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Mathematical physics sits at the fascinating intersection where abstract equations meet the fundamental laws of our universe. This field uses rigorous mathematical tools to model everything from the behavior of subatomic particles to the curvature of spacetime, turning complex theories into testable predictions. It is the language through which physicists describe reality, bridging the gap between pure mathematics and physical observation.
On Gist.Science, we process every new preprint published in this category on arXiv to make these dense studies accessible to everyone. Whether you are a specialist or a curious reader, you will find both plain-language overviews and detailed technical summaries for each paper. Below are the latest mathematical physics papers from arXiv, curated to help you explore the cutting edge of theoretical science.
This paper presents the first construction of three-family supersymmetric Pati-Salam models with extra gauge symmetries from intersecting non-rigid D6-branes, demonstrating how adding a -stack of branes reduces filler branes and exotic particles while generating useful vector-like states and new model classes.
This paper solves the spin quantum Hall transition on random networks by mapping it to classical percolation and employing two-dimensional quantum gravity tools to derive exact critical exponents that confirm the validity of the KPZ relation and the relevance of geometric randomness.
This paper resolves a longstanding open question in quantum information theory by proving that Werner states in arbitrary dimensions are 2-copy distillable if and only if they are 1-copy distillable, marking a significant step toward determining whether all non-positive partial transpose (NPT) states are distillable.
This paper resolves a major open problem by constructing an explicit family of finite-dimensional quantum channels, implementable via deterministic Clifford unitaries and classical feedforward, for which entangled inputs yield an unbounded increase in classical communication rates compared to unentangled inputs.
This paper presents a numerical study of uniform meandric systems encoded by random walks and interpreted as critical percolation on random planar maps, providing evidence for negative association in box-crossing events, formulating asymptotic conjectures, and introducing a local dynamics that demonstrates faster decorrelation of percolation structures compared to the underlying map geometry.
This paper demonstrates that the curvature of a conductor-dielectric interface can induce a geometric potential that modifies the effective mass and propagation of surface plasmons, enabling their use as a platform for analogue gravity experiments, including the study of black hole quasinormal modes.
This paper constructs large families of (3+1)D mixed-state topological orders, including intrinsically mixed-state phases with non-degenerate braiding and gravitational anomalies, by establishing a correspondence between braided fusion 2-categories and strong higher-form symmetries realized through decoherence and gauging procedures.
This paper establishes a higher-geometric framework for magnetic higher-form symmetries in pre-quantum field theories by encoding topological charges via the shape of stacky targets and proving that these symmetries for gauged theories and gerbe targets can be systematically computed and factorized using homotopy-fixed-point spectral sequences and Pontryagin duality.
This paper presents a method for constructing time-dependent integrable chiral quantum field theories on a finite interval by linking bulk and boundary dynamics through a common affine spectral coordinate, thereby deriving driven Hamiltonians and many-body wavefunctions from autonomous scattering data via boundary quantum Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations.
This paper establishes that when sampling additional eigenvalues from a large normal random matrix conditioned on a fixed configuration, their spatial distribution converges to the harmonic measure on the boundary of the existing spectral droplet in the limit where the number of new eigenvalues grows faster than the logarithm of the original size but remains negligible compared to it.