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The 't Hooft equation as a quantum spectral curve
David Vegh
In an attempt to establish a link between different quantization methods, I examine the massless 't Hooft equation, which governs meson bound state wavefunctions in 2d SU(N) gauge…
Complex geodesics in de Sitter space
Shira Chapman, Damián A. Galante, Eleanor Harris +2
The two-point function of a free massive scalar field on a fixed background can be evaluated in the large mass limit by using a semiclassical geodesic approximation. In de Sitter s…
What lies beyond the horizon of a holographic p-wave superconductor
Lewis Sword, David Vegh
We study the planar anti-de Sitter black hole in the p-wave holographic superconductor model. We identify a critical coupling value which determines the type of phase transition. B…
Segmented strings, brane tilings, and the Y-system
David Vegh
I show that the motion of a closed string consisting of segments in AdS can be embedded into the mutation dynamics of the brane tiling. The determinant of the Kas…
Kasner geometries inside holographic superconductors
Lewis Sword, David Vegh
The recent study of holographic superconductors has shown the emergence of a Kasner universe behind the event horizon. This paper serves to add to the discussion by introducing two…
The spectral curve of segmented strings
David Vegh
I show how to compute the spectral curve of piecewise linear Nambu-Goto strings in three-dimensional anti-de Sitter spacetime in terms of `celestial' embedding variables.