·Oct 29, 2026SaveLearn
Does SO(2,2) symmetry lead to an additional U(1) symmetry in 5-dimensional Einstein-scalar theories?Solving Einstein equations including the matter fields in dimensions higher than four is computationally challenging. However, the existence of symmetries facilitates these calculations. Among these…Saeedeh Sadeghian·Oct 29, 2026SaveLearn
Quantum field theory with scale-dependent weighted measures: nonlinear momentum representations, vacuum fluctuations, and causal structureWe reconsider the construction of free quantum fields through momentum-space weighted measures, introducing an independent energy scale that restores the conventional theory at low momenta. The…S. González-Salud, R. Cartas-Fuentevilla·Oct 29, 2026SaveLearn
Schwinger--Keldysh worldline effective field theory for quantum black holes: dissipation, noise and decoherenceWe formulate a Schwinger--Keldysh worldline effective field theory for quantum black holes that treats dissipation, fluctuations, and decoherence within one real-time influence functional. The…Hajime Kobayashi·Oct 29, 2026SaveLearn
Ortho-symplectic interface line operators in N=4 SYM theoriesWe study the line operators at the half-BPS interfaces in 4d N=4 super Yang-Mills (SYM) theories of orthogonal and symplectic gauge groups. For the NS5-type interfaces, line operators are…Yasuyuki Hatsuda, Tadashi Okazaki·Oct 29, 2026SaveLearn
virasoroblocks: Software for the 2d bootstrapWe introduce virasoroblocks, software that computes Virasoro conformal blocks at any central charge in a form suitable for the numerical bootstrap. At each finite order in the elliptic nome,…David Poland·Oct 29, 2026SaveLearn
Regularized Master-Field Approximation for Mass-Deformed Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Matrix ModelsThe regularized master-field approximation (RMA) is an efficient computational method for large-N reduced matrix models, including those with multiple matrices or complex integration weights. In…Yue Lei, Reishi Maeta·Oct 29, 2026SaveLearn
Deformed Amplituhedra and Interpolating Anomalous Dimensions on the Coulomb BranchWe study planar four-point scattering amplitudes on the Coulomb branch of N=4 super Yang--Mills theory, focusing on multi-parameter families of massive kinematics. We extend the deformed…Francesco Calisto, Subramanya Hegde, Martín Lagares et al.·Oct 28, 2026SaveLearn
Are Black Hole and Cosmological Horizon Thermodynamics Necessarily Inequivalent?It has recently been argued that cosmological horizon thermodynamics and black hole thermodynamics are generically inequivalent in any consistent, UV complete theory of quantum gravity, where it was…Zachary J. Hoelscher·Oct 28, 2026SaveLearn
Generalized Symmetries of QED4 on Non-Spin ManifoldsGeneralized symmetries are sensitive to the tangential structure of spacetime. We study this interplay for massless QED on oriented non-spin four-manifolds, where the photon becomes a spinc…Michele Del Zotto, Vivek Saxena·Oct 28, 2026SaveLearn
Gravitational Reconstruction in AdS4We reconstruct linearized gravitational perturbations in AdS4 from a conserved, traceless stress tensor on a fixed conformally flat boundary metric, extending our earlier real Lorentzian…David A. Lowe, Yiru Wang, Juanyi Yang·Oct 28, 2026SaveLearn
Holography and localization in fractional field theoryFractional field theory is a promising framework wherein to quantize the gravitational interaction but the presence of nonlocal operators can make its handling difficult. With the purpose of easing…Gianluca Calcagni, Iván Salvador-García·Oct 28, 2026SaveLearn
From pq-webs to magnetic quivers and back II: distributional indices and 5d theories breaking badThis is the second of two companion papers in which we study five-dimensional N=1 theories engineered by (p,q) five-brane webs and their associated three-dimensional magnetic quivers.…Sebastiano Garavaglia, Sara Pasquetti, Palash Singh·Oct 28, 2026SaveLearn
From pq-webs to magnetic quivers and back I: dictionary and deformationsThis is the first of two companion papers in which we study five-dimensional N=1 theories engineered by (p,q) five-brane webs and their associated three-dimensional N=4…Sebastiano Garavaglia, Sara Pasquetti, Palash Singh·Oct 28, 2026SaveLearn