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General Physics explores the fundamental laws that govern everything from the tiniest subatomic particles to the vastness of the cosmos. This field serves as the bedrock for understanding how the universe operates, covering mechanics, thermodynamics, and electromagnetism without getting bogged down in overly specialized sub-disciplines. It is where the big questions about matter, energy, and force come together to explain the physical world around us.

At Gist.Science, we process every new preprint in this General Physics category as it arrives from arXiv, ensuring you never miss a breakthrough. For each paper, we provide both a detailed technical summary for experts and a plain-language explanation that makes complex ideas accessible to everyone. Below are the latest papers in General Physics, freshly summarized and ready for you to explore.

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Traversable Wormhole Geometry Reconstruction from the Rotation Curve of NGC 3198: A Comparative Study of Dark Matter Halo Profiles

By reconstructing a traversable wormhole metric directly from the observed rotation curve of the spiral galaxy NGC 3198 using four dark matter halo profiles, this study demonstrates that the observationally favored Burkert profile not only provides the best fit to the data but also satisfies the geometric requirements for a traversable wormhole while exhibiting the necessary exotic matter characteristics near the galactic center.

Saibal Ray Aritra Sanyal2026-05-21

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Beyond minimal coupling for charged scalars? Modified electrodynamics and London-penetration tests

This paper proposes a modified electrodynamics framework for charged scalars that abandons full local gauge invariance in favor of coupling to conserved currents, predicting a rescaled magnetic penetration depth ( $\lambda \to \lambda/\sqrt{2}$ ) that is supported by experimental comparisons of optical and magnetic penetration depths in materials like Nb, YBCO, and Ba(Fe,Co) $_2$ As $_2$ .

F. Minotti, G. Modanese2026-05-21

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The Concept of Dark Energy is not Based on the Principles of Physics: Cosmological Data Can be clearly Explained Without this Concept

This paper argues that cosmological acceleration can be explained using established physics without invoking the mysterious concept of dark energy, and it aims to present the authors' technical derivation in an accessible manner to the broader scientific community.

Felix M Lev2026-05-20

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Special Relativistic Kinematics from Wave Phase Coherence

This paper reconstructs the kinematical structure of special relativity, including time dilation, energy-momentum relations, and the Minkowski interval, by deriving them from the requirement of phase coherence for localized wave states with intrinsic rest-frame oscillations.

Emiliano Puddu2026-05-19

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Gauging Time Reversal Symmetry in Quantum Gravity: Arrow of Time from a Confinement--Deconfinement Transition

This paper proposes a mechanism for the emergence of a cosmological arrow of time from a confinement-deconfinement transition in a $Z_2$ lattice gauge theory defined on Loop Quantum Gravity spin networks, where the deconfined phase corresponds to a symmetry-protected topological phase that stabilizes time orientation and potentially generates fermionic matter.

Deepak Vaid2026-05-19

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Synergetic capacity planning of public and private EV charging piles via city-scale multi-objective optimization

This study proposes a demand-driven, multi-objective optimization framework using the Harris Hawks Optimization algorithm to address spatiotemporal mismatches in Chongqing's EV charging infrastructure, revealing a critical need for technology-specific planning and projecting a requirement for 1.8 million charging units by 2030 to achieve a balanced 9:1 private-to-public ratio and enhanced grid resilience.

Yiwu Hao, Hong Yuan, Nan Zhou, Minda Ma2026-05-19

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Constructing de Sitter space and Dark Matter with Dynamical Tension Strings

This paper proposes a modified measure formalism where dynamical, non-universal string tensions coupled to a new tension scalar field generate induced de Sitter space on a braneworld while simultaneously predicting Dark Matter as "Dark copies" of the Standard Model with distinct tensions.

Eduardo Guendelman2026-05-13✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

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Constraining Dark Energy Dynamics in Curved Spacetime with Current Observations

This study constrains a dark energy equation of state in curved spacetime using current observational data and Artificial Neural Network reconstructions, revealing that the reconstruction method significantly shifts the model toward a closed universe and away from the standard $\Lambda$ CDM framework compared to original data.

D. Revanth Kumar, Santosh Kumar Yadav2026-05-13

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A Structural Link Between the Bohm Quantum Potential and the Scalar Mode of Aharonov-Bohm Electrodynamics in a Bosonic Schrödinger Model

This paper establishes a structural link between the Bohm quantum potential and the scalar mode of Aharonov-Bohm electrodynamics within a bosonic Schrödinger model, demonstrating that while both quantities derive from the same amplitude profile, they probe distinct differential aspects—curvature versus density-gradient content—resulting in a mediated functional dependence rather than a direct causal relationship.

R. Pullano, G. Modanese2026-05-13

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First-Principles Prediction of Material Properties from Topological Invariants

This paper proposes a novel topological framework rooted in string theory and graph geometry to predict material properties from first principles, demonstrating its efficacy by accurately calculating the anisotropic thermal expansion and refractive indices of uniaxial nematic liquid crystals without fitted parameters.

Sebastián Alí Sacasa-Céspedes2026-05-12

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