The Memory Hidden in Response Fluctuations: Trajectory-Level Fluctuation-Response Theory and Inequalities for Non-Markovian Jump DynamicsModern experiments often record nonequilibrium dynamics as sequences of discrete events whose rates depend on the realized past. We develop a fluctuation-response theory for such non-Markovian jump…Jiming Zheng, Zhiyue Lu·Aug 20, 2026SaveLearn
Learning Potts Models and Z3 Toric Codes: Higher and Ordinary Nishimori CriticalityMotivated by a previous Ising study, we identify a higher Nishimori line in the learning phase diagram of the 2D q-state Potts model (2 < q≤ 4) under bond-energy measurements. This…Rushikesh A. Patil, Malte Pütz, Rohit Mukherjee et al.·Aug 20, 2026SaveLearn
Splitting probabilities for Brownian motion with diffusing boundaries: Application to polymer translocationWe study the translocation of a polymer chain through a nanopore where the chain length fluctuates stochastically due to the polymerization-depolymerization processes at the chain ends. We map this…Alexander K. Hartmann, Satya N. Majumdar, Alberto Rosso·Aug 20, 2026SaveLearn
Biorthogonal Conformal Dynamics in Non-Hermitian Quantum QuenchesGlobal quenches at one-dimensional critical points admit a boundary conformal field theory (BCFT) description in which Euclidean strip correlators are analytically continued to real time. We…Yifan Liu·Aug 20, 2026SaveLearn
Fluctuation-Controlled Asymmetric Kinetics in Metal-Insulator TransitionsWe report asymmetric kinetics in thermally driven metal-insulator transitions (MITs) in 1T-TaS2. Using combined transport, calorimetric, and Raman measurements, we show that the transition…Tapas Bar, David Pesquera, Timm Swoboda et al.·Aug 20, 2026SaveLearn
Exact Fluctuation-Response Relations for Underdamped Langevin DynamicsThermodynamic uncertainty relations connect current fluctuations to dissipation and, in certain settings, can emerge from underlying fluctuation-response relations. However, in underdamped dynamics,…Tan Van Vu, Van Tuan Vo, Ruicheng Bao et al.·Aug 20, 2026SaveLearn
Exact partition function of arithmetic Ising modelWe present a compact formula for the exact partition function of the d-dimensional arithmetic Ising model (AIM). For a 2×2 system, we express it analytically using the q-Hurwitz-Lerch zeta…Anu Dhochak, Ken Kikuchi, Shrinit Singh·Aug 20, 2026SaveLearn
Statistical complexity from fluctuations in the information contentWe argue that the variance of the information content (C), an information-theoretic quantity, can be naturally interpreted as a measure of statistical complexity. We show that C satisfies widely…Renio S. Mendes, Sergio Picoli, Evaldo M. F. Curado·Aug 19, 2026SaveLearn
State convertibility and fluctuation theorems from a dynamical reference: majorization meets martingalesState convertibility represents a fundamental concept used to determine whether a transformation is possible given a specific set of resources. Within the field of Thermodynamics, where physical…Davide Cugini, Giacomo Guarnieri·Aug 19, 2026SaveLearn
Quantum Rényi-Jarzynski EqualityThe Jarzynski equality provides a strict link between nonequilibrium work and equilibrium free energy changes. Its typical quantum formulations, however, rely on measurement protocols that destroy…Benjamin Bobell, Mert Okyay, Rahul Nandkishore·Aug 19, 2026SaveLearn
Exact expressions of correlation functions between two spins in the boundary row of the two-dimensional rectangular Ising model with periodic-free boundary conditions and finite sizeWe present exact expressions of correlation functions between two spins in the boundary row of the two-dimensional rectangular Ising model with periodic-free boundary conditions and finite size. Some…Mei Tao·Aug 18, 2026SaveLearn
Critical behavior and crossover scaling in the Light-Heavy modelThe Light-Heavy (LH) model involves two species of particles (light and heavy) coupled with a fluctuating surface (described by tilts). The dynamics include the inherent diffusion of the particles…Shilpa Prakash, Mustansir Barma, Kabir Ramola·Aug 18, 2026SaveLearn
Heat capacity as a marker for shape and jamming transitions in active systemsPersistence influences the stationary states of active particles, producing boundary accumulation at the single-particle level, and clustering or jamming in interacting systems. These features…Ion Santra·Aug 18, 2026SaveLearn
Frustration without Glass: A Non-Abelian Gauge Model of Network CompatibilityWe formulate a non-Abelian theory of network compatibility in which dynamical transformations reside on the links. Gauge covariance follows from the freedom to choose local representation frames,…Xuanhua Wang·Aug 18, 2026SaveLearn
Conditional-path Monte Carlo for rare stochastic dynamics on networks: Details and derivationsThe simulation of rare macroscopic events in stochastic network dynamics, such as widespread epidemic outbreaks, cascading failures in communication networks, or the escape from metastable states in…Thomas Barthel, Jiazheng Sun, Jhao-Hong Peng·Aug 18, 2026SaveLearn
Spontaneous symmetry-breaking in equilibrium tree-packing configurations of a kinetically constrained cubic-lattice systemWe explore kinetic-constraint induced thermodynamic phase transition in the cubic lattice, employing the Fredrikson-Anderson spin model with hyperparameter K=2 as a representative kinetic system.…Hai-Jun Zhou·Aug 18, 2026SaveLearn
Incidence-based random walks on simplicial complexesWe introduce an incidence-based random walk on the edges of a random two-dimensional simplicial complex with a complete 1-skeleton and independently retained triangular faces. The dynamics combine…C. T. Martínez-Martínez, Francisco J. Sevilla·Aug 18, 2026SaveLearn
Giant Thermal Amplification via Engineered Dissipation in a Sierpinski-Gasket Aharonov-Bohm InterferometerWe propose a three-terminal thermal amplifier based on a Sierpinski-gasket Aharonov-Bohm interferometer, where the third (base) terminal is realized as a floating Buttiker probe that acts as an…Shubhra Shubhadarshini Mallick, Salil Bedkihal, Mattias Fitzpatrick et al.·Aug 18, 2026SaveLearn
Traveling Waves as Renormalization-Group Fixed Points without Universality ClassesTraveling waves are fundamental asymptotic structures in nonlinear physical systems. While their connection to self-similarity is recognized, their renormalization-group (RG) status remains elusive.…Ko Okumura·Aug 17, 2026SaveLearn
Embedding Paired Free-Fermion Gaussian States into Gutzwiller-Projected Bardeen--Cooper--Schrieffer Wave FunctionsGutzwiller-projected Bardeen--Cooper--Schrieffer (BCS) wave functions of Abrikosov fermions are widely used to describe quantum many-body states. Taking the one-dimensional transverse-field Ising…Ryui Kaneko·Aug 17, 2026SaveLearn
Statistical Mechanics of a Quantum Harmonic Oscillator with Folded Gaussian FrequencyA self-contained statistical-mechanics treatment of a single quantum harmonic oscillator is presented, whose frequency ω is drawn from a folded Gaussian distribution: ω=|ξ| with…Liu Zhao·Aug 17, 2026SaveLearn
Absence of critical scaling in the Schelling segregation modelWe find no evidence of critical scaling in the Schelling segregation model, in either the Moore neighborhood or its dense-spectrum extension to Chebyshev radii up to r0 = 6 (k = 168 neighbors).…Mouhssine Rifaki·Aug 17, 2026SaveLearn
Rare-event sampling for stochastic dynamics in network systems using cluster updatesUnderstanding the stochastic evolution in complex networks is a central challenge across physics, biology, engineering, social science, and finance. The most consequential macroscopic events, like…Jiazheng Sun, James Moody, Thomas Barthel·Aug 17, 2026SaveLearn
Dynamic critical exponent of the Yang--Lee edge singularity at three loopsWe compute the dynamic critical exponent z of the Yang--Lee edge singularity in relaxational dynamics using perturbative renormalization-group methods to the three-loop order. The calculation…Loran Ts. Adzhemyan, Diana A. Davletbaeva, Daniil A. Evdokimov et al.·Aug 16, 2026SaveLearn
Information, order, complexity, and entropy in materials including biological systems: a thermodynamic theory based on state variablesEntropy plays a central role in thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, information theory, and biology. However, its interpretation becomes increasingly ambiguous when information-theoretic concepts…Koun Shirai·Aug 16, 2026SaveLearn