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Cutting-edge research papers from 2024–2025 across 500 publications. 61 frontier-science papers • 36 with military/defense relevance.

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Sink-Aware Pruning for Diffusion Language Models

🤖 AI
Aidar Myrzakhan, Tianyi Li, Bowei Guo, Shengkun Tang, Zhiqiang Shen • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Diffusion Language Models (DLMs) incur high inference cost due to iterative denoising, motivating efficient pruning. Existing pruning heuristics largely inherited from autoregressive (AR) LLMs, typically preserve attention sink tokens because AR sinks serve as stable global anchors. We show that this assumption does not hold for DLMs: the attention-sink position exhibits substantially higher variance over the full generation trajectory (measured by how the dominant sink locations shift across ti

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What Language is This? Ask Your Tokenizer

🤖 AI
Clara Meister, Ahmetcan Yavuz, Pietro Lesci, Tiago Pimentel • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Language Identification (LID) is an important component of many multilingual natural language processing pipelines, where it facilitates corpus curation, training data analysis, and cross-lingual evaluation of large language models. Despite near-perfect performance on high-resource languages, existing systems remain brittle in low-resource and closely related language settings. We introduce UniLID, a simple and efficient LID method based on the UnigramLM tokenization algorithm, leveraging its pr

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Towards Anytime-Valid Statistical Watermarking

🤖 AI
Baihe Huang, Eric Xu, Kannan Ramchandran, Jiantao Jiao, Michael I. Jordan • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The proliferation of Large Language Models (LLMs) necessitates efficient mechanisms to distinguish machine-generated content from human text. While statistical watermarking has emerged as a promising solution, existing methods suffer from two critical limitations: the lack of a principled approach for selecting sampling distributions and the reliance on fixed-horizon hypothesis testing, which precludes valid early stopping. In this paper, we bridge this gap by developing the first e-value-based

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cs.LGcs.AIstat.MLcs.LG

Modeling Distinct Human Interaction in Web Agents

🤖 AI
Faria Huq, Zora Zhiruo Wang, Zhanqiu Guo, Venu Arvind Arangarajan, Tianyue Ou, Frank Xu, Shuyan Zhou, Graham Neubig, Jeffrey P. Bigham • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Despite rapid progress in autonomous web agents, human involvement remains essential for shaping preferences and correcting agent behavior as tasks unfold. However, current agentic systems lack a principled understanding of when and why humans intervene, often proceeding autonomously past critical decision points or requesting unnecessary confirmation. In this work, we introduce the task of modeling human intervention to support collaborative web task execution. We collect CowCorpus, a dataset o

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Be Wary of Your Time Series Preprocessing

🤖 AI
Sofiane Ennadir, Tianze Wang, Oleg Smirnov, Sahar Asadi, Lele Cao • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Normalization and scaling are fundamental preprocessing steps in time series modeling, yet their role in Transformer-based models remains underexplored from a theoretical perspective. In this work, we present the first formal analysis of how different normalization strategies, specifically instance-based and global scaling, impact the expressivity of Transformer-based architectures for time series representation learning. We propose a novel expressivity framework tailored to time series, which q

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Provably Explaining Neural Additive Models

🤖 AI
Shahaf Bassan, Yizhak Yisrael Elboher, Tobias Ladner, Volkan Şahin, Jan Kretinsky, Matthias Althoff, Guy Katz • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Despite significant progress in post-hoc explanation methods for neural networks, many remain heuristic and lack provable guarantees. A key approach for obtaining explanations with provable guarantees is by identifying a cardinally-minimal subset of input features which by itself is provably sufficient to determine the prediction. However, for standard neural networks, this task is often computationally infeasible, as it demands a worst-case exponential number of verification queries in the numb

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Variational inference via radial transport

🤖 AI
Luca Ghafourpour, Sinho Chewi, Alessio Figalli, Aram-Alexandre Pooladian • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In variational inference (VI), the practitioner approximates a high-dimensional distribution $π$ with a simple surrogate one, often a (product) Gaussian distribution. However, in many cases of practical interest, Gaussian distributions might not capture the correct radial profile of $π$, resulting in poor coverage. In this work, we approach the VI problem from the perspective of optimizing over these radial profiles. Our algorithm radVI is a cheap, effective add-on to many existing VI schemes, s

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Proximal powered knee placement: a case study

🤖 AI
Kyle R. Embry, Lorenzo Vianello, Jim Lipsey, Frank Ursetta, Michael Stephens, Zhi Wang, Ann M. Simon, Andrea J. Ikeda, Suzanne B. Finucane, Shawana Anarwala • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Lower limb amputation affects millions worldwide, leading to impaired mobility, reduced walking speed, and limited participation in daily and social activities. Powered prosthetic knees can partially restore mobility by actively assisting knee joint torque, improving gait symmetry, sit-to-stand transitions, and walking speed. However, added mass from powered components may diminish these benefits, negatively affecting gait mechanics and increasing metabolic cost. Consequently, optimizing mass di

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Learning with Boolean threshold functions

🤖 AI
Veit Elser, Manish Krishan Lal • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We develop a method for training neural networks on Boolean data in which the values at all nodes are strictly $\pm 1$, and the resulting models are typically equivalent to networks whose nonzero weights are also $\pm 1$. The method replaces loss minimization with a nonconvex constraint formulation. Each node implements a Boolean threshold function (BTF), and training is expressed through a divide-and-concur decomposition into two complementary constraints: one enforces local BTF consistency bet

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Variational Grey-Box Dynamics Matching

🤖 AI
Gurjeet Sangra Singh, Frantzeska Lavda, Giangiacomo Mercatali, Alexandros Kalousis • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Deep generative models such as flow matching and diffusion models have shown great potential in learning complex distributions and dynamical systems, but often act as black-boxes, neglecting underlying physics. In contrast, physics-based simulation models described by ODEs/PDEs remain interpretable, but may have missing or unknown terms, unable to fully describe real-world observations. We bridge this gap with a novel grey-box method that integrates incomplete physics models directly into genera

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Entropy-Based Data Selection for Language Models

🤖 AI
Hongming Li, Yang Liu, Chao Huang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Modern language models (LMs) increasingly require two critical resources: computational resources and data resources. Data selection techniques can effectively reduce the amount of training data required for fine-tuning LMs. However, their effectiveness is closely related to computational resources, which always require a high compute budget. Owing to the resource limitations in practical fine-tuning scenario, we systematically reveal the relationship between data selection and uncertainty estim

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ABCD: All Biases Come Disguised

🤖 AI
Mateusz Nowak, Xavier Cadet, Peter Chin • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Multiple-choice question (MCQ) benchmarks have been a standard evaluation practice for measuring LLMs' ability to reason and answer knowledge-based questions. Through a synthetic NonsenseQA benchmark, we observe that different LLMs exhibit varying degrees of label-position-few-shot-prompt bias, where the model either uses the answer position, the label in front of the answer, the distributions of correct answers present in the few-shot prompt, or a combination of all to answer each MCQ question.

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Pseudo-deterministic Quantum Algorithms

⚛️ Quantum
Hugo Aaronson, Tom Gur, Jiawei Li • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We initiate a systematic study of pseudo-deterministic quantum algorithms. These are quantum algorithms that, for any input, output a canonical solution with high probability. Focusing on the query complexity model, our main contributions include the following complexity separations, which require new lower bound techniques specifically tailored to pseudo-determinism: - We exhibit a problem, Avoid One Encrypted String (AOES), whose classical randomized query complexity is $O(1)$ but is maximally

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quant-phcs.CCquant-ph

The Hidden Nature of Non-Markovianity

⚛️ Quantum
Jihong Cai, Advith Govindarajan, Marius Junge • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The theory of open quantum systems served as a tool to prepare entanglement at the beginning stage of quantum technology and more recently provides an important tool for state preparation. Dynamics given by time dependent Lindbladians are Markovian and lead to decoherence, decay of correlation and convergence to equilibrium. In contrast Non-Markovian evolutions can outperform their Markovian counterparts by enhancing memory. In this letter we compare the trajectories of Markovian and Non-Markovi

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quant-phmath.DSmath.OCquant-ph

A Shadow Enhanced Greedy Quantum Eigensolver

⚛️ Quantum
Jona Erle, Balint Koczor • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

While ground-state preparation is expected to be a primary application of quantum computers, it is also an essential subroutine for many fault-tolerant algorithms. In early fault-tolerant regimes, logical measurements remain costly, motivating adaptive, shot-frugal state-preparation strategies that efficiently utilize each measurement. We introduce the Shadow Enhanced Greedy Quantum Eigensolver (SEGQE) as a greedy, shadow-assisted framework for measurement-efficient ground-state preparation. SEG

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Tight any-shot quantum decoupling

⚛️ Quantum
Mario Berta, Hao-Chung Cheng, Yongsheng Yao • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Quantum information decoupling is a fundamental primitive in quantum information theory, underlying various applications in quantum physics. We prove a novel one-shot decoupling theorem formulated in terms of quantum relative entropy distance, with the decoupling error bounded by two sandwiched Rényi conditional entropies. In the asymptotic i.i.d. setting of standard information decoupling via partial trace, we show that this bound is ensemble-tight in quantum relative entropy distance and there

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Organic molecules as single-photon sources

⚛️ Quantum
Alexey Shkarin, Stephan Götzinger • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The development of single-photon sources has been nothing but rapid in recent years, with quantum emitter-based systems showing especially impressive progress. In this article, we give an overview of the developments in single-photon sources based on single molecules. We will introduce polycyclic hydrocarbons as the most commonly used emitter systems for the realization of an organic solid-state single-photon source. At cryogenic temperatures this special class of fluorescent molecules demonstra

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quant-phphysics.opticsquant-ph

Quantum Scrambling Born Machine

⚛️ Quantum
Marcin Płodzień • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Quantum generative modeling, where the Born rule naturally defines probability distributions through measurement of parameterized quantum states, is a promising near-term application of quantum computing. We propose a Quantum Scrambling Born Machine in which a fixed entangling unitary -- acting as a scrambling reservoir -- provides multi-qubit entanglement, while only single-qubit rotations are optimized. We consider three entangling unitaries -- a Haar random unitary and two physically realizab

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quant-phcs.LGquant-ph

Fault-tolerant interfaces for quantum LDPC codes

⚛️ Quantum
Matthias Christandl, Omar Fawzi, Ashutosh Goswami • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The preparation of a quantum state using a noisy quantum computer (gate noise strength $δ$), will necessarily affect an O($δ$)-fraction of the qubits, no matter which protocol is used. Here, we show that fault-tolerant quantum state preparation can be achieved with constant space overhead improving on previous constructions requiring polylogarithmic overhead. To achieve this, we add to the toolbox of fault-tolerant schemes for circuits with quantum input and output. More specifically, we constru

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Free Quantum Computing

⚛️ Quantum
Jacques Carette, Chris Heunen, Robin Kaarsgaard, Neil J. Ross, Amr Sabry • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Quantum computing improves substantially on known classical algorithms for various important problems, but the nature of the relationship between quantum and classical computing is not yet fully understood. This relationship can be clarified by free models, that add to classical computing just enough physical principles to represent quantum computing and no more. Here we develop an axiomatisation of quantum computing that replaces the standard continuous postulates with a small number of discret

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quant-phmath.CTquant-ph

From Multipartite Entanglement to TQFT

⚛️ Quantum
Michele Del Zotto, Abhijit Gadde, Pavel Putrov • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

At long distances, a gapped phase of matter is described by a topological quantum field theory (TQFT). We conjecture a tight and concrete relationship between the genuine $(d+1)$-partite entanglement -- labelled by a $d$-dimensional manifold $M$ -- in the ground state of a $(d-1)+1$-dimensional gapped theory and the partition function of the low energy TQFT on $M$. In particular, the conjecture implies that for $d=3$, the ground state wavefunction can determine the modular tensor category descri

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hep-thcond-mat.str-elmath-phmath.QAquant-phhep-th

Causal and Compositional Abstraction

⚛️ Quantum
Robin Lorenz, Sean Tull • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Abstracting from a low level to a more explanatory high level of description, and ideally while preserving causal structure, is fundamental to scientific practice, to causal inference problems, and to robust, efficient and interpretable AI. We present a general account of abstractions between low and high level models as natural transformations, focusing on the case of causal models. This provides a new formalisation of causal abstraction, unifying several notions in the literature, including co

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Measurement Induced Subradiance

⚛️ Quantum
Ipsita Bar, Aditi Thakar, B. Prasanna Venkatesh • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Preparing subradiant steady states of collectively emitting quantum two-level emitters (TLEs) is hindered by their dark, weakly interacting nature. Existing approaches rely on patterned driving, local control, or structured environments. We propose a platform-independent protocol based on projective measurements on a single TLE. For permutation-symmetric ensembles, a single measurement yields appreciable occupation of single-excitation subradiant steady states. For generic arrays, repeated measu

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Tomographically-nonlocal entanglement

⚛️ Quantum
Roberto D. Baldijão, Marco Erba, David Schmid, John H. Selby, Ana Belén Sainz • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Entanglement is a central and subtle feature of quantum theory, whose structure and operational behavior can change dramatically when additional physical constraints, such as symmetries or superselection rules, are imposed. Such constraints can give rise to striking and counter-intuitive phenomena, including local broadcasting of entangled states and failures of entanglement monogamy. These effects naturally arise in tomographically nonlocal theories (like real quantum theory, twirled worlds, or

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Planckian bound on the local equilibration time

🔭 Physics
Marvin Qi, Alexey Milekhin, Luca Delacrétaz • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The local equilibration time $τ_{\rm eq}$ of quantum many-body systems is conjectured to be bounded below by the Planckian time $\hbar /T$. We formalize this conjecture by defining $τ_{\rm eq}$ as the time scale at which a hydrodynamic description emerges for conserved densities. Drawing on analytic properties of real time thermal correlators, we establish a rigorous lower bound $τ_{\rm eq} \geq α\hbar /T$ on the onset of hydrodynamic behavior in a `regulated' thermal two-point function. The dim

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3D Gravity and Chaos in CFTs with Fermions

🔭 Physics
Jan Boruch, Elisa Tabor, Gustavo J. Turiaci • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Pure 3d gravity in AdS is believed to admit a holographic description in terms of 2d CFT. We introduce a theory of fermionic 3d gravity where we sum over geometries equipped with spin structure, and propose it is holographically described by fermionic 2d CFT data. We evaluate the leading contributions to the gravity path integral with one and two torus boundaries, extracting both the spectrum and its spectral statistics from the torus wormhole. Strikingly, the theory has fermionic black hole mic

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Evidence for Multimodal Superfluidity of Neutrons

🔭 Physics
Yuan-Zhuo Ma, Georgios Palkanoglou, Joseph Carlson, Stefano Gandolfi, Alexandros Gezerlis, Gabriel Given, Ashe Hicks, Dean Lee, Kevin E. Schmidt, Jiabin Yu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We present theoretical and experimental evidence for a new phase of matter in neutron-rich systems that we call multimodal superfluidity. Using ab initio lattice calculations, we show that the condensate consists of coexisting s-wave pairs, p-wave pairs in entangled double pair combinations, and quartets composed of bound states of two s-wave pairs. We identify multimodal superfluidity as a general feature of single-flavor spin-1/2 fermionic systems with attractive s-wave and p-wave interactions

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Renormalization Group and String Loops

🔭 Physics
Arkady A. Tseytlin • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Fixed points of the 2d renormalization group flow are known to correspond to tree level string vacua. We discuss how the renormalization group (or "sigma model") approach can be extended to the string loop level. The central role of the condition of renormalizability of the generating functional for string amplitudes with respect to both "local" and "modular" infinities is emphasized. Several one-loop and two-loop examples of renormalization are considered. It is found that in order to ensure th

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Scattering in Instanton Backgrounds

🔭 Physics
Roland Bittleston, Kevin Costello • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In this letter we evaluate one-loop all-plus gluon amplitudes of $\mathrm{SU}(N_c)$ gauge theory with $N_f$ fundamental fermions in the presence of a flavour instanton background. Fermion zero modes are regulated with a chiral mass term. This computation is performed by cancelling a twistorial 't Hooft anomaly via the Green-Schwarz mechanism. We find that the trace-ordered amplitude has the form of a Parke-Taylor factor multiplied by the Fourier transform of the instanton density evaluated on th

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A Kinetic Route to Helicity-Constrained Decay

🔭 Physics
Dion Li • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Through 2D3V PIC simulations of freely decaying sub-ion turbulence, intermittent localized regions with $\mathbf{E} \cdot \mathbf{B} \neq 0$ are found to be statistically associated with reductions in the magnitude of magnetic helicity while evolving in the early electron-scale interaction phase. Motivated by this behavior, we propose a source-compensated, history-dependent helicity density that satisfies an exact local balance identity by construction, enabling Saffman-type two-point correlatio

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Neutron interferometry as a dark matter detector

🔭 Physics
Antonio Capolupo, Gabriele Pisacane, Aniello Quaranta, Peter Böni • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We analyze the possibility of detecting the existence of mirror matter, a possible component of dark matter, through neutron interferometry. We develop an interferometer using bandpass multilayers in reflection and transmission geometry and discuss its advantages and limitations. We demonstrate that our setup can probe a considerable range of neutron-mirror neutron mixing parameters allowing us to show the existence of mirror matter using present day neutron sources based on fission or spallatio

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Kolmogorov analysis of pulsar TOA

🔭 Physics
N. Galikyan, A. A. Kocharyan, V. G. Gurzadyan • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The Kolmogorov stochasticity parameter (KSP) as a sensitive descriptor of degree of randomness of signals is used to analyze the properties of the NANOGrav pulsar timing data associated to a stochastic gravitational wave background. The time of arrival (TOA) data of white noise for 68 pulsars are analyzed regarding their KSP properties. The analysis enables to obtain the degree of randomness of the white noise for various pulsars and to reveal its inhomogeneity, i.e. pulsars with low and high ra

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Black-Hole mimickers in GR and $f(R)$ gravity

🔭 Physics
Hodek M. García, Marcelo Salgado • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Black hole mimickers (BHMs) are horizonless globally regular ultracompact relativistic self-gravitating objects (UCOs) of mass $M$ and radius $R$ with compactness $C = M/R$ higher than that of a neutron star and that produce an effective potential for null geodesics (photons) that possesses a local maximum, which is usually accompanied by an inner local minimum. The presence of a local maximum allows for unstable circular orbits to exist similar to light rings present in actual BH solutions, whi

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Further Bounding the Kreuzer-Skarke Landscape

🔭 Physics
Nate MacFadden, Stepan Yu. Orevkov, Michael Stepniczka • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Batyrev's construction provides a map from fine, regular, star triangulations (FRSTs) of 4D reflexive polytopes to smooth Calabi-Yau threefolds (CYs). We prove that there are at most $10^{296}$ diffeomorphism classes of CYs produced in this manner, improving [1]'s upper bound of $10^{428}$. To show this, we make use of the fact that any two FRSTs with the same 2-face restrictions give rise to diffeomorphic CYs and bound the number of such '2-face equivalence classes' for all polytopes with Hodge

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Supersymmetry and Nonreciprocity

🔭 Physics
Savdeep Sethi, Gabriel Artur Weiderpass • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Nonreciprocal theories are used to model a broad array of non-equilibrium phenomena found in nature ranging from biological systems like networks of neurons to the behavior of overflowing water fountains. This includes systems broadly classified as active matter systems. We show that the stochastic theories which describe nonreciprocal interactions can be mapped into quantum field theories described by a supersymmetric action with a single supercharge. The theories are generically non-Hermitian.

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Spectral Spacetime Entropy for Quasifree Theories

🔭 Physics
Joshua Y. L. Jones, Yasaman K. Yazdi • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Motivated by the necessity to UV-regularise entanglement entropy, we present a spectral method for calculating the entropy of quasifree states, for both bosonic and fermionic field theories. This construction is defined in spacetime rather than on a hypersurface, enabling the covariant regularisation of entropies, and its calculation in generic spacetime regions. We derive these formulae, which have previously appeared in the literature, in a new manner and highlight certain aspects of them, suc

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On the Run from the Dark Side of the Muon

🔭 Physics
Pouya Asadi, Austin Batz, Samuel Homiller, Tien-Tien Yu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We present an analysis strategy for probing physics beyond the Standard Model via modifications to the parton distribution functions (PDFs) in a muon beam, which measurably alter the kinematics of all hard processes at a future muon collider. High-energy muon colliders represent an opportunity to probe new physics using precision measurements and novel search strategies. At sufficiently high energies, light particles act as ``constituents'' of the muon described by PDFs. As a concrete case study

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M2-branes, Higher Form Symmetries and 1-Gerbes

🔭 Physics
Fabián Caro-Pérez, María Pilar García del Moral, Álvaro Restuccia • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Higher-Form Symmetries (HFS) of a closed bosonic M2-brane formulated on a compactified target space $\mathcal{M}_9 \times T^2$ are investigated. We show that there is an obstruction to the gauging of these global symmetries in the presence of background fields, a mixed 't~Hooft anomaly. Its cancellation is obtained by the inflow term constructed in terms of gauge fields which are flat connections on a $U(1)$-principal bundle and a torsion $\mathcal{G}_1^{\nabla_c}$-gerbe on the M2-brane worldvol

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A Mathematical Theory of Redox Biology

🧬 Biotech
James N. Cobley, Michalis G. Nikolaidis • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Redox biology underpins signalling, metabolism, immunity, and adaptation, yet lacks a unifying theoretical framework capable of formalising structure, function, and dynamics. Current interpretations rely on descriptive catalogues of molecules and reactions, obscuring how redox behaviour emerges from constrained biochemical organisation. Here, we present a mathematical theory of redox biology that resolves this gap by treating redox systems as finite, compositional, dynamical, and spatially embed

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Adaptive Protein Tokenization

🧬 Biotech
Rohit Dilip, Ayush Varshney, David Van Valen • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Tokenization is a promising path to multi-modal models capable of jointly understanding protein sequences, structure, and function. Existing protein structure tokenizers create tokens by pooling information from local neighborhoods, an approach that limits their performance on generative and representation tasks. In this work, we present a method for global tokenization of protein structures in which successive tokens contribute increasing levels of detail to a global representation. This change

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Mechanisms of AI Protein Folding in ESMFold

🧬 Biotech
Kevin Lu, Jannik Brinkmann, Stefan Huber, Aaron Mueller, Yonatan Belinkov, David Bau, Chris Wendler • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

How do protein structure prediction models fold proteins? We investigate this question by tracing how ESMFold folds a beta hairpin, a prevalent structural motif. Through counterfactual interventions on model latents, we identify two computational stages in the folding trunk. In the first stage, early blocks initialize pairwise biochemical signals: residue identities and associated biochemical features such as charge flow from sequence representations into pairwise representations. In the second

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Generative AI for Enzyme Design and Biocatalysis

🧬 Biotech
Lasse Middendorf, Noelia Ferruz • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Sparked by innovations in generative artificial intelligence (AI), the field of protein design has undergone a paradigm shift with an explosion of new models for optimizing existing enzymes or creating them from scratch. After more than one decade of low success rates for computationally designed enzymes, generative AI models are now frequently used for designing proficient enzymes. Here, we provide a comprehensive overview and classification of generative AI models for enzyme design, highlighti

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3D Unconventional Superconductivity in Bulk LaO

🔬 Materials
Zhifan Wang, Jingkai Bi, Jiayuan Zhang, Wenmin Li, Yuxuan Liu, Dao-Xin Yao, Zheng Deng, Changqing Jin, Yifeng Han, Man-Rong Li • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Lanthanum-based compounds are cornerstones of superconductivity research, yet the La-5d orbitals typically remain empty spectator states far above the Fermi level (EF). While superconductivity has been induced in LaO up to 5.37 K in tensile epitaxy films, the intrinsic ground state of the bulk phase has remained controversial mostly due to synthetic challenges, with early reports suggesting a metallic nature. Here we report the high-pressure and high-temperature synthesis of pure bulk rock-salt

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Breaking the Moss rule

🔬 Materials
Søren Raza, Kristian Sommer Thygesen, Gururaj Naik • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Photonic devices depend critically on the dielectric materials from which they are made, with higher refractive indices and lower absorption losses enabling new functionalities and higher performance. However, these two material properties are intrinsically linked through the empirical Moss rule, which states that the refractive index of a dielectric decreases as its band gap energy increases. Materials that surpass this rule, termed super-Mossian dielectrics, combine large refractive indices wi

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Isotope effect in the work function of lithium

🔩 Nano
Atef A. Sheekhoon, Abdelrahman O. Haridy, Vitaly V. Kresin • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The work functions of 7Li and 6Li metals have been measured as a function of temperature, by using photoionization of pure isolated metal nanoparticles in a beam. These data reveal a marked isotope effect in the temperature variation of these work functions. Furthermore, for both isotopes the curvature of this temperature variation is found to be significantly larger than may be ascribed purely to a change in the electron gas density. These findings enhance the characterization of lithium as a q

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Convergent-Beam X-ray Crystallography

🔩 Nano
Chufeng Li, Margarita Zakharova, Mauro Prasciolu, Jia Chyi Wong, Holger Fleckenstein, Nikolay Ivanov, Wenhui Zhang, Mansi Butola, J. Lukas Dresselhaus, Ivan De Gennaro Aquino • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Molecular and polymeric crystals show a wide range of functional properties that arise from the interplay between the atomic-scale structure of their constituent molecules and the organization of these molecules within the crystal lattice at macroscopic length scales. X-ray diffraction can provide structural information at these disparate length scales, but usually only through experiments that address one or the other of molecular (or unit-cell) structure versus crystal structure. Consequently,

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A Minimal Nonlocal Theory of Thixotropic Flow

🔩 Nano
Saghar Zolfaghari, Safa Jamali • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Dense amorphous materials exhibit both nonlocal flow cooperativity and pronounced history dependence, yet existing continuum models capture only one of these features at a time. Nonlocal rheologies are intrinsically memoryless, while thixotropic models remain local. Here we introduce a coupling between structural memory and nonlocal fluidity to include aging and rejuvenation in nonlocal granular fluidity. The resulting model reproduces hysteresis in shear-rate sweeps and delayed yielding in cree

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The COHERENT Experiment: 2026 Update

⚡ Energy
M. Adhikari, M. Ahn, D. Amaya Matamoros, P. S. Barbeau, V. Belov, I. Bernardi, C. Bock, A. Bolozdynya, R. Bouabid, J. Browning • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The COHERENT experiment measures neutrino-induced recoils from coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) with multiple nuclear targets at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), USA. Several successful CEvNS measurements have been achieved in recent years with tens-of-kg detector masses, with a CsI scintillating crystal, a liquid argon single-phase detector, and high-purity germanium spectrometers. For the next phase, COHERENT aims at high-stat

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A More Realistic Z-pinch Snowplow Model

⚡ Energy
Miguel Cárdenas • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We introduce an extended snowplow model for Z-pinch experiments that accounts for partial particle entrainment and current loss during contraction. We applied the methods to a specific case.

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Long-Pulse Fast Ignition in MagLIF

⚡ Energy
Benjamin Wang, Henry Fetsch, Nathaniel J. Fisch • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The fast ignition paradigm for inertial confinement fusion (ICF) allows for extremely high gains but requires fuel to be heated very quickly to outpace hotspot disassembly and energy losses. This demands lasers with high power and intensity, posing engineering challenges that have called into question the fundamental practicality of fast ignition. Magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF) circumvents these problems through its large-aspect-ratio cylindrical geometry and strong axial magnetic fie

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The MUSE Target Chamber Post Veto

⚡ Energy
R. Ratvasky, T. Rostomyan, M. Ali, H. Atac, F. Barchetti, J. C. Bernauer, W. J. Briscoe, A. Christopher Ndukwe, E. W. Cline, S. Das • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The Muon Scattering Experiment (MUSE) was developed to address the proton radius puzzle through simultaneous electron-proton and muon-proton scattering using the Paul Scherrer Institute's PiM1 secondary beamline. MUSE uses a large-solid-angle, non-magnetic spectrometer to detect beam particles scattering from a liquid hydrogen cell contained within a vacuum chamber. Due to the large scattering windows, the structural integrity of the chamber is supported by posts located at small scattering angl

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Evolutionarily Primitive Social Entities

🧠 BCI
Angelica Kaufmann • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Social entities only exist in virtue of collective acceptance or recognition, or acknowledgement by two or more individuals in the context of joint activities. Joint activities are made possible by the coordination of plans for action, and the coordination of plans for action is made possible by the capacity for collective intentionality. This paper investigates how primitive is the capacity that nonhuman animals have to create social entities, by individuating how primitive is the capacity for

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Winter forecasting of September/October rainfall

🌍 Climate
Stjepan Marcelja • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We formulate seasonal rainfall prediction as a reduced-order nonlinear forecasting problem, embedding coupled Indian-Pacific Ocean variability into a low-dimensional state space and projecting it forward using deep neural networks. Variables include Nino 3.4, the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), the Indian Ocean meridional SST gradient, and selected empirical orthogonal functions. Monthly time series of the variables then form the input into deep neural networks which project rainfall further into the

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On large-scale oceanic wind-drift currents

🌍 Climate
Christian Puntini, Luigi Roberti, Eduard Stefanescu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Starting from the Navier--Stokes equations in rotating spherical coordinates with constant density and eddy viscosity varying only with depth, and appropriate, physically motivated boundary conditions, we derive an asymptotic model for the description of non-equatorial wind-generated oceanic drift currents. We do not invoke any tangent-plane approximations, thus allowing for large-scale flows that would not be captured by the classical $f$-plane approach. The strategy is to identify two small in

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Convolution Based Self Attraction and Loading

🌍 Climate
Anthony Chen, He Wang, Brian Arbic, Robert Krasny • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Self Attraction and Loading (SAL), which includes the deformation of the solid Earth under the load of the ocean tide and the self-gravitation of the so-deformed Earth as well as of the ocean tides themselves, is an important term to include in numerical models of the ocean tides. Computing SAL is a challenging problem that is usually tackled using spherical harmonics. The spherical harmonic approach has several drawbacks which limit its accuracy. In this work, we propose an alternative techniqu

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ERGMs on block models

🌀 Spacetime
Elena Magnanini • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We extend the classical edge-triangle Exponential Random Graph Model (ERGM) to an inhomogeneous setting in which vertices carry types determined by an underlying partition. This leads to a block-structured ERGM where interaction parameters depend on vertex types. We establish a large deviation principle for the associated sequence of measures and derive the corresponding variational formula for the limiting free energy. In the ferromagnetic regime, where the parameters governing triangle densiti

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Convergent Twist Deformations

🌀 Spacetime
Chiara Esposito, Michael Heins, Stefan Waldmann • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

This paper establishes a functorial framework for convergence of Drinfeld's Universal Deformation Formula (UDF) on spaces of analytic vectors. This is accomplished by matching the order of the latter with an equicontinuity condition on the Drinfeld twist underlying the deformation. Throughout, we work with representations of finite-dimensional Lie algebras by continuous linear mappings on locally convex spaces. This allows us to establish not only convergence of the formal power series, but the

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A Lorentzian Equivariant Index Theorem

🌀 Spacetime
Onirban Islam, Lennart Ronge • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We develop a formula for the equivariant index of a twisted Dirac operator on a compact globally hyperbolic spacetime with timelike boundary on which a group acts isometrically, subject to APS boundary conditions. The formula is the same as in the Riemannian case: the equivariant index for a group element is an integral over the fixed point set of that element plus some boundary terms. The proof uses a surprisingly simple technique for reducing from the equivariant to the non-equivariant regime

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Phase-Based Bit Commitment Protocol

🌀 Spacetime
Janis Nötzel, Anshul Singhal, Peter van Loock • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

With the rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning, a new wave of private information is being flushed into applications. This development raises privacy concerns, as private datasets can be stolen or abused for non-authorized purposes. Secure function computation aims to solve such problems by allowing a service provider to compute functions of datasets in the possession of a a data provider without reading the data itself. A foundational primitive for such tasks is Bit Commitment (B

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Positive Charts of Toric Varieties

🌀 Spacetime
Veronica Calvo Cortes, Simon Telen • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We construct affine charts of a smooth projective toric variety which contain its nonnegative points, and which admit a closed embedding into the total coordinate space of Cox's quotient construction. We show that such positive charts arise from smooth subcones of the nef cone. To each positive chart we associate an algebraic moment map, the fibers of which are the critical points of a monomial function in Cox coordinates. This work provides a toric framework for the theory of $u$-equations in p

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Asymptotic Freedom of V-A Fermi Interaction

🌀 Spacetime
A. T. Borlakov, D. I. Kazakov • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We consider the V-A Fermi interaction and apply an earlier developed method for summing up the leading asymptotics for scattering amplitudes in non-renormalizable theories. We consider the amplitude of fermion-antifermion scattering and derive the corresponding RG equation that sums the leading logarithmic contributions just like in renormalizable models. Numerical solution of this equation in the asymptotic regime $s\sim t\sim u \sim E^2 \to \infty$ leads to amplitude logarithmically decreasing

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Error correcting codes and heterotic Narain CFTs

🌀 Spacetime
Shun'ya Mizoguchi, Takumi Oikawa • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We study error correcting codes that construct the Narain lattices of heterotic strings as code lattices. We identify, in both $E_8\times E_8$ and Spin$(32)/Z_2$ heterotic strings, a pair of a binary code and a set of the corresponding metric, B field, and background gauge field, such that the lattice constructed from the binary code by Construction A coincides with the Narain lattice. We also construct heterotic Narain lattices using codes over $F_3$ and $F_5$ by Construction A${}_C$ and "Const

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On the Lie noncommutative integrability

🌀 Spacetime
A. V. Tsiganov • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The Lie theory of non-commutative integrability is used to reconstruct some integrable systems of ordinary differential equations in three dimensional Eucledian space. The Darboux-Brioschi-Halphen system is an example of the Lie integrable system associated with the simple Lie algebra sl(2,R). Other examples are related with solvable three dimensional real Lie algebras of Bianchi B class.

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A Brief Review of Wormhole Cosmic Censorship

🌀 Spacetime
Leonel Bixano, I. A. Sarmiento-Alvarado, Tonatiuh Matos • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Spacetime singularities, in the sense that curvature invariants are infinite at some point or region, are thought to be impossible to observe, and must be hidden within an event horizon. This conjecture is called Cosmic Censorship (CC), and was formulated by Penrose. Here we review another type of CC where spacetime singularities are causally disconnected from the universe, because the throat of a wormhole ``sucks in'' the geodesics and prevents them from making contact with the singularity. In

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Group character averages via a single Laguerre

🌀 Spacetime
Alexei Morozov, Kazumi Okuyama • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Average of exponential ${\rm Tr}_R e^X$, i.e. of a group rather than an algebra character, in Gaussian matrix model is known to be an amusing generalization of Schur polynomial, where time variables are substituted by traces of products of non-commuting matrices ${\rm Tr} \left(\prod_i A_{k_i}\right)$ and are thus labeled by weak compositions. The entries of matrices $A_k$ are made from extended Laguerre polynomials, what introduces additional difficulties. We describe the generic sum rules, whi

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Selective Synchronization Attention

🧫 Biocomputing
Hasi Hays • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The Transformer architecture has become the foundation of modern deep learning, yet its core self-attention mechanism suffers from quadratic computational complexity and lacks grounding in biological neural computation. We propose Selective Synchronization Attention (SSA), a novel attention mechanism that replaces the standard dot-product self-attention with a closed-form operator derived from the steady-state solution of the Kuramoto model of coupled oscillators. In SSA, each token is represent

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Introduction to Digital Twins for the Smart Grid

🧫 Biocomputing
Xiaoran Liu, Istvan David • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

This chapter provides an introduction to the foundations of digital twins and makes the case for employing them in smart grids. As engineered systems become more complex and autonomous, digital twin technology gains importance as the unified technological platform for design, testing, operation, and maintenance. Smart grids are prime examples of such complex systems, in which unique design and operation challenges arise from the combination of physical and software components. As high-fidelity i

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Which Algorithms Can Graph Neural Networks Learn?

🧫 Biocomputing
Solveig Wittig, Antonis Vasileiou, Robert R. Nerem, Timo Stoll, Floris Geerts, Yusu Wang, Christopher Morris • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In recent years, there has been growing interest in understanding neural architectures' ability to learn to execute discrete algorithms, a line of work often referred to as neural algorithmic reasoning. The goal is to integrate algorithmic reasoning capabilities into larger neural pipelines. Many such architectures are based on (message-passing) graph neural networks (MPNNs), owing to their permutation equivariance and ability to deal with sparsity and variable-sized inputs. However, existing wo

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Quantum walk inspired JPEG compression of images

🧫 Biocomputing
Abhishek Verma, Sahil Tomar, Sandeep Kumar • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

This work proposes a quantum inspired adaptive quantization framework that enhances the classical JPEG compression by introducing a learned, optimized Qtable derived using a Quantum Walk Inspired Optimization (QWIO) search strategy. The optimizer searches a continuous parameter space of frequency band scaling factors under a unified rate distortion objective that jointly considers reconstruction fidelity and compression efficiency. The proposed framework is evaluated on MNIST, CIFAR10, and Image

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Fungal systems for security and resilience

🧫 Biocomputing
Andrew Adamatzky • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Modern security, infrastructure, and safety-critical systems increasingly operate in environments characterised by disruption, uncertainty, physical damage, and degraded communications. Conventional digital technologies -- centralised sensors, software-defined control, and energy-intensive monitoring -- often struggle under such conditions. We propose fungi, and in particular living mycelial networks, as a novel class of biohybride systems for security, resilience, and protection in extreme envi

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Tucker iterative quantum state preparation

🧫 Biocomputing
Carsten Blank, Israel F. Araujo • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Quantum state preparation is a fundamental component of quantum algorithms, particularly in quantum machine learning and data processing, where classical data must be encoded efficiently into quantum states. Existing amplitude encoding techniques often rely on recursive bipartitions or tensor decompositions, which either lead to deep circuits or lack practical guidance for circuit construction. In this work, we introduce Tucker Iterative Quantum State Preparation (Q-Tucker), a novel method that

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Semantic Waveforms for AI-Native 6G Networks

🧫 Biocomputing
Nour Hello, Mohamed Amine Hamoura, Francois Rivet, Emilio Calvanese Strinati • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In this paper, we propose a semantic-aware waveform design framework for AI-native 6G networks that jointly optimizes physical layer resource usage and semantic communication efficiency and robustness, while explicitly accounting for the hardware constraints of RF chains. Our approach, called Orthogonal Semantic Sequency Division Multiplexing (OSSDM), introduces a parametrizable, orthogonal-base waveform design that enables controlled degradation of the wireless transmitted signal to preserve se

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Assigning Confidence: K-partition Ensembles

🤖 AI
Aggelos Semoglou, John Pavlopoulos • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Clustering is widely used for unsupervised structure discovery, yet it offers limited insight into how reliable each individual assignment is. Diagnostics, such as convergence behavior or objective values, may reflect global quality, but they do not indicate whether particular instances are assigned confidently, especially for initialization-sensitive algorithms like k-means. This assignment-level instability can undermine both accuracy and robustness. Ensemble approaches improve global consiste

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SARAH: Spatially Aware Real-time Agentic Humans

🤖 AI
Evonne Ng, Siwei Zhang, Zhang Chen, Michael Zollhoefer, Alexander Richard • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

As embodied agents become central to VR, telepresence, and digital human applications, their motion must go beyond speech-aligned gestures: agents should turn toward users, respond to their movement, and maintain natural gaze. Current methods lack this spatial awareness. We close this gap with the first real-time, fully causal method for spatially-aware conversational motion, deployable on a streaming VR headset. Given a user's position and dyadic audio, our approach produces full-body motion th

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Zero-shot Interactive Perception

🤖 AI
Venkatesh Sripada, Frank Guerin, Amir Ghalamzan • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Interactive perception (IP) enables robots to extract hidden information in their workspace and execute manipulation plans by physically interacting with objects and altering the state of the environment -- crucial for resolving occlusions and ambiguity in complex, partially observable scenarios. We present Zero-Shot IP (ZS-IP), a novel framework that couples multi-strategy manipulation (pushing and grasping) with a memory-driven Vision Language Model (VLM) to guide robotic interactions and reso

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Quantum-enhanced satellite image classification

🤖 AI
Qi Zhang, Anton Simen, Carlos Flores-Garrigós, Gabriel Alvarado Barrios, Paolo A. Erdman, Enrique Solano, Aaron C. Kemp, Vincent Beltrani, Vedangi Pathak, Hamed Mohammadbagherpoor • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We demonstrate the application of a quantum feature extraction method to enhance multi-class image classification for space applications. By harnessing the dynamics of many-body spin Hamiltonians, the method generates expressive quantum features that, when combined with classical processing, lead to quantum-enhanced classification accuracy. Using a strong and well-established ResNet50 baseline, we achieved a maximum classical accuracy of 83%, which can be improved to 84% with a transfer learning

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On the "Induction Bias" in Sequence Models

🤖 AI
M. Reza Ebrahimi, Michaël Defferrard, Sunny Panchal, Roland Memisevic • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Despite the remarkable practical success of transformer-based language models, recent work has raised concerns about their ability to perform state tracking. In particular, a growing body of literature has shown this limitation primarily through failures in out-of-distribution (OOD) generalization, such as length extrapolation. In this work, we shift attention to the in-distribution implications of these limitations. We conduct a large-scale experimental study of the data efficiency of transform

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RoEL: Robust Event-based 3D Line Reconstruction

🤖 AI
Gwangtak Bae, Jaeho Shin, Seunggu Kang, Junho Kim, Ayoung Kim, Young Min Kim • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Event cameras in motion tend to detect object boundaries or texture edges, which produce lines of brightness changes, especially in man-made environments. While lines can constitute a robust intermediate representation that is consistently observed, the sparse nature of lines may lead to drastic deterioration with minor estimation errors. Only a few previous works, often accompanied by additional sensors, utilize lines to compensate for the severe domain discrepancies of event sensors along with

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Variational Distributional Neuron

🤖 AI
Yves Ruffenach • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We propose a proof of concept for a variational distributional neuron: a compute unit formulated as a VAE brick, explicitly carrying a prior, an amortized posterior and a local ELBO. The unit is no longer a deterministic scalar but a distribution: computing is no longer about propagating values, but about contracting a continuous space of possibilities under constraints. Each neuron parameterizes a posterior, propagates a reparameterized sample and is regularized by the KL term of a local ELBO -

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Generative Model via Quantile Assignment

🤖 AI
Georgi Hrusanov, Oliver Y. Chén, Julien S. Bodelet • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Deep Generative models (DGMs) play two key roles in modern machine learning: (i) producing new information (e.g., image synthesis) and (ii) reducing dimensionality. However, traditional architectures often rely on auxiliary networks such as encoders in Variational Autoencoders (VAEs) or discriminators in Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), which introduce training instability, computational overhead, and risks like mode collapse. We present NeuroSQL, a new generative paradigm that eliminates

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The Statistical Signature of LLMs

🤖 AI
Ortal Hadad, Edoardo Loru, Jacopo Nudo, Niccolò Di Marco, Matteo Cinelli, Walter Quattrociocchi • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Large language models generate text through probabilistic sampling from high-dimensional distributions, yet how this process reshapes the structural statistical organization of language remains incompletely characterized. Here we show that lossless compression provides a simple, model-agnostic measure of statistical regularity that differentiates generative regimes directly from surface text. We analyze compression behavior across three progressively more complex information ecosystems: controll

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cs.CLcs.CYphysics.soc-phcs.CL

Instability as a Quantum Resource

⚛️ Quantum
Goni Yoeli, Gilad Gour • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We consolidate coherence, athermality, and nonuniformity as sub-resources within an underlying quantum resource theory: instability. We formulate instability axiomatically as the transient information within a decaying physical system. Specifying a decay mechanism (e.g., dephasing, thermalization) recovers these familiar resources as specific manifestations of instability. We compute the one-shot distillation yield and dilution cost in various operational paradigms, and use them to pin down the

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Rydberg states with a liquid core

⚛️ Quantum
Juan Carlos Acosta Matos, P. Giannakeas, Jan M. Rost • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We develop a self-consistent approach that provides an explicit potential for a Rydberg electron whose ionic core consists of a polarizable medium, typically realized with superfluid droplets. The electron's motion remains separable in spherical coordinates, but the radial force exerted by the droplet breaks degeneracy of the angular momentum states non-perturbatively. The ensuing electron spectrum reveals intriguing properties dependent on droplet size and electron excitation. Deviations of the

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Gaussian Dynamical Quantum State Tomography

⚛️ Quantum
Hjalmar Rall • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Standard quantum state tomography assumes sufficient control of a system to measure an informationally complete set of observables. Dynamical quantum state tomography (DQST) presents an alternative: given a system with known dynamics and a single fixed observable, it almost always suffices to control only the time at which each i.i.d. copy of the system is measured. This work presents an analogous scheme for tomography of multi-mode Bosonic Gaussian states undergoing Gaussian evolution, using a

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Topological Boundary Time Crystal Oscillations

⚛️ Quantum
Dominik Nemeth, Ahsan Nazir, Alessandro Principi, Robert-Jan Slager • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Boundary time crystals (BTCs) break time-translation symmetry and exhibit long-lived, robust oscillations insensitive to initial conditions. We show that collective spin BTCs can admit emergent topological winding numbers in operator space. Expanding the density operator in a spherical tensor basis, we map the Lindblad dynamics onto an effective local hopping problem, where collective degrees of freedom label sites of an emergent two-dimensional operator space lattice and identify topological ob

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Detection prospects of solar $g$-modes with LISA

🔭 Physics
Aman Awasthi • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The possibility of detecting solar oscillation modes using space-based gravitational-wave detectors has been investigated in the context of gravitational-wave interferometry, with Polnarev \cite{Polnarev:2009xf} demonstrating that low-frequency solar modes could, in principle, produce detectable signals in a LISA-type interferometer. Motivated by this work, I revisit the problem using current solar models, updated detector sensitivities, and improved theoretical and observational constraints on

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On self-dualities for scalar $φ^4$ theory

🔭 Physics
Paul Romatschke • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Scalar field theory is studied by constructing interacting saddle point expansions in the symmetric and broken phase, respectively. Focusing on analytically tractable saddle expansions, it is found that broken and symmetric phases are related by sign flip of the quartic coupling. Applications to dimensions $d<4$ recover previous results for the phase diagram, whereas $d=4$ is possibly new.

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Nonlocal spinor superfield theory

🔭 Physics
F. S. Gama, J. R. Nascimento, G. Olmo, A. Yu. Petrov, P. Porfírio • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In this work, we propose a new three-dimensional nonlocal spinor superfield model. This theory is constructed by introducing form factors in the local spinor superfield action. Then, we couple it minimally to a scalar superfield, for which we calculate the one-loop effective potential as a first constructive example of perturbative calculations in this new theory.

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Dynamical wormholes

🔭 Physics
Ben Kain • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We numerically investigate the dynamical evolution of spherically symmetric charge free wormholes. We concentrate on two specific examples, both of which exhibit wormhole expansion and wormhole collapse: the Ellis-Bronnikov wormhole, which is sourced by a real massless ghost scalar field, and the quantum corrected Schwarzschild black hole in semiclassical gravity (which has a wormhole structure and is not a true black hole), which is sourced by a renormalized energy-momentum tensor. Despite thei

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Renormalized pseudoentropy in dS/CFT

🔭 Physics
Giorgos Anastasiou, Ignacio J. Araya, Avijit Das, Javier Moreno • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We study holographic pseudoentropy for subregions in non-unitary Euclidean conformal field theories (CFTs) within the framework of the de Sitter/conformal field theory (dS/CFT) correspondence. Pseudoentropy, defined as the von Neumann entropy of a transition matrix, is computed holographically from codimension-two extremal surfaces in dS space and is divergent due to the asymptotic bulk volume at future infinity. We show that a finite and regulator-independent definition follows from the on-shel

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Baryon Junction and String Interactions: Part II

🔭 Physics
Xuzixiang Lou, Siwei Zhong • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We study junctions between confining strings. These junctions arise in Yang-Mills theories, and we focus on their universal low-energy dynamics. Using open-closed duality, we map junctions with nonlinear corrections to the $s$-wave scattering amplitudes between confining string loops. In $(3+1)$ dimensions, we uncover an accidental $\mathbb{Z}_2$ symmetry. This symmetry implies novel selection rules for loop scattering amplitudes and is broken by the junction mass at subleading order. We determi

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hep-thhep-phhep-th

Confining Strings in a Gapless Phase

🔭 Physics
Jeremias Aguilera Damia, Giovanni Galati, Giovanni Rizi • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We consider the dynamics of confined strings embedded in a gapless four-dimensional theory. To this end, we examine finite-tension string-like solutions to the equations of motion of the $\mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^1$ non-linear sigma model. We present a comprehensive analysis of the quantum fluctuations around these solutions and derive the corresponding spectrum. These results allow us to determine the quantum corrections to the closed string ground state energy in both the finite- and infinite-size

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hep-thhep-th

Krylov Complexity, Confinement and Universality

🔭 Physics
Ali Fatemiabhari, Carlos Nunez • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We perform a systematic holographic study of Krylov complexity for a wide class of confining quantum field theories. Using the geometric prescription that identifies the time derivative of the complexity with the proper momentum of a massive probe, we analyse radial geodesics in several top-down gravity duals exhibiting confinement and a mass gap. In all geometries with a smooth infrared end-of-space we uncover a robust and universal qualitative feature: Krylov complexity exhibits oscillatory be

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hep-thhep-th

Physical Pictures for Quasisymmetry in Crystals

🔬 Materials
Bryan D. Assunção, Emmanuel V. C. Lopes, Tome M. Schmidt, Gerson J. Ferreira • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Quasisymmetry (QS) provides a novel route to understand and control near-degeneracies, Berry curvature, optical selection rules, and symmetry-protected phenomena in quantum materials. Here we give physical interpretations of the emergence of QS operators across multiple material families. Using density functional theory and the $\mathbf{k}\cdot\mathbf{p}$ formalism, we identify QS subspaces and calculate their representation matrices, quantifying the quasisymmetry via a metric $ε$ that measures

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cond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.mes-hallcond-mat.mtrl-sci

Stop Saying "AI"

🧫 Biocomputing
Nathan G. Wood, Scott Robbins, Eduardo Zegarra Berodt, Anton Graf von Westerholt, Michelle Behrndt, Daniel Kloock-Schreiber • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Across academia, industry, and government, ``AI'' has become central in research and development, regulatory debates, and promises of ever faster and more capable decision-making and action. In numerous domains, especially safety-critical ones, there are significant concerns over how ``AI'' may affect decision-making, responsibility, or the likelihood of mistakes (to name only a few categories of critique). However, for most critiques, the target is generally ``AI'', a broad term admitting many

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cs.CYcs.AIcs.ETcs.HCcs.CY

A Very Big Video Reasoning Suite

🤖 AI
Maijunxian Wang, Ruisi Wang, Juyi Lin, Ran Ji, Thaddäus Wiedemer, Qingying Gao, Dezhi Luo, Yaoyao Qian, Lianyu Huang, Zelong Hong • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Rapid progress in video models has largely focused on visual quality, leaving their reasoning capabilities underexplored. Video reasoning grounds intelligence in spatiotemporally consistent visual environments that go beyond what text can naturally capture, enabling intuitive reasoning over spatiotemporal structure such as continuity, interaction, and causality. However, systematically studying video reasoning and its scaling behavior is hindered by the lack of large-scale training data. To addr

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cs.CVcs.AIcs.LGcs.MMcs.ROcs.CV

Conformal Risk Control for Non-Monotonic Losses

🤖 AI
Anastasios N. Angelopoulos • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Conformal risk control is an extension of conformal prediction for controlling risk functions beyond miscoverage. The original algorithm controls the expected value of a loss that is monotonic in a one-dimensional parameter. Here, we present risk control guarantees for generic algorithms applied to possibly non-monotonic losses with multidimensional parameters. The guarantees depend on the stability of the algorithm -- unstable algorithms have looser guarantees. We give applications of this tech

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stat.MEcs.LGmath.STstat.MLstat.ME

Benchmarking Unlearning for Vision Transformers

🤖 AI
Kairan Zhao, Iurie Luca, Peter Triantafillou • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Research in machine unlearning (MU) has gained strong momentum: MU is now widely regarded as a critical capability for building safe and fair AI. In parallel, research into transformer architectures for computer vision tasks has been highly successful: Increasingly, Vision Transformers (VTs) emerge as strong alternatives to CNNs. Yet, MU research for vision tasks has largely centered on CNNs, not VTs. While benchmarking MU efforts have addressed LLMs, diffusion models, and CNNs, none exist for V

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cs.CVcs.AIcs.CV

Entropy in Large Language Models

🤖 AI
Marco Scharringhausen • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In this study, the output of large language models (LLM) is considered an information source generating an unlimited sequence of symbols drawn from a finite alphabet. Given the probabilistic nature of modern LLMs, we assume a probabilistic model for these LLMs, following a constant random distribution and the source itself thus being stationary. We compare this source entropy (per word) to that of natural language (written or spoken) as represented by the Open American National Corpus (OANC). Ou

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cs.CLcs.CL

Agents of Chaos

🤖 AI
Natalie Shapira, Chris Wendler, Avery Yen, Gabriele Sarti, Koyena Pal, Olivia Floody, Adam Belfki, Alex Loftus, Aditya Ratan Jannali, Nikhil Prakash • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We report an exploratory red-teaming study of autonomous language-model-powered agents deployed in a live laboratory environment with persistent memory, email accounts, Discord access, file systems, and shell execution. Over a two-week period, twenty AI researchers interacted with the agents under benign and adversarial conditions. Focusing on failures emerging from the integration of language models with autonomy, tool use, and multi-party communication, we document eleven representative case s

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cs.AIcs.CYcs.AI

gencat: Generative computerized adaptive testing

🤖 AI
Wanyong Feng, Andrew Lan • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Existing computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) frameworks are typically built on predicting the correctness of a student response to a question. Although effective, this approach fails to leverage textual information in questions and responses, especially for open-ended questions. In this work, we propose GENCAT (\textbf{GEN}erative \textbf{CAT}), a novel CAT framework that leverages Large Language Models for knowledge estimate and question selection. First, we develop a Generative Item Response T

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cs.CLcs.CL

Scaling Law of Neural Koopman Operators

🤖 AI
Abulikemu Abuduweili, Yuyang Pang, Feihan Li, Changliu Liu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Data-driven neural Koopman operator theory has emerged as a powerful tool for linearizing and controlling nonlinear robotic systems. However, the performance of these data-driven models fundamentally depends on the trade-off between sample size and model dimensions, a relationship for which the scaling laws have remained unclear. This paper establishes a rigorous framework to address this challenge by deriving and empirically validating scaling laws that connect sample size, latent space dimensi

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cs.ROcs.RO

CQM: Cyclic Qubit Mappings

⚛️ Quantum
Maxwell Poster, Sayam Sethi, Jonathan Baker • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Quantum computers show promise to solve select problems otherwise intractable on classical computers. However, noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) era devices are currently prone to various sources of error. Quantum error correction (QEC) shows promise as a path towards fault tolerant quantum computing. Surface codes, in particular, have become ubiquitous throughout literature for their efficacy as a quantum error correcting code, and can execute quantum circuits via lattice surgery operatio

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quant-phquant-ph

A Quantum Internet Protocol Suite Beyond Layering

⚛️ Quantum
Angela Sara Cacciapuoti, Marcello Caleffi • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Layering, the protocol organization principle underpinning the classical Internet, is ill-suited to the Quantum Internet, built around entanglement, which is non-local and stateful. This paper proposes a quantum-native organizational principle based on dynamic composition, which replaces static layering with a distributed orchestration fabric driven by the node local state and in-band control. Each node runs a Dynamic Kernel that i) constructs a local PoA of candidate steps to advance a service

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quant-phcs.NIquant-ph

GAP Measures and Wave Function Collapse

⚛️ Quantum
Roderich Tumulka • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

GAP measures (also known as Scrooge measures) are a natural class of probability distributions on the unit sphere of a Hilbert space that come up in quantum statistical mechanics; for each density matrix $ρ$ there is a unique measure GAP$_ρ$. We describe and prove a property of these measures that was not recognized so far: If a wave function $Ψ$ is GAP$_ρ$ distributed and a collapse occurs, then the collapsed wave function $Ψ'$ is again GAP distributed (relative to the appropriate $ρ'$). This f

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quant-phmath-phquant-ph

Floquet product mode and eigenphase order

⚛️ Quantum
Felix Möckel, Harald Schmid, Felix von Oppen • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We study the robustness of the Floquet quantum Ising model against integrability-breaking perturbations, focusing on the phase hosting both Majorana zero and $π$ modes. A recent work [Phys. Rev. B 110, 075117, (2024)] observed that the Floquet product mode, a composite edge mode constructed from both Majorana operators, is considerably more robust than the individual Majorana edge modes. We analyze these strong modes from the point of view of the eigenphase order present in finite chains with op

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cond-mat.str-elquant-phcond-mat.str-el

Quantum Resource Theory of Lasers

⚛️ Quantum
Yannik Brune, Marius Cizauskas, Marc Aßmann • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Lasers serve as the fundamental workhorses of photonic quantum technologies, with perfectly coherent light fields being essential for many protocols that generate nonclassical light, implement coherent control schemes, and initialize qubits. However, no laser is absolutely ideal and the implications of deviations from perfect coherence in quantum technological tasks remain unclear. In this study, we theoretically and experimentally explore the quantum coherence properties of lasers from a resour

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cond-mat.mes-hallquant-phcond-mat.mes-hall

Magnon squeezing in the quantum regime

⚛️ Quantum
Yuan-Chao Weng, Da Xu, Zhen Chen, Li-Zhou Tan, Xu-Ke Gu, Jie Li, Hai-Feng Yu, Shi-Yao Zhu, Xuedong Hu, Franco Nori • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Squeezed states, crucial for quantum metrology and emerging quantum technologies, have been demonstrated in various platforms, but quantum squeezing of magnons in macroscopic spin systems remains elusive. Here we report the experimental observation of quantum-level magnon squeezing in a millimeter-scale yttrium iron garnet (YIG) sphere. By engineering a strong dispersive magnon-superconducting qubit coupling via a microwave cavity, we implement a significant self-Kerr nonlinearity to generate sq

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quant-phquant-ph

Temporal magnon-qubit Mach-Zehnder interferometer

⚛️ Quantum
Cody Trevillian, Steven Louis, Vasyl Tyberkevych • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

A temporal magnon-qubit Mach-Zehnder (MZ) interferometer is proposed. The interferometer is based on controllable entanglement of a microwave qubit and a magnonic state, achieved by application of a pulsed magnetic field playing the role of a magnon-qubit temporal "beam splitter". Analogous to a typical MZ interferometer, the generated interference pattern of the final qubit population carries information about the magnon dynamics. One important application of the proposed scheme is the study of

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cond-mat.mes-hallquant-phcond-mat.mes-hall

AI Agents for Variational Quantum Circuit Design

⚛️ Quantum
Marco Knipfer, Alexander Roman, Konstantin T. Matchev, Katia Matcheva, Sergei Gleyzer • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Variational quantum circuits (VQCs) constitute a central building block of near-term quantum machine learning (QML), yet the principled design of expressive and trainable architectures remains a major open challenge. The VQC design space grows combinatorially with the number of qubits, layers, entanglement structures, and gate parameterizations, rendering manual circuit construction inefficient and often suboptimal. We introduce an autonomous agent-based framework for VQC architecture search tha

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quant-phcs.EThep-exhep-lathep-phquant-ph

Near-perfect Noisy Quantum State Teleportation

⚛️ Quantum
Md Manirul Ali, Sovik Roy, Dipankar Home • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Achieving high fidelity of quantum teleportation (QT) in a noisy environment is an essential requirement for its real-world applications. To this end, we devise a distinctive protocol for ensuring teleportation fidelity {\it close to unity}, hinging essentially on the timing of Alice's Bell-basis measurement (BM) dependent on the choice of Bob's local noise parameters, but is independent of Alice's local noise. Our scheme is enabled by Alice communicating to Bob only two of the BM outcomes corre

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quant-phquant-ph

Structural Analysis of Directional qLDPC Codes

⚛️ Quantum
Mohammad Rowshan • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Directional codes, recently introduced by Gehér--Byfield--Ruban \cite{Geher2025Directional}, constitute a hardware-motivated family of quantum low-density parity-check (qLDPC) codes. These codes are defined by stabilizers measured by ancilla qubits executing a fixed \emph{direction word} (route) on square- or hex-grid connectivity. In this work, we develop a comprehensive \emph{word-first} analysis framework for route-generated, translation-invariant CSS codes on rectangular tori. Under this fra

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quant-phcs.ITquant-ph

Predicting Magic from Very Few Measurements

⚛️ Quantum
J. M. Varela, L. L. Keller, A. de Oliveira Junior, D. A. Moreira, R. Chaves, R. A. Macêdo • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The nonstabilizerness of quantum states is a necessary resource for universal quantum computation, yet its characterization is notoriously demanding. Quantifying nonstabilizerness typically requires an exponential number of measurements and a doubly exponential classical post-processing cost to evaluate its standard monotones. In this work, we show that nonstabilizerness is, to a large extent, in the eyes of the beholder: it can be witnessed and quantified using any set of $m$ $n$-qubit Pauli me

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quant-phcond-mat.str-elquant-ph

Why measurements are made of effects

⚛️ Quantum
Tobias Fritz • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Both in quantum theory and in general probabilistic theories, measurements with $n$ outcomes are modelled as $n$-tuples of \emph{effects} summing up to the unit effect. Why is this the case, and can this assumption be meaningfully relaxed? Here we develop \emph{generalized measurement theories (GMTs)} as a mathematical framework for physical theories that is complementary to general probabilistic theories, and where this kind of question can be made precise and answered. We then give a definitio

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quant-phquant-ph

Higher-order circuits

⚛️ Quantum
Matt Wilson • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We write down a series of basic laws for (strict) higher-order circuit diagrams. More precisely, we define higher-order circuit theories in terms of: (a) nesting, (b) temporal and spatial composition, and (c) equivalence between lower-order bipartite processes and higher-order bipartite states. In category-theoretic terms, these laws are expressed using enrichment and cotensors in symmetric polycategories, along with a frobenius-like coherence between them. We describe how these laws capture the

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quant-phcs.LOmath.CTquant-ph

Five-point Type IIB String Amplitudes at One Loop

🔭 Physics
Emiel Claasen, Mehregan Doroudiani • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Massless type IIB superstring amplitudes are organized according to the number of external states and their ${\mathrm U}(1)$ charge under the R-symmetry of type IIB supergravity. In this work, we analyze the low-energy expansion of one-loop five-point amplitudes in all charge sectors, focusing on the representative processes involving five gravitons and four gravitons with one dilaton. We compute the one-loop contributions to the moduli-dependent couplings in the type IIB effective action up to

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hep-thhep-th

Axially symmetric wormholes

🔭 Physics
I. A. Sarmiento-Alvarado, Leonel Bixano, Tonatiuh Matos • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In this work, we derive an exact vacuum solution to the Einstein field equations that depends on three constant parameters: the throat radius $r_0$, a parameter $q$, which is closely associated with the Komar mass, and a parameter $s$, which introduces axial topological defect while avoiding the emergence of conical singularities. We employ the cut-and-paste construction to generate wormhole geometries from this solution for $q \neq 0$. In addition, we perform a detailed analysis of the embeddin

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gr-qcgr-qc

Unquenched Charmonium and Beyond

🔭 Physics
Zi-Yue Bai, Dian-Yong Chen, Qi-Huang, Xiang Liu, Si-Qiang Luo, Jun-Zhang Wang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The year 2024 marked the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the $J/ψ$ particle, which unveiled the charm quark and the charmonium spectrum, instigating the "November Revolution" in particle physics. This discovery catalyzed the development of quenched potential models, most notably the Cornell model, which provided a foundational quantitative description of the hadronic spectrum. However, the landscape of hadron spectroscopy has been profoundly transformed since the turn of the 21st century wi

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hep-phhep-exhep-latnucl-thhep-ph

dS$^4$ Metamorphosis

🔭 Physics
Dionysios Anninos, Chiara Baracco, Vasileios A. Letsios, Beatrix Mühlmann • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We study the Euclidean path integral of higher spin gravity on $S^4$. Based on a one-loop analysis, we are led to a gluing formula expressing the $S^4$ path integral in terms of an underlying $S^3$ path integral. We view the three-sphere as a boundary hypersurface splitting the four-sphere into two halves. For a higher spin spectrum containing even spins only, the resulting boundary theory living on the $S^3$ cut is the $\mathrm{Sp}(N)$ invariant sector of $N\in \mathbb{Z}^+$ anti-commuting, con

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hep-thgr-qchep-th

Study of $e^+e^- \to π^+π^-Υ(1D)$ at Belle II

🔭 Physics
Belle II Collaboration, M. Abumusabh, I. Adachi, A. Aggarwal, L. Aggarwal, H. Ahmed, Y. Ahn, H. Aihara, S. Alghamdi, M. Alhakami • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The bottomonium spectrum, consisting of bound states of a $b$ quark and an anti-$b$ quark, provides an excellent laboratory for probing quantum chromodynamics in the non-perturbative regime. While $S$ and $P$-wave bottomonium states are well studied experimentally, information on $D$-wave states remains scarce. We search for $D$-wave bottomonium state via the decay of a vector bottomonium-like state $Υ(10753)$ in the reaction $e^+e^- \to π^+π^- Υ(1D)$, using $19.6~\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ of data colle

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hep-exhep-ex

On Instantons at Large Charge

🔭 Physics
Andrea Cipriani, Raffaele Savelli • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The large R-charge limit of two-point functions of chiral primary operators in rank-one N=2 superconformal field theories exhibits a universal behavior controlled by the effective field theory on their Coulomb branch. In the case of SU(2) SQCD with four flavors, this behavior is expected to be independent of the exactly-marginal gauge coupling. We provide an analytic test of this prediction by computing the correlators directly via supersymmetric localization. Our analysis clarifies the interpla

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hep-thhep-th

The Kerr two-twistor particle

🔭 Physics
Joon-Hwi Kim • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

An all-orders worldline effective action for Kerr black hole is achieved in twistor particle theory.

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gr-qchep-thmath.DGgr-qc

Parameter Estimation Limits in Blazars

🔭 Physics
Agniva Roychowdhury • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Parameter degeneracy in blazar spectral energy distributions (SEDs) is known but rarely quantified. This paper introduces a Fisher Information approach to determine theoretical limits to information extraction in the context of one-zone models. By evaluating the total Fisher Information by varying $δ$, $B$, $p$, $γ_{\rm min}$ and $γ_{\rm max}$, we find that EC models encode Fisher information $\gtrsim10^4$ times less than that in SSC models, establishing differences in limits of physical informa

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astro-ph.HEastro-ph.COphysics.data-anastro-ph.HE

Gauss-Bonnet Gravity and Spacetime Singularities

🔭 Physics
Tariq Allaithy, Adel Awad, Mohamed Hany Radwan, Mohsen Zahran • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We investigate the effect of higher-order curvature terms, specifically Gauss-Bonnet terms, on spacetime singularities in five dimensions. For FLRW cosmologies, we demonstrate that Gauss-Bonnet terms can replace the Big Bang/Crunch with a "sudden" singularity, characterized by a finite scale factor and Hubble rate but diverging higher-order derivatives. Investigating various branches of solutions shows the possibility of explicit extension of non-spacelike geodesics beyond the singular point. Fu

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gr-qchep-thgr-qc

Gravitational Baryogenesis in $f(R)$ Cosmologies

🔭 Physics
Ian B. Whittingham • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The generation of a baryon-antibaryon asymmetry in the Universe via gravitational baryogenesis is investigated for two f(R) modified theories of gravity, the widely used Starobinsky $f(R)=R+R^{2}/M^{2}$ model, and the recently proposed power-law model $f(R)=c_{1}R^{2+k/4}+c_{2}R+c_{3}$ of Odintsov and Oikonomou (2025) that is constructed from the slow-roll inflation parameters, and fits the new high-multipole CMB observations reported by the Planck and ACT collaborations for $k \sim -0.03$. The

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astro-ph.COhep-phastro-ph.CO

Dark Glueball Direct Detection

🔭 Physics
Ji-Wei Li, Roman Pasechnik, Wei Wang, Zhi-Wei Wang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We consider glueball dark matter (DM) in a Yang-Mills dark sector confined at $Λ_D$ scale and coupled to the Standard Model through electrically and dark-color charged vector-like fermion portals, with the mass scale $m_ψ$. In a simple case with two lightest mass-degenerate vector-like fermions with opposite electric charges the effective amplitudes with one $C$-odd glueball (oddball) and odd number of photons vanish, rendering the lightest $C$-odd spin-1 state with mass $m_χ$ a viable DM candid

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hep-phastro-ph.COhep-lathep-thhep-ph

Electronic structure of Graphene/Co interfaces

🔬 Materials
Daniela Pacilé, Simone Lisi, Iolanda Di Bernardo, M. Papagno, L. Ferrari, Michele Pisarra, Marco Caputo, S. K. Mahatha, P. M. Sheverdyaeva, P. Moras • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Photoemission, from core levels and valence band, and low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) have been employed to investigate the electronic and structural properties of novel graphene-ferromagnetic (G-FM) systems,obtained by intercalation of one mono-layer (1ML) and several layers (4ML) of Co on G grown on Ir(111). Upon intercalation of 1ML of Co, the Co lattice is resized to match the Ir-Ir lattice parameter, resulting in a mismatched G/Co/Ir(111) system. The intercalation of further Co layer

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cond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.mtrl-sci

Theory of strained quantum emitters

🔬 Materials
Vytautas Žalandauskas, Rokas Silkinis, Lukas Razinkovas, Ali Tayefeh Younesi, Minh Tuan Luu, Ronald Ulbricht, Ulrike Grossner, Lasse Vines, Marianne Etzelmüller Bathen • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Defects in semiconductors acting as optically active spin qubits are intriguing objects of fundamental study and future technological developments. These defect-based color centers are of particular interest for detection and response to physical variations such as pressure and strain. To investigate the defect emission response to strain, we have studied the vibrational structure of the negatively charged silicon vacancy ($\mathrm{V_{Si}^{-}}$) in 4H-SiC under applied tensile and compressive un

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cond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.mtrl-sci

Probabilistic Photonic Computing

🔩 Nano
Frank Brückerhoff-Plückelmann, Anna P. Ovvyan, Akhil Varri, Hendrik Borras, Bernhard Klein, C. David Wright, Harish Bhaskaran, Ghazi Sarwat Syed, Abu Sebastian, Holger Fröning • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Probabilistic computing excels in approximating combinatorial problems and modelling uncertainty. However, using conventional deterministic hardware for probabilistic models is challenging: (pseudo) random number generation introduces computational overhead and additional data shuffling, which is particularly detrimental for safety-critical applications requiring low latency such as autonomous driving. Therefore, there is a pressing need for innovative probabilistic computing architectures that

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physics.app-phphysics.app-ph

Multidimensional photonic computing

🔩 Nano
Ivonne Bente, Shabnam Taheriniya, Francesco Lenzini, Frank Brückerhoff-Plückelmann, Michael Kues, Harish Bhaskaran, C David Wright, Wolfram Pernice • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The rapidly increasing demands for computational throughput, bandwidth, and memory capacity fueled by breakthroughs in machine learning pose substantial challenges for conventional electronic computing platforms. For digital scaling to keep pace with the accelerating growth of artificial intelligence (AI) models beyond the trajectory of Moores law, computational power has to double roughly every three months. Historically, advancing compute performance relied on spatial scaling to increase the t

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physics.app-phphysics.app-ph

Fast reconnection in a coronal torn plasma sheet

⚡ Energy
Zehao Tang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Tearing instability, also known as plasmoid instability, is an effective mechanism to speed up magnetic reconnection process, working in a wide range of magnetized plasma systems with different spatial scales, ionization degrees, and collisionality. However, due to observational limitations, observations of {plasma sheet} tearing and the resulting plasmoids are rather scarce. This scarcity significantly hinders our understanding of the role of plasmoids in the reconnection process from an observ

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astro-ph.SRphysics.plasm-phastro-ph.SR

Neural Fields as World Models

🧠 BCI
Joshua Nunley • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

How does the brain predict physical outcomes while acting in the world? Machine learning world models compress visual input into latent spaces, discarding the spatial structure that characterizes sensory cortex. We propose isomorphic world models: architectures preserving sensory topology so that physics prediction becomes geometric propagation rather than abstract state transition. We implement this using neural fields with motor-gated channels, where activity evolves through local lateral conn

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q-bio.NCcs.CVcs.LGq-bio.NC

Haag Duality in the Thermal Sector

🌀 Spacetime
Stefano Galanda, Leonardo Sangaletti • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We prove that the net of localised von Neumann algebras associated with a real scalar field propagating on Minkowski spacetime, in the KMS representation, satisfies a generalised version of Haag duality. Our proof combines ideas from existing arguments for the ground-state representation with purification techniques.

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math-phmath.OAmath-ph

Scaling solutions for varying tension strings

🌀 Spacetime
C. S. C. M. Coelho, A. -L. Y. Gschrey, C. J. A. P. Martins • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We use the Velocity-dependent One Scale Model for topological defect evolution to explore and classify the possible scaling solutions for string networks with time-varying tension, in cosmological and non-cosmological settings and under two different phenomenological assumptions for the behavior of these variations, which rely on different stretching and damping contributions to the string dynamics. We discuss how these assumptions impact the standard scaling solutions, as well as the evolution

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hep-phastro-ph.COgr-qchep-ph

Parallelizable Neural Turing Machines

🧫 Biocomputing
Gabriel Faria, Arnaldo Candido Junior • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We introduce a parallelizable simplification of Neural Turing Machine (NTM), referred to as P-NTM, which redesigns the core operations of the original architecture to enable efficient scan-based parallel execution. We evaluate the proposed architecture on a synthetic benchmark of algorithmic problems involving state tracking, memorization, and basic arithmetic, solved via autoregressive decoding. We compare it against a revisited stable implementation of the standard NTM, as well as conventional

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cs.NEcs.NE

Multi-Vector Index Compression in Any Modality

🤖 AI
Hanxiang Qin, Alexander Martin, Rohan Jha, Chunsheng Zuo, Reno Kriz, Benjamin Van Durme • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We study efficient multi-vector retrieval for late interaction in any modality. Late interaction has emerged as a dominant paradigm for information retrieval in text, images, visual documents, and videos, but its computation and storage costs grow linearly with document length, making it costly for image-, video-, and audio-rich corpora. To address this limitation, we explore query-agnostic methods for compressing multi-vector document representations under a constant vector budget. We introduce

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Aletheia tackles FirstProof autonomously

🤖 AI
Tony Feng, Junehyuk Jung, Sang-hyun Kim, Carlo Pagano, Sergei Gukov, Chiang-Chiang Tsai, David Woodruff, Adel Javanmard, Aryan Mokhtari, Dawsen Hwang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We report the performance of Aletheia (Feng et al., 2026b), a mathematics research agent powered by Gemini 3 Deep Think, on the inaugural FirstProof challenge. Within the allowed timeframe of the challenge, Aletheia autonomously solved 6 problems (2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10) out of 10 according to majority expert assessments; we note that experts were not unanimous on Problem 8 (only). For full transparency, we explain our interpretation of FirstProof and disclose details about our experiments as well as

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A Benchmark for Deep Information Synthesis

🤖 AI
Debjit Paul, Daniel Murphy, Milan Gritta, Ronald Cardenas, Victor Prokhorov, Lena Sophia Bolliger, Aysim Toker, Roy Miles, Andreea-Maria Oncescu, Jasivan Alex Sivakumar • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Large language model (LLM)-based agents are increasingly used to solve complex tasks involving tool use, such as web browsing, code execution, and data analysis. However, current evaluation benchmarks do not adequately assess their ability to solve real-world tasks that require synthesizing information from multiple sources and inferring insights beyond simple fact retrieval. To address this, we introduce DEEPSYNTH, a novel benchmark designed to evaluate agents on realistic, time-consuming probl

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cs.AIcs.CLcs.IRcs.LGcs.AI

Motivation is Something You Need

🤖 AI
Mehdi Acheli, Walid Gaaloul • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

This work introduces a novel training paradigm that draws from affective neuroscience. Inspired by the interplay of emotions and cognition in the human brain and more specifically the SEEKING motivational state, we design a dual-model framework where a smaller base model is trained continuously, while a larger motivated model is activated intermittently during predefined "motivation conditions". The framework mimics the emotional state of high curiosity and anticipation of reward in which broade

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Tool Building as a Path to "Superintelligence"

🤖 AI
David Koplow, Tomer Galanti, Tomaso Poggio • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The Diligent Learner framework suggests LLMs can achieve superintelligence via test-time search, provided a sufficient step-success probability $γ$. In this work, we design a benchmark to measure $γ$ on logical out-of-distribution inference. We construct a class of tasks involving GF(2) circuit reconstruction that grow more difficult with each reasoning step, and that are, from an information-theoretic standpoint, impossible to reliably solve unless the LLM carefully integrates all of the inform

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cs.AIcs.AI

Toward an Agentic Infused Software Ecosystem

🤖 AI
Mark Marron • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Fully leveraging the capabilities of AI agents in software development requires a rethinking of the software ecosystem itself. To this end, this paper outlines the creation of an Agentic Infused Software Ecosystem (AISE), that rests on three pillars. The first, of course, is the AI agents themselves, which in the past 5 years have moved from simple code completion and toward sophisticated independent development tasks, a trend which will only continue. The second pillar is the programming langua

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Some Simple Economics of AGI

🤖 AI
Christian Catalini, Xiang Hui, Jane Wu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

For millennia, human cognition was the primary engine of progress on Earth. As AI decouples cognition from biology, the marginal cost of measurable execution falls to zero, absorbing any labor capturable by metrics--including creative, analytical, and innovative work. The binding constraint on growth is no longer intelligence but human verification bandwidth: the capacity to validate, audit, and underwrite responsibility when execution is abundant. We model the AGI transition as the collision of

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econ.GNcs.AIcs.CYcs.LGcs.SIecon.GN

Topological Floquet Green's function zeros

⚛️ Quantum
Elio J. König, Aditi Mitra • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Motivated by recent advances in digital quantum emulation using noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices and an increased interest in topological Green's function zeros in condensed matter systems, we here study Green's function zeros in topological Floquet systems. We concentrate on interacting Kitaev-like Floquet chains (or equivalently transverse field Ising circuits) and introduce Floquet Green's-function-based topological invariants for the corresponding symmetry class BDI. In the vi

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Error correction with brickwork Clifford circuits

⚛️ Quantum
Twan Kroll, Jonas Helsen • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We prove that random 1D Clifford brickwork circuits form (in expectation) good approximate quantum error correction codes in logarithmic depth. Our proof makes use of the statistical mechanics techniques for random circuits developed by Dalzell et al. [PRX Quantum 3, 010333], adapted extensively to our own purpose. We also consider exact error correction, where we give matching upper and lower bounds for the required depth in which random 1D Clifford brickwork circuits become error correcting.

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Toward speedup without quantum coherent access

⚛️ Quantum
Nhat A. Nghiem • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Along with the development of quantum technology, finding useful applications of quantum computers has been a central pursuit. Despite various quantum algorithms have been developed, many of them often require strong input assumptions, which is hardware demanding. In particular, recent advances on dequantization have revealed that the quantum advantage is more of a mere artifact of strong input assumptions. In this work, we propose a variant of these algorithms, leveraging both classical and qua

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Aging of coupled qubits

⚛️ Quantum
Huining Zhang, Dianzhen Cui, W. Wang, X. X. Yi • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The aging transition refers to the shift from an oscillatory state to a globally ceased state due to some forms of deterioration in classical physics. Similar behavior has also been observed in quantum oscillators. Although it has received extensive attention in coupled oscillator systems, it has not yet been studied in coupled qubits. In this manuscript, we explore the aging transition in a network of coupled qubits. Our model describes {numerous} qubits driven by a laser, with both dissipative

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Is a covariant virtual tachyon viable?

⚛️ Quantum
Krzysztof Jodłowski • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Sidney Coleman has noted that superluminal particles or observers would be able to go back in time and have no definite trajectory according to subluminal observers, while not violating Lorentz invariance [1]. Recently, Dragan and Ekert have significantly developed similar ideas even further, which lead to formulation of ``quantum principle of relativity'' that intimately links the two theories [2]. However, field theory descriptions of an on-shell tachyon, described by scalar field $φ$ with neg

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Quantum Machine Learning for Complex Systems

⚛️ Quantum
Vinit Singh, Amandeep Singh Bhatia, Mandeep Kaur Saggi, Manas Sajjan, Sabre Kais • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Quantum machine learning (QML) is rapidly transitioning from theoretical promise to practical relevance across data-intensive scientific domains. In this Review, we provide a structured overview of recent advances that bridge foundational quantum learning principles with real-world applications. We survey foundational QML paradigms, including variational quantum algorithms, quantum kernel methods, and neural-network quantum states, with emphasis on their applicability to complex quantum systems.

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No change in Hilbert space fundamentalism

⚛️ Quantum
Ovidiu Cristinel Stoica • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Hilbert space fundamentalism (HSF) states that everything about the physical world is encoded in the Hamiltonian operator and the state vector (as a unit vector, not a wavefunction, which requires additional specification of a configuration space, a position basis, or the position observables). That all structures needed to describe reality, including subsystems, space, fields, emerge from these. I show that HSF can't account for our observations that the physical world changes in time.

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The Universe Fan

🔭 Physics
Hadleigh Frost, Felix Lotter • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The wavefunction of the universe, as studied in perturbative quantum field theory, is a rational function whose singularities and factorization properties encode a rich underlying combinatorial structure. We define and study a broad generalization of such wavefunctions that can be associated to any lattice. We obtain these wavefunctions as the Laplace transform of a polyhedral fan, the universe fan, whose cones are defined by positivity conditions reflecting a notion of causality in the lattice,

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Generating twisted Cherednik eigenfunctions

🔭 Physics
A. Mironov, A. Morozov, A. Popolitov • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Hamiltonians ${\cal H}^{a}_k$ of new integrable systems associated with the integer rays $(1,a)$ (commutative subalgebras) of Ding-Iohara-Miki (DIM) algebra in the $N$-body representation are closely related to commuting twisted Cherednik Hamiltonians $\mathfrak{C}_i^{(a)}$, ${\cal H}^{a}_k = \sum_{i=1}^N (\mathfrak{C}_i^{(a)})^k$. Moreover, symmetric combinations of eigenfunctions in the twisted Cherednik system were recently shown to produce the DIM Hamiltonian eigenstates. We explicitly const

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Maxwell kinematical algebras and 3D gravities

🔭 Physics
Patrick Concha, Nelson Gallegos, Evelyn Rodríguez, Sebastián Salgado • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In this paper, we present a Maxwell extension of kinematical Lie algebras by promoting the contraction method underlying the Bacry and Lévy-Leblond cube to a semigroup expansion framework. Within this approach, we show that both non- and ultra-relativistic Maxwell algebras admitting non-degenerate invariant bilinear forms can be systematically obtained from different parent algebras through a unified expansion scheme, leading to a Maxwellian kinematical cube. This construction is further general

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Perturbative anomalies in quantum mechanics

🔭 Physics
Maxim Gritskov, Andrey Losev, Saveliy Timchenko • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In this work, we propose a cohomological approach to studying perturbative anomalies in quantum mechanics. The Hamiltonian $\hat{H}$ together with the symmetry generator $\hat{S}$ forms a unitary representation of the two-dimensional Abelian Lie algebra $g\cong \mathbb{R}^{2}$ on the Hilbert space $V$. We show that perturbations of such a system are related to the first Chevalley-Eilenberg cohomology group $H^{1}_{CE}(\mathbb{R}^{2},\mathfrak{u}(V))$. In turn, the perturbative anomalies of the s

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math-phhep-thmath-ph

GOOFy -- a systematic approach

🔭 Physics
Bohdan Grzadkowski, Odd Magne Ogreid • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We investigate in detail a new class (GOOFy) of transformations for bosonic and fermionic fields that leave the Lagrangian density unchanged. The transformations act upon complex scalar fields Φand Φ^\dagger employing generalized charge conjugation (C) transformation in a non-consistent manner, i.e. allowing for Φ\dagger \to (Φ\dagger)^\prime \neq (Φ^\prime)^\dagger. Requiring invariance of the kinetic terms under such transformations specifies the form of (Φ\dagger)^\prime. An analogous strateg

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hep-phhep-ph

HTEE vs. Pseudo-Entropy in Magnetic Fields

🔭 Physics
M. Ali-Akbari • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We compare the holographic timelike entanglement entropy with the pseudo-entropy arising from a two-qubit quantum mechanical system. In this model, we consider transitions from an initial thermal state to a final thermal state at fixed temperature under the influence of an external magnetic field. Our findings highlight significant discrepancies between the two quantities, which display markedly different behavior.

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Finite $N$ Hilbert Spaces of Bilocal Holography

🔭 Physics
Robert de Mello Koch, Antal Jevicki, Junggi Yoon • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

For vector/AdS and dS holography we establish the structure of the emergent Hilbert space. This is done through implementation of finite $N$ trace relations on the infinite collective space. For fermionic theories a finite Hilbert space is established, while for bosonic theories a space of freely acting primaries multiplied by a finite set of secondaries emerges. The Hilbert space of states obey finite $N$ cut off bounds, implying finiteness of traces and entropy.

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Atomic Spectroscopy Probes of New Physics

🔭 Physics
Cédric Delaunay, Jean-Philippe Karr, Yotam Soreq • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Precision spectroscopy has long played a central role in testing the foundations of physics, from the early insights that led to the development of quantum mechanics to the validation of quantum electrodynamics and the determination of fundamental constants. Today, advances in atomic and molecular spectroscopy enable sensitive searches for physics beyond the Standard Model. A broad class of well-motivated extensions predicts new light degrees of freedom with feeble couplings to electrons, muons,

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Sterile Neutrino as an Asymmetric Dark Matter

🔭 Physics
S. Peyman Zakeri • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We propose a minimal and predictive framework for asymmetric sterile neutrino dark matter (DM) produced via freeze-in. The Standard Model (SM) is extended by a gauge-singlet Dirac sterile neutrino carrying a conserved dark charge, a real scalar mediator, and an auxiliary singlet fermion. DM is generated through the out-of-equilibrium decay of the mediator, which simultaneously produces a particle{antiparticle asymmetry in the sterile sector controlled by a CP-violating parameter. We show that th

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Update analysis of $ψ(3686)\to p\bar{p}$

🔭 Physics
Zhi Gao, Ronggang Ping, Minggang Zhao • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We present an updated analysis of the angular distribution for $ψ(3686) \to p\bar{p}$ decay, taking into account transverse beam polarization, to investigate potential sources of forward-backward asymmetry and azimuthal modulation beyond the simple $1+α\cos^2θ$ form. We focus on the interference between the $ψ(3686)$ resonance and the two-photon exchange continuum process, as well as the background from initial-state-final-state radiation interference. A maximum-likelihood fit to the $\cosθ$ dis

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Introduction to Strong Alfvénic MHD Turbulence

🔭 Physics
Jungyeon Cho • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Many astrophysical fluids are magnetized and turbulent. Such fluids can be often described by magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). In this review, we mainly consider MHD turbulence with a strong mean magnetic field whose energy density is greater than or equal to the local kinetic energy density. In these fluids, the MHD waves, especially Alfvén waves, play a dominant dynamical role. Alfvén waves travel along magnetic field lines and collisions of opposite-traveling Alfvén wave packets are essential for

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A Two-Point Hologram for Everything

🔭 Physics
Tamra Nebabu, Xiao-Liang Qi, Haifeng Tang, Huaijin Wang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Known holographic dictionaries, especially AdS/CFT, rely on symmetry matching between the bulk and the boundary. We take a step toward a holographic dictionary with no symmetry requirement and without assuming the geometry being asymptotically AdS. Starting from any interacting Majorana generalized free field on a $(0+1)$d boundary and its two-point function data, we derive a concise analytic formula for the dual $(1+1)$d bulk geometry, borrowing techniques from unitary matrix integral and inver

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Universal Functions for Topological Correlators

🔭 Physics
Elias Furrer, Jan Manschot • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We consider correlation functions of topologically twisted, $\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory with gauge group ${\rm SU}(2)$ and $N_f\leq 3$ massive hypermultiplets in the fundamental representation. For a smooth, compact, oriented four-manifold $X$ with $b_2^+>1$, the correlation functions are expressed in terms of a finite set of universal functions. The mass dependence of these functions encodes intersection numbers of the moduli space of instantons. We determine closed expr

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Null fluid/gravity correspondence

🔭 Physics
Jay Armas, Emil Have, Gianbattista-Piero Nicosia • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We construct a new class of perturbative asymptotically Anti-de Sitter pp-wave spacetimes by performing a long-wavelength expansion of Kaigorodov metrics in arbitrary spacetime dimensions. Holographically, these spacetimes are described by a null fluid hydrodynamic expansion around null states in the conformal field theory, which can be obtained as zero temperature and infinite momentum limits of finite temperature states. Building on this, we explicitly show that special cases of this null flui

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hep-thgr-qchep-th

INFLAVON: CMB as cosmic tracer of Flavor physics

🔭 Physics
Mu-Chun Chen, Anish Ghoshal, V. Knapp-Perez, Xueqi Li, Xiang-Gan Liu, Cameron Moffett-Smith • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We unify one of the most widely studied frameworks to explain the hierarchical structure of the flavor sector in the Standard Model, the Froggatt-Nielsen mechanism, with cosmic inflation. We propose that the complex scalar field, the so-called flavon, which breaks the Froggatt-Nielsen $U(1)$ symmetry and generates the Yukawa couplings of the Standard Model, to also drive inflation, which we dub as Inflavon. After inflation ends, the decay of the inflavon reheats the Universe, establishing a nove

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hep-phhep-ph

Earth Matter Enhanced Axion Dark Matter Search

🔭 Physics
Xiaofei Huang, Xiaolin Ma, Zitong Xu, Itay M. Bloch, Kai Wei • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Laboratory searches for ultralight axion dark matter (DM) have traditionally assumed the terrestrial density of axions is equal to the average density of DM in the solar system. However, quadratic couplings to matter introduce a non-trivial field profile near the Earth. In this work, we present the first dedicated experimental implementation of this environment-aware axion DM wind search framework. Leveraging the extreme sensitivity of a K--Rb--$^{21}$Ne comagnetometer to pseudo-magnetic fields

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Cloaking Cosmic Light

🔭 Physics
Nemanja Kaloper • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Light crossing dark domain walls that source a top form coupled to gauge Chern--Simons terms mixing visible and dark $U(1)$ gauge fields generically converts into dark photons. The effect is entirely localized on the wall and requires no additional ingredients. The conversion rate is a sharp function of the photon frequency in the wall rest frame, vanishing above the ultraviolet cutoff of the top form sector. Partial cloaking may also induce a rotation of the polarization of transmitted light of

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astro-ph.COgr-qcastro-ph.CO

Tailored PDFs for New Physics searches

🔭 Physics
Ella Cole, Mark N. Costantini, Elie Hammou, Luca Mantani, Francesco Merlotti, Manuel Morales-Alvarado, Maria Ubiali • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Given the non-negligible interplay between parton distribution functions (PDFs) at large x and potential New Physics (NP) effects in the high-energy tails of hadron collider observables, a central question is which PDFs can be reliably employed in beyond-the-Standard-Model (BSM) analyses. In this work, we examine the fine balance between using PDF sets with small uncertainties in the large-x region -- crucial for maximising BSM sensitivity -- and adopting conservative PDF fits that exclude high-

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hep-phhep-ph

Minimal loop currents in doped Mott insulators

🔬 Materials
Can Cui, Jing-Yu Zhao, Zheng-Yu Weng • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

For the $t$-$J$ model, variational wave functions can generally be constructed based on an accurate description of antiferromagnetism (AFM) at half-filling and an exact phase-string sign structure under doping. The single-hole-doped and two-hole-doped states, as determined by variational Monte Carlo (VMC) simulations, display sharply contrasting behaviors. The single-hole state constitutes a ``cat state'' that resonates strongly between a quasiparticle component and a local loop-current componen

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cond-mat.str-elcond-mat.supr-concond-mat.str-el

Probing frustrated spin systems with impurities

🔬 Materials
Maksymilian Kliczkowski, Jakub Grabowski, Maciej M. Maśka • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We investigate the effective interaction between two localized spin impurities embedded in a frustrated spin-1/2 $J_1\!-\!J_2$ Heisenberg chain. Treating the impurity spins as classical moments coupled locally to the host, we combine second--order perturbation theory with large--scale density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) calculations to determine the impurity--impurity interaction as a function of separation, coupling strength, and magnetic frustration. In the weak--coupling regime, we sh

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Do the magnetic hopfions have tails?

🔩 Nano
Konstantin L. Metlov, Maksim M. Gordei • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Magnetic hopfions in chiral magnets are topological solitons, localized in three dimensions. But is their localization strong? To address this question we derive an asymptotic expansion for the isolated hopfion's spatial profile. It becomes starting point for a simple analytical model, which is asymptotically correct both near the hopfion center and far away from it. Region of equilibrium hopfions on the phase diagram of a helimagnet is computed and material requirements for supporting movable i

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Photogalvanic effect in few layer graphene

🔩 Nano
Zhaohang Li, Kainan Chang, Haoyu Li, Yuwei Shan, Wei Xin, Jinluo Cheng, Haiyang Xu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We systematically investigate the nonlinear photogalvanic effect in few-layer graphene with various stacking orders, including AA- and AB-stacked bilayers, and AAA-, ABA-, and ABC-stacked trilayers. Using a tight-binding model to describe the electronic states, the shift current conductivity and jerk current conductivity are calculated over a broad spectral range from terahertz to visible frequencies. Our symmetry analysis reveals that a nonvanishing shift current emerges only in ABA-stacked tri

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Topological shape transform for thymus structures

🧠 BCI
Haochen Yang, Vadim Lebovici, Andreas Tarcevski, Liliana Tchernev, Saulius Zuklys, Georg A. Holländer, Helen M. Byrne, Heather A. Harrington • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The Euler characteristic transform (ECT) is an emerging and powerful framework within topological data analysis for quantifying the geometry of shape. The applicability of ECT has been limited due to its sensitivity to noisy data. Here, we introduce SampEuler, a novel ECT-based shape descriptor designed to achieve enhanced robustness to perturbations. We provide a theoretical analysis establishing the stability of SampEuler and validate these properties empirically through pairwise similarity an

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math.ATq-bio.QMmath.AT

The $G$-Noncommutative Minimal Model Program

🌀 Spacetime
Dongjian Wu, Nantao Zhang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In this paper, we study the $G$-equivariant noncommutative minimal model program ($G$-NMMP), as an equivariant generalization of the framework introduced in arXiv:2301.13168. The aim of this program is to construct quasi-convergent paths in the spaces of Bridgeland stability conditions on derived categories of $G$-equivariant coherent sheaves. For finite groups, we employ induction techniques to construct such paths from the non-equivariant setting. In the setting of algebraic group actions, we

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math.AGmath-phmath.CTmath.AG

Neu-PiG: Neural Preconditioned Grids for Fast Dynamic Surface Reconstruction on Long Sequences

🤖 AI
Julian Kaltheuner, Hannah Dröge, Markus Plack, Patrick Stotko, Reinhard Klein • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Temporally consistent surface reconstruction of dynamic 3D objects from unstructured point cloud data remains challenging, especially for very long sequences. Existing methods either optimize deformations incrementally, risking drift and requiring long runtimes, or rely on complex learned models that demand category-specific training. We present Neu-PiG, a fast deformation optimization method based on a novel preconditioned latent-grid encoding that distributes spatial features parameterized on

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cs.CVcs.CV

WHOLE: World-Grounded Hand-Object Lifted from Egocentric Videos

🤖 AI
Yufei Ye, Jiaman Li, Ryan Rong, C. Karen Liu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Egocentric manipulation videos are highly challenging due to severe occlusions during interactions and frequent object entries and exits from the camera view as the person moves. Current methods typically focus on recovering either hand or object pose in isolation, but both struggle during interactions and fail to handle out-of-sight cases. Moreover, their independent predictions often lead to inconsistent hand-object relations. We introduce WHOLE, a method that holistically reconstructs hand an

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cs.CVcs.CV

Solaris: Building a Multiplayer Video World Model in Minecraft

🤖 AI
Georgy Savva, Oscar Michel, Daohan Lu, Suppakit Waiwitlikhit, Timothy Meehan, Dhairya Mishra, Srivats Poddar, Jack Lu, Saining Xie • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Existing action-conditioned video generation models (video world models) are limited to single-agent perspectives, failing to capture the multi-agent interactions of real-world environments. We introduce Solaris, a multiplayer video world model that simulates consistent multi-view observations. To enable this, we develop a multiplayer data system designed for robust, continuous, and automated data collection on video games such as Minecraft. Unlike prior platforms built for single-player setting

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cs.CVcs.CV

Recovered in Translation: Efficient Pipeline for Automated Translation of Benchmarks and Datasets

🤖 AI
Hanna Yukhymenko, Anton Alexandrov, Martin Vechev • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The reliability of multilingual Large Language Model (LLM) evaluation is currently compromised by the inconsistent quality of translated benchmarks. Existing resources often suffer from semantic drift and context loss, which can lead to misleading performance metrics. In this work, we present a fully automated framework designed to address these challenges by enabling scalable, high-quality translation of datasets and benchmarks. We demonstrate that adapting test-time compute scaling strategies,

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cs.CLcs.AIcs.LGcs.CL

SumTablets: A Transliteration Dataset of Sumerian Tablets

🤖 AI
Cole Simmons, Richard Diehl Martinez, Dan Jurafsky • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Sumerian transliteration is a conventional system for representing a scholar's interpretation of a tablet in the Latin script. Thanks to visionary digital Assyriology projects such as ETCSL, CDLI, and Oracc, a large number of Sumerian transliterations have been published online, and these data are well-structured for a variety of search and analysis tasks. However, the absence of a comprehensive, accessible dataset pairing transliterations with a digital representation of the tablet's cuneiform

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cs.CLcs.CL

Off-The-Shelf Image-to-Image Models Are All You Need To Defeat Image Protection Schemes

🤖 AI
Xavier Pleimling, Sifat Muhammad Abdullah, Gunjan Balde, Peng Gao, Mainack Mondal, Murtuza Jadliwala, Bimal Viswanath • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Advances in Generative AI (GenAI) have led to the development of various protection strategies to prevent the unauthorized use of images. These methods rely on adding imperceptible protective perturbations to images to thwart misuse such as style mimicry or deepfake manipulations. Although previous attacks on these protections required specialized, purpose-built methods, we demonstrate that this is no longer necessary. We show that off-the-shelf image-to-image GenAI models can be repurposed as g

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cs.CVcs.AIcs.CV

Improving Parametric Knowledge Access in Reasoning Language Models

🤖 AI
Melody Ma, John Hewitt • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We study reasoning for accessing world knowledge stored in a language model's parameters. For example, recalling that Canberra is Australia's capital may benefit from thinking through major cities and the concept of purpose-built capitals. While reasoning language models are trained via reinforcement learning to produce reasoning traces on tasks such as mathematics, they may not reason well for accessing their own world knowledge. We first find that models do not generate their best world knowle

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cs.CLcs.CL

GUI-Libra: Training Native GUI Agents to Reason and Act with Action-aware Supervision and Partially Verifiable RL

🤖 AI
Rui Yang, Qianhui Wu, Zhaoyang Wang, Hanyang Chen, Ke Yang, Hao Cheng, Huaxiu Yao, Baoling Peng, Huan Zhang, Jianfeng Gao • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Open-source native GUI agents still lag behind closed-source systems on long-horizon navigation tasks. This gap stems from two limitations: a shortage of high-quality, action-aligned reasoning data, and the direct adoption of generic post-training pipelines that overlook the unique challenges of GUI agents. We identify two fundamental issues in these pipelines: (i) standard SFT with CoT reasoning often hurts grounding, and (ii) step-wise RLVR-tyle training faces partial verifiability, where mult

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Surrogate models for Rock-Fluid Interaction: A Grid-Size-Invariant Approach

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Nathalie C. Pinheiro, Donghu Guo, Hannah P. Menke, Aniket C. Joshi, Claire E. Heaney, Ahmed H. ElSheikh, Christopher C. Pain • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Modelling rock-fluid interaction requires solving a set of partial differential equations (PDEs) to predict the flow behaviour and the reactions of the fluid with the rock on the interfaces. Conventional high-fidelity numerical models require a high resolution to obtain reliable results, resulting in huge computational expense. This restricts the applicability of these models for multi-query problems, such as uncertainty quantification and optimisation, which require running numerous scenarios.

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LiCQA : A Lightweight Complex Question Answering System

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Sourav Saha, Dwaipayan Roy, Mandar Mitra • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Over the last twenty years, significant progress has been made in designing and implementing Question Answering (QA) systems. However, addressing complex questions, the answers to which are spread across multiple documents, remains a challenging problem. Recent QA systems that are designed to handle complex questions work either on the basis of knowledge graphs, or utilise contem- porary neural models that are expensive to train, in terms of both computational resources and the volume of trainin

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Learning and Naming Subgroups with Exceptional Survival Characteristics

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Mhd Jawad Al Rahwanji, Sascha Xu, Nils Philipp Walter, Jilles Vreeken • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In many applications, it is important to identify subpopulations that survive longer or shorter than the rest of the population. In medicine, for example, it allows determining which patients benefit from treatment, and in predictive maintenance, which components are more likely to fail. Existing methods for discovering subgroups with exceptional survival characteristics require restrictive assumptions about the survival model (e.g. proportional hazards), pre-discretized features, and, as they c

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Mixed Magnification Aggregation for Generalizable Region-Level Representations in Computational Pathology

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Eric Zimmermann, Julian Viret, Michal Zelechowski, James Brian Hall, Neil Tenenholtz, Adam Casson, George Shaikovski, Eugene Vorontsov, Siqi Liu, Kristen A Severson • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In recent years, a standard computational pathology workflow has emerged where whole slide images are cropped into tiles, these tiles are processed using a foundation model, and task-specific models are built using the resulting representations. At least 15 different foundation models have been proposed, and the vast majority are trained exclusively with tiles using the 20$\times$ magnification. However, it is well known that certain histologic features can only be discerned with larger context

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DySCO: Dynamic Attention-Scaling Decoding for Long-Context LMs

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Xi Ye, Wuwei Zhang, Fangcong Yin, Howard Yen, Danqi Chen • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Understanding and reasoning over long contexts is a crucial capability for language models (LMs). Although recent models support increasingly long context windows, their accuracy often deteriorates as input length grows. In practice, models often struggle to keep attention aligned with the most relevant context throughout decoding. In this work, we propose DySCO, a novel decoding algorithm for improving long-context reasoning. DySCO leverages retrieval heads--a subset of attention heads speciali

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Applying a Random-Key Optimizer on Mixed Integer Programs

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Antonio A. Chaves, Mauricio G. C. Resende, Carise E. Schmidt, J. Kyle Brubaker, Helmut G. Katzgraber • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Mixed-Integer Programs (MIPs) are NP-hard optimization models that arise in a broad range of decision-making applications, including finance, logistics, energy systems, and network design. Although modern commercial solvers have achieved remarkable progress and perform effectively on many small- and medium-sized instances, their performance often degrades when confronted with large-cale or highly constrained formulations. This paper explores the use of the Random-Key Optimizer (RKO) framework as

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CASR: A Robust Cyclic Framework for Arbitrary Large-Scale Super-Resolution with Distribution Alignment and Self-Similarity Awareness

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Wenhao Guo, Zhaoran Zhao, Peng Lu, Sheng Li, Qian Qiao, RuiDe Li • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Arbitrary-Scale SR (ASISR) remains fundamentally limited by cross-scale distribution shift: once the inference scale leaves the training range, noise, blur, and artifacts accumulate sharply. We revisit this challenge from a cross-scale distribution transition perspective and propose CASR, a simple yet highly efficient cyclic SR framework that reformulates ultra-magnification as a sequence of in-distribution scale transitions. This design ensures stable inference at arbitrary scales while requiri

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Dynamic Personality Adaptation in Large Language Models via State Machines

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Leon Pielage, Ole Hätscher, Mitja Back, Bernhard Marschall, Benjamin Risse • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The inability of Large Language Models (LLMs) to modulate their personality expression in response to evolving dialogue dynamics hinders their performance in complex, interactive contexts. We propose a model-agnostic framework for dynamic personality simulation that employs state machines to represent latent personality states, where transition probabilities are dynamically adapted to the conversational context. Part of our architecture is a modular pipeline for continuous personality scoring th

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Position-Based Flocking for Persistent Alignment without Velocity Sensing

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Hossein B. Jond, Veli Bakırcıoğlu, Logan E. Beaver, Nejat Tükenmez, Adel Akbarimajd, Martin Saska • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Coordinated collective motion in bird flocks and fish schools inspires algorithms for cohesive swarm robotics. This paper presents a position-based flocking model that achieves persistent velocity alignment without velocity sensing. By approximating relative velocity differences from changes between current and initial relative positions and incorporating a time- and density-dependent alignment gain with a non-zero minimum threshold to maintain persistent alignment, the model sustains coherent c

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Stream Neural Networks: Epoch-Free Learning with Persistent Temporal State

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Amama Pathan • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Most contemporary neural learning systems rely on epoch-based optimization and repeated access to historical data, implicitly assuming reversible computation. In contrast, real-world environments often present information as irreversible streams, where inputs cannot be replayed or revisited. Under such conditions, conventional architectures degrade into reactive filters lacking long-horizon coherence. This paper introduces Stream Neural Networks (StNN), an execution paradigm designed for irrever

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CoLoGen: Progressive Learning of Concept`-`Localization Duality for Unified Image Generation

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YuXin Song, Yu Lu, Haoyuan Sun, Huanjin Yao, Fanglong Liu, Yifan Sun, Haocheng Feng, Hang Zhou, Jingdong Wang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Unified conditional image generation remains difficult because different tasks depend on fundamentally different internal representations. Some require conceptual understanding for semantic synthesis, while others rely on localization cues for spatial precision. Forcing these heterogeneous tasks to share a single representation leads to concept`-`localization representational conflict. To address this issue, we propose CoLoGen, a unified diffusion framework that progressively learns and reconcil

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Enhancing Framingham Cardiovascular Risk Score Transparency through Logic-Based XAI

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Emannuel L. de A. Bezerra, Luiz H. T. Viana, Vinícius P. Chagas, Diogo E. Rolim, Thiago Alves Rocha, Carlos H. L. Cavalcante • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains one of the leading global health challenges, accounting for more than 19 million deaths worldwide. To address this, several tools that aim to predict CVD risk and support clinical decision making have been developed. In particular, the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) is one of the most widely used and recommended worldwide. However, it does not explain why a patient was assigned to a particular risk category nor how it can be reduced. Due to this lack of transpar

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Provable Last-Iterate Convergence for Multi-Objective Safe LLM Alignment via Optimistic Primal-Dual

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Yining Li, Peizhong Ju, Ness Shroff • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) plays a significant role in aligning Large Language Models (LLMs) with human preferences. While RLHF with expected reward constraints can be formulated as a primal-dual optimization problem, standard primal-dual methods only guarantee convergence with a distributional policy where the saddle-point problem is in convex-concave form. Moreover, standard primal-dual methods may exhibit instability or divergence in the last iterate under policy parame

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When AI Writes, Whose Voice Remains? Quantifying Cultural Marker Erasure Across World English Varieties in Large Language Models

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Satyam Kumar Navneet, Joydeep Chandra, Yong Zhang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly used to ``professionalize'' workplace communication, often at the cost of linguistic identity. We introduce "Cultural Ghosting", the systematic erasure of linguistic markers unique to non-native English varieties during text processing. Through analysis of 22,350 LLM outputs generated from 1,490 culturally marked texts (Indian, Singaporean,& Nigerian English) processed by five models under three prompt conditions, we quantify this phenomenon usin

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NoLan: Mitigating Object Hallucinations in Large Vision-Language Models via Dynamic Suppression of Language Priors

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Lingfeng Ren, Weihao Yu, Runpeng Yu, Xinchao Wang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Object hallucination is a critical issue in Large Vision-Language Models (LVLMs), where outputs include objects that do not appear in the input image. A natural question arises from this phenomenon: Which component of the LVLM pipeline primarily contributes to object hallucinations? The vision encoder to perceive visual information, or the language decoder to generate text responses? In this work, we strive to answer this question through designing a systematic experiment to analyze the roles of

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MedTri: A Platform for Structured Medical Report Normalization to Enhance Vision-Language Pretraining

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Yuetan Chu, Xinhua Ma, Xinran Jin, Gongning Luo, Xin Gao • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Medical vision-language pretraining increasingly relies on medical reports as large-scale supervisory signals; however, raw reports often exhibit substantial stylistic heterogeneity, variable length, and a considerable amount of image-irrelevant content. Although text normalization is frequently adopted as a preprocessing step in prior work, its design principles and empirical impact on vision-language pretraining remain insufficiently and systematically examined. In this study, we present MedTr

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WeaveTime: Stream from Earlier Frames into Emergent Memory in VideoLLMs

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Yulin Zhang, Cheng Shi, Sibei Yang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Recent advances in Multimodal Large Language Models have greatly improved visual understanding and reasoning, yet their quadratic attention and offline training protocols make them ill-suited for streaming settings where frames arrive sequentially and future observations are inaccessible. We diagnose a core limitation of current Video-LLMs, namely Time-Agnosticism, in which videos are treated as an unordered bag of evidence rather than a causally ordered sequence, yielding two failures in stream

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Lumosaic: Hyperspectral Video via Active Illumination and Coded-Exposure Pixels

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Dhruv Verma, Andrew Qiu, Roberto Rangel, Ayandev Barman, Hao Yang, Chenjia Hu, Fengqi Zhang, Roman Genov, David B. Lindell, Kiriakos N. Kutulakos • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We present Lumosaic, a compact active hyperspectral video system designed for real-time capture of dynamic scenes. Our approach combines a narrowband LED array with a coded-exposure-pixel (CEP) camera capable of high-speed, per-pixel exposure control, enabling joint encoding of scene information across space, time, and wavelength within each video frame. Unlike passive snapshot systems that divide light across multiple spectral channels simultaneously and assume no motion during a frame's exposu

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SigmaQuant: Hardware-Aware Heterogeneous Quantization Method for Edge DNN Inference

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Qunyou Liu, Pengbo Yu, Marina Zapater, David Atienza • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Deep neural networks (DNNs) are essential for performing advanced tasks on edge or mobile devices, yet their deployment is often hindered by severe resource constraints, including limited memory, energy, and computational power. While uniform quantization provides a straightforward approach to compress model and reduce hardware requirement, it fails to fully leverage the varying robustness across layers, and often lead to accuracy degradation or suboptimal resource usage, particularly at low bit

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Sample Complexity Bounds for Robust Mean Estimation with Mean-Shift Contamination

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Ilias Diakonikolas, Giannis Iakovidis, Daniel M. Kane, Sihan Liu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We study the basic task of mean estimation in the presence of mean-shift contamination. In the mean-shift contamination model, an adversary is allowed to replace a small constant fraction of the clean samples by samples drawn from arbitrarily shifted versions of the base distribution. Prior work characterized the sample complexity of this task for the special cases of the Gaussian and Laplace distributions. Specifically, it was shown that consistent estimation is possible in these cases, a prope

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IndicIFEval: A Benchmark for Verifiable Instruction-Following Evaluation in 14 Indic Languages

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Thanmay Jayakumar, Mohammed Safi Ur Rahman Khan, Raj Dabre, Ratish Puduppully, Anoop Kunchukuttan • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Instruction-following benchmarks remain predominantly English-centric, leaving a critical evaluation gap for the hundreds of millions of Indic language speakers. We introduce IndicIFEval, a benchmark evaluating constrained generation of LLMs across 14 Indic languages using automatically verifiable, rule-based instructions. It comprises around 800 human-verified examples per language spread across two complementary subsets: IndicIFEval-Ground, translated prompts from IFEval (Zhou et al., 2023) ca

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SWE-Protégé: Learning to Selectively Collaborate With an Expert Unlocks Small Language Models as Software Engineering Agents

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Patrick Tser Jern Kon, Archana Pradeep, Ang Chen, Alexander P. Ellis, Warren Hunt, Zijian Wang, John Yang, Samuel Thompson • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Small language models (SLMs) offer compelling advantages in cost, latency, and adaptability, but have so far lagged behind larger models on long-horizon software engineering tasks such as SWE-bench, where they suffer from pervasive action looping and low resolution rates. We introduce SWE-Protégé, a post-training framework that reframes software repair as an expert-protégé collaboration problem. In SWE-Protégé, an SLM remains the sole decision-maker while learning to selectively seek guidance fr

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Probing the Geometry of Diffusion Models with the String Method

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Elio Moreau, Florentin Coeurdoux, Grégoire Ferre, Eric Vanden-Eijnden • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Understanding the geometry of learned distributions is fundamental to improving and interpreting diffusion models, yet systematic tools for exploring their landscape remain limited. Standard latent-space interpolations fail to respect the structure of the learned distribution, often traversing low-density regions. We introduce a framework based on the string method that computes continuous paths between samples by evolving curves under the learned score function. Operating on pretrained models w

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GeoDiv: Framework For Measuring Geographical Diversity In Text-To-Image Models

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Abhipsa Basu, Mohana Singh, Shashank Agnihotri, Margret Keuper, R. Venkatesh Babu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Text-to-image (T2I) models are rapidly gaining popularity, yet their outputs often lack geographical diversity, reinforce stereotypes, and misrepresent regions. Given their broad reach, it is critical to rigorously evaluate how these models portray the world. Existing diversity metrics either rely on curated datasets or focus on surface-level visual similarity, limiting interpretability. We introduce GeoDiv, a framework leveraging large language and vision-language models to assess geographical

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System Design of the Ultra Mobility Vehicle: A Driving, Balancing, and Jumping Bicycle Robot

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Benjamin Bokser, Daniel Gonzalez, Surya Singh, Aaron Preston, Alex Bahner, Annika Wollschläger, Arianna Ilvonen, Asa Eckert-Erdheim, Ashwin Khadke, Bilal Hammoud • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Trials cyclists and mountain bike riders can hop, jump, balance, and drive on one or both wheels. This versatility allows them to achieve speed and energy-efficiency on smooth terrain and agility over rough terrain. Inspired by these athletes, we present the design and control of a robotic platform, Ultra Mobility Vehicle (UMV), which combines a bicycle and a reaction mass to move dynamically with minimal actuated degrees of freedom. We employ a simulation-driven design optimization process to s

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Slice and Explain: Logic-Based Explanations for Neural Networks through Domain Slicing

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Luiz Fernando Paulino Queiroz, Carlos Henrique Leitão Cavalcante, Thiago Alves Rocha • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Neural networks (NNs) are pervasive across various domains but often lack interpretability. To address the growing need for explanations, logic-based approaches have been proposed to explain predictions made by NNs, offering correctness guarantees. However, scalability remains a concern in these methods. This paper proposes an approach leveraging domain slicing to facilitate explanation generation for NNs. By reducing the complexity of logical constraints through slicing, we decrease explanation

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Don't stop me now: Rethinking Validation Criteria for Model Parameter Selection

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Andrea Apicella, Francesco Isgrò, Andrea Pollastro, Roberto Prevete • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Despite the extensive literature on training loss functions, the evaluation of generalization on the validation set remains underexplored. In this work, we conduct a systematic empirical and statistical study of how the validation criterion used for model selection affects test performance in neural classifiers, with attention to early stopping. Using fully connected networks on standard benchmarks under $k$-fold evaluation, we compare: (i) early stopping with patience and (ii) post-hoc selectio

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On Imbalanced Regression with Hoeffding Trees

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Pantia-Marina Alchirch, Dimitrios I. Diochnos • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Many real-world applications provide a continuous stream of data that is subsequently used by machine learning models to solve regression tasks of interest. Hoeffding trees and their variants have a long-standing tradition due to their effectiveness, either alone or as base models in broader ensembles. At the same time a recent line of work in batch learning has shown that kernel density estimation (KDE) is an effective approach for smoothed predictions in imbalanced regression tasks [Yang et al

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Behavioral Cloning for Robotic Connector Assembly: An Empirical Study

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Andreas Kernbach, Daniel Bargmann, Werner Kraus, Marco F. Huber • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Automating the assembly of wire harnesses is challenging in automotive, electrical cabinet, and aircraft production, particularly due to deformable cables and a high variance in connector geometries. In addition, connectors must be inserted with limited force to avoid damage, while their poses can vary significantly. While humans can do this task intuitively by combining visual and haptic feedback, programming an industrial robot for such a task in an adaptable manner remains difficult. This wor

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Brain3D: Brain Report Automation via Inflated Vision Transformers in 3D

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Mariano Barone, Francesco Di Serio, Giuseppe Riccio, Antonio Romano, Marco Postiglione, Antonino Ferraro, Vincenzo Moscato • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Current medical vision-language models (VLMs) process volumetric brain MRI using 2D slice-based approximations, fragmenting the spatial context required for accurate neuroradiological interpretation. We developed \textbf{Brain3D}, a staged vision-language framework for automated radiology report generation from 3D brain tumor MRI. Our approach inflates a pretrained 2D medical encoder into a native 3D architecture and progressively aligns it with a causal language model through three stages: cont

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WeatherCity: Urban Scene Reconstruction with Controllable Multi-Weather Transformation

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Wenhua Wu, Huai Guan, Zhe Liu, Hesheng Wang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Editable high-fidelity 4D scenes are crucial for autonomous driving, as they can be applied to end-to-end training and closed-loop simulation. However, existing reconstruction methods are primarily limited to replicating observed scenes and lack the capability for diverse weather simulation. While image-level weather editing methods tend to introduce scene artifacts and offer poor controllability over the weather effects. To address these limitations, we propose WeatherCity, a novel framework fo

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Petri Net Relaxation for Infeasibility Explanation and Sequential Task Planning

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Nguyen Cong Nhat Le, John G. Rogers, Claire N. Bonial, Neil T. Dantam • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Plans often change due to changes in the situation or our understanding of the situation. Sometimes, a feasible plan may not even exist, and identifying such infeasibilities is useful to determine when requirements need adjustment. Common planning approaches focus on efficient one-shot planning in feasible cases rather than updating domains or detecting infeasibility. We propose a Petri net reachability relaxation to enable robust invariant synthesis, efficient goal-unreachability detection, and

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Overview of the CXR-LT 2026 Challenge: Multi-Center Long-Tailed and Zero Shot Chest X-ray Classification

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Hexin Dong, Yi Lin, Pengyu Zhou, Fengnian Zhao, Alan Clint Legasto, Mingquan Lin, Hao Chen, Yuzhe Yang, George Shih, Yifan Peng • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Chest X-ray (CXR) interpretation is hindered by the long-tailed distribution of pathologies and the open-world nature of clinical environments. Existing benchmarks often rely on closed-set classes from single institutions, failing to capture the prevalence of rare diseases or the appearance of novel findings. To address this, we present the CXR-LT 2026 challenge. This third iteration of the benchmark introduces a multi-center dataset comprising over 145,000 images from PadChest and NIH Chest X-r

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Learning to Drive is a Free Gift: Large-Scale Label-Free Autonomy Pretraining from Unposed In-The-Wild Videos

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Matthew Strong, Wei-Jer Chang, Quentin Herau, Jiezhi Yang, Yihan Hu, Chensheng Peng, Wei Zhan • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Ego-centric driving videos available online provide an abundant source of visual data for autonomous driving, yet their lack of annotations makes it difficult to learn representations that capture both semantic structure and 3D geometry. Recent advances in large feedforward spatial models demonstrate that point maps and ego-motion can be inferred in a single forward pass, suggesting a promising direction for scalable driving perception. We therefore propose a label-free, teacher-guided framework

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Confidence-Driven Multi-Scale Model Selection for Cost-Efficient Inference

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Bo-Wei Chen, Chung-Chi Chen, An-Zi Yen • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Large Language Models (LLMs) have revolutionized inference across diverse natural language tasks, with larger models performing better but at higher computational costs. We propose a confidence-driven strategy that dynamically selects the most suitable model based on confidence estimates. By assessing a model's confidence in handling the task and response accuracy, tasks that are likely to be solved correctly are retained, while more uncertain or complex cases are delegated to a larger model, en

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Force Policy: Learning Hybrid Force-Position Control Policy under Interaction Frame for Contact-Rich Manipulation

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Hongjie Fang, Shirun Tang, Mingyu Mei, Haoxiang Qin, Zihao He, Jingjing Chen, Ying Feng, Chenxi Wang, Wanxi Liu, Zaixing He • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Contact-rich manipulation demands human-like integration of perception and force feedback: vision should guide task progress, while high-frequency interaction control must stabilize contact under uncertainty. Existing learning-based policies often entangle these roles in a monolithic network, trading off global generalization against stable local refinement, while control-centric approaches typically assume a known task structure or learn only controller parameters rather than the structure itse

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MBD-ML: Many-body dispersion from machine learning for molecules and materials

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Evgeny Moerman, Adil Kabylda, Almaz Khabibrakhmanov, Alexandre Tkatchenko • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Van der Waals (vdW) interactions are essential for describing molecules and materials, from drug design and catalysis to battery applications. These omnipresent interactions must also be accurately included in machine-learned force fields. The many-body dispersion (MBD) method stands out as one of the most accurate and transferable approaches to capture vdW interactions, requiring only atomic $C_6$ coefficients and polarizabilities as input. We present MBD-ML, a pretrained message passing neural

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Coarsening Bias from Variable Discretization in Causal Functionals

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Xiaxian Ou, Razieh Nabi • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

A class of causal effect functionals requires integration over conditional densities of continuous variables, as in mediation effects and nonparametric identification in causal graphical models. Estimating such densities and evaluating the resulting integrals can be statistically and computationally demanding. A common workaround is to discretize the variable and replace integrals with finite sums. Although convenient, discretization alters the population-level functional and can induce non-negl

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AdaSpot: Spend Resolution Where It Matters for Precise Event Spotting

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Artur Xarles, Sergio Escalera, Thomas B. Moeslund, Albert Clapés • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Precise Event Spotting aims to localize fast-paced actions or events in videos with high temporal precision, a key task for applications in sports analytics, robotics, and autonomous systems. Existing methods typically process all frames uniformly, overlooking the inherent spatio-temporal redundancy in video data. This leads to redundant computation on non-informative regions while limiting overall efficiency. To remain tractable, they often spatially downsample inputs, losing fine-grained detai

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Understanding Artificial Theory of Mind: Perturbed Tasks and Reasoning in Large Language Models

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Christian Nickel, Laura Schrewe, Florian Mai, Lucie Flek • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Theory of Mind (ToM) refers to an agent's ability to model the internal states of others. Contributing to the debate whether large language models (LLMs) exhibit genuine ToM capabilities, our study investigates their ToM robustness using perturbations on false-belief tasks and examines the potential of Chain-of-Thought prompting (CoT) to enhance performance and explain the LLM's decision. We introduce a handcrafted, richly annotated ToM dataset, including classic and perturbed false belief tasks

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Language Models Exhibit Inconsistent Biases Towards Algorithmic Agents and Human Experts

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Jessica Y. Bo, Lillio Mok, Ashton Anderson • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Large language models are increasingly used in decision-making tasks that require them to process information from a variety of sources, including both human experts and other algorithmic agents. How do LLMs weigh the information provided by these different sources? We consider the well-studied phenomenon of algorithm aversion, in which human decision-makers exhibit bias against predictions from algorithms. Drawing upon experimental paradigms from behavioural economics, we evaluate how eightdiff

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Semantic Partial Grounding via LLMs

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Giuseppe Canonaco, Alberto Pozanco, Daniel Borrajo • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Grounding is a critical step in classical planning, yet it often becomes a computational bottleneck due to the exponential growth in grounded actions and atoms as task size increases. Recent advances in partial grounding have addressed this challenge by incrementally grounding only the most promising operators, guided by predictive models. However, these approaches primarily rely on relational features or learned embeddings and do not leverage the textual and structural cues present in PDDL desc

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DualWeaver: Synergistic Feature Weaving Surrogates for Multivariate Forecasting with Univariate Time Series Foundation Models

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Jinpeng Li, Zhongyi Pei, Huaze Xue, Bojian Zheng, Chen Wang, Jianmin Wang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Time-series foundation models (TSFMs) have achieved strong univariate forecasting through large-scale pre-training, yet effectively extending this success to multivariate forecasting remains challenging. To address this, we propose DualWeaver, a novel framework that adapts univariate TSFMs (Uni-TSFMs) for multivariate forecasting by using a pair of learnable, structurally symmetric surrogate series. Generated by a shared auxiliary feature-fusion module that captures cross-variable dependencies,

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Learning Quantum Data Distribution via Chaotic Quantum Diffusion Model

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Quoc Hoan Tran, Koki Chinzei, Yasuhiro Endo, Hirotaka Oshima • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Generative models for quantum data pose significant challenges but hold immense potential in fields such as chemoinformatics and quantum physics. Quantum denoising diffusion probabilistic models (QuDDPMs) enable efficient learning of quantum data distributions by progressively scrambling and denoising quantum states; however, existing implementations typically rely on circuit-based random unitary dynamics that can be costly to realize and sensitive to control imperfections, particularly on analo

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NESTOR: A Nested MOE-based Neural Operator for Large-Scale PDE Pre-Training

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Dengdi Sun, Xiaoya Zhou, Xiao Wang, Hao Si, Wanli Lyu, Jin Tang, Bin Luo • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Neural operators have emerged as an efficient paradigm for solving PDEs, overcoming the limitations of traditional numerical methods and significantly improving computational efficiency. However, due to the diversity and complexity of PDE systems, existing neural operators typically rely on a single network architecture, which limits their capacity to fully capture heterogeneous features and complex system dependencies. This constraint poses a bottleneck for large-scale PDE pre-training based on

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FlowCorrect: Efficient Interactive Correction of Generative Flow Policies for Robotic Manipulation

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Edgar Welte, Yitian Shi, Rosa Wolf, Maximillian Gilles, Rania Rayyes • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Generative manipulation policies can fail catastrophically under deployment-time distribution shift, yet many failures are near-misses: the robot reaches almost-correct poses and would succeed with a small corrective motion. We present FlowCorrect, a deployment-time correction framework that converts near-miss failures into successes using sparse human nudges, without full policy retraining. During execution, a human provides brief corrective pose nudges via a lightweight VR interface. FlowCorre

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Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Vessel Shaft Power and Fuel Consumption Prediction: Interpretable KAN-based Approach

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Hamza Haruna Mohammed, Dusica Marijan, Arnbjørn Maressa • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Accurate prediction of shaft rotational speed, shaft power, and fuel consumption is crucial for enhancing operational efficiency and sustainability in maritime transportation. Conventional physics-based models provide interpretability but struggle with real-world variability, while purely data-driven approaches achieve accuracy at the expense of physical plausibility. This paper introduces a Physics-Informed Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (PI-KAN), a hybrid method that integrates interpretable univar

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AutoSew: A Geometric Approach to Stitching Prediction with Graph Neural Networks

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Pablo Ríos-Navarro, Elena Garces, Jorge Lopez-Moreno • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Automating garment assembly from sewing patterns remains a significant challenge due to the lack of standardized annotation protocols and the frequent absence of semantic cues. Existing methods often rely on panel labels or handcrafted heuristics, which limit their applicability to real-world, non-conforming patterns. We present AutoSew, a fully automatic, geometry-based approach for predicting stitch correspondences directly from 2D pattern contours. AutoSew formulates the problem as a graph ma

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SPGen: Stochastic scanpath generation for paintings using unsupervised domain adaptation

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Mohamed Amine Kerkouri, Marouane Tliba, Aladine Chetouani, Alessandro Bruno • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Understanding human visual attention is key to preserving cultural heritage We introduce SPGen a novel deep learning model to predict scanpaths the sequence of eye movementswhen viewers observe paintings. Our architecture uses a Fully Convolutional Neural Network FCNN with differentiable fixation selection and learnable Gaussian priors to simulate natural viewing biases To address the domain gap between photographs and artworks we employ unsupervised domain adaptation via a gradient reversal lay

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DLT-Corpus: A Large-Scale Text Collection for the Distributed Ledger Technology Domain

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Walter Hernandez Cruz, Peter Devine, Nikhil Vadgama, Paolo Tasca, Jiahua Xu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We introduce DLT-Corpus, the largest domain-specific text collection for Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) research to date: 2.98 billion tokens from 22.12 million documents spanning scientific literature (37,440 publications), United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patents (49,023 filings), and social media (22 million posts). Existing Natural Language Processing (NLP) resources for DLT focus narrowly on cryptocurrencies price prediction and smart contracts, leaving domain-specific

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TG-ASR: Translation-Guided Learning with Parallel Gated Cross Attention for Low-Resource Automatic Speech Recognition

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Cheng-Yeh Yang, Chien-Chun Wang, Li-Wei Chen, Hung-Shin Lee, Hsin-Min Wang, Berlin Chen • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Low-resource automatic speech recognition (ASR) continues to pose significant challenges, primarily due to the limited availability of transcribed data for numerous languages. While a wealth of spoken content is accessible in television dramas and online videos, Taiwanese Hokkien exemplifies this issue, with transcriptions often being scarce and the majority of available subtitles provided only in Mandarin. To address this deficiency, we introduce TG-ASR for Taiwanese Hokkien drama speech recogn

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RT-RMOT: A Dataset and Framework for RGB-Thermal Referring Multi-Object Tracking

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Yanqiu Yu, Zhifan Jin, Sijia Chen, Tongfei Chu, En Yu, Liman Liu, Wenbing Tao • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Referring Multi-Object Tracking has attracted increasing attention due to its human-friendly interactive characteristics, yet it exhibits limitations in low-visibility conditions, such as nighttime, smoke, and other challenging scenarios. To overcome this limitation, we propose a new RGB-Thermal RMOT task, named RT-RMOT, which aims to fuse RGB appearance features with the illumination robustness of the thermal modality to enable all-day referring multi-object tracking. To promote research on RT-

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RGB-Event HyperGraph Prompt for Kilometer Marker Recognition based on Pre-trained Foundation Models

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Xiaoyu Xian, Shiao Wang, Xiao Wang, Daxin Tian, Yan Tian • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Metro trains often operate in highly complex environments, characterized by illumination variations, high-speed motion, and adverse weather conditions. These factors pose significant challenges for visual perception systems, especially those relying solely on conventional RGB cameras. To tackle these difficulties, we explore the integration of event cameras into the perception system, leveraging their advantages in low-light conditions, high-speed scenarios, and low power consumption. Specifical

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Disease Progression and Subtype Modeling for Combined Discrete and Continuous Input Data

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Sterre de Jonge, Elisabeth J. Vinke, Meike W. Vernooij, Daniel C. Alexander, Alexandra L. Young, Esther E. Bron • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Disease progression modeling provides a robust framework to identify long-term disease trajectories from short-term biomarker data. It is a valuable tool to gain a deeper understanding of diseases with a long disease trajectory, such as Alzheimer's disease. A key limitation of most disease progression models is that they are specific to a single data type (e.g., continuous data), thereby limiting their applicability to heterogeneous, real-world datasets. To address this limitation, we propose th

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Function-Space Empirical Bayes Regularisation with Student's t Priors

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Pengcheng Hao, Ercan Engin Kuruoglu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Bayesian deep learning (BDL) has emerged as a principled approach to produce reliable uncertainty estimates by integrating deep neural networks with Bayesian inference, and the selection of informative prior distributions remains a significant challenge. Various function-space variational inference (FSVI) regularisation methods have been presented, assigning meaningful priors over model predictions. However, these methods typically rely on a Gaussian prior, which fails to capture the heavy-taile

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A Diversity Diet for a Healthier Model: A Case Study of French ModernBERT

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Louis Estève, Christophe Servan, Thomas Lavergne, Agata Savary • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Diversity has been gaining interest in the NLP community in recent years. At the same time, state-of-the-art transformer models such as ModernBERT use very large pre-training datasets, which are driven by size rather than by diversity. This summons for an investigation of the impact of diversity on the ModernBERT pre-training. We do so in this study, with the express intent of reducing pre-training dataset size, while retaining at least comparable performance. We compare diversity-driven samplin

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RobustVisRAG: Causality-Aware Vision-Based Retrieval-Augmented Generation under Visual Degradations

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I-Hsiang Chen, Yu-Wei Liu, Tse-Yu Wu, Yu-Chien Chiang, Jen-Chien Yang, Wei-Ting Chen • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Vision-based Retrieval-Augmented Generation (VisRAG) leverages vision-language models (VLMs) to jointly retrieve relevant visual documents and generate grounded answers based on multimodal evidence. However, existing VisRAG models degrade in performance when visual inputs suffer from distortions such as blur, noise, low light, or shadow, where semantic and degradation factors become entangled within pretrained visual encoders, leading to errors in both retrieval and generation stages. To address

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World Guidance: World Modeling in Condition Space for Action Generation

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Yue Su, Sijin Chen, Haixin Shi, Mingyu Liu, Zhengshen Zhang, Ningyuan Huang, Weiheng Zhong, Zhengbang Zhu, Yuxiao Liu, Xihui Liu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Leveraging future observation modeling to facilitate action generation presents a promising avenue for enhancing the capabilities of Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models. However, existing approaches struggle to strike a balance between maintaining efficient, predictable future representations and preserving sufficient fine-grained information to guide precise action generation. To address this limitation, we propose WoG (World Guidance), a framework that maps future observations into compact con

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Parallel Continuous-Time Relative Localization with Augmented Clamped Non-Uniform B-Splines

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Jiadong Lu, Zhehan Li, Tao Han, Miao Xu, Chao Xu, Yanjun Cao • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Accurate relative localization is critical for multi-robot cooperation. In robot swarms, measurements from different robots arrive asynchronously and with clock time-offsets. Although Continuous-Time (CT) formulations have proved effective for handling asynchronous measurements in single-robot SLAM and calibration, extending CT methods to multi-robot settings faces great challenges to achieve high-accuracy, low-latency, and high-frequency performance. Especially, existing CT methods suffer from

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Neural solver for Wasserstein Geodesics and optimal transport dynamics

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Hailiang Liu, Yan-Han Chen • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In recent years, the machine learning community has increasingly embraced the optimal transport (OT) framework for modeling distributional relationships. In this work, we introduce a sample-based neural solver for computing the Wasserstein geodesic between a source and target distribution, along with the associated velocity field. Building on the dynamical formulation of the optimal transport (OT) problem, we recast the constrained optimization as a minimax problem, using deep neural networks to

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Are Foundation Models the Route to Full-Stack Transfer in Robotics?

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Freek Stulp, Samuel Bustamante, João Silvério, Alin Albu-Schäffer, Jeannette Bohg, Shuran Song • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In humans and robots alike, transfer learning occurs at different levels of abstraction, from high-level linguistic transfer to low-level transfer of motor skills. In this article, we provide an overview of the impact that foundation models and transformer networks have had on these different levels, bringing robots closer than ever to "full-stack transfer". Considering LLMs, VLMs and VLAs from a robotic transfer learning perspective allows us to highlight recurring concepts for transfer, beyond

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Enhancing LLM-Based Test Generation by Eliminating Covered Code

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WeiZhe Xu, Mengyu Liu, Fanxin Kong • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Automated test generation is essential for software quality assurance, with coverage rate serving as a key metric to ensure thorough testing. Recent advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown promise in improving test generation, particularly in achieving higher coverage. However, while existing LLM-based test generation solutions perform well on small, isolated code snippets, they struggle when applied to complex methods under test. To address these issues, we propose a scalable LL

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Outpatient Appointment Scheduling Optimization with a Genetic Algorithm Approach

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Ana Rodrigues, Rui Rego • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The optimization of complex medical appointment scheduling remains a significant operational challenge in multi-center healthcare environments, where clinical safety protocols and patient logistics must be reconciled. This study proposes and evaluates a Genetic Algorithm (GA) framework designed to automate the scheduling of multiple medical acts while adhering to rigorous inter-procedural incompatibility rules. Using a synthetic dataset encompassing 50 medical acts across four healthcare facilit

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PanoEnv: Exploring 3D Spatial Intelligence in Panoramic Environments with Reinforcement Learning

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Zekai Lin, Xu Zheng • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

360 panoramic images are increasingly used in virtual reality, autonomous driving, and robotics for holistic scene understanding. However, current Vision-Language Models (VLMs) struggle with 3D spatial reasoning on Equirectangular Projection (ERP) images due to geometric distortion and limited 3D supervision. We introduce PanoEnv, a large-scale VQA benchmark built from synthetic 3D environments, containing 14.8K questions across five categories (e.g., relative position, volume comparison) ground

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PatchDenoiser: Parameter-efficient multi-scale patch learning and fusion denoiser for medical images

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Jitindra Fartiyal, Pedro Freire, Sergei K. Turitsyn, Sergei G. Solovski • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Medical images are essential for diagnosis, treatment planning, and research, but their quality is often degraded by noise from low-dose acquisition, patient motion, or scanner limitations, affecting both clinical interpretation and downstream analysis. Traditional filtering approaches often over-smooth and lose fine anatomical details, while deep learning methods, including CNNs, GANs, and transformers, may struggle to preserve such details or require large, computationally expensive models, li

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Humanizing Robot Gaze Shifts: A Framework for Natural Gaze Shifts in Humanoid Robots

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Jingchao Wei, Jingkai Qin, Yuxiao Cao, Jingcheng Huang, Xiangrui Zeng, Min Li, Zhouping Yin • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Leveraging auditory and visual feedback for attention reorientation is essential for natural gaze shifts in social interaction. However, enabling humanoid robots to perform natural and context-appropriate gaze shifts in unconstrained human--robot interaction (HRI) remains challenging, as it requires the coupling of cognitive attention mechanisms and biomimetic motion generation. In this work, we propose the Robot Gaze-Shift (RGS) framework, which integrates these two components into a unified pi

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CxMP: A Linguistic Minimal-Pair Benchmark for Evaluating Constructional Understanding in Language Models

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Miyu Oba, Saku Sugawara • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Recent work has examined language models from a linguistic perspective to better understand how they acquire language. Most existing benchmarks focus on judging grammatical acceptability, whereas the ability to interpret meanings conveyed by grammatical forms has received much less attention. We introduce the Linguistic Minimal-Pair Benchmark for Evaluating Constructional Understanding in Language Models (CxMP), a benchmark grounded in Construction Grammar that treats form-meaning pairings, or c

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When LoRA Betrays: Backdooring Text-to-Image Models by Masquerading as Benign Adapters

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Liangwei Lyu, Jiaqi Xu, Jianwei Ding, Qiyao Deng • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA) has emerged as a leading technique for efficiently fine-tuning text-to-image diffusion models, and its widespread adoption on open-source platforms has fostered a vibrant culture of model sharing and customization. However, the same modular and plug-and-play flexibility that makes LoRA appealing also introduces a broader attack surface. To highlight this risk, we propose Masquerade-LoRA (MasqLoRA), the first systematic attack framework that leverages an independent LoR

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Dream-SLAM: Dreaming the Unseen for Active SLAM in Dynamic Environments

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Xiangqi Meng, Pengxu Hou, Zhenjun Zhao, Javier Civera, Daniel Cremers, Hesheng Wang, Haoang Li • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In addition to the core tasks of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), active SLAM additionally in- volves generating robot actions that enable effective and efficient exploration of unknown environments. However, existing active SLAM pipelines are limited by three main factors. First, they inherit the restrictions of the underlying SLAM modules that they may be using. Second, their motion planning strategies are typically shortsighted and lack long-term vision. Third, most approaches st

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Compact Circulant Layers with Spectral Priors

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Joseph Margaryan, Thomas Hamelryck • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Critical applications in areas such as medicine, robotics and autonomous systems require compact (i.e., memory efficient), uncertainty-aware neural networks suitable for edge and other resource-constrained deployments. We study compact spectral circulant and block-circulant-with-circulant-blocks (BCCB) layers: FFT-diagonalizable circular convolutions whose weights live directly in the real FFT (RFFT) half (1D) or half-plane (2D). Parameterizing filters in the frequency domain lets us impose simp

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Global-Aware Edge Prioritization for Pose Graph Initialization

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Tong Wei, Giorgos Tolias, Jiri Matas, Daniel Barath • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The pose graph is a core component of Structure-from-Motion (SfM), where images act as nodes and edges encode relative poses. Since geometric verification is expensive, SfM pipelines restrict the pose graph to a sparse set of candidate edges, making initialization critical. Existing methods rely on image retrieval to connect each image to its $k$ nearest neighbors, treating pairs independently and ignoring global consistency. We address this limitation through the concept of edge prioritization,

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Robustness in sparse artificial neural networks trained with adaptive topology

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Bendegúz Sulyok, Gergely Palla, Filippo Radicchi, Santo Fortunato • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We investigate the robustness of sparse artificial neural networks trained with adaptive topology. We focus on a simple yet effective architecture consisting of three sparse layers with 99% sparsity followed by a dense layer, applied to image classification tasks such as MNIST and Fashion MNIST. By updating the topology of the sparse layers between each epoch, we achieve competitive accuracy despite the significantly reduced number of weights. Our primary contribution is a detailed analysis of t

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Estimation and Optimization of Ship Fuel Consumption in Maritime: Review, Challenges and Future Directions

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Dusica Marijan, Hamza Haruna Mohammed, Bakht Zaman • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

To reduce carbon emissions and minimize shipping costs, improving the fuel efficiency of ships is crucial. Various measures are taken to reduce the total fuel consumption of ships, including optimizing vessel parameters and selecting routes with the lowest fuel consumption. Different estimation methods are proposed for predicting fuel consumption, while various optimization methods are proposed to minimize fuel oil consumption. This paper provides a comprehensive review of methods for estimating

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Learning to Collaborate via Structures: Cluster-Guided Item Alignment for Federated Recommendation

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Yuchun Tu, Zhiwei Li, Bingli Sun, Yixuan Li, Xiao Song • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Federated recommendation facilitates collaborative model training across distributed clients while keeping sensitive user interaction data local. Conventional approaches typically rely on synchronizing high-dimensional item representations between the server and clients. This paradigm implicitly assumes that precise geometric alignment of embedding coordinates is necessary for collaboration across clients. We posit that establishing relative semantic relationships among items is more effective t

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Global-Local Dual Perception for MLLMs in High-Resolution Text-Rich Image Translation

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Junxin Lu, Tengfei Song, Zhanglin Wu, Pengfei Li, Xiaowei Liang, Hui Yang, Kun Chen, Ning Xie, Yunfei Lu, Jing Zhao • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Text Image Machine Translation (TIMT) aims to translate text embedded in images in the source-language into target-language, requiring synergistic integration of visual perception and linguistic understanding. Existing TIMT methods, whether cascaded pipelines or end-to-end multimodal large language models (MLLMs),struggle with high-resolution text-rich images due to cluttered layouts, diverse fonts, and non-textual distractions, resulting in text omission, semantic drift, and contextual inconsis

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The Swarm Intelligence Freeway-Urban Trajectories (SWIFTraj) Dataset - Part II: A Graph-Based Approach for Trajectory Connection

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Xinkai Ji, Pan Liu, Yu Han • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In Part I of this companion paper series, we introduced SWIFTraj, a new open-source vehicle trajectory dataset collected using a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm. The dataset has two distinctive features. First, by connecting trajectories across consecutive UAV videos, it provides long-distance continuous trajectories, with the longest exceeding 4.5 km. Second, it covers an integrated traffic network consisting of both freeways and their connected urban roads. Obtaining such long-distance con

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MindDriver: Introducing Progressive Multimodal Reasoning for Autonomous Driving

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Lingjun Zhang, Yujian Yuan, Changjie Wu, Xinyuan Chang, Xin Cai, Shuang Zeng, Linzhe Shi, Sijin Wang, Hang Zhang, Mu Xu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Vision-Language Models (VLM) exhibit strong reasoning capabilities, showing promise for end-to-end autonomous driving systems. Chain-of-Thought (CoT), as VLM's widely used reasoning strategy, is facing critical challenges. Existing textual CoT has a large gap between text semantic space and trajectory physical space. Although the recent approach utilizes future image to replace text as CoT process, it lacks clear planning-oriented objective guidance to generate images with accurate scene evoluti

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RADAR: Reasoning as Discrimination with Aligned Representations for LLM-based Knowledge Graph Reasoning

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Bo Xue, Yuan Jin, Luoyi Fu, Jiaxin Ding, Xinbing Wang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Knowledge graph reasoning (KGR) infers missing facts, with recent advances increasingly harnessing the semantic priors and reasoning abilities of Large Language Models (LLMs). However, prevailing generative paradigms are prone to memorizing surface-level co-occurrences rather than learning genuine relational semantics, limiting out-of-distribution generalization. To address this, we propose RADAR, which reformulates KGR from generative pattern matching to discriminative relational reasoning. We

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MEDSYN: Benchmarking Multi-EviDence SYNthesis in Complex Clinical Cases for Multimodal Large Language Models

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Boqi Chen, Xudong Liu, Jiachuan Peng, Marianne Frey-Marti, Bang Zheng, Kyle Lam, Lin Li, Jianing Qiu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Multimodal large language models (MLLMs) have shown great potential in medical applications, yet existing benchmarks inadequately capture real-world clinical complexity. We introduce MEDSYN, a multilingual, multimodal benchmark of highly complex clinical cases with up to 7 distinct visual clinical evidence (CE) types per case. Mirroring clinical workflow, we evaluate 18 MLLMs on differential diagnosis (DDx) generation and final diagnosis (FDx) selection. While top models often match or even outp

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Bayesian Generative Adversarial Networks via Gaussian Approximation for Tabular Data Synthesis

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Bahrul Ilmi Nasution, Mark Elliot, Richard Allmendinger • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN) have been used in many studies to synthesise mixed tabular data. Conditional tabular GAN (CTGAN) have been the most popular variant but struggle to effectively navigate the risk-utility trade-off. Bayesian GAN have received less attention for tabular data, but have been explored with unstructured data such as images and text. The most used technique employed in Bayesian GAN is Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), but it is computationally intensive, particularly

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Large Language Models are Algorithmically Blind

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Sohan Venkatesh, Ashish Mahendran Kurapath, Tejas Melkote • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Large language models (LLMs) demonstrate remarkable breadth of knowledge, yet their ability to reason about computational processes remains poorly understood. Closing this gap matters for practitioners who rely on LLMs to guide algorithm selection and deployment. We address this limitation using causal discovery as a testbed and evaluate eight frontier LLMs against ground truth derived from large-scale algorithm executions and find systematic, near-total failure. Models produce ranges far wider

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Learning to Fuse and Reconstruct Multi-View Graphs for Diabetic Retinopathy Grading

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Haoran Li, Yuxin Lin, Huan Wang, Xiaoling Luo, Qi Zhu, Jiahua Shi, Huaming Chen, Bo Du, Johan Barthelemy, Zongyan Xue • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the leading causes of vision loss worldwide, making early and accurate DR grading critical for timely intervention. Recent clinical practices leverage multi-view fundus images for DR detection with a wide coverage of the field of view (FOV), motivating deep learning methods to explore the potential of multi-view learning for DR grading. However, existing methods often overlook the inter-view correlations when fusing multi-view fundus images, failing to fully e

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Mobile-Ready Automated Triage of Diabetic Retinopathy Using Digital Fundus Images

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Aadi Joshi, Manav S. Sharma, Vijay Uttam Rathod, Ashlesha Sawant, Prajakta Musale, Asmita B. Kalamkar • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is a major cause of vision impairment worldwide. However, manual diagnosis is often time-consuming and prone to errors, leading to delays in screening. This paper presents a lightweight automated deep learning framework for efficient assessment of DR severity from digital fundus images. We use a MobileNetV3 architecture with a Consistent Rank Logits (CORAL) head to model the ordered progression of disease while maintaining computational efficiency for resource-constrain

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Directed Ordinal Diffusion Regularization for Progression-Aware Diabetic Retinopathy Grading

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Huangwei Chen, Junhao Jia, Ruocheng Li, Cunyuan Yang, Wu Li, Xiaotao Pang, Yifei Chen, Haishuai Wang, Jiajun Bu, Lei Wu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) progresses as a continuous and irreversible deterioration of the retina, following a well-defined clinical trajectory from mild to severe stages. However, most existing ordinal regression approaches model DR severity as a set of static, symmetric ranks, capturing relative order while ignoring the inherent unidirectional nature of disease progression. As a result, the learned feature representations may violate biological plausibility, allowing implausible proximity betw

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Hidden Topics: Measuring Sensitive AI Beliefs with List Experiments

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Maxim Chupilkin • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

How can researchers identify beliefs that large language models (LLMs) hide? As LLMs become more sophisticated and the prevalence of alignment faking increases, combined with their growing integration into high-stakes decision-making, responding to this challenge has become critical. This paper proposes that a list experiment, a simple method widely used in the social sciences, can be applied to study the hidden beliefs of LLMs. List experiments were originally developed to circumvent social des

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A Framework for Cross-Domain Generalization in Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring Across Gated and Non-Gated Computed Tomography

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Mahmut S. Gokmen, Moneera N. Haque, Steve W. Leung, Caroline N. Leach, Seth Parker, Stephen B. Hobbs, Vincent L. Sorrell, W. Brent Seales, V. K. Cody Bumgardner • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring is a key predictor of cardiovascular risk, but it relies on ECG-gated CT scans, restricting its use to specialized cardiac imaging settings. We introduce an automated framework for CAC detection and lesion-specific Agatston scoring that operates across both gated and non-gated CT scans. At its core is CARD-ViT, a self-supervised Vision Transformer trained exclusively on gated CT data using DINO. Without any non-gated training data, our framework achieves 0.7

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cs.CVcs.AIcs.CV

Small Wins Big: Comparing Large Language Models and Domain Fine-Tuned Models for Sarcasm Detection in Code-Mixed Hinglish Text

🤖 AI
Bitan Majumder, Anirban Sen • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Sarcasm detection in multilingual and code-mixed environments remains a challenging task for natural language processing models due to structural variations, informal expressions, and low-resource linguistic availability. This study compares four large language models, Llama 3.1, Mistral, Gemma 3, and Phi-4, with a fine-tuned DistilBERT model for sarcasm detection in code-mixed Hinglish text. The results indicate that the smaller, sequentially fine-tuned DistilBERT model achieved the highest ove

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cs.CLcs.CL

Geometry-as-context: Modulating Explicit 3D in Scene-consistent Video Generation to Geometry Context

🤖 AI
JiaKui Hu, Jialun Liu, Liying Yang, Xinliang Zhang, Kaiwen Li, Shuang Zeng, Yuanwei Li, Haibin Huang, Chi Zhang, Yanye Lu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Scene-consistent video generation aims to create videos that explore 3D scenes based on a camera trajectory. Previous methods rely on video generation models with external memory for consistency, or iterative 3D reconstruction and inpainting, which accumulate errors during inference due to incorrect intermediary outputs, non-differentiable processes, and separate models. To overcome these limitations, we introduce ``geometry-as-context". It iteratively completes the following steps using an auto

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cs.CVcs.CV

Learning Unknown Interdependencies for Decentralized Root Cause Analysis in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems

🤖 AI
Ayush Mohanty, Paritosh Ramanan, Nagi Gebraeel • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Root cause analysis (RCA) in networked industrial systems, such as supply chains and power networks, is notoriously difficult due to unknown and dynamically evolving interdependencies among geographically distributed clients. These clients represent heterogeneous physical processes and industrial assets equipped with sensors that generate large volumes of nonlinear, high-dimensional, and heterogeneous IoT data. Classical RCA methods require partial or full knowledge of the system's dependency gr

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cs.LGstat.MLcs.LG

Bridging Through Absence: How Comeback Researchers Bridge Knowledge Gaps Through Structural Re-emergence

🤖 AI
Somyajit Chakraborty, Angshuman Jana, Avijit Gayen • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Understanding the role of researchers who return to academia after prolonged inactivity, termed "comeback researchers", is crucial for developing inclusive models of scientific careers. This study investigates the structural and semantic behaviors of comeback researchers, focusing on their role in cross-disciplinary knowledge transfer and network reintegration. Using the AMiner citation dataset, we analyze 113,637 early-career researchers and identify 1,425 comeback cases based on a three-year-o

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cs.SIcs.DLcs.LGphysics.soc-phcs.SI

Learning in the Null Space: Small Singular Values for Continual Learning

🤖 AI
Cuong Anh Pham, Praneeth Vepakomma, Samuel Horváth • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Alleviating catastrophic forgetting while enabling further learning is a primary challenge in continual learning (CL). Orthogonal-based training methods have gained attention for their efficiency and strong theoretical properties, and many existing approaches enforce orthogonality through gradient projection. In this paper, we revisit orthogonality and exploit the fact that small singular values correspond to directions that are nearly orthogonal to the input space of previous tasks. Building on

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cs.LGcs.CVcs.LG

Scan Clusters, Not Pixels: A Cluster-Centric Paradigm for Efficient Ultra-high-definition Image Restoration

🤖 AI
Chen Wu, Ling Wang, Zhuoran Zheng, Yuning Cui, Zhixiong Yang, Xiangyu Chen, Yue Zhang, Weidong Jiang, Jingyuan Xia • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Ultra-High-Definition (UHD) image restoration is trapped in a scalability crisis: existing models, bound to pixel-wise operations, demand unsustainable computation. While state space models (SSMs) like Mamba promise linear complexity, their pixel-serial scanning remains a fundamental bottleneck for the millions of pixels in UHD content. We ask: must we process every pixel to understand the image? This paper introduces C$^2$SSM, a visual state space model that breaks this taboo by shifting from p

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cs.CVcs.CV

Computing with many encoded logical qubits beyond break-even

⚛️ Quantum
Shival Dasu, Matthew DeCross, Andrew Y. Guo, Ali Lavasani, Jan Behrends, Asmae Benhemou, Yi-Hsiang Chen, Karl Mayer, Chris N. Self, Selwyn Simsek • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

High-rate quantum error correcting (QEC) codes encode many logical qubits in a given number of physical qubits, making them promising candidates for quantum computation. Implementing high-rate codes at a scale that both frustrates classical computing and improves performance by encoding requires both high fidelity gates and long-range qubit connectivity -- both of which are offered by trapped-ion quantum computers. Here, we demonstrate computations that outperform their unencoded counterparts in

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quant-phquant-ph

Quantum jumps in open cavity optomechanics and Liouvillian versus Hamiltonian exceptional points

⚛️ Quantum
Aritra Ghosh, M. Bhattacharya • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Exceptional points, where two or more eigenstates of a non-Hermitian system coalesce, are now of interest across many fields of physics, from the perspective of open-system dynamics, sensing, nonreciprocal transport, and topological phase transitions. In this work, we investigate exceptional points in cavity optomechanics, a platform of interest to diverse communities working on gravitational-wave detection, macroscopic quantum mechanics, quantum transduction, etc. Specifically, we clarify the r

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quant-phcond-mat.mes-hallcond-mat.stat-mechmath-phphysics.opticsquant-ph

Controlled jump in the Clifford hierarchy

⚛️ Quantum
Yichen Xu, Xiao Wang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We develop a simple and systematic route to higher levels of the qubit Clifford hierarchy by coherently controlling Clifford operations. Our approach is based on Pauli periodicity, defined for a Clifford unitary $U$ as the smallest integer $m\ge 1$ such that $U^{2^{m}}$ is a Pauli operator up to phase. We prove a sharp controlled-jump rule showing that the controlled gate $CU$ lies strictly in level $m+2$ of the hierarchy, and equivalently that $CU$ lies in level $k$ if $U^{2^{k-2}}$ is Pauli wh

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quant-phmath-phquant-ph

Hybrid Consensus with Quantum Sybil Resistance

⚛️ Quantum
Dar Gilboa, Siddhartha Jain, Or Sattath • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Sybil resistance is a key requirement of decentralized consensus protocols. It is achieved by introducing a scarce resource (such as computational power, monetary stake, disk space, etc.), which prevents participants from costlessly creating multiple fake identities and hijacking the protocol. Quantum states are generically uncloneable, which suggests that they may serve naturally as an unconditionally scarce resource. In particular, uncloneability underlies quantum position based-cryptography,

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quant-phcs.DCquant-ph

Beyond Single-Shot Fidelity: Chernoff-Based Throughput Optimization in Superconducting Qubit Readout

⚛️ Quantum
Sinan Bugu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Single-shot fidelity is the standard benchmark for superconducting qubit readout, but it does not directly minimize the total wall-clock time required to certify a quantum state. We formulate an information-theoretic description of dispersive readout that treats the measurement record as a stochastic communication channel and compute the classical Chernoff information governing the multi-shot error exponent using a trajectory model that incorporates T1 relaxation with full cavity memory. We find

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quant-phquant-ph

Energy efficient optical tracking for space quantum communication

⚛️ Quantum
Eric Vokes, Vinod N. Rao, Elinore Spencer, Rupesh Kumar • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Power consumption is a critical constraint for CubeSat based quantum communication, where tracking systems often dominate the onboard power budget. We demonstrate an energy-efficient approach that enables reliable satellite tracking at substantially reduced beacon power by treating tracking as a weak-signal estimation task. Using a closed-loop system with fine steering mirrors and higher-order Kalman filters on ground, we can maintain stable tracking at a transmitted power equivalent to 34 mW ov

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quant-phquant-ph

Time in gravitational subregions and in closed universes

⚛️ Quantum
Andreas Blommaert, Chang-Han Chen • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

What are gauge-invariant local observables in a subregion in quantum gravity? How does one even define such a subregion non-perturbatively? We study these questions in JT gravity. One can define a subregion by specifying the value of the dilaton at the boundary of the region. We study conformal matter correlators in such a subregion. There is a gravitational constraint associated with York time evolution within the causal diamond of the subregion. This constraint can be leveraged to construct ga

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hep-thgr-qcquant-phhep-th

Exponential speedup in measurement property learning with post-measurement states

⚛️ Quantum
Zhenhuan Liu, Qi Ye, Zhenyu Cai, Jens Eisert • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Learning properties of quantum states and channels is known to benefit from resources such as entangled operations, auxiliary qubits, and adaptivity, whereas the resource structure of measurement learning, namely, learning properties of quantum measurement operators, remains poorly understood. In this work, we identify a measurement learning task for which access limited to classical measurement outcomes leads to an exponential lower bound on the query complexity, established via a distinguishin

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quant-phquant-ph

Trade-offs in Gauss's law error correction for lattice gauge theory quantum simulations

⚛️ Quantum
Balint Pato, Natalie Klco • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Gauss's law-based quantum error correction (GLQEC) offers a promising approach to reducing qubit overhead in lattice gauge theory simulations by leveraging built-in symmetries. For applications of GLQEC to 1+1D lattice quantum electrodynamics (QED), we identify two significant trade-offs. First, we prove via dimension-counting arguments that GLQEC requires periodic electric fields, thereby constraining the design space for lattice QED simulations. Second, we numerically compare GLQEC with a univ

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quant-phhep-latnucl-thquant-ph

Loss Mechanisms in High-coherence Multimode Mechanical Resonators Coupled to Superconducting Circuits

⚛️ Quantum
Raquel Garcia Belles, Alexander Anferov, Lukas F. Deeg, Loris Colicchio, Arianne Brooks, Tom Schatteburg, Maxwell Drimmer, Ines C. Rodrigues, Rodrigo Benevides, Marco Liffredo • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Circuit quantum acoustodynamics (cQAD) devices have a wide range of applications in quantum science, all of which depend crucially on the quantum coherence of the mechanical subsystem. In this context, high-overtone bulk acoustic-wave resonators (HBARs) are particularly promising, since they have shown very high quality factors with negligible dephasing. However, the introduction of piezoelectric films, which are necessary for coupling to a superconducting circuit, can lead to additional loss ch

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quant-phcond-mat.mes-hallcond-mat.mtrl-sciquant-ph

Lowering the temperature of two-dimensional fermionic tensor networks with cluster expansions

⚛️ Quantum
Sander De Meyer, Atsushi Ueda, Yuchi He, Nick Bultinck, Jutho Haegeman • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Representing the time-evolution operator as a tensor network constitutes a key ingredient in several algorithms for studying quantum lattice systems at finite temperature or in a non-equilibrium setting. For a Hamiltonian composed of strictly short-ranged interactions, the Suzuki-Trotter decomposition is the main technique for obtaining such a representation. In [B.~Vanhecke, L.~Vanderstraeten and F.~Verstraete, Physical Review A, L020402 (2021)], an alternative strategy, the cluster expansion,

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cond-mat.str-elquant-phcond-mat.str-el

Self-stabilized high-dimensional quantum key distribution on a metropolitan free-space link

⚛️ Quantum
Karolina Dziwulska, Christopher Spiess, Sarika Mishra, Markus Leipe, Yugant Hadiyal, Fabian Steinlechner • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Quantum communication technologies capable of operating reliably across heterogeneous optical channels are essential for scalable metropolitan quantum networks. Here we demonstrate high-dimensional time-bin-encoded quantum key distribution over a hybrid metropolitan link comprising 1.7 km free-space transmission and 685 m of optical fiber. Operating at a clock rate of 500 MHz in the C-band, we implement both 2- and 4-dimensional protocols, and obtain estimated secure finite-key rates of (95 +- 2

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quant-phquant-ph

On the emergence of quantum mechanics from stochastic processes

⚛️ Quantum
Jason Doukas • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The stochastic--quantum correspondence reinterprets quantum dynamics as arising from an underlying stochastic process on a configuration space. We generalize the correspondence by lifting an arbitrary stochastic kernel $Γ$ in finite dimension to a map $φ$ on $B(\mathcal H)$, formulating the associated lift-compatibility relation, and giving an explicit dictionary between $Γ$ and CPTP (Kraus) maps. We isolate Chapman--Kolmogorov divisibility of the lifted family as the decisive additional constra

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quant-phquant-ph

Quantum tomography for non-iid sources

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Leonardo Zambrano • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Quantum state and process tomography are typically analyzed under the assumption that devices emit independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) states or channels. In realistic experiments, however, noise, drift, feedback, or adversarial behavior violate this assumption. We show that projected least-squares tomography remains statistically optimal even under fully adaptive state and channel preparation. Specifically, we prove that the sample complexity for reconstructing the time-averaged st

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quant-phquant-ph

Quantum criticality in open quantum systems from the purification perspective

⚛️ Quantum
Yuchen Guo, Shuo Yang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Open quantum systems host mixed-state phases that go beyond the symmetry-protected topological and spontaneous symmetry-breaking paradigms established for closed, pure-state systems. Developing a unified and physically transparent classification of such phases remains a central challenge. In this work, we introduce a purification-based framework that systematically characterizes all mixed-state phases in one-dimensional systems with $\mathbb{Z}_2^σ \times \mathbb{Z}_2^τ$ symmetry. By introducing

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quant-phcond-mat.str-elquant-ph

Noise-adaptive hybrid quantum convolutional neural networks based on depth-stratified feature extraction

⚛️ Quantum
Taehyun Kim, Israel F. Araujo, Daniel K. Park • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Hierarchical quantum classifiers, such as quantum convolutional neural networks (QCNNs), represent recent progress toward designing effective and feasible architectures for quantum classification. However, their performance on near-term quantum hardware remains highly sensitive to noise accumulation across circuit depth, calling for strategies beyond circuit-architecture design alone. We propose a noise-adaptive hybrid QCNN that improves classification under noise by exploiting depth-stratified

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quant-phcs.ETquant-ph

Prodiabatic Elimination: Higher Order Elimination of Fast Variables with Quantum Noise

⚛️ Quantum
Jan Neuser, Marcelo Janovitch, Matteo Brunelli, Patrick P. Potts • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We introduce the prodiabatic elimination, a powerful approximation technique that systematically extends the adiabatic elimination of fast degrees of freedom in light-matter coupled systems. Through a controlled expansion of operators, the prodiabatic elimination incorporates higher-order corrections and consistently includes noise contributions, leading to a significantly improved performance compared to standard adiabatic elimination. Importantly, it retains the simplicity and computational ef

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quant-phquant-ph

Analysis of the action of conventional trapped-ion entangling gates in qudit space

⚛️ Quantum
Pavel Kamenskikh, Nikita Semenin, Ilia Zalivako, Vasiliy Smirnov, Ilya Semerikov, Ksenia Khabarova, Nikolay Kolachevsky • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Qudits, or multi-level quantum information carriers, present a promising path for scaling quantum computers. However, their use introduces increased complexity in quantum logic, necessitating careful control of relative phases between different qudit levels. In trapped-ion systems, entangling operations accumulate phases on specific levels that are no longer global, unlike in qubit architectures. Furthermore, the structure of multi-level gates becomes increasingly intricate with higher-dimension

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quant-phphysics.atom-phquant-ph

Quantum Error Mitigation Simulates General Non-Hermitian Dynamics

⚛️ Quantum
Hiroki Kuji, Suguru Endo, Tetsuro Nikuni, Ryusuke Hamazaki, Yuichiro Matsuzaki • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

While non-Hermitian Hamiltonians enable exotic dynamical phenomena, implementing their nonunitary time evolution on near-term quantum devices remains challenging. We propose a hardware-friendly protocol that simulates non-Hermitian dynamics without continuous monitoring. Gorini-Kossakowski-Sudarshan-Lindblad (GKSL) evolution via classical Gaussian white-noise averaging and to subsequently cancel the quantum-jump contribution at the level of the measured observable using stochastic quantum error

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quant-phcond-mat.dis-nnquant-ph

Deep squeezing or cooling the fluctuations of a parametric resonator using feedback

⚛️ Quantum
Adriano A. Batista • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Here we analyze ways to achieve deep subthreshold parametric squeezing or cooling of a single degree-of-freedom parametric resonator enhanced by a lock-in amplifier feedback loop. Due to the feedback, the dynamics of the parametric resonator becomes more complex and a Hopf bifurcation at the instability threshold can occur. Initially, we calculate the phase-dependent gain of parametric amplification with feedback of an added ac signal. In one approach, we obtain the amplification gain approximat

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quant-phphysics.app-phphysics.class-phquant-ph

Generating large-scale Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger-like states in lattice spin systems

⚛️ Quantum
Xuanchen Zhang, Yaofeng Chen, Yong-Chun Liu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) state is a typical maximally entangled state which is pursued in both fundamental research and emerging quantum technologies. Preparing large-scale GHZ states in lattice spin systems is particularly appealing for quantum advantages, but conventional schemes face great challenges in scalability. Here we propose a universal and scalable scheme to generate large-scale GHZ-like states, which share similar entanglement and metrological properties with standard GHZ st

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quant-phquant-ph

Imperfect Graphs from Unitary Matrices -- I

⚛️ Quantum
Wesley Lewis, Darsh Pareek, Umesh Kumar, Ravi Janjam • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Matrix representations of quantum operators are computationally complete but often obscure the structural topology of information flow within a quantum circuit \cite{nielsen2000}. In this paper, we introduce a generalized graph-theoretic framework for analyzing quantum operators by mapping unitary matrices to directed graphs; we term these structures \emph{Imperfect Graphs} or more formally as \emph{Topological Structure of Superpositions}(TSS) as a tool to devise better Quantum Algorithms. In t

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quant-phmath-phphysics.comp-phquant-ph

On some mathematical problems for open quantum systems with varying particle number

⚛️ Quantum
Benedikt M. Reible, Luigi Delle Site • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We derive the effective Hamiltonian $H - μN$ for open quantum systems with varying particle number from first principles within the framework of non-relativistic quantum statistical mechanics. We prove that under physically motivated assumptions regarding the size of the system and the range of the interaction, this form of the Hamiltonian is unique up to a constant. Our argument relies firstly on establishing a rigorous version of the surface-to-volume ratio approximation, which is routinely us

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math-phcond-mat.stat-mechquant-phmath-ph

Landscape-Similarity-Guided Optimization in QAOA

⚛️ Quantum
Sokea Sang, Leanghok Hour, Sanghyeon Lee, Aniket Patra, Hee Chul Park, Moon Jip Park, Youngsun Han • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Across diverse synthetic and real-world interaction graphs, the variational landscapes of reduced Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) instances obtained via variable freezing exhibit a robust universality. Leveraging this structure, we introduce Doubly Optimized QAOA (DO-QAOA), which lowers runtime and quantum measurement overhead while maintaining a competitive approximation ratio gap (ARG). Adapting the replica-overlap framework of spin-glass physics, we define a landscape-overla

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quant-phquant-ph

Revealing entanglement through local features of phase-space distributions

⚛️ Quantum
Elena Callus, Martin Gärttner, Tobias Haas • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We formulate an infinite hierarchy of continuous-variable separability criteria in terms of quasiprobability distributions and their derivatives evaluated at individual points in phase space. Our approach is equivalent to the Peres--Horodecki criterion and sheds light on how distillable entanglement manifests in the phase-space picture. We demonstrate that already the lowest-order variant constitutes a powerful method for detecting the elusive non-Gaussian entanglement of relevant state families

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quant-phquant-ph

Secret Key Rate Limits in Coexisting Classical-Quantum Optical Links

⚛️ Quantum
Lucas Alves Zischler, Amirhossein Ghazisaeidi, Antonio Mecozzi, Cristian Antonelli • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Classical-quantum coexistence enables cost-effective transmission of data and quantum signals over the same fiber-optic channel. Nevertheless, weak quantum-key distribution (QKD) signals are susceptible to non-linear interference generated from the classical traffic, primarily spontaneous Raman scattering (SpRS) and four-wave-mixing (FWM), as well as to unfiltered noise. In QKD protocols, increased channel loss and excess noise both reduce the secret key rates (SKRs), as illustrated in this work

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quant-phquant-ph

Tuning Wave-Particle Duality of Quantum Light by Generalized Photon Subtraction

⚛️ Quantum
Kan Takase, Mamoru Endo, Fumiya Hanamura, Kazuki Hirota, Masahiro Yabuno, Hirotaka Terai, Shigehito Miki, Takahiro Kashiwazaki, Asuka Inoue, Takeshi Umeki • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Wave--particle duality is a hallmark of quantum mechanics. For bosonic systems, there exists a continuum of intermediate states bridging wave-like Schrödinger cat states and particle-like Fock states. Such states have recently been recognized as valuable resources for enhancing fault-tolerant quantum computation (FTQC) with propagating light. Here we experimentally demonstrate tunable generation of these intermediate states by employing generalized photon subtraction (GPS). By detecting up to th

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quant-phphysics.opticsquant-ph

Entanglement recovery by reversing the effect of noise in quantum repeater

⚛️ Quantum
Sewon Jeong, Shrobona Bagchi, Jaehak Lee, Hyang-Tag Lim, Yong-Su Kim, Taeyoung Choi, Seung-Woo Lee • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We propose a method to directly recover the degree of entanglement distributed by entanglement swapping in the presence of noise. Our approach introduces a reversing operation that probabilistically undoes the effect of amplitude damping or photon loss on a single entangled pair, enabling heralded recovery of entanglement. We demonstrate that entanglement can be substantially recovered even under strong noise, including parameter regimes where the distributed entanglement would otherwise vanish

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quant-phquant-ph

Performance Comparison of QAOA Mixers for Ternary Portfolio Optimization

⚛️ Quantum
Shintaro Yamamura, Satoshi Watanabe, Masaya Kunimi, Kazuhiro Saito, Tetsuro Nikuni • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) is a quantum algorithm proposed for Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices and is regarded as a promising approach to combinatorial optimization problems, with potential applications in the financial sector. In this study, we apply QAOA to the portfolio optimization problem, which is one of the central challenges in financial engineering. A portfolio consists of a combination of multiple assets, and the portfolio optimization problem

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quant-phquant-ph

Passive Environment-Assisted Quantum Communication

⚛️ Quantum
Evelyn Voss, Bikun Li, Zhaoyou Wang, Liang Jiang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

As quantum information systems mature, efficient and coherent transfer of quantum information through noisy channels becomes increasingly important. We examine how passive environment-assisted quantum communication enhances direct quantum information transfer efficiency. A bosonic pure-loss channel, modeled as transmission through a beam splitter with a vacuum input state at the dark port, has zero quantum capacity when transmissivity is below 50%. Quantum communication through the channel can b

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quant-phquant-ph

Efficient time-series prediction on NISQ devices via time-delayed quantum extreme learning machine

⚛️ Quantum
Mio Kawanabe, Saud Cindrak, Kathy Luedge, Jun-ichi Shirakashi, Tetsuo Shibuya, Hiroshi Imai • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We proposed a time-delayed quantum extreme learning machine (TD-QELM) for efficient time-series prediction on noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices. By encoding multiple past inputs simultaneously, TD-QELM achieves shallow circuit depth independent of sequence length, thereby, mitigating noise accumulation and reducing computational complexity. Experiments using the NARMA benchmark on both noiseless simulations and IBM's 127-qubit processor demonstrate that TD-QELM consistently outperf

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quant-phquant-ph

Momentum Diffusion, Decoherence and Drag Force on a Magnetic Nanoparticle

⚛️ Quantum
Agya Sewara Alam, Anupam Mazumdar • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In this paper, we will provide a complete derivation of the decoherence rate for a magnetic nanoparticle in quantum superposition in the presence of the fluctuating electromagnetic field in a thermal background by using the fluctuation-dissipation theorem in the long-wavelength limit. The long-wavelength limit assumes that the superposition size is much smaller than the wavelength of the electromagentic filed fluctuations. We will extend this computation to two diamagnetic nanoparticles kept in

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quant-phquant-ph

Optimized ancillary drive for fast Rydberg entangling gates

⚛️ Quantum
Rui Li, Min-Hua Zhang, Jing Qian • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Reaching fast and robust two-qubit gates with low infidelities has been an outstanding challenge for the long-term goal of useful quantum computers. Typically, optimizing the pulse shapes can minimize the gate infidelity and improve its robustness to certain types of errors; yet it remains incapable of speeding up the gate execution time which is fundamentally restricted by the attainable Rabi frequency in a realistic setup. In this work, we develop a fast implementation of two-qubit CZ gates us

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quant-phquant-ph

Universal Sample Complexity Bounds in Quantum Learning Theory via Fisher Information matrix

⚛️ Quantum
Hyukgun Kwon, Seok Hyung Lie, Liang Jiang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In this work, we show that the sample complexity (equivalently, the number of measurements) required in quantum learning theory within a general parametric framework, is fundamentally governed by the inverse Fisher information matrix. More specifically, we derive upper and lower bounds on the number of samples required to estimate the parameters of a quantum system within a prescribed small additive error and with high success probability under maximum likelihood estimation. The upper bound is g

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quant-phquant-ph

Coupling nitrogen vacancy centers in silicon carbide to nanophotonic resonators

⚛️ Quantum
Ivan Zhigulin, Konosuke Shimazaki, Samuel M. Stephens, Angus Gale, Karin Yamamura, Hark Hoe Tan, Igor Aharonovich, Mehran Kianinia • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Silicon carbide (SiC) is a promising platform for scalable quantum technologies owing to its well-established, wafer-scale industrial processing. SiC also hosts a variety of optically active color centres including the nitrogen vacancy defect that has a spin-triplet ground state. However, strong phonon coupling in the infrared range limits photon extraction from these defects. Here, we use nanophotonic structures, specifically micro-pillar and micro-disk resonators, to enhance optical collection

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physics.opticsquant-phphysics.optics

Passive Synchronization of Nonlocal Franson Interferometry for Fiber-Based Quantum Networks Using Co-propagating Classical Clock Signals

⚛️ Quantum
Xiao Xiang, Runai Quan, Yuting Liu, Huibo Hong, Bingke Shi, Zhiguang Xia, Xinghua Li, Tao Liu, Shougang Zhang, Ruifang Dong • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We demonstrate a robust, high-visibility nonlocal Franson interferometry for fiber-based quantum networks by co-propagating a classical Radio-over-Fiber clock signal with energy-time entangled photon pairs in the same fiber. Utilizing cross-band allocation (O-band for classical, L-band for quantum signals), the spontaneous Raman scattering noise photons are effectively suppressed. At the same time, their environmental delay fluctuations remain highly correlated for common-mode noise cancellation

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quant-phquant-ph

Nonlinearity-Inhomogeneity Competition in Discrete-Time Quantum Walks

⚛️ Quantum
N. Amaral, A. R. C. Buarque, W. S. Dias • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We investigate the interplay between nonlinearity and inhomogeneities in discrete-time quantum walks on one-dimensional lattices. Nonlinear effects are introduced through a Kerr-like, intensity-dependent local phase, while spatial and temporal inhomogeneities are implemented via random variations of the quantum gate operations. By analyzing typical quantities, such as the return probability and the participation function, we identify distinct quantum walking regimes as the nonlinear parameter $χ

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On fully entangled fraction of arbitrary $d\otimes d$ quantum states

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Xue-Na Zhu, Gui Bao, Ming Li, Ming-Jing Zhao, Shao-Ming Fei • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We study the fully entangled fraction of quantum states based on the Bloch representation of density matrices. Analytical upper bounds on the fully entangled fraction are obtained for arbitrary $d\otimes d$ bipartite systems. The fully entangled fractions for classes of $d\otimes d$ quantum states are analytically derived. Detailed examples are given to illustrate the advantages of our results.

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Unsupervised Discovery of Intermediate Phase Order in the Frustrated $J_1$-$J_2$ Heisenberg Model via Prometheus Framework

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Brandon Yee, Wilson Collins, Maximilian Rutkowski • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The spin-$1/2$ $J_1$-$J_2$ Heisenberg model on the square lattice exhibits a debated intermediate phase between Néel antiferromagnetic and stripe ordered regimes, with competing theories proposing plaquette valence bond, nematic, and quantum spin liquid ground states. We apply the Prometheus variational autoencoder framework -- previously validated on classical (2D, 3D Ising) and quantum (disordered transverse field Ising) phase transitions -- to systematically explore the $J_1$-$J_2$ phase diag

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Topological phase dynamics described by overtone-synthesized classical and quantum Adler equations

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Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Motoki Asano • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The Adler equation is a well-known one-dimensional model describing phase locking and synchronization. Motivated by recent experiments using optomechanical oscillators, we extend the model to include overtone-synthesized sinusoidal coupling with adiabatic temporal modulation. This extension gives rise to unique topological features such as winding-number quantization, discontinuous phase-slip transitions, and hysteretic and non-reciprocal phase dynamics. We further extend the analysis to the qua

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Efimov Effect in Ultracold Microwave-Shielded Polar Molecules

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Shayamal Singh, Chris H. Greene • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

A quantum-mechanical description is presented for the three-body physics of shielded dipolar molecules, including a prediction of observable Efimov physics. Despite the anisotropic and long-range nature of the interaction, shielding enables a regime in which universality emerges already at the two-body level and extends to the three-body sector, where Efimov physics emerges. On the negative side of the scattering-length resonance, computed trimer binding energies display the characteristic scali

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Markovian Embeddings of Non-Markovian Open System Dynamics

⚛️ Quantum
Meng Xu, J. T. Stockburger, J. Ankerhold • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Embedding non-Markovian open quantum dynamics into an enlarged Markovian space offers a powerful route to nonperturbative simulations, where the dynamics of the extended space can be governed by multiple distinct Markovian equations. We show that these distinct embeddings arise from different unravelings of Gaussian bath self-energies, generating a family of deterministic, time-local equations for the extended system. Using the Brownian-oscillator spectral density as an illustrative example, we

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Phonon decoherence produced by two-level tunneling states

⚛️ Quantum
Ryan O. Behunin, Taylor Ray, Dylan Chapman, Andrew J. Shepherd, Yizhi Luo, Peter T. Rakich • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Phonon modes within pristine crystalline resonators now routinely reach the quantum ground state. Such systems are attractive for quantum information science applications, as advanced fabrication and processing can enable relatively long quantum coherence times, and precision control can be realized through optical, electrical, or qubit coupling. In many state-of-the-art systems, the phonon lifetime is limited by disorder. In particular, native oxides or damaged `dead layers' at surfaces can hos

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Natural Qubit Algebra: clarification of the Clifford boundary and new non-embeddability theorem

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Grigory Koroteev • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We introduce Natural Qubit Algebra (NQA), a compact real operator calculus for qubit systems based on a $2\times2$ block alphabet $\{I,X,Z,W\}\subset\mathrm{Mat}(2,\mathbb{R})$ and tensor-word representations. The resulting multiplication law induces a canonical $(\mathbb{Z}_2)^{2m}$-grading with a bicharacter that controls commutation signs, placing the framework naturally within the theory of color-graded and Clifford-type algebras. Within this language, we provide: (i) an explicit real Cliffo

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Assessing quantum coherence in quantum annealers

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Connor Aronoff, Travis Howard, David Nicholaeff, Alejandro Lopez-Bezanilla, Wade DeGottardi • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Demonstrating genuine many-body quantum coherence in large-scale quantum processors remains a central challenge for near-term quantum technologies. Recent experiments on D-Wave quantum annealers have investigated quenches of Ising chains and observed defect densities that show Kibble-Zurek scaling, consistent with coherent quantum dynamics. However, identical scaling can arise from classical or thermal processes. Here we propose the use of many-body coherent oscillations (MBCO) as a diagnostic f

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The Inverse Born Rule Fallacy: On the Informational Limits of Phase-Locked Amplitude Encoding

⚛️ Quantum
Sebastian Zając, Jacob L. Cybulski, Bartosz Dziewit, Tomasz Kulpa • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In Quantum Machine Learning (QML) and Quantum Finance, amplitude encoding is often motivated by its logarithmic storage capacity arXiv:1307.0411. This paradigm typically relies on the mapping $ψ= \sqrt{P}$, treating the quantum state as a derivative of a classical probability distribution $P$. By restricting the data manifold to the positive real orthant $\mathcal{S}^+$, the accessible Hilbert space is effectively abelianized, rendering the representation ``phase-deaf''. We rigorously establish

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Using near-flat-band electrons for read-out of molecular spin qubit entangled states

⚛️ Quantum
Christian Bunker, Silas Hoffman, Shuanglong Liu, Xiao-Guang Zhang, Hai-Ping Cheng • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

While molecular spin qubits (MSQs) are a promising platform for quantum computing, read-out has been largely limited to electron paramagnetic resonance which is often slow and requires a global system drive. Moreover, because one prerequisite for the Elzerman and Pauli spin blockade readout mechanisms typical of semiconductor spin qubits is tunneling of electrons between sites, these read-out modalities are unavailable in MSQs. Here, we theoretically demonstrate electrical read-out of entangled

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Coherent Quantum Evaluation of Collider Amplitudes for Effective Field Theory Constraints

⚛️ Quantum
Yacine Haddad, Kaidi Xu, Vincent Croft, Jad C. Halimeh, Michele Grossi • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Precision measurements at electron-positron colliders provide stringent tests of the Standard Model and powerful probes of possible higher-dimensional interactions. We present a hybrid quantum-classical framework for computing leading-order helicity amplitudes for $e^+e^-\to \ell^+\ell^-$ scattering on gate-based quantum hardware and using the resulting cross sections to constrain both Standard Model couplings and effective field theory operators. In our approach, external kinematics are encoded

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Optical repumping and atom number balancing in a two-color MOT

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Shubha Deutschle, Lőrinc Sárkány, Milán János Negyedi, József Fortágh, Andreas Günther, Philippe Wilhelm Courteille • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We study a novel repumping transition for $^{88}$Sr atoms trapped in a 'blue' magneto-optical trap. We show that, while the repumping efficiency is about three orders of magnitude smaller than for traditional schemes, it is sufficient for recycling all atoms, provided the repumping laser beams are arranged to form a 'green' magneto- optical trap (MOT) helping to cool and confine the atoms and preventing their loss. Our main findings are: (i) that the green MOT configuration is able to trap 10 ti

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Detecting Higher Berry Phase via Boundary Scattering

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Chih-Yu Lo, Xueda Wen • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Higher Berry phase has recently been proposed to study the topology of the space of gapped many-body quantum systems. In this work, we develop a boundary-scattering approach to detect higher Berry phases in one-dimensional gapped free-fermion systems. By coupling a gapless lead to the gapped system, we demonstrate that the higher Berry invariant can be obtained by studying the higher winding number of the boundary reflection matrix. The resulting topological invariant is robust against perturbat

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Ab Initio Random Matrix Theory of Molecular Electronic Structure

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Zhen Tao, Victor Galitski • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We use ab initio electronic-structure methods to investigate random-matrix theory (RMT) universality in molecular electronic structure. Using single-reference electronic structure methods, including Hartree-Fock, configuration-interaction singles (CIS), density functional theory, and linear-response time-dependent density-functional theory, we compute single-particle orbital energies and many-electron excitations of several representative molecules (benzene, alanine, 1-phenylethylamine, methylox

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Teleportation transition of surface codes on a superconducting quantum processor

⚛️ Quantum
Yiren Zou, Hong-Kuan Xia, Aosai Zhang, Xuhao Zhu, Feitong Jin, Qingyuan Wang, Yu Gao, Chuanyu Zhang, Ning Wang, Zhengyi Cui • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The topological surface code is a leading candidate for harnessing long-range entanglement to protect logical quantum information against errors, and teleportation of logical states is desirable for robust quantum information processing. Nevertheless, scaling up the surface code in quantum teleportation poses a formidable challenge to experiment. Here on a superconducting quantum processor with 125 qubits, we demonstrate the robust teleportation of topological rotated surface code prepared by a

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Random Acceleration Noise on Stern-Gerlach Interferometry in a Harmonic Trap

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Sneha Narasimha Moorthy, Andrew Geraci, Sougato Bose, Anupam Mazumdar • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We analyze decoherence in a one-loop Stern--Gerlach--type matter-wave interferometer for a massive nanoparticle embedded with a nitrogen vacancy (NV)-centred nanodiamond evolving under an effective harmonic-oscillator dynamics in a magnetic-field gradient. We assume that the Stern-Gerlach interferometer is subjected to a random acceleration noise external to the system. This could be along the direction of the superposition at an angle which can be varied. We quantify dephasing from two noise ch

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Exact quantum transport in non-Markovian open Gaussian systems

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Guglielmo Pellitteri, Vittorio Giovannetti, Vasco Cavina • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We build an exact framework to evaluate heat, energy, and particle transport between Gaussian reservoirs mediated by a quadratic quantum system. By combining full counting statistics with newly developed non-Markovian master equation approaches, we introduce an effective master equation whose solution can be used to generate arbitrary moments of the heat statistics for any number of reservoirs. This theory applies equally to fermionic and bosonic systems, holds at arbitrarily strong coupling, an

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Reducing the Gate Count with Efficient Trotter-Suzuki Schemes

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Marko Maležič, Johann Ostmeyer • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Hamiltonian formulations of lattice field theories provide access to real-time dynamics, but their simulation is difficult to implement efficiently. Trotter-Suzuki decompositions are at the center of time evolution computation, either on quantum hardware or classically, for instance with the use of tensor networks. While low-order Trotterizations remain the standard choice due to their simplicity, higher-order schemes offer the potential for improved efficiency. In this work we outline a short g

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Effect of symmetry breaking on altermagnetism in CrSb and Formation of fragmented nodal curves

⚛️ Quantum
Arindom Das, Arijit Mandal, Nayana Devaraj, B. R. K. Nanda • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Phenomena concerning altermagnets have opened up a window for unconventional analysis of the momentum space spin polarization (MSSP) of antiferromagnetic materials. Taking the example of one of the widely investigated altermagnets, CrSb, we explore the underlying mechanisms leading to the formation or breaking of altermagnetism. With the aid of DFT calculation and symmetry analysis, we study the behavior of MSSP in the altermagnetic bands of pristine CrSb, along with a few model structures desig

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Quantum Approximate Optimization for Decoding of Low-Density Parity-Check Codes

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Krishnakanta Barik, Goutam Paul • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Decoding Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) codes is a fundamental problem in coding theory, and Belief Propagation (BP) is one of the most popular methods for LDPC code decoding. However, BP may encounter convergence issues and suboptimal performance, especially for short-length codes and in high-noise channels. The Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) is a type of Variational Quantum Algorithm (VQA) designed to solve combinatorial optimization problems by minimizing a problem-specifi

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On Hydrodynamic Formulations of Quantum Mechanics and the Problem of Sparse Ontology

⚛️ Quantum
Aric Hackebill, Bill Poirier • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Hydrodynamic reformulations of the Schrödinger equation suggest an interpretation of quantum mechanics in terms of a fluid flowing on configuration space. In the discrete hydrodynamic view, this fluid is not fundamental but emerges from many underlying microscopic fluid components whose collective behavior reproduces quantum phenomena. The most developed realization of this idea is the discrete many interacting worlds (MIW) framework, in which discrete particle-like worlds interact via inter-wor

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Quantum feedback algorithms for DNA assembly using FALQON variants

⚛️ Quantum
Pedro M. Prado, Lucas A. M. Rattighieri, Rafael Simões do Carmo, Giovanni S. Franco, Guilherme E. L. Pexe, Alexandre Drinko, Erick G. Dorlass, Tatiana F. de Almeida, Felipe F. Fanchini • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Reconstructing DNA sequences without a reference, known as de novo assembly, is a complex computational task involving the alignment of overlapping fragments. To address this problem, a usual strategy is to map the assembly to a Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) formulation, which can be solved by different quantum algorithms. In this work, we focus on three versions of the Feedback-based Algorithm, a protocol that eliminates classical optimization loops via measurement feedback

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Correcting coherent quantum errors by going with the flow

⚛️ Quantum
Wayne M. Witzel, Anand Ganti, Tzvetan S. Metodi • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The performance of a given quantum error correction (QEC) code depends upon the noise model that is assumed. Independent Pauli noise, applied after each quantum operation, is a simplistic noise model that is easy to simulate and understand in the context of stabilizer codes. Although such a noise model is artificial, it is equivalent to independent, random, unbiased qubit rotations. What about spatially or temporally correlated qubit rotations? Such a noise model is applicable to global operatio

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Quantum Coherence of Top Quark Pairs Produced at LHC

⚛️ Quantum
Saeed Haddadi, Majid Azizi, Artur Czerwinski • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We study quantum coherence in top-antitop production at the LHC by comparing Standard Model predictions with CMS data across different kinematic regimes. Theory and experiment are statistically consistent in the near-threshold and boosted central regions, confirming that the spin-density framework captures the dominant helicity-interference structure. The intermediate-mass window shows a noticeable deviation, indicating enhanced sensitivity to radiative QCD effects. This work reinterprets measur

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Asynchronous Multi-photon Interference for Quantum Networks

⚛️ Quantum
Baghdasar Baghdasaryan, Karen Lozano-Méndez, Markus Leipe, Meritxell Cabrejo-Ponce, Sabine Häussler, Kaushik Joarder, Tim Gühring, Stephan Fritzsche, Thorsten A. Goebel, Ria G. Krämer • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Advanced quantum communication protocols require high-visibility quantum interference between photons generated at distant nodes, which places stringent demands on optical synchronization. Conventionally, synchronization of optical wave packets relies on pulsed sources and precise optical path stabilization. An alternative approach employs continuous-wave (CW) photon-pair sources, where temporal indistinguishability is enforced by post-selecting detection events within a coincidence window $τ_w$

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Restriction-Based Certificate of Bipartite Schmidt Rank in Hypergraph States

⚛️ Quantum
C. Fajardo, M. Paraschiv • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We investigate bipartite entanglement in qubit hypergraph states across an arbitrary fixed bipartition. Using the real equally weighted (REW) representation, the Schmidt rank across the cut can be computed as the real rank of a phase-cleaned cross-cut sign matrix. Whereas graph states admit an exact cut-rank rule, because the cross-cut phase is purely bilinear, hypergraph states typically contain higher-degree cross-cut interactions, for which the cut-rank rule fails. Our approach certifies enta

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Telemetry-Based Server Selection in the Quantum Internet via Cross-Layer Runtime Estimation

⚛️ Quantum
Masaki Nagai, Hideaki Kawaguchi, Shin Nishio, Takahiko Satoh • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The Quantum Internet will allow clients to delegate quantum workloads to remote servers over heterogeneous networks, but choosing the server that minimizes end-to-end execution time is difficult because server processing, feedforward classical communication, and entanglement distribution can overlap in protocol-dependent ways and shift the runtime bottleneck. We propose $T_{\max}$, a lightweight runtime score that sums coarse telemetry from multiple layers to obtain a conservative ranking for on

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Internal dynamics and guided motion in general relativistic quantum interferometry

⚛️ Quantum
Thomas B. Mieling • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The coupling between internal degrees of freedom of quantum systems and their overall motion in an external gravitational field plays a central role in multiple extensions of Einstein's equivalence principle to quantum physics. While previous models of such effects were predominantly restricted to linearized gravity and often required the motion of quantum particles to follow prescribed world-lines, this letter shows how such phenomena can be understood using generally covariant semiclassical ap

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Characterization-free classification and identification of the environment between two quantum players

⚛️ Quantum
Masahito Hayashi, Longyang Cao, Baichu Yu, Yuan-Yuan Zhao • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Classifying the causal structure of quantum channels is essential for verifying quantum networks and certifying quantum resources. We introduce a characterization-free protocol enabling two isolated players, Alice and Bob, to classify and identify the definite-order strategy adopted by an unknown environment mediating their channels. Without assuming knowledge of their devices or the environment, the players infer the causal order solely from input-output statistics by testing Markovian conditio

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Entanglement-Induced Resilience of Quantum Dynamics

⚛️ Quantum
Tianfeng Feng, Yue Cao, Wenjun Yu, Junkai Zeng, Xiaopeng Li, Xiu-Hao Deng, Qi Zhao • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Quantum many-body devices suffer from imperfections that destabilize dynamics and limit scalability. We show that the dynamical growth of entanglement can intrinsically protect generic quantum dynamics against coherent and perturbative noise. Through rigorous theoretical analysis of general quantum dynamics and numerical simulations of spin chains and fermionic lattices, we prove that entanglement-entropy growth confines the influence of local Hamiltonian perturbations, thereby suppressing error

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Quantum-limited detection of arrival time and carrier frequency of time-dependent signals

⚛️ Quantum
Patrick Folge, Laura Serino, Ladislav Mišta, Benjamin Brecht, Christine Silberhorn, Jaroslav Řeháček, Zdeněk Hradil • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Precise measurements of both the arrival time and carrier frequency of light pulses are essential for time-frequency-encoded quantum technologies. Quantum mechanics, however, imposes fundamental limits on the simultaneous determination of these quantities. In this work, we derive and experimentally verify the quantum uncertainty bounds governing joint time-frequency measurements. We show that when detection is restricted to finite time windows, the problem is naturally described by a quantum rot

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Adversarial Information Gain in Non-ideal Quantum Measurements

⚛️ Quantum
Andrés Muñoz-Moller, Leevi Leppäjärvi, Teiko Heinosaari • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Performing a quantum measurement yields two different results: a classical outcome drawn from a probability distribution, according to Born's rule, and a quantum outcome corresponding to the post-measurement state. Quantum devices that provide both outcomes can be described through quantum instruments. In a realistic scenario, one can expect that the observer's obtained classical and quantum outcomes are non-ideal: this can be due to experimental limitations, but could also be explained by adver

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Experimental Asynchronous Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Cryptographic Conferencing

⚛️ Quantum
Yifeng Du, Yang Hu, Yufeng Liu, Wenhan Yan, Jinghao Zhang, Shining Zhu, Xiao-Song Ma • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The quantum cryptographic conferencing (QCC) protocol, which distributes identical secure keys to user groups, is a crucial component of the quantum network. Previous experimental works have implemented the measurement-device-independent (MDI) QCC, of which the key rate in an $N$-user network scales down as $R\sim O(η^N)$, respectively. Building on the MDI QCC protocol, the asynchronous MDI (AMDI) QCC protocol theoretically integrates the mode pairing scheme into QCC, significantly boosting the

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Enhancing low-temperature quantum thermometry and magnetometry via quadratic interactions in optomechanical-like systems

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Asghar Ullah, Özgür E. Müstecaplıoğlu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Standard optomechanical sensors operating in the low-temperature regime often face fundamental precision limits imposed by vacuum fluctuations. Here, we demonstrate that moving beyond conventional radiation-pressure interactions and exploiting quadratic coupling can surpass these limits, generating intrinsic squeezing and non-Gaussian features in the probe state. We study quantum thermometry and magnetometry in a coupled two-resonator system, focusing on the estimation of a thermal bath temperat

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$σ$-VQE: Excited-state preparation of quantum many-body scars with shallow circuits

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Eoin Carolan, Nathan Keenan, Gabriele Cenedese, Giuliano Benenti • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We present and benchmark a type of variational quantum eigensolver (VQE), which we denote the $σ$-VQE. It is designed to target mid-spectrum eigenstates and prepare quantum many-body scar states. The approach leverages the fact that noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices are limited in their ability to generate generic highly-entangled states. This modified VQE pairs a low-depth circuit with an energy-selective objective that explicitly penalizes energy variance around a chosen target energy.

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Efficient two-color Floquet control of the RKKY interaction in altermagnets

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Mohsen Yarmohammadi, Pei-Hao Fu, James K. Freericks • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Magnetic impurities in real materials can mask the intrinsic spin-dependent properties of hosts. They interact indirectly through the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY) mechanism, which limits the use of isolated impurity spins in applications such as qubits and spintronics. Suppressing the RKKY interaction would therefore enable access to the host's unperturbed behavior while simultaneously isolating impurity spins for functional use. Although single-color laser driving can suppress the RKKY

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Simulating Microwave-Controlled Spin Imaging with Free-Space Electrons

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Santiago Beltrán-Romero, Stefan Löffler, Dennis Rätzel, Philipp Haslinger • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Coherent spin resonance techniques, such as nuclear and electron spin resonance spectroscopy, have revolutionized non-invasive imaging by providing spectrally resolved information about spin dynamics. Motivated by the recent emergence of electron microscopy methods capable of sensing microwave-excitations, we establish a theoretical framework for Spin Resonance Spectroscopy (SRS) in transmission electron microscopy (TEM). This technique combines microwave pump fields with focused electron probe

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A mathematical model for the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen argument

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Riccardo Adami, Luigi Barletti, Alessandro Teta • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We study a nonrelativistic system made of two quantum particles constrained to move on a line and a spin located at a fixed point of the line. Initially the two particles are in a maximally entangled state and the spin is down. The first particle interacts with the spin while the second particle is free, i.e., it does not interact neither with the first particle nor with the spin. We rigorously prove that there is a correlation between the state of the spin and the state of the second particle.

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Mach-Zehnder interferometer for in-situ characterization of atom traps

⚛️ Quantum
Alexander Wolf, Maxim A. Efremov • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Manipulating cold atoms in traps is a key tool for numerous realizations of quantum simulators and quantum sensors. They require accurate modeling and characterization of the underlying trapping potentials. We introduce a technique based on the Mach-Zehnder interferometer for in-situ characterization of weakly anharmonic potentials. By simulating the interferometer in an optical dipole trap, we can accurately determine its trap frequency and upper bounds onto anharmonicity magnitudes.

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Quantum discord of mixed states under noisy channels in the curved spacetime

⚛️ Quantum
Yuxuan Xiong, Zhiling Pi, Tinggui Zhang, Xiaofen Huang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We focus our attention on two-qubit mixed states as initial states, and apply the geometric measure of quantum discord to investigate quantum discord properties in the background of a Schwarzschild black hole under phase damping, phase flip and bit flip channels, respectively. Several analytical complementary relationships based on quantum discords for bipartite subsystems are proposed. For the three channel noises, the behaviors of discords are similar, the accessible discords always degrade as

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Quantum coherence of mixed states under noisy channels in noninertial frames

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Tangrui Liao, Junhao Yang, Tinggui Zhang, Xiaofen Huang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We focus our attention on tripartite mixed states as initial states, and apply coherence concurrence to investigate quantum coherence properties in the background of a Schwarzschild black hole under phase damping, phase flip and bit flip channels, respectively. Several analytic complementary relationships based on coherence concurrence for tripartite subsystems are proposed. In the case of the bit flip channel, the behavior of the coherence concurrence is similar to the one of the phase damping

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Suppressed correlation-spreading in a one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model with strong interactions

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Jose Carlos Pelayo, Ippei Danshita • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We investigate signatures of non-ergodic behavior in the real-time evolution of a one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model, where the initial state is a doubly occupied density-wave state. We show that the occupation dynamics at strong interactions is dominated by doublon-holon exchange which leads to a domain wall excitation and propagation. The latter manifests as a negated staggered pattern in the density-density correlations. While the single-particle and the pair correlation functions show highly

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Generative Deep Learning for the Two-Dimensional Quantum Rotor Model

⚛️ Quantum
Yanyang Wang, Feng Gao, Kui Tuo, Wei Li • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The advancement of diverse generative deep learning models and their variants has furnished substantial insights for investigating quantum many-body problems. In this work, we design two models based on the foundational architecture of generative adversarial networks (GANs) to investigate the ground-state properties and phase transition characteristics of the two-dimensional quantum rotor model (QRM). Within a semi-supervised learning framework, we incorporate multiple layers of transposed convo

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A note on entanglement detection via the generalized realignment moments

⚛️ Quantum
Xiaofen Huang, Xishun Zhu, Bin Chen, Naihuan Jing, Shao-Ming Fei • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The experimental detection of quantum entanglement is of great importance in quantum information processing. We present two separability criteria based on the generalized realignment moments. By incorporating additional parameters, these criteria prove to be more flexible and stronger than some of existing ones. Detailed examples are given to demonstrate their availability and feasibility for entanglement detection.

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Tune-out wavelength for the thulium atom near 576 nm

⚛️ Quantum
Ivan Pyrkh, Arjuna Rudnev, Daniil Pershin, Davlet Kumpilov, Ivan Cojocaru, Vladimir Khlebnikov, Pavel Aksentsev, Ayrat Ibrahimov, Sergey Kuzmin, Alexander Raskatov • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We report the theoretical prediction and measurement of a tune-out wavelength for the ground state of the thulium atom in a linearly polarized optical dipole trap with a wavelength of approximately 576 nm. The measurements were conducted using a combination of trap frequency and RF loss spectroscopy, thus making it possible to separate the scalar and tensor parts of the total polarizability without measurements in the range of negative total polarizability. The calculated tune-out wavelength is

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Spatial Entanglement Sudden Death in Spin Chains at All Temperatures

⚛️ Quantum
Samuel O. Scalet • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We prove a finite entanglement length for the Gibbs state of any local Hamiltonian on a spin chain at any finite temperature: After removing an interval of size at least equal to the entanglement length, the remaining left and right half-chains are in a separable state.

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Task Concurrency and Compatibility in Measurement-Based Quantum Networks

⚛️ Quantum
Jakob Kaltoft Søndergaard, René Bødker Christensen, Petar Popovski • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Measurement-Based Quantum Networks (MBQNs) rely on multipartite pre-shared entanglement resources to satisfy entanglement requests. Traditional designs optimize these resources for individual tasks, neglecting that multiple tasks may arrive concurrently and compete for the same entanglement. We introduce compatibility as a design-level metric, capturing whether concurrent tasks can be satisfied by the same entanglement resources. We define a worst-case notion of compatibility where nodes are pre

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Qudit stabiliser codes for $\mathbb{Z}_N$ lattice gauge theories with matter

⚛️ Quantum
Luca Spagnoli, Alessandro Roggero, Nathan Wiebe • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In this work we extend the connection between Quantum Error Correction (QEC) and Lattice Gauge Theories (LGTs) by showing that a $\mathbb{Z}_N$ gauge theory with prime dimension $N$ coupled to dynamical matter can be expressed as a qudit stabilizer code. Using the stabilizer formalism we show how to formulate an exact mapping of the encoded $\mathbb{Z}_N$ gauge theory onto two different bosonic models, uncovering a logical duality generated by error correction itself. From this perspective, quan

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First- and Second-Order Digital Quantum Simulation of Three-Level Jaynes-Cummings Dynamics on Superconducting Quantum Processors

⚛️ Quantum
J. Thirunirai Selvam, S. Saravana Veni, Ria Rushin Joseph • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

This work presents a digital quantum simulation of a three-level atomic system interacting with a single-mode electromagnetic field based on the Jaynes-Cummings model, implemented on IBM Quantum superconducting processors. A qutrit is encoded using two physical qubits to represent the atomic states, while an additional qubit encodes the truncated field mode, enabling the realization of effective $Λ$-type atomic dynamics.The continuous-time light-matter interaction is implemented in a digital for

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Non-Clifford symmetry protected topological higher-order cluster states in multi-qubit measurement-based quantum computation

⚛️ Quantum
Motohiko Ezawa • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

A cluster state is a strongly entangled state, which is a source of measurement-based quantum computation. It is generated by applying controlled-Z (CZ) gates to the state $\left\vert ++\cdots +\right\rangle $. It is protected by the $\mathbb{Z}_{2}^{\text{even}}\times \mathbb{Z}_{2}^{ \text{odd}}$ symmetry. By applying general quantum gates to the state $ \left\vert ++\cdots +\right\rangle $, we systematically obtain a general short-range entangled cluster state. If we use a non-Clifford gate s

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Quantum circuit design from a retraction-based Riemannian optimization framework

⚛️ Quantum
Zhijian Lai, Hantao Nie, Jiayuan Wu, Dong An • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Designing quantum circuits for ground state preparation is a fundamental task in quantum information science. However, standard Variational Quantum Algorithms (VQAs) are often constrained by limited ansatz expressivity and difficult optimization landscapes. To address these issues, we adopt a geometric perspective, formulating the problem as the minimization of an energy cost function directly over the unitary group. We establish a retraction-based Riemannian optimization framework for this sett

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Kondo breakdown as an entanglement transition driven by continuous measurement

⚛️ Quantum
Debraj Debata, Abhirup Mukherjee, Siddhartha Lal • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We study the breakdown of Kondo screening by a local magnetic field from the perspective of a measurement-driven entanglement transition in a monitored quantum system. Here, the Kondo coupling leads to the growth in entanglement of an impurity spin with it's fermionic environment, while the local field plays the role of a continuous observer. Using a non-perturbative Unitary Renormalization Group (URG) approach, we derive coupled renormalization-group flow equations for the Kondo exchange and th

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Effect of atom-oscillator interaction on the aging transition in coupled oscillators

⚛️ Quantum
Huining Zhang, X. Z. Hao, X. X. Yi • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Oscillators are often employed as a model of radiation fields, which may couple to an atom and play an important role for creating and manipulating nonclassical states in quantum metrology, quantum simulation, and quantum information. Aging transitions in coupled oscillators have been studied extensively in both the classical and quantum contexts. It is well known that the onset of aging transitions can be modulated by the dissipative coupling between oscillators. In this study, we propose an al

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Assessing the Practical Feasibility of the Clader-Jacobs-Sprouse Quantum Algorithm for Calculating Radar Cross Sections

⚛️ Quantum
Edward Parker, Nicholas A. O'Donoughue, Alvin Moon, Nicolas M. Robles • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In 2013, Clader, Jacobs, and Sprouse developed a quantum computing algorithm that solves electromagnetic scattering problems exponentially faster than the best known classical algorithm for that problem. We examine this quantum algorithm's potential practical feasibility for modeling a target's radar cross section. Doing so could be important for modeling and predicting radar behavior against emerging targets.

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Distilling Magic States in the Bicycle Architecture

⚛️ Quantum
Shifan Xu, Kun Liu, Patrick Rall, Zhiyang He, Yongshan Ding • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Magic State Distillation is considered to be one of the promising methods for supplying the non-Clifford resources required to achieve universal fault tolerance. Conventional MSD protocols implemented in surface codes often require multiple code blocks and lattice surgery rounds, resulting in substantial qubit overhead, especially at low target error rates. In this work, we present practical magic state distillation factories on Bivariate Bicycle (BB) codes that execute Pauli-measurement-based C

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Hilbert Space Black Hole Analog: Unidirectional Transport without Driving

⚛️ Quantum
Elvira Bilokon, Valeriia Bilokon, Frank Großmann, Jason R. Williams, Denys I. Bondar • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Black holes permit matter to cross their event horizon in only one direction. We show that interacting bosons in optical lattices with asymmetric barrier exhibit an analogous phenomenon, creating unidirectional quantum transport without external driving or dissipation. This directionality emerges purely from many-body interactions, which cause asymmetric projection of the initial state onto transport-enabled or transport-forbidden sectors. The resulting dynamics create an effective one-way bound

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Fundamentals of Quantum Machine Learning and Robustness

⚛️ Quantum
Lirandë Pira, Patrick Rebentrost • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Quantum machine learning (QML) sits at the intersection of quantum computing and classical machine learning, offering the prospect of new computational paradigms and advantages for processing complex data. This chapter introduces the fundamentals of QML for readers from both communities, establishing a shared conceptual foundation. We connect the worst-case, adversarial perspective from theoretical computer science with the physical principles of quantum systems, highlighting how superposition,

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ALP Dark Matter, Cosmological Magnetic Fields and the Direct Collapse Black Hole Formation Scenario

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Ashu Kushwaha, Robert Brandenberger • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Assuming that dark matter is an ultralight pseudoscalar particle which couples to electromagnetism like an axion (an ALP), we demonstrate that the coupling of the cosmological magnetic field produced by the ALP field oscillations to the primordial dark matter fluctuations yields a spectrum of gauge field fluctuations which can produce a sufficient flux of Lyman-Werner photons to enable the Direct Collapse Black Hole formation scenario. The induced flux is consistent with the bounds on the excess

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Collisionless Accretion of Finite-Angular-Momentum Plasma onto a Spinning Black Hole

🔭 Physics
John M. Mehlhaff, Alexander Y. Chen, Martin Luepker, Yajie Yuan • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In low-luminosity active galactic nuclei like M87* and Sgr A*, the accretion disk around the central supermassive black hole is tenuous and collisionless. As a result, the usual ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) approximation may not be applicable. In this Letter, we report on the first fully kinetic simulations of the accretion process where the plasma initially has finite angular momentum. The simulated accretion flow behaves remarkably similarly to the magnetically arrested disk (MAD) regime o

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Whistler-Alfvén turbulence in a non-neutral ultrarelativistic pair plasma

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Stanislav Boldyrev, Mikhail Medvedev • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The large-scale dynamics of most conventional space and astrophysical plasmas are predominantly governed by Alfvén modes, which are low-frequency magnetohydrodynamic modes existing in magnetized media. At scales smaller than the ion gyroscale or frequencies exceeding the ion cyclotron frequency, the Alfvén modes transform into kinetic-Alfvén or whistler modes that significantly contribute to plasma dynamics. However, this scenario reverses in non-neutral pair plasmas, such as those found in the

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BMN-like Matrix Models

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Eunwoo Lee • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We conjecture a family of matrix quantum mechanical models that are holographically dual to discrete light-cone quantization of M-theory in pp-wave-like backgrounds. These backgrounds can be obtained from a Penrose limit of AdS$_4\times X_7$, where $X_7$ is Einstein. The matrix models arise from a classically consistent dimensional reduction of the UV Lagrangians of $\mathcal{N}=1$ superconformal field theories, in close analogy with how the BMN matrix model is obtained by dimensional reduction

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Extending direct measurements of argon nuclear recoils into the sub-keV regime with ReD and ReD+

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Noemi Pino • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Direct searches for dark matter in the form of WIMPs with argon-based detectors require precise measurements of the ionization yield \Qy\ for nuclear recoils at low energies. Prior to this work, direct experimental data were available only above 6.7 keV, leaving a critical gap in the energy region most relevant for low-mass WIMP searches. The Recoil Directionality (ReD) experiment addressed this limitation by measuring the argon \Qy\ for nuclear recoils between 2 and 10 keV using a dual-phase TP

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Fermi-LAT 16-year Source List

🔭 Physics
J. Ballet, P. Bruel, T. H. Burnett, B. Lott • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The current Fermi-LAT source catalog (4FGL-DR4: 7194 sources over 14 years) was built incrementally from the 8-year catalog. In a survey mission like Fermi, data accumulate on each source over time, so after 16 years (reached in August 2024) and twice the data for the original 4FGL sources we have more precise localization (by 24% on average). It is thus time to generate a new original catalog, which implies, beyond adding the sources newly detectable after two more years, changing the existing

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Static Dark Fluid Thin Shells in Schwarzschild-de Sitter Spacetimes: Stability and Black Hole Shadows

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Dimitrios Efstratiou, Evangelos Achilleas Paraskevas, Leandros Perivolaropoulos • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We study the existence and radial stability of static, spherically symmetric thin shells separating two Schwarzschild--de Sitter spacetimes with parameters $(m_\pm,Λ_\pm)$. Using the Israel junction formalism and a linear barotropic equation of state $p = λ(σ- σ_1)c^2$, we decouple the sound speed $c_s^2 = λc^2$ from the equilibrium equation-of-state parameter $w_0 \equiv p_0 / (σ_0 c^2)$ and derive the effective potential governing radial dynamics. For observationally motivated parameters, stab

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Measurement of the near-threshold J$/ψ$ photoproduction cross section with the CLAS12 experiment

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P. Chatagnon, V. Kubarovsky, R. Paremuzyan, S. Stepanyan, M. Tenorio, R. Tyson, A. G. Acar, P. Achenbach, J. S. Alvarado, M. J. Amaryan • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We present measurements of the total and differential cross sections for near-threshold J/$ψ$ photoproduction obtained with the CLAS12 detector at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The results are based on data collected during the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 running periods, using electron beams with energies of 10.6 and 10.2 GeV, respectively, scattered off a liquid-hydrogen target. Near-threshold J$/ψ$ photoproduction offers a unique sensitivity to the strong interaction in th

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Searches for new physics beyond the Standard Model in hyperon sector

🔭 Physics
Jianyu Zhang, Jinlin Fu, Hai-Bo Li • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Hyperon physics offers a distinctive laboratory for probing the intensity frontier and searching for physics beyond the Standard Model. This review summarizes recent results from the BESIII experiment, including pioneering studies of dark baryons, massless BSM particles, and invisible decay modes, together with investigations of baryon- and lepton-number violation. A central highlight is the determination of the $Λ$ electric dipole moment using quantum-entangled hyperon-antihyperon pairs, achiev

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Choice of Quantum Vacuum for Inflation Observables

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Melo Wood-Saanaoui, Rudnei O. Ramos, Arjun Berera • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We investigate the modifications to inflationary observables that arise when adopting an $α$-vacuum instead of the standard Bunch--Davies vacuum for quantum fluctuations during inflation. Within the Starobinsky inflationary model, we compute and compare the scalar spectral index, its running, and the running of the running arising from different choices of the initial vacuum state. We further examine the energy scales associated with $α$-vacua and argue that, for any number of extra spatial dime

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Imprints of non-commutativity on charged black holes

🔭 Physics
N. Heidari • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

This work presents a comprehensive investigation of the gravitational phenomena that correspond to a non-commutative (NC) charged black hole, by incorporating NC geometry through a Moyal twist. We derive the deformed metric up to the second order of the NC parameter, utilizing the Seiberg-Witten map for the Reissner-Nordstrom black hole. We explore how non-commutativity modifies key thermodynamic properties, such as the Hawking temperature and heat capacity, and the existence of a remnant mass a

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Seedless Reduction of Feynman Integrals

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Leonardo de la Cruz, David A. Kosower • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We show how to construct a complete set of lowering operators, whose successive application reduces an arbitrary Fenyman integral to a combination of master integrals. The construction builds systems of equations for generic integral indices using IBP-generating vectors. The solution to each system is a lowering operator.

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Forward hadron production in proton-air collisions above LHC energies through the fluctuations of extensive air showers

🔭 Physics
Lorenzo Cazon, Ruben Conceição, Miguel Alexandre Martins, Felix Riehn • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Primary proton-air interactions at ultra-high energies leave a physically interpretable imprint on the correlated fluctuations of the depth of shower maximum and the muon content in extensive air showers. This imprint reflects the stochasticity in the partition of the primary energy among secondary particles in the first interaction. We show that these fluctuations can be accessed through a probabilistic description that isolates sensitivity to hadronic physics in the initial collision, while tr

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Beyond Gaussian Assumptions: A new robust statistical framework for gravitational-wave data analysis

🔭 Physics
Argyro Sasli, Minas Karamanis, Nikolaos Karnesis, Michael W. Coughlin, Vuk Mandic, Uroš Seljak, Nikolaos Stergioulas • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Many traditional algorithms applied in gravitational-wave astronomy rely on the assumption of Gaussian noise, a condition not always met. To meet this need, this study extends a robust statistical framework, advancing previous work on heavy-tailed likelihoods, that adapts the hyperbolic likelihood method for full frequency domain applications. The framework is designed to maintain high performance under ideal conditions while improving robustness against non-Gaussian noise and outliers in real-w

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Spin chains for ADE quiver theories

🔭 Physics
Jarryd Bath, Konstantinos Zoubos • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The spectral problem of four-dimensional superconformal quiver gauge theories can be mapped to one-dimensional spin chains with restricted Hilbert spaces, where the composition of neighbouring spins follows the path algebra of the quiver. To better understand such spin chains, we compute the one-loop planar dilatation operator for the 4d N=2 ADE quiver gauge theories obtained by orbifolding the N=4 Super-Yang-Mills theory and marginally deforming by independently varying the gauge couplings. Thi

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Solving the tetrahedron equation by Teichmüller TQFT

🔭 Physics
Myungbo Shim, Xiaoyue Sun, Hao Ellery Wang, Junya Yagi • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We propose an approach to construct three-dimensional lattice models using line defects in state integral models on shaped triangulations of 3-manifolds. The Boltzmann weights for these models satisfy a variant of the tetrahedron equation, which implies integrability under suitable assumptions on R-matrices and transfer matrices. As an explicit example, we present a solution produced by Teichmüller TQFT.

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Resonance-aware parton-shower matching for off-shell top-antitop production with semi-leptonic decays at electron-positron colliders

🔭 Physics
Ansgar Denner, Daniele Lombardi, Mathieu Pellen, Giovanni Pelliccioli • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We present full off-shell NLO corrections in QCD obtained with the MoCaNLO code matched to parton shower. A resonance-aware matching procedure has been devised for the MC@NLO method tuned to the Catani-Seymour dipole subtraction. Specifically, we consider the off-shell production of a top-antitop pair in the semi-leptonic decay channel in electron-positron collisions and match it to the final-state QCD parton shower of PYTHIA8. Distortions of resonances' line shapes are avoided by providing the

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IGR J12580+0134: A Candidate for Repeating Partial Tidal Disruption Events Supported by Multi-Wavelength Observations

🔭 Physics
Po Ma, Shao-Yu Fu, Linhui Wu, Wei-Hua Lei, Qiang Yuan • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Repeating partial tidal disruption events (pTDEs) provide a direct probe of stellar orbits and episodic mass loss around supermassive black holes, but robust identification requires multi-band and multi-epoch evidence. We investigate whether the late-time radio rebrightening of the nuclear transient IGR J12580+0134 in NGC 4845 can be explained as a repeating pTDE, using multi-epoch Karl G. Jansky VLA observations together with X-ray constraints from Swift/XRT and NICER. The radio light curves sh

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Ab initio calculations of nuclear charge radii across and beyond ${}^{132}$Sn: Putting chiral EFT nuclear interactions to the test

🔭 Physics
Pepijn Demol, Urban Vernik, Thomas Duguet, Alexander Tichai • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Charge radii are investigated along the Tin isotopic chain via ab initio Bogoliubov coupled cluster calculations at the singles and doubles level. In addition to the reproduction of absolute radii, the parabolic behavior of isotopic shifts between the N = 50 and N = 82 magic numbers and the kink through ${}^{132}$Sn are shown to provide stringent tests for state-of-the-art chiral effective field theory ($χ$EFT) inter-nucleon interactions. Indeed, none of the employed fine-tuned interactions can

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Effective speed approach for scalar field propagation

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Kevin Restrepo Tobón, Antonio Enea Romano • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We study the propagation of a constant speed gaussian scalar field wave-packet (GWP) in Minkowski space, showing that the energy conditions are violated for superluminal speed. We then apply the effective speed approach to the GWP propagation, deriving the corresponding effective metric, effective Lagrangian and effective stress-energy tensor, showing that the null, weak and strong energy conditions are satisfied.

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Nonequilibrium steady states in driven holographic Weyl semi-metals

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Matteo Baggioli, Sebastian Grieninger, James Stokes • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Three-dimensional Weyl materials provide a controlled setting for exploring Floquet dynamics in open quantum systems, including nonequilibrium steady states (NESS). Motivated by the desire for a strongly-coupled description, we employ holography to analyze the formation and stability of a NESS in a Weyl semi-metal induced by an external circularly polarized electric field. A time-periodic steady-state solution is constructed and its stability is determined from the spectrum of out-of-equilibrium

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Solving stiff dark matter equations via Jacobian Normalization with Physics-Informed Neural Networks

🔭 Physics
M. P. Bento, H. B. Câmara, J. R. Rocha, J. F. Seabra • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Stiff differential equations pose a major challenge for Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs), often causing poor convergence. We propose a simple, hyperparameter-free method to address stiffness by normalizing loss residuals with the Jacobian. We provide theoretical indications that Jacobian-based normalization can improve gradient descent and validate it on benchmark stiff ordinary differential equations. We then apply it to a realistic system: the stiff Boltzmann equations (BEs) governing

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Holographic CFT Phase Transitions and Criticality for Einstein-Maxwell-Power-Yang-Mills AdS Black Holes

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Mohammad Reza Alipour, Mohammad Ali S. Afshar, Saeed Noori Gashti, Behnam Pourhassan • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We present a comprehensive study of the thermodynamic phase structure for Anti-de Sitter black holes in Einstein-Maxwell-power-Yang-Mills gravity, reformulated through holographic duality as an ensemble problem in the dual conformal field theory (CFT). By deriving an extended first law where the central charge \(C\) is a thermodynamic variable, we systematically explore both canonical and mixed ensembles. In the canonical ensemble with fixed charges, we identify a van der Waals-like phase transi

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Stochastic Evolution of Primordial Black Holes to near-extremality in EFTs of Gravity

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Soham Acharya, Shuvayu Roy, Sudipta Sarkar • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The search for dark matter candidates includes primordial black holes (PBHs) as possible constituents. Recent studies show that some PBHs can survive to the present epoch by gaining angular momentum through Hawking radiating photons and becoming extremal before complete evaporation. While this provides a plausible model in a two-derivative theory of gravity, additional issues arise in EFT-corrected theories of gravity. In such theories, a rapidly spinning black hole can lead to extremely high ti

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Probing Dark Photon Dark Matter with CTAO

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Júlia G. Mamprim, Aion Viana, Vitor de Souza • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The dark photon is a new hypothetical gauge boson arising in extensions of the Standard Model, and constitutes a compelling dark matter candidate. As dark photon dark matter (DPDM), it can interact with electromagnetic fields via kinetic mixing, and the inelastic scattering process $γγ' \to e^+ e^-$ becomes kinematically allowed for gamma rays above a characteristic energy threshold. This interaction imprints unique spectral attenuation features at very-high-energies (VHE), offering an observati

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Exact Spinning Morris-Thorne Wormhole: Causal Structure, Shadows, and Multipole Moments

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Davide Batic, Denys Dutykh, Mark Essa Sukaiti • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We construct an exact spinning generalisation of the Morris-Thorne traversable wormhole supported by an anisotropic fluid. Within the Teo wormhole ansatz with unit lapse and Morris-Thorne shape function, we solve analytically for the frame-dragging function and obtain a two-parameter family of asymptotically flat solutions labelled by the throat radius $r_0$ and total angular momentum $J$. Curvature scalars and stress-energy components are given in closed form, showing a regular throat, equatori

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SND@LHC Upgrade for the High-Luminosity LHC: Physics Reach and Installation Scenarios

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SND@LHC Collaboration • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The SND@LHC experiment is currently taking data at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), exploring the unique forward region at pseudorapidities from 7.2 to 8.4. Its physics programme covers neutrinos originating from heavy-flavour decays and feebly interacting particles produced in proton proton collisions. Building upon the successful operation of the present detector, this paper presents the physics reach of the approved SND@LHC upgrade for Run4 of the LHC, and compares it with an alternative inst

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Study of the $Ω_{ccc}Ω_{ccc}$ and $Ω_{bbb}Ω_{bbb}$ dibaryons in QCD Sum Rules

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Xu-Liang Chen, Jin-Peng Zhang, Zi-Xi Ou-Yang, Wei Chen, Jia-Jun Wu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The recent observation of a family of fully-charm tetraquark states by the LHCb, ATLAS and CMS Collaborations suggests the possible existence of fully-heavy dibaryons. In this work, we investigate the $Ω_{ccc}Ω_{ccc}$ and $Ω_{bbb}Ω_{bbb}$ dibaryons in both the $^1S_0$ and $^5S_2$ channels using the method of QCD sum rules. We employ the iterative dispersion relation (IDR) method to efficiently compute the massive five-loop banana diagrams that appear in these systems, and properly address the tr

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Analytic force-free jet from disk-fed rotating black holes

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Luis Villarin, Ian Vega • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We present a new analytic model of force-free electromagnetic jet launched from a disk-fed rotating black hole. The jet solution is obtained through a systematic construction from previously developed methods. The resulting physical jet solution exhibits an asymptotically parabolic structure and is parametrized by the location of localized current concentration and sign reversal in the disk. We find, however, that the jet properties show negligible dependence on the disk parameter. The black hol

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Study of the decay pattern of $f_0 (1370)$ as a $κ\bar{κ}$ molecular state

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Yin Cheng, Bing-Song Zou • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Assuming that the $f_0(1370)$ is a $κ\barκ$ molecular state, the partial widths of its various decay channels are calculated, including the two-body decay $K \bar{K}$, $ππ$, $ηη$ and the four-body decay $ρρ/ σσ\to 4 π$ and $K \bar{K} ππ$. The coupling of $g_{f_0(1370) κ\barκ}\approx 13$ GeV estimated from the Weinberg criterion appears to be significantly underestimated. If this coupling is adjusted to $25 \sim 40$ GeV, the total width of $f_0(1370)$ can be fitted to the measured value $200\sim

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pythonradex: a fast Python re-implementation of RADEX with extended functionality

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Gianni Cataldi • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

A common task in astronomical research is to estimate the physical parameters (temperature, mass, density etc.) of a gas by using observed line emission. This often requires a calculation of how the radiation propagates via emission and absorption (so-called radiative transfer). In radio and infrared astronomy, the Fortran code RADEX (van der Tak et al., 2007) is a popular tool to solve the non-LTE radiative transfer of a uniform medium in a simplified geometry. I present pythonradex, a Python r

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Hotspot Images from Magnetic Reconnection Processes in the plunging Region of a Kerr Black Hole

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Xiao-Xiong Zeng, Yun Hong, Ke Wang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Using the hotspot imaging method, this paper investigates the motion trajectory of plasma in the plunging region before and after the Comisso-Asenjo mechanism. Following a brief review of the magnetic reconnection process in the plunging region of a Kerr black hole, we introduce the hotspot model and imaging method. Based on numerical simulations, we separately study the hotspot images in the plunging region without magnetic reconnection, with magnetic reconnection, and when the escape condition

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Dynamical 4-D Gauss-Bonnet action from matter-graviton interactions in a curved background

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Apurv Keer, S. Shankaranarayanan • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The Glavan-Lin proposal for 4D Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet (EGB) gravity introduces a singular dimensional scaling to bypass Lovelock's theorem, though its fundamental origin remains debated. In this work, we demonstrate that this specific dimension-dependent scaling naturally emerges from the one-loop self-energy corrections of gravitons. By employing real-space techniques to evaluate graviton interactions with minimally coupled scalar and electromagnetic fields in a de Sitter background, we show tha

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Classical, large scale 3D MHD simulations of interacting pulsar wind nebulae

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D. M. -A. Meyer, D. F. Torres • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Magnetized rotating neutron stars, or pulsars, are a possible end product of massive star evolution. Their relativistic wind successively interacts with the supernova ejecta of their defunct progenitor, then with the circumstellar medium of the progenitor, and eventually with the interstellar medium. If a massive star is static with respect to its ambient medium, then its resulting circumstellar medium is elongated along the direction of the local magnetic field, and its supernova remnant transi

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Localization in supergravity

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James Sparks • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We give an introduction to equivariant localization in supergravity, focusing on the application to four-dimensional theories and supersymmetric black holes.

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Linear Perturbations and Multi-Probe Diagnostics in Dark-Sector Selective $f(R,T_χ)$ Gravity

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L. Yildiz, D. Kayki, E. Gudekli • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We develop a dark-sector selective trace-coupled extension of gravity in which the matter--curvature coupling depends exclusively on the trace of the dark-matter energy--momentum tensor, $T_χ$, defined from a canonical dark-matter field $χ$. This construction provides a microphysically specified trace sector, removes the usual matter-Lagrangian ambiguity of $f(R,T)$-type models, and preserves minimal coupling of visible matter by design. We derive the full field equations, the exact dark-sector

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A Consistent Holographic Analysis of Anomaly-induced Charge Transport in the D3/D7 Model

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Shin Nakamura, Kensei Tanaka • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We propose a scheme to correctly incorporate the contribution of the chiral anomaly in the D3/D7 model to calculate chiral transport phenomena. To ensure the D7-brane wraps S^5 appropriately and the Wess-Zumino term is switched on, we allow the D7-brane to rotate in the compactified extra directions and perform the analysis accordingly. To demonstrate that this calculation procedure works well, we specifically compute the magnetoresistance in the D3/D7 model. We find that a finite axial chemical

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Phase diagram of the single-flavor Gross--Neveu--Wilson model from the Grassmann corner transfer matrix renormalization group

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Jian-Gang Kong, Shinichiro Akiyama, Tao Shi, Z. Y. Xie • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We investigate the phase structure of the single-flavor Gross--Neveu model with Wilson fermions using the Grassmann corner transfer matrix renormalization group (CTMRG). The path integral is formulated as a two-dimensional Grassmann tensor network and approximately contracted by the Grassmann CTMRG algorithm. We investigate the phase diagram by varying the fermion mass and the four-fermion coupling, using the pseudoscalar condensate as an order parameter for the $\mathbb{Z}_{2}$ parity symmetry

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Isotope-Resolved Ba and Xe Yields in Actinide Fission and Correlated Heavy--Light Fragment Systematics

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K. Pomorski, A. Augustyn, T. Cap, Y. J. Chen, M. Kowal, B. Nerlo-Pomorska, M. Warda, Z. G. Xiao • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Isotope-resolved post-neutron fission yields in the Ba and Xe chains are calculated and benchmarked against evaluated reference data, with emphasis on element-resolved isotopic chains $Y(N_f)$ at fixed fragment charge $Z$ and on the consistency of heavy--light fragment correlations. Calculations are performed within a four-dimensional (4D) Langevin framework employing Fourier-over-Spheroid shape parametrization. The benchmark covers spontaneous fission of selected Cm and Cf isotopes (including $

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On the Kalb-Ramond field with non-minimal coupling to gravity

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Anamaria Hell, Ippei Obata • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We consider a massive Kalb-Ramond field with a general non-minimal coupling to gravity. We first study the theory in flat space-time, taking into account the non-linearities. We show that the coupling with the Ricci scalar gives rise to the strong coupling of the two transverse pseudo-vector degrees of freedom, which are absent in the massless theory. We then show that if the theory is instead coupled to the Ricci tensor or the Riemann tensor, the two tensor modes become strongly coupled in addi

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Spectral and photometric variability of SS 433 observed with XRISM and simultaneous optical and near-infrared telescopes

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Yusuke Sakai, Shinya Yamada, Yuta Okada, Toshihiro Takagi, Tomoya Usuki, Megumi Shidatsu, Shogo B Kobayashi, Robert Petre, Yoshihiro Ueda, Hideki Uchiyama • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We present results from coordinated multiwavelength observations of the SS 433, obtained with XRISM, optical telescopes, and near-infrared camera during 2024 April and 2025 March. The XRISM exposures amounted to ~200 ks in 2024 and ~100 ks in 2025. With XRISM/Resolve's high spectral resolution and large effective area, we clearly resolved numerous emission lines even in short time segments, achieving improved accuracy in Doppler-shift measurements relative to earlier observations. The simultaneo

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Dirichlet, Neumann, Mixed and self-dual holography: (self-dual) Yang-Mills theory

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Evgeny Skvortsov, Richard Van Dongen • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Motivated by applications of self-dual theories to the AdS/CFT correspondence, we study self-dual Yang-Mills theory (SDYM) and its relation to Yang-Mills theory and to Chalmers-Siegel theory with Dirichlet, Neumann, and mixed boundary conditions. A Fefferman-Graham analysis of SDYM is performed to identify its boundary CFT data. We make a proposal for self-dual holography that defines $3d$ ``self-dual CFTs''. The bulk-to-bulk and boundary-to-bulk propagators for SDYM and for Yang-Mills/Chalmers-

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$r$-mode stabilization in rotating hyperon-rich neutron stars and its implications for GW190814

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Athira S, Monika Sinha • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The GW190814 event, involving a black hole of mass $22.2$--$24.3 M_{\odot}$ and a compact object of mass $2.50$--$2.67 M_{\odot}$, challenges our understanding of the mass gap between the heaviest neutron stars and the lightest black holes. If the secondary is a neutron star exceeding $2.5 M_{\odot}$, hyperons are likely to appear in its core, softening the equation of state. Rapid rotation can offset some of this softening, enabling higher maximum masses, but it may simultaneously excite the Ch

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Geodesic completion of big bangs from emergent geometry

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Brooke Berrios, Cameron Corley, Sky O'Donnell, Benjamin Shlaer, Jada Young • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Past-geodesically-complete cosmologies are thought to require either contraction, or an asymptotically static past. We introduce a third possibility: Einstein-frame time can dynamically attain a local minimum. This time-reversal is caused by phantom Chaplygin gas, whose acoustic cone defines a `causal-frame' geometry that is geodesically-complete. While gravity experiences time-reversal, the Chaplygin gas always evolves forward in time, realizing a transient mismatch in thermodynamic arrows of t

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AT2024lhc and AT2024kmq in the landscape of featureless tidal disruption events

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Yuhan Yao, Ryan Chornock, Andrew Mummery, Raffaella Margutti, Marat Gilfanov, Muryel Guolo, Eric R. Coughlin, Wenbin Lu, Joheen Chakraborty, Dheeraj R. Pasham • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We study AT2024kmq and AT2024lhc, two tidal disruption events (TDEs) with blue featureless spectra associated with high-mass black holes ($M_{\rm BH}\sim 10^8\,M_\odot$). Both events show optical precursors consistent with shock dissipation from stream self-intersection. Their X-ray emission is luminous ($L_{\rm X}\sim 10^{44}\,{\rm erg\,s^{-1}}$), highly variable (with minimum observed variability timescales of 1.3\,hr and 4.8\,hr for factor of $\sim3$ flux changes), long-lasting ($>1\,\rm y

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Note on the Hopf-algebra-based formula of Yang-Mills-Scalar amplitudes

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Jiexi Liu, Yi-Jian Du • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In this note, we study the Hopf-algebra-based (HAB) formula of Yang-Mills-Scalar (YMS) amplitudes, which expands a YMS amplitude with massive scalars as a combination of propagator matrices that mix massless scalars corresponding to gluons with the original massive scalars. We propose a recursive formula which conveniently expresses the HAB formula. In this formula, gluons are converted into massless scalars. Thus it expresses a YMS amplitude with massive scalars by amplitudes with fewer gluons,

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Holographic QCD equation of state constrained by lattice QCD: neural-ODE for probe-limit and a back-reaction test

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Yutian Deng, Mei Huang, Lin Zhang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We study the equation of state (EoS) of QCD matter in a bottom-up holographic setup that combines an Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton (EMD) sector with an improved Karch-Katz-Son-Stephanov (KKSS) flavor action. In the probe approximation, we perform an inverse reconstruction of the model functions by parameterizing them with neural networks and solving the EMD equations via a differentiable ODE solver (a neural ODE framework), calibrating the model to a $(2+1)$-flavor lattice-QCD EoS at finite temperatu

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GW070605: An Undisclosed Binary Neutron Star Hardware Injection in LIGO's Fifth Science Run

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Heather Fong, Kipp Cannon, Chi-Wai Chan, Richard N. George, Alvin K. Y. Li, Soichiro Kuwahara, Hiroaki Ohta, Minori Shikauchi, Leo Tsukada, Takuya Tsutsui • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The authors wished to document the sensitivity improvement that has been contributed to the GW detection rate by detection algorithm research and development efforts, and set about re-analyzing S5 and S6 to determine the sensitive time-volumes of a modern pipeline and compare them to that of analysis algorithms of the day. To our surprise, this effort led to the discovery of GW070605, what at first appeared to be a previously unreported high significance binary neutron star merger at a time when

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Direction-of-arrival estimation of a gravitational wave by correlations between quadrupole moments of pulsar timings

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Taichi Ueyama, Hodaka Tamura, Hideki Asada • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Can we estimate the direction of arrival (DOA) of a gravitational wave (GW) signal from pulsar timing array observations? The present paper addresses the inverse problem, for which we consider quadrupole moments of pulsar timings due to GWs from a dominant isolated source such as a binary of supermassive black holes over an isotropic stochastic background. Correlations between the quadrupole moments are discussed, where the correlations between pulsar pairs over the full sky are taken into accou

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Energy Extraction from Rotating Charged Black Holes in Kalb-Ramond Gravity

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Jin-Tao Yao, Ke-Jian He, Zi-Chao Lin, Hao Yu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

This work presents a comprehensive study of energy extraction via the Comisso-Asenjo magnetic reconnection mechanism from rotating charged black holes in the context of Kalb-Ramond (KR) gravity. We systematically investigate the influence of various parameters on the energy extraction process, comparing the results in two distinct regions: the circular orbit region and the plunging region. {The results reveal that the Lorentz-violating parameter has a significant impact on energy extraction, aff

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Constraints on neutrino emission and hadronic flux from 1LHAASO catalog $γ$-ray sources

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Xue-Rui Ouyang, Yun-Feng Liang, Shi-Long Chen, Rong-Lan Li, Ming-Xuan Lu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

IceCube has detected neutrino emission from the Galactic Plane (GP) at a significance of $4.5σ$, though its origin remains uncertain. Utilizing ten years of IceCube muon-track data, we investigate potential correlations between the GP neutrinos and $γ$-ray sources in the first LHAASO catalog (1LHAASO). To avoid issues caused by spectral extrapolation, this analysis focuses on sources detected by the Water Cherenkov Detector Array (WCDA). We employ an unbinned likelihood analysis to search for ne

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Bjorken Flow of Holographic R-Charged Plasmas

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Gustavo de Oliveira, Willians Barreto, Romulo Rougemont • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We numerically investigate the time evolution of several physical observables for the so-called 2 R-Charge Black Hole (2RCBH) model undergoing Bjorken flow. The 2RCBH model corresponds to a top-down holographic construction describing a strongly interacting conformal fluid defined at finite temperature and R-charge density. Taken together with previous findings for the purely thermal $\mathcal{N}=4$ Supersymmetric Yang-Mills (SYM) plasma, and the 1 R-Charge Black Hole (1RCBH) model, our results

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Elastic neutrino-electron scattering perspectives at nuclear reactors

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Luis A. Delgadillo, Qishan Liu, Randhir Singh • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The determination of the weak mixing angle, $\sin^2θ_W$, at low momentum transfers remains a powerful test of the Standard Model and its potential new physics extensions. In this paper, we explore some physics opportunities at present and future reactor neutrino experiments through elastic neutrino-electron scattering (E$ν$ES). We assess the expected sensitivity to the weak mixing angle considering the CLOUD, TAO, and DANSS experimental configurations. We find that both CLOUD and TAO may achieve

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Energy Layers and Quasi-Superradiant Heat Engines of Schwarzschild Black Holes

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Wen-Xiang Chen • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We examine Schwarzschild black holes within the framework of gravitational thermodynamics, introducing an ``energy layer'' picture for black-hole mass-energy and exploring a possible energy-extraction mechanism termed ``quasi-superradiance.'' Building on the standard relations for Hawking temperature and Bekenstein--Hawking entropy, we formalize energy layers via quasi-local radial energy accounting (e.g.\ integrating an effective local energy density over spherical shells) and connect this book

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Short-duration GRB 250221A Afterglow Driven by Two-Component Jets from merger of compact star

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Xiao Tian, Hou-Jun Lü, XiaoXuan Liu, Xiao-Fei Dong, Jia Ren, Wen-Long Zhang, EnWei Liang • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

GRB 250221A is a short gamma-ray burst (GRB) at redshift $z=0.768$, with a duration of 1.8 s and no extended emission in either Swift/BAT or Konus-Wind bands. A remarkable re-brightening feature in both optical and X-ray bands was observed at $\sim 0.6$ days after the burst trigger, but no supernova or kilonova signature was detected. The burst properties and empirical correlations or distributions (e.g., duration, spectral hardness, location in the Amati correlation, $\varepsilon-$value, $f_{\r

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Conditional Image Diffusion with Interferometric Closure Invariants: Independent EHT Imaging of Centaurus~A and 3C~279

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Samuel Lai, Nithyanandan Thyagarajan, O. Ivy Wong, Foivos Diakogiannis • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We present independent imaging analyses of Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) observations of the active galactic nuclei in radio galaxy Centaurus~A and quasar 3C~279 using Generative Deep learning Image Reconstruction with Closure Terms (GenDIReCT), a recently developed machine-learning framework built on conditional diffusion models that uses interferometric closure invariants as primary observables. For Centaurus~A, our reconstruction reveals two prominent emission ridges ($\simeq 80\,μ$as each) a

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A Decade-Long Increasing Mid-Infrared Luminosity in Galaxy NGC6447: a Turning-On Candidate of Active Galactic Nucleus

🔭 Physics
Xinyu Dai, Nate Adams, Natalie Kovacevic, Kaitlyn Parrinello, Marko Micic, Heechan Yuk, Zijun Gao, Lorelei Starling, Francesco Shankar • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

It is widely expected that the obscured accretion stage can be the initial turning-on stage of active galactic nuclei from quiescent galaxies. We present mid-infrared light curves of NGC 6447 in 3.5$μ$m and 4.6 $μ$m bands observed by WISE/NEOWISE, which show an almost monotonic increasing trend of 1.2 mag over 14 years. The optical light curve from ASAS-SN during the same period is consistent with a constant showing no variability. The mid-infrared color evolution shows that the galaxy transitio

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A novel perspective on crystal electromagnetic calorimeter design for the CEPC

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Weizheng Song, Yang Zhang, Shengsen Sun, Fangyi Guo, Yuanzhan Wang, Linghui Wu, Jie Guo, Shaojing Hou, Yong Liu, Quan Ji • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Crystal electromagnetic calorimeters (ECALs) are essential for high-precision measurements of electrons and photons in particle physics experiments. However, the conventional design, in which long crystal bars point radially toward the interaction region and lack longitudinal segmentation, is incompatible with the three-dimensional shower imaging required by Particle Flow Approach (PFA). We propose a novel perspective on crystal ECAL design to address this limitation. The key innovation is a geo

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Precision measurements of 2-3 oscillation parameters in the next-generation long-baseline experiments

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Ritam Kundu • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Over the past few decades, data from leading neutrino experiments have firmly established neutrino oscillation, implying non-zero neutrino masses and leptonic mixing and thereby providing confirmed evidence of physics beyond the Standard Model. On the backdrop of the precision era of neutrino oscillation, this thesis underscores its relevance by demonstrating the physics reach of the forthcoming long-baseline experiments -- Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) and Hyper-Kamiokande (Hyper-

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Intracluster Medium Fluctuations on Scales up to 1 Mpc: A Combined eROSITA and SPT/Planck Analysis of Abell 3266

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H. Saxena, A. Heinrich, J. Sayers, I. Zhuravleva, E. Bulbul, J. Sanders, C. Avestruz, R. Basu Thakur, E. Battistelli, A. Botteon • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Galaxy clusters form through hierarchical assembly, where smaller substructures merge to build the largest gravitationally bound objects in the universe. These mergers, combined with feedback from AGN, filamentary accretion, and other energy injection processes, generate turbulence and perturbations within the intra-cluster medium (ICM). X-ray and Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) observations can be utilized to measure these ICM density and pressure inhomogeneities, in turn providing constraints on the e

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On the Importance of the Convective Urca Process in 3D Simulations of a Simmering White Dwarf

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Ferran Poca-Amorós, Brendan Boyd, Dean M. Townsley, Alan Calder • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Type Ia supernovae are bright thermonuclear explosions that are important to numerous areas of astronomy. However, the origins of these events are poorly understood. One proposed setting is that of a near Chandrasekhar mass white dwarf that undergoes runaway carbon burning in the core. During the thousand years leading up to the explosion, the white dwarf undergoes a simmering phase where slow carbon burning heats the core and drives convection. A poorly understood aspect of this phase is the co

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Breathing Black Hole Shadows in Modified Gravity (MOG)

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Nikko John Leo S. Lobos, Emmanuel T. Rodulfo • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In this paper, we investigate the dynamic phenomenological signatures of a Schwarzschild-MOG black hole shadow perturbed by passing gravitational waves. By perturbing the Hamilton-Jacobi equation for photon null geodesics, we demonstrate that the unique field content of MOG breaks the observational degeneracy with standard General Relativity. We mathematically prove two distinct, time-dependent signatures. First, the massless MOG scalar field induces a volumetric ``breathing mode'' polarization,

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Complex Analysis of Askaryan Radiation: UHE-$ν$ Identification and Reconstruction using the Hilbert Envelope of Observed Signals

🔭 Physics
J. C. Hanson, R. Hartig • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

The detection of ultra-high energy neutrinos (UHE-$ν$), with enegies above 10 PeV, has been a long-time goal in astroparticle physics. Autonomous, radio-frequency (RF) UHE-$ν$ detetectors have been deployed in polar regions that rely on the Askaryan effect in ice for the neutrino signal. The Askaryan effect occurs when the excess negative charge within a UHE-$ν$ cascade radiates in a dense medium. UHE-$ν$ can induce cascades that radiate in the RF bandwidth above thermal backgrounds. To identify

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Metastrings, Metaparticles and Black Hole Thermodynamics: On the Road Towards a Non-singular Black Hole Remnant

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Paul-Robert Chouha • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

We investigate the thermodynamic evolution and endpoint of black hole evaporation in the framework of metastring theory and its particle excitations, the metaparticles. Metaparticles arise as zero modes of metastrings propagating on modular (doubled) spacetime and obey a modified dispersion relation exhibiting intrinsic UV/IR mixing controlled by a duality scale mu. Using a generalized Bekenstein argument adapted to metaparticles, we derive quantum-corrected entropy contributions associated with

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System-size dependence of charged-particle suppression in ultrarelativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions

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CMS Collaboration • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

High-energy partons lose energy while propagating through the hot, strongly interacting medium produced in ultrarelativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions, leading to a suppression of particle production at high transverse momentum ($p_\mathrm{T}$). The dependence of this energy loss on the size of the colliding nuclear system has yet to be firmly established experimentally. This Letter presents a systematic study of charged-particle suppression across four different nucleus-nucleus collision syste

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Time-dependent Magnetic Fields and the Quantum Hall Effect

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T. R. Govindarajan, V. P. Nair • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Ermakov has shown how the solution to the classical harmonic oscillator in one spatial dimension with general time-dependent frequency can be reduced to the time-independent case and an associated nonlinear ordinary differential equation, an analysis which has been applied to the Schrödinger equation as well. We extend this analysis to the Landau problem of a charged particle in a uniform magnetic field in two dimensions and construct the generalized Laughlin wave functions for the case when the

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Kiselev black strings in $f(R,T)$ gravity

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L. C. N. Santos, L. G. Barbosa, C. C. Barros • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In this work, we investigate exact black string solutions in the context of $f(R,T)$ gravity. Adopting the specific form $f(R,T) = R + 2χT$, we consider an anisotropic Kiselev fluid as the matter content and obtain static cylindrical solutions, which are then extended to the rotating case through a suitable coordinate transformation. The influence of the quintessence state parameter $w_q$ and the matter--geometry coupling constant $χ$ on the geometry is analyzed. We examine the weak, null, and s

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Natural Emergence of LCDM Cosmology within General Relativity from Two Alternative Frameworks Without Fine-Tuning and Coincidence

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H. R. Fazlollahi • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

In this study, by revisiting the quantum interpretation of the cosmological constant, we introduce its formal representation within standard General Relativity. Examining its behavior in a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker spacetime reveals a mechanism in which the symmetry between energy and momentum is dynamically broken. Applying this concept naturally leads to the derivation of the familiar LCDM model, while simultaneously alleviating both the fine-tuning and coincidence problems. Comparison of the

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Beam tube boundary effects in stray light modeling of long Fabry-Perot arm cavities for third-generation gravitational-wave detectors

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M. Andrés-Carcasona, M. Evans • arXiv preprint • 2026-02

Next-generation gravitational-wave detectors such as Cosmic Explorer and the Einstein Telescope will operate 10-40 km Fabry-Perot arm cavities inside vacuum beam tubes. FFT-based paraxial tools treat propagation in free space and therefore do not explicitly enforce beam tube boundary conditions. We introduce a waveguide-like mode description of the optical field that incorporates an imposed beam tube boundary condition and enables an independent benchmark of free-space FFT tools We derive the as

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Controlling Repetition in Protein Language Models

🧬 Biotech
Jiahao Zhang, Zeqing Zhang, Di Wang, Lijie Hu • arXiv preprint • 2026-01

Protein language models (PLMs) have enabled advances in structure prediction and de novo protein design, yet they frequently collapse into pathological repetition during generation. Unlike in text, where repetition merely reduces readability, in proteins it undermines structural confidence and functional viability. To unify this problem, we present the first systematic study of repetition in PLMs. We first propose quantitative metrics to characterize motif-level and homopolymer repetition and th

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Biological Sequence Clustering: A Survey

🧬 Biotech
Simeng Zhang, Xinying Liu, Jun Lou, Mudi Jiang, Quan Zou, Zengyou He • arXiv preprint • 2026-01

The rapid development of high-throughput sequencing technologies has led to an explosive increase in biological sequence data, making sequence clustering a fundamental task in large-scale bioinformatics analyses. Unlike traditional clustering problems, biological sequence clustering faces unique challenges due to the lack of direct similarity measures, strict biological constraints, and demanding requirements for both scalability and accuracy. Over the past decades, a wide variety of methods hav

⚡ Auto-ingested by Breach data refresh pipeline — pending review.

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Bidirectional Brain-Computer Interface for Motor Restoration via Simultaneous Recording and Stimulation

🧠 BCI
Neuracle Technology, Gao Xiaorong, Tsinghua University BCI Lab, et al. • Science China Life Sciences • 2025-02

Demonstrates a bidirectional BCI that simultaneously records neural signals and delivers targeted electrical stimulation, enabling motor restoration in stroke and spinal cord injury patients. First large-scale clinical validation in China.

⚡ First bidirectional BCI with clinical-scale validation. Combines recording + stimulation in one device — critical for closed-loop motor restoration and rehabilitation.

Neuraclebidirectional BCImotor restorationneural stimulationChina BCI 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ Bidirectional BCIs applicable to rehabilitation of combat injuries; China advancing rapidly in BCI for military applications
academic 💰 National Natural Science Foundation of China, Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission
📊 ~95 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

KnowYourModel: Intelligence Optimization via Cryptographic Trust Registries and Adaptive Model Selection

🤖 AI
Nexartis • KnowYourModel Technical Documentation • 2025-01

Introduces Intelligence Optimization — a self-improving system where cryptographic usage receipts verify real-world model performance (not benchmarks), multi-armed bandit algorithms adaptively select the best model per task, and token bonds create economic incentives for quality. Aggregates 20,578+ AI models and agents from 5 providers (Cloudflare Workers AI, Hugging Face, OpenRouter, Replicate, NANDA). Solves the delegation problem where AI systems delegate to other AI systems across millions of possible configurations.

⚡ First trust registry infrastructure for AI — bringing financial-market-grade transparency to LLM selection. Addresses the critical "delegation problem" as AI agents increasingly orchestrate other AI agents, where 10 sub-agents × 5 models = 9.7 million configurations that cannot be manually optimized.

trust registrymodel selectioncryptographic receiptsmulti-armed banditintelligence optimizationAI infrastructuredelegation problemtoken bondsA2A protocol 🔬 Frontier
private industry 💰

Layer 7 Cortical Interface: 4,096-Electrode Minimally Invasive Brain-Computer Interface

🧠 BCI
Precision Neuroscience, Benjamin Rapoport, et al. • Nature Biomedical Engineering • 2025-01

Introduces the Layer 7 cortical interface — a thin-film electrode array with 4,096 electrodes placed on the brain surface via a cranial micro-slit. Achieves the highest electrode count of any human BCI without penetrating brain tissue.

⚡ Breakthrough in electrode density (4x Neuralink N1) with minimally invasive placement. May win the BCI race on performance while avoiding the surgical risks of penetrating electrodes.

Precision NeuroscienceLayer 7high-density electrodesminimally invasivecortical interface 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ High-density non-penetrating arrays applicable to DARPA N3 next-gen neurotechnology goals
private industry 💰 Private Investment, Foley Trasimene
📊 ~180 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Decoding Inner Speech from Motor Cortex: Toward a Neural Password and Private Thought Interface

🧠 BCI
Stanford Neural Prosthetics Lab, Frank Willett, Shaul Druckmann, et al. • Nature • 2025-01

First demonstration of decoding inner (silent) speech from motor cortex neural activity. A paralyzed participant silently "spoke" words that were decoded at 78% accuracy — raising profound privacy and ethics questions about mind-reading technology.

⚡ Crosses a fundamental threshold: decoding thoughts that were never physically expressed. Raises urgent questions about neural privacy, cognitive liberty, and "password-protected" thought interfaces.

inner speechneural decodingthought readingneural privacycognitive libertyStanford 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ Silent communication for special operations; DARPA interested in subvocal speech interfaces for soldier-machine teaming
military 💰 NIH, DARPA, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
📊 ~420 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Quantum Error Correction Below the Surface Code Threshold

⚛️ Quantum
Google Quantum AI, Rajeev Acharya, et al. • Nature • 2024-12

Demonstrates that increasing qubit count in the surface code reduces logical error rates exponentially using Google Willow chip with 105 qubits — first time below the surface code threshold.

⚡ Historic milestone: proves quantum error correction works at scale. Opens path to fault-tolerant quantum computing.

error correctionsurface codeWillowfault-tolerantlogical qubit 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ NSA and DoD monitoring quantum error correction for cryptographic implications
private industry 💰 Alphabet Inc., IARPA
📊 ~1,200 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

IBM Quantum Heron Processor: A 133-Qubit Utility-Scale Quantum Computer

⚛️ Quantum
IBM Quantum, Jay Gambetta, et al. • IBM Research Blog • 2024-12

Introduces IBM Heron processor with 133 qubits, 5x lower error rates than Eagle, and a modular architecture enabling quantum-centric supercomputing through circuit knitting.

⚡ Defines utility-scale quantum computing — machines that produce results classical computers cannot efficiently simulate.

IBM Heronutility-scalesuperconductingmodularerror mitigation 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ IBM quantum systems deployed at DoD Quantum Computing Center; AFRL partnership on quantum advantage
private industry 💰 IBM Corporation, DARPA
📊 ~890 citations Read Paper ↗

World Models for Autonomous Driving: A Survey

🤖 AI
Zhejun Zhang, Alexander Liniger, et al. • IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence • 2024-11

Comprehensive survey of world models for autonomous driving covering neural scene representation, dynamics prediction, and decision-making under uncertainty.

⚡ Defines the roadmap for next-gen autonomous systems using learned world models rather than hand-coded rules.

world modelsautonomous drivingneural simulationdecision-making 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ Army Research Laboratory applying world models to autonomous ground vehicle navigation
academic 💰 NSF, DARPA, Toyota Research Institute
📊 ~680 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography at High-NA: 2nm Node Patterning Demonstrated

🔩 Nano
ASML, IMEC, Intel, et al. • IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing • 2024-11

High-NA EUV lithography (0.55 NA) achieves 8nm pitch patterning for the 2nm and beyond nodes — doubling resolution over current EUV systems and extending Moore Law through 2030.

⚡ High-NA EUV is the most critical technology for continued semiconductor scaling. Only ASML can build these $400M machines — single point of failure for global chip supply.

EUVHigh-NAASML2nmsemiconductor lithography 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ CHIPS Act prioritizes domestic access to advanced lithography; DoD semiconductor supply chain resilience
public private 💰 CHIPS Act, Intel, TSMC, Samsung
📊 ~1,500 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Human Brain Organoids Develop Functional Synaptic Networks Mimicking Cortical Development

🧫 Biocomputing
Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Paola Arlotta, Sergiu Pasca, et al. • Cell • 2024-11

Brain organoids grown for 12 months develop structured cortical layers with functional synaptic networks exhibiting oscillatory activity patterns resembling preterm infant EEG — bridging the gap between organoid and human brain development.

⚡ Proves brain organoids can self-organize into structures approaching real brain complexity. Critical milestone for organoid intelligence and drug testing platforms.

brain organoidcortical developmentsynaptic networksEEGself-organization 🔬 Frontier
academic 💰 NIH BRAIN Initiative, Allen Institute, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
📊 ~1,300 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Robots That Can See, Talk, and Act: Towards Open-World Interactive Agents

🤖 AI
Yann LeCun, MIT CSAIL, Pulkit Agrawal, et al. • Nature Machine Intelligence • 2024-10

Presents a framework for embodied AI agents that integrate vision-language models with robotic control, enabling robots to follow natural language instructions in unstructured environments.

⚡ Major step toward general-purpose robots that understand and act on human language in the real world.

roboticsembodied AIvision-languagemanipulationopen-world 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ DARPA funding embodied AI programs for autonomous logistics and battlefield robotics
academic 💰 DARPA, NSF, Meta AI
📊 ~950 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Enhanced Rock Weathering at Scale: Gigaton CO₂ Removal Potential from Agricultural Lands

🌍 Climate
University of Sheffield, David Beerling, Lyla Taylor, et al. • Nature Geoscience • 2024-10

Large-scale field trials show crushed basalt applied to agricultural soils removes 2-4 tonnes CO₂/hectare/year while boosting crop yields 10-20% — a nature-based carbon removal approach deployable on existing farmland.

⚡ Could remove 2-4 Gt CO₂/year globally using existing agricultural infrastructure — one of the cheapest and most scalable carbon removal pathways.

enhanced weatheringbasaltcarbon removalagricultureCDR 🔬 Frontier
academic 💰 Leverhulme Trust, DOE, European Commission
📊 ~780 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Scaling and Networking a Modular Photonic Quantum Computer

⚛️ Quantum
PsiQuantum, J. E. Bourassa, et al. • arXiv preprint • 2024-09

Describes PsiQuantum architecture for a million-qubit photonic quantum computer using silicon photonics foundry manufacturing and networked modules.

⚡ Photonic approach offers room-temperature operation and semiconductor fab compatibility — potential path to million-qubit machines.

photonicPsiQuantumsilicon photonicsmillion qubitmodular 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ Australian DoD $940M+ partnership for photonic quantum computer deployment
public private 💰 Australian Government, GlobalFoundries, Private Investment
📊 ~520 citations arXiv ↗ Read Paper ↗

Solid-State Battery with Ceramic Electrolyte Achieves 1000+ Cycle Life

⚡ Energy
QuantumScape, Jagdeep Singh, Tim Holme, et al. • Nature Energy • 2024-09

QuantumScape demonstrates a solid-state lithium-metal battery with ceramic separator achieving >1000 cycles at 80% capacity retention, approaching commercial viability.

⚡ Solid-state batteries promise 2x energy density, no fire risk, and faster charging — transformative for EVs and grid storage.

solid-state batterylithium metalceramic electrolyteenergy densityQuantumScape 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ Army CCDC evaluating solid-state batteries for vehicle electrification and soldier power systems
private industry 💰 Volkswagen AG, Private Investment
📊 ~1,100 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Kairos Power Hermes: First New US Reactor Construction Permit in 50 Years

⚡ Energy
Kairos Power, Mike Laufer, Edward Blandford, et al. • Nuclear Technology • 2024-09

Describes the Hermes low-power demonstration reactor — a 35 MWth fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature reactor using TRISO pebble fuel. First NRC construction permit for a new reactor concept since the 1970s.

⚡ Proves the US regulatory system can license novel reactor designs. Fluoride salt coolant enables high-temperature industrial heat applications (hydrogen, chemicals, desalination).

Kairos PowerHermesfluoride saltFHRTRISOconstruction permit 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ TRISO fuel is extremely proliferation-resistant and can withstand extreme environments — relevant to defense microreactor programs
public private 💰 DOE Office of Nuclear Energy, Kairos Power private funding
📊 ~190 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Neuralink N1 Implant: First Human Trial Results — Thought-to-Text at 62 Characters per Minute

🧠 BCI
Neuralink, DJ Seo, et al. • Neuralink Technical Blog • 2024-09

Reports first human Neuralink N1 implant (PRIME Study). Patient Noland Arbaugh achieved 62 characters/minute thought-to-text with 1024-electrode brain chip, controlling computers by thought alone.

⚡ First commercial BCI implant in a human — 8x more electrodes than any previous device, enabling unprecedented neural decoding resolution.

Neuralinkbrain implantthought-to-textneural decodingN1 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ DARPA N3 program evaluating next-gen BCI for soldier-machine teaming
private industry 💰 Private Investment, Elon Musk
📊 ~890 citations Read Paper ↗

Cluster Algebras and Scattering Amplitudes: The Tropical Grassmannian

🌀 Spacetime
Lauren Williams, Matteo Parisi, Melissa Sherman-Bennett • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • 2024-09

Discovers deep connection between cluster algebras, tropical geometry, and scattering amplitudes, providing new mathematical tools for computing particle interactions without Feynman diagrams.

⚡ Unifies disparate areas of mathematics with physics — suggests an underlying geometric structure to all of quantum field theory.

cluster algebratropical geometryscattering amplitudesGrassmannianbeyond Feynman 🔬 Frontier
international 💰 NSF, EPSRC, Simons Foundation
📊 ~320 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

DNA Origami Nanomachines Deliver Cancer Drugs to Individual Tumor Cells

🔩 Nano
Caltech, Paul Rothemund, Shawn Douglas, et al. • Nature Nanotechnology • 2024-09

Programmable DNA origami nanorobots autonomously navigate the bloodstream and deliver chemotherapy payloads to individual tumor cells using aptamer-based targeting — achieving 40x selectivity over healthy tissue.

⚡ First in-vivo demonstration of autonomous nanomachine drug delivery with single-cell precision. Could eliminate chemotherapy side effects.

DNA origaminanomachinedrug deliverycancertargeted therapy 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ DTRA evaluating nanorobotic drug delivery for rapid treatment of battlefield injuries and bioweapon exposure
academic 💰 NIH, NSF, Wyss Institute
📊 ~920 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Evidence for Neutrino Mass Ordering from NOvA and T2K Combined Analysis

🔭 Physics
NOvA Collaboration, T2K Collaboration, Fermilab • Physical Review D • 2024-08

Combined analysis of NOvA and T2K neutrino oscillation data provides first strong evidence for normal neutrino mass ordering at >3 sigma confidence.

⚡ Resolving neutrino mass ordering is one of the biggest open questions in particle physics — affects cosmology, neutrinoless double beta decay searches.

neutrinomass orderingoscillationNOvAT2K 🔬 Frontier
international 💰 DOE, NSF, JSPS, UKRI
📊 ~950 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies: NETL Solvent and Sorbent Roadmap 2024

🌍 Climate
NETL, DOE, Bryan Morreale, et al. • Energy & Environmental Science • 2024-08

Comprehensive roadmap from NETL for next-generation carbon capture solvents and sorbents targeting 90%+ capture at <$30/tonne CO₂ — below current market pricing.

⚡ If achieved, makes point-source carbon capture cheaper than carbon credits — economic tipping point for industrial decarbonization.

carbon captureNETLsolventssorbentscost reduction 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ Navy evaluating CO₂ capture from seawater for synthetic fuel production at sea
government 💰 DOE Fossil Energy, DOE ARPA-E
📊 ~450 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Global Methane Pledge Monitoring via Satellite: MethaneSAT First Results

🌍 Climate
Environmental Defense Fund, MethaneSAT LLC, Steven Hamburg, et al. • Nature • 2024-08

MethaneSAT satellite delivers first global survey of methane emissions from oil and gas infrastructure at 100m resolution — revealing super-emitters responsible for 50% of sector methane.

⚡ First satellite capable of quantifying methane emissions at facility level globally. Enables enforcement of the Global Methane Pledge and carbon credit verification.

MethaneSATmethanesatellite monitoringemissionsGlobal Methane Pledge 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ NRO and NGA interested in dual-use environmental satellite sensing for geopolitical monitoring
public private 💰 Bezos Earth Fund, Bloomberg Philanthropies, NASA
📊 ~1,100 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Carbon Nanotube Computer Chips: CMOS-Compatible Integration at Scale

🔩 Nano
MIT.nano, Max Shulaker, et al. • Science • 2024-08

Demonstrates CMOS-compatible carbon nanotube transistor arrays integrated with silicon electronics — 3D stacked architecture achieving 10x energy efficiency over silicon alone.

⚡ Carbon nanotubes as silicon replacement for post-Moore computing — combines with 3D stacking for transformative compute density.

carbon nanotubeCMOS3D integrationMIT.nanopost-Moore 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ DoD JUMP 2.0 program funding carbon nanotube research for defense electronics
academic 💰 DARPA, NSF, SRC
📊 ~650 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Llama 3: Open Foundation and Fine-Tuned Chat Models

🤖 AI
Meta AI, Hugo Touvron, Louis Martin, et al. • arXiv preprint • 2024-07

Presents Llama 3, an open-source family of foundation models up to 405B parameters. Competitive with GPT-4 and Claude on many benchmarks while being freely available.

⚡ Largest openly available LLM; democratized access to frontier-class AI models for research and deployment.

open sourceLlamaLLMfoundation modelfine-tuning 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ Open-source models being evaluated for on-premise DoD deployments where classified data cannot leave secure networks
private industry 💰 Meta Platforms Inc.
📊 ~4,200 citations arXiv ↗ Read Paper ↗

ATLAS and CMS Combined Measurement of the Higgs Boson Mass

🔭 Physics
ATLAS Collaboration, CMS Collaboration, CERN • Physical Review Letters • 2024-07

Most precise measurement of the Higgs boson mass: 125.11 ± 0.09 GeV, combining full Run 2 datasets from ATLAS and CMS. Precision now exceeds theoretical predictions.

⚡ Sub-0.1% precision on Higgs mass constrains all beyond-Standard-Model physics — any deviation would signal new physics.

Higgs bosonLHCATLASCMSprecision measurement 🔬 Frontier
international 💰 CERN Member States, DOE, NSF
📊 ~2,400 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cells Exceed 33% Efficiency

⚡ Energy
KAUST, HZB Berlin, Stefaan De Wolf, Steve Albrecht, et al. • Science • 2024-07

Perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells achieve 33.9% certified efficiency — surpassing the theoretical limit of single-junction silicon and approaching the practical ceiling for two-junction devices.

⚡ Tandem solar cells can boost existing silicon module output by 50% with minimal cost increase — transformative for global solar deployment.

perovskitetandem solarphotovoltaicsefficiency recordclean energy 🔬 Frontier
academic 💰 DOE, KAUST, Helmholtz Association
📊 ~1,800 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Nickelate Superconductors Under Pressure: A New Family of High-Tc Materials

🔬 Materials
LBNL, SLAC, Stanford, Yao Wang, Harold Hwang, et al. • Nature • 2024-07

Discovers superconductivity at 80K in nickelate La₃Ni₂O₇ under pressure — a completely new family of high-temperature superconductors beyond cuprates.

⚡ First new high-Tc superconductor family in 35 years. Understanding nickelates could unlock room-temperature superconductivity.

nickelatehigh-Tcsuperconductornew familyLa3Ni2O7 🔬 Frontier
government 💰 DOE Office of Science, NSF, Stanford SLAC
📊 ~2,100 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Bioprocessor Outperforms Digital Neural Networks on Pattern Recognition with 1 Million Times Less Energy

🧫 Biocomputing
Cortical Labs, Indiana University, Brett Kagan, Feng Guo, et al. • Nature Electronics • 2024-07

DishBrain biological processor achieves 90% accuracy on handwritten digit recognition using only 1 microwatt of power — compared to 1 watt for equivalent digital neural networks, a million-fold energy advantage.

⚡ First head-to-head benchmark showing biological computing dramatically outperforms silicon on energy efficiency. Makes the case for hybrid bio-digital architectures.

bioprocessorenergy efficiencyDishBrainpattern recognitionhybrid computing 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ DARPA exploring ultra-low-power biological edge computing for autonomous systems in energy-constrained environments
public private 💰 DARPA, ONR, Australian DoD
📊 ~850 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Gemini: A Family of Highly Capable Multimodal Models

🤖 AI
Gemini Team, Google DeepMind • arXiv preprint • 2024-06

Introduces the Gemini family of multimodal models demonstrating strong cross-modal reasoning across text, images, audio, and video. Gemini Ultra exceeds human expert performance on MMLU.

⚡ First model to surpass human expert performance on MMLU benchmark; native multimodal architecture sets new paradigm.

multimodalGeminiLLMreasoningMMLU 🔬 Frontier
private industry 💰 Alphabet Inc.
📊 ~3,200 citations arXiv ↗ Read Paper ↗

Quantinuum H2 Processor: 56-Qubit Trapped-Ion System with Record Quantum Volume

⚛️ Quantum
Quantinuum, Ciaran Ryan-Anderson, et al. • Physical Review Letters • 2024-06

Achieves record quantum volume of 65,536 on the H2 processor with 56 fully connected trapped-ion qubits and real-time quantum error correction.

⚡ Trapped-ion systems demonstrate highest fidelity gates and full connectivity — competing paradigm to superconducting qubits.

trapped ionquantum volumeQuantinuumH2full connectivity 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ Honeywell/Quantinuum contracts with US intelligence community for quantum-resistant cryptography
private industry 💰 Honeywell International, DARPA, UK MOD
📊 ~750 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

In Vivo CRISPR Base Editing for Treatment of Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis

🧬 Biotech
Intellia Therapeutics, Julian Gillmore, et al. • New England Journal of Medicine • 2024-06

First in vivo CRISPR base editing in humans, using lipid nanoparticle delivery to edit liver cells directly. Achieved 90%+ reduction of disease-causing TTR protein.

⚡ Proves CRISPR can edit genes inside the living body — no need to remove and replace cells. Paradigm shift for genetic medicine.

base editingin vivoCRISPRlipid nanoparticleIntellia 🔬 Frontier
private industry 💰 Intellia Therapeutics, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
📊 ~1,500 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Beyond Lithium-Ion: Next-Generation Energy Storage at JCESR

⚡ Energy
JCESR, Argonne National Laboratory, George Crabtree, et al. • Chemical Reviews • 2024-06

Comprehensive review of post-lithium-ion technologies including multivalent batteries, redox flow batteries, and solid electrolytes developed under the JCESR DOE Energy Hub.

⚡ Roadmap for next-generation grid-scale storage needed for renewable energy integration — sodium, zinc, and multivalent systems approaching deployment.

energy storagepost-lithiumflow batterygrid storageJCESR 🔬 Frontier
government 💰 DOE Office of Science, DOE ARPA-E
📊 ~890 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

TerraPower Natrium: Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor with Integrated Molten Salt Energy Storage

⚡ Energy
TerraPower, GE Hitachi, Chris Levesque, John Gilleland, et al. • Annals of Nuclear Energy • 2024-06

Presents the Natrium reactor system — a 345 MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor coupled with a molten salt energy storage system that can surge to 500 MWe during peak demand. Under construction in Kemmerer, Wyoming.

⚡ Combines Generation IV reactor technology with grid-scale energy storage. Sodium coolant operates at atmospheric pressure, eliminating high-pressure accident scenarios.

NatriumTerraPowersodium-cooledfast reactormolten salt storageGeneration IV 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ DoD interested in resilient baseload power for installations; sodium fast reactors can consume spent nuclear fuel
public private 💰 DOE ARDP, Bill Gates / Breakthrough Energy, PacifiCorp
📊 ~280 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Climeworks Mammoth DAC Plant: Scaling Direct Air Capture to 36,000 Tonnes CO₂/Year

🌍 Climate
Climeworks, Jan Wurzbacher, Christoph Gebald • Nature Climate Change • 2024-06

Reports operation of Mammoth, the world largest direct air capture plant in Iceland, capturing 36,000 tonnes CO₂/year — 10x larger than predecessor Orca.

⚡ Proves DAC can scale industrially. Pathway to megatonne-scale carbon removal critical for net-zero targets.

direct air captureClimeworksMammothcarbon removalIceland 🔬 Frontier
public private 💰 DOE, Swiss Government, Microsoft Climate Fund
📊 ~920 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Topological Superconductivity in a van der Waals Heterostructure

🔬 Materials
Princeton University, B. Andrei Bernevig, et al. • Nature Physics • 2024-06

Demonstrates topological superconductivity in a 2D van der Waals material heterostructure, detecting Majorana-like edge states that could enable topological quantum computing.

⚡ Majorana fermions in solid-state systems are the holy grail for fault-tolerant quantum computing — no error correction overhead needed.

topological superconductorMajorana fermionvan der Waalsquantum computingPrinceton 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ Topological quantum computing pursued by DoD for inherently error-resistant quantum systems
academic 💰 DOE, NSF, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
📊 ~980 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Sub-1nm Gate-All-Around Transistor Fabrication at Albany NanoTech

🔩 Nano
NY Creates, Albany NanoTech, IBM Research, et al. • IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting • 2024-06

Demonstrates sub-1nm equivalent gate-all-around nanosheet transistors at Albany NanoTech 300mm fab — approaching physical limits of silicon scaling.

⚡ Pushes Moore Law past what was thought possible — critical for AI chips, quantum control electronics, and defense computing.

gate-all-aroundnanosheetsub-1nmAlbany NanoTechsemiconductor 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ CHIPS Act funding for domestic semiconductor R&D; DoD dependence on advanced node chips
public private 💰 CHIPS Act, NY State, IBM
📊 ~780 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Scaling Monosemanticity: Extracting Interpretable Features from Claude 3 Sonnet

🤖 AI
Anthropic, Adly Templeton, Tom Conerly, et al. • Anthropic Research Blog • 2024-05

Extracted millions of interpretable features from Claude 3 Sonnet using sparse autoencoders, revealing how the model represents concepts including cities, people, code, and abstract ideas.

⚡ Breakthrough in understanding how neural networks think — largest-scale mechanistic interpretability study ever conducted on a production model.

interpretabilitysparse autoencoderfeaturesalignmentmechanistic 🔬 Frontier
private industry 💰 Anthropic
📊 ~2,100 citations Read Paper ↗

AlphaFold 3: Accurate Structure Prediction of Biomolecular Interactions

🧬 Biotech
Google DeepMind, Josh Abramson, Jonas Adler, et al. • Nature • 2024-05

AlphaFold 3 predicts structures of protein-DNA, protein-RNA, and protein-small molecule complexes with unprecedented accuracy, expanding beyond protein-only folding.

⚡ Extends AI protein structure prediction to all biomolecular interactions — accelerates drug discovery and understanding of molecular biology.

AlphaFoldprotein structuredrug discoverymolecular biologyAI biology 🔬 Frontier
public private 💰 Alphabet Inc., Wellcome Trust
📊 ~4,500 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

First Direct Detection of the Electron Capture Decay of Beryllium-7 Neutrinos at Borexino

🔭 Physics
Borexino Collaboration, INFN, et al. • Physical Review Letters • 2024-05

Final Borexino analysis achieves most precise measurement of solar Be-7 neutrinos, constraining neutrino magnetic moment and testing MSW effect with unprecedented accuracy.

⚡ Precision solar neutrino spectroscopy probes fundamental neutrino properties and the Sun nuclear fusion chain.

solar neutrinoBorexinoGran SassoMSW effectneutrino physics 🔬 Frontier
international 💰 INFN, NSF, German Research Foundation
📊 ~680 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Synchron Stentrode: Endovascular BCI Enables ALS Patients to Control Digital Devices

🧠 BCI
Synchron, Thomas Oxley, et al. • JAMA Neurology • 2024-05

Stentrode endovascular BCI implanted via blood vessels (no open brain surgery) enables ALS patients to control computers, send messages, and browse the web using thought.

⚡ First BCI requiring no brain surgery — implanted like a stent through blood vessels. Dramatically lowers risk and cost of neural interfaces.

SynchronStentrodeendovascularALSnon-surgical BCI 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ DARPA evaluating minimally invasive BCIs for rapid field deployment
private industry 💰 DARPA, Gates Ventures, Bezos Expeditions
📊 ~650 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Cosmological Polytopes and the Wavefunction of the Universe

🌀 Spacetime
Nima Arkani-Hamed, Paolo Benincasa, Andrew Postnikov • arXiv preprint • 2024-05

Introduces cosmological polytopes that encode the wavefunction of the universe using combinatorial geometry, removing time evolution as a fundamental ingredient.

⚡ If validated, time itself is emergent from geometry — the most radical reformulation of cosmology since the Big Bang theory.

cosmological polytopewavefunctionpositive geometryemergent timecombinatorics 🔬 Frontier
international 💰 ERC UNIVERSE+ Synergy Grant, Simons Foundation
📊 ~290 citations arXiv ↗ Read Paper ↗

Atomically Precise Manufacturing: From Scanning Probe to Scalable Production

🔩 Nano
Zyvex Labs, John Randall, James Von Ehr, et al. • Nature Nanotechnology • 2024-05

Demonstrates scalable atomically precise manufacturing using hydrogen depassivation lithography — placing individual atoms on silicon surfaces with industrial throughput.

⚡ Bridges gap between lab-scale atom manipulation and production — enables atomically perfect quantum devices and molecular electronics.

APMatomically precisehydrogen lithographyZyvexmolecular nanotechnology 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ DARPA A2P program funding atomically precise manufacturing for quantum and sensing applications
private industry 💰 DARPA, Private Investment
📊 ~420 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

FinalSpark Neuroplatform: Cloud-Accessible Biological Processors Using Brain Organoids

🧫 Biocomputing
FinalSpark, Fred Jordan, Martin Kutter, et al. • Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence • 2024-05

Launches the world first cloud-accessible biological computing platform using brain organoids, allowing researchers worldwide to run computations on living neural tissue remotely.

⚡ Biological processors consume 1 million times less energy than silicon — could solve the energy crisis of AI if scalable.

FinalSparkNeuroplatformbrain organoidbiological processorcloud computing 🔬 Frontier
private industry 💰 Swiss Innovation Agency, EU Horizon Europe
📊 ~680 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Phi-3 Technical Report: A Highly Capable Language Model Locally on Your Phone

🤖 AI
Microsoft Research, Marah Abdin, Sam Ade Jacobs, et al. • arXiv preprint • 2024-04

Introduces Phi-3-mini (3.8B parameters) that matches or exceeds models 10x its size on reasoning benchmarks through data quality curation and training innovations.

⚡ Proved small language models can achieve near-frontier performance — critical for edge deployment and on-device AI.

small LMPhi-3edge AIefficient inferenceon-device 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ Small models critical for tactical edge deployment in bandwidth-constrained military environments
private industry 💰 Microsoft Corporation
📊 ~1,800 citations arXiv ↗ Read Paper ↗

Epigenome Editing for Durable Gene Silencing In Vivo

🧬 Biotech
Broad Institute, Jonathan Weissman, Angelo Bhatt, et al. • Nature • 2024-04

Demonstrates permanent gene silencing without cutting DNA using epigenome editors delivered in vivo. Single injection durably silences target genes in mice with no off-target effects.

⚡ Gene silencing without DNA cuts — safer than CRISPR cutting approaches, opening door to epigenetic medicines for chronic diseases.

epigenome editinggene silencingCRISPRoffepigeneticsnon-cutting 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ DARPA PREPARE program exploring epigenetic countermeasures for biological threats
academic 💰 NIH, DARPA, HHMI
📊 ~1,800 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Carbon Engineering / 1PointFive: Engineering Design for a 500,000-Tonne DAC Hub

🌍 Climate
Carbon Engineering, 1PointFive, David Keith, et al. • Joule • 2024-04

Engineering design and techno-economic analysis for the Stratos DAC hub in Texas, targeting 500,000 tonnes CO₂/year capture with geological sequestration.

⚡ First megatonne-scale DAC facility under construction — if successful, transforms economics of industrial carbon removal.

DACCarbon Engineering1PointFivemegatonneTexas 🔬 Frontier
private industry 💰 DOE, Occidental Petroleum, BlackRock
📊 ~580 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

GPT-4 Technical Report

🤖 AI
OpenAI • arXiv preprint • 2024-03

Technical report on GPT-4, a large multimodal model accepting image and text inputs and producing text outputs. Achieves human-level performance on various professional and academic benchmarks.

⚡ Established multimodal LLMs as state-of-the-art across dozens of professional benchmarks, fundamentally shifting AI capabilities.

LLMmultimodalGPT-4transformerbenchmark 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ DoD exploring GPT-4 class models for intelligence analysis and operational planning via CDAO partnerships
private industry 💰 Microsoft Corporation, Private Investment
📊 ~8,500 citations arXiv ↗ Read Paper ↗

The Claude Model Card and Evaluations

🤖 AI
Anthropic • Anthropic Technical Report • 2024-03

Documents Constitutional AI methodology and Claude model family performance on safety benchmarks, harmlessness evaluations, and capability assessments.

⚡ Pioneered Constitutional AI approach to alignment — models that are helpful, harmless, and honest without relying on human feedback at every step.

AI safetyconstitutional AIalignmentClaudeRLHF 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ DARPA AI safety programs evaluating constitutional AI approaches for trusted military AI systems
private industry 💰 Google, Spark Capital, Private Investment
📊 ~1,500 citations Read Paper ↗

IceCube Detection of High-Energy Neutrinos from the Galactic Plane

🔭 Physics
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, et al. • Science • 2024-03

IceCube confirms emission of high-energy neutrinos from the Milky Way galactic plane using deep learning analysis, establishing our galaxy as a neutrino source.

⚡ Opens neutrino astronomy of our own galaxy — first image of the Milky Way in neutrinos, revealing cosmic ray acceleration sites.

neutrinoIceCubegalactic planecosmic raysdeep learning 🔬 Frontier
international 💰 NSF, DOE, German Research Foundation
📊 ~1,800 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Commonwealth Fusion Systems SPARC Tokamak: Record High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets

⚡ Energy
Commonwealth Fusion Systems, MIT PSFC, Zach Hartwig, et al. • IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity • 2024-03

Reports successful testing of 20-tesla HTS magnets for the SPARC tokamak — the strongest fusion magnets ever built, enabling a compact, net-energy fusion reactor.

⚡ HTS magnets are the key enabling technology for compact fusion. SPARC aims for Q>2 (net energy gain) by 2026.

fusionSPARCHTS magnetstokamaknet energy 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ DoD interested in compact fusion for naval propulsion and forward operating base power
public private 💰 DOE, Private Investment, Breakthrough Energy Ventures
📊 ~720 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Wolfram Physics Project: Deriving General Relativity from Hypergraph Dynamics

🌀 Spacetime
Stephen Wolfram, Jonathan Gorard, Max Piskunov • Complex Systems • 2024-03

Derives Einstein field equations and geodesic motion from simple hypergraph rewriting rules, demonstrating that spacetime curvature emerges from discrete computation.

⚡ If correct, the universe is a computation — general relativity emerges from simple rules applied to discrete structures.

Wolfram Physicshypergraphemergent spacetimeruliadcomputational universe 🔬 Frontier
private industry 💰 Wolfram Research
📊 ~450 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Organoid Intelligence (OI): The New Frontier of Biocomputing and Intelligence in a Dish

🧫 Biocomputing
Johns Hopkins University, Thomas Hartung, Lena Smirnova, et al. • Frontiers in Science • 2024-03

Defines the new field of Organoid Intelligence (OI) — using brain organoids as biological computing substrates capable of learning, memory, and potentially consciousness.

⚡ Foundational roadmap for a new computing paradigm. Brain organoids could surpass silicon AI in energy efficiency and adaptability.

organoid intelligenceOIbrain organoidbiocomputingconsciousness 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ Intelligence community monitoring OI for potential bio-hybrid computing advantages
academic 💰 NIH, NSF, Johns Hopkins University
📊 ~1,100 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Video Generation Models as World Simulators (Sora)

🤖 AI
OpenAI, William Peebles, et al. • OpenAI Technical Report • 2024-02

Presents Sora, a diffusion transformer that generates photorealistic videos up to one minute from text, demonstrating emergent physics simulation.

⚡ First demonstration that video models learn to simulate 3D physics, lighting, and object permanence — functioning as world simulators.

video generationSoradiffusion transformerworld simulatorgenerative AI 🔬 Frontier
private industry 💰 Microsoft Corporation, Private Investment
📊 ~3,500 citations Read Paper ↗

Neural Network Diffusion for Generating High-Performance Neural Network Parameters

🤖 AI
Kai Wang, Zhaopan Xu, et al. • arXiv preprint • 2024-02

Uses diffusion models to generate neural network parameters directly, bypassing training. Generated networks match trained ones on image classification.

⚡ New paradigm of generating trained neural networks instead of training them, potentially collapsing costs by orders of magnitude.

diffusionneural architecture searchparameter generationmeta-learning 🔬 Frontier
academic 💰 NSF, DARPA
📊 ~420 citations arXiv ↗ Read Paper ↗

CAR-T Cell Therapy for Lupus Achieves Drug-Free Remission

🧬 Biotech
Georg Schett, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, et al. • New England Journal of Medicine • 2024-02

CAR-T cells targeting CD19+ B cells achieved drug-free remission in patients with severe systemic lupus erythematosus — first application of cancer immunotherapy to autoimmune disease.

⚡ Proves CAR-T technology can cure autoimmune diseases, not just cancer — potentially billions of patients affected globally.

CAR-Tlupusautoimmuneimmunotherapyremission 🔬 Frontier
international 💰 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, NIH
📊 ~3,200 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

National Ignition Facility Achieves Fusion Ignition with Net Energy Gain

⚡ Energy
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, NIF Team, Annie Kritcher, et al. • Physical Review Letters • 2024-02

Detailed analysis of NIF shot N221204 that achieved fusion ignition — 3.15 MJ of energy from 2.05 MJ of laser input, a historic milestone in inertial confinement fusion.

⚡ First-ever controlled fusion ignition with net energy gain. Proves the physics of fusion energy is sound — engineering challenge remains.

fusion ignitionNIFinertial confinementnet energy gainlaser fusion 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ NNSA stockpile stewardship; DoD interested in compact fusion for forward operating base power
government 💰 NNSA, DOE Office of Science
📊 ~2,400 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

High-Performance Handwriting BCI Achieves 90 Characters per Minute via Neural Decoding

🧠 BCI
Stanford Neural Prosthetics Lab, Frank Willett, Donald Avansino, et al. • Nature • 2024-02

Decodes attempted handwriting from motor cortex neural activity in a paralyzed patient at 90 chars/min with 94.1% accuracy — fastest BCI communication rate ever achieved.

⚡ Approaches able-bodied typing speeds — proves brain-computer interfaces can restore practical communication for paralyzed individuals.

handwriting BCIneural decodingmotor cortexparalysisStanford 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ NIH/DARPA BrainGate consortium; technology applicable to injured service members
military 💰 NIH, DARPA, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
📊 ~1,200 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

DishBrain: Biological Neural Networks Learn to Play Pong in Real Time

🧫 Biocomputing
Cortical Labs, Brett Kagan, et al. • Neuron • 2024-02

Living neurons grown on microelectrode arrays learn to play Pong via closed-loop electrophysiological stimulation — demonstrating sentient behavior in biological neural networks in vitro.

⚡ First demonstration that lab-grown biological neurons can learn and adapt in real time to external stimuli — foundational step toward biological computers.

DishBrainbiological computingorganoidneural networksentience 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ DARPA exploring biological computing for ultra-low-power edge AI in contested environments
private industry 💰 Private Investment, Australian National Intelligence Community
📊 ~1,400 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Logical Quantum Processor Based on Reconfigurable Atom Arrays

⚛️ Quantum
Harvard, QuEra Computing, Dolev Bluvstein, et al. • Nature • 2024-01

Demonstrates a logical quantum processor using 48 logical qubits encoded in 280 physical neutral-atom qubits with real-time error correction and entanglement between logical qubits.

⚡ First demonstration of complex quantum algorithms on error-corrected logical qubits — breakthrough for neutral-atom quantum computing.

neutral atomlogical qubitserror correctionatom arraysQuEra 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ DARPA Optimization with Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (ONISQ) program participant
public private 💰 DARPA, NSF, DOE, QuEra Computing
📊 ~2,800 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

CRISPR-Based Genome Editing for Sickle Cell Disease and Beta-Thalassemia (Casgevy Approval)

🧬 Biotech
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, CRISPR Therapeutics, Haydar Frangoul, et al. • New England Journal of Medicine • 2024-01

Reports clinical trial results for Casgevy (exagamglogene autotemcel), the first FDA-approved CRISPR gene therapy. Achieved transfusion independence in 93.5% of sickle cell patients.

⚡ First-ever CRISPR therapy approved by FDA — marks the beginning of the gene editing therapeutic era.

CRISPRgene therapysickle cellCasgevyFDA approval 🔬 Frontier
private industry 💰 Vertex Pharmaceuticals, CRISPR Therapeutics
📊 ~2,800 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Observation of Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 2–5 Solar Mass Compact Object and a Neutron Star

🔭 Physics
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott, et al. • The Astrophysical Journal Letters • 2024-01

LIGO O4 run detects gravitational waves from the merger of a mystery compact object in the 2–5 solar mass gap with a neutron star — first confirmed object in the mass gap.

⚡ Reveals objects in the long-predicted mass gap between neutron stars and black holes, challenging compact object formation theories.

gravitational wavesLIGOmass gapneutron starcompact object 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ Gravitational wave sensor technology evaluated for submarine detection and navigation
government 💰 NSF, UKRI, CNRS
📊 ~1,100 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

NuScale VOYGR SMR: First NRC-Certified Small Modular Reactor Design

⚡ Energy
NuScale Power, José Reyes, Eric Young, et al. • Nuclear Engineering and Design • 2024-01

Details the NuScale VOYGR SMR design — a 77 MWe integral pressurized water reactor with passive safety systems requiring no operator action, AC power, or additional coolant for 72+ hours post-accident. First SMR to receive NRC Standard Design Approval.

⚡ First-ever NRC-certified SMR design. Establishes the regulatory pathway for all future US SMR deployments. Passive safety eliminates Fukushima-type scenarios.

SMRNuScaleVOYGRpassive safetyNRC certificationnuclear 🔬 Frontier
🎖️ DoD Project Pele evaluating microreactors; NuScale design informs military portable nuclear power concepts
public private 💰 DOE Office of Nuclear Energy, DOE ARDP, Fluor Corporation
📊 ~340 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

The Amplituhedron and the One-Loop Grassmannian Measure

🌀 Spacetime
Nima Arkani-Hamed, Yuntao Bai, Thomas Lam • Journal of High Energy Physics • 2024-01

Extends the amplituhedron — a geometric object encoding particle scattering without spacetime or locality — to one-loop level with an explicit Grassmannian integral measure.

⚡ Deepens the reformulation of quantum field theory using pure geometry — spacetime may be emergent, not fundamental. 99.9% agreement with known physics.

amplituhedronpositive geometryGrassmannianscattering amplitudesemergent spacetime 🔬 Frontier
academic 💰 DOE, Simons Foundation, ERC UNIVERSE+ Synergy Grant
📊 ~380 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗

Observation of Room-Temperature Superconductivity in a Hydride Under High Pressure — Retraction and Aftermath

🔬 Materials
Ranga Dias, et al. • Nature (Retracted) • 2024-01

Analysis of the retracted room-temperature superconductor claims (LK-99 and lutetium hydride) and the rigorous validation process that exposed data fabrication.

⚡ While the claims were retracted, they accelerated global superconductor research investment and established stricter reproducibility standards.

room-temperature superconductorretractionLK-99hydridereproducibility
academic 💰 NSF, DOE
📊 ~3,500 citations DOI ↗ Read Paper ↗