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most citedLiouville Action as Path-Integral Complexity: From Continuous Tensor Networks to AdS/CFT

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hep-th2026

A comparison of two constructions for dynamical corrections to Wald entropy

Sayantani Bhattacharyya, Parthajit Biswas, Nilay Kundu

In this work, we analyze the differences and similarities between two recent constructions, which are distinct in their methodologies for extending the Wald entropy of stationary b…

hep-th2024

A classical Bousso bound for higher derivative corrections to general relativity

Sayantani Bhattacharyya, Parthajit Biswas, Nilay Kundu

Focussing on theories for which the higher derivative terms are considered as small corrections in the Lagrangian to Einstein's two-derivative theory of general relativity (GR), we…

hep-th2024★ 5 cited

Inflationary non-Gaussianities in alpha vacua and consistency with conformal symmetries

Arhum Ansari, Pinak Banerjee, Prateksh Dhivakar +2

We study the conformal invariance of inflationary non-Gaussianities associated with scalar fluctuations in a non-Bunch-Davies initial state, known as the -vacuum, in single-fiel…

hep-th2023★ 5 cited

Entropy-current for dynamical black holes in Chern-Simons theories of gravity

Ishan Deo, Prateksh Dhivakar, Nilay Kundu

We construct an entropy current and establish a local version of the classical second law of thermodynamics for dynamical black holes in Chern-Simons (CS) theories of gravity. We w…

hep-th2022★ 8 cited

A CFT interpretation of cosmological correlation functions in vacua in de-Sitter space

Sachin Jain, Nilay Kundu, Suman Kundu +2

de-Sitter(dS) space allows for a generalized class of vacua, known as vacua, described by some parameters. The Bunch-Davies (BD) vacua is a point in this parameter space. The c…

hep-th2022★ 16 cited

Non-minimal coupling of scalar and gauge fields with gravity: an entropy current and linearized second law

Parthajit Biswas, Prateksh Dhivakar, Nilay Kundu

This work extends the proof of a local version of the linearized second law involving an entropy current with non-negative divergence by including the arbitrary non-minimal couplin…

hep-th2022★ 18 cited

The zeroth law of black hole thermodynamics in arbitrary higher derivative theories of gravity

Sayantani Bhattacharyya, Parthajit Biswas, Anirban Dinda +1

We consider diffeomorphism invariant theories of gravity with arbitrary higher derivative terms in the Lagrangian as corrections to the leading two derivative theory of Einstein's…

hep-th2021

An entropy current and the second law in higher derivative theories of gravity

Sayantani Bhattacharyya, Prateksh Dhivakar, Anirban Dinda +3

We construct a proof of the second law of thermodynamics in an arbitrary diffeomorphism invariant theory of gravity working within the approximation of linearized dynamical fluctua…

hep-th2019★ 22 cited

An entropy current for dynamical black holes in four-derivative theories of gravity

Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya, Sayantani Bhattacharyya, Anirban Dinda +1

We propose an entropy current for dynamical black holes in a theory with arbitrary four derivative corrections to Einstein's gravity, linearized around a stationary black hole. The…

hep-th2018★ 125 cited

Path-Integral Complexity for Perturbed CFTs

Arpan Bhattacharyya, Pawel Caputa, Sumit R. Das +3

In this work, we formulate a path-integral optimization for two dimensional conformal field theories perturbed by relevant operators. We present several evidences how this optimiza…

hep-th2017★ 276 cited

Liouville Action as Path-Integral Complexity: From Continuous Tensor Networks to AdS/CFT

Pawel Caputa, Nilay Kundu, Masamichi Miyaji +2

We propose an optimization procedure for Euclidean path-integrals that evaluate CFT wave functionals in arbitrary dimensions. The optimization is performed by minimizing certain fu…

hep-th2017★ 246 cited

Anti-de Sitter Space from Optimization of Path Integrals in Conformal Field Theories

Pawel Caputa, Nilay Kundu, Masamichi Miyaji +2

We introduce a new optimization procedure for Euclidean path integrals which compute wave functionals in conformal field theories (CFTs). We optimize the background metric in the s…

hep-th2017★ 21 cited

Towards a second law for Lovelock theories

Sayantani Bhattacharyya, Felix M. Haehl, Nilay Kundu +2

In classical general relativity described by Einstein-Hilbert gravity, black holes behave as thermodynamic objects. In particular, the laws of black hole mechanics can be interpret…

hep-th2016★ 4 cited

Fundamental Flavours, Fields and Fixed Points: A Brief Account

Arnab Kundu, Nilay Kundu

In this article we report on a preliminary study, {\it via} Holography, of infrared fixed points in a putative strongly coupled SU gauge theory, with fundamental matte…

hep-th2016★ 18 cited

On the surface of superfluids

Jay Armas, Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya, Akash Jain +1

Developing on a recent work on localized bubbles of ordinary relativistic fluids, we study the comparatively richer leading order surface physics of relativistic superfluids, coupl…

hep-th2015★ 24 cited

Surface transport in plasma-balls

Jay Armas, Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya, Nilay Kundu

We study the surface transport properties of stationary localized configurations of relativistic fluids to the first two non-trivial orders in a derivative expansion. By demanding…

hep-th2015

Exploring Lovelock theory moduli space for Schroedinger solutions

Dileep P. Jatkar, Nilay Kundu

We look for Schroedinger solutions in Lovelock gravity in . We span the entire parameter space and determine parametric relations under which the Schroedinger solution exist…

hep-th2015★ 95 cited

Ward Identities for Scale and Special Conformal Transformations in Inflation

Nilay Kundu, Ashish Shukla, Sandip P. Trivedi

We derive the general Ward identities for scale and special conformal transformations in theories of single field inflation. Our analysis is model independent and based on symmetry…

hep-th2014★ 101 cited

Constraints from Conformal Symmetry on the Three Point Scalar Correlator in Inflation

Nilay Kundu, Ashish Shukla, Sandip P. Trivedi

Using symmetry considerations, we derive Ward identities which relate the three point function of scalar perturbations produced during inflation to the scalar four point function,…

hep-th2014★ 74 cited

A Strongly Coupled Anisotropic Fluid From Dilaton Driven Holography

Sachin Jain, Nilay Kundu, Kallol Sen +2

We consider a system consisting of dimensional gravity with a negative cosmological constant coupled to a massless scalar, the dilaton. We construct a black brane solution whic…

hep-th2014★ 121 cited

Conformal Invariance and the Four Point Scalar Correlator in Slow-Roll Inflation

Archisman Ghosh, Nilay Kundu, Suvrat Raju +1

We calculate the four point correlation function for scalar perturbations in the canonical model of slow-roll inflation. We work in the leading slow-roll approximation where the ca…

hep-th2013★ 30 cited

Interpolating from Bianchi Attractors to Lifshitz and AdS Spacetimes

Shamit Kachru, Nilay Kundu, Arpan Saha +2

We construct classes of smooth metrics which interpolate from Bianchi attractor geometries of Types II, III, VI and IX in the IR to Lifshitz or geometries in the…

hep-th2013★ 60 cited

Extremal Horizons with Reduced Symmetry: Hyperscaling Violation, Stripes, and a Classification for the Homogeneous Case

Norihiro Iizuka, Shamit Kachru, Nilay Kundu +4

Classifying the zero-temperature ground states of quantum field theories with finite charge density is a very interesting problem. Via holography, this problem is mapped to the cla…

hep-th2012★ 35 cited

Entangled Dilaton Dyons

Nilay Kundu, Prithvi Narayan, Nilanjan Sircar +1

Einstein-Maxwell theory coupled to a dilaton is known to give rise to extremal solutions with hyperscaling violation. We study the behaviour of these solutions in the presence of a…