Interplay of ion availability and mobility in the loss of cation selectivity for CaCl2 in negatively charged nanopores: molecular dynamics using scaled-charge modelsIon transport through charged nanopores is commonly interpreted in terms of electrical double layer structure, leading to the expectation of cation-selective conduction in negatively charged pores.…Salman Shabbir, Dezső Boda, Zoltán Ható·Feb 11, 2026SaveLearn
Metastable Dynamical Computing with Energy Landscapes: A PrimerSmartphones, laptops, and data centers are CMOS-based technologies that ushered our world into the information age of the 21st century. Despite their advantages for scalable computing, their…Christian Z. Pratt, Kyle J. Ray, James P. Crutchfield·Feb 11, 2026SaveLearn
Renormalization group analysis of directed percolation process: Towards multiloop calculation of scaling functionsIn this work, we employ a field-theoretic renormalization group approach to study a paradigmatic model of directed percolation. We focus on the perturbative calculation of the equation of state,…Michal Hnatič, Matej Kecer, Tomáš Lučivjanský et al.·Feb 11, 2026SaveLearn
Nonreciprocal many-body physicsReciprocity is a fundamental symmetry present in many natural phenomena and engineered systems. Distinct situations where this symmetry is broken are typically grouped under the umbrella term…Michel Fruchart, Vincenzo Vitelli·Feb 11, 2026SaveLearn
Data-Efficient Multidimensional Free Energy Estimation via Physics-Informed Score LearningMany biological processes involve numerous coupled degrees of freedom, yet free-energy estimation is often restricted to one-dimensional profiles to mitigate the high computational cost of…Daniel Nagel, Tristan Bereau·Feb 11, 2026SaveLearn
Scaling and Universality at Noise-Affected Non-Equilibrium Spin Correlation FunctionsWe investigate scaling and universality in nonequilibrium spin correlation functions in the presence of uncorrelated noise. In the absence of noise, spin correlation functions exhibit a crossover…R. Jafari, Alireza Akbari·Feb 11, 2026SaveLearn
A statistical theory of structure in many-particle systems with local interactionsA theory of structure is formulated for systems of many structureless classical particles with stable local interactions in Euclidean space. Such systems are shown to have their structure in…John Çamkıran, Fabian Parsch, Glenn D. Hibbard·Feb 11, 2026SaveLearn
Thermodynamic Optimization of Sensory Adaptation via Game-Theoretic Path IntegralsBiological sensory systems, from E.~coli chemotaxis to sensory neurons in C.~elegans, achieve reliable adaptation over wide dynamic ranges despite operating in strongly noisy and…Gunn Kim·Feb 11, 2026SaveLearn
Cyclic active refrigeratorsThermodynamic cycles are idealized processes that can convert heat into work or produce heat flow against a temperature gradient with the input of work. They remain an active area of research in…S. Liu, A. Datta, A. C. Barato·Feb 10, 2026SaveLearn
Whodunnit? The case of midge swarmsAs collective states of animal groups go, swarms of midge insects pose a number of puzzling questions. Their ordering polarization parameter is quite small and the insects are weakly coupled among…L. L. Bonilla, R. González-Albaladejo·Feb 10, 2026SaveLearn
The chiral random walk: A quantum-inspired framework for odd diffusionChirality in active and passive fluids gives rise to odd transport properties, most notably the emergence of robust edge currents that defy standard dissipative dynamics. While these phenomena are…Jan Wójcik, Erik Kalz·Feb 10, 2026SaveLearn
Preserving Hamiltonian Locality in Real-Space Coarse-Graining via Kernel ProjectionNumerical simulations of critical lattice systems are fundamentally limited by critical slowing down, as long-range correlations are typically established through slow temporal equilibration. A…Sun Haoyuan·Feb 9, 2026SaveLearn
Anomalous spin transport in integrable random quantum circuitsHigh-temperature spin transport in integrable quantum spin chains exhibits a rich dynamical phase diagram, including ballistic, superdiffusive, and diffusive regimes. While integrability is known to…Songlei Wang, Chenguang Liang, Hongzheng Zhao et al.·Feb 9, 2026SaveLearn
Equilibrium-like statistical mechanics in space-time for a deterministic traffic model far from equilibriumMotivated by earlier numerical evidence for a percolation-like transition in space-time jamming, we present an analytic description of the transient dynamics of the deterministic traffic model…Aryaman Jha, Kurt Wiesenfeld, Jorge Laval·Feb 9, 2026SaveLearn
Uphill transport in competitive drift-diffusion models with volume exclusionThis paper addresses uphill transport (defined as a regime in which particle flow is opposite to the prescriptions of Fick's diffusion) in drift-diffusion particle transport constrained by volume…Francesco Casini, Cristian Giardinà, Jacopo Nicolini et al.·Feb 9, 2026SaveLearn
Stationary densities in a weakly nonconserving asymmetric exclusion processes with finite resourcesAsymmetric exclusion process (TASEP) along a one-dimensional (1D) open channel sets the paradigm for 1D driven models and nonequilibrium phase transitions in open 1D models. Inspired by the…Sourav Pal, Abhik Basu·Feb 9, 2026SaveLearn
Variational Method for Interacting Surfaces with Higher-Form Global SymmetriesWe develop a variational method for interacting surface systems with higher-form global symmetries. As a natural extension of the conventional second-quantized Hamiltonian of interacting bosons, we…Kiyoharu Kawana·Feb 9, 2026SaveLearn
The EntropiesEntropy is critically examined as a fundamental concept in contemporary science and informatics. Although the typical Shannon entropy provides a proper framework for describing the canonical…Roumen Tsekov·Feb 8, 2026SaveLearn
The 4-ε Expansion for Long-range Interacting SystemsThe establishment of the Wilson-Fisher fixed point (WFP) for O(n) spin models in d=4-ε dimensions stands as a cornerstone of the renormalization group (RG) theory for critical phenomena. However,…Zhiyi Li, Kun Chen, Youjin Deng·Feb 8, 2026SaveLearn
Momentum-Driven Reversible Logic Accelerates Efficient Irreversible Universal ComputationWe present implementations of two physically-embedded computation-universal logical operations using a 2-bit logical unit composed of coupled quantum flux parametrons -- Josephson-junction…Kuen Wai Tang, Kyle J. Ray, James P. Crutchfield·Feb 7, 2026SaveLearn
Capturing the Topological Phase Transition and Thermodynamics of the 2D XY Model via Manifold-Aware Score-Based Generative ModelingThe application of generative modeling to many-body physics offers a promising pathway for analyzing high-dimensional state spaces of spin systems. However, unlike computer vision tasks where visual…Pratyush Jha·Feb 7, 2026SaveLearn
Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transitions of the antiferromagnetic Ising model with ferromagnetic next-nearest-neighbor interactions on the kagome latticeWe investigate the six-state clock universality of the Ising model on the kagome lattice, considering antiferromagnetic nearest-neighbor (NN) and ferromagnetic next-nearest-neighbor (NNN)…Yutaka Okabe, Hiromi Otsuka·Feb 7, 2026SaveLearn
Fooling the Landauer bound with a demon biased thermal bathThe Landauer principle establishes a fundamental lower bound on the energetic cost of the erasure of a one-bit memory in thermal equilibrium. Here, we experimentally demonstrate how this bound can be…Salambô Dago, Ludovic Bellon·Feb 6, 2026SaveLearn
Sixth order modification of the Cahn-Hilliard equationWe consider the sixth-order convective-viscous Cahn-Hilliard equation, different from the standard fourth-order Cahn-Hilliard equation due to the modified expression for the thermodynamic potential.…P. O. Mchedlov-Petrosyan, L. N. Davydov, O. A. Osmaev·Feb 6, 2026SaveLearn
Classical Resolution of the Gibbs Paradox from the Equal Probability Principle: An Informational PerspectiveThe Gibbs paradox is a conventional paradox in classical statistical mechanics, typically resolved by invoking quantum indistinguishability through the 1/N! correction. In this letter, we present a…Zheng Zhang·Feb 6, 2026SaveLearn