Linear response across interaction regimes in two-dimensional ferromagnetsRecent discoveries of two-dimensional (2D) ferromagnets have stimulated intense interest in understanding and controlling their spin transport properties. A central microscopic feature of these…Aaron Müller, Pavel E. Dolgirev, Oleksii Malyshev et al.·Aug 14, 2026·Top 19%SaveLearn
Generalizing the multidimensional thermodynamic uncertainty relation to combinations of arbitrary counting variablesUncertainty relations provide lower bounds for otherwise hidden quantities of a partially accessible Markov network like the mean entropy production rate and the total dynamical activity. The…Niklas Buschmann, Udo Seifert, Alexander M. Maier·Aug 14, 2026·Top 25%SaveLearn
Small-world structure of quantum computer hardwareWe show that the network of quantum register states of a quantum computer (QC), coupled through residual two-body interactions between qubits, exhibits small-world properties analogous to those of…S. J. da Silva Junior, D. L. Shepelyansky, J. Lages·Aug 14, 2026·Top 50%SaveLearn
Far-from-equilibrium scaling of non-abelian Goldstone modesWe identify a broad class of nonthermal phases generated by the interplay of continuous symmetry breaking and weak nonequilibrium driving. Extending Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) physics beyond the…Carl Philipp Zelle, Gustav John, Orla Supple et al.·Aug 13, 2026·Top 24%SaveLearn
Far-from-equilibrium topological phase transition in one dimensionWe uncover a mechanism for far-from-equilibrium topological phase transitions, via a one-dimensional compact phase model evolving deterministically from random initial conditions. It rests on…Ze-Min Huang, Gustav John, Sebastian Diehl·Aug 13, 2026·Top 39%SaveLearn
Equivariant learning of a transferable three-dimensional classical density functionalLiquids exhibit collective behavior that depends sensitively on thermodynamic conditions, interfaces and confinement, yet predicting each new state commonly requires a separate atomistic simulation.…Bingqing Cheng·Aug 13, 2026·Top 5%SaveLearn
Local and quasilocal conservation laws of three-state IRF cellular automata and their quantum deformationsUsing patch-matrix-product methods, we study two reversible three-state interaction-round-a-face cellular automata introduced by Klobas and Prosen [J. Phys. A 55, 094003 (2022)] - the…Tomaž Prosen·Aug 13, 2026·Top 33%SaveLearn
Thermodynamics of Learning: A Typed Four-Component Accounting of Memory, Fit, and ValueWhat a finite learning device has recorded and what will hold value for it on future tasks are not the same quantity. We develop a typed accounting for finite-state learning devices that separates…Akihito Sudo·Aug 13, 2026·Top 59%SaveLearn
Intermediate scattering function of Brownian particles in a tilted cosine potentialWe solve the Fokker-Planck equation for a Brownian particle in a tilted cosine potential and derive the intermediate scattering function (ISF), which captures the full spatio-temporal dynamics of the…Regina Rusch, Thomas Franosch·Aug 12, 2026·Top 97%SaveLearn
Interface phases and dynamics in two-dimensional quantum magnets: A "holographic" approach from universality to quantum simulationWe introduce a framework to classify quantum phases, phase transitions, and non-equilibrium dynamics of interfaces separating ordered bulk domains in 2D quantum magnets - equivalently, confining…Abhishodh Prakash, Jaydev Singh Rao, Siddharth A. Parameswaran et al.·Aug 12, 2026SaveLearn
Finite-depth scaling and an exact Bernoulli-leaf identity for the min-plus process on the binary treeThe min-plus process is a stochastic coagulation-annihilation-type process on the binary tree, of interest in mathematics, physics, and computer science as a tractable instance of max-type recursive…José Ricardo G. Mendonça·Aug 12, 2026·Top 82%SaveLearn
Shortcuts to Parameter SweepsEfficient evaluation of stationary parametric sensitivities over broad parameter ranges is important for identifying influential training data, fitting force fields, and predicting material…Chi Xiang, Guodong Cheng, Geng Li·Aug 12, 2026·Top 51%SaveLearn
Macroscopic fluctuation theory for the multi-time statistics of current in non-stationary diffusive systemsThe statistics of current fluctuations has long been a central object of study in non-equilibrium physics. Most existing work has focused on one-time statistics, while their multi-time generalisation…Sabyasachi Chowdhury, Kapil Sharma, Sandeep Jangid et al.·Aug 12, 2026·Top 23%SaveLearn
Ideal heat engine cycles at maximal efficiency -- the ideal gas and beyondGiven a particular heat engine cycle, what is the optimal working medium that results in the highest efficiency? While one might jump to the conclusion that it must surely be the ideal gas, the…Gregory Behrendt, Sebastian Deffner·Aug 12, 2026·Top 85%SaveLearn
A piston-like polymer stochastic heat engineColloidal stochastic engines are often regarded as microscopic analogues of macroscopic pis ton cylinder heat engines. However, although they share some underlying physical principles, such systems…Yi-Jui Chiu, Cheng-Hung Chang·Aug 11, 2026·Top 92%SaveLearn
Observable dependence and rate identifiability in false-vacuum decay of the quantum Ising chainExtracting a thermodynamic nucleation rate from finite-time quantum dynamics requires separating observable decay from estimator and finite-size validity. We develop a multilevel identification…Boliang Yu, Ruixin Zhou, Hang Su·Aug 11, 2026·Top 58%SaveLearn
Geometry of Noisy Quantum Many-Body Dynamics with Continuous Symmetries: Entanglement and CorrelationsWe study unitary quantum dynamics in noisy Brownian models with global continuous symmetries, such as U(1) and SU(2), focusing on Rényi entanglement entropies and hydrodynamic and…Marco Lastres, Sanjay Moudgalya·Aug 11, 2026·Top 32%SaveLearn
Exact First-Passage Time Response Theory from Steady-State ResponseThe mean first-passage time (MFPT) provides a universal temporal measure of transport, reaction, search, and switching processes in physical, chemical, and biological systems. Understanding how MFPTs…Ruicheng Bao, Shiling Liang·Aug 11, 2026·Top 10%SaveLearn
Exact Expressions of Entropy for Classical Non-interacting Many-body SystemsIn the thermodynamic limit, the equilibrium state of a many-body system can be characterized by three pairs of conjugate thermodynamic variables: E/T,V/P,N/μ. In this limit, the thermodynamic…Yuheng Wu, Henrik Heelweg, Rigel Galgana·Aug 11, 2026·Top 79%SaveLearn
Jamming transition in an active exclusion processMultiple studies on active matter have shown that activity can induce or suppress a phase transition, or modify the critical behavior of a passive system. Here we investigate how activity affects the…Kavita Jain, Sakuntala Chatterjee·Aug 11, 2026·Top 84%SaveLearn
Steady-state phase transition in one-dimensional hybrid contact processWe investigate the steady-state phase transition in a one-dimensional hybrid contact process. We implement the single-site and cluster mean-field approximations based on the effective fields and…Lin Shang, Shuai Geng, Xingli Li et al.·Aug 11, 2026·Top 100%SaveLearn
Anomalous current fluctuations in the stochastic XNOR hopping modelWe consider fluctuations of the spin current in the stochastic XNOR process, a kinetically constrained hopping model in one spatial dimension. We formulate three conjectures with explicit amplitudes…Balázs Pozsgay·Aug 11, 2026·Top 93%SaveLearn
Equilibrium Distributions for Strongly Nonlinear Many-Body SystemsObtaining equilibrium distributions of nonlinear systems is essential for accurately computing macroscopic observables. Conventional theoretical corrections are typically limited to weak…Jialin Zhang, Yong Zhang, Hong Zhao·Aug 11, 2026·Top 42%SaveLearn
On first-order thermodynamic equilibrium conditions for fluid-fluid and solid-phase interfacesStarting from the constrained variational formulation of Larché and Cahn for solids in contact with fluids, a unified thermodynamic framework for such systems is developed. Both bulk and interfacial…Nicodemo Di Pasquale, Thomas Hudson·Aug 10, 2026·Top 46%SaveLearn
Sampling Free Energy Landscapes of Ionic Colloidal Crystal Systems using Machine-Learned Proxy Collective VariablesCharged colloids coated with a polymer brush can be designed to preferentially self-assemble into different crystal structures by varying easy-to-tune experimental conditions. For a given set of…Michael S. Chen, Stefano Sacanna, Glen M. Hocky·Aug 10, 2026·Top 63%SaveLearn