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hep-th2026

Monopoles, Center Vortices, Confinement in (3+1)d, and the Lens-Space Twisted Partition Function

Yui Hayashi, Yuya Tanizaki

We propose the gauge-invariant criteria of center-vortex condensation and monopole condensation using the -symmetry twisted partition functions: The torus twist…

hep-th2026

The Resolved Elliptic Genus and the D1-D5 CFT

Marcel R. R. Hughes, Masaki Shigemori

This paper is a follow-up to the short paper arXiv:2509.19425, greatly expanding the discussion with examples and providing derivations and justifications of results presented ther…

hep-th2026

Holographic spectral functions for Sasaki-Einstein 5-manifolds

Yu Nakayama, Tadashi Okazaki

We investigate holographic spectral functions for general Sasaki-Einstein 5-manifolds dual to four-dimensional superconformal field theories, including supersymmetric indices, supe…

hep-th2025

Generalised Entanglement Entropies from Unit-Invariant Singular Value Decomposition

Pawel Caputa, Abhigyan Saha, Piotr Sułkowski

We introduce generalisations of von Neumann entanglement entropy that are invariant with respect to certain scale transformations. These constructions are based on the Unit-Invaria…

hep-th2025★ 1 cited

New analytic solutions of non-SUSY black branes in -D heterotic supergravity and the phase transition

Seiken Chikazawa, Koji Hashimoto

In the exploration of the vast string landscape, we provide new analytic solutions of non-SUSY black branes in 10-D heterotic supergravity which exhibit a phase transition. Our bla…

hep-th2025★ 1 cited

Supersymmetric zeta functions and determinants

Yu Nakayama, Tadashi Okazaki

We define supersymmetric zeta functions and supersymmetric determinants, which can reveal spectral properties complementary to those captured by the supersymmetric indices. They pl…

hep-th2025

Revisiting the -theorem with the ANEC

Nanami Nakamura, Yu Nakayama, Ung Nguyen

The fundamental theorem in renormalization group flows in two dimensions is the -theorem, which dictates that the number of degrees of freedom must decrease monotonically along…

hep-th2025★ 1 cited

Symmetry-resolved genuine multi-entropy: Haar random and graph states

Norihiro Iizuka, Simon Lin

We study the symmetry-resolved genuine multi-entropy, a measure that captures genuine multi-partite entanglement, in Haar random states and random graph states in the presence of a…

hep-th2025★ 1 cited

Conformal Blocks in 2d Carrollian/Galilean CFTs and Excited State Entanglement Entropy

Peng-Xiang Hao, Shunta Takahashi

We advance the study of flat space holography by computing the entanglement entropy of highly excited states in two-dimensional Carrollian/Galilean Conformal Field Theories (C/G CF…

hep-th2025★ 1 cited

A New Supersymmetry Index for the D1-D5 CFT

Marcel R. R. Hughes, Masaki Shigemori

We propose a new supersymmetry index for the D1-D5 CFT for , relevant to the AdS/CFT correspondence. In a novel formulation of symmetric orbifold CFTs based on the Sch…

hep-th2025★ 4 cited

Quantum Effects for Black Holes with On-Shell Amplitudes

Katsuki Aoki, Andrea Cristofoli, Hyun Jeong +2

We develop a framework based on modern amplitude techniques to analyze emission and absorption effects in black hole physics, including Hawking radiation. We first discuss quantum…

hep-th2025★ 1 cited

Complexity of Quadratic Quantum Chaos

Pallab Basu, Suman Das, Pratik Nandy

We investigate minimal two-body Hamiltonians with random interactions that generate spectra resembling those of Gaussian random matrices, a phenomenon we term quadratic quantum cha…

hep-th2025★ 2 cited

Effective Microstructure

Iosif Bena, Raphaël Dulac, Emil J. Martinec +3

In AdS/CFT duality, there are large families of smooth, horizonless microstate geometries that correspond to heavy pure states of the dual CFT. The metric and fluxes are co…

hep-th2025

Entanglement Suppression Due to Black Hole Scattering

Kazuki Doi, Tadashi Takayanagi

We consider the evolution of entanglement entropy in a two-dimensional conformal field theory with a holographic dual. Specifically, we are interested in a class of excited states…

hep-th2025★ 1 cited

Matter Coupling of Dirac Matter in the Context of the SYK Model: Non-Gaussian Random Couplings and Bulk Mass Deformations

Pak Hang Chris Lau, Chen-Te Ma, Jeff Murugan +1

We elaborate further on the matter coupling of Dirac matter in the SYK framework, incorporating non-Gaussian coupling distributions and bulk fermion mass effects. Our study analyze…

hep-th2025★ 4 cited

Free Probability approach to spectral and operator statistics in Rosenzweig-Porter random matrix ensembles

Viktor Jahnke, Pratik Nandy, Kuntal Pal +2

Utilizing the framework of free probability, we analyze the spectral and operator statistics of the Rosenzweig-Porter random matrix ensembles, which exhibit a rich phase structure…

hep-th2025★ 7 cited

Twisted Partition Functions as Order Parameters

Jun Maeda, Yuya Tanizaki

For quantum field theories with global symmetry, we can study the behavior of the partition function with the background gauge field to diagnose different quantum phases. For the c…

hep-th2025★ 7 cited

Bulk Reconstruction of Scalar Excitations in Flat/CCFT and the Flat Limit from (A)dS/CFT

Peng-Xiang Hao, Kotaro Shinmyo, Yu-ki Suzuki +2

We explore the reconstruction of bulk local states in three-dimensional flat spacetime (Flat) using states from two-dimensional Carrollian conformal field theories (CCFT),…

hep-th2025

York time in JT gravity

Onkar Parrikar, Sunil Kumar Sake

The notion of time in general relativity must arise from an internal clock, i.e., a degree of freedom in the gravitational theory internal to the system that can serve the role of…

hep-th2025★ 6 cited

Fortuity and Supergravity

Marcel R. R. Hughes, Masaki Shigemori

BPS states in holographic CFTs naturally split into those describing black holes in the bulk and those that do not, with black hole states only existing above a certain energy thre…

hep-th2025★ 3 cited

Center-vortex semiclassics with non-minimal 't Hooft fluxes on and center stabilization at large

Yui Hayashi, Yuya Tanizaki, Mithat Ünsal

We consider the semiclassical description of confinement for d Yang-Mills theory on small with non-minimal 't Hooft twist with …

hep-th2025★ 1 cited

-ality symmetry and SPT phases in (1+1)d

Jun Maeda, Tsubasa Oishi

Duality symmetries have been extensively investigated in various contexts, playing a crucial role in understanding quantum field theory and condensed matter theory. In this paper,…

hep-th2025★ 5 cited

Holographic Entanglement Entropy in the FLRW Universe

Toshifumi Noumi, Fumiya Sano, Yu-ki Suzuki

We compute a holographic entanglement entropy via Ryu--Takayanagi prescription in the three-dimensional Friedmann--Lemaître--Robertson--Walker universe. We consider two types of ho…

hep-th2025★ 5 cited

Energy-Momentum Tensor and D-term of Baryons in Top-down Holographic QCD

Shigeki Sugimoto, Taichi Tsukamoto

We study the energy-momentum tensor of a baryon in a top-down holographic QCD. In holographic QCD, the baryons are represented as solitons in a 5-dimensional gauge theory. We obtai…