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Composite gravity from a metric-independent theory of fermions
Christopher D. Carone, Joshua Erlich, Diana Vaman
We present a metric-independent, diffeomorphism-invariant model with interacting fermions that contains a massless composite graviton in its spectrum. The model is motivated by the…
Curved Backgrounds in Emergent Gravity
Shikha Chaurasia, Joshua Erlich, Yiyu Zhou
Field theories that are generally covariant but nongravitational at tree level typically give rise to an emergent gravitational interaction whose strength depends on a physical reg…
Emergent Gravity from Vanishing Energy-Momentum Tensor
Christopher D. Carone, Joshua Erlich, Diana Vaman
A constraint of vanishing energy-momentum tensor is motivated by a variety of perspectives on quantum gravity. We demonstrate in a concrete example how this constraint leads to a m…
Deconstructing Superconductivity
Dylan Albrecht, Christopher D. Carone, Joshua Erlich
We present a dimensionally deconstructed model of an s-wave holographic superconductor. The 2+1 dimensional model includes multiple charged Cooper pair fields and neutral exciton f…
Holographic Electroweak Symmetry Breaking from D-branes
Christopher D. Carone, Joshua Erlich, Marc Sher
We observe several interesting phenomena in a technicolor-like model of electroweak symmetry breaking based on the D4-D8-D8bar system of Sakai and Sugimoto. The benefit of holograp…
SUSY Moose Runs and Hops: An extra dimension from a broken deformed CFT
Joshua Erlich, Jong Anly Tan
We find a class of four dimensional deformed conformal field theories which appear extra dimensional when their gauge symmetries are spontaneously broken. The theories are supersym…
Emerging Holography
Joshua Erlich, Graham D. Kribs, Ian Low
We rederive AdS/CFT predictions for infrared two-point functions by an entirely four dimensional approach, without reference to holography. This approach, originally due to Migdal…
Matrix Models, Monopoles and Modified Moduli
Joshua Erlich, Sungho Hong, Mithat Unsal
Motivated by the Dijkgraaf-Vafa correspondence, we consider the matrix model duals of N=1 supersymmetric SU(Nc) gauge theories with Nf flavors. We demonstrate via the matrix model…
Holographic Weyl Entropy Bounds
Andrew Chamblin, Joshua Erlich
We consider the entropy bounds recently conjectured by Fischler, Susskind and Bousso, and proven in certain cases by Flanagan, Marolf and Wald (FMW). One of the FMW derivations sup…
Seiberg-Witten Description of the Deconstructed 6D (0,2) Theory
Csaba Csaki, Joshua Erlich, John Terning
It has recently been suggested that, in a large N limit, a particular four dimensional gauge theory is indistinguishable from the six dimensional CFT with (0,2) supersymmetry compa…
Exact Results in 5D from Instantons and Deconstruction
C. Csaki, J. Erlich, V. V. Khoze +3
We consider non-perturbative effects in theories with extra dimensions and the deconstructed versions of these theories. We establish the rules for instanton calculations in 5D the…
Gravitational Lorentz Violations and Adjustment of the Cosmological Constant in Asymmetrically Warped Spacetimes
Csaba Csaki, Joshua Erlich, Christophe Grojean
We investigate spacetimes in which the speed of light along flat 4D sections varies over the extra dimensions due to different warp factors for the space and the time coordinates (…
General Properties of the Self-tuning Domain Wall Approach to the Cosmological Constant Problem
Csaba Csaki, Joshua Erlich, Christophe Grojean +1
We study the dynamics of brane worlds coupled to a scalar field and gravity, and find that self-tuning of the cosmological constant is generic in theories with at most two branes o…
Graviton Propagators, Brane Bending and Bending of Light in Theories with Quasi-Localized Gravity
Csaba Csaki, Joshua Erlich, Timothy J. Hollowood
We derive the graviton propagator on the brane for theories with quasi-localized gravity. In these models the ordinary 4D graviton is replaced by a resonance in the spectrum of mas…
Holographic RG and Cosmology in Theories with Quasi-Localized Gravity
Csaba Csaki, Joshua Erlich, Timothy J. Hollowood +1
We study the long distance behaviour of brane theories with quasi-localized gravity. The 5D effective theory at large scales follows from a holographic renormalization group flow.…
Black Diamonds at Brane Junctions
Andrew Chamblin, Csaba Csaki, Joshua Erlich +1
We discuss the properties of black holes in brane-world scenarios where our universe is viewed as a four-dimensional sub-manifold of some higher-dimensional spacetime. We consider…
Universal Aspects of Gravity Localized on Thick Branes
Csaba Csaki, Joshua Erlich, Timothy J. Hollowood +1
We study gravity in backgrounds that are smooth generalizations of the Randall-Sundrum model, with and without scalar fields. These generalizations include three-branes in higher d…
Marginal Deformations from Branes
Joshua Erlich, Amihay Hanany, Asad Naqvi
We study brane configurations for four dimensional N=1 supersymmetric gauge theories with quartic superpotentials which flow in the infrared to manifolds of interacting superconfor…
Nonperturbative Tests of the Parent/Orbifold Correspondence in Supersymmetric Gauge Theories
J. Erlich, A. Naqvi
It has been shown that a procedure analogous to orbifolding in string theory, when applied to certain large N field theories, leaves correlators invariant perturbatively. We test n…
The Coulomb Branch of N=2 Supersymmetric Product Group Theories from Branes
J. Erlich, A. Naqvi, L. Randall
We determine the low energy description of N=2 supersymmetric SU(k) product group theories with bifundamental and fundamental matter based on M-theory fivebrane configurations. The…
Positivity Constraints on Anomalies in Supersymmetric Gauge Theories
D. Anselmi, J. Erlich, D. Z. Freedman +1
The relation between the trace and R-current anomalies in supersymmetric theories implies that the U, U and U anomalies which are matched in studies of N=…
N=1 Supersymmetric Product Group Theories in the Coulomb Phase
Csaba Csaki, Joshua Erlich, Daniel Freedman +1
We study the low-energy behavior of N=1 supersymmetric gauge theories with product gauge groups SU(N)^M and M chiral superfields transforming in the fundamental representation of t…
Conformal Symmetry and the Chiral Anomaly
Joshua Erlich, Daniel Z. Freedman
Two-loop contributions to the anomalous correlation function <J_mu(x)J_nu(y)J_rho(z)> of three chiral currents are calculated by a method based on the conformal properties of massl…