2 papers
hep-th2026
Before the Bang: Wormholes at the Dawn of the Universe
Panos Betzios, Paul Ghiringhelli, Ioannis D. Gialamas +1
This essay discusses recent progress on Euclidean wormholes as candidate contributions to the Universe's initial quantum state. The comparison with the Hartle-Hawking no-boundary p…
cond-mat.quant-gas2026
Quantum phase diagrams for bosons in hexagonal optical potentials: A continuous-space quantum Monte Carlo study
Danilo Nascimento Guimaraes, Laurent Sanchez-Palencia
Hexagonal optical lattices, emulating graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) structures, provide a versatile platform for exploring strongly correlated quantum matter. Using c…