Research arc

From islands to boundary geometry

  1. Finite cutoff and boundary observables

    End of the world brane meets TT̄
  2. Propagation channels, operator dictionary and causal matching

    Causality Criteria for Island Models
  3. Entropy partitions and perimeter–area optimization in the leading RT model

    Information clustering and geometric pressure in AdS3

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02 / Current interests

Current research interests

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Holographic entanglement in systems with defects and interfaces

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Geometric descriptions of quantum extremal structures

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Boundary and defect entropy

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Quantum field theory on nontrivial Cauchy slices

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Computational methods for Gaussian and lattice field theories

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AI-assisted scientific reasoning and verification

03 / Reading routes

Follow a question through the papers

Geometry and quantum information

Which quantum-information quantities can extremal geometry represent, and when does it agree with a lower-dimensional effective theory?

I study geometric descriptions of entanglement in black-hole and brane-world models. Public work connects defect extremal surfaces, Page curves and JT gravity; recent preprints examine conditional causality criteria and information clustering in the leading Einstein-AdS₃ vacuum RT entropy model.

RT/HRT/QESisland formulabrane constructionssemiclassical gravity

Approach and reading order

Start with entropy prescriptions that can be compared directly, then examine time dependence, dimension and causal structure. Finish with the geometric representation of information clustering: the storage objective is defined at a finite factorizing regulator, while the geometric result uses the leading Einstein-AdS₃ vacuum RT entropy model.

  1. 2021 · Journal of High Energy PhysicsDefect extremal surface as the holographic counterpart of Island formula

    First identify the area term, defect matter entropy and endpoint variation. Follow the bulk decomposition into the lower-dimensional island prescription to establish the dictionary needed for later comparisons.

  2. 2021 · Journal of High Energy PhysicsPage curve from defect extremal surface and island in higher dimensions

    Apply the static dictionary to the time-dependent AdS₃/BCFT₂ construction and its matching Page curves. Then examine the higher-dimensional comparison, where the bulk DES entropy is generally lower than the boundary low-energy island result.

  3. 2026 · PreprintCausality Criteria for Island Models

    After the entropy calculation, examine causal structure. This preprint makes its argument for effective micro-causality conditional on no extra propagation channels, a local bulk-supported operator dictionary, and matching effective spacelike separation to bulk causal accessibility.

  4. 2026 · PreprintInformation clustering and geometric pressure in AdS3

    Finally turn to grouped storage for fixed finitely many separated intervals. Public Zenodo v1 connects entropy partitions to free-perimeter-plus-area optimization using leading RT entropies and a controlled ultraviolet error. Actual-state entropies need separate error bounds; the compact-BTZ annulus has a mismatch at the same tariff.

Boundaries, defects and interfaces

After adding a defect, an EOW brane or a finite cutoff, which boundary data determine entropy and spectrum calculations?

I examine how boundaries and defects enter entropy calculations and effective gravity. The published sequence runs from defect extremal surfaces through finite-cutoff EOW branes and TT̄-deformed BCFT to local boundary Ward constraints and entropy checks with matched geometric prescriptions.

AdS/BCFTBCFT/DCFTdefect entropypartial reduction

Approach and reading order

Read in order of construction: add defect degrees of freedom, combine an EOW brane with a cutoff, then distinguish the two treatments of the deformed boundary. The 2026 published paper specifies the assumptions behind local Ward constraints and the Weyl frame, induced geometry and endpoint prescriptions needed for entropy comparisons.

  1. 2021 · Journal of High Energy PhysicsDefect extremal surface as the holographic counterpart of Island formula

    Begin with quantum entropy on the defect and its role in surface variation. This locates the boundary degrees of freedom in the calculation and prepares a dictionary for gravitational and matter terms after partial reduction.

  2. 2024 · Journal of High Energy PhysicsEnd of the world brane meets TT̄

    Next retain both the EOW brane and a finite radial cutoff. Follow partial reduction to brane-world gravity coupled to a TT̄-deformed bath, comparing entanglement entropies and Page curves on the two sides.

  3. 2025 · Journal of High Energy PhysicsHolographic boundary conformal field theory with TT̄ deformation

    Then ask whether the deformation acts on the boundary. Follow the paper's two constructions through boundary entropy and the finite-interval spectrum, and through field-theory/gravity comparisons of entanglement and Rényi entropies.

  4. 2026 · Journal of High Energy PhysicsBoundary constraints and geometric realizations in holographic TT̄-deformed BCFT

    Finish with the journal version: no independent boundary stress tensor, a reflective boundary, a semiclassical factorized state, and separately treated contact terms. It assigns distinct roles to the local algebraic constraint and internal RT/BCFT entropy consistency checks with matched prescriptions.

Computational field theory

Before taking an analytic result into a calculation, how can variables, conventions and approximations be fixed so that errors and mismatches remain traceable?

Lattice and Gaussian field-theory methods are current interests. Public papers on partial reduction, gravitational constraints and matched entropy calculations provide methodological reading references for specifying variables, approximations and consistency checks.

lattice modelsGaussian covariance methodsMathematicaPython

Approach and reading order

Lattice and Gaussian field theory remain current interests; this route uses public papers as methodological reading references. The three papers illustrate the origin of effective variables, constraints shared by different calculations, and matching conditions across descriptions, providing examples for designing analytic and numerical checks.

  1. 2023 · Journal of High Energy PhysicsJT gravity from partial reduction and defect extremal surface

    Start by tracing the variables: in the three-dimensional partial-reduction construction, a small transverse brane fluctuation becomes the dilaton and yields the JT action. Record the small-fluctuation assumption, variable map and prescriptions used in the entropy match.

  2. 2025 · PreprintAn Interpretation for the Equivalence of Two Holographic Computations of the Butterfly Velocity with the Canonical Formalism of Gravity

    Next compare the inputs to two calculations. This preprint reformulates the shock-wave and entanglement-wedge methods as initial data inserted into gravitational constraint equations, interpreting the matching butterfly velocities through that shared structure.

  3. 2026 · Journal of High Energy PhysicsBoundary constraints and geometric realizations in holographic TT̄-deformed BCFT

    Finish by aligning the objects being compared: list the induced geometry, Weyl frame, endpoints and contact terms explicitly. Use the paper to distinguish a local Ward constraint from an internal entropy consistency check, and label what each check actually supports.

04 / Methods

Mutually checking layers

DomainMethods
HolographyRT/HRT/QES, AdS/BCFT, brane constructions
Field theoryCFT/BCFT/DCFT, replica methods, open/closed channels
Gravitysemiclassical gravity, JT gravity, dimensional reduction
Numericslattice fermions, Gaussian bosonic systems, covariance methods
ComputationMathematica, Python, symbolic and numerical verification
Research systemsliterature mapping, manuscript auditing, AI-agent workflows