All $2Dgeneraliseddilatontheoriesfrom generalised dilaton theories from d\geq 4$ gravities

This paper demonstrates that all two-dimensional Horndeski theories can be derived from higher-dimensional pure gravity reductions, leading to a Birkhoff theorem for a class of "quasi-topological" gravities that allows for the explicit reconstruction of any static, spherically symmetric, asymptotically flat spacetime satisfying specific metric conditions as a vacuum solution, including regular black holes like the Bardeen spacetime.

Johanna Borissova2026-03-10⚛️ hep-th

Flat holography for spinor fields

This paper establishes a flat-space holographic dictionary for free massive spinor fields in four-dimensional Minkowski spacetime by utilizing hyperbolic slicing to reduce the problem to effective AdS3\mathrm{AdS}_3 systems, thereby deriving universal two-point correlation functions for dual spinning operators on the celestial sphere and clarifying the construction of spinor conformal primary wavefunctions.

Dmitry S. Ageev, Anna S. Bernakevich2026-03-10⚛️ hep-th

Quantum (quadratic) gravity: replacing the massive tensor ghost with an inverted harmonic oscillator-like instability

This paper proposes that the problematic massive tensor ghost in renormalizable quadratic gravity can be reinterpreted as a healthy inverted harmonic oscillator-like instability quantized via direct-sum quantum field theory, thereby rendering the extra spin-2 degree of freedom off-shell and decoupled from observable matter to resolve unitarity violations while offering new predictions for primordial gravitational waves.

K. Sravan Kumar, João Marto2026-03-10⚛️ hep-th

Lattice Determination of the Baryon Junction Mass in (2+1)(2+1) Dimensions

This paper presents a non-perturbative lattice determination of the baryon junction mass in (2+1)(2+1)-dimensional SU(3)SU(3) Yang--Mills theory using high-precision simulations and Effective String Theory corrections, while also confirming the Svetitsky--Yaffe conjecture by demonstrating that the system's high-temperature behavior aligns with the two-dimensional three-state Potts model near the deconfinement transition.

Dario Panfalone, Michele Caselle, Nicodemo Magnoli + 1 more2026-03-10⚛️ hep-lat

Firewalls, black-hole thermodynamics, and singular solutions of the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation

Zurek and Page investigate thermodynamic equilibrium of a self-gravitating perfect fluid surrounding a black hole using the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation, discovering a singular solution where the fluid forms a high-density "firewall" near the Schwarzschild radius surrounding a negative point mass rather than a horizon, with entropy comparable to the Bekenstein-Hawking limit.

Wojciech H. Zurek, Don N. Page2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

Universality in driven open quantum matter

This review surveys universality in driven open quantum matter, employing a Lindblad-Keldysh field theory framework to discuss principles distinguishing equilibrium from nonequilibrium stationary states and categorizing universal phenomena into paradigmatic nonequilibrium realizations, novel nonequilibrium universality, and genuinely quantum nonequilibrium effects.

Lukas M. Sieberer, Michael Buchhold, Jamir Marino, Sebastian Diehl2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

Vacuum Stability in the Standard Model and Beyond

This paper re-evaluates Standard Model vacuum stability using high-order perturbations and precise parameters to show that improved measurements of the top mass and strong coupling could confirm stability at the $5\sigma$ level, while also exploring viable singlet scalar extensions that remain stable up to the Planck scale and predicting significant deviations in Higgs couplings testable at current and future colliders.

Gudrun Hiller, Tim Höhne, Daniel F. Litim + 1 more2026-03-06⚛️ hep-ph

Explicit decoders using fixed-point amplitude amplification based on QSVT

This paper presents two explicit quantum circuit decoders—the generalized Yoshida-Kitaev decoder and a Petz-like decoder—that utilize fixed-point amplitude amplification based on quantum singular value transformation to reliably recover quantum information from arbitrary noisy channels when the decoupling condition is satisfied, thereby achieving communication rates arbitrarily close to the quantum capacity with significantly reduced computational complexity compared to previous methods.

Takeru Utsumi, Yoshifumi Nakata2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

Boundary topological orders of (4+1)d fermionic Z2NF\mathbb{Z}_{2N}^{\mathrm{F}} SPT states

This paper investigates (3+1)d topological orders with anomalous Z2NF\mathbb{Z}_{2N}^{\mathrm{F}} symmetry by microscopically constructing symmetry-preserving gapped boundary states for related (4+1)d SPT phases, demonstrating that such states admit a topological Z4\mathbb{Z}_4 gauge theory description when N=νN=\nu, a non-TQFT solution when ν=N/2\nu=N/2, and no symmetric gapped state otherwise, thereby confirming existing no-go theorems.

Meng Cheng, Juven Wang, Xinping Yang2026-03-06⚛️ hep-ph