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⚛️ quantum physics

Quantum Theory of Functionally Graded Materials

Addressing the breakdown of Bloch's theorem in spatially varying composites, this paper establishes a foundational ab initio quantum theoretical framework for functionally graded materials that derives effective field equations for modulated Bloch states, revealing non-tensorial electromagnetic properties and enabling the predictive design of optimized electronic devices such as graded p-n junctions.

Michael J. Landry, Ryotaro Okabe, Chuliang Fu, Mingda Li2026-03-03✓ Author reviewed
⚛️ quantum physics

Recovery-Induced Erasure Attack on QKD Systems

This paper experimentally demonstrates a novel Quantum Key Distribution attack, termed Recovery-Induced Erasure (RIE), which exploits the count-rate-dependent recovery dynamics of single-photon detectors to covertly convert detection errors into erasures, thereby suppressing the observed quantum bit error rate below the protocol's abort threshold.

Hashir Kuniyil, Asad Ali, Syed M. Arslan, Muhammad Talha Rahim, Artur Czerwinski, Saif Al Kuwari2026-03-03✓ Author reviewed
🔭 astrophysics

Planet-forming disks and their environment across regions and time from the full NIR census

This study presents the largest near-infrared census of 268 planet-forming disks, revealing that environmental factors like ambient material significantly influence disk morphology, brightness evolution, and accretion processes, thereby playing a fundamental role in disk evolution and planet formation.

Antonio Garufi, Christian Ginski, Myriam Benisty, Miguel Vioque, Andrew Winter, Jane Huang, Carlo Felice Manara, Carsten (…)2026-03-03✓ Author reviewed
🔭 astrophysics

Assessing the Robustness of the CPL Parametrization to Basis and Prior Variations: Insights from DESI DR2 BAO Data

Using DESI DR2 BAO data, this study demonstrates that while ratio-only analyses can artificially inflate apparent shifts in dark energy parameters due to degeneracies, joint fits in a distance-basis representation confirm that the equation of state remains consistent with a cosmological constant, providing no significant evidence for dynamical dark energy.

Seokcheon Lee2026-03-02✓ Author reviewed
⚛️ quantum physics

Spin Vector Potential as an Exact Solution of the Yang-Mills Equations

This paper proves that the spin vector potential and a corresponding Coulomb-type scalar potential constitute a new family of exact vacuum solutions to the non-Abelian Yang-Mills equations, thereby providing a rigorous gauge-theoretical foundation for spin-dependent interactions and demonstrating that the resulting Schrödinger and Dirac equations are exactly solvable.

Jiang-Lin Zhou, Yu-Xuan Zhang, Choo Hiap Oh, Jing-Ling Chen2026-03-02✓ Author reviewed
🔬 materials science

Activity-Driven Dewetting and Rupture in Thin Liquid Films

This paper demonstrates that internal activity fundamentally restructures thin-film dewetting by decoupling vertical accumulation and lateral rupture into independently regulated dynamical length scales, thereby replacing universal diffusion-limited growth with persistence-driven motion that accelerates coarsening exponents and rupture propagation.

Preethi M, Daniya Davis, Bhaskar Sen Gupta2026-03-02✓ Author reviewed
🔭 high-energy astrophysics

Constraining the Fraction of LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA Binary Black Hole Merger Events Associated with Active Galactic Nucleus Flares

By analyzing the spatial and temporal correlation between 80 LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA binary black hole mergers and six years of Zwicky Transient Facility data, this study constrains the fraction of mergers associated with active galactic nucleus flares to fflare=0.070.05+0.24f_{\rm flare} = 0.07_{-0.05}^{+0.24}, a result primarily driven by a single candidate counterpart to GW190412 that supports the active galactic nucleus disk formation channel.

Liang-Gui Zhu, Lei He, Xian Chen, Wen Zhao2026-03-01✓ Author reviewed