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Towards a 2d QFT Analog of the SYK Model

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We propose a 2D QFT generalization of the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model, which we argue preserves most of its features. The UV limit of the model is described by $N$ copies of a topological Ising CFT. The full interacting model exhibits conformal symmetry in the IR and an emergent pseudo-Goldstone mode that arises from broken reparametrization symmetry. We find that the effective action of the Goldstone mode matches with the 3D AdS gravity action, viewed as a functional of the boundary metric. We compute the spectral density and show that the leading deviation from conformal invariance looks like a $T \bar{T}$ deformation. We comment on the relation between the IR effective action and Liouville CFT.

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2026 2

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The two-dimensional disordered $O(N)$ sigma model

hep-th · 2026-06-26 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

A 2D disordered O(N) sigma model at large N exhibits a low-temperature spin glass phase with finite Edwards-Anderson parameter and approximate scaling in the dynamical two-point function.

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  • Constrained particle on a group: from propagators to correlators hep-th · 2026-06-29 · unverdicted · none · ref 51 · internal anchor

    Develops a constrained particle-on-group formulation of super-JT gravity that yields super-Schwarzian actions, physical supercharges, and explicit N=2/N=4 three-point functions plus zero-energy OTOCs.

  • The two-dimensional disordered $O(N)$ sigma model hep-th · 2026-06-26 · unverdicted · none · ref 9 · internal anchor

    A 2D disordered O(N) sigma model at large N exhibits a low-temperature spin glass phase with finite Edwards-Anderson parameter and approximate scaling in the dynamical two-point function.