Dec 1 – 5, 2025
Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University
Asia/Tokyo timezone

Universality of Heavy Operators in Matrix Models

Dec 1, 2025, 11:30 AM
1h
Panasonic Auditorium, Yukawa Hall (YITP, Kyoto U.)

Panasonic Auditorium, Yukawa Hall

YITP, Kyoto U.

Speaker

Harish Murali

Description

In large N theories with a gravity dual, generic heavy operators should be dual to black holes in the bulk. The microscopic details of such operators should then be irrelevant in the low energy theory. I will talk about a simple two matrix model -- the Hoppe model -- which also exhibits universality. Using analytics as well as Monte Carlo simulations, I will show that there exists a universal black hole regime where the eigenvalue densities are given by universal parabolas and the correlation functions of probes in these backgrounds are completely determined by a few parameters. The talk will be based on this paper arXiv:2507.21207

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