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Main Authors: Gu, Jie, Hou, Jue, Jiang, Yunfeng
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.20839
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author Gu, Jie
Hou, Jue
Jiang, Yunfeng
author_facet Gu, Jie
Hou, Jue
Jiang, Yunfeng
contents We apply harmonic analysis to study the $T\bar{T}$-deformed torus partition function. We first express the CFT partition functions in terms of Maass waveforms, including the Eisenstein series and cusp forms. These basis functions turn out to deform in a very simple way under the $T\bar{T}$-deformation. The spectral decomposition provides a numerically stable and efficient method to compute the partition function at finite values of the deformation parameter $λ$, allowing us to clearly resolve the analytic structure of the partition function as a function of $λ$. The resulting deformed partition function exhibits a Hagedorn singularity. Building on harmonic analysis approach, we propose a natural analytic continuation beyond the Hagedorn singularity, which enables us to compute the full partition function for any value of $λ$.
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spellingShingle Beyond Hagedorn: A Harmonic Approach to $T\bar{T}$-deformation
Gu, Jie
Hou, Jue
Jiang, Yunfeng
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
We apply harmonic analysis to study the $T\bar{T}$-deformed torus partition function. We first express the CFT partition functions in terms of Maass waveforms, including the Eisenstein series and cusp forms. These basis functions turn out to deform in a very simple way under the $T\bar{T}$-deformation. The spectral decomposition provides a numerically stable and efficient method to compute the partition function at finite values of the deformation parameter $λ$, allowing us to clearly resolve the analytic structure of the partition function as a function of $λ$. The resulting deformed partition function exhibits a Hagedorn singularity. Building on harmonic analysis approach, we propose a natural analytic continuation beyond the Hagedorn singularity, which enables us to compute the full partition function for any value of $λ$.
title Beyond Hagedorn: A Harmonic Approach to $T\bar{T}$-deformation
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.20839