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Universality of stringy horizons across fields at finite 't Hooft coupling

Ascertain whether horizons defined via half-sided modular inclusions for different single-trace operators coincide in the thermofield double state at finite ’t Hooft coupling (finite λ). Establish, or refute, the existence of a universal stringy horizon shared by all fields in the stringy regime.

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Background

In the stringy regime, different single-trace operators (dual to stringy fields) may experience different effective metrics, raising the possibility that the associated horizons defined via half-sided modular inclusions need not coincide.

Determining whether a universal stringy horizon exists would clarify to what extent geometric notions survive at finite λ and how bulk causal structure emerges from boundary operator algebras in the stringy regime.

References

"However, do horizons for different fields coincide? At the moment, we do not have a direct way to answer this question..."

Lectures on entanglement, von Neumann algebras, and emergence of spacetime (2510.07017 - Liu, 8 Oct 2025) in Section 6.6 (Stringy geometry and stringy black holes)