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, 2026·Top 9%SaveLearn
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, 2026·Top 72%SaveLearn
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, 2026·Top 44%SaveLearn
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, 2026·Top 17%SaveLearn
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, 2026·Top 67%SaveLearn
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, 2026·Top 6%SaveLearn
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, 2026·Top 62%SaveLearn
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, 2026·Top 16%SaveLearn
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, 2026·Top 15%SaveLearn
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, 2026·Top 34%SaveLearn
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, 2026·Top 42%SaveLearn
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
Coarse-grained kinetic scale tightens thermodynamic spectral bounds of Markov cyclesThermodynamic bounds on the spectrum of a Markov cycle depend on the cycle affinity and maximum escape rate, but they ignore how the local transition rates are distributed around the cycle. In this…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, 2026·Top 87%SaveLearn
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, 2026·Top 65%SaveLearn
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, 2026·Top 75%SaveLearn
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, 2026·Top 47%SaveLearn
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, 2026·Top 69%SaveLearn
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, 2026·Top 37%SaveLearn
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, 2026·Top 12%SaveLearn
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, 2026·Top 96%SaveLearn
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, 2026·Top 4%SaveLearn
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, 2026·Top 8%SaveLearn
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, 2026·Top 29%SaveLearn