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Phases of Quantum Gravity in AdS3 and Linear Dilaton Backgrounds

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We show that string theory in AdS3 has two distinct phases depending on the radius of curvature R_{AdS}=\sqrt{k}l_s. For k>1 (i.e. R_{AdS}>l_s), the SL(2,C) invariant vacuum of the spacetime conformal field theory is normalizable, the high energy density of states is given by the Cardy formula with c_{eff}=c, and generic high energy states look like large BTZ black holes. For k<1, the SL(2,C) invariant vacuum as well as BTZ black holes are non-normalizable, c_{eff}<c, and high energy states correspond to long strings that extend to the boundary of AdS3 and become more and more weakly coupled there. A similar picture is found in asymptotically linear dilaton spacetime with dilaton gradient Q=\sqrt{2/k}. The entropy grows linearly with the energy in this case (for k>\half). The states responsible for this growth are two dimensional black holes for k>1, and highly excited perturbative strings living in the linear dilaton throat for k<1. The change of behavior at k=1 in the two cases is an example of a string/black hole transition. The entropies of black holes and strings coincide at k=1.

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One-loop effect in the charged 2D black hole near extremality

hep-th · 2026-04-16 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

The one-loop correction to near-extremal quantum entropy in this charged 2D black hole is exponentially suppressed at low temperature but scales as sqrt(beta) when the sl(2,R) level and SL(2,R)-U(1) coupling are tuned, providing a worldsheet realization of the black hole/string transition.

Deformed BTZ Radiance and Single Trace $T\bar{T}$ Holography

hep-th · 2026-06-24 · accept · novelty 6.0

Long-string emission from rotating λ-deformed BTZ black holes forces a unique origin B-field that matches the value needed for the string spectrum to agree with the Z_w sector of single-trace T T-bar deformed orbifolds, with emission rates universally set by ΔS_BH.

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  • One-loop effect in the charged 2D black hole near extremality hep-th · 2026-04-16 · unverdicted · none · ref 49

    The one-loop correction to near-extremal quantum entropy in this charged 2D black hole is exponentially suppressed at low temperature but scales as sqrt(beta) when the sl(2,R) level and SL(2,R)-U(1) coupling are tuned, providing a worldsheet realization of the black hole/string transition.

  • Deformed BTZ Radiance and Single Trace $T\bar{T}$ Holography hep-th · 2026-06-24 · accept · none · ref 65 · internal anchor

    Long-string emission from rotating λ-deformed BTZ black holes forces a unique origin B-field that matches the value needed for the string spectrum to agree with the Z_w sector of single-trace T T-bar deformed orbifolds, with emission rates universally set by ΔS_BH.

  • Fiducial observers and the thermal atmosphere in the black hole quantum throat hep-th · 2025-07-28 · unverdicted · none · ref 76 · internal anchor

    A semiclassical construction of fiducial observers in JT gravity, fixed by conformal isometry flow, is extended to the quantum regime to compute wormhole contributions yielding finite thermal entropy and a quantum description of the stretched horizon.

  • Hadrons in $\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetric QCD from non-Abelian string on 2D black hole hep-th · 2026-05-07 · unverdicted · none · ref 58

    The hadron spectrum in N=2 SQCD with N_f=2N is given by the spectrum of a non-Abelian string on a 2D N=2 supersymmetric black hole, with a Higgs-to-string phase transition viewed as a conifold transition.

  • Lecture notes on strings in AdS$_3$ from the worldsheet and the AdS$_3$/CFT$_2$ duality hep-th · 2026-01-10 · unverdicted · none · ref 138 · internal anchor

    Lecture notes deliver a self-contained pedagogical overview of worldsheet strings in AdS3 with NSNS flux, summarizing 25 years of results with emphasis on spectrally flowed correlation functions.