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🔬 atomic physics

How Are Quantum Eigenfunctions of Hydrogen Atom Related To Its Classical Elliptic Orbits?

This paper demonstrates that in the semi-classical limit, highly-excited hydrogen atom energy eigenfunctions correspond not to a single classical orbit but to an equal-weight superposition of classical elliptic orbits sharing the same energy and angular momentum, as evidenced by the matching of quantum and classical probability distributions.

Yixuan Yin, Tiantian Wang, Biao Wu2026-05-13✓ Author reviewed
⚛️ high-energy theory

Non-interacting holographic dark energy with Torsion via Hubble Radius

This paper demonstrates that incorporating a time-dependent torsion scalar into a non-interacting holographic dark energy model with the Hubble radius as an infrared cut-off successfully drives cosmic acceleration and yields an equation of state distinct from the cosmological constant, thereby resolving limitations found in earlier interacting models.

Yongjun Yun, Jungjai Lee2026-05-13✓ Author reviewed
🤖 AI

When to Trust Imagination: Adaptive Action Execution for World Action Models

This paper proposes an adaptive execution framework for World Action Models that employs a lightweight Future Forward Dynamics Causal Attention verifier to dynamically adjust action chunk sizes based on prediction-reality consistency, thereby significantly improving both the efficiency and success rate of robotic manipulation tasks.

Rui Wang, Yue Zhang, Jiehong Lin, Kuncheng Luo, Jianan Wang, Zhongrui Wang, Xiaojuan Qi2026-05-12✓ Author reviewed
📈 economics

Changing the Game: Status-Quo Inertia, Institutional Design, and Equilibrium Transition

This paper argues that when economic reforms face status-quo inertia in coordination games, interventions that alter the feasible action space—such as deleting or replacing options—are more effective at shifting equilibria than marginal price-based incentives, because they fundamentally change the strategic structure rather than merely adjusting payoffs within an entrenched system.

Madjid Eshaghi Gordji, Esmaiel Abounoori, Mohamadali Berahman2026-05-12✓ Author reviewed
⚛️ general relativity

BB plot: A Tool for Accurate Model Selection Using Bayes factors

This paper introduces the Bayes factor-Bayes factor (BB) plot, a diagnostic tool that leverages the relationship between Bayes factors and their distributions under competing hypotheses to validate calculation accuracy and efficiently estimate background distributions, as demonstrated through applications in gravitational wave astronomy including the statistical significance assessment of GW231123.

Ankur Barsode2026-05-12✓ Author reviewed
⚛️ quantum physics

Fault-tolerant syndrome extraction in [[n,1,3]] non-CSS code family generated using measurements on graph states

This paper introduces a family of fault-tolerant [[n,1,3]][[n,1,3]] non-CSS quantum error-correcting codes generated via graph states and the bare-ancilla method, demonstrating their resilience against hook errors and superior performance compared to existing flag-qubit and bare-ancilla approaches under various noise models.

Harsh Gupta, Mainak Bhattacharyya, Ritik Jain, Ankur Raina2026-05-12✓ Author reviewed