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An Observer in de Sitter Space, and Rereading Everett
Edward Witten
After re-examining a classic article by Hugh Everett, I will discuss the entropy of de Sitter space from the standpoint of an observer living in the space. This provides a nice exa…
A Note on Corrections to Entanglement Wedge Reconstruction
Edward Witten
If entanglement wedge reconstruction is exact, then (under certain assumptions) the area term in the RT formula is a c-number, indicating that the choice of a bulk quantum state do…
Localization of strings on group manifolds
Sameer Murthy, Edward Witten
We compute the partition function of the WZW model with target a compact Lie group by adapting a method used by Choi and Takhtajan to compute the heat kernel of the group manif…
Introduction to Black Hole Thermodynamics
Edward Witten
These notes aim to provide an introduction to the basics of black hole thermodynamics. After explaining Bekenstein's original proposal that black holes have entropy, we discuss Haw…
Instantons and the Large N=4 Algebra
Edward Witten
We investigate the differential geometry of the moduli space of instantons on S^3 x S^1. Extending previous results, we show that a sigma-model with this target space can be expect…
Scale and Conformal Invariance in 2d Sigma Models, with an Application to N=4 Supersymmetry
Georgios Papadopoulos, Edward Witten
By adapting previously known arguments concerning Ricci flow and the c-theorem, we give a direct proof that in a two-dimensional sigma-model with compact target space, scale invari…
Axions In String Theory
Peter Svrcek, Edward Witten
In the context of string theory, axions appear to provide the most plausible solution of the strong CP problem. However, as has been known for a long time, in many string-based mod…
Adding Fundamental Matter to ``Chiral Rings and Anomalies in Supersymmetric Gauge Theory''
Nathan Seiberg
We consider a supersymmetric U(N) gauge theory with matter fields in the adjoint, fundamental and anti-fundamental representations. As in the framework which was put forward by Dij…
Chiral Rings and Anomalies in Supersymmetric Gauge Theory
Freddy Cachazo, Michael R. Douglas, Nathan Seiberg +1
Motivated by recent work of Dijkgraaf and Vafa, we study anomalies and the chiral ring structure in a supersymmetric U(N) gauge theory with an adjoint chiral superfield and an arbi…