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Hep-Th, or high-energy theoretical physics, explores the fundamental building blocks of our universe and the forces that govern them. Researchers in this field use complex mathematics to understand everything from subatomic particles to the behavior of black holes, often pushing the boundaries of what we know about space and time.
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Below are the latest papers in high-energy theoretical physics, curated to help you navigate the most significant recent discoveries.
This paper calculates universal leading-order logarithmic temperature corrections to the thermodynamic entropy of four-dimensional near-extremal Reissner-Nordström de Sitter black holes by analyzing one-loop contributions and zero modes in the cold and Nariai extremal limits within a path integral framework.
This paper revisits the fuzzy sphere regulator for the 3D Ising model by utilizing Conformal Perturbation Theory to systematically analyze finite-size corrections and develop a novel method for extracting Operator Product Expansion coefficients from energy level sensitivities, thereby refining the connection between numerical lattice results and Conformal Field Theory predictions.
This paper establishes conditions under which lower-dimensional symmetries of a foliated spacetime's base space, specifically arising from non-commuting Killing vectors, can be lifted to generate irreducible Killing tensors of higher rank in the full spacetime, a mechanism demonstrated through examples ranging from generalized Lense-Thirring metrics to rotating black holes in Einstein-Maxwell-Dilaton-Axion theory.
This paper investigates the spectral form factor of the quadratic -para-particle SYK model by generalizing previous Gaussian Unitary Ensemble results to all three Gaussian and circular random matrix ensembles, establishing precise analytical correspondences between their spectral statistics through both analytical and numerical methods.
This paper introduces a two-parameter vacuum in flat spacetime that generalizes the -plane wave framework to include complex squeezing, demonstrating that relative phase mismatches between observers induce particle creation while maintaining global regularity and establishing a closed algebraic bridge between these modes and Rindler operators via reciprocal Bogoliubov transformations.
This paper develops an equivariant Matrix Product State framework to systematically construct topological invariants for one-dimensional spin chains, revealing that the transition between Haldane and trivial phases acts as a monopole-like defect in the higher Berry curvature governed by symmetry-compatible parameter space discretization.
By applying a deformation to a bottom-up dS/CFT model, this paper establishes a holographic framework on flat Cauchy slices where time emerges from RG flow, demonstrating precise analytic agreement between the deformed boundary theory's correlation functions and bulk wavefunction coefficients while revealing unique cosmological features such as imaginary counterterms and nonlinear shifts in correlators.
This paper analyzes how gravitational waves affect a Sagnac interferometer by identifying a novel polarization rotation effect arising from gravitational holonomy, which becomes the dominant signal for freely falling observers where the traditional phase shift vanishes.
This paper establishes a first-order Feshbach-Villars Hamiltonian framework for spin-0 particles within generalized doubly special relativity to analyze how Planck-scale kinematic deformations modify the spectral properties of the Klein-Gordon oscillator and shift the supercritical pair-production thresholds in step and barrier scattering scenarios.
This paper establishes a comprehensive dictionary between finite-size corrections in one-dimensional spin chains and fermionic Casimir effects by demonstrating, via the Jordan-Wigner transformation, that ground-state energy corrections in transverse-field Ising and XY models correspond to distinct Casimir phenomena arising from massless, massive, flat, and finite-density fermionic bands.