3 papers
hep-th2026
Geodesics from Quantum Field Theory: A Case Study in AdS
Vaibhav Burman, Chethan Krishnan, Livesh Parajuli
Localized one-particle states of a quantum field theory--whether in flat space or on a curved background--are expected to exhibit geodesic motion in an appropriate semiclassical re…
hep-th2024
A Bottom-Up Approach to Black Hole Microstates
Vaibhav Burman, Chethan Krishnan
In arXiv:2312.14108, we argued that a sliver at the black hole mass in the Hilbert space of a quantum field theory on an AdS black hole with a stretched horizon, has many desirable…
hep-th2023
A Smooth Horizon without a Smooth Horizon
Vaibhav Burman, Suchetan Das, Chethan Krishnan
Recent observations on type III algebras in AdS/CFT raise the possibility that smoothness of the black hole horizon is an emergent feature of the large- limit. In this paper, we…