Author-Reviewed Papers

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1365 papers reviewed by authors · 1201–1210 / 1365

🔭 astrophysics

Revisiting the distance and the globular cluster system of the remarkable galaxy UDG1 in the NGC 5846 group

This paper resolves conflicting reports regarding the distance and globular cluster (GC) count of the ultra-diffuse galaxy UDG1 in the NGC 5846 group by establishing a new SBF-based distance that confirms its group membership and demonstrating that, when applying a consistent selection method for brighter GCs, previous studies are actually in agreement regarding a total system of approximately 50 GCs and a massive halo exceeding 10 $^{11}$ M $_{\odot}$ .

Duncan A. Forbes, Bas van Heumen, Yimeng Tang2026-04-22✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

🤖 machine learning

Federation over Text: Insight Sharing for Multi-Agent Reasoning

This paper introduces "Federation over Text" (FoT), a gradient-free framework where multiple LLM agents iteratively share and aggregate their reasoning traces into a central metacognitive insight library, significantly improving reasoning accuracy and efficiency across diverse tasks without requiring gradient optimization or supervision.

Dixi Yao, Tahseen Rabbani, Tian Li2026-04-21✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

📊 statistics

Treatment, evidence, imitation, and chat

This paper investigates the potential and limitations of large language models in medical decision-making by distinguishing between the "treatment problem" (requiring causal inference from evidence) and the "chat problem" (relying on imitation), while using statins as a case study to highlight the ethical and observational challenges in training AI for clinical care.

Samuel J. Weisenthal2026-04-21✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

⚛️ general relativity

Formation of Asymmetrical Two-Brane Structure and its Possible Manifestation

This paper proposes an asymmetrical two-brane model where the Higgs vacuum expectation value varies between branes, resulting in superheavy fermions on a second, observer-free brane that could constitute a component of dark matter and generate ultra-high-energy particles through inter-brane photon interactions.

Sergey G. Rubin2026-04-21✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

💻 computer science

Towards Solving NP-Complete and Other Hard Problems Efficiently in Practice

This paper proposes a theoretical framework for finite algorithmics and a generic method for automatically discovering efficient solutions to NP-complete problems in practice, arguing that bounded input sizes make these problems easier to solve than their general asymptotic counterparts.

Mircea-Adrian Digulescu2026-04-21✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

💬 NLP

Applied Explainability for Large Language Models: A Comparative Study

This paper presents a comparative study of Integrated Gradients, Attention Rollout, and SHAP on a fine-tuned DistilBERT model for sentiment classification, revealing that gradient-based methods offer more stable and intuitive explanations while highlighting the trade-offs between computational efficiency, flexibility, and reliability in practical LLM explainability.

Venkata Abhinandan Kancharla2026-04-20✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

🔬 materials science

Device-area selection of memristive transport regimes in epitaxial $Hf_{0.5}Zr_{0.5}O_{2}$ -based ferroelectric devices

This study shows that epitaxial Hf $_{0.5}$ Zr $_{0.5}$ O $_2$ -based ferroelectric memristive devices exhibit coexisting area-dependent tunneling and localized-conduction regimes, with a statistical crossover at approximately $10^3~\mu\mathrm{m}^2$ that correlates with the onset of ferroelectric wake-up and oxygen-vacancy redistribution.

Priscila A. Tapia Presas, Lautaro Galarregui, Wilson Román Acevedo, Myriam H. Aguirre, José Santiso, Sylvia Matzen, Beat (…)2026-04-20✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

🔭 astrophysics

The Effect of External Photoevaporation on the Disk Fraction in M17

This study utilizes deep VLT/HAWK-I photometry to measure the disk fraction in the high-mass star-forming region M17, finding that while local UV flux shows no correlation with disk survival due to dynamical mixing, a comparison with other regions of similar age confirms that external photoevaporation significantly reduces average disk lifetimes.

Samuel Millstone (Rice University), Megan Reiter (Rice University), Morten Andersen (European Southern Observatory), Tho (…)2026-04-20✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

💻 computer science

$μ$ -FlowNet: A Deep Learning Approach for Mapping Flow Fields in Irregular Microchannels Using an Attention-based U-Net Encoder-Decoder Architecture

This paper introduces $\mu$ -FlowNet, a deep learning framework utilizing an attention-based U-Net architecture to efficiently and accurately predict fluid flow patterns in irregular microchannels, outperforming standard U-Net and T-Net models with superior dice scores and intersection over union metrics while overcoming the computational limitations of traditional CFD simulations.

Ganesh Sahadeo Meshram, Suman Chakraborty, Nishant Sinha, Partha Pratim Chakrabarti2026-04-19✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

📈 economics

Knowing that you do not know everything

The paper demonstrates that a rational agent possessing true and refinable knowledge of events can never determine whether their knowledge is complete, a limitation that persists regardless of introspection or the acquisition of new information.

Alex A. T. Rathke2026-04-17✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

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