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Exploring first-order phase transitions with population annealing
European Physical Journal: Special Topics. 2017. Vol. 226. No. 4. P. 595–604.
Population annealing is a hybrid of sequential and Markov chain Monte Carlo methods geared towards the efficient parallel simulation of systems with complex free-energy landscapes. Systems with first-order phase transitions are among the problems in computational physics that are difficult to tackle with standard methods such as local-update simulations in the canonical ensemble, for example with the Metropolis algorithm. It is hence interesting to see whether such transitions can be more easily studied using population annealing. We report here our preliminary observations from population annealing runs for the two-dimensional Potts model with q > 4, where it undergoes a first-order transition.
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Beck M. E., Seidov S., Mukhin S., Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical physics 2026
Quantum dissipation is studied in the superradiant phase of the extended Dicke model. It is demonstrated analytically by quantum mechanical derivation of the Lindblad equation for the Dicke model in the superradiant state coupled to Caldeira-Leggett thermal bath that the effective viscosity appearing in the semiclassical equations of motion of polaritonic condensate survives in the zero-temperature limit ...
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Seidov S., Pugach N., Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2026
In this manuscript we consider a superconducting film in the vicinity of the critical temperature and presence of the proximity effect. We analytically solve the corresponding linearized Usadel equation and the self-consistency equation, defining the critical temperature. This is a system of coupled differential and integral equations for the anomalous Green's function and the order parameter of ...
Added: August 13, 2026
Yu Z., Wang J., Wang Z. et al., Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 2026 Vol. 384 P. 1–16
The integration of data-driven and knowledge-driven approaches in generative geospatial modelling (GGM) is often hindered by their mathematical incompatibilities. Here, we propose a geometric algebra (GA)-based framework that employs a unified multi-vector representation to fuse heterogeneous data and diverse knowledge. The framework facilitates structured reasoning and hypothesis generation through a task-adaptable, five-stage cycle: representation, reasoning, ...
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Cham: Springer, 2026.
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 10th International Workshop Empowering Novel Geometric Algebra for Graphics and Engineering, ENGAGE 2025, held in conjunction with Computer Graphics International conference, CGI 2025, in Hong Kong, China, on July 14, 2025.
The 14 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 16 submissions. The papers ...
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Marshakov A., Yung A, Ievlev E. et al., Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 2026 Vol. 114 Article 046006
We continue the study of non-Abelian vortex string in 4D N =2 supersymmetric QCD (SQCD) as
critical superstring, and extend this analysis to UðNÞ gauge theory with arbitrary even N and Nf = 2N
number of quarks. We introduce a special mass deformation and show that the SQCD hadron spectrum is
still given by the string spectrum on the ...
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Ratnikov F., European Physical Journal: Special Topics 2026 P. 1–10
EEG recordings are often affected by the loss or corruption of individual channels due to electrode detachment, poor scalp contact, or external interference. Such channels must be accurately reconstructed before further analysis. In this study, we investigate Next-Generation Reservoir Computing (NG-RC) as a data-driven approach for reconstructing corrupted EEG channels and compare its performance with ...
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Ratnikov F., Bocharnikov V., Journal of High Energy Physics 2026 Vol. 2026 P. 1–21
The BM@N experiment (Baryonic Matter at the Nuclotron) is the first fixed-target experiment at the JINR NICA accelerator complex. In this work, data on the interactions of a carbon-ion beam with kinetic energies of 4.0A GeV and 4.5A GeV with C, Al, Cu, and Pb targets are used to measure transverse momentum spectra and rapidity ...
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Budkov Y., Kalikin N., Journal of Chemical Physics 2026 Vol. 165 Article 064506
A self-consistent statistical-mechanical theory of the Hall effect in electrolyte solutions is developed by extending the self-consistent Debye–Hückel–Onsager (SCDHO) framework to crossed electric and magnetic fields. The theory incorporates non-local ionic charge distributions via Slater-type form factors, regularizing the Coulomb interaction at short range, and accounts for dielectric friction through ion-specific coefficients, employing experimental values ...
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Minets M., Krasnozhenov G., Trofimova E. et al., PeerJ Computer Science 2026 Vol. 12 Article e4063
This article presents CAD2TechSpec, a novel framework for automating design processes within computer-aided design (CAD) systems by leveraging multimodal large language models (LLMs). The framework enables the analysis and generation of detailed design specifications, including the automated creation of machining process plans. Our system architecture combines 3D model rendering, dimensionality reduction techniques, and the capabilities ...
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Мизинов П. В., Journal of Computer Virology and Hacking Techniques 2023 No. 20 P. 383–396
Biometric vein recognition systems are vulnerable to presentation attacks. Traditionally, researchers have used a near-infrared (NIR) drawing of the user’s vascular bed to create a presentation attack instrument (PAI). This paper investigates the feasibility of using free software to capture a venous pattern of the hand without NIR under normal lighting conditions and to create ...
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Ali S., Bocharnikov V., Ratnikov F. et al., Sensors 2026 Vol. 26 No. 16 Article 5024
Large distributed sensor arrays require repeated recalibration as radiation damage, material aging, gain variation, and readout drift alter channel responses. We studied a high-granularity calorimeter as a large sensor array and addressed unsupervised recalibration from two unpaired datasets: a nominal reference response and an aged response with attenuated cell-wise signals. Aging was modeled by a ...
Added: August 11, 2026
Trubochkina N. K., М.: Издательство «Юрайт», 2026.
This textbook is designed to develop students' holistic understanding of modern production processes and methods for their analysis and management using machine learning technologies. In the context of the fourth industrial revolution, where traditional engineering disciplines are inextricably intertwined with intelligent data processing methods, there is a growing need for specialists capable of integrating knowledge ...
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Ponomarev A., Aleksandrov N., Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2026 Vol. 59 Article 315205
Electron attachment and detachment in H2O:O2 and H2O:air mixtures are theoretically studied at moderate (40–100 Td) reduced electric fields. It is shown that there are two synergistic mechanisms of ultra-rapid electron detachment from negative ions in these mixtures, whereas these detachment channels are absent in pure gases. Effective attachment coefficient calculated with consideration for fast ion–molecule ...
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Khrapai V., Tikhonov E., Nature Physics 2026 P. 1–2
Feng et al.1 presented transport measurements of three-terminal normal–superconductor–normal devices based on topological insulator nanowires. They measured the full differential conductance matrix, defined as Gij = ∂Ii /∂Vj , beyond the linear response regime as a function of various control parameters. Here i, j∈ [1, 2] denote normal terminals biased by the voltages V1 and ...
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Фирсанова В. И., ACM, 2026.
The inclusion of autistic people can be augmented by a mobile app that provides information without a human mediator making information perception more liberating for people in the spectrum. This paper is an overview of a doctoral work dedicated to the development of a web-based mobile tool for supporting the inclusion of people on the ...
Added: August 4, 2026
Фирсанова В. И., Хлусова Я. К., CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2025.
Knowledge graphs are widely used in Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and Explainable AI (XAI), since they can illustrate semantic relationships generated by Large Language Models (LLMs). Recent studies focus on generating knowledge graphs from unstructured data to improve RAG performance; however, they do not explain the underlying graph structure. The analysis of synthetic graphs behind ...
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Belomestny D., Gasnikov A., Gladin E. et al., Russian Mathematical Surveys 2026 Vol. 81 No. 4(490) P. 3–90
Reinforcement learning (RL) is increasingly grounded in tools from probability, optimization, and operator theory. This survey organizes the mathematical structures that underpin the design and analysis of modern algorithms in RL. We begin from Markov decision processes (MDPs) and the Bellman operators, emphasizing contraction mappings, monotonicity, and fixed-point theory that yield convergence guarantees and rates ...
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G. G. Bondarenko, Kristya V. I., Savichkin D. O. et al., Journal of Surface Investigation: X-Ray, Synchrotron and Neutron Techniques 2026 Vol. 20 No. 2 P. 417–423
A model of a glow gas discharge in a mixture of argon and mercury vapor is formulated in the presence
of a thin insulating film on the cathode surface. Dependences of the discharge characteristics on the
mixture temperature are calculated in the range of its variation, in which a noticeable contribution to ionization
of the working gas is ...
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Chepovskiy A., М.: Мастерская Печати Идей, 2026.
The textbook presents methods and algoгithms for automatic analysis
of соrроrа of texts in natural languages. It is intended fоr sfudenБ of
methods of processing texts in паtчrаl languages and creating training
arays of texts.
Fоr students, graduate students and researchers studying methods
of computational linguistics and word processing. ...
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Касимов Р. Х., Аржанов А. И., Седых К. О. et al., Оптический журнал 2026 Т. 93 № 1 С. 80–86
Предмет исследования. Использование метода капельного нанесения для изготовления источника одиночных фотонов. Цель работы. Разработка технологического процесса изготовления источника одиночных фотонов на коллоидных квантовых точках для использования их в фотон- ных интегральных схемах. Метод. На первом этапе в программе ANSYS Lumerical рассчитыва- ются период и фактор заполнения фокусирующих элементов связи на длинах волн 545 и 600 ...
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Nevzorov A., Golikov A., Gneushev D. et al., JETP Letters 2026 Vol. 147–151 No. 3 P. 147–151
This paper demonstrates a special stochastic operation mode of a photonic element with a thin GeTe film deposited at a silicon nitride waveguide. As opposed to traditional deterministic switching between stable states, it has been shown that identical pump laser pulses cause a stochastic change in the transmission coefficient. The discovered effect opens up new ...
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Dual-mode infrared detection via photovoltaic and barrier pyroelectric effects in PbTe p–n junctions
Jarashneli A., Кобцев Д. М., Upcher A. et al., Journal of Applied Physics 2026 Vol. 140 No. 2 Article 024501
In the work, two effects appeared in PbTe p–n junctions under mid-wavelength infrared (2 − 5 μm) and long-wavelength infrared irradiation (≈10.6 μm). The first effect was created by the optical absorption of lR-photons in PbTe and caused by its photovoltage effect. The second novel effect is related to the heating process and the formation ...
Added: July 31, 2026
Ponomarenko A., / Series Computer Science "arxiv.org". 2025.
This paper addresses the challenge of merging hierarchical navigable small world (HNSW) graphs, a critical operation for distributed systems, incremental indexing, and database compaction. We propose three algorithms for this task: Naive Graph Merge (NGM), Intra Graph Traversal Merge (IGTM), and Cross Graph Traversal Merge (CGTM). These algorithms differ in their approach to vertex selection ...
Added: July 30, 2026
Piontkovski D., / Series arXiv "math". 2026.
A noncommutative projective variety is defined, following Artin and Zhang, by a graded coherent algebra 𝐴. The category of coherent sheaves is then the quotient qgr(𝐴) of the category of finitely presented graded modules by the subcategory of torsion modules. We consider the categorical and polynomial entropies of the Serre twist, that is, of the ...
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