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It has recently been proposed that Zamoldchikov's $T \bar{T}$ deformation of two-dimensional CFTs describes the holographic theory dual to AdS$_3$ at finite radius. In this note we use the Gauss-Codazzi form of the Einstein equations to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-05-29 Marika Taylor

A solvable irrelevant deformation of AdS$_3$/CFT$_2$ correspondence leading to a theory with Hagedorn spectrum at high energy has been recently proposed. It consists of a single trace deformation of the boundary theory, which is inspired by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-04-04 Gaston Giribet

Surprising links between the deformation of 2D quantum field theories induced by the composite $\textrm{T} \bar{\textrm{T}}$ operator, effective string models and the $AdS/$CFT correspondence, have recently emerged. The purpose of this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-14 Riccardo Conti , Leonardo Iannella , Stefano Negro , Roberto Tateo

This study introduces a high-order perturbation methodology to categorize two primary solution types within duality-invariant nonlinear electrodynamic theories, adhering to the differential self-duality criterion. The first solution type…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-09 H. Babaei-Aghbolagh , Song He , Hao Ouyang

We recast the joint $J\bar{T}$, $T\bar{J}$ and $T\bar{T}$ deformations as coupling the original theory to a mixture of topological gravity and gauge theory. This geometrizes the general flow triggered by irrelevant deformations built out of…

The holographic duality conjectures a relation between strongly coupled quantum systems and quantum gravity in higher-dimensional spacetimes. Gravitational theories in two and three dimensions are meaningful examples for classical and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-04-17 Stephen Ebert

We demonstrate the presence of modular properties in partition functions of $T\bar{T}$ deformed conformal field theories. These properties are verified explicitly for the deformed free boson. The modular features facilitate a derivation of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-08-22 Shouvik Datta , Yunfeng Jiang

The g-function was introduced by Affleck and Ludwig in the context of critical quantum systems with boundaries. In the framework of the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz (TBA) method for relativistic scattering theories, all attempts to write an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Patrick Dorey , Davide Fioravanti , Chaiho Rim , Roberto Tateo

In this letter we introduce a one-parameter deformation of two-dimensional quantum field theories generated by a non-analytic operator which we call Root-$T \overline{T}$. For a conformal field theory, the operator coincides with the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-11-23 Christian Ferko , Alessandro Sfondrini , Liam Smith , Gabriele Tartaglino-Mazzucchelli

We identify the unique stress tensor deformation which preserves zero-birefringence conditions in non-linear electrodynamics, which is a $4d$ version of the ${T\overline{T}}$ operator. We study the flows driven by this operator in the three…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-22 Christian Ferko , Liam Smith , Gabriele Tartaglino-Mazzucchelli

We study solvable deformations of two-dimensional quantum field theories driven by a bilinear operator constructed from a pair of conserved $U(1)$ currents $J^a$. We propose a quantum formulation of these deformations, based on the gauging…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-14 Sergei Dubovsky , Stefano Negro , Massimo Porrati

Motivated by the two-dimensional massive gravity description of $T\overline{T}$ deformations, we propose a direct generalization in $d$ dimensions. Our methodology indicates that all terms up to order $d$ are present in the deformation. In…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-09-26 Evangelos Tsolakidis

We show that the $T \overline{T}$ deformation of two-dimensional quantum field theory on $\mathrm{AdS}_2$ is well-defined and solvable at the quantum level. Flow equations for the energy spectrum and partition function are derived in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-13 T. Daniel Brennan , Christian Ferko , Emil Martinec , Savdeep Sethi

In this paper we evaluate the averages of conserved densities and currents associated to charges of generic spin in (1+1)-dimensional massive integrable Quantum Field Theories perturbed by the irrelevant $\mathrm{T\bar{T}}$ operator. By…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-07-23 Riccardo Travaglino , Michele Mazzoni , Olalla A. Castro-Alvaredo

We point out that negative specific heat at high energies is a characteristic feature of many TT-bar deformations, both in the original d = 2 case and in d = 1 quantum mechanical cousins. This note is a contribution to the memorial volume…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-28 J. L. F. Barbon , E. Rabinovici

We deform two-dimensional quantum field theories by antisymmetric combinations of their conserved currents that generalize Smirnov and Zamolodchikov's $T\bar{T}$ deformation. We obtain that energy levels on a circle obey a transport…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-03-19 Bruno Le Floch , Márk Mezei

We develop a two-dimensional gravity path integral formulation of the $T \bar T + \Lambda_2$ deformation of quantum field theory. This provides an exactly solvable generalization of the pure $T \bar T$ deformation that is relevant for de…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-02-15 Gonzalo Torroba

We revisit $T\bar T$ deformations of $d=2$ theories with fermions with a view toward the quantization. As a simple illustration, we compute the deformed Dirac bracket for a Majorana doublet and confirm the known eigenvalue flows…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-08-18 Kyung-Sun Lee , Piljin Yi , Junggi Yoon

Smirnov and Zamolodchikov recently introduced a new class of two-dimensional quantum field theories, defined through a differential change of any existing theory by the determinant of the energy-momentum tensor. From this $T\bar T$ flow…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-09-23 Vladimir Rosenhaus , Michael Smolkin

The spectral properties of operators formed from generators of the q-Onsager non-Abelian infinite dimensional algebra are investigated. Using a suitable functional representation, all eigenfunctions are shown to obey a second-order…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Pascal Baseilhac