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Linearised gravity as edge modes & manifest duality and Lorentz covariance
Calvin Y. -R. Chen, Euihun Joung, Karapet Mkrtchyan
We present the first formulation of linearised gravity in four dimensions which is manifestly Lorentz covariant and democratic, i.e. treats the two frames related by electric-magne…
Holomorphic structure of massive scalar fields in
Calvin Y. -R. Chen, Lukas W. Lindwasser, Massimo Porrati
Scalar field theories in with integer scaling dimensions are characterised by the existence of a pair of (anti-)holomorphic higher-spin currents. We exp…
You've got a Freund--Rubin in Me: The Aretakis Instability of Extremal Black Branes
Calvin Y. -R. Chen, Áron D. Kovács
We investigate how the Aretakis instability affects non-dilatonic extremal black -branes by focusing on their near-horizon geometry. Crucially, the strength of the instability,…
Higher-order chiral scalar from boundary reduction of 3d higher-spin gravity
Calvin Yi-Ren Chen, Euihun Joung, Karapet Mkrtchyan +1
We use a recently proposed covariant procedure to reduce the Chern-Simons action of three-dimensional higher-spin gravity to the boundary, resulting in a Lorentz covariant action f…
Deformations of Extremal Black Holes and the UV
Calvin Y. -R. Chen, Claudia de Rham, Andrew J. Tolley
It has recently been noted that deformations of extremal AdS black holes in four and higher dimensions are generically non-smooth or singular on the horizon. Further, it was found…
Surfin' pp-waves with Good Vibrations: Causality in the presence of stacked shockwaves
Calvin Y. -R. Chen, Claudia de Rham, Aoibheann Margalit +1
Relativistic causality constrains the -matrix both through its analyticity, and by imposing lower bounds on the scattering time delay. These bounds are easiest to determine for…
A cautionary case of casual causality
Calvin Y. -R. Chen, Claudia de Rham, Aoibheann Margalit +1
We distinguish between the notions of asymptotic causality and infrared causality for gravitational effective field theories, and show that the latter gives constraints consistent…
Quantifying athermality and quantum induced deviations from classical fluctuation relations
Zoe Holmes, Erick Hinds Mingo, Calvin Y. -R. Chen +1
In recent years a quantum information theoretic framework has emerged for incorporating non-classical phenomena into fluctuation relations. Here we elucidate this framework by expl…