Explore the fascinating intersection where quantum materials meet the complexity of everyday environments in the Cond-Mat — Mes-Hall section. This field investigates how tiny particles behave when caught between the orderly world of single atoms and the chaotic nature of bulk matter, revealing the hidden rules that govern electricity, magnetism, and heat in novel substances.

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Infinite-component $BF$ field theory: Connection of fracton order, Toeplitz braiding, and non-Hermitian amplification

This paper introduces infinite-component $BF(i (iBF$) field theories as a framework for four-dimensional fracton phases, demonstrating that stacking (3+1)(3+1)D $BF$ theories generates a novel "Toeplitz particle-loop braiding" phenomenon driven by boundary zero singular modes, which establishes a universal link between topological order, Toeplitz braiding, and non-Hermitian directional amplification.

Bo-Xi Li, Peng Ye2026-03-31🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Tunable anharmonicity in Sn-InAs nanowire transmons beyond the short junction limit

This paper demonstrates that Sn-InAs nanowire transmons exhibit gate-tunable anharmonicity ranging from the charging energy EcE_c down to values smaller than Ec/10E_c/10, a behavior that surpasses the short-junction model's lower limit while maintaining coherent qubit operation.

Amrita Purkayastha, Amritesh Sharma, Param J. Patel, An-Hsi Chen, Connor P. Dempsey, Shreyas Asodekar, Subhayan Sinha, Maxime Tomasian, Mihir Pendharkar, Christopher J. Palmstrøm, Moïra Hocevar (…)2026-03-31🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

The role of polarization field terms in a model for a cavity quantum material

This paper derives the Peierls gauge description for cavity quantum materials and demonstrates that while the Peierls substitution offers a valid low-energy single-band approximation, it fails to capture essential self-polarization corrections and interband transitions present in the full theory, highlighting how different gauge choices define distinct light-matter partitions that significantly impact physical observables and orbital truncations.

Arwen Lloyd, Adam Stokes, Alessandro Principi, Ahsan Nazir2026-03-31🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Frustrated out-of-plane Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and the onset of atomic-scale 3qq magnetic textures in 2D Fe3_{3}GeXTe (X = Te, Se, S) monolayers

This theoretical study demonstrates that while intrinsic Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions in 2D Fe3_3GeXTe monolayers are too weak to stabilize noncollinear states, frustrated out-of-plane DMI promotes atomic-scale 3qq magnetic textures and nanoskyrmion-like lattices, which can be further stabilized and tuned via strain or electric fields.

Caglayan Rabia, Desplat Louise, Nikolaev Sergey, Ibrahim Fatima, Li Jing, Mogulkoc Yesim, Mogulkoc Aybey, Chshiev Mairbek2026-03-31🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Quantum control and signal enhancement exploiting the Stokes-anti-Stokes coherence

This paper presents a theoretical framework demonstrating that coherent coupling between Stokes and anti-Stokes scattering processes enables phase-controlled interference, which facilitates both the coherent manipulation of quantum information storage and transfer through destructive interference and exponential signal amplification for enhanced quantum detection via constructive interference.

Wen-Zhao Zhang, Keye Zhang, Jie Li2026-03-31🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall