D-instanton Effects on the Holographic Weyl SemimetalsWe investigate the effects of D-instantons on a holographic Weyl semimetal in a top-down approach. We find that the presence of D-instantons induces a novel phase transition from a Weyl semimetal to…Hwajin Eom, Yunseok Seo·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Dynamical Realization of Carrollian Conformal Symmetry and Celestial Holography Indications through Deformed Light-Cone Null ReductionWe utilize the deformed light-cone formalism to investigate the Carrollian version of a complex vector field theory. We find that after applying the null-reduction procedure and the Carrollian limit…Limin Zeng·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Ersatz gravity and black-hole thermodynamics from Manin gauge theory with noncompact gauge groupWe show that a three-dimensional Manin gauge theory with gauge group SL(2; R) (i.e. Yang-Mills theory, the third-way theory, or the imaginary third-way theory) minimally…Leron Borsten, Dimitri Kanakaris, Hyungrok Kim·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Background instability of quintessence model in light of entropy and distance conjectureWe apply the covariant entropy bound argument supporting the de Sitter swampland conjecture to the quintessence model, to find out the condition for the background to be unstable. More concretely,…Min-Seok Seo·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Probing the dynamics of stringy flux tubes with large R-chargeWe study the generalized cusp anomalous dimension, or quark-antiquark potential on the three-sphere, in the presence of a large R-charge L and at strong coupling. Considering the insertion of a…Davide Bonomi, Valentina Forini, Valentina Giangreco M. Puletti et al.·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Dynamical mass generation and critical behavior in pseudo-Proca quantum electrodynamicsWe investigate dynamical mass generation in pseudo-Proca quantum electrodynamics (PPQED) by means of Schwinger--Dyson equations in rainbow-quenched and unquenched truncations. The pseudo-Proca…Helio G. Barroso, Van Sérgio Alves, Leandro O. Nascimento·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Classifying Isolated Symplectic Singularities via 3d N=4 Coulomb BranchesBased on the Decay and Fission Conjecture, we provide a classification of unitary quivers whose 3d N=4 Coulomb branches exhibit isolated singularities. This yields the complete list of…Antoine Bourget, Quentin Lamouret, Sinan Moura Soysüren et al.·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
IR finite correlation functions in de Sitter space, a smooth massless limit, and an autonomous equationWe explore two-point and four-point correlation functions of a massive scalar field on the flat de Sitter background in the long-wavelength approximation. By employing the Yang-Feldman-type equation,…Alexander Kamenshchik, Polina Petriakova·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
RG flows in de Sitter: c-functions and sum rulesWe study the renormalization group flow of unitary Quantum Field Theories on two-dimensional de Sitter (dS) spacetime. We prove the existence of two functions of the radius of dS that interpolate…Manuel Loparco·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
The O(4)-breaking bubbleFalse vacuum decay in field theory is thought to be dominated by Coleman's O(4)-symmetric bounce, the minimum action nontrivial solution of the imaginary time equations of motion. Beyond the…Guy Avraham, Kfir Blum, Omri Rosner et al.·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
Dressed Fock Spaces in Gauge Theory and GravityFour-dimensional gauge and gravitational theories exhibit long-range interactions that require asymptotic particles to be dressed by clouds of soft photons and gravitons. Faddeev-Kulish dressings…Sangmin Choi, Prahar Mitra·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
An integrable deformation of the sine(sinh)-Gordon model -- Malcev algebraIn this paper we present an integrable model in two dimensions. It is a deformation of the sine(sinh)-Gordon model. We give its Lax connection. We also obtain its (classical) r-matrix. It satisfies…Meseret Asrat·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
Entanglement islands of 2D charged scalar-hairy black holes on the braneWe investigate the entanglement dynamics and Page curve of a 2D brane Maxwell-Scalar (MS) black hole coupled to thermal baths in double holography. Computing the entanglement entropy via the island…Qingsong Li, Yuxuan Liu, Wenjie Zhu·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
Flat Gauging of Continuous (Non-invertible) Symmetries and Non-compact BF SymTFT for Compact BosonWe study flat gauging of continuous symmetries by summing over flat gauge-field configurations. We focus on the two-dimensional compact boson and construct the torus partition function with general…Qiang Jia, Yi Zhang·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
Strong primordial inhomogeneities of axion-like field in Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravityIn this paper we consider complex scalar field with Mexican hat potential coupled with Gauss-Bonnet scalar resulting in restored U(1) symmetry at the stage of inflation, corresponding to the modern…M. A. Krasnov, D. Z. Berkimbayev, A. Addazi et al.·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
Quantum Corrections to Page Curve of Charged Near-AdS2 Black HolesWe study the evaporation and Page curve of charged near-AdS2 black holes coupled to a non-gravitating bath at fixed temperature and chemical potential. The low-energy dynamics is governed by the…Zi-Qing Xiao·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
Jordan Frame in Supergravity and CosmologyThe superconformal action can be gauge-fixed in a gauge where is leads to the Einstein frame supergravity defined by a Kahler potential K(z, z), or in a gauge where it leads to a Jordan frame…Renata Kallosh·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
The analytic structure of the QCD propagators, confinement, and deconfinementWe present the first complete calculation of the analytic structure of the zero-spatial-momentum finite-temperature Landau-gauge gluon propagator carried out at one loop by a massive deformation of…Giorgio Comitini·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
Patch-wise localization with Chern-Simons forms in five dimensional supergravityIn this paper, using equivariant localization for foliations, we compute the on-shell action of a general class of supersymmetric solutions of five-dimensional gauged supergravity with vector…Edoardo Colombo, Vasil Dimitrov, Dario Martelli et al.·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
The Massive Flat Space Limit of Cosmological CorrelatorsIdentifying useful flat-space limits for cosmological correlators, where they can be expressed in terms of observables in Minkowski space is nontrivial due to their scale-invariant nature. In recent…Sebastian Cespedes, Sadra Jazayeri·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
Stability analysis of de Sitter solution in the Einstein-Grisaru-Zanon gravity using the dynamical system methodIn this paper, we would like to investigate the stability of de Sitter solution in the Einstein-Grisaru-Zanon gravity, which is a novel fourth-order gravity model considered recently in a paper…Tuan Q. Do·Jun 13, 2026SaveLearn
Background Fields Meet the Heat Kernel: Gauge Invariance and RGEs without diagramsWe introduce a new method that exploits the combination of the Heat Kernel (HK) and Background Field Method to compute gauge-invariant and gauge parameter-independent quantities such as the effective…Debanjan Balui, Joydeep Chakrabortty, Christoph Englert et al.·Jun 13, 2026SaveLearn
Supersymmetric quantum mechanics from wrapped D4-branesWe find a large class of holographic solutions describing D4-branes wrapped on 4-manifolds M4 with constant curvature leading to gravity duals of supersymmetric quantum mechanics in the…Parinya Karndumri, Patharadanai Nuchino·Jun 13, 2026SaveLearn
Quantization-scheme-Independent Energy and Its Implications for Holographic BoundsIn holographic duality, the total energy of the dual field theory is obtained from the holographic renormalization, which depends not only on the bulk geometry but also on the choice of quantization…Ze Li, Hai-Shan Liu, Zi-Qing Xiao et al.·Jun 13, 2026SaveLearn
Baby Universes from Thermal Pure States in SYKWe construct a simple two-dimensional holographic model of a closed "baby" universe. The baby universe spacetime originates from the black hole interior in Jackiw-Teitelboim (JT) gravity. The…Martin Sasieta, Brian Swingle, Alejandro Vilar López·Jun 13, 2026SaveLearn