Instability thresholds for de Sitter and Minkowski spacetimes in holographic semiclassical gravity

This paper investigates the stability thresholds of de Sitter and Minkowski spacetimes in holographic semiclassical gravity across dimensions d=3,4,5d=3,4,5, revealing that stability depends critically on the spacetime dimension and a specific dimensionless parameter γd\gamma_d, with Minkowski spacetime being universally unstable in d=3d=3, both spacetimes becoming unstable in d=4d=4 beyond a critical threshold, and both remaining stable in d=5d=5 except where higher-curvature corrections dominate.

Akihiro Ishibashi, Kengo Maeda, Takashi Okamura2026-03-06🔬 physics

Dirac-Bergmann algorithm and canonical quantization of kk-essence cosmology

This paper develops a general canonical quantization scheme for kk-essence cosmology using the Dirac-Bergmann algorithm to derive a Wheeler-DeWitt equation, which is then applied to a tachyonic field model to investigate phantom crossing via quantum tunneling and the effects of boundary conditions on singularity avoidance and expansion rates.

Andrés Lueiza-Colipí, Andronikos Paliathanasis, Nikolaos Dimakis2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

On the (FibFib)S2(\text{Fib} \boxtimes \text{Fib}) \rtimes S_2 fusion category

This pedagogical paper calculates the essential ingredients, including irreducible representations, lasso maps, and a 22-by-22 modular S matrix, to enable a modular conformal bootstrap analysis of non-rational Virasoro CFTs with (FibFib)S2(\text{Fib} \boxtimes \text{Fib}) \rtimes S_2 categorical symmetry, while highlighting the unique features arising from non-invertible symmetries.

Maddalena Ferragatta, Balt C. van Rees2026-03-06🔬 physics

Generalized entropic uncertainty relation and non-classicality in Schwarzschild black hole

This study proposes a novel, tighter generalized entropic uncertainty relation for multi-measurements in many-body systems and applies it to Schwarzschild black holes to reveal the exact equivalence between entanglement and l1l_1-norm coherence in GHZ-type states, while demonstrating how increasing Hawking temperature degrades quantum coherence and maximizes measurement uncertainty.

Rui-Jie Yao, Dong Wang2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

Thermodynamic Gravity with Non-Extensive Horizon Entropy and Topological Calibration

This paper extends Jacobson's thermodynamic derivation of gravity to non-extensive horizon entropies by introducing a Topological Calibration Principle that links the effective gravitational coupling to the Euler characteristic of spacetime sections, thereby providing a framework to constrain non-extensive parameters and explore cosmological implications.

Marco Figliolia, Petr Jizba, Gaetano Lambiase2026-03-06🔭 astro-ph

The MexNICA Collaboration in the MPD-NICA Experiment at JINR: Experimental and Theoretical Achievements

This paper summarizes the achievements of the MexNICA Collaboration, established in 2016 to coordinate Mexican participation in the MPD-NICA experiment at JINR, highlighting their contributions to the development of the miniBeBe trigger detector and advances in phenomenological and theoretical studies of the baryon-rich QCD phase diagram.

Alfredo Raya, Mauricio Alvarado, Juan Anzúrez + 21 more2026-03-06⚛️ hep-ph