Random diffusivity processes in an external force field Author(s): Xudong Wang and Yao ChenBrownian yet non-Gaussian processes have recently been observed in numerous biological systems, and corresponding theories have been constructed based on random diff …
Segregation patterns in three-dimensional granular flows Author(s): Mengqi Yu, Julio M. Ottino, Richard M. Lueptow, and Paul B. UmbanhowarFlow of size-bidisperse particle mixtures in a spherical tumbler rotating alternately about two perpendicular axes prod …
Floquet quantum thermal transistor Author(s): Nikhil Gupt, Srijan Bhattacharyya, Bikash Das, Subhadeep Datta, Victor Mukherjee, and Arnab GhoshA three-qubit transistor design offers a way to manipulate the system’s heat flow by hitting …
Fréchet distribution in geometric graphs for drone networks Author(s): Maria Raftopoulou, Remco Litjens, and Piet Van MieghemIn this paper, we focus on the link density in random geometric graphs (RGGs) with a distance-based connection function. After deriving …
Path-integral molecular dynamics for anyons, bosons, and fermions Author(s): Yunuo Xiong and Hongwei XiongIn this article we develop a general method to numerically calculate physical properties for a system of anyons with path integral molecular dynamics. We provid …
Rough or crumpled: Phases in kinetic growth with surface relaxation Author(s): Sudip Mukherjee and Abhik BasuWe show that generic kinetic growth processes with surface relaxations can exhibit a hitherto unexplored crumpled phase with short-range orientational order at …
Optimal control with a strong harmonic trap Author(s): Steven Blaber and David A. SivakQuadratic trapping potentials are widely used to experimentally probe biopolymers and molecular machines and drive transitions in steered molecular-dynamics …
Correlations in nonequilibrium diffusive systems Author(s): P. L. GarridoWe study the behavior of stationary nonequilibrium two-body correlation functions for diffusive systems with equilibrium reference states (DSe). We describe a DSe at the mesosc …
Tricritical point in the quantum Hamiltonian mean-field model Author(s): Harald Schmid, Johannes Dieplinger, Andrea Solfanelli, Sauro Succi, and Stefano RuffoEngineering long-range interactions in experimental platforms has been achieved with great success in a …
Spiral wave drift under optical feedback in cardiac tissue Author(s): Yuan-Xun Xia, Xin-Pei Zhi, Teng-Chao Li, Jun-Ting Pan, Alexander V. Panfilov, and Hong ZhangDrifting electrical spiral waves in cardiac tissue can induce life-threatening heart irregulariti …
Equilibrium fluctuations in mean-field disordered models Author(s): Giampaolo Folena, Giulio Biroli, Patrick Charbonneau, Yi Hu, and Francesco ZamponiMean-field models of glasses that present a random first order transition exhibit highly nontrivial fluctua …
Hydrodynamic theory of $p$-atic liquid crystals Author(s): Luca Giomi, John Toner, and Niladri SarkarWe formulate a comprehensive hydrodynamic theory of two-dimensional liquid crystals with generic $p$-fold rotational symmetry, also known as $p$-at …
Phase behavior of fluids in undulated nanopores Author(s): Martin Pospíšil and Alexandr MalijevskýThe geometry of walls forming a narrow pore may qualitatively affect the phase behavior of the confined fluid. Specifically, the nature of condensatio …
Detecting frequency modulation in stochastic time-series data Author(s): Adrian L. Hauber, Christian Sigloch, and Jens TimmerWe propose a statistical test to identify nonstationary frequency-modulated stochastic processes from time-series data. Our method uses t …
Oscillations of a particle-laden fountain Author(s): Chaimae Alaoui, Aurélien Gay, and Valérie VidalDifferent regimes are usually observed for fluid migration through an immersed granular layer. In this work, we report a puzzling behavior whe …
Normal and anomalous diffusion in the disordered wind-tree model Author(s): Benjamin A. Sanvee, René Lohmann, and Jürgen HorbachEhrenfests' wind-tree model (EWTM) refers to a two-dimensional system where noninteracting point tracer particles move through a ran …
Unbiasedness and optimization of regional weight cancellation Author(s): Hunter Belanger, Davide Mancusi, and Andrea ZoiaThe Monte Carlo method is often used to simulate systems which can be modeled by random walks. To calculate observables, in many implementati …
Membrane area gain and loss during cytokinesis Author(s): Felix Frey and Timon IdemaIn cytokinesis of animal cells, the cell is symmetrically divided into two. Since the cell's volume is conserved, the projected area has to increase to allow …
Anomalous behavior of a two-dimensional Hertzian disk system Author(s): Eu. A. Gaiduk, Yu. D. Fomin, E. N. Tsiok, and V. N. RyzhovThe anomalous behavior of a two-dimensional system of Hertzian disks with exponent $α=7/2$ has been studied using the method of mol …
Optimal searcher distribution for parallel random target searches Author(s): Sunghan Ro and Yong Woon KimWe consider a problem of finding a target located in a finite $d$-dimensional domain, using $N$ independent random walkers, when partial information about the ta …
Anomalous diffusion and transport by a reciprocal convective flow Author(s): Yuki Koyano and Hiroyuki KitahataUnder low-Reynolds-number conditions, dynamics of convection and diffusion are usually considered separately because their dominant spatial and temporal sca …
Terminal stage of highly viscous flow Author(s): U. BuchenauThe shear misfit model for highly viscous flow is based upon a theoretical prediction for its terminal stage in terms of irreversible Eshelby relaxations in five-dimensional shea …
Joint measurability in nonequilibrium quantum thermodynamics Author(s): Konstantin Beyer, Roope Uola, Kimmo Luoma, and Walter T. StrunzIn this Letter we investigate the concept of quantum work and its measurability from the viewpoint of quantum measurement theo …
Numerically probing the universal operator growth hypothesis Author(s): Robin Heveling, Jiaozi Wang, and Jochen GemmerRecently, a hypothesis on the complexity growth of unitarily evolving operators was presented. This hypothesis states that in generic, noninteg …
Molecular signatures of the glass transition in polymers Author(s): Tianyi Jin (金天逸), Connor W. Coley, and Alfredo Alexander-KatzThe glass transition temperature (${T}_{g}$) is one of the most fundamental properties of polymers. ${T}_{g}$ is predicted by so …
Active colloidal molecules in activity gradients Author(s): Hidde D. Vuijk, Sophie Klempahn, Holger Merlitz, Jens-Uwe Sommer, and Abhinav SharmaWe consider a rigid assembly of two active Brownian particles, forming an active colloidal dimer, in a gr …
Stochastic representation of processes with resetting Author(s): Marcin Magdziarz and Kacper TaźbierskiIn this paper we introduce a general stochastic representation for an important class of processes with resetting. It allows to describe any stochastic …
Finite-size scaling of critical avalanches Author(s): Avinash Chand Yadav, Abdul Quadir, and Haider Hasan JafriWe examine probability distribution for avalanche sizes observed in self-organized critical systems. While a power-law distribution …
Migration of active rings in porous media Author(s): Ligesh Theeyancheri, Subhasish Chaki, Tapomoy Bhattacharjee, and Rajarshi ChakrabartiInspired by how the shape deformations in active organisms help them to migrate through disordered porou …
Successive reintrusions in a granular medium Author(s): B. Darbois Texier and A. SeguinWe measure and analyze the drag force experienced by a rigid rod that penetrates vertically into a granular medium and partially withdraws before sinking agai …
Dust mobilization in the presence of magnetic fields Author(s): Li Hsia Yeo, Noah Hood, Xu Wang, and Mihály HorányiWe present a study of surface dust mobilization due to photoelectric charging in the presence of a magnetic field. Dust mobilization is ob …
Chaos and thermalization in a classical chain of dipoles Author(s): Manuel Iñarrea, Rosario González-Férez, J. Pablo Salas, and Peter SchmelcherWe explore the connection between chaos, thermalization, and ergodicity in a linear chain of $N$ interacting dipo …
Contact map dependence of a T-cell receptor binding repertoire Author(s): Kevin Ng Chau, Jason T. George, José N. Onuchic, Xingcheng Lin, and Herbert LevineThis paper introduces a contact map to take into account three-dimensional aspects of the interaction betwe …
Structural properties of liquids in extreme confinement Author(s): Gerhard Jung and Thomas FranoschWe simulate a hard-sphere liquid in confined geometry where the separation of the two parallel, hard walls is smaller than two particle diameters. By systema …
Decompaction wave propagation in a vibrated fine-powder bed Author(s): Prasad Sonar and Hiroaki KatsuragiWe experimentally study the crack formation and decompaction-wave propagating in a vibrated powder bed consisting of glass beads of 5 $μ\mathrm{m}$ in diam …
Ionization states for the multipetawatt laser-QED regime Author(s): I. Ouatu, B. T. Spiers, R. Aboushelbaya, Q. Feng, M. W. von der Leyen, R. W. Paddock, R. Timmis, C. Ticos, K. M. Krushelnick, and P. A. NorreysA paradigm shift in the physics of laser-plasm …
Intrinsic equilibrium of stably autorotating samaras Author(s): Peixing Niu, Michael D. Atkins, Yanyan Liu, Moxiao Li, Tian Jian Lu, and Tongbeum KimDuring descent, a single-winged maple seed (samara) can naturally reach a delicate equilibrium state, st …