Adaptive workforce exploration in complex productivity landscapesSpecialization and task allocation enhance efficiency and innovation across diverse systems, from biological organisms to socioeconomic institutions. The evolution of task distribution and its…Mateus F. B. Granha, Igor V. G. de Oliveira, André L. M. Vilela et al.·Aug 27, 2026SaveLearn
Long-time Dynamics of Many-body Open Quantum Systems using Quantum Generating FunctionsThe interplay between coherent unitary evolution and environment-induced dissipation can give rise to a wide range of non-equilibrium dynamics in open quantum systems, ranging from interesting…Katha Ganguly, Dario Poletti, Bijay Kumar Agarwalla·Aug 27, 2026SaveLearn
Localization Delocalization Transition in Diffusion with Adaptive ResettingStochastic resetting can localize diffusion and generate nonequilibrium steady states, but the conditions under which spatially dependent resetting produces localization remain unclear. Here, we…Tommer D. Keidar, Shlomi Reuveni·Aug 27, 2026SaveLearn
Quenched activity induces nonuniversal scaling in nonreciprocal XY Models and surfacesActive XY models and active surfaces are two paradigmatic nonequilibrium systems with distinct microscopic origins. We show that the hydrodynamic theories for a quenched-disordered nonreciprocal…Sudip Mukherjee, Abhik Basu·Aug 27, 2026SaveLearn
Brownian yet non-Gaussian diffusion through equilibrium nonlinear frictionIn Brownian yet non-Gaussian diffusion (BnGD) the mean squared displacement grows linearly in time. However, the displacement statistics do not follow a normal distribution throughout. Typically,…Jakob Mihatsch, Andreas M. Menzel·Aug 27, 2026SaveLearn
When dissipative steady states admit thermodynamic occupation lawsNon-equilibrium steady states (NESSs) generally lack thermodynamic occupation laws because finite stationary circulation and a globally exact rate-ratio field cannot coexist for the same Markov…Tetsu Ichitsubo·Aug 27, 2026SaveLearn
The giant component of complex hypergraphs: automated generating function calculationsComplex hypergraphs (chygraphs) contain graphs, hypergraphs, multiplex and interacting networks as special cases, and the percolation threshold of all of them follows from one symbolic calculation:…Alexei Vazquez·Aug 26, 2026SaveLearn
Fluctuation--response relations from an emergent Z2 symmetry in the rotating stochastic Landau modelIn this work, we investigate the extent to which fluctuation--response relations emerge from coarse-grained stochastic dynamics alone, and which aspects instead depend on additional information about…Dhruv Kush, Nicki Mullins, Mauricio Hippert et al.·Aug 26, 2026SaveLearn
Information-theoretic formulation of the Traveling Salesman ProblemThe Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) asks for the shortest route to visit a set of cities exactly once. It combines a simple local rule - each city must be visited once - with a hard, global…Enrico Maria Fenoaltea, Riccardo Piombo, Aurelio Patelli·Aug 26, 2026SaveLearn
Critical Properties and Glass Transitions in Randomly Coupled FieldsWe study an assembly of N scalar fields coupled via a quenched random interaction, equivalent to a spin glass whose spins are promoted to d-dimensional fields. When N is large, the random…Amer Al-Hiyasat·Aug 26, 2026SaveLearn
Topology of Fluctuation Bands in Chiral Active CrystalsWhile band topology is usually associated with the deterministic dynamics of a system, we show that it can instead reside in its fluctuations. Using a reciprocal lattice driven by nonequilibrium…Raphaël Maire·Aug 26, 2026SaveLearn
Current fluctuations in a gas of active Ornstein-Uhlenbeck particlesWe investigate the statistics of the time-integrated current in an infinite one-dimensional gas of independent active Ornstein--Uhlenbeck particles, as a model system for studying an active…Sandeep Jangid, Aman Kumbhakar, Juliane U. Klamser et al.·Aug 26, 2026SaveLearn
Exact chemo--thermal Metropolis Brownian engine: chemical leverage, temperature-neutral stall, power optimization, and multicyclic dissipationWe develop an exactly solvable chemo--thermal extension of the three-state Metropolis Brownian heat engine. The particle moves through the periodic energy sequence 0 E 2E0, performs…Mesfin Taye·Aug 26, 2026SaveLearn
Nonequilibrium Dynamics of Simple Exclusion Processes Across DimensionsThe simple exclusion process (SEP) is a paradigmatic model for nonequilibrium transport, yet its rich dynamics over an exponentially large configuration space remain notoriously intractable. Here, we…Zhimao Liu, Jing Liu, Pan Zhang et al.·Aug 26, 2026SaveLearn
Finite relaxation protocols with minimal dissipationWork extraction from nonequilibrium systems is a major challenge across biological, chemical, physical, and engineering systems. Idealized protocols generally require a quasistatic relaxation stage…Ben Ansbacher, Harrison Hartle, Abhishek Yadav et al.·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
Thermalization packets and optimal ice cubesRelaxation toward equilibrium is usually accelerated by modifying the environment or by cooling a system further from equilibrium. Here we introduce a distinct strategy: thermalization packets,…Israel Klich, Marija Vucelja·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
Convergence of the conformal Ward identity in the derivative expansion approximationConformal invariance is expected to be an emergent property of many systems in their critical regime. However, approximation schemes generically spoil this property. This is in particular the case of…Jorge Ibañez, Matthieu Tissier, Gonzalo De Polsi·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
Delta-Function Kicks are Optimal for Rapidly Driven Inertial Stochastic SystemsOptimal control helps guide our understanding of stochastic thermodynamics, leading to universal properties and geometric formulations. Among the initially surprising properties of optimal control,…Steven Blaber·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
Directed walks shape a universal square-root law of entropy production rate in nonreciprocal systemsThe entropy production rate (EPR) quantifies irreversibility of a nonequilibrium steady state, yet standard formulas obscure how a complex interaction network generates it. For multivariate…Thiparat Chotibut, Ewa Gudowska-Nowak, Maciej A. Nowak·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
Nonlocal thermal noise in electrically coupled conductors: A microscopic two-dimensional studyThe Johnson-Nyquist theory is commonly implemented by representing a conductor as a collection of independent local thermal-noise sources whose strength is determined by the local temperature.…Jorge Berger·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
Heat Transfer and Torque in Enclosing Cylindrical Configurations with Nonreciprocal MaterialsElectromagnetic fluctuations can transfer not only energy but also angular momentum, leading to forces, torques, heat currents, and friction in out-of-equilibrium setups. In enclosing configurations,…Dhruv Shah, Kiryl Asheichyk, David Gelbwaser-Klimovsky et al.·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
Fast generation of spectrally-shaped disorder, on the sphereThe design of disordered point patterns with desirable properties is an exciting and ongoing research endeavor, with applications ranging from materials to computer science. A successful approach in…Mathias Casiulis, Stefano Martiniani·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
Kinetic Turnover in the Early-Stage Nucleation of Multi-Shell Condensed ClustersNucleation is a key rate-limiting process in phase transition and phase separation. Recent studies highlight a significant discrepancy between experimentally measured nucleation rates and theoretical…Kaicheng Zhu, Haibin Su·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
Ideal Bose-Einstein condensation in the canonical ensemble: exact asymptotic estimates from large deviationsIn this work we present a large-deviations approach to the calculation of the canonical partition function for free bosons. Three-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensation is studied in the…Giacomo Gradenigo, Dario Lucente, Luca Salasnich·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
Transport interpretation of entanglement Hamiltonian cumulants in integrable quantum quenchesWe study the dynamics of the cumulants of the entanglement Hamiltonian in interacting integrable models following global quantum quenches. Building on recent results based on space-time duality, we…Riccardo Travaglino, Pasquale Calabrese·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn