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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 solves the Riemann-Hilbert problem for higher-rank Mathieu opers on a twice-punctured sphere by expressing solutions via a non-linear integral equation, thereby proving the Nekrasov-Rosly-Shatashvili conjecture that their generating function matches the Yang-Yang function of the quantum Toda chain and establishing a new variant of the Analytic Langlands Correspondence.
The paper argues that analytically continuing Euclidean lattice quantum field theory directly into Minkowski space via inverse Wick rotation is impossible due to nonlocal form factors introduced by discretization, necessitating a prior continuum limit.
This paper computes the logarithmic one-loop matter contributions to the thermodynamics and homogeneous TTNC scale response of a four-dimensional Lifshitz black brane by deriving closed expressions for the smooth radial and horizon-localized coefficients across scalar, Dirac, and Maxwell probe sectors, while verifying their distinct behaviors in the relativistic limit.
This paper investigates the quasinormal modes of Proca and Maxwell fields in -dimensional Schwarzschild-AdS black holes by combining numerical methods and analytic approximations to derive frequency spectra, notably discovering purely imaginary low-frequency scalar-type Maxwell modes in large dimensions that correspond to hydrodynamic regimes in the dual conformal field theory.
This paper reviews classical energy conditions and their role in singularity theorems, then examines how quantum fields violate these conditions and explores modern constraints—such as spacetime averaging and quantum information bounds—that guide our understanding of semi-classical gravity and quantum gravity.
This paper demonstrates that within classical general relativity, non-static flat and open Friedmann--Robertson--Walker cosmologies satisfying the averaged null energy condition cannot be geodesically complete due to a sign obstruction, whereas closed models with positive curvature can support nonsingular, geodesically complete evolutions with ordinary matter.
This paper demonstrates that two static spacetimes, previously claimed to be vacuum solutions derived from a Schwarzschild--Bertotti--Robinson seed, actually harbor a hidden semi-infinite annular mass distribution on the equatorial plane when analyzed in Weyl coordinates, revealing a coordinate singularity that explains the finite affine parameter of equatorial null geodesics reaching infinity.
This paper applies Bogolyubov theory to group field theory condensates to demonstrate that quantum fluctuations beyond the mean-field regime manifest as collective excitations analogous to phonons, thereby deriving leading corrections to emergent Friedmann cosmology and establishing a controlled link between microscopic quantum gravity and macroscopic spacetime dynamics.
This paper demonstrates that nonlinear perturbations of Schwarzschild-AdS black branes with real-analytic initial data generically exhibit a robust stretched-exponential decay of boundary observables scaling as , a universal behavior driven by the large- tail of the quasinormal mode spectrum rather than hydrodynamic modes.
This paper establishes an operator-algebraic framework extending modular self-duality, symmetrized relative entropy, and Bogoliubov--Kubo--Mori susceptibility from finite-dimensional systems to local type~III von Neumann algebras in quantum field theory, demonstrating that the Hessian of the symmetrized Araki relative entropy at self-dual points defines a susceptibility coefficient explicitly realized in free scalar and chiral current models.