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Type IIB Axion--Dilaton Wormholes and the BPS Limit Hessian

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-07-01 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Quantum Physics

Abstract

I revisit Type-IIB axion--dilaton Euclidean saddles in a specified axion charge sector. In that sector, the solution with E=0E=0 is the BPS instanton, while E>0E>0 gives non-BPS wormholes with a smooth throat. The two cases solve the same radial equations but define different fluctuation problems. For the E=0E=0 instanton, the Hamiltonian constraint, gauge quotient, charge-sector boundary condition, and removal of collective zero modes reduce the quadratic action to a physical Hessian. This Hessian factorizes, Hν=QνQν {\cal H}_\nu={\mathcal Q}_\nu^\dagger{\mathcal Q}_\nu. I interpret this as an endpoint theorem, beyond a stability theorem for the full E>0E>0 wormhole. This puts Type IIB wormhole spectra on firmer grounds. I also separate the connected two-ended wormhole throat from its long-distance two-end multipole operator term. Once the coefficient matrix CijC^{ij} is derived, the different-component and same-component placements of the two end insertions are terms in the same quadratic expression. Removing either term requires a genuine projection or cancellation.

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@article{arxiv.2607.01221,
  title  = {Type IIB Axion--Dilaton Wormholes and the BPS Limit Hessian},
  author = {Soo-Jong Rey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.01221},
  year   = {2026}
}

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