Orientable Surfactants on Thin Liquid Films: A Dynamic Density-Functional Theory ApproachThin liquid films are ubiquitous across many natural and engineering systems, including films which are laden with surface active molecules, i.e. surfactants. The presence of surfactants may have a…Toby Kay, Serafim Kalliadasis·Jun 16, 2026SaveLearn
Long-range frustration in minimal vertex cover problem on random graphsA vertex cover on a graph is a set of vertices in which each edge of the graph is adjacent to at least one vertex in the set. The minimal vertex cover (MVC) problem concerns finding vertex covers…Yu-Tao Li, Chun-Yan Zhao, Jin-Hua Zhao·Jun 16, 2026SaveLearn
Stochastic dynamics of quasiparticles in the hard rod gasWe consider a one-dimensional gas of hard rods, one of the simplest examples of an interacting integrable model. It is well known that the hydrodynamics of such integrable models can be understood by…Seema Chahal, Indranil Mukherjee, Abhishek Dhar et al.·Jun 16, 2026SaveLearn
Inverse Clausius Thermodynamics in Run-and-Tumble DynamicsWe establish a mapping between one-dimensional run-and-tumble particle dynamics in the presence of thermal noise, and overdamped Brownian motion in a spatially inhomogeneous temperature field. The…Oded Farago·Jun 16, 2026SaveLearn
Hamiltonian description of nonreciprocal interactionsIn a vast class of systems, which includes members as diverse as sedimenting particles and bird flocks, interactions do not stem from a potential, and are in general nonreciprocal. Thus, it is not…Yu-Bo Shi, Roderich Moessner, Ricard Alert et al.·Jun 16, 2026SaveLearn
Many-body spectral transitions through the lens of the variable-range SYK2 modelThe Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) model is a cornerstone in the study of quantum chaos and holographic quantum matter. Real-world implementations, however, deviate from the idealized all-to-all…Andrea Legramandi, Soumik Bandyopadhyay, Philipp Hauke·Jun 16, 2026SaveLearn
Derivation of height field theory for the two-dimensional classical dimer model from a Grassmann-integral representationThe classical dimer model on bipartite lattices hosts a Coulomb phase, characterized by algebraic correlations and topological order. Its long-wavelength properties can be described by the…Stephen Powell·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Milestoning Markov-jump dynamics: Stationary properties, thermodynamic consistency, kinetic hysteresis, and fluctuation symmetriesWe derive an exact coarse graining of generic Markov-jump processes into observable semi-Markov dynamics. Exact results for waiting-time distributions for jumps between observable states are derived…Tassilo Schwarz, David Hartich, Aljaž Godec·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Distributed Acoustic Sensing for Urban Monitoring: Coverage Thresholds and PercolationDistributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) enables the repurposing of existing fiber-optic networks as ultra-dense, long-range seismic arrays for urban monitoring. However, constraints imposed by real-world…Khen Cohen, Ariel Lellouch·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
The Riviera model with egoistical settlersThe Riviera model mimics a densifying settlement along the coastline. In the lattice version, houses are built sequentially in empty sites with the constraint that every newly built house has at…P. L. Krapivsky·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Refining Unified Colored-Noise ApproximationCountless biological and physical systems experience fluctuations that exhibit non-trivial temporal correlations. The Unified Colored-Noise Approximation (UCNA) is a framework providing an…Alessandro Corso, Daniel M. Busiello·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Geometric decomposition of the d-dimensional hard-sphere partition functionWe introduce a geometric decomposition of the hard-sphere partition function. Using a close-packing-inspired geometric bound on the available insertion volume, made rigorous when a corresponding…Luke K. Davis·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Persistence Properties of a Phase-ordering System with Competing DynamicsWe investigate the persistence properties during phase ordering in the two-dimensional (d=2) Ising model evolving under competing nonconserved spin-flip and conserved spin-exchange dynamics by…Shubham Thwal, Suman Majumder·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Thermodynamic Uncertainty Relation For a Multi-Phase Alternating Renewal Random WalkThermodynamic Uncertainty Relations (TURs) impose universal bounds linking current precision to entropy production in nonequilibrium systems. While general bounds like the Proesmans--Van den Broeck…Fatemeh Karimi, Farhad H. Jafarpour·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Endoreversible Carnot machines with long-time reversible limitThe well-known Curzon-Ahlborn (CA) engine [Am. J. Phys. 43, 22 (1975)] runs in finite time and yields a finite power output. In order to recover the standard Carnot cycle from the CA model, the…Ramandeep S. Johal, Rajeshree Chakraborty·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Foundations of entropy in complex systemsThis chapter reviews the foundations of entropy and their extensions to complex systems. We first discuss the relation between Boltzmann's formula, multiplicity, coarse-graining, and Shannon…Jan Korbel·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
The free energy of the square lattice Ising model with interactions alternating in horizontal and vertical directionsThe free energy of the Ising model on the square lattice with alternating interactions in both horizontal and vertical directions is exactly derived. This model is distinct from the checkerboard…Kazuhiko Minami·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Effective Bethe Ansatz for Spin-1 Non-integrable ModelsThis work presents a comprehensive benchmark and validation of a recently proposed method called Effective Bethe Ansatz (EBA). It is a variational method that deforms the exact Bethe wavefunctions of…Zhuohang Wang, Rui-Dong Zhu·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Does Partial Consumption Help Foraging?In this work, we consider partial consumption of food by a forager in presence of a threshold energy level. The forager considered here can survive for S steps without food, namely the survival…Md Aquib Molla, Sanchari Goswami·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Synchronization and phase transition of two-dimensional self-rotating clock modelsWe explore possible synchronization in two-dimensional (2D) locally coupled discrete-state oscillators under thermal fluctuations, using the self-rotating q-state clock model as a prototype.…Xin Wu, Mingcheng Yang·Jun 15, 2026SaveLearn
Universality in the target arrival statistics of non-conservative search processesStochastic search processes in which agents are continuously inserted into and removed from a target search domain are fundamental to a wide class of physical and artificial systems. The theory of…José Giral-Barajas, Samantha Linn, Paul C. Bressloff·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
Wavelet Localisation and Local Modulation Freezing in MRW UnwrappingWe develop a localised wavelet formulation of multifractal random walk unwrapping based on the local multiplicative modulation freezing. The framework is motivated by the observation that…Mateusz Polakowski, Zbigniew R. Struzik·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
Self-Consistent Closure of Fractal Dimension, Nonextensive Statistics, and Non-Markovian Dynamics in Critical SystemsSelf-organized critical systems often exhibit three macroscopic features simultaneously: nonextensive thermodynamics (quantified by the Tsallis index q), structural fractality (measured by the…O. Sotolongo-Costa, J. Weberszpil, M. E. Mora-Ramos·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
Entropic Necks, Dynamic Crossovers, and Fragility in Supercooled LiquidsThe dramatic slowdown of dynamics in supercooled liquids is accompanied by a sequence of dynamical crossovers, most notably the transition from high-temperature collision-dominated transport to…Biman Bagchi·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn
When proofreading improves both speed and accuracyProofreading is generally thought to improve accuracy at the expense of speed. We show that this trade-off can be reversed in stochastic processes with long-lived stalled states. Using a…Arup Biswas, L. Mahadevan·Jun 14, 2026SaveLearn