@article{ghostedlayersunconstrainedactivationalig, title = {Ghosted Layers: Unconstrained Activation Alignment for Recovering Layer-Pruned LLMs}, author = {Vincent-Daniel Yun and Junhyuk Jo and Sai Praneeth Karimireddy and Sunwoo Lee}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2605.15491}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.15491}, }