Quasi-bound States of Scalar field inside the Dyonic Kerr-Sen Black HoleWe found sets of exact analytic quasi-stationary states of a massive scalar field in a dyonic Kerr-Sen black hole~(DKSBH) background in the maximally extended spacetime region. A central novelty is…David Senjaya, Tinnagrit Songkeaw, Piyabut Burikham·Jun 4, 2026SaveLearn
One-loop divergences for KK theories on AdS× S spaces; a reanalysis of AdS4 × S7\,/ ABJM precision holographyWe provide a systematic framework for computing the logarithmically divergent part of one-loop partition functions on product spaces AdSdA × SdS of arbitrary dimension. By…Federico Arrighi, Lorenzo Casarin·Jun 4, 2026SaveLearn
Revisiting boundary electromagnetic duality and edge modesWe revisit electric and magnetic surface charges and edge modes in four-dimensional Maxwell theory and QED on a spacetime with a finite spatial boundary. Using the S-wall, which implements…Keito Shimizu, Sotaro Sugishita·Jun 4, 2026SaveLearn
Robin holography in AdS and BTZ: double-trace RG flow and exceptional pointsWe construct the exact Robin bulk-to-boundary propagator for a Breitenlöhner--Freedman scalar on AdSd+1 and the BTZ black hole, realizing the double-trace RG flow between standard and alternate…Yiru Wang, Juanyi Yang·Jun 4, 2026SaveLearn
Integrable Deformations of the Breitenlohner-Maison Model from 4d Chern-Simons TheoryWe derive integrable deformations of the 2d Breitenlohner-Maison (BM) sigma model that describes the stationary, axisymmetric sector of 4d general relativity, as well as higher-rank generalisations…Meer Ashwinkumar, Matthias Blau·Jun 4, 2026SaveLearn
Entanglement in Elastic and Inelastic Two-particle Scatterings at High EnergyWe study the entanglement produced in transverse momentum by two-particle scattering at high energy. Employing the S-matrix framework for the derivation of reduced density matrices, we formulate the…Robi Peschanski, Shigenori Seki·Jun 4, 2026SaveLearn
On Cosmological Correlators at One LoopWe study equal-time in-in correlators of massless scalar fields in flat space at one loop. Using the time-ordered decomposition of correlators together with a cosmological analogue of the Baikov…Guilherme L. Pimentel, Tom Westerdijk·Jun 4, 2026SaveLearn
From the Corner Proposal to the Area LawWe provide an explicit realization of the Corner Proposal for Quantum Gravity in the case of spherically symmetric spacetimes in four dimensions, or equivalently, two-dimensional dilaton gravity. We…Jerzy Kowalski-Glikman, Ludovic Varrin·Jun 4, 2026SaveLearn
Thermal field theory correlators in the large-N limit and the spectral duality relationIn Ref.~Grozdanov:2024wgo, we derived a spectral duality relation applicable to the spectra of 3d conformal field theories (CFTs) and their holographically dual 4d black holes. In this…Sašo Grozdanov, Mile Vrbica·Jun 4, 2026SaveLearn
Optical properties of gravitating stringsWe study the optical properties of gravitating Abelian-Higgs cosmic strings and compare them with those of the idealized infinitely thin string. We analyze the structure of the corresponding vortex…Marcos Silva, Azadeh Mohammadi·Jun 3, 2026SaveLearn
Carrollian holography with agentic AI: Real mass is imaginaryWe introduce LACIA, a verification-driven agentic AI workflow for theoretical physics, and apply it with independent human checks to construct Carrollian conformal bases. We develop the…Reiko Liu, Wen-Jie Ma, Hu Zheng et al.·Jun 3, 2026SaveLearn
Non-linear evolution of five-dimensional black strings in effective field theoryWe use numerical relativity to study the non-linear instability of five-dimensional black strings in Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity. Black strings evolve into a series of black holes joined by thinner…Pau Figueras, Áron D. Kovács, Shunhui Yao·Jun 3, 2026SaveLearn
Mass-Flow Invariance of Q-Cohomology in BMN Matrix Quantum MechanicsWe study the dependence of the dynamical supercharges of BMN matrix quantum mechanics on the mass parameter μ. Taking the μ-derivative at fixed canonical matrix variables, we show that the…Chi-Ming Chang, Zhengyuan Du, Sarthak Duary et al.·Jun 3, 2026SaveLearn
Krylov Complexity: Flat bands and Carroll breaking deformationsSystems with flat band structures, when written in the language of Compact Localised States (CLS), have been shown to be explicitly invariant under supertranslation symmetries, making Carrollian…Aritra Banerjee, Arpan Bhattacharyya, Rudranil Basu et al.·Jun 3, 2026SaveLearn
String dualities and wedge singularitiesWe study strings propagating in backgrounds with a wedge singularity, namely whose internal sector describes a wedge sum of closed manifolds. We focus on the wedge sum of two circles, which was…Ivano Basile, Dieter Lust·Jun 3, 2026SaveLearn
The Double Well Done Doubly-WellThe symmetric double-well potential is one of the simplest quantum-mechanical systems in which perturbative and non-perturbative physics are deeply entangled. Its energy levels have non-analytic…Aurélien Dersy, Matthew D. Schwartz·Jun 3, 2026SaveLearn
Kaleidoscopes, Waves and the PrepotentialIsomorphic flops are topology-changing transitions connecting two diffeomorphic families of Calabi-Yau threefolds. They correspond to the generators of certain Coxeter groups acting on the moduli…Rafael Álvarez-García, Fabian Ruehle·Jun 3, 2026SaveLearn
Hypergroup Symmetry in Relative Quantum Field Theories and Chiral AlgebrasA QFT is said to be relative if it lives at the boundary of a topological QFT in one higher dimension. We develop a general framework for working with noninvertible symmetries of relative theories in…Terry Gannon, Brandon C. Rayhaun·Jun 3, 2026SaveLearn
Thermal PositivityWe argue that Lorentz invariance and unitarity impose sharp constraints on thermodynamic quantities. By relating thermal vacuum diagrams to forward scattering amplitudes, we derive an infinite family…Clifford Cheung, Rachel A. Rosen·Jun 3, 2026SaveLearn
Thermal effective action for the O(N) vector modelWe compute the leading coefficients of the thermal effective action for the critical O(N) vector model in three dimensions, in the large-N limit in presence of non vanishing angular twist. At high…Lorenzo Mauro, Alessandro Vichi·Jun 3, 2026SaveLearn
Generalized Heisenberg algebra from o(2,4)It is well known that the algebra o(2,4) generates the conformal group, but it can also be used to define some variants of the Yang model of noncommutative geometry on a curved spacetime. Starting…Tea Martinic Bilac, Stjepan Meljanac, Salvatore Mignemi·Jun 3, 2026SaveLearn
Off-shell Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Holographic CFTs Dual to Charged AdS Black HolesWe study the thermodynamics and phase structure of holographic conformal field theories dual to spherically symmetric charged AdS black holes using an off-shell free energy. We consider three…Debabrata Sahu, Chandrasekhar Bhamidipati·Jun 3, 2026SaveLearn
Resonance transformations for the (2,2p+1) minimal string via x-y swap: a proof of Artemev's conjectureThis paper contains a proof of a recent conjecture of Artemev that connected the resonance transformations for the (2,2p+1) minimal string to the x-y swap in the theory of topological recursion.Kornelis Dekinga, Sergey Shadrin, Erik Verlinde·Jun 3, 2026SaveLearn
Chiral Transport in Metric-Affine GeometriesAnomalous transport in equilibrium fermionic fluids chirally coupled to background Weyl-type nonmetricity is studied. A formal descent analysis is carried out in which the dependence of the anomaly…Miguel A. Vazquez-Mozo·Jun 3, 2026SaveLearn
Self-dual higher spin theory: Poincaré invariance and new solutionsIn this paper we study the self-dual higher spin theory in 4d recently proposed in arXiv:2209.01966. The typical vacuum of higher spin theories is an empty AdS space-time. We consider solutions of…I. S. Faliakhov·Jun 3, 2026SaveLearn