Accepted Papers for Phys. Rev. E

Graphicality of power-law and double power-law degree sequences

Pietro Valigi, M. Ángeles Serrano, Claudio Castellano, and Lorenzo Cirigliano — 2026-09-15T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Pietro Valigi, M. Ángeles Serrano, Claudio Castellano, and Lorenzo Cirigliano
The graphicality problem – whether or not a sequence of integers can be used to create a simple graph – is a key question in network theory and combinatorics, with many important practical applications. In this work, we study the graphicality of degree sequences distributed as a power-law with a siz…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Tue Sep 15, 2026

Sticky eigenstates in systems with sharply-divided phase space

Hua Yan — 2026-09-14T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Hua Yan
We investigate mixed eigenstates in systems with sharply-divided phase space, using different piecewise-linear maps whose regular-chaotic boundaries are formed by marginally unstable periodic orbits (MUPOs) or by quasi-periodic orbits. With the overlap index and the entropy localization length, we c…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Mon Sep 14, 2026

Glass and jamming transitions in a random organization model

Leonardo Galliano and Ludovic Berthier — 2026-09-14T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Leonardo Galliano and Ludovic Berthier
We study a two-dimensional, off-lattice particle model introduced to describe absorbing phase transitions in driven non-Brownian suspensions. We numerically explore the (φ, ϵ) phase diagram, where φ is the packing fraction and ϵ controls the amplitude of particle jumps. We use a binary mixture to su…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Mon Sep 14, 2026

Geometric and dynamical signatures of chaos in an effective beyond-Newtonian circular restricted three-body problem with rotating compact primaries

Yeasin Ali, Suparna Roychowdhury, Betti Hartmann, and Roopkatha Banerjee — 2026-09-14T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Yeasin Ali, Suparna Roychowdhury, Betti Hartmann, and Roopkatha Banerjee
We study the transition from order to chaos in an Hamiltonian three-body system governed by a derived from the Fodor–Hoenselaers–Perj'es formalism. The model constitutes a perturbed extension of the classical Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem , incorporating while preserving its conservative ch…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Mon Sep 14, 2026

Multi-stage volume exclusion models for cell proliferation

John Carlo Dimaculangan, Cameron A. Smith, and Christian A. Yates — 2026-09-14T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): John Carlo Dimaculangan, Cameron A. Smith, and Christian A. Yates
Cell proliferation and cell movement are fundamentally stochastic processes which lead to variability in the growth and spatial structure of cell populations in many biological settings, such as cell invasion, wound healing, and tumour growth. Understanding how variability in cell-cycle progression …
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Mon Sep 14, 2026

Weakly nonlinear dynamics of follower-force-induced oscillations in Cosserat rods

Mohamed Warda — 2026-09-14T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Mohamed Warda
We investigate the weakly nonlinear dynamics of the flutter instability of a planar Cosserat rod in a viscous fluid driven by a terminal follower force. Building on our previous linear stability analysis, we derive Stuart-Landau amplitude equations governing the emergence and saturation of oscillati…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Mon Sep 14, 2026

Influence of optical smoothing techniques on cross-beam energy transfer

2026-09-11T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Y. Lalaire, C. Ruyer, A. Debayle, G. Bouchard, A. Fusaro, P. Loiseau, L. Masse, P. E. Masson-Laborde, and D. Bénisti
In the context of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments, spatial and temporal laser beam smoothing techniques are used to control the beams propagation in hohlraum plasmas. Currently, spatial and temporal smoothing are either neglected or not properly taken into account in the inline cross b…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 11, 2026

Heuristic and exact modularity optimization with size-constrained communities

Filipi N. Silva, Samin Aref, Vincent Traag, and Santo Fortunato — 2026-09-11T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Filipi N. Silva, Samin Aref, Vincent Traag, and Santo Fortunato
When searching for communities in networks, domain experts may have some prior expectations about the size of communities. Yet, community detection methods normally do not optimize communities under cluster size constraints. Multi-resolution techniques allow users to indirectly control the average c…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 11, 2026

Towards critical branching mechanism in recurrent neural networks

Feixiang Ren and Ling Feng — 2026-09-11T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Feixiang Ren and Ling Feng
Criticality has been proposed as a key organizing principle in biological neural systems, yet its origin and relevance in artificial neural networks remain unclear. We analyze hidden-state dynamics in trained long short-term memory (LSTM) networks and show that small networks near their optimal trai…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 11, 2026

Encounter times of random walkers with simultaneous resetting on networks

Cristian D. Suarez-Jimenez, Alejandro P. Riascos, and Denis Boyer — 2026-09-11T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Cristian D. Suarez-Jimenez, Alejandro P. Riascos, and Denis Boyer
In this work, we study the dynamics of multiple random walkers on networks subject to a simultaneous resetting protocol, whereby all walkers are synchronously returned to their respective initial nodes. For this collective Markovian process, we derive exact analytical expressions for the mean first-…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 11, 2026

Minimal representations of topology-preserving quantumlike states

William Horvat, Prineha Narang, Debadrita Saha, and Gregory D. Scholes — 2026-09-11T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): William Horvat, Prineha Narang, Debadrita Saha, and Gregory D. Scholes
We provide an equitable partition that gives an exact, minimal representation for the graph Cartesian product formed from quantum-like bits that preserves the relevant spectral and topological properties. We show that this result follows from the fact that the operations of taking the Cartesian prod…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 11, 2026

Extensible links in a broad class of single polymer chain models

Michael R. Buche, Matthew J. Grasinger, and Jason P. Mulderrig — 2026-09-11T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Michael R. Buche, Matthew J. Grasinger, and Jason P. Mulderrig
The physics of polymer chains is often probed using molecular stretching experiments and various idealized single-chain models. The majority of these models consist of a discrete sequence of links, which may be treated as rigid or extensible. Although such models are well established and many specif…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 11, 2026

Coevolution of strategies and interactions in donation games on a square lattice

Balázs Király and György Szabó — 2026-09-11T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Balázs Király and György Szabó
The coevolution of strategies and interactions is investigated with players located on a square lattice with interactions between first and second neighbors. The pair interactions are described by two-strategy (cooperation or defection) donation games with variable cost and benefit parameters for ea…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 11, 2026

Anomalous elasticity of amorphous solids viewed from elastoplastic models

Giulio Biroli, Misaki Ozawa, and Gilles Tarjus — 2026-09-11T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Giulio Biroli, Misaki Ozawa, and Gilles Tarjus
The response of amorphous solids to a mechanical perturbation consists of elastic and plastic deformations. The latter are mediated by localized irreversible rearrangements associated with Eshelby-like quadrupolar singularities in the displacement field. It has recently been argued that a density of…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 11, 2026

Dynamical mean-field theory of active, self-interacting heteropolymers

Andriy Goychuk — 2026-09-11T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Andriy Goychuk
Analytical theories of polymer dynamics typically focus on the linear response around some steady state obtained via perturbative calculations. The present study derives a dynamical, nonlinear mean-field theory that yields unified access to the evolution of conformations, contact probabilities, and …
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 11, 2026

Lee-Yang property of the Blume-Capel model

Yuri Kozitsky and Yurij Holovatch — 2026-09-11T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Yuri Kozitsky and Yurij Holovatch
The Lee-Yang theory is based on the theorem concerning a property of the ferromagnetic Ising model partition function proved by T. D. Lee and C. N. Yang in 1952. It provides powerful tools for understanding the very nature of phase transitions and critical phenomena in various spin and similar model…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 11, 2026

Simple criterion to predict the impact of optical smoothing on cross-beam energy transfer

2026-09-11T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Y. Lalaire, C. Ruyer, A. Debayle, G. Bouchard, R. Capdessus, A. Fusaro, P. Loiseau, L. Masse, P. E. Masson-Laborde, and D. Bénisti
In this Letter, we show that optical smoothing of laser beams significantly broadens the CBET resonance compared to that predicted by conventional plane-wave models. In particular, temporal smoothing, as used in many high energy laser facilities, flow components normal to the CBET ion acoustic waves…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 11, 2026

Articulation points in multiplex networks

Artem Vergazov, Saeed Osat, and Vladimir V. Palyulin — 2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Artem Vergazov, Saeed Osat, and Vladimir V. Palyulin
Many real systems can be efficiently represented by complex networks. Recently, the robustness of these networks under random or targeted attacks has been of interest. One of the strategies to dismantle a network involves identifying and removing articulation points. These are nodes that are critica…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Kinetic temperatures and inertial effects in a nonequilibrium bead-spring model

Jetin E Thomas and Ramandeep S. Johal — 2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Jetin E Thomas and Ramandeep S. Johal
We investigate a nonequilibrium steady-state model consisting of two coupled beads with arbitrary masses in contact with two thermal baths at different temperatures. Using a covariance-matrix approach together with numerical simulations of the underdamped Langevin dynamics, we characterize steady-st…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Accurate simulation of pulled and pushed fronts in the nonautonomous Fisher-Kolmogorov-Petrovsky-Piskunov equation

Troy Tsubota, Smridhi Mahajan, Adrian van Kan, and Edgar Knobloch — 2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Troy Tsubota, Smridhi Mahajan, Adrian van Kan, and Edgar Knobloch
We introduce a novel numerical method for direct simulation of front propagation in the Fisher-KPP equation with a time-dependent parameter on an infinite domain. The method computes a time-dependent boundary condition that accurately captures the leading-edge dynamics by coupling the nonlinear simu…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Spatial evolution characteristics and mechanism analysis of induced magnetic fields in an applied field magnetoplasmadynamic discharge device

2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Lehui Cao, Haibin Tang, Junxue Ren, Zhiyuan Chen, Guangchuan Zhang, Yibai Wang, Yuzhe Sun, and Jinbin Cao
The induced magnetic field in an applied field magnetoplasmadynamic discharge device is a key physical quantity for plasma transport and electromagnetic feedback in the plasma discharge process. To clarify its spatial evolution and the associated driving mechanisms under steady operating conditions,…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Controlling filament distribution and improving plasma properties in a dielectric barrier discharge with metal lattice sheet

Lifang Dong, Cheng Li, Yunan He, Yaohua Li, and Yuyang Pan — 2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Lifang Dong, Cheng Li, Yunan He, Yaohua Li, and Yuyang Pan
Effectively controlling the spatial distribution of filaments and improving their physical properties are crucial for advancing the applications of dielectric barrier discharge. In this work, we report a novel DBD device to simultaneously regulate filament distribution and improve their physical pro…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Comment on “Lightning as a natural source of synchrotron radiation of x-ray and gamma-ray photons”

M. L. Shmatov — 2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): M. L. Shmatov
Petrov [Phys. Rev. E 111, 035205 (2025)] has presented explanation of some parameters of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes within the framework of his model which is based on the assumptions about the formation of surface plasmon waves and generation of synchrotron radiation due to the interaction of th…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Time-nonlocal internal-variable LB-PF model for continuous nucleation during dendritic solidification

Borui Zhao and Dongke Sun — 2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Borui Zhao and Dongke Sun
Continuous nucleation in nonequilibrium solidification is often treated as an instantaneous response controlled by the current undercooling. In welding, casting, and layer-wise metal additive manufacturing, however, liquid regions can undergo non-monotonic thermal histories and reach similar underco…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Liquid and solid layers in a thermal deep-learning machine

Gang Huang, Lai Shun Chan, Hajime Yoshino, Ge Zhang, and Yuliang Jin — 2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Gang Huang, Lai Shun Chan, Hajime Yoshino, Ge Zhang, and Yuliang Jin
We study generalization in overparameterized deep neural networks using a thermal deep learning machine with a well-defined Hamiltonian. We find that learning dynamics organize the network into a solid–liquid–solid structure, where boundary layers are constrained while central layers remain flexible…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Growth bistability in small bacterial populations exposed to antibiotics

B. Ledoux and D. Lacoste — 2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): B. Ledoux and D. Lacoste
With the development of microfluidics, it has now become possible to assess the susceptibility of bacteria to antibiotics at the single-cell level instead of relying on population measurements. Such studies are particularly relevant when the growth of bacterial population in the presence of antibiot…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Critical-like growth in noncritical transitions: Linearized dynamics and epidemic applications

Joshua Looker, Kat S. Rock, and Louise Dyson — 2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Joshua Looker, Kat S. Rock, and Louise Dyson
In the wake of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, there has been heightened interest from applied mathematicians in infectious disease modelling. Modelling efforts often focus on predicting whether diseases are likely to be eliminated or, instead, (re-)emerge, especially as a result of control measures. This …
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Finite-time observability of oscillatory instabilities in synchronous p-bit dynamics

Naoya Onizawa, Shunsuke Koshita, and Takahiro Hanyu — 2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Naoya Onizawa, Shunsuke Koshita, and Takahiro Hanyu
Synchronous update schemes in p-bit annealing offer a natural route to massive parallelism, but they can also induce period-2 oscillations that degrade optimization performance. In practical solvers, such oscillations matter only if they become observable within the finite runtime of the device or s…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Statistical analysis of speckle fields

Ian D. Min-Roberts, Wojciech Rozmus, and Pierre A. Michel — 2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Ian D. Min-Roberts, Wojciech Rozmus, and Pierre A. Michel
Speckles, or laser hot spots, are the intensity maxima of optically smoothed laser beams that seed instabilities, making a quantitative statistical description of speckles of interest. Earlier statistical theories estimated the number of speckles above an intensity level set for optically smoothed b…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Improved nonlocal electron heat transport model for magnetized plasmas

2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Z. H. Chen, Z. Q. Zhao, X. H. Yang, L. R. Li, B. Zeng, Z. Li, B. H. Xu, G. B. Zhang, H. H. Ma, M. Tang, Y. Y. Ma, H. Xu, F. Q. Shao, and J. Zhang
Distortions in the electron distribution function driven by intense temperature gradients critically influence the heat transport and the generation and evolution of magnetic fields in plasmas under the condition of inertial confinement fusion. Describing such kinetic behaviors at large spatiotempor…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Phase transitions in three-dimensional Kuramoto model under nonlinear mean-field coupling

Aman Mishra, V. K. Chandrasekar, and D. V. Senthilkumar — 2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Aman Mishra, V. K. Chandrasekar, and D. V. Senthilkumar
We investigate a three-dimensional Kuramoto model with nonlinear mean-field coupling, where the interaction strength depends on the macroscopic coherence through nonlinear feedback from the global order parameter. In the thermodynamic-limit, a self-consistency analysis reveals multiple solution bran…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Non-monotonic response of polyelectrolyte brushes to monomer effective charge and trivalent cation size

Ming-Lu Chao, Qing-Hai Hao, Hong-Yan Zhang, and Hong-Ge Tan — 2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Ming-Lu Chao, Qing-Hai Hao, Hong-Yan Zhang, and Hong-Ge Tan
Monomer effective charge and cationic specificity play a critical role in determining the polyelectrolyte (PE) brush responsiveness. Herein, we report a systematic simulation study to investigate how trivalent salt cation size and monomer effective charge cooperatively regulate surface morphology, c…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Nonthermal electron acceleration and transition probability density in turbulent wakefields driven by an intense laser pulse

Yao-Li Liu and Yasuhiro Kuramitsu — 2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Yao-Li Liu and Yasuhiro Kuramitsu
Nonthermal power-law spectra with index −2 are ubiquitously observed in turbulent wakefield acceleration (TWFA), yet their statistical origin remains unresolved. Using one-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations with particle tracking, we analyze the stochastic energy evolution of electrons acceler…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Random walks across dimensions: Exploring simplicial complexes

Diego Febbe, Duccio Fanelli, and Timoteo Carletti — 2026-09-09T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Diego Febbe, Duccio Fanelli, and Timoteo Carletti
We introduce a novel operator to describe a random walk process on a simplicial complex. Walkers are allowed to wander across simplices of various dimensions, bridging nodes to edges, and edges to triangles, via a nested organization that hierarchically extends to higher structures of arbitrary larg…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Wed Sep 09, 2026

Susceptible-infectious-susceptible epidemics on temporal contact graphs with clique structure

Robin Persoons and Piet Van Mieghem — 2026-09-09T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Robin Persoons and Piet Van Mieghem
We consider temporal networks that are a union of disjoint cliques at all times t. We call temporal networks that consist of disjoint cliques temporal clique graphs. We extend the exact solution of mean-field SIS epidemics with self-infections on the complete graph, derived in [1], to all temporal c…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Wed Sep 09, 2026

Reviving networked multidimensional dynamical systems

Nan Dong, An Zeng, and Honggang Li — 2026-09-09T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Nan Dong, An Zeng, and Honggang Li
From gene regulatory networks to mutualistic networks, controlling a small portion of nodes in complex networks can drive such dynamical systems from non-ideal states to ideal ones. Currently, there are only methods for handling linear systems and one-dimensional nonlinear systems. However, real-wor…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Wed Sep 09, 2026

Impact of ion-electron collisions on nonlocal ion heat conduction, viscous stress, and diffusion

Nicholas Mitchell, David Chapman, and Grigory Kagan — 2026-09-09T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Nicholas Mitchell, David Chapman, and Grigory Kagan
This work demonstrates the impact of ion-electron collisions on ion transport for strongly inhomogeneous plasmas in the nonlocal regime, where collisionality is insufficient to enforce local thermal equilibrium due to sharp gradients. Ion heat conduction and viscous stress in both unmagnetized and m…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Wed Sep 09, 2026

Analytical ansatz for the first wave of COVID-19

Michal Strelniker, Yakov M. Strelniker, and Shlomo Havlin — 2026-09-09T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Michal Strelniker, Yakov M. Strelniker, and Shlomo Havlin
We present a simple analytical description of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic based on a phenomenologically motivated ansatz. The proposed expression predicts that the number of currently infected individuals, defined as the total number of confirmed cases minus the numbers of recovered and …
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Wed Sep 09, 2026

Measuring physical entropy out of equilibrium

Haim Diamant and Gil Ariel — 2026-09-09T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Haim Diamant and Gil Ariel
Entropy is one of the key thermodynamic variables reflecting changes in the thermodynamic state of matter. Unlike other thermodynamic variables, it is well-defined also for nonequilibrium steady states through its relation to information. Applying this relation to physical systems is an ongoing chal…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Wed Sep 09, 2026

Non-Markovian entropy production fluctuation theorem driven by a time-dependent electric field

K. S. Rodríguez-Vigil, M. A. Bastarrachea-Magnani, and J. I. Jiménez-Aquino — 2026-09-09T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): K. S. Rodríguez-Vigil, M. A. Bastarrachea-Magnani, and J. I. Jiménez-Aquino
Fluctuation theorems are key to understanding both fundamental and applied aspects of nonequilibrium thermodynamics of small systems. We study the non-Markovian entropy production fluctuation theorem for the diffusion process of charged particles in a gas inside a harmonic potential and under the ac…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Wed Sep 09, 2026

Higher-order orientational effects on geometric percolation in two-dimensional stick networks

2026-09-09T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Davide Grazioli, Angelo Simone, Aidan Durant, Avik P. Chatterjee, and Claudio Grimaldi
We investigate geometric percolation in two-dimensional assemblies of randomly positioned, widthless sticks of uniform length. The stick orientations are sampled from probability density functions with a vanishing mean orientational order parameter, while their higher-order structure varies continuo…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Wed Sep 09, 2026

Numerical investigation of confined active collective motion in a viscoelastic fluid

Yateng Qiao, Dongxiao Zhao, Zijie Qu, and Gaojin Li — 2026-09-09T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Yateng Qiao, Dongxiao Zhao, Zijie Qu, and Gaojin Li
Active fluids, which consist of self-propelling constituent units, often exhibit viscoelastic behavior. Building upon the mean-field kinetic theory, we incorporate the Oldroyd-B constitutive equation to investigate the collective motion of active particles in a viscoelastic fluid inside a circular c…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Wed Sep 09, 2026

Common explanation for coherent patterns in transitional and turbulent wall-bounded flows

Yuxin Jiao — 2026-09-09T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Yuxin Jiao
A common explanation for selecting the shape and size of coherent patterns based on the filtering nature of the linearized Navier-Stokes equations is investigated. The filtering properties are examined by generalized optimal perturbations. Computing generalized optimal perturbations with different s…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Wed Sep 09, 2026

Planned behavior, perceptual biases, and the dynamics of collective action

2026-09-09T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Rishi Dadlani, John S. McAlister, Alice C. Schwarze, Mari Kawakatsu, Sarah Iams, Tahra L. Eissa, and Nina H. Fefferman
Classical models of collective behavior often assume that emergent dynamics result from external and observable interactions among individuals. However, how collective dynamics in human populations depend on the internal psychological processes of individuals remains underexplored. Here, we develop …
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Wed Sep 09, 2026

Velocity and force autocorrelations in Brownian dynamics with a Lorentz force

Filippo Faedi and Abhinav Sharma — 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Filippo Faedi and Abhinav Sharma
We derive a general relation between the velocity and force autocorrelation tensors (VACT and FACT) for a Brownian particle subject to an external magnetic field. Using time-symmetry arguments, we show that, for the full Langevin dynamics, the VACT depends only on the FACT, independently of the deta…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Thermodynamic characterization of mesoscale organization via network density matrices

Arsham Ghavasieh, Satyaki Sikdar, Manlio De Domenico, and Santo Fortunato — 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Arsham Ghavasieh, Satyaki Sikdar, Manlio De Domenico, and Santo Fortunato
The network density matrix (NDM) framework, enabling an information-theoretic and multiscale treatment of network flow, has been gaining momentum over the last decade. Benefiting from the counterparts of physical functions such as free energy and entropy, NDM’s applications range from estimating how…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Absorbing states govern the charging of vibrated grains

Michael R. Swift and Mike I. Smith — 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Michael R. Swift and Mike I. Smith
The electrostatic charging of insulators is notoriously irreproducible. Using experiments and simulations we study the charging of a single bouncing ball on a vibrating surface. We show that a ball’s final charge results from a coupling between its chaotic dynamics and its evolving charge distributi…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Mechanical desorption of a multiblock copolymer chain end-grafted to an impenetrable flat surface

Alexey A. Polotsky — 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Alexey A. Polotsky
Mechanical desorption of a regular multiblock copolymer chain grafted at one end to an impenetrable, flat surface is studied theoretically. The polymer consists of alternating blocks of adsorption-active and non-active monomer units. Two modes of desorption corresponding to two conjugate thermodynam…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Phyllotactic order from radial growth of spatial symmetry-breaking instabilities in supercritical conditions

Marcello A. Budroni, Giulio Facchini, Fabian Brau, and Anne De Wit — 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Marcello A. Budroni, Giulio Facchini, Fabian Brau, and Anne De Wit
Phyllotactic patterns, i.e. the arrangements of organs around a stem in some plants, represent not only fascinating geometries but also a source of inspiration for advanced biomimetic technological applications. Recently, spatial symmetry-breaking instabilities have been shown to feature, in some ca…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Collective behavior in the nonreciprocal multi-species Vicsek model

Chul-Ung Woo, Heiko Rieger, and Jae Dong Noh — 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Chul-Ung Woo, Heiko Rieger, and Jae Dong Noh

We investigate collective behavior in a

Q

-species Vicsek model with a nonreciprocal velocity alignment interaction. This system is characterized by a constant phase shift

α

in the inter-species velocity alignment rule. While the phase shift renders the interaction nonreciprocal, the system is global…

[Phys. Rev. E] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Structural crossovers of quasi-one-dimensional patchy hard superellipses

Sakineh Mizani, Martin Oettel, Péter Gurin, and Szabolcs Varga — 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Sakineh Mizani, Martin Oettel, Péter Gurin, and Szabolcs Varga
We study a quasi-one-dimensional associating fluid composed of hard superellipses carrying two patches interacting through a directional Kern–Frenkel potential. Using the Transfer Operator Method, we show that the selective patch–patch association promotes horizontal alignment and chain formation at…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Localization of defect modes in cholesteric liquid crystals with disordered defect layers

Yang Li, Shaohua Gao, Jie Dang, and Mingjiang Zhang — 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Yang Li, Shaohua Gao, Jie Dang, and Mingjiang Zhang
Light localization can significantly enhance light-matter interactions, making it crucial for achieving low-threshold lasers. In this study, we investigate how the degree of disorder in the positions of defect layers affects the localization of defect modes in the cholesteric liquid crystal with mul…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Exploring the role of connectivity in disordered system

Anjan Daimari, Shivanee Borah, and Diana Thongjaomayum — 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Anjan Daimari, Shivanee Borah, and Diana Thongjaomayum
We study a minimal model of disordered systems, the random field Ising model (RFIM) on a generalized Petersen Graph, GP(N,k), which consists of an interconnected outer and inner loop with N nodes in each loop. Each node in GP(N,k) has coordination number z = 3, and by varying the parameter k differe…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Mechanisms for extreme events in position-dependent mass systems

2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Wasif Ahamed M, Chithiika Ruby V, Sathish Aravindh M, Venkatesan A, and Lakshmanan M
Oscillators defined on curved spaces provide a natural framework for exploring geometry-induced nonlinear dynamics. The two-dimensional Mathews–Lakshmanan oscillator and Higgs oscillator are prominent examples of geometrically induced nonlinear oscillators. The two-dimensional Higgs oscillator in fl…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Reply to "Comment on ’Instabilities of rotating inclined buoyancy layers’"

Y. Xiao and J. J. Tao — 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Y. Xiao and J. J. Tao

[Phys. Rev. E] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Generalized multi-dimensional conservation laws for stimulated Raman and Brillouin scattering in a density gradient

2026-09-04T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Vijay Patel, Sarah Chase, Frank S. Tsung, John P. Palastro, Denise E. Hinkel, and Warren B. Mori
Generalized local and multi-dimensional conservation laws of action, energy, momentum, and angular momentum are derived for stimulated Raman (SRS) and Brillouin backscattering (SBS) in a density gradient within the paraxial ray approximation. A Lagrangian density is given for which requiring the act…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 04, 2026

Anomalous scaling in redirection networks

Harrison Hartle, P. L. Krapivsky, S. Redner, and Yuanzhao Zhang — 2026-09-04T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Harrison Hartle, P. L. Krapivsky, S. Redner, and Yuanzhao Zhang

In networks that grow by isotropic redirection (IR), a new node selects an initial target node uniformly at random and attaches to a randomly chosen neighbor of the target. The emerging networks exhibit leaf proliferation, in which the number of nonleaves scales sublinearly as

N^{μ}

and the degree dist…

[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 04, 2026

Competition between nonlinearity and inhomogeneities in discrete-time quantum walks

N. Amaral, A. R. C. Buarque, and W. S. Dias — 2026-09-04T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): N. Amaral, A. R. C. Buarque, and W. S. Dias
We investigate the competition between nonlinearity and inhomogeneities in discrete-time quantum walks on one-dimensional lattices and their impact on transport and localization. Nonlinear effects are introduced through a Kerr-like, intensity-dependent local phase, while spatial and temporal inhomog…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 04, 2026

Universal classical and quantum fluctuations in the large deviations of current of noisy quantum systems: Quantum symmetric simple exclusion and inclusion processes

Mathias Albert, Denis Bernard, Tony Jin, Stefano Scopa, and Shiyi Wei — 2026-09-04T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Mathias Albert, Denis Bernard, Tony Jin, Stefano Scopa, and Shiyi Wei
We study the fluctuation statistics of integrated currents in noisy quantum diffusive systems, focusing on the Quantum Symmetric Simple Exclusion and Inclusion Processes (QSSEP/QSSIP). These one-dimensional fermionic (QSSEP) and bosonic (QSSIP) models feature stochastic nearest-neighbor hopping driv…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 04, 2026

Temporal spectroscopy of plant development reveals subcircadian response bands

Giovanni Santoro, Enrico Rolli, Ada Ricci, and Ludovico Cademartiri — 2026-09-04T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Giovanni Santoro, Enrico Rolli, Ada Ricci, and Ludovico Cademartiri
Biological development is governed by internal clocks and feedback processes with characteristic response times. While circadian (~24 h) and ultradian (~hours) rhythms are well established, the existence and functional relevance of regulatory processes operating on characteristic sub-circadian times…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 04, 2026

Cone-guided phase-space control of laser-driven proton beams

S. Chintalwad and David J. Stark — 2026-09-04T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): S. Chintalwad and David J. Stark
Laser-driven ion acceleration offers a promising route toward compact high-energy particle sources, yet achieving control of beam collimation, spectral width, and laser-to-ion energy conversion remains a central challenge for most applications. Using two- and three-dimensional particle-in-cell simul…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 04, 2026

Emergent Wigner-Dyson statistics and self-attention-inspired prediction in driven Bose-Hubbard chains

Chen-Huan Wu — 2026-09-04T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Chen-Huan Wu
We propose an algorithm based on modulable hidden variables and adaptive step lengths, inspired by statistical physics and renormalization group principles, to study the emergent Wigner-Dyson level statistics in a driven many-body system. We apply this method to the boundary-driven Bose-Hubbard chai…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 04, 2026

Curvature in infectious disease network: A metric for vaccination and control

Sara Najem — 2026-09-04T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Sara Najem
We investigate the geometric structure of evolving infectious-disease networks using a notion of node curvature, which is based on the heat kernel expansion that naturally extends to edges. Applying this measure to networks reconstructed from infection counts whose degree and strength distributions …
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 04, 2026

Manifold dimension identification for the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation via a spectral convolutional autoencoder

Zi-Fei Meng, Yuquan Wang, Peng-Nan Sun, Boo Cheong Khoo, and A-Man Zhang — 2026-09-04T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Zi-Fei Meng, Yuquan Wang, Peng-Nan Sun, Boo Cheong Khoo, and A-Man Zhang
We present a spectral convolutional autoencoder (SCAE) framework to infer an integer, observation-conditioned estimate for the inertial-manifold dimension in the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation. Training on trajectory segments of temporal horizon τ, we analyze reconstruction-error scaling with latent …
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 04, 2026

Experimental study of the impact of ion wakes on the charges and dynamics of dust particles in a binary complex plasma

2026-09-04T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Roman A. Syrovatka, Vadim N. Naumkin, Andrey M. Lipaev, Alexandr D. Usachev, Mikhail M. Vasil’ev, Oleg F. Petrov, and Andrey V. Zobnin
A micron-sized negatively charged particle in a complex plasma is typically surrounded by an ion stream. The latter is focused by the former, and shapes the region of elevated ion concentration (ion wake). As a result, the interaction between dust particles in a complex plasma involves both a force …
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 04, 2026

Thermal conductance across harmonic chain-leads heterostructures

I. F. Herrera-González — 2026-09-04T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): I. F. Herrera-González
We investigate heat transport through a central harmonic chain coupled at its ends to two identical harmonic leads, which serve as heat reservoirs, within the nonequilibrium Green’s function formalism. The central chain and the leads are characterized by different masses and spring constants, while …
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 04, 2026

Prolonged chaotic transients for parametric noise-induced critical transitions: Formation mechanism and scaling law

Han Su and Yuan Yue — 2026-09-04T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Han Su and Yuan Yue
The underlying processes governing dynamical systems could create very long transients dynamics. In particular, in ecological systems, it is often difficult to distinguish this transient behavior from similar persistent dynamics. Chaotic transient is a typical class of long transients. However, even…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 04, 2026

History state formalism for time series with application to finance

F. Lomoc, N. Canosa, A. P. Boette, and R. Rossignoli — 2026-09-04T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): F. Lomoc, N. Canosa, A. P. Boette, and R. Rossignoli
We present a method for analyzing general time series by employing the history state formalism of quantum mechanics. This formalism allows us to describe a complete evolution based on a single quantum state, the history state, which simultaneously includes -also as a quantum system- the reference cl…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 04, 2026

Phase-locked excitations in Klein-Gordon systems

L. Friedland and A. G. Shagalov — 2026-09-04T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): L. Friedland and A. G. Shagalov
An autoresonant approach to excitation and control of one- and two-phase waves of a weakly nonlinear Kline-Gordon equation is proposed. It employs chirped frequency driving waves passing through linear resonances in the system. Under certain conditions, the excited wave phase-locks to the drives and…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 04, 2026

Analytical framework for the approximate master equation

Yu Takiguchi and Takehisa Hasegawa — 2026-09-04T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Yu Takiguchi and Takehisa Hasegawa
The approximate master equation (AME) provides a highly accurate description of dynamical processes on networks, yet its steady states are generally analytically intractable. In this study, we develop an analytical framework to derive the steady states of the AME by introducing a controlled approxim…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 04, 2026

Instability of solutions in a mass-conserving reaction diffusion system

R. Marangell, J. J. Wylie, and B. H. Bradshaw-Hajek — 2026-09-04T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): R. Marangell, J. J. Wylie, and B. H. Bradshaw-Hajek
We study the spectral stability of travelling and stationary front and pulse solutions in a class of degenerate reaction–diffusion systems. We characterise the essential spectrum of the linearised operator in full generality and identify conditions under which it lies entirely in the left half-plane…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 04, 2026

Polarized neutrons for the study of individual and collective fast dynamics in proteins

Agathe Nidriche, Jacques Ollivier, J Ross Stewart, and Judith Peters — 2026-09-04T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Agathe Nidriche, Jacques Ollivier, J Ross Stewart, and Judith Peters
Neutron scattering is a powerful technique to investigate atomic structures and molecular dynamics of proteins at the nano-scale. When it comes to dynamics, incoherent and coherent scattering respectively provide information on the single and collective dynamics of nuclei. In proteins, hydrogen has …
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 04, 2026

Near-wall pathways of anomalous electron transport in Hall thrusters revealed by three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations

Zhe Liu, Zhongping Zhao, and Yinjian Zhao — 2026-09-04T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Zhe Liu, Zhongping Zhao, and Yinjian Zhao

Cross-field electron transport in Hall thrusters is widely attributed to high-frequency

E \times B

instabilities, yet its net spatial pathway remains poorly resolved. Here we perform instability-resolving three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations of a Hall thruster using a boundary-faithful and highly…

[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Sep 04, 2026

Asymmetry-induced chiral dynamics in coupled self-propelled robots: Spinning and circular motion

Priyanka, Nitin Kumar, and Harsh Soni — 2026-09-03T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Priyanka, Nitin Kumar, and Harsh Soni
Motivated by the chiral motility of microswimmers, we investigate how geometric asymmetry in a system of two self-propelled active Brownian robots coupled by a spring gives rise to rich emergent dynamics. We demonstrate that asymmetry in the robots’’ propulsion directions generates net torques that …
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Thu Sep 03, 2026

Hyperelastic theory for nonlinear hydrogel diffusiophoresis

Chinmay Katke and C. Nadir Kaplan — 2026-09-02T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Chinmay Katke and C. Nadir Kaplan
Hydrogel diffusiophoresis is the deformation of a hydrogel due to a solute gradient that leads to a gradient of pairwise interactions between the solute particles and the hydrogel polymers to trigger osmotic flux. Unlike typical osmosis, it occurs without any interface selectivity of the gel to the …
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Wed Sep 02, 2026

Visualization of the chromatin structure in intact nuclei of cancer cells using small-angle X-ray scattering

2026-09-02T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): E. G. Iashina, S. V. Grigoriev, E. Y. Varfolomeeva, R. A. Pantina, N. D. Fedorova, R. A. Kovalev, A. A. Piryazev, and D. A. Ivanov
Cancer cells show global changes in chromatin structure, that lead to stable alterations in gene expression and potentially other nuclear functions. Small-angle neutron and X-ray scattering (SAXS) is one of the most informative and direct ways to study the chromatin structural organization on nano- …
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Wed Sep 02, 2026

Comment on “Instabilities of rotating inclined buoyancy layers”

Cheng-Nian Xiao, Inanc Senocak, Alan Shapiro, and Ivana Stiperski — 2026-09-02T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Cheng-Nian Xiao, Inanc Senocak, Alan Shapiro, and Ivana Stiperski
This comment addresses the article ``Instabilities of Rotating Inclined Buoyancy Layers" by Xiao et al., which presents linear stability results of Prandtl’s slope flow subjected to surface cooling and the additional effect of rotation. Our main point of contention concerns the steady base flow used…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Wed Sep 02, 2026

Origins and predictability of the hydrostatic limit of molecular liquids

2026-09-02T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Cecilia M. S. Alvares, Cameron J. G. Wilson, Nicholas P. Funnell, Mark S. Senn, and Gabriele C. Sosso
Loss of hydrostaticity limits high-pressure experiments, as pressure transmitting media (PTMs) solidify on compression. Here, we report a strong and positive correlation between the increase of molar density with pressure (ζ) at ambient conditions and the hydrostatic limit (HL) of isothermally compr…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Wed Sep 02, 2026

Activity-enhanced ordering in fluctuation-induced first-order transitions

Suvendra K. Sahoo — 2026-09-02T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Suvendra K. Sahoo
Fluctuations can drive otherwise continuous phase transitions to first order through the Brazovskii mechanism. We study how these fluctuation-induced transitions are modified in active systems by introducing nonequilibrium spatiotemporally correlated noise. We show that, while the transition remains…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Wed Sep 02, 2026

MesoMem: A mesoscale membrane model based on an additive potential

Pietro Sillano, Siewert J. Marrink, and Timon Idema — 2026-09-02T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Pietro Sillano, Siewert J. Marrink, and Timon Idema
Bridging the gap between atomistic detail and continuum mechanics is a central challenge in modeling biological membranes, particularly for mesoscopic phenomena spanning large length and time scales. In this work, we introduce a new, solvent-free, one-particle-thick, coarse-grained model for lipid b…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Wed Sep 02, 2026

Exact interpolation between Fick and Cattaneo diffusion in relativistic kinetic theory

L. Gavassino — 2026-09-02T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): L. Gavassino

We construct a family of exactly solvable relativistic kinetic theories in

1 + 1

dimensions whose hydrodynamic sector continuously interpolates between Fick’s and Cattaneo’s laws of diffusion. The interpolation is controlled by a single parameter

a \in [0, 1]

, which tunes the microscopic scattering dynamic…

[Phys. Rev. E] Published Wed Sep 02, 2026

Microfluidic oscillatory rheology of transported soft particles

Matteo Milani, Joshua D. McGraw, Anke Lindner, and Stefano Aime — 2026-09-01T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Matteo Milani, Joshua D. McGraw, Anke Lindner, and Stefano Aime
Microfluidic channels have emerged as useful tools to control dynamic forcing on transported microscale objects, as encountered in emulsions, biological flows, and other soft matter systems. Tailored channel designs enable precise interfacial and bulk rheological measurements of complex materials ov…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Tue Sep 01, 2026

Dominance switching between substrate adhesion and curvature in directional collective cell migration

Bing Qi, Jianwen Li, Xinxin Lv, Xi-Qiao Feng, and Jing Du — 2026-09-01T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Bing Qi, Jianwen Li, Xinxin Lv, Xi-Qiao Feng, and Jing Du
Substrate curvature and cell–substrate adhesion are two key physical determinants of directional collective cell migration, yet their joint regulatory mechanism remains unresolved. Here, we establish a physical framework based on the instantaneous force balance to reveal the dominance switching mech…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Tue Sep 01, 2026

Group-theoretic upper bounds on reconstructability in inverse problems

Isshin Arai and Tomoaki Itano — 2026-09-01T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Isshin Arai and Tomoaki Itano
Reconstructing the causal structure of physical systems from observational data constitutes a fundamental inverse problem. Here we show that the reconstruction dimension—defined as an upper bound on the number of recoverable components—is determined by the group-representation structure of the obser…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Tue Sep 01, 2026

Perspective on physical systems with a purpose: Using tunable degrees of freedom to enable function

M. Lisa Manning — 2026-09-01T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): M. Lisa Manning
This perspective highlights an emerging framework for understanding evolved biological and designed physical systems as tunable materials. In analogy to supervised learning in artificial neural networks – where weights between nodes are adjusted to optimize a cost function during the training phase …
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Tue Sep 01, 2026

Dimensional formulation for the pseudopotential lattice Boltzmann method

Luiz Eduardo Czelusniak, Ivan Talão Martins, and Luben Cabezas Gómez — 2026-09-01T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Luiz Eduardo Czelusniak, Ivan Talão Martins, and Luben Cabezas Gómez
The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is commonly implemented in lattice units, requiring conversion procedures to relate simulation parameters to physical quantities. In the pseudopotential multiphase model, this conversion becomes particularly restrictive when attempting to reproduce real-fluid prope…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Tue Sep 01, 2026

Interaction process of exploding dissipative solitons

Orazio Descalzi and Helmut R. Brand — 2026-08-31T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Orazio Descalzi and Helmut R. Brand
We study the interaction of exploding dissipative solitons (DSs) in the framework of two coupled cubic-quintic Ginzburg-Landau equations. We find several classes of behavior as a function of the cross-coupling between counter-propagating DSs, |cr|, by varying the initial conditions for fixed approac…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Mon Aug 31, 2026

Leveling of MHD turbulence imbalance in shear flows

Mariami Kavtaradze, George Mamatsashvili, George Chagelishvili, and Elene Uchava — 2026-08-31T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Mariami Kavtaradze, George Mamatsashvili, George Chagelishvili, and Elene Uchava
We investigate magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in plane shear flows with a streamwise background magnetic field in the super-Alfv'enic regime, i.e., when the flow velocity is larger than the local Alfv'en speed. In this regime, turbulence is energetically supplied by large-scale shear of the fl…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Mon Aug 31, 2026

Lattice Boltzmann methods with anisotropic equilibrium distributions

Benjamin Kellers, Julius Weinmiller, Arnulf Latz, and Timo Danner — 2026-08-31T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Benjamin Kellers, Julius Weinmiller, Arnulf Latz, and Timo Danner
Lattice Boltzmann methods are usually derived under the assumption of isotropy. In this work, we present a derivation of a Lattice Boltzmann method for anisotropic fluid flow. Starting from an anisotropic equilibrium distribution, we show a full derivation of the resulting lattice Boltzmann method. …
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Mon Aug 31, 2026

3D microprinting anisotropic and deformable active matter

Mengshi Wei and Daniela J. Kraft — 2026-08-31T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Mengshi Wei and Daniela J. Kraft
Active colloidal particles are a versatile model systems for exploring non-equilibrium physics in motile matter. To date, most experimental realizations have focused on spherical particles, largely due to fabrication constraints. However, theoretical and computational studies have long predicted tha…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Mon Aug 31, 2026

Computation of slow manifolds using the isostable coordinate system

Dan Wilson — 2026-08-28T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Dan Wilson
Koopman analysis can be used to understand the dynamics of a nonlinear dynamical system in terms of a linear, but generally infinite dimensional operator. The isostable coordinate system focuses on the slowest decaying principal Koopman eigenmodes. This work leverages the isostable coordinate framew…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Aug 28, 2026

Scaling laws for the spread of defection in evolutionary games on networks

M. Giles and P. K. Newton — 2026-08-28T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): M. Giles and P. K. Newton
We study the spread of defection in evolutionary games on networks using deterministic replicator dynamics posed on graphs. Each node hosts a mixed population of cooperators and defectors interacting through a Prisoner’s Dilemma payoff matrix, with nearest-neighbor coupling determined by the network…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Aug 28, 2026

Role of asymmetric time delay and its structure in one-dimensional swarmalators

Rommel Tchinda Djeudjo, Gourab Kumar Sar, and Timoteo Carletti — 2026-08-28T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Rommel Tchinda Djeudjo, Gourab Kumar Sar, and Timoteo Carletti
Swarmalators are a class of coupled oscillators that simultaneously self-organize in both space and phase, providing a minimal model for systems ranging from biological microswimmers to robotic swarms. Time delay is ubiquitous in such systems, arising from finite signal propagation speeds and sensor…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Aug 28, 2026

Inert polymer crowders drive phase separation of polyampholyte-like proteins by enhancing electrostatic correlation

Haoke Zhou, Zongpei Wu, and Shensheng Chen — 2026-08-28T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Haoke Zhou, Zongpei Wu, and Shensheng Chen
Inert polymer crowders ubiquitously promote liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), yet the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. By evaluating the potential of mean force between polyampholyte-like IDPs, we demonstrate that the presence of inert polymer cr…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Aug 28, 2026

Evidence of the de Almeida–Thouless transition in three-dimensional spin glasses

L. H. Miranda-Filho and Yuliang Jin — 2026-08-28T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): L. H. Miranda-Filho and Yuliang Jin
The nature of spin-glass states in a magnetic field remains a major open problem in statistical physics. The existence of the de Almeida-Thouless (dAT) transition for three-dimensional (3D) spin glasses in a field is still debated. We introduce a new computational method to define the spin-glass sus…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Aug 28, 2026

${Z}_{2}$ flux confinement-deconfinement transition of dimer-loop models on three-dimensional bipartite lattices

Souvik Kundu and Kedar Damle — 2026-08-28T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Souvik Kundu and Kedar Damle

Motivated by recent work that mapped the low-temperature properties of a class of frustrated spin

S = 1

kagome antiferromagnets with competing exchange and single-ion anisotropies to the fully-packed limit (with each vertex touched by exactly one dimer or nontrivial loop) of a system of dimers and non…

[Phys. Rev. E] Published Fri Aug 28, 2026

Ordered interfacial assembly of rough microellipsoids

Md Anisur Rahman and Peter J. Beltramo — 2026-08-27T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Md Anisur Rahman and Peter J. Beltramo
Dense, orientationally and translationally ordered, two-dimensional (2D) monolayers of colloidal ellipsoids are fabricated at air-water interfaces. Kinetic arrest and disordered structures from long-range quadrupolar capillary attraction are overcome by synthesizing polystyrene microellipsoids with …
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Thu Aug 27, 2026

Inference of thermodynamic conditions in convergent high-energy-density-physics experiments

2026-08-27T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): E. A. Smith, J. J. Ruby, D. A. Chin, D. T. Bishel, M. E. Signor, T. E. Evans, K. N. Lofton, N. V. Kabadi, J. R. Rygg, and G. W. Collins
Laser-driven spherical implosion experiments create some of the most extreme states of matter accessible in the laboratory. However, experimental observables in implosion experiments are highly integrated, meaning that measurements cannot be straightforwardly inverted to characterize the thermodynam…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Thu Aug 27, 2026

Discovering interpretable low-dimensional dynamics using maximum entropy

Michael C. Chung, Tarran Mohan, Purushottam D. Dixit, and Juan Guan — 2026-08-27T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Michael C. Chung, Tarran Mohan, Purushottam D. Dixit, and Juan Guan
Models (i.e., governing equations) are fundamental to science and engineering. Advances in data acquisition now make it possible to extract interpretable, low-dimensional descriptions from high-dimensional observations. However, existing approaches sacrifice either interpretability for reconstructio…
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Thu Aug 27, 2026

Beyond gradient descent: Adam for analog Ising machines

Stijn Van Vooren, Guy Van der Sande, and Guy Verschaffelt — 2026-08-27T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Stijn Van Vooren, Guy Van der Sande, and Guy Verschaffelt
As Moore’s law reaches its limits, Ising machines offer a promising alternative computing approach for difficult optimization problems. However, many analog, time-continuous Ising machines rely on gradient-descent-like dynamics to find solutions, which can limit speed and robustness. We investigate …
[Phys. Rev. E] Published Thu Aug 27, 2026