Reformulates J bar J deformation in CFTs as Riemann-bilinear operator dressing that preserves modular properties on Riemann surfaces and matches bare/renormalized perturbation theory.
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Expectation value of composite field $T{\bar T}$ in two-dimensional quantum field theory
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I show that the expectation value of the composite field $T{\bar T}$, built from the components of the energy-momentum tensor, is expressed exactly through the expectation value of the energy-momentum tensor itself. The relation is derived in two-dimensional quantum field theory under broad assumptions, and does not require integrability.
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Generalizes the BIZZ recursive procedure and provides sufficient conditions under which auxiliary field deformations of integrable sigma models retain classical Yangian symmetry and Maillet bracket structure.
In TTbar-deformed anomalous CFT2 the chaos bound stays saturated while butterfly velocity depends nontrivially on deformation strength and anomaly, with a Hagedorn regime where the chaotic response turns complex.
Deformed two-point correlators in mixed TbarT/root-TbarT CFTs admit an explicit kernel representation as weighted averages of undeformed CFT correlators over conformal dimensions, with the two-point function obtained to all orders in TbarT and leading order in root-TbarT.
Deformations of the double-scaled SYK model via finite-cutoff holography produce Krylov complexity as wormhole length and realize Susskind's stretched horizon proposal through targeted T² deformations in the high-energy spectrum.
Certain Hamiltonian deformations preserve the Krylov subspace, yielding generalized Toda equations and allowing imaginary-time dynamics to be recast as real-time unitary evolution, with applications to thermodynamic states and supersymmetric systems.
Derives forced KdV equation from Chern-Simons 3D gravity with chiral boundaries, with forcing set by Schrödinger eigenfunctions, and solves reflectionless and radiative sectors via inverse scattering.
Stress-tensor deformations of QFTs are mapped to gravitational actions at metric saddles, with bidirectional examples and an induced Newton constant from the one-loop effective action of a massive scalar.
Proposes that AdS3 gravity at finite cutoff is dual to a CFT2 coupled to timelike Liouville theory deformed by a marginal operator, with checks via semiclassical partition functions and EOM matching.
Finite cutoff in JT gravity causes faster ERB-length saturation, deformation-dependent baby-universe emission only under Lorentzian evolution, and possible one-cut universality corrections in the matrix dual.
Poly-vector deformations of Type II and 11D backgrounds induce TTbar-like flows on the world-volume theories of strings and branes for both abelian and non-abelian deformations.
Analyzes TsT deformations and Penrose limits on fibered I-branes from prior work, finding preserved solvability when TsT precedes the limit and new asymptotically free or parallelizable sectors in the reverse order.
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.
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$J\bar{J}$-deformation as a Riemann bilinear dressing
Reformulates J bar J deformation in CFTs as Riemann-bilinear operator dressing that preserves modular properties on Riemann surfaces and matches bare/renormalized perturbation theory.
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The classical Yangian symmetry of Auxiliary Field Sigma Models
Generalizes the BIZZ recursive procedure and provides sufficient conditions under which auxiliary field deformations of integrable sigma models retain classical Yangian symmetry and Maillet bracket structure.
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Butterflies in $\textrm{T}\overline{\textrm{T}}$ deformed anomalous CFT$_2$
In TTbar-deformed anomalous CFT2 the chaos bound stays saturated while butterfly velocity depends nontrivially on deformation strength and anomaly, with a Hagedorn regime where the chaotic response turns complex.
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Correlators in $T\bar{T}$ and Root-$T\bar{T}$ Deformed CFTs
Deformed two-point correlators in mixed TbarT/root-TbarT CFTs admit an explicit kernel representation as weighted averages of undeformed CFT correlators over conformal dimensions, with the two-point function obtained to all orders in TbarT and leading order in root-TbarT.
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Deforming the Double-Scaled SYK & Reaching the Stretched Horizon From Finite Cutoff Holography
Deformations of the double-scaled SYK model via finite-cutoff holography produce Krylov complexity as wormhole length and realize Susskind's stretched horizon proposal through targeted T² deformations in the high-energy spectrum.
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Krylov Complexity Under Hamiltonian Deformations and Toda Flows
Certain Hamiltonian deformations preserve the Krylov subspace, yielding generalized Toda equations and allowing imaginary-time dynamics to be recast as real-time unitary evolution, with applications to thermodynamic states and supersymmetric systems.
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Integrability in Three-Dimensional Gravity: Eigenfunction-Forced KdV Flows
Derives forced KdV equation from Chern-Simons 3D gravity with chiral boundaries, with forcing set by Schrödinger eigenfunctions, and solves reflectionless and radiative sectors via inverse scattering.
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Geometric realization of stress-tensor deformed field theory
Stress-tensor deformations of QFTs are mapped to gravitational actions at metric saddles, with bidirectional examples and an induced Newton constant from the one-loop effective action of a massive scalar.
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Timelike Liouville theory and AdS$_3$ gravity at finite cutoff
Proposes that AdS3 gravity at finite cutoff is dual to a CFT2 coupled to timelike Liouville theory deformed by a marginal operator, with checks via semiclassical partition functions and EOM matching.
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Finite cutoff JT gravity: Baby universes, Matrix dual, and (Krylov) Complexity
Finite cutoff in JT gravity causes faster ERB-length saturation, deformation-dependent baby-universe emission only under Lorentzian evolution, and possible one-cut universality corrections in the matrix dual.
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Probing deformations
Poly-vector deformations of Type II and 11D backgrounds induce TTbar-like flows on the world-volume theories of strings and branes for both abelian and non-abelian deformations.
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Penrose limits and TsT for fibered $I$-branes
Analyzes TsT deformations and Penrose limits on fibered I-branes from prior work, finding preserved solvability when TsT precedes the limit and new asymptotically free or parallelizable sectors in the reverse order.
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Lecture notes on strings in AdS$_3$ from the worldsheet and the AdS$_3$/CFT$_2$ duality
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.
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