Numerical Kähler-Einstein Metric on the Third del Pezzo
AbstractThe third del Pezzo surface admits a unique Kähler-Einstein metric, which is not known in closed form. The manifold’s toric structure reduces the Einstein equation to a single Monge-Ampère...
View ArticleQuantum criticality and holographic superconductors in M-theory
AbstractWe present a consistent Kaluza-Klein truncation of D = 11 supergravity on an arbitrary seven-dimensional Sasaki-Einstein space (SE7) to a D = 4 theory containing a metric, a gauge-field, a...
View ArticleExtracting black hole physics from the lattice
AbstractWe perform lattice simulations of N D0-branes at finite temperature in the decoupling limit, namely 16 supercharge SU(N) Yang-Mills quantum mechanics in the ’t Hooft limit. At low temperature...
View ArticleThermal phases of D1-branes on a circle from lattice super Yang-Mills
AbstractWe report on the results of numerical simulations of 1 + 1 dimensional SU(N) Yang-Mills theory with maximal supersymmetry at finite temperature and compactified on a circle. For large N this...
View ArticleOn black hole thermodynamics from super Yang-Mills
AbstractWe consider maximally supersymmetric U(N) Yang-Mills in (1+p)-dimensions for p < 3. In the ’t Hooft large N limit this is conjectured to be dual to N Dp-branes in the decoupling limit. At...
View ArticleModuli dynamics as a predictive tool for thermal maximally supersymmetric...
AbstractMaximally supersymmetric (p + 1)-dimensional Yang-Mills theory at large N and finite temperature, with possibly compact spatial directions, has a rich phase structure. Strongly coupled phases...
View ArticleOn universality of holographic results for (2 + 1)-dimensional CFTs on curved...
AbstractThe behavior of holographic CFTs is constrained by the existence of a bulk dual geometry. For example, in (2 + 1)-dimensional holographic CFTs living on a static space-time with compact spatial...
View ArticleDoes the round sphere maximize the free energy of (2+1)-dimensional QFTs?
AbstractWe examine the renormalized free energy of the free Dirac fermion and the free scalar on a (2+1)-dimensional geometry ℝ ×Σ, with Σ having spherical topology and prescribed area. Using heat...
View ArticleA surprising similarity between holographic CFTs and a free fermion in (2 +...
AbstractWe compare the behavior of the vacuum free energy (i.e. the Casimir energy) of various (2 + 1)-dimensional CFTs on an ultrastatic spacetime as a function of the spatial geometry. The CFTs we...
View ArticleNew horizons for fundamental physics with LISA
AbstractThe Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) has the potential to reveal wonders about the fundamental theory of nature at play in the extreme gravity regime, where the gravitational...
View ArticleGradient flow of Einstein-Maxwell theory and Reissner-Nordström black holes
AbstractRicci flow is a natural gradient flow of the Einstein-Hilbert action. Here we consider the analog for the Einstein-Maxwell action, which gives Ricci flow with a stress tensor contribution...
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