arXiv preprints from January 1, 2026 through September 6, 2026 — 21:42:17 EST
This work is devoted to the mechanisms of dielectric response and electric conductivity of suspensions consisting of the nematic liquid crystal 5CB with different concentrations (from 0 to 10 wt.%) of ferroelectric BaTiO_3 nanoparticles with an average size of 24 nm. We revealed that the incorporation of nanoparticles influences...
Bulk-Rashba spin splitting is forbidden in tetradymite topological insulators like Bi$_2$Se$_3$ or Bi$_2$Te$_3$, since their quintuple-layer stacking preserves inversion symmetry. We show that BiSbTeSe$_2$ escapes this restriction: in the Se-Bi-Se-Sb-Te sequence, the structure loses its inversion center, reducing the point group...
Why do some teams consistently mobilize collective effort and achieve superior performance while others struggle to coordinate action? We introduce Attention-Directing Ability (ADA), a latent team capability capturing how effectively members' interaction signals elicit engagement and coordinated responses from others. Extending the...
Economic stability and progress in modern technological societies depend on vigorous and independent public funding of science and engineering research. When peer review or funding decisions are perceived as politically directed, scientists, funding agencies, and the public react in coupled and conflicting ways. We an evolutionary...
We study the nucleon spectra in two holographic set-ups: Einstein-dilaton and Starobinsky-dilaton gravity models. The Einstein-dilaton holographic model, also known as improved holographic QCD, have been proposed some time ago to describe confinement and glueball spectra. Recently, it has been applied to the case of mesons and...
This article reviews a Hamiltonian framework for describing Dirac fermions propagating on quantum cosmological spacetimes within loop quantum cosmology. Expanding the fermionic field in spinor harmonics on a closed Friedmann--Lemaître--Robertson--Walker background reduces the dynamics to a collection of time-dependent Fermi...
This work presents the demonstration of a superconducting niobium nitride (NbN) nanowire surface acoustic wave transducer, enabling a cryogenic acoustic delay line in scandium aluminum nitride (ScAlN) on silicon carbide (SiC). The superconducting nanowire slows the effective electromagnetic phase velocity along the acoustic wave...
Bulk-Rashba spin splitting is forbidden in tetradymite topological insulators like Bi$_2$Se$_3$ or Bi$_2$Te$_3$, since their quintuple-layer stacking preserves inversion symmetry. We show that BiSbTeSe$_2$ escapes this restriction: in the Se-Bi-Se-Sb-Te sequence, the structure loses its inversion center, reducing the point group...
Orbital localization methods have a long history in quantum chemistry, as they provide a convenient way to describe individual chemical bonds and local properties. However, only a handful of localization functionals are known up to date, and most localization methods do not separate $σ$- and $π$-orbitals, which is important to...
In a rotated frame the biaxial spin Hamiltonian $k_1S_x^2+k_2S_y^2-\mathbf{h}\cdot\mathbf{S}$ is a finite tight-binding chain whose hopping amplitudes are tuned by the applied field. A chain with no vanishing hopping has a nondegenerate spectrum, so a degeneracy can occur only where the field severs the chain. We show that at every...
Reducing the electrical current required to excite magnetization dynamics is a central challenge, e.g. for energy-efficient magnonic devices or oscillator-based computing. Spin Hall oscillators typically rely on large current densities to compensate intrinsic magnetic damping, so these systems are usually studied on the nanoscale...
Machine learning (ML) is transforming materials discovery by enabling rapid prediction of properties that previously required computationally expensive first-principles calculations. Yet most current ML models remain fundamentally limited to zero-temperature descriptions, learning static lattice energies while neglecting the...
Interaction-free measurement (IFM) certifies the presence of an absorbing object without a photon ever being absorbed by it. When several candidate locations are available, existing protocols can also identify which one holds the absorber, but they do so by testing paths sequentially through two-path interferometers, resolving a...
We derive the method of expansion by regions from the Mellin transform for integrals involving polynomials with positive coefficients. This method is widely used to obtain asymptotic expansions of Feynman integrals.
Dipolar magnetic skyrmions can assemble into chains with alternating helicity that act as one-dimensional polymers, yet their statistical mechanics violates the universal harmonic scaling observed in actin, DNA, and microtubules. From first principles, we compute the inter-skyrmion pair potential and find a bi-exponential form of...
Topology governs finite-size violations of local electroneutrality in confined electrolytes. Within Poisson-Boltzmann theory, we show that this topological control gives rise to a universal hierarchy of deviations in spherical, cylindrical, and planar confinement. We quantify this effect through an electroneutrality deviation ratio...
Fracture and calving of glaciers are key contributors to ice-mass loss and sea-level rise, yet predictive modeling remains challenging. Fracture in grounded glaciers is driven by gravitational forces and is typically studied within the framework of quasi-static linear elastic fracture mechanics. In this work, we show that purely...
We present the statistical properties of H$α$ and H$β$ line absorption in little red dots (LRDs) at $z\simeq2.5$--7.2 using archival JWST/NIRSpec spectra from the DAWN JWST Archive and complementary NIRSpec/IFU observations. Among 40 LRDs with broad H$α$ and [O~{\sc iii}] obtained with medium- or high-resolution gratings, 14 objects...
This work is devoted to the mechanisms of dielectric response and electric conductivity of suspensions consisting of the nematic liquid crystal 5CB with different concentrations (from 0 to 10 wt.%) of ferroelectric BaTiO_3 nanoparticles with an average size of 24 nm. We revealed that the incorporation of nanoparticles influences...
We introduce the multispecies version of the harmonic process on a one-dimensional chain in contact with boundary reservoirs. This process is a continuous-time Markov chain where each site can host an unbounded number of colored particles. The symmetric bulk dynamics is put in contact with reservoirs, which inject and remove particles...
In reciprocating flapping-like motions, wing-wake interaction plays a crucial role in fluid force generation. While this effect's existence has been acknowledged, particularly in explaining discrepancies between measured forces and quasi-steady approximations, fundamental research on the mechanism underlying this interaction and its...
Hydrogen atmosphere white dwarf KUV03442+0719 was first reported as a pulsator by Gianninas et al. in 2006. Follow up campaigns by Su et al. (2014) revealed more periods. Some spectroscopic results suggest that KUV03442+0719 has a slightly below average mass and an effective temperature of 11000 K. But Gaia data (parallax and...
Parasitic interference is a common limitation in laser interferometers, arising from unwanted beams that corrupt the phase measurement and degrade displacement sensitivity. In this work, we present a unified framework for the characterization and mitigation of parasitic interference in heterodyne interferometers. Parasitic beams are...
The Square Kilometre Array will transform studies of the cosmic web by tracing radio galaxies (RGs) and star-forming systems across cosmic time with unprecedented sensitivity, angular resolution, frequency coverage, and survey speed. Powered by accreting supermassive black holes, RGs are not only signposts of AGN feedback but also...
Achieving significant energy gain in laser-driven relativistic electron beams remains challenging due to dephasing between the accelerating laser field and the electrons. We show that transverse electric fields, when aligned with the plane of laser polarization, can mitigate dephasing and enable substantial energy gain without...