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19972026
most citedHolography, a covariant c-function, and the geometry of the renormalization group

59 citations · 340 across the 33 of their papers we have counts for

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33 papers

hep-th2026

On Entropic Gravity from BFSS Matrix Theory

Korin Aldam-Tajima, Vatche Sahakian

We study Matrix theory at strong coupling in a setting describing two static objects a fixed distance apart, using numerical techniques. We reproduce the exact general relativistic…

hep-th2025

Why Emergence of Gravity in Matrix Theories is Entropic

Vatche Sahakian

Matrix theories exhibit the phenomenon of spacetime emergence in certain regimes of their dynamics. In this work, I posit that the key to this emergence is a hierarchy between two…

hep-th2021★ 1 cited

On Strongly Coupled Matrix Theory and Stochastic Quantization: A New Approach to Holographic Dualities

Nick Heller, Vatche Sahakian

Stochastic quantization provides an alternate approach to the computation of quantum observables, by stochastically sampling phase space in a path integral. Furthermore, the stocha…

hep-th2021

Emergent geometry through quantum entanglement in Matrix theories

Cameron Gray, Vatche Sahakian, William Warfield

In the setting of the Berenstein-Maldacena-Nastase Matrix theory, dual to light-cone M-theory in a PP-wave background, we compute the Von Neumann entanglement entropy between a pro…

hep-th2019★ 3 cited

On a new relation between entanglement and geometry from M(atrix) theory

Vatche Sahakian

In the context of Matrix/light-cone gauge M-theory, we develop a new approach for computing quantum entanglement between a probe gravitating in the vicinity of a source mass and th…

hep-th2018★ 2 cited

Emergent geometry from stochastic dynamics, or Hawking evaporation in M(atrix) theory

Haoxing Du, Vatche Sahakian

We develop an microscopic model of the M-theory Schwarzschild black hole using the Banks-Fischler-Shenker-Susskind Matrix formulation of quantum gravity. The underlying dynamics is…