Graph theoretic derivation of mutual linearity for transient probabilities and hitting time distributions in Markov networksFor irreducible, time-homogeneous Markov networks, mutual linearity has recently been established for both occupation probabilities and network currents in the stationary regime as well as in the…Julian B. Voits, Ulrich S. Schwarz·Apr 30, 2026SaveLearn
Strong Mpemba Effect Through a Reentrant Phase TransitionWe investigate temperature quenches across the reentrant phase transition of the antiferromagnetic Ising model in a magnetic field and show that it provides a natural mechanism for strong direct and…Kristian Blom, Doron Benyamin, Uwe Thiele et al.·Apr 30, 2026SaveLearn
Activated random walk exhibits self-organized criticalityTo explain the ubiquity of power laws and fractals in nature, Bak, Tang, and Wiesenfeld formulated simple conditions for a system to self-organize into a critical state. Dickman, Muñoz, Vespignani,…Christopher Hoffman, Tobias Johnson, Matthew Junge et al.·Apr 30, 2026SaveLearn
Optimal current-based sensing of phonon temperature using a finite reservoirIn realistic nanoscale transport set-ups, electron-phonon coupling leads to the exchange of heat between phonon baths and electronic reservoirs with finite heat capacities. Such exchange affects the…Sindre Brattegard, Stephanie Matern, Mark T. Mitchison et al.·Apr 30, 2026SaveLearn
Domain-wall melting in all-to-all QSSEP from random-matrix theoryWe study the melting of a domain wall in the quantum simple exclusion process with all-to-all hoppings (a.k.a. the charged SYK2 model). We show that the real-time dynamics of physical quantities…Denis Bernard, Lorenzo Piroli, Stefano Scopa·Apr 30, 2026SaveLearn
Discrete Lattice Models for Interface Growth on a Complete GraphWe investigate the behavior of discrete interface growth models belonging to the Edwards--Wilkinson (EW) and Kardar--Parisi--Zhang (KPZ) universality classes, when defined on a complete graph, a…J. M. Marcos, J. J. Meléndez, R. Cuerno et al.·Apr 30, 2026SaveLearn
Geometric memory in incomplete phase transitions across dimensionsWe model a direct solid-state phase transition through a nucleation-and-growth process in which plates have simple, regular shapes - squares, cubes, or square-faced lamellae - and grow homothetically…F. Tolea, M. Tolea·Apr 30, 2026SaveLearn
Largest eigenvalue and top eigenvector statistics of large Euclidean random matricesEuclidean random matrices arise in a wide range of physical systems where interactions are determined by spatial configurations, including disordered media and cooperative phenomena in atomic…Pasquale Casaburi, Pierpaolo Vivo·Apr 29, 2026SaveLearn
Quo vadis, stochastic thermodynamics?Stochastic thermodynamics is a framework for describing non-equilibrium processes at the level of fluctuating trajectories, where the state of a system evolves as a stochastic time series, allowing…Jan Korbel, Artemy Kolchinsky, Sarah A. M. Loos et al.·Apr 29, 2026SaveLearn
Dissipation Mechanisms and Dissipative Phase Transitions of two coupled Fully Connected Quantum Ising modelsWe study dissipative phase transitions in a system of two coupled fully-connected quantum Ising models interacting with an environment. The dynamics is governed by a Lindblad master equation…Bidyut Dey, Andrea Nava, Domenico Giuliano·Apr 29, 2026SaveLearn
Complex first-passage transport in ring networks with long-range jumps and stochastic resettingThe transport properties of discrete-time random walks on ring networks with deterministic shortcuts are investigated through analytical and numerical methods. The network consists of a periodic…Oscar Ivan Torres Mena, Francisco J Sevilla·Apr 29, 2026SaveLearn
Conductance fluctuations in random resistor networks with hyperuniform disorderWe study conductance fluctuations in random resistor networks with hyperuniform bond disorder, where the fluctuations of the number of bonds present in a test volume V scale as V-a with $a >…Bikram Pal·Apr 29, 2026SaveLearn
Finite-time transitions in optimal control and non-equilibrium relaxationWe theoretically and experimentally study finite-time optimal control of a colloidal particle steered through a spatially inhomogeneous environment, modeled by a position-dependent energetic cost at…Jan Meibohm, Samuel Monter, Sarah A. M. Loos et al.·Apr 28, 2026SaveLearn
Topological transitions in spin-ice induced by geometrical constraintsWe study the nearest-neighbor spin-ice model subjected to a magnetic field applied along the global [111] and [110] directions, focusing on the role of sample geometry in stabilizing topological…R. A. Borzi, E. S. Loscar, S. A. Grigera·Apr 28, 2026SaveLearn
Diffusion with conserved marginal distributions and information theory in fracton hydrodynamicsDiffusion with multipole-moment conservation gives rise to transport laws that generalize Fick's law and has attracted growing attention following experimental advances in strongly tilted optical…Vaibhav Mohanty, Sunghan Ro·Apr 28, 2026SaveLearn
Restoration of Ensemble Equivalence by Quantum FluctuationsWe study the thermodynamic phase diagram of a one-dimensional quantum spin chain subjected to both mean-field and nearest-neighbor interactions, and to a transverse magnetic field h. The purpose is…Alessandro Campa, Andrea Trombettoni·Apr 28, 2026SaveLearn
Universal transport of active colloids with sensory delay in motility landscapesWe experimentally, numerically and analytically explore the diffusive transport of active colloidal particles with sensory delay, navigating motility landscapes in which the self-propulsion speed…Adrià Garcés, Ueli Töpfer, Lucio Isa et al.·Apr 28, 2026SaveLearn
Moving Cooling Source Induced Phase Separation in Binary Liquids: an interplay of competing velocitiesWe investigate phase separation dynamics in a binary mixture subjected to a moving cooling source from which cold temperature fronts propagate radially outward into the mixture. The motion of the…Lakshmipriya K, Harssh Karn, Sutapa Roy·Apr 28, 2026SaveLearn
Markovian thermodynamics of non-Markovian Langevin equationsWe develop the thermodynamics of non-Markovian generalized Langevin equations by embedding them in a high-dimensional Markovian representation involving auxiliary degrees of freedom. If the memory is…Andreas Dechant, Kiyoshi Kanazawa·Apr 28, 2026SaveLearn
Unified theory of classical and quantum ergotropyQuantifying the ergotropy (a.k.a. available energy), namely the maximal amount of energy that can be extracted from a thermally isolated system, is a central problem in quantum thermodynamics.…Michele Campisi·Apr 28, 2026SaveLearn
Statistical mechanics in continuous space with tensor network methodsTensor network (TN) methods are well established for computing partition functions in statistical mechanics, though this use has traditionally been limited to lattice models. We extend the scope of…Gunhee Park, Tomislav Begušić, Si-Jing Du et al.·Apr 27, 2026SaveLearn
On the Mathematics of Information-ThermodynamicsWe present a validation of the asdf method, an information-theoretic framework for computing thermodynamic entropy from molecular configurations. The method reformulates entropy estimation as the…Dallin Fisher, Qi-Jun Hong·Apr 27, 2026SaveLearn
Thermoinformational State Construction: Generative Energies, Entropies, and H-Theorem ConsistencyWe introduce a constructive framework for assigning thermodynamic structure to an arbitrary data system from its measured microstates. Starting from an empirical distribution over configurations, we…George-Rafael Domenikos, Lock Yue Chew, Victoria Leong·Apr 27, 2026SaveLearn
Universal tracer statistics in single-file transportWe uncover an emergent universality in the large-scale, long-time statistics of a one-dimensional hard-rod gas evolving under two fundamentally different classes of microscopic dynamics: stochastic…Soumyabrata Saha, Jitendra Kethepalli, Benjamin Guiselin et al.·Apr 27, 2026SaveLearn
On the geometric algebras of the Ising modelWe revisit the classical transfer matrix solution of the one- and two-dimensional Ising model from the perspective of Clifford and conformal geometric algebras. Building on Kaufman's spinor…N. Johnson, D. Marenduzzo, A. Morozov et al.·Apr 27, 2026SaveLearn