M. Anber

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20062026

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hep-th2026

Gaugino condensates in $N = 1$ super-Yang-Mills Theory on Eguchi-Hanson space

Mohamed M. Anber

We study gaugino condensates in $N = 1$ $S U (N)$ super-Yang--Mills theory on Eguchi--Hanson space using instanton methods. Fractional topological charge and the spectral asy…

hep-th2026

$S$ -duality, boundary states, and higher-form symmetries on ALE spaces

Mohamed M. Anber

We study Abelian $S$ -duality of Maxwell theory on $A$ -type asymptotically locally Euclidean (ALE) spaces. Unlike on closed four-manifolds, the Maxwell path integral on an ALE space…

hep-th2025

Anomalies on ALE spaces and phases of gauge theory

Mohamed M. Anber

We show that certain 't Hooft anomalies not detected by standard closed four-dimensional probes can become visible when a quantum field theory is placed on asymptotically locally E…

hep-th2025

Mass-deformed Super Yang-Mills theory on $T^{4}$ : sum over twisted sectors, $θ$ -angle, and CP violation

Mohamed M. Anber, Erich Poppitz

We study $S U (N)$ super Yang-Mills theory with a small gaugino mass $m$ and vacuum angle $θ$ on the four-torus $T^{4}$ with 't Hooft twisted boundary conditions. Introducing…

hep-th2025

Gauging the Standard Model 1-form symmetry via gravitational instantons

Mohamed M. Anber

We investigate the fate of the Standard Model (SM) $Z_{6}^{(1)}$ electric $1$ -form global symmetry in the background of gravitational instantons, focusing on Eguchi-Hanson (E…

hep-th2025

On the moduli space of multi-fractional instantons on the twisted $T^{4}$

Mohamed M. Anber, Andrew A. Cox, Erich Poppitz

The moduli space of self-dual $S U (N)$ Yang-Mills instantons on $T^{4}$ of topological charge $Q = r / N$ , $1 \leq r \leq N - 1$ , is of current interest, yet is not fully understo…

hep-th2024

The Nahm transform of multi-fractional instantons

Mohamed M. Anber, Erich Poppitz

We embed the multi-fractional instantons of $S U (N)$ gauge theories on $T^{4}$ with 't Hooft twisted boundary conditions into $U (N)$ bundles and use the Nahm transform to stud…

hep-th2024

Higher-order gaugino condensates on a twisted $T^{4}$ : In the beginning was semi-classics

Mohamed M. Anber, Erich Poppitz

We compute the gaugino condensates, $⟨ \prod_{i = 1}^{k} tr (λλ) (x_{i}) ⟩$ for $1$ $\leq$ $k$ $\leq$ $N - 1$ , in $S U (N)$ super Yang-Mills theory on a small fou…

hep-th2024

Global aspects of $3$ -form gauge theory: implications for axion-Yang-Mills systems

Mohamed M. Anber, Samson Y. L. Chan

We investigate the proposition that axion-Yang-Mills systems are characterized by a $3$ -form gauge theory in the deep infrared regime. This hypothesis is rigorously examined by ini…

hep-th2023

Noninvertible symmetries and anomalies from gauging $1$ -form electric centers

Mohamed M. Anber, Samson Y. L. Chan

We devise a general method for obtaining $0$ -form noninvertible discrete chiral symmetries in $4$ -dimensional $S U (N) / Z_{p}$ and $S U (N) \times U (1) / Z_{p}$ gauge theories…

hep-th2023

Breaking Free with AI: The Deconfinement Transition

Christian Ermann, Stephen Baker, Mohamed M. Anber

Employing supervised machine learning techniques, we investigate the deconfinement phase transition within $4$ -dimensional $S U (2)$ Yang-Mills (YM) theory, compactified on a small c…

hep-th2023★ 1 cited

2-index chiral gauge theories

Mohamed M. Anber, Samson Y. L. Chan

We undertake a systematic study of the $4$ -dimensional $S U (N)$ $2$ -index chiral gauge theories and investigate their faithful global symmetries and dynamics. These are a finite set…

hep-th2023

Multi-fractional instantons in $S U (N)$ Yang-Mills theory on the twisted $T^{4}$

Mohamed M. Anber, Erich Poppitz

We construct analytical self-dual Yang-Mills fractional instanton solutions on a four-torus $T^{4}$ with 't Hooft twisted boundary conditions. These instantons possess topol…

hep-th2023

Remarks on QCD $_{4}$ with fundamental and adjoint matter

Mohamed M. Anber, Nakarin Lohitsiri, Tin Sulejmanpasic

We study 4-dimensional SU(N) gauge theory with one adjoint Weyl fermion and fundamental matter - either bosonic or fermionic. Symmetries, their 't Hooft anomalies, and the Vafa-Wit…

hep-th2023

Noninvertible anomalies in $S U (N) \times U (1)$ gauge theories

Mohamed M. Anber, Erich Poppitz

We study $4$ -dimensional $S U (N) \times U (1)$ gauge theories with a single massless Dirac fermion in the $2$ -index symmetric/antisymmetric representations and show that they are endo…

hep-th2022★ 21 cited

The gaugino condensate from asymmetric four-torus with twists

Mohamed M. Anber, Erich Poppitz

We calculate the gaugino condensate in $S U (2)$ super Yang-Mills theory on an asymmetric four-torus $T^{4}$ with 't Hooft's twisted boundary conditions. The $T^{4}$ asym…

hep-th2021★ 24 cited

New Anomalies, TQFTs, and Confinement in Bosonic Chiral Gauge Theories

Mohamed M. Anber, Sungwoo Hong, Minho Son

We study a class of 4-dimensional $S U (N)$ chiral gauge theories with fermions in the 2-index symmetric and antisymmetric representations and classify their infrared phases. The cho…

hep-th2021★ 16 cited

Condensates and anomaly cascade in vector-like theories

Mohamed M. Anber

We study the bilinear and higher-order fermion condensates in $4$ -dimensional $S U (N)$ gauge theories with a single Dirac fermion in a general representation. Augmented with a mixed…

hep-th2020★ 6 cited

Natural inflation, strong dynamics, and the role of generalized anomalies

Mohamed M. Anber, Stephen Baker

We revisit models of natural inflation and show that the single-field effective theory described by the potential $V (a) \sim cos \frac{a}{f}$ breaks down as the inflaton $a$ makes l…

hep-th2020★ 27 cited

Generalized 't Hooft anomalies on non-spin manifolds

Mohamed M. Anber, Erich Poppitz

We study the mixed anomaly between the discrete chiral symmetry and general baryon-color-flavor (BCF) backgrounds in $S U (N_{c})$ gauge theories with $N_{f}$ flavors of Dirac fermions i…

hep-th2020★ 23 cited

Deconfinement on axion domain walls

Mohamed M. Anber, Erich Poppitz

We study $S U (N_{c})$ gauge theories with Dirac fermions in representations $R$ of nonzero $N$ -ality, coupled to axions. These theories have an exact discrete chiral symmetry,…

hep-th2019★ 45 cited

On the baryon-color-flavor (BCF) anomaly in vector-like theories

Mohamed M. Anber, Erich Poppitz

We consider the most general fractional background fluxes in the color, flavor, and baryon number directions, compatible with the faithful action of the global symmetry of a given…

hep-th2019★ 16 cited

Self-conjugate QCD

Mohamed M. Anber

We carry out a systematic study of $S U (6)$ Yang-Mills theory endowed with fermions in the adjoint and $3$ -index antisymmetric mixed-representation. The fermion bilinear in the $3$ -…

hep-th2018★ 50 cited

Domain walls in high-T SU(N) super Yang-Mills theory and QCD(adj)

Mohamed M. Anber, Erich Poppitz

We study the domain walls in hot $4$ -D $S U (N)$ super Yang-Mills theory and QCD(adj), with $n_{f}$ Weyl flavors. We find that the $k$ -wall worldvolume theory is $2$ -D QCD with gauge g…

Gaugino condensates in N=1 super-Yang-Mills Theory on Eguchi-Hanson space

S-duality, boundary states, and higher-form symmetries on ALE spaces

Anomalies on ALE spaces and phases of gauge theory

Mass-deformed Super Yang-Mills theory on T4: sum over twisted sectors, θ-angle, and CP violation

Gauging the Standard Model 1-form symmetry via gravitational instantons

On the moduli space of multi-fractional instantons on the twisted T4

The Nahm transform of multi-fractional instantons

Higher-order gaugino condensates on a twisted T4: In the beginning was semi-classics

Global aspects of 3-form gauge theory: implications for axion-Yang-Mills systems

Noninvertible symmetries and anomalies from gauging 1-form electric centers

Breaking Free with AI: The Deconfinement Transition

2-index chiral gauge theories

Multi-fractional instantons in SU(N) Yang-Mills theory on the twisted T4

Remarks on QCD4​ with fundamental and adjoint matter

Noninvertible anomalies in SU(N)×U(1) gauge theories

The gaugino condensate from asymmetric four-torus with twists

New Anomalies, TQFTs, and Confinement in Bosonic Chiral Gauge Theories

Condensates and anomaly cascade in vector-like theories

Natural inflation, strong dynamics, and the role of generalized anomalies

Generalized 't Hooft anomalies on non-spin manifolds

Deconfinement on axion domain walls

On the baryon-color-flavor (BCF) anomaly in vector-like theories

Self-conjugate QCD

Domain walls in high-T SU(N) super Yang-Mills theory and QCD(adj)

Gaugino condensates in $N = 1$ super-Yang-Mills Theory on Eguchi-Hanson space

$S$ -duality, boundary states, and higher-form symmetries on ALE spaces

Mass-deformed Super Yang-Mills theory on $T^{4}$ : sum over twisted sectors, $θ$ -angle, and CP violation

On the moduli space of multi-fractional instantons on the twisted $T^{4}$

Higher-order gaugino condensates on a twisted $T^{4}$ : In the beginning was semi-classics

Global aspects of $3$ -form gauge theory: implications for axion-Yang-Mills systems

Noninvertible symmetries and anomalies from gauging $1$ -form electric centers

Multi-fractional instantons in $S U (N)$ Yang-Mills theory on the twisted $T^{4}$

Remarks on QCD $_{4}$ with fundamental and adjoint matter

Noninvertible anomalies in $S U (N) \times U (1)$ gauge theories