Two-parameter families of matrix product operator integrals of motion in Heisenberg spin chainsRecently, Fendley et al. (2025) [arXiv:2511.04674] revealed a new simple way to demonstrate the integrability of XYZ Heisenberg model by constructing a one-parameter family of integrals of motion in…Vsevolod I. Yashin·Feb 23, 2026SaveLearn
Mutual Linearity is a Generic Property of Steady-State Markov NetworksUnderstanding and predicting how complex systems respond to external perturbations is a central challenge in nonequilibrium statistical physics. Here we consider continuous-time Markov networks,…Robin Bebon, Thomas Speck·Feb 23, 2026SaveLearn
Separation of the Kibble-Zurek Mechanism from Quantum CriticalityWhen a system is swept through a quantum critical point (QCP), the Kibble-Zurek mechanism predicts that the average number of topological defects follows a universal power-law scaling with the ramp…R. Jafari, Alireza Akbari·Feb 23, 2026SaveLearn
Thermodynamic Geometry of Classical and Quantum Statistics in the Relativistic RegimeWe investigate the thermodynamic geometry of classical and quantum ideal gases in the relativistic regime, with particular emphasis on the effects of particle mass and spatial dimensionality.…Hosein Mohammadzadeh, Zahra Ebadi, Omid Yahyayi Monem et al.·Feb 23, 2026SaveLearn
peapods: A Rust-Accelerated Monte Carlo Package for Ising Spin SystemsWe present peapods (github.com/PeaBrane/peapods), an open-source Python package for Monte Carlo simulation of Ising spin systems with arbitrary coupling constants on periodic Bravais lattices with…Yan Ru Pei·Feb 22, 2026SaveLearn
Critical Scaling and Metabolic Regulation in a Ginzburg--Landau Theory of Cognitive DynamicsWe formulate a phenomenological effective field theory in which biological intelligence emerges as a macroscopic order parameter sustained by continuous metabolic flux. By modeling cognition as a…Gunn Kim·Feb 22, 2026SaveLearn
Effective synchronization amid noise-induced chaosTwo remote agents with synchronized clocks may use them to act in concert and communicate. This necessitates some means of creating and maintaining synchrony. One method, not requiring any direct…Benjamin Sorkin, Thomas A. Witten·Feb 22, 2026SaveLearn
Analytical solutions for a charged particle with white, thermal, and active noises in the presence of a uniform magnetic fieldWe study the two-dimensional equations of motion for a charged particle subjected to white, thermal, and active noises in uniform a magnetic field. By deriving the corresponding Fokker Planck…Y. J. Kang, S. K. So, Kyungsik Kim·Feb 20, 2026SaveLearn
A contour for the entanglement negativity of bosonic Gaussian statesWe construct a contour function for the logarithmic negativity and the logarithm of the moments of the partial transpose of the reduced density matrix for multimode bosonic Gaussian states of a free…Gioele Zambotti, Erik Tonni·Feb 20, 2026SaveLearn
A mobility based approach to transport in chiral fluidsChiral fluids, for which the mobility tensor has antisymmetric, off-diagonal components, exhibit transport phenomena absent in conventional systems, including interaction-enhanced diffusion and…Filippo Faedi, Erik Kalz, Ralf Metzler et al.·Feb 20, 2026SaveLearn
Hitting the blinking target under stochastic resettingThe first hitting times of a stochastic process, i.e., the first time a process reaches a particular level, are of significant interest across various scientific disciplines, including biology,…Bartosz Zbik, Bartłomiej Dybiec, Karol Capała et al.·Feb 20, 2026SaveLearn
Scaling invariance: a bridge between geometry, dynamics and criticalityScale invariance is a central organizing principle in physics, underlying phenomena that range from critical behaviour in statistical mechanics to transport and chaos in nonlinear dynamical systems.…Edson D. Leonel, Diego F. M. Oliveira·Feb 19, 2026SaveLearn
A covariant fermionic path integral for scalar Langevin processes with multiplicative white noiseWe revisit the construction of the fermionic path-integral representation of overdamped scalar Langevin processes with multiplicative white noise, focusing on the covariance of the generating…Daniel G. Barci, Leticia F. Cugliandolo, Zochil González Arenas·Feb 19, 2026SaveLearn
Quantifying non-Markovianity in magnetization dynamics via entropy production ratesMagnetization dynamics is commonly described by the stochastic Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation. On picosecond timescales, inertial and open-system extensions of the LLG equation are necessary…Felix Hartmann, Finja Tietjen, R. Matthias Geilhufe et al.·Feb 19, 2026SaveLearn
Coercivity Landscape Characterizes Dynamic HysteresisHysteresis, with rich dynamical behaviors-especially in interacting systems-has drawn broad research interest. Yet its dynamic scalings across time scales lack a unified description, and their…Miao Chen, Xiu-Hua Zhao, Yu-Han Ma·Feb 19, 2026SaveLearn
Quantum-classical correspondence for spins at finite temperatures: theory and applicationsWe derive a rigorous quantum-to-classical mapping for interacting spin systems at finite temperatures. Specifically, the large-S asymptotic form of the partition function is given by the partition…A. El Mendili, M. E. Zhitomirsky·Feb 18, 2026SaveLearn
Emergent Topological Complexity in the Barabasi-Albert Model with Higher-Order InteractionsWe examine the homological structure of the Barabasi-Albert model, focusing on the time evolution of Δ-dimensional simplices and topological holes as functions of time t and the attachment…Vadood Adami, Hosein Masoomy, Mirko Luković et al.·Feb 18, 2026SaveLearn
Super-Arrhenius temperature dependent viscosity due to liquid-liquid phase separation in the super-cooled Kob-Andersen modelIn this study, a recently introduced order parameter called the weighted coordination number (WCN) was used to investigate the liquid-liquid (LL) phase separation, indicating temperature-dependent…Jayme Brickley, Xueyu Song·Feb 17, 2026SaveLearn
Breaking of clustering and macroscopic coherence under the lens of asymmetry measuresIn one-dimensional systems, spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB) states are fragile by nature, as the injection of a non-zero energy density above the ground state is expected to restore the symmetry.…Florent Ferro·Feb 17, 2026SaveLearn
Entropy production reveals hidden dynamical constraints rather than stochastic disorderEntropy production is often interpreted as a proxy for microscopic disorder or environmental roughness in stochastic systems. We test this interpretation using controlled simulations of overdamped…Patrick Romanescu·Feb 17, 2026SaveLearn
Entropy Has No Direction: A Mirror-State Paradox Against Universal Monotonic Entropy Increase and a First-Principles Proof that Constraints Reshape the Entropy Distribution P∞(S;λ)We revisit textbook claims that entropy must increase and show that, under time-reversal invariant microscopic dynamics, no universal trajectory-wise or statistical assertion that the coarse-grained…Ting Peng·Feb 17, 2026SaveLearn
Steering Dynamical Regimes of Diffusion Models by Breaking Detailed BalanceWe show that deliberately breaking detailed balance in generative diffusion processes can accelerate the reverse process without changing the stationary distribution. Considering the…Haiqi Lu, Ying Tang·Feb 17, 2026SaveLearn
Self-phoretic oscillatory motion in a one-dimensional channelWe study a simple model for a particle that is active due to self-phoresis and that has been proposed to model symmetric camphor grains. The particle generates a concentration field through the…Leah Anderson, David S. Dean·Feb 17, 2026SaveLearn
Fastest first-passage time for multiple searchers with finite speedWe study analytically and numerically the mean fastest first-passage time (fFPT) to an immobile target for an ensemble of N independent finite-speed random searchers driven by dichotomous noise and…Denis S. Grebenkov, Ralf Metzler, Gleb Oshanin·Feb 17, 2026SaveLearn
Anomalous transport in the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou model: a review and open problemsThis review provides an up-to-date account of energy transport in Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou (FPUT) chains, a key testbed for nonequilibrium statistical physics. We discuss the transition from the…Stefano Lepri, Roberto Livi, Antonio Politi·Feb 17, 2026SaveLearn