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High Energy Physics (Phenomenology)

Probing the chromo-electric dipole moment of top quark near the toponium production threshold at LHC

The recent observation of an excess near the kinematic $t\bar{t}$ production threshold by the CMS and ATLAS collaborations suggests the existence of a color-singlet and $S$-wave quasi-bound state of top quark. Due to the non-relativistic nature of top and anti-top quarks in this threshold region, toponium production provides an ideal system to probe the anomalous dipole moments of the top quark. In this work, we investigate the impact of chromo-electric dipole moment (CEDM) in $t\bar{t}$-gluon vertex on toponium production at the LHC. We implement the enhanced near-threshold production of the spin-0 color-singlet toponium state $\eta_t$ via gluon fusion. The resonant toponium contribution is then combined with the continuum $t\bar{t}$ production amplitude, including the interference effects induced by the top CEDM. Furthermore, we construct a set of asymmetries based on the angular distributions of charged leptons in the leptonic decay channel of $t\bar{t}$. Finally, we derive the expected exclusion limit on the top quark CEDM parameter $d_t^g$ using these lepton angular asymmetries.
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Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

A Solvable Model in the Half-filled Landau Level

A solvable microscopic model of interacting electrons in a half-filled Landau level is presented. The Hamiltonian is a well-defined limit of the electron-electron interaction. The low energy sector consists of a set of independent, spatially interlaced, one-dimensional systems of non-interacting fermionic dipoles, each system with a Fermi sea ground state. The total number of dipoles in the set of Fermi seas forming the two-dimensional ground state equals the number of electrons in the system and the density of states at the Fermi level is that of a two-dimensional Fermi gas. The model is obtained by generalizing, or rather adopting, the existing exact solution on a thin, but not too thin, torus to the two-dimensional bulk case.
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Other Condensed Matter

Non-Hermitian Two-Kink Control of Corner States in Twisted Chern Bilayers

Corner states are bound by boundary-mass defects, but this geometric anchoring restricts their spatial and internal control. Focusing on twisted bilayers assembled from Chern insulators with opposite Chern numbers, we show that a mass-phase kink carried by a non-Hermitian interlayer mass and an independent imaginary-momentum kink separate the spectral, in-plane, and interlayer control of mass-defect corner states. The mass-phase kink creates the parent corner pole and fixes its energy and intrinsic decay, while directed interlayer tunneling encodes its layer polarization. The imaginary-momentum texture instead reshapes the closed-boundary envelope and redistributes stationary right-state weight between corners. A twisted Qi–Wu–Zhang bilayer verifies this division on arbitrary, including concave, boundaries. A $30^\circ$ twisted Haldane dodecagon realizes twelve finite-energy parent states whose in-gap spectral manifold persists while boundary patterns redistribute its normalized right-subspace weight toward six, three, two, or one target corners. The two kinks therefore cooperate or compete while keeping spectral ancestry, spatial weight, and layer character distinct, thereby establishing a unified framework for controlling mass-defect corner states across disparate boundary geometries and mass textures.
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Fluid Dynamics

Local sensing of gas microflows using a levitated nanoparticle

Local measurements of gas flow in microscale geometries remain challenging due to the difficulty of micromechanical sensors implantation. Here, we use a levitated nanoparticle as a minimally invasive probe to map, with high spatial resolution, both the local pressure and velocity gas flow for a canonical example - a micropipe subjected to a pressure gradient. This technique enables characterization of nonequilibrium gas transport across several flow regimes, from slip flow to free-molecular flow. We directly observe the emergence of a nonlinear pressure distribution at large pressure ratios and obtain agreement with kinetic-theory predictions and Direct Simulation Monte Carlo calculations. These results introduce levitated nanoparticles as powerful and reconfigurable probes for microchannel gas sensing, with applications in microtechnology, micro-chemistry, and bioengineering.
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All authors Maxime Debiossac, David Grass, Daniel R. Ladiges, John E. Sader, Markus Aspelmeyer, Nikolai Kiesel

Medical Physics

PMB-NN: Physiological-Model-Based Neural Network for Glucose Forecasting in Type 1 Diabetes

Accurate, physiologically consistent glucose forecasts could help people with type 1 diabetes respond to impending excursions. We applied our physiological-model-based neural network (PMB–NN) framework to glucose forecasting. A temporal convolutional network (TCN) used 180 min of history, constrained during training by a personalized four-parameter physiological model. The main PMB–NN combined forecast and neural–physiological agreement losses; a three-term variant additionally fitted physiological predictions to measured glucose. Data comprised 6–8 weeks of continuous glucose monitoring, pump, and meal records from 25 AZT1D participants. Person-specific models used chronological 70/10/20 train/validation/test splits and 30-, 60-, and 120-min horizons. Median mean absolute errors were 16.24, 25.00, and 30.20 mg/dL with basal insulin records and 15.38, 24.21, and 31.79 mg/dL before these records became available. In the latter setting, PMB–NN had the lowest median error at 30 and 60 min; it outperformed the physiological model alone in all six settings. In input-increase tests, glucose predictions changed in the expected direction for 85% of correction boluses and 100% of carbohydrate rescues, versus 57% for active insulin and 56% for active carbohydrates. Most standalone physiological fits showed locally distinguishable parameter effects, with glucose-related coefficients more stable under resampling than insulin- or carbohydrate-related coefficients. The three-term variant improved hyperglycaemia accuracy with basal records, but did not significantly change overall MAE and reduced directional plausibility in three tests. PMB–NN combines personalized forecasting with an explicit physiological model, allowing assessment of predictive accuracy, physiological response behavior, and participant-specific coefficients.
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High Energy Physics (Experiment)

Measurement of the cross sections for $e^{+}e^{-}\to p\bar{n}\pi^{-}$ at center of mass energies from 3.510 to 4.946 GeV

Using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 43.8~fb$^{-1}$ collected with the \mbox{BESIII} detector at 44 center-of-mass energy points between 3.510 and 4.946~GeV, the Born cross sections for the process $e^+e^- \to p \bar{n} \pi^-$ and its charge-conjugated process are measured. The energy dependence of the dressed cross sections is investigated to search for possible contributions from vector charmonium and charmonium-like states. No evidence for contributions from the $\psi(3770)$, $Y(4230)$, $Y(4360)$, $\psi(4415)$, $Y(4500)$, or $Y(4710)$ resonances is observed. The upper limits at the 90% confidence level are determined for the products of the electronic partial widths and the branching fractions for the decays of these resonances into the $p \bar{n} \pi^- + \mathrm{c.c.}$ final state.
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All authors BESIII Collaboration: M. Ablikim, M. N. Achasov, P. Adlarson, X. C. Ai, C. S. Akondi, R. Aliberti, A. Amoroso, Q. An, Y. H. An, M. S. Anderson, Y. Bai, O. Bakina, H. R. Bao, X. L. Bao, M. Barbagiovanni, V. Batozskaya, K. Begzsuren, N. Berger, M. Berlowski, M. B. Bertani, D. Bettoni, F. Bianchi, E. Bianco, A. Bortone, I. Boyko, R. A. Briere, A. Brueggemann, D. Cabiati, H. Cai, M. H. Cai, X. Cai, A. Calcaterra, G. F. Cao, N. Cao, S. A. Cetin, X. Y. Chai, J. F. Chang, T. T. Chang, G. R. Che, Y. Z. Che, C. H. Chen, Chao Chen, G. Chen, H. S. Chen, H. Y. Chen, M. L. Chen, S. J. Chen, S. M. Chen, T. Chen, W. Chen, X. R. Chen, X. T. Chen, X. Y. Chen, Y. B. Chen, Y. Q. Chen, Z. K. Chen, J. Cheng, L. N. Cheng, S. K. Choi, X. Chu, G. Cibinetto, F. Cossio, J. Cottee-Meldrum, H. L. Dai, J. P. Dai, X. C. Dai, A. Dbeyssi, R. E. de Boer, D. Dedovich, C. Q. Deng, Z. Y. Deng, A. Denig, I. Denisenko, M. Destefanis, F. De Mori, E. Di Fiore, X. X. Ding, Y. Ding, Y. X. Ding, J. Dong, L. Y. Dong, M. Y. Dong, X. Dong, Z. J. Dong, M. C. Du, S. X. Du, Shaoxu Du, X. L. Du, Y. Q. Du, Y. Y. Duan, Z. H. Duan, P. Egorov, G. F. Fan, J. J. Fan, K. X. Fan, Y. H. Fan, J. Fang, Jin Fang, S. S. Fang, W. X. Fang, Y. Q. Fang, L. Fava, F. Feldbauer, G. Felici, C. Q. Feng, J. H. Feng, Q. X. Feng, Y. T. Feng, M. Fritsch, C. D. Fu, J. L. Fu, Y. W. Fu, H. Gao, Xu Gao, Y. Gao, Y. N. Gao, Y. Y. Gao, Yunong Gao, Z. Gao, S. Garbolino, I. Garzia, L. Ge, P. T. Ge, Z. W. Ge, C. Geng, A. Gilman, K. Goetzen, J. Gollub, J. B. Gong, J. D. Gong, L. Gong, W. X. Gong, W. Gradl, M. Greco, M. D. Gu, M. H. Gu, C. Y. Guan, A. Q. Guo, H. Guo, J. N. Guo, L. B. Guo, M. J. Guo, R. P. Guo, X. Guo, Y. P. Guo, Z. Guo, A. Guskov, J. Gutierrez, J. Y. Han, T. T. Han, X. Han, F. Hanisch, K. D. Hao, X. Q. Hao, F. A. Harris, C. Z. He, K. K. He, K. L. He, F. H. Heinsius, C. H. Heinz, Y. K. Heng, C. Herold, P. C. Hong, G. Y. Hou, X. T. Hou, Y. R. Hou, Z. L. Hou, H. M. Hu, J. F. Hu, Q. P. Hu, S. L. Hu, T. Hu, Y. Hu, Y. X. Hu, Z. M. Hu, G. S. Huang, K. X. Huang, L. Q. Huang, P. Huang, X. T. Huang, Y. P. Huang, Y. S. Huang, T. Hussain, N. Hüsken, N. in der Wiesche, J. Jackson, Q. Ji, Q. P. Ji, W. Ji, X. B. Ji, X. L. Ji, Y. Y. Ji, L. K. Jia, X. Q. Jia, D. Jiang, S. J. Jiang, X. S. Jiang, Y. Jiang, J. B. Jiao, J. K. Jiao, Z. Jiao, L. C. L. Jin, S. Jin, Y. Jin, M. Q. Jing, X. M. Jing, T. Johansson, S. Kabana, X. L. Kang, X. S. Kang, B. C. Ke, V. Khachatryan, A. Khoukaz, O. B. Kolcu, B. Kopf, L. Kröger, L. Krümmel, Y. Y. Kuang, M. Kuessner, X. Kui, N. Kumar, A. Kupsc, W. Kühn, Q. Lan, W. N. Lan, T. T. Lei, M. Lellmann, T. Lenz, C. Li, C. H. Li, C. K. Li, Chunkai Li, Cong Li, D. M. Li, F. Li, G. Li, H. B. Li, H. J. Li, H. L. Li, H. N. Li, H. P. Li, Hui Li, J. N. Li, J. S. Li, J. W. Li, K. Li, K. L. Li, L. J. Li, L. K. Li, Lei Li, M. H. Li, M. R. Li, M. T. Li, P. L. Li, P. R. Li, Q. M. Li, Q. X. Li, R. Li, S. Li, S. X. Li, S. Y. Li, Shanshan Li, T. Li, T. Y. Li, W. D. Li, W. G. Li, X. Li, X. H. Li, X. K. Li, X. L. Li, X. Y. Li, X. Z. Li, Y. Li, Y. H. Li, Y. B. Li, Y. C. Li, Y. G. Li, Y. P. Li, Z. H. Li, Z. J. Li, Z. L. Li, Z. X. Li, Z. Y. Li, Zaiyi Li, C. Liang, H. Liang, Y. F. Liang, Y. T. Liang, Z. Z. Liang, G. R. Liao, L. B. Liao, M. H. Liao, Y. P. Liao, J. Libby, A. Limphirat, C. C. Lin, C. X. Lin, D. X. Lin, T. Lin, B. J. Liu, B. X. Liu, C. Liu, C. X. Liu, F. Liu, F. H. Liu, Feng Liu, G. M. Liu, H. Liu, H. B. Liu, H. M. Liu, Huihui Liu, J. B. Liu, J. J. Liu, K. Liu, K. Y. Liu, Ke Liu, Kun Liu, L. Liu, L. C. Liu, Lu Liu, M. H. Liu, P. L. Liu, Q. Liu, S. B. Liu, T. Liu, W. M. Liu, W. T. Liu, X. Liu, X. K. Liu, X. L. Liu, X. P. Liu, X. T. Liu, X. Y. Liu, Y. Liu, Y. B. Liu, Yi Liu, Z. A. Liu, Z. D. Liu, Z. Q. Liu, Z. X. Liu, Z. Y. Liu, Ziqiang Liu, X. C. Lou, H. J. Lu, J. G. Lu, X. L. Lu, Y. Lu, Y. H. Lu, Y. P. Lu, Z. H. Lu, C. L. Luo, J. R. Luo, J. S. Luo, M. X. Luo, T. Luo, X. L. Luo, Z. Y. Lv, X. R. Lyu, Y. F. Lyu, Y. H. Lyu, C. L. Ma, F. C. Ma, H. L. Ma, Heng Ma, J. L. Ma, L. L. Ma, L. R. Ma, Q. M. Ma, R. Q. Ma, R. Y. Ma, T. Ma, X. T. Ma, X. Y. Ma, F. E. Maas, I. MacKay, M. Maggiora, S. Maity, S. Malde, Q. A. Malik, L. M. Mansur, Y. J. Mao, Z. P. Mao, S. Marcello, A. Marshall, F. M. Melendi, Y. H. Meng, Z. X. Meng, G. Mezzadri, H. Miao, T. J. Min, T. Mineeva, R. E. Mitchell, X. H. Mo, A. F. Mohammad, B. Moses, N. Yu. Muchnoi, J. Muskalla, Y. Nefedov, F. Nerling, H. Neuwirth, Z. Ning, S. Nisar, Q. L. Niu, W. D. Niu, Y. Niu, C. Normand, S. L. Olsen, Q. Ouyang, I. V. Ovtin, S. Pacetti, Y. Pan, C. Y. Pang, A. Pathak, Y. P. Pei, M. Pelizaeus, G. L. Peng, H. P. Peng, X. J. Peng, Y. Y. Peng, K. Peters, K. Petridis, J. L. Ping, R. G. Ping, S. Plura, V. Prasad, L. Pöpping, F. Z. Qi, H. R. Qi, L. Y. Qian, S. Qian, W. B. Qian, C. F. Qiao, J. H. Qiao, J. J. Qin, J. L. Qin, L. Q. Qin, L. Y. Qin, P. B. Qin, X. P. Qin, X. S. Qin, Z. H. Qin, J. F. Qiu, Z. H. Qu, J. Rademacker, K. Ravindran, C. F. Redmer, A. Rivetti, M. Rolo, G. Rong, S. S. Rong, F. Rosini, Ch. Rosner, M. Q. Ruan, W. R. Ruangyoo, N. Salone, A. Sarantsev, Y. Schelhaas, M. Schernau, K. Schoenning, M. Scodeggio, W. Shan, X. Y. Shan, Z. J. Shang, J. F. Shangguan, L. G. Shao, M. Shao, C. P. Shen, H. F. Shen, W. H. Shen, X. Y. Shen, B. A. Shi, Ch. Y. Shi, H. Shi, J. L. Shi, J. Y. Shi, M. H. Shi, S. Shi, S. Y. Shi, X. Shi, H. L. Song, J. J. Song, M. H. Song, T. Z. Song, W. M. Song, Y. X. Song, Zirong Song, S. Sosio, S. Spataro, S. Stansilaus, F. Stieler, M. Stolte, S. S Su, G. B. Sun, G. X. Sun, H. Sun, H. K. Sun, J. F. Sun, K. Sun, L. Sun, R. Sun, S. S. Sun, T. Sun, W. Y. Sun, Y. C. Sun, Y. H. Sun, Y. J. Sun, Y. Z. Sun, Z. Q. Sun, Z. T. Sun, H. Tabaharizato, N. T. Tagsinsit, C. J. Tang, G. Y. Tang, J. Tang, J. J. Tang, L. F. Tang, Y. A. Tang, Z. H. Tang, L. Y. Tao, M. Tat, J. X. Teng, J. Y. Tian, W. H. Tian, Y. Tian, Z. F. Tian, K. Yu. Todyshev, I. Uman, E. van der Smagt, B. Wang, Bin Wang, Bo Wang, B. Q. Wang, C. Wang, Chao Wang, Cong Wang, D. Y. Wang, F. K. Wang, H. J. Wang, H. R. Wang, J. Wang, J. H. Wang, J. J. Wang, J. P. Wang, K. Wang, L. L. Wang, L. W. Wang, M. Wang, Mi Wang, N. Y. Wang, P. Wang, S. Wang, Shun Wang, T. Wang, W. Wang, W. P. Wang, X. F. Wang, X. L. Wang, X. N. Wang, Xin Wang, Y. Wang, Y. D. Wang, Y. F. Wang, Y. H. Wang, Y. J. Wang, Y. L. Wang, Y. N. Wang, Yanning Wang, Yaqian Wang, Yi Wang, Yuan Wang, Z. Wang, Z. L. Wang, Z. Q. Wang, Z. Y. Wang, Zhi Wang, Ziyi Wang, D. Wei, D. H. Wei, D. J. Wei, H. R. Wei, F. Weidner, H. R. Wen, S. P. Wen, U. Wiedner, G. Wilkinson, J. F. Wu, L. H. Wu, L. J. Wu, Lianjie Wu, S. G. Wu, S. M. Wu, X. W. Wu, Y. C. Wu, Y. J. Wu, Z. Wu, H. L. Xia, L. Xia, B. H. Xiang, D. Xiao, G. Y. Xiao, H. Xiao, Y. L. Xiao, Z. J. Xiao, C. Xie, K. J. Xie, Y. Xie, Y. G. Xie, Y. H. Xie, Z. P. Xie, T. Y. Xing, D. B. Xiong, G. F. Xu, H. Y. Xu, Q. J. Xu, Q. N. Xu, T. D. Xu, X. P. Xu, Y. Xu, Y. C. Xu, Z. S. Xu, F. Yan, L. Yan, W. B. Yan, W. C. Yan, W. H. Yan, W. P. Yan, X. Q. Yan, Y. Y. Yan, H. J. Yang, H. L. Yang, H. X. Yang, J. H. Yang, L. Y. Yang, R. J. Yang, X. Y. Yang, Y. Yang, Y. G. Yang, Y. H. Yang, Y. M. Yang, Y. Q. Yang, Y. Z. Yang, Youhua Yang, Z. Y. Yang, W. J. Yao, Z. P. Yao, M. Ye, M. H. Ye, Z. J. Ye, K. Yi, Junhao Yin, Qiqin Yin, Z. Y. You, B. X. Yu, C. X. Yu, G. Yu, J. S. Yu, L. W. Yu, T. Yu, X. D. Yu, Y. C. Yu, Yongchao Yu, C. Z. Yuan, H. Yuan, J. Yuan, Jie Yuan, L. Yuan, M. K. Yuan, S. H. Yuan, Y. Yuan, C. X. Yue, Ying Yue, A. A. Zafar, F. R. Zeng, S. H. Zeng, X. Zeng, Y. J. Zeng, Yujie Zeng, Y. C. Zhai, Y. H. Zhan, B. L. Zhang, B. X. Zhang, D. H. Zhang, G. Y. Zhang, Gengyuan Zhang, H. Zhang, H. C. Zhang, H. H. Zhang, H. L. Zhang, H. Q. Zhang, H. R. Zhang, H. Y. Zhang, Han Zhang, J. Zhang, J. J. Zhang, J. L. Zhang, J. Q. Zhang, J. S. Zhang, J. W. Zhang, J. X. Zhang, J. Y. Zhang, J. Z. Zhang, Jianyu Zhang, Jin Zhang, Jiyuan Zhang, L. M. Zhang, Lei Zhang, N. Zhang, P. Zhang, Q. Zhang, Q. Y. Zhang, Q. Z. Zhang, R. Y. Zhang, S. H. Zhang, S. N. Zhang, Shulei Zhang, X. M. Zhang, X. Y. Zhang, Y. T. Zhang, Y. H. Zhang, Y. P. Zhang, Yao Zhang, Yu Zhang, Yu Zhang, Z. Zhang, Z. D. Zhang, Z. H. Zhang, Z. L. Zhang, Z. X. Zhang, Z. Y. Zhang, Z. Z. Zhang, Zh. Zh. Zhang, Zhaoke Zhang, Zhilong Zhang, Ziyang Zhang, Ziyu Zhang, G. Zhao, J.-P. Zhao, J. Y. Zhao, J. Z. Zhao, L. Zhao, Lei Zhao, M. G. Zhao, R. P. Zhao, S. J. Zhao, Y. B. Zhao, Y. L. Zhao, Y. P. Zhao, Y. X. Zhao, Z. G. Zhao, A. Zhemchugov, B. Zheng, B. M. Zheng, J. P. Zheng, W. J. Zheng, W. Q. Zheng, X. R. Zheng, Y. H. Zheng, B. Zhong, C. Zhong, X. Zhong, H. Zhou, J. Q. Zhou, S. Zhou, X. Zhou, X. K. Zhou, X. R. Zhou, X. Y. Zhou, Y. X. Zhou, Y. Z. Zhou, A. N. Zhu, J. Zhu, K. Zhu, K. J. Zhu, K. S. Zhu, L. X. Zhu, Lin Zhu, S. H. Zhu, T. J. Zhu, W. D. Zhu, W. J. Zhu, W. Z. Zhu, Y. C. Zhu, Z. A. Zhu, X. Y. Zhuang, M. Zhuge, J. H. Zou, J. Zu

Statistical Mechanics

Extended-range percolation on lattices with cubic and non-compact neighborhoods in three dimensions

Using MC simulations based on an efficient single-cluster growth algorithm, we investigate two types of three-dimensional extended-range percolation models, namely cubic and complex (non-compact) neighborhoods. We obtain high-precision percolation thresholds $p_c$ for approximately 100 distinct structures and further explore the relationship between these thresholds and the topology of the lattices, which includes the total coordination number $z$, the number of sites $z_i$ and these sites' distance to the central site $r_i$ of the given neighborhood in the $i$th coordination zone. Both bond and site percolation are analyzed for cubic neighborhoods on the SC lattice. For bond percolation, the asymptotic value of $zp_c$ tends to Bethe-lattice behavior ($zp_c\sim1$), and finite-$z$ correction is found to be consistent with $zp_{c}-1\sim a_{1}z^{-x}$, where $x=(d-1)/d$. For site percolation, the value of $zp_c$ varies non-monotonically, exhibiting an initial increase followed by a decrease with the coordination number $z$. Linear fitting leads to $zp_c\sim2.5987(1)$ for large $z$, predicting a value of continuum percolation threshold of aligned cubes $\eta_c=0.324838(12)$ using $zp_c=2^{d}\eta_c$. We then examine site percolation for non-compact neighborhoods extending to the fifth coordination zone on SC, FCC, and BCC lattices. Through a comparison of the three indices of $z$, $\xi=\sum_iz_ir_i^2/i$, and $\zeta=\sum_iz_ir_i$, we find that $\zeta$ is effective in removing the degeneracy. The results obtained show power-law dependence $p_c\propto(\zeta/K)^{-\gamma}$ with $\gamma_{\mathrm{SC}}^{\zeta}=0.703(12)$, $\gamma_{\mathrm{FCC}}^{\zeta}=0.728(10)$, and $\gamma_{\mathrm{BCC}}^{\zeta}=0.699(12)$ for SC, FCC, and BCC lattices, and $p_c\propto\zeta^{-\gamma}$ with $\gamma^{\zeta}=0.719(9)$ independent of the underlying lattice. The number $K$ indicates lattice connectivity.
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All authors Zhe Zhang, Yuxuan Fan, Yang Yang, Yusong Tu, Zhipeng Xun

High Energy Physics (Phenomenology)

A toy model for hadronic bonds in exotic hadrons

Three hadronic-bond mechanisms were proposed in our previous studies to describe near-threshold exotic hadrons in terms of hadronic molecular configurations: the covalent bond arises from the sharing and exchange of valence light quarks between hadronic clusters, the creation bond originates from the activation of coherent sea $q\bar{q}$ degrees of freedom followed by the formation of effective covalent correlations, and the annihilation bond arises from valence $q\bar{q}$ annihilation and the associated mixing with a nearby compact state. A simple toy model was previously constructed only for the covalent bond, and in the present study we extend this model to incorporate the creation and annihilation bonds within a unified framework. The resulting framework organizes covalent-bond configurations as tending to lie below threshold and creation-bond configurations as tending to appear above threshold, while the annihilation bond can shift a pre-existing molecular configuration either downward or upward through mixing with a nearby compact state. An effective activation energy $E_{\rm{act}}$ is introduced for the coherent sea four-quark component involved in the creation bond, with the $Z_c(3900)$ providing the benchmark value $E_{\rm{act}}\sim17~{\rm{MeV}}$. Intriguingly, this value is numerically close to the reported mass of the $X_{17}$ particle, which we previously interpreted as a low-energy bare four-quark structure. This numerical proximity may therefore reflect common low-energy (four-quark) dynamics, although the microscopic connection remains to be established. For the isoscalar $D^*\bar{D}^*B^*\bar{B}^*$ configuration involving the $Z_c(4020)$ and $Z_b(10650)$ creation-bond subsystems linked by two additional covalent bonds, we estimate a binding energy of approximately $36~{\rm{MeV}}$ below its four-meson threshold and propose searches in the $4\mu$ and $4\mu2\pi$ final states.
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Quantum Physics

Genuine Information Backflow Requires Noncommuting Initial System States

The Gorini-Kossakowski-Lindblad-Sudarshan (GKLS) equation, a cornerstone of open-system theory, describes Markovian semigroup dynamics in which information about the initial preparation cannot revive. Beyond this regime, information revivals are widely interpreted as backflow from a non-Markovian environment. However, a decrease followed by an increase in information retrievable from the system need not imply that information has returned from the environment [PRX Quantum 6, 020316 (2025)]. It may instead arise from noise correlations unrelated to the system's initial preparation, carried by inert degrees of freedom that never interact with the system and therefore cannot mediate backflow. Such revivals are called extrinsic; genuine backflow is reserved for revivals that cannot be explained this way. The framework developed in that work, however, assumes access to arbitrary initial system states, an assumption often incompatible with physical constraints or limited experimental control. This leaves open which properties of the available preparations are necessary for an information revival to certify genuine backflow. Here we extend the framework to allow the description of restricted families of initial states and show that genuine backflow is possible only if the family contains noncommuting states. If all available states commute, as in a classical stochastic process, every revival can be explained by a suitable inert extension and is therefore extrinsic. Noncommutativity of the available system states is thus necessary for information revivals to provide an operational signature of environmental memory.
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General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Boundary-induced corrections to the response of an Unruh-DeWitt detector outside a compact star with Robin surface conditions

We formulate the finite-time response problem for a radially accelerated Unruh–DeWitt detector coupled to a real massless scalar field outside a static, spherically symmetric, horizonless compact star. The stellar exterior is described by the Schwarzschild geometry, while unresolved field–surface interactions are represented by a local Robin condition at the stellar radius. After reducing the Klein–Gordon equation to a half-line Schrödinger problem, we identify a sufficiently stable branch of the Robin family from positivity of the radial operator, construct delta-normalized continuum modes, and define the static ground state with respect to Schwarzschild time. We derive a mode-amplitude representation of the smoothly switched detector response that avoids a direct numerical treatment of the coincidence singularity of the Wightman distribution. We obtain a radially aligned trajectory of constant signed proper acceleration in terms of the rapidity measured by static observers. The resulting formulation separates the effects of compactness, surface condition, closest approach, detector gap, and interaction duration. We also state the flat-space, Dirichlet, static-detector, low-frequency, large-distance, and long-interaction limits required to validate a numerical implementation. The framework provides a controlled extension of detector studies with static reflective compact objects to finite-time moving probes.
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All authors Nodirbek Anarboev, Javlonbek Khasanov, Javlon Rayimbaev, Bobomurat Ahmedov

Optics

Comparative Robustness of Mach-Zehender and Microring Photonic Matrix Multipliers Under Laser RIN and Thermal Drift

Photonic matrix multipliers can accelerate neural-network inference, but their practical utility depends on how optical weight elements respond to source noise, thermal variation, and calibration error. This paper compares Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) and microring-resonator (MRR) implementations under laser relative-intensity noise (RIN), column-wise thermal/phase drift, and their joint action. Two CIFAR-10 classifiers - a compact four-layer CNN and ResNet-8 - are mapped to matched photonic multiply-accumulate chains using common source-distribution, detection, numerical, and calibration assumptions. Both architectures reproduce the same zero-perturbation baseline for each workload: 79.5% classification accuracy for the Small CNN and 70.0% for ResNet-8. Robustness is then evaluated using separate RIN-only and drift-only sweeps and a full two-dimensional RIN-drift grid, with dimensionless RMS perturbation levels extending from 0.5% to 20%. The analysis reports classification accuracy, class normalized confusion matrices, rolling-accuracy traces, one-dimensional robustness curves, and multidimensional response surfaces. Device equations and parameter definitions follow the models implemented in the QPI Labs Photonic Inference Simulator, with shared laser fluctuations propagated as correlated multiplicative noise and slow drift represented as a per-output-column perturbation of calibrated weights. All numerical results are generated from recorded experiment configurations and random seeds. The study provides a controlled system-level framework for comparing interferometric and resonant photonic weight elements while limiting conclusions to the implemented device models, perturbation ranges, calibration policy, and neural-network workloads.
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Mathematical Physics · Cross-listed from math.OA

Spectral geometry of saturated Fell bundles

Let $\mathcal B=(B_g)_{g\in G}$ be a saturated Fell bundle over a countable discrete group, equipped with a spectral triple. We give explicit sufficient conditions for lifting this triple to the reduced cross-sectional C\Star-algebra $C_r^*(\mathcal B)$. Using finite projective realizations of the homogeneous Morita equivalence $B_e$-bimodules, we transport the base Dirac operator to the individual fibres and assemble the resulting operators into a fibrewise Dirac operator. We introduce a spectral-regularity condition ensuring bounded commutators and give a sufficient criterion in terms of uniform derivative bounds on smooth factor-system data. Combining the fibrewise operator with a length operator associated with a proper translation-bounded matrix-valued length function yields the lifted spectral triple. When $B_e$ is separable, the lifted triple, with a suitable grading, represents the Kasparov product of the vertical class with the class of the unit-fibre triple. We also establish a summability criterion and sufficient conditions for stability under central cocycle twisting. A range of examples illustrates the scope of the construction, including twisted crossed products, free compact Abelian actions, and Fell bundles with nonfree homogeneous fibres.
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Strongly Correlated Electrons

Matrix-product-state GPLHR for non-Hermitian many-body eigenproblems

Computing multiple eigenstates of non-Hermitian many-body operators plays an important role in investigating excitation spectra, spectral properties, and relaxation dynamics in interacting and open quantum systems. However, this task is challenging because the eigenvectors are generally nonorthogonal and the Hilbert space dimension grows exponentially with system size. Here, we formulate the generalized preconditioned locally harmonic residual (GPLHR) method in a matrix product state (MPS) framework to efficiently compute multiple targeted right eigenstates whose eigenvalues lie near a specified shift in the complex plane. Successive randomized compression (SRC) is employed to accelerate operator applications. We test the method on transcorrelated and complex Hubbard chains, an interacting non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) chain, and a Liouvillian model. The results demonstrate that GPLHR combined with MPS provides an efficient and accurate approach for computing multiple eigenstates of non-Hermitian many-body operators.
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All authors Xingyao Wu, Zhangyu Yang, Yanbin Chen, Yu Wang, Feng Chen

Fluid Dynamics

Numerical Modeling of a Metallic Alloy Droplet Impact, Solidification, and Macrosegregation

For the first time, we study the effects of mass transfer on alloy droplet impact, solidification, and solute non-homogeneity or MacroSegregation (MS). For this purpose, a multi-physics model, including fully-coupled hydrodynamics of multiphase flow, wetting, conjugate heat transfer, phase change, and mass transfer, is established and validated carefully across several benchmarks. In addition, a concentration-flux-correction algorithm is proposed to conserve the solute mass within the droplet at the numerical discretization level. The validated model is subsequently used to explore the impact and solidification of an alloy droplet. The results show that accounting for mass transfer and solute transport improves the prediction of the dynamics of a solidifying splat, in a consistent manner with experimental observations, while this effect has been neglected in all previous studies. The analysis demonstrates that this improvement results from the flow sensitivity to the mushy region thickness, which is regulated by local solute concentration through the solidus and liquidus temperatures. Furthermore, analyses of the MS map identify several critical segregation regions most susceptible to defect initiation, such as cracking, including a long negatively segregated vein within the lamella, formed by the severe advective flow through the mush in the middle stages of the impact, a positively segregated region near the rim of the splat, appearing as a result of hook formation, and a major positively segregated zone at the top of the rim, which develops following the accumulation of the solute-rich melt sustained by washout from the lamella.
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Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Microscopic foundation for orbitronics: orbital exchange interactions, orbital-dependent transport, and orbital switching

Recent experiments highlighted the essential role of the orbital degrees of freedom underlying current-induced magnetic dynamics. However, a microscopic picture of how orbital angular momenta are transferred between itinerant and localized electrons, and the way it feeds back into transport, remains elusive. Here we develop a theoretical framework for the orbital exchange interactions by generalizing the Anderson-Kondo model to incorporate the orbitals of conduction bands. Illustrating with the $p$-orbitals, we determine the way electrons acquire orbital polarization and its influence on the transport properties, uncovering the orbital counterparts of phenomena analogous to spin filtering and tunnel magnetoresistance. Reciprocally, we demonstrate that orbital-polarized currents can exert torques on localized magnetic moments without having to convert into spin currents, which enables electrical switching of magnetization even when spin polarization becomes inactive. These striking discoveries lay a microscopic foundation for orbitronics and reveal critical mechanisms for orbital manipulations of magnetic order.
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Quantum Physics

Criticality Concentrates Extensive Sensing Information into a Local Readout

We show that criticality concentrates extensive sensing information into a local trajectory. In the rapid-readout limit of an all-to-all dissipative feedback network, a single binary trajectory has a Fisher-information rate linear in $N$ for a common weak field, as does the full record. Critical slowing does not remove this gain because the local weight of the slow mode decreases with $N$. An analytic bound guarantees that the local record retains more than half of the full information across the entire channel-parameter range. We also identify how parameter drives and observation dynamics determine local access to collective information beyond permutation symmetry. Furthermore, our sparse-readout theorem establishes a $k^{-1}$ decay of fractional information loss: only $\Theta(\varepsilon^{-1})$ trajectories are needed to retain a fraction $1-\varepsilon$ of the full information rate. Any growing readout set, even of vanishing density, asymptotically recovers the full common-field Fisher-information rate.
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All authors Peng Wang, Yu-Xuan Zhang, Hai-Tao Ding, Leong-Chuan Kwek

High Energy Physics (Theory)

Rank polarization and dynamical autonomy in a projective rotor model

We study how a higher-rank classical collective order parameter can select one dominant projective eigenline and, in a $p=2$ realization, support a dynamically autonomous low-energy director sector. In a fully connected projective-rotor model, the collective second moment is a positive semidefinite tensor $T$ of fixed trace. Conventional projective ordering drives its effective rank toward one, selecting a single dominant eigenline. Rank polarization alone, however, does not determine dynamical autonomy: extrinsic-curvature criteria depend on the chosen state-space metric, and the equilibrium tensor does not determine the transverse free-energy Hessian. A two-harmonic model makes this logical independence explicit by producing families with identical $T$ and $r_{\rm eff}$ but different transverse quadratic forms. We then construct rotationally invariant locking interactions that leave a prescribed ordered tensor exactly fixed while increasing every non-Goldstone restoring coefficient as $\Theta(\lambda)$ within a globally controlled stable regime. For a phenomenological inertial realization with a finite positive kinetic matrix, the lowest transverse normal-mode frequency grows as $\Theta(\lambda^{1/2})$; more generally, the low-frequency transverse susceptibility is suppressed as $O(\lambda^{-1})$, including in overdamped dynamics. The construction therefore proves that spectral selection and infrared transverse suppression are independent data. For $p>2$ the selected eigenline has a $(p-1)$-dimensional director manifold; the one-dimensional Goldstone sector used in the dynamical construction is specific to $p=2$. Promoting the selected internal eigenline to a physical clock requires additional soldering and integrability structure.
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High Energy Physics (Theory)

Holographic theory of non-invertible gravitational anomalies

We review a many-body formulation of gravitational anomalies as obstructions to realizing the complete low-energy data by a local bosonic lattice quantum system of the same dimension. In this formulation, an anomalous theory can be realized at the boundary of a gapped bosonic lattice bulk, whose topological order gives a one-to-one classification of the anomaly. An invertible bulk reproduces conventional anomaly inflow; a bulk with non-trivial topological excitations yields a non-invertible generalization. To describe the holographic theory of anomalies, we explain the distinction between uniquely defined topological order and many versions of topological quantum field theory and discuss the boundary-to-bulk map. As an application of the holographic theory of anomalies, we describe morphisms between local quantum theories (such as quantum field theories). These morphisms are built from a bulk domain wall and an invertible boundary junction, which give rise to a sandwich picture. Chiral boson/fermion theory, Laughlin edges, and boundaries of $\mathbb{Z}_2$ higher gauge theory with bosonic or fermionic point-like excitations illustrate the different kinds of information about non-invertible anomalies contained in transport coefficients, superselection sectors, and condensation data. In particular, a fermionic theory can be viewed as a theory with a particular non-invertible gravitational anomaly. Those examples also reveal that {\it symmetry $\sim$ gravitational anomaly $\sim$ topological order in one higher dimension}.
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Astrophysics of Galaxies

The Tilt of the Velocity Ellipsoid in the Milky Way Disk with GALAH-Gaia Data

We investigate the metallicity dependence of the tilt of the velocity ellipsoid using more than 572,000 stars selected from GALAH and Gaia. We find that the tilt angles of disk stars can be well described by the relation $\alpha = \alpha_{0}\,\mathrm{arctan}(Z/R)$, and the $\alpha_{0}$ differ significantly among different disk populations, with $\alpha_{0}$ are 0.78 $\pm$ 0.05, 0.86 $\pm$ 0.07, and 0.77 $\pm$ 0.07 for the whole sample, the Low-[$\alpha$/Fe] and the High-[$\alpha$/Fe] populations, respectively. These results indicate that Galactic disk populations are globally tilted toward cylindrical alignment, implying that the gravitational potential of the Galactic baryonic disk plays a dominant role in shaping the kinematics of dynamically relaxed stars. Our detailed analysis further reveals a metallicity dependence of $\alpha_{0}$ for various populations, with the Low-[$\alpha$/Fe] and the High-[$\alpha$/Fe] populations are respectively $\alpha_{0}$ = 0.12 $\mathrm{sin}$(3.72 [Fe/H] + 1.09) + 0.75 and $\alpha_{0}$ = 0.20 $\mathrm{sin}$(2.99 [Fe/H] + 1.90) + 0.71. These results indicate that the metallicity dependence observed in the Low-[$\alpha$/Fe] population may be primarily associated with resonances induced by the Galactic bar, while the behavior of the High-[$\alpha$/Fe] population may also have been affected by additional dynamical and evolutionary processes, such as violent heating associated with mergers, accretion, and/or the formation of these stars in an environment shaped by mergers of gas-rich systems and/or a turbulent ISM.
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All authors Zhenzhen He, Ruilan Yang, Hui Li, Weixiang Sun

Materials Science

Programmable memristive circuits for reconfigurable collective pseudomagnetic ordering, transport, and learning

Programmable hardware typically uses fixed architectures, whereas complex physical systems obtain diverse behavior by connecting reusable local elements through different interaction rules. Memristive devices combine writable states with nonlinear dynamics, but translating these local properties into reconfigurable collective order and symmetry-governed transport remains challenging. Here we develop modular circuits configured through programmable connections between identical memristive units. Experiments establish binary conductance states as Ising-type pseudospins and show that signed feedback between units selects uniform or staggered pseudospin order. Circuit-model simulations then examine controllable domain-wall motion and pattern recovery. A symmetry encoder combines measured conductance patterns with sublattice labels and a selected symmetry rule to configure a fixed transport layer, implementing circuit analogs of ferromagnetic, antiferromagnetic, and altermagnetic transport symmetries. Although the antiferromagnetic and altermagnetic encodings share a compensated pattern, their distinct voltage spreading illustrates how programmed circuit symmetry affects transport. Device-calibrated simulations show that memristive dynamics generates history-dependent features for reservoir computing. By separating local memory from programmable interactions, symmetry encoding and task-specific readout, this architecture provides a modular route from device dynamics to collective order, symmetry-dependent transport, and learning.
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All authors Sichang Qiu, Yuxin Jiang, Yongchao Wu, Peng Han, Xinxin Gao, Zekun Huang, Ce Shang, Ronny Thomale, Tie Jun Cui, Shuo Liu

Mathematical Physics · Cross-listed from math.QA

Type $B$- and $C$- trigonometric weight functions

We introduce and study trigonometric weight functions of type $B$ and type $C$ arising from integrable lattice models. These functions give $q$-deformations of the factorial $K$-theoretic Schur $P$- and $Q$-functions of Ikeda and Naruse, with the $P$-functions specialized to the type $B$ case. We realize them as specializations of partition functions of a six-vertex model with triangular boundary conditions and derive their algebraic properties using the Yang-Baxter equation and properties of the $R$- and $K$-matrices. We introduce normalized weight functions and establish diagonal evaluation formulas, divisibility properties, and bounds on Newton polytopes analogous to those in type $A$, together with recursive relations and stability. We further derive branching formulas relating these functions to type $A$ weight functions, and prove equal-cardinality orthogonality and all-cardinality biorthogonality relations.
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Biological Physics

Sensing via whole-body interactions with complex terrains: physical insights from robotic models

In nature, animals interact with complex terrains and often generate forces, deformations, and vibrations across the body and environment. Such interaction-induced mechanical information may guide behavior, yet its generation and use are difficult to resolve because movement rapidly and continually reconfigures the interactions that produce it. Sensory neurophysiology and biomechanics have revealed how mechanical information is transformed within sensory, neural, and musculoskeletal subsystems, whereas studies in complex terrains reveal rich whole-body interactions and behavioral outcomes. Connecting these levels remains a challenge. Here, I present a focused perspective on how biologically guided robotic physical models can help identify candidate mechanical information generated through whole-body interactions, test its physical mechanisms and behavioral benefits, and generate biological hypotheses. Three case studies illustrate this approach, multi-legged locomotor transitions to traverse dense clutter, limbless vertical body bending to propel through uneven terrain, and rapid spider leg crouching to help vibration sensing of prey on a web. Across these systems, correspondence between robots and animals supports the biological plausibility of these candidate physical mechanisms and motivates better measurements and models to determine how the relevant mechanical information is sensed and used to modulate behavior.
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Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases

Geometry-Controlled Initial-Density Dependence in Branching-Merging Exclusion Processes

We study geometry-controlled, initial-density-dependent stationary states in exclusion processes with branching-merging structures. We consider two boundary geometries for connecting the parallel branches to the reservoirs: the \(1\)-\(n\)-\(1\) model, in which a single lane branches into \(n\) parallel lanes and then merges back into a single lane, and the \(0\)-\(n\)-\(0\) model, in which particles directly enter and leave the \(n\) parallel lanes. For both models, we derive critical initial densities separating the low-density, shock-wave, and high-density regimes, and show that the theoretical predictions reproduce the phase diagrams and branch-averaged densities observed in simulations. In the \(1\)-\(n\)-\(1\) geometry, the critical initial densities depend on both the number of branches and the lengths of the upstream and downstream single-lane segments, whereas in the \(0\)-\(n\)-\(0\) geometry the corresponding estimates depend only on the number of branches. These results show that initial-condition dependence can arise from the global geometry of a branching-merging exclusion process, even without an explicit friction rule at the merging point.
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High Energy Physics (Experiment)

Measurements of the branching fractions of \boldmath $\chi_{cJ}\to\Sigma^0\bar{\Sigma}^0\eta$

Using $(2712.4\pm14.3)\times10^{6}$ $\psi(3686)$ events collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider, we report the first observations of the decay $\chi_{cJ}(J=0,1,2) \to \Sigma^0\bar{\Sigma}^0\eta$. The signal significances, after considering systematic uncertainties, are determined to be 7.2$\sigma$, 5.7$\sigma$, and 6.7$\sigma$ for $\chi_0$, $\chi_{c1}$, and $\chi_{c2}$, respectively. The branching fractions are measured to be $\mathcal B(\chi_{c0}\to\Sigma^0\bar{\Sigma}^0\eta)=({9.7 \pm 1.7 \pm 0.8}) \times 10^{-5}$, $\mathcal B(\chi_{c1}\to\Sigma^0\bar{\Sigma}^0\eta)=({4.9 \pm 1.1 \pm 0.4}) \times 10^{-5}$, and $\mathcal B(\chi_{c2}\to\Sigma^0\bar{\Sigma}^0\eta)=({6.1 \pm 1.2 \pm 0.3}) \times 10^{-5}$, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second systematic. No significant structure in the $\Sigma^0\bar{\Sigma}^0,\Sigma^0\eta,\bar{\Sigma}^0\eta$ mass distributions is observed under the current statistics.
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Geophysics · Cross-listed from cs.LG

Full Waveform Inversion with a Learned Preconditioner

Full-waveform inversion (FWI) is a powerful approach for reconstructing subsurface velocity models, but its practical performance is limited by ill-conditioning, sensitivity to the update direction, and the high cost of curvature-based methods. In this project, we investigate whether a neural operator trained on reverse-time-migration (RTM) images can provide a useful learned preconditioner for FWI. We compare projected FWI against neural-preconditioned FWI using either a standard Fourier neural operator (FNO) or a Jacobian-informed FNO (JI-FNO). The neural preconditioner applies the normal operator of the learned RTM map to modify the true Devito FWI gradient. Our experiments show that the JI-FNO preconditioner achieves the lowest model error while maintaining data-residual decay comparable to baseline projected FWI. In contrast, the standard FNO preconditioner is unstable and gives worse model recovery, despite using the same neural-preconditioning framework. We also identify a failure mode of a nonlinear neural Gauss Newton-type inner solve: directly matching the neural RTM output to the FWI gradient creates an objective-space mismatch and does not yield a reliable descent direction. These results suggest that forward RTM-image prediction alone is insufficient for learned preconditioning; accurate learned derivatives and objective-consistent use of the neural operator are critical for producing useful inversion updates.
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Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

Weyl's theorem and the theoretical origin of Boson peak in two-dimensional scalar spring network

The origin of the anomalous low-frequency vibrational density of states (VDOS) universally observed in amorphous solids has been debated for decades. In this work, we model amorphous solids as a zero-temperature scalar spring network, the simplest model that captures both the amorphous structure and the features of the anomalous VDOS. Using this scalar network, we mathematically demonstrate that disorder can lead to a shift of the VDOS toward low frequencies, thereby accumulating the anomalous part there. Disorder is defined through the topological connectivity of the network. The validity and universality of the theoretical framework are general and valuable for real-world scenarios because it rests only on Weyl's theorem for Hermitian matrices and is free of perturbation and phenomenological assumptions. This work strips away complex factors and reveals, at the level of mathematical principles, a profound and clean mechanism for the origin of the anomalous VDOS in amorphous solids.
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Quantum Physics

Receiver-Constrained Recovery Placement for Encoded-Qutrit Teleportation under Monitored Decay

Using established probabilistic measurement-reversal theory, we study recovery placement in encoded-qutrit teleportation under monitored decay. We characterize the success advantage of reversing a no-jump map only on the encoded support and compare two receiver capabilities. The restricted-map construction applies to general finite-dimensional supports; explicit timing results are obtained for a coherent V-type sender, a $\Lambda$-type receiver, and $S=\{0,2\}$, within a prescribed family of maximal exact sender reversals. With one outcome-independent full-space receiver filter, we maximize success probability at fixed total time subject to a minimum success-weighted conditional fidelity. A single preassigned recovery time yields up to three duration-dependent regimes: no sender reversal, the earliest feasible intermediate reversal, and final-time reversal. If recovery times may be randomized independently of the input and only the pooled successful ensemble must meet the fidelity requirement, the optimum over all such timing distributions mixes the two endpoints for $\Gamma T \ge (\ln 3)/2$. With Bell-outcome-dependent nonunitary receiver recovery, each accepted full-column-rank transfer branch can instead be reversed exactly. For the same model and sender-operation family, omitting sender reversal uniquely maximizes the exact-teleportation success probability for every finite $T>0$ at positive decay rate. Partial pathway coherence further distinguishes relative support gain from absolute recovery success: the long-time dark-state plateau survives only for fully coherent decay. These results show how receiver control capabilities and the meaning of the fidelity constraint determine whether intermediate sender recovery is useful.
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All authors Yifan Shi, Duan Wang, Quanzhen Ding, He Zhang, Da-Wei Luo, Ting Yu

Quantum Physics

Photonic realization of an electromagnetic cavity field with uniform mirror motion

We perform a detailed mathematical study of the effective Hamiltonian describing a non-stationary electromagnetic cavity field, introduced by C.~K.~Law, in the presence of uniform linear motion. We find that the corresponding dynamical equations admit a unitary diagonalization and that the normalized velocity of motion satisfies the two-sided bound $\lvert v/c \rvert \lesssim 10.1716$. Although this result is mathematically consistent, the interval obtained is an order of magnitude larger than the physically admissible range $\lvert v/c \rvert < 1$. To address this limitation, we propose a reinterpretation of bosonic coupling terms as generators of the symplectic algebra $\mathrm{Sp}(4,\mathbb{R})$, identifying them with transformations that can be implemented through linear optical elements. Within this photonic approach, the coupling parameters are not restricted to small values, allowing us to explore regimes of strong effective interactions. In this case, we demonstrate the generation of two-mode squeezed states and derive analytical expressions for the average photon number in each mode. Furthermore, we analyze statistical properties that characterize mixedness and entanglement, including intermode correlations, the Mandel parameter, and the linear entropy. The corresponding Wigner function provides a phase-space visualization of the system's behavior, illustrating the connection between cavity motion, mode coupling, and nonclassical field correlations via the underlying symplectic algebra.
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All authors A.R. Urzúa, I. Ramos-Prieto, R. Román-Ancheyta, J. Récamier-Angelini, L. Medina-Dozal, F. Soto-Eguibar, H. M. Moya-Cessa

Atomic Physics · Cross-listed from cs.IT

Rydberg Atomic Quantum Receivers for OFDM Systems: An Atomic-Comb Design

Rydberg atomic quantum receivers (RAQR) exhibit exceptional sensitivity to radio-frequency (RF) signals, positioning them as promising candidates for next-generation wireless systems. Extending their capabilities to orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM), however, requires atomic responses that go beyond broadband reception and are tailored to the structured interference of multicarrier signals. To bridge this gap, we develop an atomic-comb Rydberg receiver based on six-wave mixing (SWM) transduction. In particular, injecting a multi-tone local oscillator (LO) into the RAQR generates frequency-shifted replicas of the intrinsic SWM response. By subtly tuning the amplitude and phase of each LO tone, constructive and destructive interference can be selectively induced to preserve desired response components while attenuating harmful frequency offsets. Furthermore, we harness the response-reshaping capability of the proposed atomic comb to proactively mitigate OFDM interference. More explicitly, by exploiting the discrete difference-frequency structure of both carrier-frequency-offset (CFO)-induced and phase-noise (PN)-induced inter-carrier interference (ICI), we optimize the atomic-comb response to suppress dominant ICI components directly. We further reveal an intrinsic coupling between spectral shaping and the time-domain effective channel memory, motivating a joint optimization of both ICI and inter-symbol interference (ISI), which simultaneously suppresses inter-carrier leakage and post-cyclic-prefix (CP) tail energy. Extensive simulation results validate our atomic-comb design, unveiling that the proposed atomic comb can effectively reshape the receiver response over the OFDM, while mitigating ICI, shortening the effective channel memory, and substantially lowering CP overhead.
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Materials Science

Three-dimensional reconstruction of weakly scattering objects from single-defocus 4D-STEM data

Three-dimensional (3D) atomic-structure analysis is of central importance in (scanning) transmission electron microscopy (STEM). STEM techniques to reconstruct 3D structure include tilt-series or defocus-series annular dark-field, best suited to heavier atomic species, and dynamical-scattering-model inversion applied to single-defocus four-dimensional (4D) STEM data, requiring computationally expensive post-experiment analysis. In this study, we propose a 3D-structure linear inversion (3D LINV) STEM algorithm, which enables a fast and direct reconstruction of 3D structures from a single-defocus 4D-STEM dataset. This method is based on solving linear equations relating the measured 4D-STEM data and the unknown 3D specimen potential under the thick weak phase object approximation. We show the capabilities of 3D LINV STEM through systematic 4D-STEM simulations across various observation parameters such as specimen thickness, partial coherence, and shot noise, and through an experimental demonstration of 3D structure reconstruction of a stacked freestanding membrane with atomic-scale lateral resolution and nanometre-scale depth resolution.
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All authors Kousuke Ooe, Yufan Shen, Yuichi Shimakawa, Daisuke Kan, Scott D. Findlay