Narrow escape with imperfect reactions Author(s): Anıl Cengiz and Sean D. LawleyThis work considers the narrow-escape problem in a three-dimensional domain with partially reactive traps on an otherwise reflecting boundary. The authors deri …
Maximum entropy in dynamic complex networks Author(s): Noam Abadi and Franco RuzzenentiThe field of complex networks studies a wide variety of interacting systems by representing them as networks. To understand their properties and mutual relat …
Partially unitary learning Author(s): Mikhail Gennadievich Belov and Vladislav Gennadievich MalyshkinThe problem of an optimal mapping between Hilbert spaces IN of $|ψ〉$ and OUT of $|ϕ〉$ based on a set of wavefunction measureme …
Noise-induced peak intensity fluctuations in class B laser systems Author(s): Jason Hindes and Ira B. SchwartzRandom perturbations and noise can excite instabilities in population systems that result in large fluctuations. Important examples involve class B lasers, w …
Transition-path sampling for run-and-tumble particles Author(s): Thomas Kiechl, Thomas Franosch, and Michele CaraglioWe elaborate and validate a generalization of the renowned transition-path-sampling algorithm for a paradigmatic model of active particle …
Minimizing the profligacy of searches with reset Author(s): John C. Sunil, Richard A. Blythe, Martin R. Evans, and Satya N. MajumdarWe introduce the profligacy of a search process as a competition between its expected cost and the probability of fin …
Interplay of geometry and mechanics in epithelial wound healing Author(s): Nandhu Krishna Babu, M. Sreepadmanabh, Sayantan Dutta, and Tapomoy BhattacharjeeWound healing is a complex biological process critical for maintaining an organism's structural integrit …
Error thresholds in the presence of epistatic interactions Author(s): D. A. Herrera-MartíRNA viruses have high mutation rates due the the lack of error correction mechanisms, which may lead the viral population to a state of “error catastrophe” in which genet …
Weak collisionless shocks mediated by ion gyroviscosity Author(s): Brett D. KeenanCollisionless shocks are ubiquitous in space and astrophysical plasmas, and they are essential dynamical features of these systems. Lacking Coulomb collisions, these shocks a …
Irreversible dynamics of a continuum driven by active matter Author(s): John C. Neu and Stephen W. TeitsworthWe study the fluctuational behavior of overdamped elastic filaments (e.g., strings or rods) driven by active matter which induces irreversibility. The s …
Effect of smectic polymers on cholesteric liquid crystals Author(s): Zhaofei Zheng and Francesca SerraComposite materials made of polymers and liquid crystals have been widely employed in smart windows, optical filters, and bistable displays. However, it is …
Pattern dynamics of the nonreciprocal Swift-Hohenberg model Author(s): Yuta Tateyama, Hiroaki Ito, Shigeyuki Komura, and Hiroyuki KitahataWe investigate the pattern dynamics of the one-dimensional nonreciprocal Swift-Hohenberg model. Characteristic spatiotempo …
Computational microscopy beyond perfect lenses Author(s): Xingyuan Lu, Minh Pham, Elisa Negrini, Damek Davis, Stanley J. Osher, and Jianwei MiaoWe demonstrate that in situ coherent diffractive imaging (CDI), which leverages the coherent interferen …
Mechanochemical topological defects in an active nematic Author(s): Michael M. Norton and Piyush GroverWe propose a reaction-diffusion system that converts topological information of an active nematic into chemical signals. We show that a curvature-activate …
Intermediate scattering function of a gravitactic circle swimmer Author(s): Regina Rusch, Oleksandr Chepizhko, and Thomas FranoschWe analyze gravitaxis of a Brownian circle swimmer by deriving and analytically characterizing the experimentally measurable intermedia …
Dipole-to-monopole-flow transition in bubbly thermal convection Author(s): Rajaram Lakkaraju, Dinesh Kumar Chandraker, and Gautam BiswasThe hydrodynamic and thermal interactions between neighboring vapor bubbles on hot surfaces play a crucial role in heat transpor …
Legislative rebellions and impeachments in a neural network society Author(s): Juan Neirotti and Nestor CatichaThe stability of governments is highly variable as a function of political systems and country-specific conditions. The authors develop a statistical mechani …
Random search with resetting in heterogeneous environments Author(s): Luiz Menon, Jr. and Celia AnteneodoWe investigate random searches under stochastic position resetting at rate $r$, in a bounded 1D environment with space-dependent diffusivity $D(x)$. For a …
Localized spatiotemporal dynamics in active fluids Author(s): Luca Barberi and Karsten KruseFrom cytoskeletal networks to tissues, many biological systems behave as active materials. Their composition and stress generation is affected by chemical reac …
Hidden length lets collagen buffer mechanical and chemical stress Author(s): Benedikt Rennekamp, Helmut Grubmüller, and Frauke GräterCollagen, the most abundant protein in the human body, must withstand high mechanical loads due to its structural role in tendons, sk …
Exact cluster dynamics of indirect reciprocity in complete graphs Author(s): Minwoo Bae, Takashi Shimada, and Seung Ki BaekHeider's balance theory emphasizes cognitive consistency in assessing others, as expressed by the phrase “The enemy of my enemy is my frie …
Collective dynamics on constrained three-lane exclusion process Author(s): Atul Kumar Verma and Priyanka N. C.The motivation behind the proposed study stems from multilane traffic systems with finite availability of particles. Our investigation revolves around a t …
Exciton spectra in disordered quantum wells Author(s): V. A. Stephanovich, W. Olchawa, A. Bartecka, and A. BacławskiWe study the effects of disorder on the exciton spectra in quantum well (QW) semiconductor structures. We model the disorder by …
Finite-time measurement-driven Otto cycle Author(s): Youlin Wang, Shihao Xia, Xinqiao Lin, Ousi Pan, Jincan Chen, and Shanhe SuA novel quantum Otto heat engine that operates within a finite-time framework by incorporating measurement procedur …
Laminar chaotic saddle within a turbulent attractor Author(s): Hibiki Kato, Miki U. Kobayashi, Yoshitaka Saiki, and James A. YorkeIntermittent switchings between weakly chaotic (laminar) and strongly chaotic (bursty) states are often observed in system …
Buckling by disordered growth Author(s): Rahul G. Ramachandran, Ricard Alert, and Pierre A. HaasBuckling instabilities driven by tissue growth underpin key developmental events such as the folding of the brain. Tissue growth is di …
Forced one-dimensional swarmalator model Author(s): Md Sayeed Anwar, Dibakar Ghosh, and Kevin O'KeeffeWe study a simple model of swarmalators subject to periodic forcing and confined to moving around a one-dimensional ring. This is a to …
Mechanosensitive dose response of the bacterial flagellar motor Author(s): Shaoying Zhu, Rui He, Rongjing Zhang, and Junhua YuanThe bacterial flagellar motor is both chemo- and mechanosensitive. It is sensitive to the intracellular concentration of the chemotaxis …
Topological fingerprints in Liouvillian gaps Author(s): K. Kavanagh, J. K. Slingerland, S. Dooley, and G. KellsTopology in many-body physics usually emerges as a feature of equilibrium quantum states. We show that topological fingerprints can al …
Numerical modeling of heterogeneous stimuli-responsive hydrogels Author(s): Amin Rahmat, Berk Altunkeyik, Mostafa Safdari Shadloo, and Tom Montenegro-JohnsonIn this paper, we introduce a computational technique for modeling heterogeneous thermoresponsive hydrogels. …
Quasiuniversal behavior of shear relaxation times in simple fluids Author(s): S. A. Khrapak and A. G. KhrapakWe calculate the shear relaxation times in four important simple monatomic model fluids: Lennard-Jones, Yukawa, soft-sphere, and hard-sphere fluids. It is obs …
Buzz pollination: A theoretical analysis via scaling invariance Author(s): Daniel Borin, Vinicius Lourenço Garcia de Brito, Edson Denis Leonel, and Matheus HansenNearly half of the bee species can perform a fascinating stereotyped behavior to collect pollen grains …
Elastic and inelastic scattering of flat-top solitons Author(s): U. Al Khawaja, M. O. D. Alotaibi, and L. Al SakkafWe investigate the interaction between two flat-top solitons within the cubic-quintic nonlinear Schrödinger equation framework. Our study r …