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The arrow of time, black holes, and quantum mixing of large N Yang-Mills theories

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Quantum gravity in an AdS spacetime is described by an SU(N) Yang-Mills theory on a sphere, a bounded many-body system. We argue that in the high temperature phase the theory is intrinsically non-perturbative in the large N limit. At any nonzero value of the 't Hooft coupling $\lambda$, an exponentially large (in N^2) number of free theory states of wide energy range (of order N) mix under the interaction. As a result the planar perturbation theory breaks down. We argue that an arrow of time emerges and the dual string configuration should be interpreted as a stringy black hole.

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Searching for emergent spacetime in spin glasses

hep-th · 2025-10-23 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Spectral functions of SYK, p-spin, and SU(M) Heisenberg models show exponential tails in spin-glass phases and quasiparticle families in spin-liquid phases, with a proof that exponential decay blocks detection of bulk causal structure.

Finite N Black Holes through the Brick Wall

hep-th · 2026-06-04 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Reinterprets the brick-wall model as an effective description of finite-N departures from the semiclassical near-horizon continuum in AdS/CFT, producing residual reflections and model-dependent echoes.

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  • On the temperature dependence of quasinormal modes in SYK and holography hep-th · 2026-06-21 · unverdicted · none · ref 14 · internal anchor

    Finite-temperature quasinormal modes in SYK connect infinite-T Christmas-tree spectra to JT gravity and show monotonic relaxation-rate growth only at strong coupling.

  • Searching for emergent spacetime in spin glasses hep-th · 2025-10-23 · unverdicted · none · ref 49 · internal anchor

    Spectral functions of SYK, p-spin, and SU(M) Heisenberg models show exponential tails in spin-glass phases and quasiparticle families in spin-liquid phases, with a proof that exponential decay blocks detection of bulk causal structure.

  • Finite N Black Holes through the Brick Wall hep-th · 2026-06-04 · unverdicted · none · ref 7 · internal anchor

    Reinterprets the brick-wall model as an effective description of finite-N departures from the semiclassical near-horizon continuum in AdS/CFT, producing residual reflections and model-dependent echoes.