Numerical tiling-based simulations of decoherence in multifield models of inflation

This paper presents a numerically stable and flexible framework for simulating decoherence in multifield inflationary models by implementing open-system effects via the Lindblad equation, enabling the study of primordial scalar perturbations without relying on the slow-roll approximation and facilitating compatibility with nonlinear numerical codes.

Johor D. Peñalba Quispitupa, Guillermo F. Quispe Peña, Jose T. Galvez Ghersi2026-03-04⚛️ quant-ph

Entanglement and correlations between local observables in de Sitter spacetime

Challenging previous conclusions that curvature enhances entanglement, this paper demonstrates that while increasing curvature in de Sitter spacetime strengthens correlations between local field modes, it paradoxically decreases their entanglement, revealing a qualitative alteration of the vacuum's entanglement structure by the cosmological constant.

Patricia Ribes-Metidieri, Ivan Agullo, Béatrice Bonga2026-03-04⚛️ quant-ph

Infrared Dressing and the Strong CP Problem: Geometric Renormalization of the Vacuum Angle

This paper proposes that the strong CP problem is resolved through a nonperturbative infrared relaxation mechanism where the effective vacuum angle dynamically flows to CP-invariant fixed points, driven by a Berry phase induced by the adiabatic separation of slow topological modes and fast gluonic fluctuations in Yang-Mills theory, without requiring additional dynamical fields.

Jorge Gamboa, Natalia Tapia-Arellano2026-03-04⚛️ hep-ph

PP--VV criticality, Joule--Thomson expansion, and holographic heat engine of charged Hayward-AdS black holes with a cloud of strings and perfect fluid dark matter

This paper investigates the extended thermodynamics of charged Hayward-AdS black holes surrounded by a cloud of strings and perfect fluid dark matter, demonstrating that these models exhibit van der Waals-like phase transitions, distinct Joule-Thomson expansion characteristics, and holographic heat engine efficiencies that are respectively enhanced by the cloud of strings and diminished by perfect fluid dark matter.

Ahmad Al-Badawi, Faizuddin Ahmed, İzzet Sakallı2026-03-04⚛️ hep-ph

Quantum regression theorem in the Unruh-DeWitt battery

This paper analytically investigates an Unruh-DeWitt detector acting as a relativistic quantum battery in Rindler spacetime by employing the quantum regression theorem to derive its master equation, solve for single- and two-time correlation functions, and demonstrate how acceleration enhances spontaneous emission dissipation and shapes the emission spectrum into a Lorentzian profile.

Manjari Dutta, Arnab Mukherjee, Sunandan Gangopadhyay2026-03-04⚛️ quant-ph

Collapse and transition of a superposition of states under a delta-function pulse in a two-level system

This paper derives exact analytical expressions for the transition of a two-level quantum system from an initial linear superposition of eigenstates to a definite eigenstate under a delta-function pulse, demonstrating that specific interaction strengths can induce an abrupt, measurement-like "collapse" of the wavefunction that is independent of the system's energy gap.

Ariel Edery2026-03-04⚛️ quant-ph

Orbital Dynamics and Gravitational Wave Signatures of Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals in Galactic Dark Matter Halos

This paper systematically investigates how Navarro-Frenk-White and Beta dark matter halo profiles influence the orbital dynamics and gravitational wave signatures of extreme mass ratio inspirals by modeling dynamical friction, accretion, and radiation reaction, revealing distinct long-term phase shifts and a unique energy flux cusp in the NFW model that could be detectable by future space-based observatories.

Guo-He Li, Chen-Kai Qiao, Jun Tao2026-03-04🔭 astro-ph

Emergent Gribov horizon from replica symmetry breaking in Yang--Mills theories

This paper demonstrates that the Serreau–Tissier replica sector in Yang–Mills theories can dynamically generate a Gribov–Zwanziger-type horizon functional through the expansion of the Faddeev–Popov determinant, thereby providing a microscopic mechanism for the emergence of the Gribov scale that yields either a Curci–Ferrari mass or a refined Gribov–Zwanziger decoupling propagator depending on the replica symmetry phase.

Rodrigo Carmo Terin2026-03-04⚛️ hep-ph