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Understanding population annealing Monte Carlo simulations
Population annealing is a recent addition to the arsenal of the practitioner in computer simulations in statistical physics and beyond that is found to deal well with systems with complex free-energy landscapes. Above all else, it promises to deliver unrivaled parallel scaling qualities, being suitable for parallel machines of the biggest caliber. Here we study population annealing using as the main example the two-dimensional Ising model which allows for particularly clean comparisons due to the available exact results and the wealth of published simulational studies employing other approaches. We analyze in depth the accuracy and precision of the method, highlighting its relation to older techniques such as simulated annealing and thermodynamic integration. We introduce intrinsic approaches for the analysis of statistical and systematic errors and provide a detailed picture of the dependence of such errors on the simulation parameters. The results are benchmarked against canonical and parallel tempering simulations.
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IT and mathematics
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English
A. V. Pereskokov, Journal of Mathematical Sciences 2026 Vol. 302 No. 4 P. 531–545
We consider the Zeeman effect problem for the hydrogen atom in a magnetic field using
irreducible representations of the Karasev–Novikova algebra with quadratic commutation
relations. We find the asymptotics of a series of eigenvalues and the corresponding
asymptotic eigenfunctions near the upper boundaries of spectral clusters. ...
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Ryumina E., Aksenov A., Сысоев Д. С. et al., IEEE Computer Society, 2026.
Ambivalence/hesitancy recognition in unconstrained videos is a challenging problem due to the subtle, multimodal, and context-dependent nature of this behavioral state. In this paper, a multimodal approach for video-level ambivalence/hesitancy recognition is presented for the 10th ABAW Competition. The proposed approach integrates four complementary modalities: scene, face, audio, and text. Scene dynamics are captured with ...
Added: September 30, 2026
Obraztsova Anna, Fominykh Nikita, Komarov Sergey et al., Applied Physics Letters 2026 Vol. 129 Article 132110
Miniaturization of edge-emitting quantum-dot lasers is hampered by increased mirror losses in ultra-short Fabry–Perot cavities and limited modal gain of quantum dots (QDs). Here, we demonstrate electrically injected InGaAs/GaAs quantum-dot stripe lasers with an 8-lm stripe width and focused-ion-beam (FIB)-etched mirrors defining cavity lengths from 300 to 77 lm. The laser cavities were fabricated using ...
Added: September 30, 2026
Ivanov F., Kotov F., IEEE Access 2026 Vol. 14 P. 104662–104679
U-UV codes, based on the Plotkin (U, U + V) construction, provide a unified framework that includes polar and Reed–Muller codes and enables flexible design through the choice of component codes. While modern capacity-approaching codes achieve excellent performance at large block lengths, their efficiency at short and moderate lengths remains limited, especially under low-latency constraints. ...
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Djambong Tenkeu H., Institute for System Programming of the RAS, 2026.
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Melnikov I., Pelinovsky E., Доклады Российской академии наук. Физика, технические науки (ранее - Доклады Академии Наук. Физика) 2026 Т. 529 С. 29–36
Conditions for the emergence of pyramidal solitary waves (solitary waves possessing more than two inflection points) are presented for a family of generalized Korteweg – de Vries (KdV) equations. For the generalized Gardner equation, it is shown that pyramidal solitons are unstable. The decay of initial perturbations close to pyramidal solitary waves is demonstrated numerically. ...
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Ivanashev Y., Доклады Российской академии наук. Математика, информатика, процессы управления (ранее - Доклады Академии Наук. Математика) 2026 Т. 529 С. 93–101
Язык L является нижним для релятивизируемого сложностного класса C, если CL=C. Для классов #P, GapP и SpanP известны точные нижние классы языков: Low(#P) = UP ∩ coUP, Low(GapP) = SPP и Low(SpanP) = NP ∩ coNP. В этой статье мы доказываем, что Low(TotP) = P, и приводим характеризации нижних классов функций для #P, GapP, TotP ...
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Kartsev A., Васильев Д. А., Kushchuk L. et al., Materials Today Communications 2026
Amorphous carbon coatings, including diamond-like carbon (DLC), exhibit a wide range of structural and mechanical properties governed by the local bonding topology (the sp2/sp3 ratio), as well as by deposition conditions and substrate material. Recently, machine-learning interatomic potentials trained predominantly on density functional theory (DFT) reference data have significantly advanced multiscale modeling of amorphous carbon ...
Added: September 28, 2026
The Search of the Process e+e−→(ω, ρ)→ηe+e− at 680–820 MeV c.m. Energy Range with the CMD-3 Detector
A. K. Narvatkina, Physics of Atomic Nuclei 2025 Vol. 88 No. 4 P. 386–393
We report a search for the rare Dalitz decays ω → ηe+e− and ρ → ηe+e− using data from the CMD-3 detector at the VEPP-2000 e+e− collider. These decays probe the electromagnetic structure of vector mesons and test the Vector Dominance Model (VDM) in low-energy QCD. A blind analysis technique, combined with kinematic constraints and ...
Added: September 28, 2026
Fominykh N., Stegailov V., Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2026 Vol. 114 Article 115132
The enigmatic puzzle of the Verwey transition in magnetite Fe3O4 has been unresolved for almost a century. We present an ab initio-based model of the polaron transport combining kinetic Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics calculations to directly describe the coupling of polarons with lattice vibrations. Contrary to the Ihle-Lorenz small-polaron model, we find no significant ...
Added: September 28, 2026
Piliugin L., Antropov A., Lobashev E. et al., Journal of Nuclear Materials 2026 Vol. 632 Article 156876
The effects of dislocations on the mobility of gas nanobubbles pinned to them are considered as novel unex- plored mechanisms of accelerated fission gas release and investigated using classical molecular dynamics of helium bubbles in FCC aluminum. Non-equilibrium methods are developed to calculate the mobility of a pinned bubble both along and across the dislocation ...
Added: September 28, 2026
Kashpurovich I., Oleynichenko A., Stegailov V., Supercomputing Frontiers and Innovations 2026 Vol. 13 No. 1 P. 52–73
We report a high-performance implementation of the resolution-of-the-identity Hartree–Fock method that fully exploits the permutational symmetry of three-center electron repulsion integrals (ERI). The present implementation adopts a hybrid MPI+OpenMP parallelization strategy. Two different algorithmic approaches (with and without the pre-transformation of ERIs) are compared. A custom data layout introduced previously is employed. Designed to efficiently ...
Added: September 28, 2026
Teregulov T., Loubenets E. R., / Series Quantum Physics "arXiv". 2026. No. 2609.31472.
We develop a new three-party quantum secret-sharing (QSS) protocol based on a three-qubit W state. This protocol encodes the secret-sequence bits using X gates and employs randomly selected Hadamard operations and measurement bases to generate information and security-test rounds. We evaluate the efficiency of the proposed protocol and analyze its security against an internal adversary ...
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Silakov D., Системный администратор 2026 С. 84–89
Social media users rarely think about what lies behind the beautiful facade of activity feeds, teeming with photos and video stories. However, the widespread popularity of such platforms generates a huge amount of all sorts of content that needs to be stored, processed quickly, and displayed, and in the era of AI, it also needs ...
Added: September 28, 2026
Prokhorov A., Wei Z., Sang H. et al., Journal of Productivity Analysis 2026 Vol. 65 P. 1–16
The stochastic frontier model (SFM) is widely employed in the analysis of productivity and efficiency, yet strict parametric forms, such as the Cobb-Douglas and Translog functions, are often assumed for modeling production, leading to potential misspecification issues. While semi- and nonparametric SFMs offer greater flexibility, they face challenges in imposing monotonicity and concavity to maintain ...
Added: September 28, 2026
Щербинин С. А., Корзникова Е. А., Дмитриев С. В. et al., Physics Letters A 2026 Vol. 591 Article 131884
In this work, a simple genetic algorithm (GA) is used to find and characterize different QBs in a 𝛽-FPUT chain. By considering the space of initial particle displacements as a global optimization landscape, GA maximizes the energy localization function by automatically evolving candidate states toward highly localized long-lived solutions without a priori symmetry assumptions. 200 ...
Added: September 28, 2026
Qian X., Guan X., Zhang B. et al., Journal of Global Optimization 2026
Inverse quickest path problem on networks ...
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Vergeles S. S., Vointsev I., Physics of Fluids 2026 Vol. 38 P. 024117-1–024117-8
We analytically consider the problem of the Langmuir instability. The instability describes emergence of transverse modulation of horizontal current with vertical shear, when it is superimposed on surface wave co-directional with the flow. Compared to the Craik–Leibovich scheme, we account for the scattering of surface wave on the modulated current, which is significant if the ...
Added: September 26, 2026
Frolov N. Y., Klokov A. Y., Sharkov A. I. et al., Applied Physics Letters 2026 Vol. 128 P. 092201-1–092201-5
Understanding the properties of two-dimensional material interfaces with the substrate is necessary for device applications. Surface acoustic wave propagation through a layered material flake on a substrate could provide unique information on the transverse rigidity of the flake-to-substrate interaction. Ultrasonic waves were generated by a focused femtosecond laser pulse at the surface of a model ...
Added: September 26, 2026
Shabanov N., Kuricheva O., Kurbatova J. et al., / Series Working Papers SSRN "Department of Economics Ca’ Foscari University of Venice". 2026.
The carbon balance of an ecosystem is the difference between Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and Ecosystem Respiration (Reco) as expressed by Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE). While remote sensing retrievals of GPP have reached maturity, Reco estimation remains underexplored and ultimately cast bias on NEE. Here we present an end-to-end multi-scale analysis of the mechanism of ...
Added: August 21, 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 ...
Added: June 23, 2026
Piontkovski D., / Series arXiv "math". 2025.
If a symmetric multilinear algebra is weakly nil, then it is Engel. This result may be regarded as an infinite-dimensional analogue of the well-known Jacobian theorem, which states that if a polynomial mapping has a polynomial inverse, then its Jacobian matrix is invertible. This refines a theorem of Gerstenhaber and partially answers a question posed ...
Added: June 23, 2026
Shipilov F., Barnyakov A., Ivanov A. et al., / Series Physics "arxiv.org". 2026.
A fast simulation of the detector response is a vital task in high-energy physics (HEP). Traditional Monte-Carlo methods form the backbone of modern particle physics simulation software but are computationally expensive. We present a machine-learning-based approach to fast simulation of the Focusing Aerogel Ring Imaging Cherenkov (FARICH) detector response. Given a particle track and momentum, ...
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