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⚛️ quantum physics

A Transferable Machine Learning Approach to Predict Optimized Orbitals for Electronic Structure Problems

This paper introduces a transferable graph neural network framework that predicts optimized molecular orbital coefficients directly from geometry, enabling scalable, retraining-free acceleration of variational quantum eigensolver workflows by significantly reducing classical pre-processing overhead and improving convergence for larger hydrogen systems.

Lucas van der Horst, Maniraman Periyasamy, Abhishek Y. Dubey, Davide Bincoletto, Jakob S. Kottmann, Daniel D. Scherer2026-05-07✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
⚛️ general relativity

Thermodynamic stability in an Einstein universe

This paper demonstrates that in an Einstein universe, conformal coupling (ξ=1/6\xi=1/6) is the unique parameter value ensuring thermodynamic stability for massless scalar fields across all temperatures and radii, while also establishing that the presence of electromagnetic and neutrino radiations necessitates at least one scalar field to maintain stability.

E. S. Moreira Jr., J. P. A. Paula2026-05-07✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
⚡ electrical engineering

Kinematic Discriminants of Deceleration Behavior Modes in Car-Following: Evidence from NGSIM Trajectory Data

Analyzing over one million car-following observations from the NGSIM dataset, this study reveals that deceleration intensity dictates whether drivers prioritize gap-closing rate or visual looming for braking decisions, while rendering traditional spacing headway negligible, thereby challenging conventional driver behavior models and offering critical insights for autonomous vehicle control.

Eni Solomon Laughter2026-05-07✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
🤖 machine learning

On the Architectural Complexity of Neural Networks

This paper introduces a unified theoretical framework for analyzing and constructing deep neural networks by explicitly modeling tensor operations, revealing historical links between architectural complexity and breakthroughs while identifying and releasing a dataset of 3,000+ unexplored high-complexity architectures.

Nicholas J. Cooper, François G. Meyer, Michael L. Roberts, Carlos Zapata-Carratalá, Lijun Chen, Danna Gurari2026-05-07✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
🔭 astrophysics

Non-thermal particle acceleration in multi-species kinetic plasmas: universal power-law distribution functions and temperature inversion in the solar corona

This article proposes a self-consistent quasilinear theory showing that non-thermal power-law distributions and the temperature inversion of the solar corona are interrelated phenomena arising from electromagnetically driven particle acceleration and Debye shielding, which naturally produce universal high-energy tails in kinetic multi-component plasmas as well as heating driven by velocity filtering.

Uddipan Banik, Amitava Bhattacharjee2026-05-07✓ Author reviewed ⓘ