Gauge Theory of Gravity and the AdS/CFT CorrespondenceWe discuss the AdS/CFT correspondence from the viewpoint of the gauge-theoretic formulation of gravity, in which gravity is interpreted as a broken phase of conformal gauge symmetry. In the…Takeshi Fukuyama·May 30, 2026SaveLearn
Spacetime torsion signatures in neutrino oscillation physicsWe report on recent results concerning neutrino oscillation in the presence of background torsion. In the context of Einstein-Cartan theory, we find new oscillation formulas for constant torsion and…Capolupo Antonio, Monda Simone, Pisacane Gabriele et al.·May 30, 2026SaveLearn
The Triple TT-Like Flow in Quantum Field Theories: Irrelevant, Marginal, and RelevantWe introduce a one-parameter root-T T-like flow, ∂λL=Rλ1/α, which organizes stress-tensor deformations into irrelevant, marginal, and relevant branches.…H. Babaei-Aghbolagh, Bin Chen, Song He et al.·May 30, 2026SaveLearn
Massless Islands in Wedge HolographyEntanglement islands are most easily realized in doubly holographic models with massive gravitons or non-gravitating baths. In wedge holography, however, Neumann boundary conditions on both branes…Naman Kumar·May 30, 2026SaveLearn
Quantum scars from holographic boson starsQuantum many-body scars are atypical nonthermal states embedded in the chaotic spectrum that evade conventional ergodicity. We propose the asymptotically AdS mini-boson star as a holographic…Yan Liu, Ya-Wen Sun, Yuan-Tai Wang·May 30, 2026SaveLearn
Generating twisted Cherednik eigenfunctionsHamiltonians Hak of new integrable systems associated with the integer rays (1,a) (commutative subalgebras) of Ding-Iohara-Miki (DIM) algebra in the N-body representation are closely…A. Mironov, A. Morozov, A. Popolitov·May 30, 2026SaveLearn
Chern-Simons-like formulation of 3D MMG-like massive gravity modelsWe investigate the Chern-Simons-like formulation of 3D MMG-like massive gravity models that are "third-way consistent". Building on previous work on exotic massive gravities, we analyze a…Büşra Dedeoğlu, Mehmet Ozkan, Özgür Sarıoğlu·May 30, 2026SaveLearn
Symmetry Enhancement, SPT Absorption, and Duality in QED3Quantum Electrodynamics in 2+1 dimensions (QED3) with two Dirac fermions displays time reversal symmetry, nontrivial SPT phases and anomalies. The fate of this theory in its strongly coupled…Shai M. Chester, Zohar Komargodski·May 30, 2026SaveLearn
Dynamical Sauter-Schwinger pair creation process from Feynman perspective: Comparison of boundary- and initial-value approachesWe investigate the dynamical Sauter-Schwinger pair creation process from the vacuum by an electromagnetic background field using two alternative approaches. The first one is based on the Feynman…J. Z. Kamiński, A. Bechler, M. M. Majczak et al.·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Phase separation seeded by Z2 and U(1) topological defects from holographyWe study the interaction between spontaneous symmetry breaking and phase separation dynamics in holography. Using a double-quench protocol, the system first rapidly crosses the critical point and…Zi-Qiang Zhao, Zhang-Yu Nie, Jing-Fei Zhang et al.·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Two roles of Alexander in two Kashaev phasesThe crucial feature of resurgence theory is the ambiguity of non-perturbative behavior, reflected either in the different choices of integration contours or in the existence of several solutions to…Dmitry Galakhov, Alexei Morozov·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Brane flowsBased on effective D-brane actions, we present a generalisation of the Ricci flow that includes the flow of a theory with a n-form field strength for n≥ 0. This is a generalisation of both the…Georgios Papadopoulos, Kostas Skenderis·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Towards Bulk Locality: A Systematic Construction of Contact Interactions from Chord DiagramsChord diagrams encode boundary correlators in the double-scaled holographic Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model, but currently capture only a limited class of bulk interactions that yield pure power-law…Hao Dai, Yi-Li Wang, Yu-Ge Chen et al.·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
A Boolean-Lattice Perspective for All-Loop Two-Site Cosmological WavefunctionWe revisit the shifted-tree decomposition formula proposed in our previous work arXiv:2410.17192 for two-site cosmological wavefunction coefficients. For the two-site bubble-like family at arbitrary…Yanfeng Hang, Cong Shen·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Krylov Correlators in sl(2, R) Models: Exact Results and Holographic ComplexityIn holography, the complexity--momentum correspondence relates the increasing momentum of a point particle falling into an eternal black hole to the rate of growth of the Krylov complexity of the…Eleonora Alfinito, Matteo Beccaria·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Localisation of N = (2,2) theories on spindles of both twistsWe consider two-dimensional N=(2,2) supersymmetric field theories living on a spindle WCP[n1,n2]1. Starting from the spindle solutions of five-dimensional STU gauged…Imtak Jeon, Hyojoong Kim, Nakwoo Kim et al.·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
On gauging Abelian extensions of finite and U(1) groupsWe consider Abelian extensions of global symmetries of the form A G K, with A finite. For a quantum field theory T with symmetry G, we compare gauging G directly with…Riccardo Villa·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Krylov Complexity in Supersymmetric Large-N Quantum MechanicsWe study Krylov complexity in the large-N planar limit of the supersymmetric matrix quantum mechanical Veneziano--Wosiek model. In particular, we discuss the special features emerging at the…Eleonora Alfinito, Matteo Beccaria·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Nonlinear self-duality for arbitrary spin, superspin, and supersymmetry typeWe review the general formalism of duality rotations for N-extended (super)conformal gauge multiplets of arbitrary (super)spin in four dimensions, with N ≥ 0. Self-dual models for…Sergei M. Kuzenko·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Critical and multicritical Lee-Yang fixed points in the local potential approximationThe multicritical generalizations of the Lee-Yang universality class arise as renormalization-group fixed points of scalar field theories with complex iφ2n+1 interaction, n∈N, just…Dario Benedetti, Fanny Eustachon, Omar Zanusso·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Three-dimensional non-relativistic chiral massive higher-spin gravityWe obtain a non-relativistic chiral massive higher-spin gravity in a deformed AdS3 spacetime by applying a Lifshitz deformation and subsequent null reduction to chiral massless higher-spin gravity…Arpita Mitra, Debangshu Mukherjee, Tung Tran·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
The fate of Schwarzschild--de Sitter black holes: nonequilibrium evaporationWe present a fully analytic treatment of Schwarzschild--de~Sitter (SdS) black-hole evaporation in two-dimensional dilaton gravity with anomaly-induced backreaction. Starting from the spherical…Damien A. Easson·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
The String Theory PhotoverseString theory compactifications come with numerous U(1) factors, implying the presence of many hidden photons in the low-energy EFT. One may call this the ``string photoverse''. We argue…Thibaut Coudarchet, Arthur Hebecker, Joerg Jaeckel et al.·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Monodromy Pinning Defects in the Critical O(2N) ModelWe investigate a novel class of defects in the critical O(2N) model that preserve conformal symmetry along the defect, but not the symmetry under rotations transverse to the defect.…Petr Kravchuk, Alex Radcliffe·May 29, 2026SaveLearn
Entanglement C-functions of defects and interfaces in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theoryWe consider planar codimension-one defects and interfaces in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills (SYM) theory, realized by the D3/D5-brane intersection. Working in the probe limit, where the…Niko Jokela, Jani Kastikainen, José Manuel Penín et al.·May 29, 2026SaveLearn