Nonlinear Dynamics in General Relativity

This paper uncovers new nonlinear facets of gravity within the Einstein-Klein-Gordon system, demonstrating higher harmonic generation, spectral broadening, and focusing, while showing that weak frequency sensitivity in vacuum wave scattering at quadratic order helps explain the smooth behavior of black hole mergers yet cautions against overly simplistic waveform interpretations.

Vitor Cardoso, Jaime Redondo-Yuste, Ulrich Sperhake + 1 more2026-03-06🔬 physics

Regge trajectories from the adjoint sector of Matrix Quantum Mechanics

This paper demonstrates that the adjoint sector of large-NN SU(NN) matrix quantum mechanics exhibits universal Regge trajectories at criticality, corresponding to oscillatory excitations of short folded open strings in dual two-dimensional string theory, which transition into long strings extending into the Liouville direction slightly away from criticality.

Igor R. Klebanov, Henry W. Lin, Pavel Meshcheriakov2026-03-06🔬 physics

Split Casimir Operator of the Lie Algebra so(2r) in Spinor Representations, Colour Factors and Yang-Baxter Equation

This paper derives characteristic identities for the split Casimir operator of the Lie algebra so(2r)so(2r) in spinor representations to construct invariant projectors, calculate colour factors for ladder Feynman diagrams in Spin(2r)Spin(2r) gauge theories, and obtain a new so(2r)so(2r)-invariant solution to the Yang-Baxter equation.

A. P. Isaev, A. A. Provorov2026-03-06🔬 physics

Simulating Lattice Gauge Theories with Virtual Rishons

This paper introduces a novel virtual rishon framework that enforces gauge symmetry via intermediate quantum-link representations to enable scalable simulations of lattice gauge theories in d+1 dimensions using both classical tensor networks and near-term quantum hardware, validated by benchmarking on the multi-flavor Schwinger model and 2D string tension.

David Rogerson, João Barata, Robert M. Konik, Raju Venugopalan, Ananda Roy2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

Six-dimensional supermultiplets from bundles on projective spaces

This paper utilizes the isomorphism between the six-dimensional nilpotence variety and P1×P3\mathbb{P}^1 \times \mathbb{P}^3 within the pure spinor superfield formalism to classify and explicitly construct various six-dimensional supermultiplets, including vector, hyper, and supergravity multiplets, by associating them with line bundles and higher-rank equivariant vector bundles on projective spaces.

Fabian Hahner, Simone Noja, Ingmar Saberi + 1 more2026-03-05🔬 physics

Dynamics of Simplest Chiral Gauge Theories

This paper investigates the dynamics of SO(10)\mathrm{SO}(10) chiral gauge theories with NfN_f spinor fermions using supersymmetric limits and anomaly-mediated breaking, predicting that the theory is gapped for Nf=1,2N_f=1,2 while exhibiting spontaneous breaking of the SU(Nf)\mathrm{SU}(N_f) global symmetry to SO(Nf)\mathrm{SO}(N_f) for Nf3N_f \geq 3.

Dan Kondo, Hitoshi Murayama, Cameron Sylber2026-03-05⚛️ hep-ph

Gravitational back-reaction is magical

This paper investigates the relationship between non-local magic and entanglement in quantum many-body systems, establishing bounds on classical simulation hardness and conjecturing a linear scaling in conformal field theories, while proving that in holographic duals, non-local magic vanishes precisely when gravitational back-reaction is absent and is approximately equal to the rate of change of minimal surface area with respect to cosmic brane tension.

ChunJun Cao, Gong Cheng, Alioscia Hamma + 3 more2026-03-05⚛️ quant-ph