Dynamic quantum phase transitions in the two-leg Creutz ladder with long-range hoppingIn this work, we investigate quantum quenches in the two-leg Creutz model with long-range hopping, where the hopping amplitudes decay with distance as a power law characterized by an exponent ν and…J. A. da Silva, J. C. Xavier·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
Emergence of Stigmergic Transport in Granular EnvironmentsWe show that stigmergic path formation emerges in a deformable environment through the interplay between environmental memory and geometrical crowding. Using experiments with robotic random walkers…F. Wéry, F. N. Pinan Basualdo, B. Gorissen et al.·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
Exact autoregressive sampling of planar Ising spin glasses via the Kac--Ward theoryExact sampling from the Boltzmann distribution of spin glasses remains an outstanding challenge: Markov chain Monte Carlo methods suffer from critical slowing down and metastable trapping, while…Jing Liu, Tao Chen, Tianrui Che et al.·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
A Minimal Thermodynamically Consistent Chemical OscillatorInspired by the chemical reaction network considered as the smallest system featuring a Hopf bifurcation and its reversible extension, we introduce an even more minimal reaction network that is…Benedikt Remlein, Luca Monari, Beatrice Bartolomei et al.·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
Geometric Thermodynamics of Scallop Motion with Two Control ParametersAccording to Purcell's scallop theorem, reciprocal single-degree-of-freedom shape deformations cannot achieve net propulsion in a viscous fluid. We show that this limitation is bypassed by…Hisao Hayakawa·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
Bulk Phase Transition and Edge Behavior in Temporally Correlated Random MatricesWe study long-range correlated Wigner-type matrices built from row-independent stationary Gaussian sequences. For exponentially decaying (AR(1)) correlations, the bulk spectral density deforms from…Masato Hisakado, Takuya Kaneko·Aug 25, 2026SaveLearn
Movable seams in root-of-unity XXZ chains: Relative flux classes and antiunitary spectral pairingStarting from the cyclic duality tensors introduced by Vernier, Miao, and Yamazaki (VMY), whose endpoint-traced matrix-product operators obey ZN Tambara--Yamagami fusion and realize…Boliang Yu, Ruixin Zhou, Meisen Gao·Aug 24, 2026SaveLearn
Jamming states in random sequential adsorption of diffusion-limited aggregatesMotivated by the ubiquity of ramified fractal deposits in nature and engineered systems, we investigate the irreversible adsorption of diffusion-limited aggregation (DLA) clusters on a square…Fahad Puthalath, Dipanjan Mandal, Sumanta Kundu·Aug 24, 2026SaveLearn
Entropy Production Bounds the Accuracy of Computation in Markov NetworksBiological and artificial networks compute by transforming time-dependent inputs into functional outputs. Because the internal state of a stochastic network relaxes on finite timescales, its output…Songela W. Chen, David T. Limmer·Aug 24, 2026SaveLearn
Weak irreducibility as a spectral criterion for phase coexistenceConventional finite-size theories describe first-order coexistence through free-energy competition and interfacial tunneling, but the distinct spectral roles of sector balance and inter-sector…Onofre Rojas·Aug 24, 2026SaveLearn
Non-Abelian Spin Counting of Ordered Stochastic Trajectories: Reentrant Finite-Time Chern NumbersConventional full counting statistics assigns commuting phases to integrated stochastic currents and therefore resolves net transport but not, in general, the temporal ordering of events associated…Yangyang Du·Aug 24, 2026SaveLearn
Run-and-tumble particles with preferred reorientationRun-and-tumble particles (RTPs) are canonically modeled with uniform reorientation probabilities, an assumption that breaks down for many biological microswimmers. In this work, we investigate the…Callum Britton, Ziluo Zhang, Seongjun Han et al.·Aug 24, 2026SaveLearn
Cramer-Rao Inequality Generalizes the Equilibrium Energy Fluctuation-Response Relation to Nonequilibrium Steady StatesEquilibrium steady states are fully characterized by the Boltzmann distribution, which depends only on the energy and the temperature. In contrast, nonequilibrium steady states, which describe a wide…Shaofan Liu, Raphael Chetrite, Andre C. Barato·Aug 24, 2026SaveLearn
Free-Energy Differences from Nonequilibrium Fluctuations in High DissipationEquilibrium free-energy differences can be measured from nonequilibrium work fluctuations using fluctuation theorems, such as the Jarzynski equality and the Crooks fluctuation theorem. However, these…Sreekanth K Manikandan, Giovanni Volpe·Aug 24, 2026SaveLearn
Universality of superdiffusion in simple random graphsRandom walks with long-range jumps can drive superdiffusive transport, replacing ordinary diffusion with an effective long-range kinetic operator. Such superdiffusive kinetics is also central to…Mrinal Sarkar, Nicolò Defenu, Tilman Enss·Aug 24, 2026SaveLearn
Kinetic heterogeneity tightens thermodynamic bounds on spectra of Markov cyclesThermodynamic bounds on the spectrum of a Markov cycle are determined by quantities such as the cycle affinity and maximal escape rate, but do not distinguish cycles with different local rate…Rongxing Xu, Cuiling Meng·Aug 24, 2026SaveLearn
Note on Boltzmann's H-Theorem and Detailed Balance DynamicsThe Boltzmann H-theorem states that entropy of an ensemble of thermodynamic states increases until all states become equally probable. The evolution randomly picks one of the states in the ensemble…Prabodh Shukla·Aug 24, 2026SaveLearn
Time reversal of complex evolution on a quantum computerThe Boltzmann-Loschmidt dispute in 1876-1877 discussed the problem of time reversal of ther- malization from time reversible classical equations of motion. Here, 150 years later, we highlight this…Mahdi Kourehpaz, Dima L. Shepelyansky·Aug 23, 2026SaveLearn
Nonequilibrium statistics of harmonically trapped run-and-tumble particles: An exact convolution approachWe study one-dimensional run-and-tumble particles confined by a harmonic potential and coupled to an equilibrium thermal bath. Exploiting the coupling of active and thermal degrees of freedom through…Francisco J. Sevilla, Jair A. Meléndez Mora·Aug 22, 2026SaveLearn
High-Efficiency Ising Machine with Time-Dimensional Exchange CouplingConventional probabilistic Ising machines often suffer from inefficient exploration of configuration space, while replica-based quantum Monte Carlo methods reduce sampling bottlenecks at the cost of…Zhengyu Du, Haijie Xu, Kaiming Cai et al.·Aug 22, 2026SaveLearn
Emergent Second Law for Time-Dependent Nonequilibrium StatesFor nonautonomous open systems described by macroscopic stochastic thermodynamics, we derive an emergent second law that constrains time-dependent macroscopic fluctuations by the entropy production…Nahuel Freitas, Timur Aslyamov, Massimiliano Esposito·Aug 21, 2026SaveLearn
Meandering stripes in the frustrated J1-J2 Ising model on the honeycomb latticeWe study the frustrated J1-J2 Ising model on the honeycomb lattice with ferromagnetic nearest-neighbor couplings fixed at J1=1 and strong antiferromagnetic next-nearest-neighbor…Denis Gessert, Martin Weigel, Wolfhard Janke·Aug 21, 2026SaveLearn
Quantum Wake Dynamics from Distinct Spectroscopic PerturbationsQuantum wake dynamics in quantum magnets have recently been inferred from the dynamical spin structure factor, which probes only a restricted class of local perturbations. Here, we show that resonant…Umesh Kumar, Gonzalo Alvarez, David Alan Tennant et al.·Aug 21, 2026SaveLearn
Two-dimensional percolation with algebraically decaying interactions II: Critical exponents in the long-range regimeWe present a comprehensive Monte Carlo study of two-dimensional bond percolation with algebraically decaying connection probabilities p(r) 1/r2+σ, establishing the universality diagram in…Ziyu Liu, Tianning Xiao, Zhijie Fan et al.·Aug 21, 2026SaveLearn
Power Series for the Quantum Statistical Mechanics Probability with Results for the Second Virial Coefficient of HeliumA power series for the Wigner-Kirkwood pair commutation function for quantum statistical mechanics in classical phase space is given with terms automatically generated by recursion. The calculated…Phil Attard·Aug 20, 2026SaveLearn