Volume 113, Issue 5

May 2026

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HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Optimal ambition in business, politics, and life

Ekaterina Landgren, Ryan E. Langendorf, and Matthew G. Burgess

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054317 (2026) - Published 29 May, 2026

“The perfect is the enemy of the good.” The authors develop a search model that formalizes this adage. They show that optimal ambition targets outcomes that are finite but strictly larger than the mean of available rewards. The prediction of the models are tested using examples from online dating and college admissions.

#ClearMotivation #Interdisciplinary

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Rhythm as an ordered phase of sound: How musical meter emerges in a statistical mechanical model

Robert St. Clair and Jesse Berezovsky

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054116 (2026) - Published 11 May, 2026

The authors develop a model of musical rhythm and meter based on optimizing the trade-off between human psychological preferences for perceiving repeated patterns in time with a desire for variety and complexity. Using a statistical physics analogy, they observe phase transitions in the model from disordered events in time to orderings that closely reproduce those seen in music, for example in the compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach.

#Interdisciplinary #BroadlyAccessible

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Macroscopic fluctuation theory of interacting Brownian particles

Aurélien Grabsch, Davide Venturelli, and Olivier Bénichou

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054128 (2026) - Published 18 May, 2026

The authors use macroscopic fluctuation theory to study the large-scale dynamical properties of Brownian particles with arbitrary pairwise interactions. Combining this with a standard expression for the collective diffusion coefficient, they obtain exact results for dynamical correlations between the density and the current of particles.

#TechnicalAdvancement #AdvancingField #WellStructured

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Early warning signals for percolation transitions in networks

A. V. Goltsev and S. N. Dorogovtsev

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054313 (2026) - Published 22 May, 2026

Percolation in complex networks has a long history. In finite networks the transition to a giant connected component is smoothed out, making the prediction of the critical point difficult. The theory presented here introduces the susceptibility of arbitrary random undirected and directed networks, showing that a strong increase in susceptibility is the early warning signal of approaching the percolation point.

#ClearMotivation #ClassicProblem

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Modeling spatial synchronization of predator-prey oscillations via the $X Y$ model under demographic stochasticity and migration

Solmaz Golmohammadi, Mina Zarei, and Jacopo Grilli

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054409 (2026) - Published 13 May, 2026

At the intersection of population ecology and statistical physics, this study addresses how two factors, demographic stochasticity and migration, govern the emergence of large-scale synchronization in predator-prey metapopulations. The authors demonstrate that the collective phase dynamics of coupled ecological oscillators can be rigorously mapped onto a theoretical framework analogous to the classic $X Y$ model of statistical mechanics.

#BiophysicsSpotlight #Interdisciplinary

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Decoding species coexistence: A reinforcement learning perspective

Kaiwen Jiang, Chenyang Zhao, Shengfeng Deng, Weiran Cai, Jiqiang Zhang, and Li Chen

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054411 (2026) - Published 18 May, 2026

This paper investigates maintenance of biodiversity in a spatial rock-paper-scissors game. The authors use reinforcement learning at the species level, rather than at an individual level, so that mobility in this model operates on “collective wisdom” of the species. Survival of biodiversity depends on the balance between two prominent tendencies: survival-priority (escaping from predators) and predation-priority (remaining near prey).

#ClearMotvation

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Group size shapes interactions in confined minimal active biological collectives

Denis Horvath, Alena Strejčková, Zoltán Tomori, Richard Galajda, and Gregor Bánó

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054414 (2026) - Published 20 May, 2026

The authors investigated interactions in groups of freshwater shrimp confined to a circular space. They introduced a model in which the orientation of each shrimp is mapped with spin aligned or antialigned with the boundary. They identified a distinct progression in network organization with increasing group size. Shrimp were selected as examples of active particles in a nonequilibrium system. The authors expect that collective behavior in other systems could be studied with the framework presented here.

#BiophysicsSpotlight #ClearMotivation #Interdisciplinary

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Effects of cell-cell communication on bacterial chemotaxis

Soutick Saha, Sean Fancher, and Andrew Mugler

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054415 (2026) - Published 26 May, 2026

Using a mathematical model, this manuscript investigates the effect of cell-cell communication on bacterial chemotaxis. The authors find that self-secreted chemoattractants can either promote or hinder chemotaxis, depending on parameters. Analytical results identify which parameters are critical to collective migration and offer insights for future experiments.

#BiophysicsSpotlight #Interdisciplinary #ClearMotivation

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Anomalous translational dynamics of molecular probes near the polymer glass transition

Jaladhar Mahato, Siyang Wang, and Laura J. Kaufman

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055401 (2026) - Published 4 May, 2026

Single-molecule measurements and a generalized Langevin framework show that subdiffusive, non-Gaussian probe transport near the glass transition arises from progressively softening viscoelastic confinement. This provides direct microscopic evidence of dynamic heterogeneity and suggests a pathway to more fully understand glassy dynamics in polymer glass formers.

#TheoryExperiment #SoftMatterSpotlight

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Origin of geometric cohesion in nonconvex granular materials: Interplay between interdigitation and rotational constraints enhancing frictional stability

Jonathan Barés, Arnaud Regazzi, David Aponte, Sylvain Buonomo, Mathieu Renouf, Nicolas Estrada, and Emilien Azéma

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055415 (2026) - Published 19 May, 2026

Geometrically induced cohesion, by which mechanical stability arises from the shape and arrangement of the system’s particles, has been extensively studied in granular matter. Here, the authors experimentally study the stability of a granular pile of concave, multibranched particles by systematically varying key observables like the particle geometry or number of branches. They show that the origin of the pile’s geometrically induced cohesion lies in the capacity of the system to form a large number of reconfigurable contact chains.

#ClearMotivation #WellStructured

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Thermalized buckling of extensible, semiflexible polymers

Richard Huang, David R. Nelson, and Suraj Shankar

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055418 (2026) - Published 21 May, 2026

An interplay of thermal fluctuations and nonlinear elasticity alters semiflexible polymer buckling, leading to a softened Young’s modulus. Unlike classical athermal buckling of rods, the critical compressional strain actually increases with system size, governed by distinct critical exponents.

#SoftMatterSpotlight #UniversalBehavior #WellStructured

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

LETTER

Shape dictates the motion of topological defects in active nematics

Giacomo Marco La Montagna, Sumeja Bureković, Ananyo Maitra, and Cesare Nardini

Phys. Rev. E 113, L053401 (2026) - Published 4 May, 2026

Topological defects in active nematic systems are known to display strikingly different properties, such as self-propulsion, compared to their equilibrium counterparts. Combining analytical results with numerical simulations, the authors show that activity also modifies the shape of defects, which had been previously overlooked in the literature.

#SoftMatterSpotlight #ClearMotivation

LETTERS

Statistical Physics

LETTER

Large deviations of current for the symmetric simple exclusion process on a semi-infinite line and on an infinite line with a slow bond

Kapil Sharma, Soumyabrata Saha, Sandeep Jangid, and Tridib Sadhu

Phys. Rev. E 113, L052101 (2026) - Published 5 May, 2026

LETTER

Operator-Weyl-symbol approach to eigenstate thermalization hypothesis

Xiao Wang (王晓) and Wen-ge Wang (王文阁)

Phys. Rev. E 113, L052102 (2026) - Published 8 May, 2026

Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos

LETTER

Dynamics of reservoir computing for crises prediction

Dishant Sisodia and Sarika Jalan

Phys. Rev. E 113, L052201 (2026) - Published 6 May, 2026

LETTER

Resetting without resetting: An alternate strategy to experimentally verify optimal mean first passage time under stochastic resetting

Abhishek Thakur, Shrutija Swain, Aarsh Chotalia, and P. Parmananda

Phys. Rev. E 113, L052202 (2026) - Published 14 May, 2026

LETTER

Observing a focused weak shock wave perform a Hilbert transform

Miguel A. Alonso and Pedro A. Quinto-Su

Phys. Rev. E 113, L052203 (2026) - Published 22 May, 2026

LETTER

Entanglement production in the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model and its variants

Tanay Pathak and Masaki Tezuka

Phys. Rev. E 113, L052204 (2026) - Published 27 May, 2026

Biological Physics

LETTER

Compaction and swelling of single stretched DNAs driven by molecular crowding

Paritosh Gupta, John F. Marko, and Vittore F. Scolari

Phys. Rev. E 113, L052401 (2026) - Published 6 May, 2026

Plasma Physics

LETTER

Impact of fast ions on turbulent transport in high-β HL-2A tokomak scenarios

Jingchun Li, Zhaoyang Lu, Jianqiang Xu, Wei Chen, Jiaqi Dong, Jingting Luo, and Yong Liu

Phys. Rev. E 113, L053201 (2026) - Published 8 May, 2026

LETTER

Neural differential equations for the solar dynamo

E. Illarionov, V. Kisielius, R. Stepanov, and K. M. Kuzanyan

Phys. Rev. E 113, L053202 (2026) - Published 11 May, 2026

LETTER

Charge transport and mode transition in dual-energy electron beam diodes

Chubin Lin, Jiandong Chen, Huihui Wang, and Yangyang Fu

Phys. Rev. E 113, L053203 (2026) - Published 20 May, 2026

Computational Physics, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence

LETTER

Signature of glassy dynamics in dynamic mode decompositions

Zachary G. Nicolaou, Hangjun Cho, Yuanzhao Zhang, J. Nathan Kutz, and Steven L. Brunton

Phys. Rev. E 113, L053301 (2026) - Published 28 May, 2026

Soft Matter including Polymers, Liquid Crystals, and Granular Materials

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

LETTER

Shape dictates the motion of topological defects in active nematics

Giacomo Marco La Montagna, Sumeja Bureković, Ananyo Maitra, and Cesare Nardini

Phys. Rev. E 113, L053401 (2026) - Published 4 May, 2026

#SoftMatterSpotlight #ClearMotivation

LETTER

Tuning the viscosity and jamming point in dense active non-Brownian suspensions

Bhanu Prasad Bhowmik

Phys. Rev. E 113, L053402 (2026) - Published 8 May, 2026

LETTER

Gravity-induced modulation of negative differential thermal resistance in fluids

Qiyuan Zhang, Juncheng Guo, Juchang Zou, and Rongxiang Luo

Phys. Rev. E 113, L053403 (2026) - Published 15 May, 2026

LETTER

Shape-induced translational mode transition and self-entrapment of self-propelled metallodielectric rods

Yasutaka Iwashita and Yasuyuki Kimura

Phys. Rev. E 113, L053404 (2026) - Published 19 May, 2026

Mechanics, Interfaces, and Films

LETTER

Tightening dynamics of wound rolls: The interplay of solid friction and interfacial compressibility

M. Caelen, S. Moulinet, B. Andreotti, and F. Lechenault

Phys. Rev. E 113, L053501 (2026) - Published 13 May, 2026

LETTER

Geometry of the vapor layer under a Leidenfrost hydrogel sphere

Vicente L. Diaz-Melian, Isaac C. D. Lenton, Jack Binysh, Anton Souslov, and Scott R. Waitukaitis

Phys. Rev. E 113, L053502 (2026) - Published 14 May, 2026

ARTICLES

Statistical Physics

Short-time statistics of extinction and blowup in reaction kinetics

Rotem Degany, Michael Assaf, and Baruch Meerson

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054101 (2026) - Published 4 May, 2026

Quantum evolution of mixed states and performance of quantum heat engines

Anatoly A. Svidzinsky and Wenzhuo Zhang

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054102 (2026) - Published 4 May, 2026

Classical spin liquids from frustrated Ising models in hyperbolic space

Fabian Köhler, Johanna Erdmenger, Roderich Moessner, and Matthias Vojta

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054103 (2026) - Published 4 May, 2026

Stochastic heat engine using a single Brownian ellipsoid

Soham Dutta and Arnab Saha

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054104 (2026) - Published 4 May, 2026

Molecular communication in one-dimensional channels with active transport and crowding

Phanindra Dewan and Sumantra Sarkar

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054105 (2026) - Published 6 May, 2026

Constraint effective action and critical correlation functions at fixed magnetization

Félix Rose, Adam Rançon, and Ivan Balog

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054106 (2026) - Published 6 May, 2026

Variational formulation of stochastic thermodynamics: Finite-dimensional systems

Héctor Vaquero del Pino, François Gay-Balmaz, Hiroaki Yoshimura, and Lock Yue Chew

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054107 (2026) - Published 6 May, 2026

Coarsening dynamics for spiral and disordered waves in active Potts models

Hiroshi Noguchi

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054108 (2026) - Published 6 May, 2026

Efficient simulation of a pair of dissipative qubits antiferromagnetically coupled

Francesco G. Capone, Giulio De Filippis, Vittorio Cataudella, and Antonio de Candia

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054109 (2026) - Published 6 May, 2026

Quantum annealed criticality and enhanced magnetocaloric effect on the frustrated Ising honeycomb lattice bilayer

M. Schmidt, P. F. Dias, M. Roos, C. V. Morais, and F. M. Zimmer

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054110 (2026) - Published 6 May, 2026

Tensor-network study of Ising model on infinite hyperbolic dodecahedral lattice

Matej Mosko and Andrej Gendiar

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054111 (2026) - Published 8 May, 2026

Enhancing performance and operational regimes of the quantum Otto refrigerator with heat bath algorithmic cooling

Yuhao Wang, Andri Pradana, Jian Wei Cheong, and Lock Yue Chew

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054112 (2026) - Published 11 May, 2026

Quasiadiabatic thermal ensemble preparation in the thermodynamic limit

Tatsuhiko Shirai

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054113 (2026) - Published 11 May, 2026

Fick's law and phase transitions in the Lorentz circuit

Matteo Colangeli, Lamberto Rondoni, and Martin Kröger

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054114 (2026) - Published 11 May, 2026

Langevin and Fokker-Planck analyses for diffusion-mediated passing of circular and discorectangular species in two-dimensional channels

Md Khaledur Rahman, Chi-Jen Wang, Yong Han, and James W. Evans

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054115 (2026) - Published 11 May, 2026

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Rhythm as an ordered phase of sound: How musical meter emerges in a statistical mechanical model

Robert St. Clair and Jesse Berezovsky

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054116 (2026) - Published 11 May, 2026

#Interdisciplinary #BroadlyAccessible

Perturbation theory for phase correlations of a light wave propagating in a turbulent medium

I. V. Kolokolov and V. V. Lebedev

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054117 (2026) - Published 11 May, 2026

Collective heat engines via different interactions: Minimal models, thermodynamics, and phase transitions

Iago N. Mamede, Vitória T. Henkes, and Carlos E. Fiore

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054118 (2026) - Published 11 May, 2026

Controlling vortex rotation with obstacles in nonaligning dry active matter

Felipe P. S. Júnior, Jorge L. C. Domingos, W. P. Ferreira, and F. Q. Potiguar

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054119 (2026) - Published 12 May, 2026

Anisotropic scale invariance and the uniaxial Lifshitz point from the nonperturbative renormalization group

Gonzalo De Polsi and Pawel Jakubczyk

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054120 (2026) - Published 12 May, 2026

Scaling behavior in the asymmetric quantum Rabi model

Zhongshan Su, Yuqi Qing, Yuan Jiang, Bin-Bin Mao, Liangsheng Li, Wen-Long You, Hong-Gang Luo, and Maoxin Liu

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054121 (2026) - Published 13 May, 2026

Renewal theory for a run-and-tumble particle with stochastic resetting and a sticky boundary

Paul C. Bressloff and Samantha Linn

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054122 (2026) - Published 15 May, 2026

Geometry and dynamics of annealed optimization in the coherent Ising machine with hidden and planted solutions

Federico Ghimenti, Adithya Sriram, Atsushi Yamamura (山村篤志), Hideo Mabuchi, and Surya Ganguli

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054123 (2026) - Published 18 May, 2026

Exact mapping of a spin glass with correlated disorder to the pure Ising model

Hidetoshi Nishimori

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054124 (2026) - Published 15 May, 2026

Site and bond percolation in linearly distorted triangular and square lattices

Bishnu Bhowmik, Sayantan Mitra, Robert M. Ziff, and Ankur Sensharma

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054125 (2026) - Published 15 May, 2026

Quantum coherence and anomalous work extraction in qubit gate dynamics

F. Perciavalle, N. Lo Gullo, and F. Plastina

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054126 (2026) - Published 18 May, 2026

Using precision coefficients of recurrence times and integrated currents to construct a lower bound for the average dissipation rate

Alberto Garilli and Diego Frezzato

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054127 (2026) - Published 18 May, 2026

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Macroscopic fluctuation theory of interacting Brownian particles

Aurélien Grabsch, Davide Venturelli, and Olivier Bénichou

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054128 (2026) - Published 18 May, 2026

#TechnicalAdvancement #AdvancingField #WellStructured

Optimization of multisite reactions in complex compartmentalized media

T. V. Mendes and T. Guérin

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054129 (2026) - Published 19 May, 2026

Generalized Fokker-Planck equation for the active Ornstein-Uhlenbeck particle

Sanju S. Pillai, M. Muhsin, and M. Sahoo

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054130 (2026) - Published 20 May, 2026

Canonical quantization for equilibrium thermodynamics

Luis F. Santos, Victor Hugo M. Ramos, Danilo Cius, Mario C. Baldiotti, and Bárbara Amaral

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054131 (2026) - Published 20 May, 2026

Extended self-similarity in multimode optical fiber speckles

Mengxin Wu, Ziye Chen, Guang Yang, and Mingshu Zhao

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054132 (2026) - Published 20 May, 2026

Equations of state and stability condition of mixed $p$ -spin glass model

A. Talebi

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054133 (2026) - Published 20 May, 2026

Unified gauge-geometry symmetry for equilibrium statistical mechanics

Hai Pham-Van

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054134 (2026) - Published 21 May, 2026

Finite-size scaling and edge effects in the Takayasu model of aggregation-diffusion with input

Rohan Banerjee Ravindran and R. Rajesh

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054135 (2026) - Published 22 May, 2026

Nonconserving locally disordered exclusion process under constrained resources

Nisha Sharma, Bipasha Pal, Ankita Gupta, and Arvind Kumar Gupta

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054136 (2026) - Published 22 May, 2026

Integrated covariances as excess observables weighted by currents and activities

Timur Aslyamov and Massimiliano Esposito

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054137 (2026) - Published 26 May, 2026

Thermalization in the mixed-field Ising model: An occupation-number perspective

Isaías Vallejo-Fabila, Fausto Borgonovi, Felix M. Izrailev, and Lea F. Santos

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054138 (2026) - Published 26 May, 2026

Derivation and analysis of the amplitude equation for generalized active model B in the presence of chemical reactions

Sayantan Mondal and Prasenjit Das

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054139 (2026) - Published 26 May, 2026

Numerical evidence for the non-Abelian eigenstate thermalization hypothesis

Aleksander Lasek, Jae Dong Noh, Jade LeSchack, and Nicole Yunger Halpern

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054140 (2026) - Published 26 May, 2026

Nonlinearity-induced transition in heat conduction through a topological metamaterial of rotors

T. R. Vishnu and Dibyendu Roy

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054141 (2026) - Published 28 May, 2026

Order-disorder transition in incompressible polar active fluids with an easy axis

Leiming Chen, Chiu Fan Lee, and John Toner

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054142 (2026) - Published 29 May, 2026

Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos

Synchronization in three types of 2-simplicial ring networks with identical and nonidentical oscillators

Xuan Wang, Haihong Li, Qionglin Dai, and Junzhong Yang

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054201 (2026) - Published 6 May, 2026

Phase-controlled elastic, inelastic, and coalescent collisions of two-dimensional flat-top solitons

M. O. D. Alotaibi, Y. O. A. Abughnheim, L. Al Sakkaf, and U. Al Khawaja

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054202 (2026) - Published 6 May, 2026

Superexcitability in chiral oscillators with spatial degrees of freedom

Alessandro Scirè

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054203 (2026) - Published 6 May, 2026

Quasicontinuum descriptions of rarefaction and dispersive shock waves in Fermi-Pasta-Ulam lattices with Hertzian potentials

S. Yang

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054204 (2026) - Published 8 May, 2026

Symmetry breaking in the nonlinear stage of modulation instability for the Kundu-Eckhaus equation: Nonlinear excitations and interactions with solitons

Bo-Jie Deng, Rui Guo, and Jian-Wen Zhang

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054205 (2026) - Published 8 May, 2026

Suppression of expanding vortex rings in systems with negative filament tension by pulsed electric fields

Debei Pan and Hongling Xu

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054206 (2026) - Published 8 May, 2026

Topological defects in spiral wave chimera states

Lintao Liu and Nariya Uchida

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054207 (2026) - Published 8 May, 2026

Transient evolution and established states of color domains in fiber lasers with a doublet radiation spectrum

Konstantin Komarov, Alexander Dmitriev, Andrey Komarov, Luming Zhao, and François Sanchez

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054208 (2026) - Published 8 May, 2026

Coherence properties of collective modes in ensembles of oscillators

Arkady Pikovsky, Franco Bagnoli, and Stefano Iubini

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054209 (2026) - Published 11 May, 2026

Full nonlinear evolution of modulation instability in the model of long wave-short wave resonance: spectral recurrence, two types of breathers, and their excitation

Jia-Bin Li, Yunqing Yang, Chong Liu, and Nail Akhmediev

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054210 (2026) - Published 11 May, 2026

Second-order density-dependent geometric vector potentials: Modifying chiral soliton and ring-soliton dynamics in Bose-Einstein condensates with nonlocal interactions

Christopher Gaafele, Conrad Bertrand Tabi, and Timoléon Crépín Kofané

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054211 (2026) - Published 11 May, 2026

Classical counterparts of shortcuts to adiabaticity in nonlinear dissipative Lagrangian systems

Jincheng Shi, Yicheng Pan, Yue Ban, and Xi Chen

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054212 (2026) - Published 13 May, 2026

Chimera states on $m$ -directed hypergraphs

Rommel Tchinda Djeudjo, Timoteo Carletti, Hiroya Nakao, and Riccardo Muolo

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054213 (2026) - Published 15 May, 2026

Coexistence of synchronization manifolds in networks of oscillators with rotation symmetry

Pedro A. S. Braga and Luis A. Aguirre

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054214 (2026) - Published 18 May, 2026

Effective synchronization amid noise-induced chaos

Benjamin Sorkin and Thomas A. Witten

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054215 (2026) - Published 19 May, 2026

Discrete equations and autotraveling kinks of the $ϕ^{6}$ model

H. Susanto and N. Karjanto

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054216 (2026) - Published 21 May, 2026

Emergence of Turing patterns in complex networks: A partial link activation approach

Wen Wang, Yingchun Zhang, Bin Liu, and Da Wang

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054217 (2026) - Published 22 May, 2026

Reconfigurable logic gates and latches in noise-driven bistable systems: A mean first-passage time approach

Zi-yi Chen, Long Jiang, Lu-lu Lu, Qi-ming Pei, and Dong Yu

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054218 (2026) - Published 26 May, 2026

Time delay in the one-dimensional swarmalator model

K. P. O'Keeffe, Rommel Tchinda Djeudjo, and Jason Hindes

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054219 (2026) - Published 27 May, 2026

Describing a universal critical behavior in a transition from order to chaos

Edson D. Leonel, Mayla A. M. de Almeida, Juan Pedro Tarigo, Arturo C. Marti, and Diego F. M. Oliveira

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054220 (2026) - Published 28 May, 2026

Networks and Complex Systems

Transient dynamics of associative memory models

David G. Clark

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054301 (2026) - Published 6 May, 2026

Modularity-dependent storage of dynamic spiking patterns: Bridging micro- and mesoscopic representations

Marianna Angiolelli, Antonio De Candia, Pierpaolo Sorrentino, Simonetta Filippi, Letizia Chiodo, Christian Cherubini, and Silvia Scarpetta

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054302 (2026) - Published 6 May, 2026

Polarization in increasingly connected societies

Tuan Minh Pham, Sidney Redner, Lourens Waldorp, Jay Armas, and Han L. J. van der Maas

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054303 (2026) - Published 11 May, 2026

Dynamics of discovery and the Heaps-Zipf relationship

Célestin Zimmerlin, Thomas Louail, Manuel Moussallam, and Marc Barthelemy

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054304 (2026) - Published 11 May, 2026

Anomaly, class division, and decoupling in income dynamics

Jaeseok Hur, Meesoon Ha, and Hawoong Jeong

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054305 (2026) - Published 12 May, 2026

Testing maximum entropy models with $e$ -values

Francesca Giuffrida, Diego Garlaschelli, and Peter Grünwald

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054306 (2026) - Published 15 May, 2026

Mean-field theory for Heider balance under heterogeneous social temperatures

Zhen Li and Yuki Izumida

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054307 (2026) - Published 15 May, 2026

Cooperative and competitive hyperorder interactions nonlinearly reshape the collective dynamics in complex networks

Yi-peng Hu, Dong Yu, Xue-qin Wang, Tian-yu Li, Xue-ning Li, and Ya Jia

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054308 (2026) - Published 18 May, 2026

Multifractality in critical neural field dynamics

Merlin Dumeur, Sheng H. Wang, J. Matias Palva, and Philippe Ciuciu

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054309 (2026) - Published 18 May, 2026

Role of layer positioning in multilayer traffic networks: A trade-off between path efficiency and load balancing

Jie Chen, Chuning Huangfu, Shengxian Wang, Shaosheng Xu, Maobin Hu, and Fulong Chen

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054310 (2026) - Published 18 May, 2026

Optimal transport by a Lagrangian dynamics of population distribution

Babak Benam and Abolfazl Ramezanpour

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054311 (2026) - Published 19 May, 2026

Reentrant spreading in a two-species coalescence-fragmentation model with susceptible-infected-recovered dynamics

Chen Xu, Pak Ming Hui, Chenkai Xia, and Neil F. Johnson

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054312 (2026) - Published 20 May, 2026

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Early warning signals for percolation transitions in networks

A. V. Goltsev and S. N. Dorogovtsev

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054313 (2026) - Published 22 May, 2026

#ClearMotivation #ClassicProblem

Spectral fluctuations and crossovers in multilayer network

Himanshu Shekhar, Ashutosh Dheer, Santosh Kumar, and N. Sukumar

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054314 (2026) - Published 26 May, 2026

Logistic dynamics of small populations with demographic stochasticity

Lucas M. Brugevin and Damián H. Zanette

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054315 (2026) - Published 26 May, 2026

Laplacian spectrum constrains collective performance enhancement

Siyang Jiang, Jin Zhou, Yong Liu, Jun-an Lu, Xingyue Wen, and Guanrong Chen

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054316 (2026) - Published 29 May, 2026

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Optimal ambition in business, politics, and life

Ekaterina Landgren, Ryan E. Langendorf, and Matthew G. Burgess

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054317 (2026) - Published 29 May, 2026

#ClearMotivation #Interdisciplinary

Biological Physics

Exact results for stochastic transcription with promoter-proximal pausing and initiation-state-dependent lifetimes

Ling Yin, Zhenquan Zhang, Zihao Wang, Xiyan Yang, Changhong Shi, Yong Wang, Yong-Xin Guo, and Jiajun Zhang

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054401 (2026) - Published 5 May, 2026

Bacteria harness torque-induced buckling instability for flagellar wrapping

Takuro Kataoka, Taiju Yoneda, Daisuke Nakane, and Hirofumi Wada

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054402 (2026) - Published 6 May, 2026

Adaptation to extreme stress under the growth-survival fitness trade-off

Nandita Chaturvedi, Charuhansini Tvishamayi, and Shashi Thutupalli

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054403 (2026) - Published 8 May, 2026

Optimization of sequential therapies to maximize extinction of resistant bacteria through collateral sensitivity

Javier Molina-Hernández, José A. Cuesta, Beatriz Pascual-Escudero, Saúl Ares, and Pablo Catalán

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054404 (2026) - Published 8 May, 2026

DNA melting: Intra-base-pair dynamics and a vector generalization of the Peyrard-Bishop-Dauxois model

Nikos Theodorakopoulos

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054405 (2026) - Published 11 May, 2026

Inhibitory cell type heterogeneity in a spatially structured mean-field model of V1

Soon Ho Kim and Hannah Choi

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054406 (2026) - Published 11 May, 2026

Nuclear pore complex distribution on the nuclear envelope: Insights into curvature, chromatin, and actin contributions

Hugo Lachuer, Orestis Faklaris, Sylvie Hénon, Fabien Montel, and David Pereira

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054407 (2026) - Published 12 May, 2026

Active spin model for cell assemblies on 1D substrates

Harshal Potdar, Ignacio Pagonabarraga, and Sudipto Muhuri

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054408 (2026) - Published 14 May, 2026

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Modeling spatial synchronization of predator-prey oscillations via the $X Y$ model under demographic stochasticity and migration

Solmaz Golmohammadi, Mina Zarei, and Jacopo Grilli

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054409 (2026) - Published 13 May, 2026

#BiophysicsSpotlight #Interdisciplinary

Bistability in filamentous actin through monomer-sequestration of an effector species

Panayiotis Foteinopoulos and Bela M. Mulder

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054410 (2026) - Published 15 May, 2026

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Decoding species coexistence: A reinforcement learning perspective

Kaiwen Jiang, Chenyang Zhao, Shengfeng Deng, Weiran Cai, Jiqiang Zhang, and Li Chen

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054411 (2026) - Published 18 May, 2026

#ClearMotvation

Multiscale pattern complexity in dry-land vegetation: A simplified modeling approach incorporating root augmentation and stratified soil water dynamics

Sounov Marick and Nandadulal Bairagi

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054412 (2026) - Published 18 May, 2026

Landscape description of the dynamics of Turing patterns

Shubham Shinde and Archishman Raju

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054413 (2026) - Published 20 May, 2026

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Group size shapes interactions in confined minimal active biological collectives

Denis Horvath, Alena Strejčková, Zoltán Tomori, Richard Galajda, and Gregor Bánó

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054414 (2026) - Published 20 May, 2026

#BiophysicsSpotlight #ClearMotivation #Interdisciplinary

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Effects of cell-cell communication on bacterial chemotaxis

Soutick Saha, Sean Fancher, and Andrew Mugler

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054415 (2026) - Published 26 May, 2026

#BiophysicsSpotlight #Interdisciplinary #ClearMotivation

Emergent domain segregation in self-interacting polymers explains chromosome 3D conformations in single human cells

Mattia Conte, Simona Bianco, Sougata Guha, Andrea M. Chiariello, Andrea Esposito, Alex Abraham, Sumanta Kundu, Francesca Vercellone, Andrea Fontana, Florinda Di Pierno, Ciro Di Carluccio, Matteo Olimpo, and Mario Nicodemi

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054416 (2026) - Published 28 May, 2026

Assessment of scoring functions for computational models of protein-protein interfaces

Jacob Sumner, Naomi Brandt, Grace Meng, Devon Finlay, Alex T. Grigas, Andrés Córdoba, Mark D. Shattuck, and Corey S. O'Hern

Phys. Rev. E 113, 054417 (2026) - Published 28 May, 2026

Fluid Dynamics

Data-driven modeling of multiscale phenomena with applications to fluid turbulence

Brandon Choi, Matteo Ugliotti, Mateo Reynoso, Daniel R. Gurevich, and Roman O. Grigoriev

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055101 (2026) - Published 4 May, 2026

Mesoscale simulation model for odd fluids

Yuxing Jiao and Mingcheng Yang

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055102 (2026) - Published 5 May, 2026

Spatial dynamics of flexible nanoswimmers under a rotating magnetic field

Chapnik Zvi and Or Yizhar

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055103 (2026) - Published 6 May, 2026

Interaction of walkers with a standing Faraday wave

Loïc Tadrist and Tristan Gilet

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055104 (2026) - Published 8 May, 2026

Electrolyte flows under magnetic fields: Manning-like counterion condensation in one dimension

Yoav Tsori and Hannes Uecker

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055105 (2026) - Published 11 May, 2026

Capillarity in stationary random granular media: Distribution-aware screening and quantitative supercell sizing

Christian Tantardini and Fernando Alonso-Marroquín

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055106 (2026) - Published 11 May, 2026

Droplet shrinkage in phase-field approaches: A comparison of the Allen-Cahn and the Cahn-Hilliard models

Reza Haghani, Carl Fredrik Berg, and Eirik Grude Flekkøy

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055107 (2026) - Published 18 May, 2026

Plasma Physics

High-coherence narrowband terahertz emission from a radially oscillating plasma oscillator

Manoj Kumar, Jaeho Lee, Dohyun Park, Inhyuk Nam, and Min Sup Hur

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055201 (2026) - Published 5 May, 2026

Experimental evidence of ambient turbulence preceding the thermal quench of disruptive plasmas

Y. C. Li, Y. Xu, M. Jiang, J. Cheng, G. Z. Hao, X. Q. Wang, Z. B. Shi, Y. Liu, J. Q. Xu, Y. P. Zhang, D. N. Wu, J. Huang, W. Li, H. Zhou, J. R. Shao, and C. Fu

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055202 (2026) - Published 4 May, 2026

Experimental evidence of radiative collapse in hybrid $X$ pinches from time-resolved x-ray spectroscopy of Ti plasma

T. A. Shelkovenko, S. A. Pikuz, I. N. Tilikin, A. Elshafiey, and D. A. Hammer

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055203 (2026) - Published 6 May, 2026

Plasma discharge undulator: Concept, theory, and numerical study

A. Frazzitta

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055204 (2026) - Published 8 May, 2026

Weakly collisional shocks of multicomponent plasmas in hohlraums of indirect-drive inertial confinement fusion

Tianyi Liang, Dong Wu, Lifeng Wang, Lianqiang Shan, Zongqiang Yuan, Hongbo Cai, Yuqiu Gu, Zhengmao Sheng, and Xiantu He

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055206 (2026) - Published 11 May, 2026

Escape dynamics in a Hamiltonian map for double-null diverted tokamaks

L. N. A. Amaral, J. D. Szezech, and I. L. Caldas

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055207 (2026) - Published 12 May, 2026

Transformation of solar wind energy and helicity spectra in the frame of magnetohydrodynamics shell modeling

I. Dukanov, E. Yushkov, P. Frick, and D. Sokoloff

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055208 (2026) - Published 12 May, 2026

High-resolution spectroscopy of laser-produced L-shell molybdenum plasma

Eran Daniel, Gilad Hurvitz, Yuri Ralchenko, Ariel Shaham, Moshe Fraenkel, Yosi Ehrlich, Izhak Levi, Yair Ferber, Galit Strum, Yacov Carmiel, and Ehud Behar

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055209 (2026) - Published 12 May, 2026

Measuring the principle Hugoniot of low-density silica aerogel foam at pressures up to 160 GPa

Jordan Lee, Peter Norreys, Robert Paddock, Matthew Oliver, Pawala Ariyathilaka, Christopher Spindloe, Donna Wyatt, Samuel Irving, Ben Fisher, Nigel Woolsey, Stavros Bakandreas, Bruno Albertazzi, Michel Koenig, Piotr Rączka, Takayoshi Sano, Alexis Amouretti, Naoki Yamagata, Kai Taketoshi, Kosuke Nishitani, and Norimasa Ozaki

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055210 (2026) - Published 14 May, 2026

Laser field reconstruction for the modeling of laser-plasma interaction in cylindrical geometry

F. Massimo, I. Moulanier, A. Guerente, O. Khomyshyn, M. Masckala, T. L. Steyn, U. Schramm, A. Irman, and B. Cros

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055211 (2026) - Published 14 May, 2026

Fluid simulation of Jeans instability in nonthermal dusty plasmas

Dipankar Ray, Pralay Kumar Karmakar, Bharati Kakad, and Amar Kakad

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055212 (2026) - Published 15 May, 2026

Comprehensive analytical model of the dynamic $Z$ pinch

Alejandro Mesa Dame, Eric S. Lavine, and David A. Hammer

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055213 (2026) - Published 29 May, 2026

Wave breaking and electron heating of perpendicularly propagating $x$ -mode waves in magnetized plasmas

Jin-Ze Liu, Heng Zhang, Dong-Ning Gao, and Wen-Shan Duan

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055214 (2026) - Published 29 May, 2026

Kinetic decoupling in electron-beam-driven dusty plasma: Microscopic randomization coexisting with collective flow stability

Adrian Scurtu, Dorina Ticoş, Nicoleta Udrea, Maria L. Mitu, Beatrice Paraschiv, and Cătălin M. Ticoş

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055215 (2026) - Published 29 May, 2026

Computational Physics, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence

Physics-informed neural networks for solving derivative-constrained partial differential equations

Kentaro Hoshisashi, Carolyn E. Phelan, and Paolo Barucca

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055301 (2026) - Published 4 May, 2026

Dreaming up scale invariance via inverse renormalization group

Adam Rançon, Ulysse Rançon, Tomislav Ivek, and Ivan Balog

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055302 (2026) - Published 6 May, 2026

Survival prediction from neural parametrization of diffusive processes

Alessio Cristofoletto, Cesare Rollo, Giovanni Birolo, and Piero Fariselli

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055303 (2026) - Published 12 May, 2026

Memory uncertainty relation and harmonic memory in random recurrent networks

Taichi Haruna and Kohei Nakajima

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055304 (2026) - Published 20 May, 2026

Comparing frameworks for similarity-aware generalized entropy (sentropy)

Phuc Nguyen, Josiah Couch, Rahul Bansal, Alexandra Morgan, Chris Tam, Miao Li, Rima Arnaout, and Ramy Arnaout

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055305 (2026) - Published 26 May, 2026

Uncertainty in AI-driven Monte Carlo simulations

Dimitrios Tzivrailis, Alberto Rosso, and Eiji Kawasaki

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055306 (2026) - Published 26 May, 2026

Bayesian reasoning for physics-informed neural networks

Krzysztof M. Graczyk and Kornel Witkowski

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055307 (2026) - Published 27 May, 2026

Consistent projection of Langevin dynamics: Preserving thermodynamics and kinetics in coarse-grained models

Vahid Nateghi, Lara Neureither, Selma Moqvist, Carsten Hartmann, Simon Olsson, and Feliks Nüske

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055308 (2026) - Published 28 May, 2026

Soft Matter including Polymers, Liquid Crystals, and Granular Materials

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Anomalous translational dynamics of molecular probes near the polymer glass transition

Jaladhar Mahato, Siyang Wang, and Laura J. Kaufman

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055401 (2026) - Published 4 May, 2026

#TheoryExperiment #SoftMatterSpotlight

Hydrodynamic interactions in a binary-mixture colloidal monolayer

M. Chamorro-Burgos and Alvaro Domínguez

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055402 (2026) - Published 4 May, 2026

Chiral active gyrator: Memory-induced direction reversal of rotational motion

S. Deion, F. Adersh, and M. Sahoo

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055403 (2026) - Published 4 May, 2026

Orientational ordering and correlations in a quasi-one-dimensional hard-dumbbell fluid

Ana M. Montero, Péter Gurin, Szabolcs Varga, and Andrés Santos

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055404 (2026) - Published 5 May, 2026

Autonomous behavior of active particles with visual perception in high-shear flow fields

Yingling Peng and Weirong Zhong

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055405 (2026) - Published 6 May, 2026

Geometric framework for curvature-dependent collective behavior of polar active agents on curved surfaces

Tatsuo Shibata

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055406 (2026) - Published 6 May, 2026

Superheating and melting phenomena of a vibrated granular layer of cubic particles

Francisco López-González, Gustavo M. Rodríguez-Liñán, Fernando Donado, Felipe Pacheco-Vázquez, and Luis Fernando Elizondo-Aguilera

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055407 (2026) - Published 8 May, 2026

Morphology-resolved stress contributions in sheared wet granular materials

Ahmad Awdi, Camille Chateau, Coumba Niang, Patrick Aimedieu, Jean-Noël Roux, and Abdoulaye Fall

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055408 (2026) - Published 11 May, 2026

Field-induced alignment dynamics in suspensions of polarizable rods

I. M. Zerón, A. Iturbe-Jabaloyes, A. Escañuela-Copado, A. Moncho-Jordá, and A. Patti

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055409 (2026) - Published 12 May, 2026

Heterogeneous network topology induces the Widom line

Cook Hyun Kim and B. Kahng

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055410 (2026) - Published 13 May, 2026

Subphase with four-layer superlattice structure confirmed by resonant soft x-ray scattering in thresholdless antiferroelectric liquid crystal mixtures

Yoichi Takanishi, Neelam Yadav, Vitaly P. Panov, Hiroshi Iwayama, Fumito Araoka, Atsuo Fukuda, and Jagdish K. Vij

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055411 (2026) - Published 15 May, 2026

Defect binding-unbinding transition in active nematic membranes

Yuki Hirota and Nariya Uchida

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055412 (2026) - Published 18 May, 2026

Fluidization Induced by Magnetic Interactions in Confined Active Matter

Marco Musacchio, Markus Felber, Matteo Paoluzzi, Andrea Gnoli, Andrea Puglisi, and Luca Angelani

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055413 (2026) - Published 18 May, 2026

Self-diffusiophoretic propulsion in wedge confinement: The role of phoretic interactions

Abdallah Daddi-Moussa-Ider and Ramin Golestanian

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055414 (2026) - Published 19 May, 2026

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Origin of geometric cohesion in nonconvex granular materials: Interplay between interdigitation and rotational constraints enhancing frictional stability

Jonathan Barés, Arnaud Regazzi, David Aponte, Sylvain Buonomo, Mathieu Renouf, Nicolas Estrada, and Emilien Azéma

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055415 (2026) - Published 19 May, 2026

#ClearMotivation #WellStructured

Spinodal decomposition in filled polymer blends exhibiting upper critical solution temperature behavior

A. I. Chervanyov

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055416 (2026) - Published 20 May, 2026

Metastability of lipid vesicle shapes in uniaxial extensional flow

M. A. Shishkin and E. S. Pikina

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055417 (2026) - Published 21 May, 2026

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Thermalized buckling of extensible, semiflexible polymers

Richard Huang, David R. Nelson, and Suraj Shankar

Phys. Rev. E 113, 055418 (2026) - Published 21 May, 2026

#SoftMatterSpotlight #UniversalBehavior #WellStructured

ERRATA

Erratum: Low-dimensional model for adaptive networks of spiking neurons [Phys. Rev. E 111, 014422 (2025)]

Bastian Pietras, Pau Clusella, and Ernest Montbrió

Phys. Rev. E 113, 059901 (2026) - Published 4 May, 2026