Scattering of kinks in Frankensteinian potentials: Kinks as bubbles of exotic mass and phase transitions in oscillon production

This paper investigates kink-anti-kink scattering in piece-wise quadratic-linear "Frankensteinian" potentials, proposing an interpretation of these models as free massive theories with threshold-driven pair production and demonstrating a phase-transition-like shift from wave disintegration to oscillon formation based on field thresholds and initial velocities.

Lukáš Rafaj, Ondřej Nicolas Karpíšek, Filip Blaschke2026-03-05🔬 physics

Optimally Tuned Multiconfigurational Short-Range DFT for Linear Response Properties

This paper introduces an optimal-tuning scheme for multiconfigurational short-range density functional theory (MC-srDFT) that determines the system-specific range-separation parameter via the ionization potential derived from Extended Koopmans' Theorem, significantly improving the accuracy of static and dynamic dipole polarizabilities compared to standard universal parameters.

Michał Hapka, Katarzyna Pernal, Ewa Pastorczak2026-03-05🔬 physics

An analytical-numerical coupled model of liquid droplet impact on solid material surfaces

This study presents an analytical-numerical coupled model that combines a closed-form analytical solution for droplet impact pressure with finite-element simulations of solid response, achieving over 97% computational cost reduction compared to traditional SPH methods while accurately predicting erosion-relevant quantities like peak pressure and impact force.

Hao Hao, Maria N. Charalambides, Yannis Hardalupas + 2 more2026-03-05🔬 physics

Heterotic horizons and AdS3_3 backgrounds that preserve 6 supersymmetries

This paper utilizes topological arguments to prove that heterotic horizons preserving six supersymmetries must have spatial sections diffeomorphic to SU(3)SU(3), while simultaneously demonstrating the non-existence of such heterotic AdS3_3 solutions under compactness assumptions, and further re-examines the conditions for four-supersymmetry backgrounds in light of recent Calabi-Yau manifold classifications.

Georgios Papadopoulos2026-03-05🔬 physics

Evaluation of the performance of an analytical-numerical coupled method for droplet impacts on soft material surfaces

This study evaluates the performance of an analytical-numerical coupled model (ANCM) for droplet impacts on soft materials, revealing that while the model remains accurate for surfaces with a Young's modulus of 47,400 Pa or higher, it significantly overestimates impact forces and deformation for softer materials below a critical threshold of 10,000 Pa due to its rigid-surface assumption.

Hao Hao, Antonis Sergis, Alex M. K. P. Taylor + 2 more2026-03-05🔬 physics

Precise measurement of the form factors in D0K(892)+νD^0\rightarrow K^*(892)^-\ell^+ν_{\ell} and observation of D0K2(1430)+νD^0\rightarrow K_2^*(1430)^-\ell^+ν_{\ell}

Using 20.3 fb⁻¹ of data from the BESIII detector, this study presents the most precise measurements to date of the branching fractions and hadronic form factors for the dominant D0K(892)+νD^0\rightarrow K^*(892)^-\ell^+\nu_{\ell} decays, while also reporting the first observation of the D0K2(1430)+νD^0\rightarrow K_2^*(1430)^-\ell^+\nu_{\ell} process and the first model-independent measurement of the S\mathcal{S}-wave phase shift in the Kˉ0π\bar{K}^0\pi^- system.

BESIII Collaboration, M. Ablikim, M. N. Achasov + 700 more2026-03-05🔬 physics

Observational Indistinguishability and the Beginning of the Universe

This paper argues that we cannot empirically determine whether the universe had a beginning, demonstrating that common defenses of a cosmic origin rely on confirmation theory errors and that, due to extensions of the Malament-Manchak theorems, observers in almost all classical spacetimes cannot distinguish between models with a past singularity and those that are beginningless or lack the requisite time ordering.

Daniel Linford2026-03-05🔬 physics

A Unified Approach for Coupled Beam Optics in Accelerators

This paper presents a unified framework for coupled beam optics in accelerators that resolves the non-uniqueness of existing parametrizations by identifying a common Sp(2)×Sp(2)Sp(2)\times Sp(2) gauge freedom, thereby introducing bounded, gauge-invariant coupling descriptors and a practical continuity method to ensure consistent mode labeling across different theoretical approaches.

Onur Gilanliogullari, Brahim Mustapha, Pavel Snopok2026-03-05🔬 physics

The Maxwell-Higgs System with Scalar Potential on Subextremal Kerr Spacetimes: Nonlinear wave operators and asymptotic completeness

This paper establishes the existence of nonlinear wave operators and proves small-data asymptotic completeness for the Maxwell-Higgs system with scalar potential on subextremal Kerr spacetimes by constructing a gauge-invariant scattering map that relies on a transfer principle from linear estimates, provided the absence of superradiant instability.

Bobby Eka Gunara, Mulyanto, Fiki Taufik Akbar2026-03-05🔬 physics