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Macroscopic strings as heavy quarks: Large-N gauge theory and anti-de Sitter supergravity

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We study some aspects of Maldacena's large $N$ correspondence between N=4 superconformal gauge theory on D3-brane and maximal supergravity on AdS_5xS_5 by introducing macroscopic strings as heavy (anti)-quark probes. The macroscopic strings are semi-infinite Type IIB strings ending on D3-brane world-volume. We first study deformation and fluctuation of D3-brane when a macroscopic BPS string is attached. We find that both dynamics and boundary conditions agree with those for macroscopic string in anti-de Sitter supergravity. As by-product we clarify how Polchinski's Dirichlet / Neumann open string boundary conditions arise dynamically. We then study non-BPS macroscopic string anti-string pair configuration as physical realization of heavy quark Wilson loop. We obtain quark-antiquark static potential from the supergravity side and find that the potential exhibits nonanalyticity of square-root branch cut in `t Hooft coupling parameter. We put forward the nonanalyticity as prediction for large-N gauge theory at strong `t Hooft coupling limit. By turning on Ramond-Ramond zero-form potential, we also study theta-vacuum angle dependence of the static potential. We finally discuss possible dynamical realization of heavy N-prong string junction and of large-N loop equation via local electric field and string recoil thereof. Throughout comparisons of the AdS-CFT correspondence, we find crucial role played by `geometric duality' between UV and IR scales on directions perpendicular to D3-brane and parallel ones, explaining how AdS5 spacetime geometry emerges out of four-dimensional gauge theory at strong coupling.

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A Lindbladian for holographic Brownian motion

hep-th · 2026-06-16 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Derives and analyzes a Lindbladian for holographic Brownian motion in BTZ and AdS5 black brane backgrounds from the influence functional.

Bouncing singularities and thermal correlators on line defects

hep-th · 2026-03-11 · accept · novelty 7.0

Retarded correlators of bulk scalars and Wilson-line displacement operators exhibit bouncing singularities at t_c=β/2(1+i) with matching WKB and asymptotic OPE data, implying a universal high-frequency factorization.

Bubbling wormholes and matrix models

hep-th · 2025-12-31 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Sums over representations of half-BPS Wilson loops in SYM matrix models are dual to bubbling wormhole geometries of multi-covered AdS5 x S5 with intersecting S4 boundaries.

The state/defect correspondence

hep-th · 2026-06-10 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Establishes a one-to-one correspondence between states and p-dimensional defects in higher-form Maxwell theories via an extended Kac-Moody algebra generated by conserved charges from mixed anomalies, mapping dressed Wilson-'t Hooft defects to squeezed energy eigenstates.

Holographic entanglement entropy, Wilson loops, and neural networks

hep-th · 2026-04-07 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Neural networks reconstruct both spatial and timelike bulk metric components from strip entanglement entropy and Wilson loops with sub-0.2% accuracy in holographic models such as AdS-Schwarzschild and Gubser-Rocha.

Fortuity and Complexity in a Simple Quark Model

hep-th · 2026-05-15 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0 · 2 refs

In a toy qubit model of quarks, baryons are fortuitous with exponential counting and super-exponential complexity while mesons are monotone with polynomial counting and power-law complexity.

Confinement in a finite duality cascade

hep-th · 2026-04-20 · conditional · novelty 5.0

Holographic consistency checks confirm confinement (area law), domain-wall dynamics matching YM-CS theory, and absence of stable axionic strings in a D3/O7-conifold gauge/gravity dual.

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  • A Lindbladian for holographic Brownian motion hep-th · 2026-06-16 · unverdicted · none · ref 7 · internal anchor

    Derives and analyzes a Lindbladian for holographic Brownian motion in BTZ and AdS5 black brane backgrounds from the influence functional.

  • Bouncing singularities and thermal correlators on line defects hep-th · 2026-03-11 · accept · none · ref 43 · internal anchor

    Retarded correlators of bulk scalars and Wilson-line displacement operators exhibit bouncing singularities at t_c=β/2(1+i) with matching WKB and asymptotic OPE data, implying a universal high-frequency factorization.

  • Bubbling wormholes and matrix models hep-th · 2025-12-31 · unverdicted · none · ref 5 · internal anchor

    Sums over representations of half-BPS Wilson loops in SYM matrix models are dual to bubbling wormhole geometries of multi-covered AdS5 x S5 with intersecting S4 boundaries.

  • The state/defect correspondence hep-th · 2026-06-10 · unverdicted · none · ref 27 · internal anchor

    Establishes a one-to-one correspondence between states and p-dimensional defects in higher-form Maxwell theories via an extended Kac-Moody algebra generated by conserved charges from mixed anomalies, mapping dressed Wilson-'t Hooft defects to squeezed energy eigenstates.

  • Regge trajectories from the adjoint sector of Matrix Quantum Mechanics hep-th · 2026-03-04 · unverdicted · none · ref 20 · internal anchor

    At criticality in the adjoint sector of matrix quantum mechanics, the spectrum exhibits Regge trajectories Δ² ~ n/α' interpreted as oscillatory excitations of short folded open strings in the dual 2D string theory.

  • Anisotropic drag force in finite-density QGP from charged rotating 5D black holes hep-th · 2026-04-22 · unverdicted · none · ref 48

    Exact and perturbative drag forces are derived for heavy quarks in holographic plasmas dual to charged rotating 5D black holes, with regularity conditions fixing integration constants and yielding finite anisotropic corrections.

  • Holographic entanglement entropy, Wilson loops, and neural networks hep-th · 2026-04-07 · unverdicted · none · ref 16

    Neural networks reconstruct both spatial and timelike bulk metric components from strip entanglement entropy and Wilson loops with sub-0.2% accuracy in holographic models such as AdS-Schwarzschild and Gubser-Rocha.

  • Fortuity and Complexity in a Simple Quark Model hep-th · 2026-05-15 · unverdicted · none · ref 73 · 2 links · internal anchor

    In a toy qubit model of quarks, baryons are fortuitous with exponential counting and super-exponential complexity while mesons are monotone with polynomial counting and power-law complexity.

  • Tachyonic AdS/QCD, Determining the Strong Running Coupling and \beta-function in both UV and IR Regions of AdS Space hep-ph · 2022-06-20 · unverdicted · none · ref 10 · internal anchor

    A tachyonic AdS/QCD construction deforms the bulk geometry with a tachyon-dependent dielectric function to produce a unified running coupling from perturbative UV to nonperturbative IR regimes.

  • Confinement in a finite duality cascade hep-th · 2026-04-20 · conditional · none · ref 19

    Holographic consistency checks confirm confinement (area law), domain-wall dynamics matching YM-CS theory, and absence of stable axionic strings in a D3/O7-conifold gauge/gravity dual.

  • Bound states and deconfinement from Romans supergravity with magnetic flux hep-th · 2026-05-06 · unreviewed · ref 77 · 2 links · internal anchor