Amplification based on the noise-induced negative differential resistance in a Zener diodeA voltage biased Zener diode always exhibit positive differential resistance, thus cannot be used as an element to provide amplification of a signal. We show how to induce negative differential…Alexandre Dumont, Bertrand Reulet·Mar 24, 2026SaveLearn
Basis dependence of eigenstate thermalizationEigenstate thermalization refers to the property that an energy eigenstate of a many-body system is indistinguishable from a thermal equilibrium ensemble at the same energy as far as expectation…Lennart Dabelow, Christian Eidecker-Dunkel, Peter Reimann·Mar 24, 2026SaveLearn
How active field theories couple to external potentialsWe study the simplest terms that need to be included in active field theories to couple them to external potentials. To do so, we consider active Brownian particles and implement a systematic…Yariv Kafri, Julien Tailleur·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
Geometric Thermodynamics of Cycles: Curvature and Local Thermodynamic ResponseClassical thermodynamics contains familiar geometric relations associated with cyclic processes, most notably the identification of mechanical work with the area enclosed by a trajectory in the…Eric R. Bittner·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
The damage spreading transition: a hierarchy of renormalization group fixed pointsDeterministic classical cellular automata can be in two phases, depending on how irreversible the dynamical rules are. In the strongly irreversible phase, trajectories with different initial…Adam Nahum, Sthitadhi Roy·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
Dissipative free fermions in disguiseRecently, a class of spin chains known as ``free fermions in disguise'' (FFD) has been discovered, which possess hidden free-fermion spectra even though they are not solvable via the standard…Kohei Fukai, Hironobu Yoshida, Hosho Katsura·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
Feedback percolation on complex networksTraditional percolation theory assumes static microscopic rules, limiting its ability to describe real-world complex systems where macroscopic order actively regulates local interactions. Here, we…Hoseung Jang, Ginestra Bianconi, Byungjoon Min·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
Comment on: Discontinuous codimension-two bifurcation in a Vlasov equation (arXiv:2212.01250)We comment on the recent work by Yamaguchi and Barré [Phys. Rev. E 107, 054203 (2023)], which uses linear stability analysis of the Vlasov equation to characterize phase transitions in a generalized…Tarcísio N. Teles, Renato Pakter, Yan Levin·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
The Nonintrinsic Sector of Landau TheoryLandau theory usually treats free-energy coefficients as intrinsic parameters fixed by thermodynamic variables. We show that externally written microscale fields can survive coarse graining and enter…Trey Li·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
Materials Beyond Hamiltonian Limits -- Quantum Measurement as a Resource for Material DesignRecent studies have identified materials and devices whose behavior lies beyond the scope of conventional electronic-structure theory. Such theories are formulated entirely in terms of Hamiltonian…Jochen Mannhart·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
Strict Entropy Decrease of Clausius Entropy in an Isolated System with Energy-Form Conversion: Theoretical Proof, Numerical Illustration, and Critical ExaminationThis paper is accountable only to explicitly stated physical assumptions and strict logical inference. Its goal is to run a rigorous stress test of second-law claims within the Clausius framework. We…Ting Peng·Mar 23, 2026SaveLearn
Taming of free volume in statistical mechanics of the hard disks modelWe turn the long time puzzle of the free volume, known for its highly irregular form, into exact analytical formulae and develop statistical mechanics of the hard disk model. The free volume is…Victor M. Pergamenshchik, Taras Bryk, Andrij Trokhymchuk·Mar 22, 2026SaveLearn
Ergodic behaviors in reversible 3-state cellular automataClassical cellular automata represent a class of explicit discrete spacetime lattice models in which complex large-scale phenomena emerge from simple deterministic rules. With the goal to uncover…Rustem Sharipov, Matija Koterle, Sašo Grozdanov et al.·Mar 22, 2026SaveLearn
Timescale Coalescence Makes Hidden Persistent Forcing Spectrally DarkUnder coarse observation, unresolved slow forcing can remain dynamically active yet locally invisible to reduced spectral inference. For a solvable driven AR(1) benchmark, the local…Yuda Bi, Chenyu Zhang, Vince D Calhoun·Mar 21, 2026SaveLearn
From the Stochastic Embedding Sufficiency Theorem to a Superspace Diffusion FrameworkA generalisation of Takens' delay-coordinate embedding theorem to stochastic systems, the Stochastic Embedding Sufficiency Theorem, is an inverse methodology enabling non-parametric recovery of…Carolina Garcia, Lucía Perea Durán, Agnese Venezia et al.·Mar 20, 2026SaveLearn
Detecting the 3D Ising model phase transition with a ground-state-trained autoencoderWe develop a one-class, deep-learning framework to detect the phase transition and recover critical behavior of the 3D Ising model. A 3D convolutional neural network autoencoder (CAE) is trained on…Ahmed Abuali, David A. Clarke, Morten Hjorth-Jensen et al.·Mar 20, 2026SaveLearn
Starvation suppression in dense scale-free metabolic networks: Dynamical mean-field analysis of catalytic reaction networksCellular metabolic networks exhibit scale-free topologies with power-law degree distributions across diverse organisms. Although such topologies are often linked to mutational robustness and…Kota Mitsumoto, Shuji Ishihara·Mar 20, 2026SaveLearn
Quantum Chaos in Many-Body Systems Without a Classical AnalogueIn classical systems, chaos is clearly defined via the behavior of trajectories. In quantum systems with a classical analogue one finds that the transition from regular to chaotic dynamics is…Fotis I. Giasemis·Mar 20, 2026SaveLearn
Edge Currents Shape Condensates in Chiral Active MatterChiral active matter, which breaks both parity symmetry and time-reversal symmetry, is ubiquitous in living systems. Here, we introduce a minimal two-dimensional chiral active lattice gas by…Boyi Wang, Patrick Pietzonka, Frank Jülicher·Mar 20, 2026SaveLearn
Strong Violation of the Thermodynamic Uncertainty Relation in a Minimal Autonomous Heat EngineThermodynamic uncertainty relations (TURs) impose a universal trade-off between current precision and entropy production in autonomous steady states, constraining in particular the power, efficiency,…Enrique P. Cital, Viktor Holubec·Mar 20, 2026SaveLearn
Pareto fronts and trade-off relations from exact multi-objective optimization of thermal machinesThermal machines are physical systems that, when fueled by input energy, perform output tasks such as heat pumping or the production of work. Their performance is characterized with several, often…José A. Almanza-Marrero, Édgar Roldán, Gonzalo Manzano·Mar 20, 2026SaveLearn
Maximum entropy distributions of wavefunctions at thermal equilibriumStatistical mechanics reveals that the properties of a macroscopic physical system emerge as an average over an ensemble of statistically independent microscopic subsystems, each occupying a specific…Jacob T. Willson, Henrik J. Heelweg, Adam P. Willard·Mar 19, 2026SaveLearn
Sorting by ResettingA novel paradigm for sorting is introduced, based upon resetting. Using simple examples, we demonstrate that sorting is achieved by resetting the velocity component(s) or orientation of the…Bart Cleuren, Ralf Eichhorn·Mar 19, 2026SaveLearn
Level 2.5 large deviations and uncertainty relations for self-interacting jump processes: tilting constructions and the emergence of time-scale separationSelf-interacting jump processes (SIJPs) describe systems with non-Markovian stochastic dynamics in which transition rates depend on empirical observables of the process, which gives rise to…Francesco Coghi, Juan P. Garrahan·Mar 19, 2026SaveLearn
Logarithmic growth of operator entanglement in a clean non-integrable circuitWe study a so-called semi-ergodic brickwork dual-unitary circuits where, in the infinite volume limit, the two-point correlation functions of single-site operators exhibit ergodic behavior along one…Mao Tian Tan, Tomaž Prosen·Mar 19, 2026SaveLearn