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hep-th2022★ 19 cited

Hierarchies of RG flows in 6d massive E-strings

Marco Fazzi, Simone Giacomelli, Suvendu Giri

We extend the analysis of arXiv:2208.11703 to the 6d SCFTs known as massive E-string theories, which can be engineered in massive Type IIA with D8-branes close to…

hep-th2022★ 4 cited

Taming the 11D pure spinor b-ghost

Max Guillen

We provide an alternative compact expression for the 11D pure spinor b-ghost by introducing a new set of negative ghost number operators made out of non-minimal pure spinor variabl…

hep-th2022★ 9 cited

-Forms on the Celestial Sphere

Laura Donnay, Erfan Esmaeili, Carlo Heissenberg

We construct a basis of conformal primary wavefunctions (CPWs) for -form fields in any dimension, calculating their scalar products and exhibiting the change of basis between co…

hep-th2022★ 9 cited

Features of a dark energy model in string theory

Souvik Banerjee, Ulf Danielsson, Suvendu Giri

In this paper we clear up misconceptions concerning the dark bubble model as a realization of dark energy in string theory. In particular we point out important differences with Ra…

hep-th2022★ 2 cited

Dualities and loops on squashed

Charles Thull

We consider supersymmetric gauge theories on the squashed three-sphere with six preserved supercharges. We first discuss how Wilson and vortex loops preserve up to…

hep-th2022★ 93 cited

Non-invertible Symmetries of Class Theories

Vladimir Bashmakov, Michele Del Zotto, Azeem Hasan +1

We study the non-invertible symmetries of class theories obtained by compactifying the type 6d (2,0) theory on a genus Riemann surface with n…

hep-th2022★ 11 cited

Boundaries in Free Higher Derivative Conformal Field Theories

Adam Chalabi, Christopher P. Herzog, Krishnendu Ray +3

We consider free higher derivative theories of scalars and Dirac fermions in the presence of a boundary in general dimension. We establish a method for finding consistent conformal…

hep-th2022★ 39 cited

Completing the Fifth PN Precision Frontier via the EFT of Spinning Gravitating Objects

Michèle Levi, Zhewei Yin

We put forward a broader picture of the effective theory of a spinning particle within the EFT of spinning gravitating objects, through which we derive and establish the new precis…

hep-th2022★ 5 cited

From equivariant volumes to equivariant periods

Luca Cassia, Nicolo Piazzalunga, Maxim Zabzine

We consider generalizations of equivariant volumes of abelian GIT quotients obtained as partition functions of 1d, 2d, and 3d supersymmetric GLSM on , and $D^2 \times S^…

hep-th2022★ 7 cited

Cyclic products of Szegö kernels and spin structure sums I: hyper-elliptic formulation

Eric D'Hoker, Martijn Hidding, Oliver Schlotterer

The summation over spin structures, which is required to implement the GSO projection in the RNS formulation of superstring theories, often presents a significant impediment to the…

hep-th2022★ 24 cited

Perfecting one-loop BCJ numerators in SYM and supergravity

Alex Edison, Song He, Henrik Johansson +3

We take a major step towards computing -dimensional one-loop amplitudes in general gauge theories, compatible with the principles of unitarity and the color-kinematics duality.…

hep-th2022★ 72 cited

Classical Gravitational Observables from the Eikonal Operator

Paolo Di Vecchia, Carlo Heissenberg, Rodolfo Russo +1

We propose two possible eikonal operators encoding the effects of classical radiation as coherent states of gravitons and show how to compute from them different classical observab…

hep-th2022★ 19 cited

From the EFT of Spinning Gravitating Objects to Poincaré and Gauge Invariance at the 4.5PN Precision Frontier

Michèle Levi, Roger Morales, Zhewei Yin

We confirm the generalized actions of the complete NLO cubic-in-spin interactions for generic compact binaries which were first tackled via an extension of the EFT of spinning grav…

hep-th2022★ 33 cited

Angular Momentum Loss Due to Tidal Effects in the Post-Minkowskian Expansion

Carlo Heissenberg

We calculate the tidal corrections to the loss of angular momentum in a two-body collision at leading Post-Minkowskian order from an amplitude-based approach. The eikonal operator…

hep-th2022★ 49 cited

Tree-level amplitudes from the pure spinor superstring

Carlos R. Mafra, Oliver Schlotterer

We give a comprehensive review of recent developments on using the pure spinor formalism to compute massless superstring scattering amplitudes at tree level. The main results of th…

hep-th2022★ 9 cited

Towards equivariant Yang-Mills theory

Francesco Bonechi, Alberto S. Cattaneo, Maxim Zabzine

We study four dimensional gauge theories in the context of an equivariant extension of the Batalin-Vilkovisky (BV) formalism. We discuss the embedding of BV Yang-Mills (YM) theory…

hep-th2022★ 4 cited

Seven-dimensional super Yang-Mills at negative coupling

Joseph A. Minahan, Usman Naseer, Charles Thull

We consider the partition function for Euclidean super Yang-Mills on a squashed seven-sphere. We show that the localization locus of the partition function has instanton me…

hep-th2022★ 5 cited

The phase diagram of -deformed Yang-Mills theory on the sphere

Luca Griguolo, Rodolfo Panerai, Jacopo Papalini +1

We study the large- dynamics of -deformed two-dimensional Yang-Mills theory at genus zero. The 1/-expansion of the free energy is obtained by exploiting the associa…

hep-th2022★ 4 cited

McKay quivers and decomposition

Shani Meynet, Robert Moscrop

When a quantum field theory in -spacetime dimensions possesses a global -form symmetry, it can decompose into disjoint unions of other theories. This is reflected in the…

hep-th2022★ 24 cited

Back to Heterotic Strings on ALE Spaces: Part I -- Instantons, 2-groups and T-duality

Michele Del Zotto, Muyang Liu, Paul-Konstantin Oehlmann

In this paper we begin revisiting the little string theories (LSTs) which govern the dynamics of the instantonic heterotic five-branes probing ALE singularities, b…

hep-th2022★ 37 cited

NLO Quadratic-in-Spin Interactions for Generic Compact Binaries

Jung-Wook Kim, Michèle Levi, Zhewei Yin

We derive the third subleading (NLO) corrections of the quadratic-in-spin sectors via the EFT of spinning objects in post-Newtonian (PN) gravity. These corrections consist of c…

hep-th2022★ 21 cited

Modular graph forms from equivariant iterated Eisenstein integrals

Daniele Dorigoni, Mehregan Doroudiani, Joshua Drewitt +5

The low-energy expansion of closed-string scattering amplitudes at genus one introduces infinite families of non-holomorphic modular forms called modular graph forms. Their differe…

hep-th2022★ 9 cited

Positivity, low twist dominance and CSDR for CFTs

Agnese Bissi, Aninda Sinha

We consider a crossing symmetric dispersion relation (CSDR) for CFT four point correlation with identical scalar operators, which is manifestly symmetric under the cross-ratios $u,…

hep-th2022★ 16 cited

Spinning correlators in SCFTs: Superspace and AdS amplitudes

Agnese Bissi, Giulia Fardelli, Andrea Manenti +1

We study four-point functions of spinning operators in the flavor current multiplet in four dimensional SCFTs, using superspace techniques. In particular we explici…