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Descriptor Completion and Cascade Transfer for Strength Prediction in High Strength Steels

This paper demonstrates that explicitly reconstructing missing microstructural descriptors through a physics-informed hybrid scheme is a more robust and effective strategy for predicting the strength of high-strength steels than relying on indirect cascade transfer from tensile to yield strength, particularly in data-scarce, literature-derived regimes.

Hong Li, Wanlin Wang, Kun Dou, Artem Okulov2026-08-20
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Minimally invasive measurement of work in coherent quantum systems

This paper proposes a minimally invasive, single-measurement scheme for accessing work statistics in coherent quantum systems that preserves energetically relevant coherences, thereby enabling the derivation of modified fluctuation theorems and demonstrating superior performance in coherent engines and Maxwell-demon protocols compared to standard two-point measurement approaches.

Cyril Elouard, Karen Hovhannisyan, Giulia Rubino2026-08-20
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First Application of a Ball-Pen Probe for Direct Measurements of Plasma Potential and Nonlinear Fluctuations Dynamics in a Linear Helicon Plasma

This paper reports the first successful application of a ball-pen probe on a linear helicon plasma device to directly measure plasma potential and electron temperature, revealing low-frequency instabilities and nonlinear dynamics that are inaccessible via traditional Langmuir probes.

Donato Di Matteo, Jiri Adamek, Jordan Cavalier, Yoshihiko Nagashima, Takuma Yamada, Ren Namimatsu, Huiwon Chung, Chanho (…)2026-08-20
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Broadband light source using an extended cavity tapered laser with volume Bragg grating

The authors developed a 200 mW broadband light source based on an extended-cavity tapered amplifier stabilized by a volume Bragg grating, which offers a spectral bandwidth of approximately 2 cm⁻¹ and demonstrates potential for cooling diatomic molecules through successful iodine absorption spectroscopy.

Jaime Javier Borges Marquez, David Rodríguez Fernández, Marcos Roberto Cardoso, Manuel Alejandro Lefrán Torres, Luis Gus (…)2026-08-20
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A Thermodynamic Analogue of Maxwell's Rigidity Criterion: A Parity Classification of Coupled Multi-Field Continua

This paper proposes a thermodynamic analogue to Maxwell's rigidity criterion that classifies coupled multi-field continua into stable or gateway layers based on the parity of thermodynamic channels, revealing how structural constraints and dissipative anisotropy govern energy localization and emergent phenomena like configurational drift in granular matter.

Klaus Regenauer-Lieb, Francois Nicot2026-08-20