Interacting copies of random-constraint satisfaction problems Author(s): Maria Chiara Angelini, Louise Budzynski, and Federico Ricci-TersenghiWe study a system of $y=2$ coupled copies of a well-known constraint satisfaction problem (random hypergraph bicoloring) …
Taming a Maxwell's demon for experimental stochastic resetting Author(s): Rémi Goerlich, Minghao Li, Luís B. Pires, Paul-Antoine Hervieux, Giovanni Manfredi, and Cyriaque GenetA diffusive process that is reset to its origin at random times, so-called stochastic r …
Depinning and activated motion of chiral self-propelled particles Author(s): Juan Pablo Carrillo-Mora, Adrià Garcés, and Demian LevisWe study experimentally, numerically, and analytically, the dynamics of a chiral active particle (cm-sized robots), pulled at a const …
Capillary condensation between parallel walls of unequal length Author(s): Alexandr MalijevskýWe present a macroscopic theory of capillary condensation in slits formed by parallel walls of unequal length. Using the concept of an edge contact angle, we identify fou …
Entropic marker of cancer cell softening under shear stress Author(s): A. S. NikitiukMetastasis of cancer cells is closely associated with their ability to undergo mechanical softening under shear stress. A statistical-thermodynamic model has been developed to …
Central limit behavior at the edge of chaos in the $z$-logistic map Author(s): Abbas Ali Saberi, Ugur Tirnakli, and Constantino TsallisWe focus on the Feigenbaum-Coullet-Tresser point of the dissipative one-dimensional $z$-logistic map ${x}_{t+1}=1−a{|{x}_{t}|}^{z}\ph …
Chemically active droplets in crowded environments Author(s): Jacques D. Fries, Roxanne Berthin, Chengjie Luo, Marie Jardat, David Zwicker, Vincent Dahirel, and Pierre IllienBiomolecular condensates are essential for cellular organization and result f …
Reduced density fluctuations via antialigning in active matter Author(s): Horst-Holger Boltz and Thomas IhleWe highlight the importance of long-range correlations in active matter systems of self-propelling particles even in the absence of global order or steric …
Ergodic properties of functionals of Gaussian processes Author(s): Vicenç Méndez, Carlos Hervás, and Rosa Flaquer-GalmésWe derive the first two moments of generic positive stochastic functionals in terms of the one- and two-time probability density functio …
System-bath approach to rotating Brownian motion Author(s): Ashot Matevosyan and Armen E. AllahverdyanRotating equilibrated systems are widespread, but relatively little attention has been devoted to studying them from the first principles of statis …
Parameter degeneracy in the vertex model for tissues Author(s): Paulo C. Godolphim, Leonardo G. Brunnet, and Rodrigo SotoThe vertex model with homogeneous cell properties is known to exhibit a parameter degeneracy in which the system's dynamics is …
Active wave-particle clusters Author(s): Rahil N. Valani and David M. PaganinActive particles are nonequilibrium entities that uptake energy and convert it into self-propulsion. A dynamically rich class of inertial active particle …
Self-organized collapse of societies Author(s): Alexander Jochim and Stefan BornholdtWhy are human societies unstable? Theories based on the observation of recurring patterns in historical data indicate that economic inequality, as well …
Editorial: Fourth Annual APS DSOFT Gallery of Soft Matter Author(s): Sujit S. Datta, Evelyn Tang, Lilian Hsiao, Jack-William Barotta, Makayla Baker, Isabelle Eisenmann, Jonghyun Hwang, Manon L'Estimé, Ido Levin, and David MeerThe winning entries of the …
From lines to networks Author(s): Marc BarthelemyThis study presents a novel model for spatial networks generated from intersecting lines. It is based on a principle of growth present in various real systems such as transpo …
Tuning nuclear rheology through transient chromatin cross-links Author(s): Yin-Dong Zhang, Chao-Hao Wu, Han-Xuan Shi, Holger Merlitz, Kerry S. Bloom, M. Gregory Forest, Chen-Xu Wu, and Xue-Zheng CaoIn eukaryotic cells, the nucleolus is a pivotal subnuclear organel …
Class of exclusion processes capable of exhibiting current reversal Author(s): Ngo Phuoc Nguyen Ngoc and Lam Thi NhungThe authors introduce a class of generalized exclusion processes, modeling particles performing random walks on a one-dimensional lattice while obeyin …
Minimax entropy: The statistical physics of optimal models Author(s): David P. Carcamo, Nicholas J. Weaver, Purushottam D. Dixit, and Christopher W. LynnWhen describing the world, one seeks models with as few details as possible that are as accurate as possib …
Designing logic gates using active particles Author(s): Sapna Yadav, Aarsh Chotalia, Veronique Pimienta, Sudeshna Sinha, and P. ParmanandaIn recent years, unconventional computing architectures that transcend traditional semiconductor-based syst …
Mittag-Leffler quantum statistics and thermodynamic anomalies Author(s): Maryam Seifi, Zahra Ebadi, Hamzeh Agahi, Hossein Mehri-Dehnavi, and Hosein MohammadzadehBuilding upon the framework established in our recent work [M. Seifi et al., Phys. Rev. E 111, 054114 …
Dynamics of an outlier in the Gaussian unitary ensemble Author(s): John Mateus, Gabriel Téllez, and Frédéric van WijlandWe endow the elements of a random matrix drawn from the Gaussian unitary ensemble with a Dyson Brownian motion dynamics. We initialize t …
Hyperbolic embedding of multilayer networks Author(s): Martin Guillemaud, Vera Dinkelacker, and Mario ChavezMultilayer networks offer a powerful framework for modeling complex systems across diverse domains, effectively capturing multiple types …
Memory in neural activity: Long-range order without criticality Author(s): Jay K.-C. Sun, Chesson Sipling, Yuan-Hang Zhang, and Massimiliano Di VentraThe “criticality hypothesis,” based on observed scale-free correlations in neural activity, posits that the brain …
Shock-compression-based equation of state for perfluorohexane Author(s): Anunay Prasanna, Guillaume T. Bokman, Samuele Fiorini, Armand Sieber, Bratislav Lukić, Daniel Foster, and Outi SupponenPerfluorohexane is a biocompatible material that serves as a liquid co …
Kinetic study of strong shock waves in fully ionized plasmas Author(s): J. R. Angus, J. Dun, W. Farmer, V. Geyko, D. Grote, D. Larson, J. J. van de Wetering, and G. ZimmermanFully kinetic simulations are used in this work to study strong shock waves in fully io …
Field theory for optimal signal propagation in residual networks Author(s): Kirsten Fischer, David Dahmen, and Moritz HeliasResidual networks have significantly better trainability and thus performance than feed-forward networks at large depth. Introducing skip con …
Echo state network for coarsening dynamics of charge density waves Author(s): Clement Dinh, Yunhao Fan, and Gia-Wei ChernAn echo state network (ESN) is a type of reservoir computer that uses a recurrent neural network with a sparsely connected hidden layer. Compared …
Configurational entropy of random trees Author(s): Pieter H. W. van der Hoek, Angelo Rosa, and Ralf EveraersWe present a graph theoretical approach to the configurational statistics of random treelike objects, such as randomly branching pol …
Clustering-induced localization of quantum walks on networks Author(s): Lucas Böttcher and Mason A. PorterQuantum walks on networks are a paradigmatic model in quantum information theory. Quantum-walk algorithms have been developed for various applications, inc …
Creep failure in heterogeneous materials from the barrier landscape Author(s): Juan Carlos Verano-Espitia, Tero Mäkinen, Mikko J. Alava, and Jérôme WeissStressed under a constant load, materials creep with a final acceleration of deformation and for any given applied …
Effects of symmetry on coupled rotary molecular motors Author(s): Sara Iranbakhsh and David A. SivakAs engineering advances toward the nanoscale, understanding design principles for molecular motors becomes increasingly valuable. Many molecular motors con …
Mach reflection and formation of transient toroidal helium plasma Author(s): Vincent L. Kooij and Dirk BouwmeesterLaser-generated, transient toroidal helium plasma at atmospheric pressure is studied experimentally. Tomographically reconstructed cross-sectional image …