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The Fluid Manifesto: Emergent symmetries, hydrodynamics, and black holes

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abstract

We focus on the question of how relativistic fluid dynamics should be thought of as a Wilsonian effective field theory emerging from Schwinger-Keldysh path integrals. Taking the basic principles of Schwinger-Keldysh formalism seriously, we are led to a series of remarkable statements and conjectures, which we phrase in terms of a broad programme relating relativistic fluid dynamics and topological sigma models. Apart from the intrinsic interest for these ideas from the non-equilibrium field theory viewpoint, we also emphasize its relevance to various fundamental questions in black hole physics.

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hep-th 5 gr-qc 1

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2026 4 2025 2

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UNVERDICTED 6

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Schwinger-Keldysh Path Integral for Gauge theories

hep-th · 2026-04-29 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0 · 2 refs

Constructs a manifestly diagonal-BRST-invariant Schwinger-Keldysh path integral for open non-Abelian gauge theories with arbitrary physical initial states, yielding Ward-Takahashi-Slavnov-Taylor identities and a Keldysh BRST symmetry for the Open EFT.

Gauging Open EFTs from the top down

hep-th · 2025-12-18 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Derives gauge-invariant influence functionals for photons and Stueckelberg fields in open U(1) gauge EFTs via BRST on the in-in contour after integrating out matter.

Effective Field Theory for Superconducting Phase Transitions

hep-th · 2026-04-02 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

An effective field theory for superconducting phase transitions is constructed via Schwinger-Keldysh formalism, reproducing Ginzburg-Landau equations upon truncation while showing overdamped Higgs modes and complex relaxation in holographic validation.

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  • Bottom-up open EFT for non-Abelian gauge theory with dynamical color environment hep-th · 2026-05-21 · unverdicted · none · ref 10 · internal anchor

    Develops a local open EFT for non-Abelian gauge theories using dynamical color-frame variables and color-current sectors in Schwinger-Keldysh formalism, yielding nonlocal dissipative kernels and naturally incorporating hard thermal loop responses after integration.

  • Schwinger-Keldysh Path Integral for Gauge theories hep-th · 2026-04-29 · unverdicted · none · ref 234 · 2 links · internal anchor

    Constructs a manifestly diagonal-BRST-invariant Schwinger-Keldysh path integral for open non-Abelian gauge theories with arbitrary physical initial states, yielding Ward-Takahashi-Slavnov-Taylor identities and a Keldysh BRST symmetry for the Open EFT.

  • Schwinger-Keldysh effective theory of charge transport: redundancies and systematic $\omega/T$ expansion hep-th · 2025-08-25 · unverdicted · none · ref 21 · internal anchor

    Proves equivalence of redundant Goldstone and adjoint-matter formulations of SK EFTs for non-Abelian symmetries and extends both to all orders in ħω/T while classifying invariant kernels under DKMS and unitarity.

  • Gauging Open EFTs from the top down hep-th · 2025-12-18 · unverdicted · none · ref 173 · internal anchor

    Derives gauge-invariant influence functionals for photons and Stueckelberg fields in open U(1) gauge EFTs via BRST on the in-in contour after integrating out matter.

  • Effective Field Theory for Superconducting Phase Transitions hep-th · 2026-04-02 · unverdicted · none · ref 30

    An effective field theory for superconducting phase transitions is constructed via Schwinger-Keldysh formalism, reproducing Ginzburg-Landau equations upon truncation while showing overdamped Higgs modes and complex relaxation in holographic validation.

  • Love numbers of black holes and compact objects gr-qc · 2026-04-09 · unverdicted · none · ref 168

    A pedagogical review of Love numbers and tidal responses for black holes and compact objects in general relativity and extensions.