2 papers
hep-th2026
Stochastic inflation as an open quantum system II: open effective field theory and stochastic matching
Yue-Zhou Li
We further develop the proposal in Phys.\ Rev.\ Lett.\ \textbf{136} 071501 that interprets stochastic inflation as an open quantum system, by constructing the open effective field…
hep-th2026
Bouncing singularities and thermal correlators on line defects
Simone Giombi, Yue-Zhou Li, Jieru Shan
Thermal correlators in holographic conformal field theories are known to exhibit singularities in complex time, sometimes referred to as ``bouncing singularities", which are believ…