Volume 114, Issue 3 (partial)

September 2026

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HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Stability and breakdown of chiral motion in nonreciprocal flocking

Aditya Kumar Dutta, Swarnajit Chatterjee, Matthieu Mangeat, and Raja Paul

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034115 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

Two intermingled species of active matter can exhibit coherent rotation or disorderly scrambling depending on their mutual interactions.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Kinetic theory of pattern formation in a generalized multispecies Vicsek model

Eloise Lardet, Letian Chen, and Thibault Bertrand

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034117 (2026) - Published 9 September, 2026

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Reduced finite-dimensional model of two-dimensional protein cluster formation

Kevin Chen and Paul C. Bressloff

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034402 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

In neurons, postsynaptic domains are critical protein clusters that trap neurotransmitter receptors to regulate synaptic strength during learning and memory. By reducing a complex reaction-diffusion model to a lower-dimensional system, this study directly links the radii of these interacting clusters to bulk protein concentrations. This mathematical reduction reveals the conditions required for multicluster stability.

#BiophysicsSpotlight #TechnicalAdvancement

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Thin active nematohydrodynamic layers: Asymptotic theories and instabilities

Mehrana R. Nejad and L. Mahadevan

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034403 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

Active nematic models typically assume fixed layer thickness. A long-wavelength theory shows that evolving thickness couples active stresses to curvature, explaining how internal forces drive tissue invagination.

#BiophysicsSpotlight #TechnicalAdvancement

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Faster-than-adiabatic cooling of non-neutral plasmas

Jan Bartsch, Alfio Borzì, Paul-Antoine Hervieux, and Giovanni Manfredi

Phys. Rev. E 114, 035208 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

This paper proposes an optimal control strategy to cool an antiproton plasma in a time much shorter than that required by an adiabatic process. The authors examine the length and stability of the plasma, in addition to its duration. The work suggests that optimal control techniques may be useful for experiments with plasmas, in particular with antimatter plasmas, which need to be confined and cooled before significant losses and annihilation occur.

#TimelyTopic #TechnicalAdvancement #ClearMotivation

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Granular clogging across gravities: A unified scaling

Oliver Gaida, Olfa D'Angelo, and Jonathan E. Kollmer

Phys. Rev. E 114, 035405 (2026) - Published 2 September, 2026

This paper presents a predictive framework to scale granular flow from Earth to other gravitational environments, and shows that low gravity dramatically increases the probability of clogging. These findings explain previous contradictory results and establish a foundation for predicting and controlling granular flow in space.

#UniversalBehavior #ClearMotivation

LETTERS

Statistical Physics

LETTER

Evolving ergodic flows in confined geometry

Akshay Seethamraju, R. Aravinda Narayanan, and V. Meenakshi

Phys. Rev. E 114, L032101 (2026) - Published 3 September, 2026

LETTER

Strong-coupling phases of conserved growth models are crumpled

Debayan Jana and Abhik Basu

Phys. Rev. E 114, L032102 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

LETTER

Scaling law for subdiffusive-to-diffusive transition time in heterogeneous nonequilibrium systems

Ming-Gen Li, He-Chuan Liu, Ling-Ling Du, Peng-Cheng Li, and Li-Ming Fan

Phys. Rev. E 114, L032103 (2026) - Published 11 September, 2026

ARTICLES

Statistical Physics

Eigenstate thermalization hypothesis and random-matrix-theory universality in few-body systems

Jiaozi Wang, Hua Yan, Robin Steinigeweg, and Jochen Gemmer

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034101 (2026) - Published 1 September, 2026

Dynamical critical properties of the random-bond three-state Potts model

Zeynep Demir Vatansever, Ulvi Kanbur, Mohammad Sadra Najafi, Muktish Acharyya, and Erol Vatansever

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034102 (2026) - Published 2 September, 2026

Equivalent-neighbor $k$ -core percolation in two dimensions

Qiyuan Shi, Ming Li, and Youjin Deng

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034103 (2026) - Published 2 September, 2026

Factorization of solutions to generalized Feynman-Kac equations for jump-diffusion models

Victor E. Gluzberg and Yuri A. Katz

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034104 (2026) - Published 2 September, 2026

Staggering dominolike blast front motion in a one-dimensional cold gas

Taras Holovatch, Yuri Kozitsky, Krzysztof Pilorz, and Yurij Holovatch

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034105 (2026) - Published 3 September, 2026

Nonequilibrium distribution for stochastic thermodynamics

Jean-Luc Garden

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034106 (2026) - Published 3 September, 2026

Anomalous diffusion and ergodicity breaking of subordinated random diffusivity processes in harmonic potential

Xudong Wang, Zhenhai Wang, and Yao Chen

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034107 (2026) - Published 3 September, 2026

Universal correlations in local measurements directly probe effective diffusivity

Omer Granek

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034108 (2026) - Published 4 September, 2026

Waiting-time-based entropy estimators in continuous space without Markovian events

Jonas H. Fritz and Udo Seifert

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034109 (2026) - Published 4 September, 2026

Taming nonlinear energy diffusion: The case of time-crystal energy condensates

P. I. Hurtado and G. Cortés-Guillén

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034110 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

The authors study a model of heat conduction with a bulk driving mechanism resembling the effect of an external field. They find that they can induce the spontaneous formation of traveling energy condensates that exhibit robust long-range temporal order reminiscent of continuous time crystals.

Quantum field theory approach for multistage chemical kinetics in liquids

Roman V. Li, Oleg A. Igoshin, Evgeny B. Krissinel, and Pavel A. Frantsuzov

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034111 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

Diffusion disorder in the contact process

Valentin Anfray, Manisha Dhayal, Hong-Yan Shih, and Thomas Vojta

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034112 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

Anisotropy can make a moving active fluid membrane rough or crumpled

Debayan Jana, Astik Haldar, and Abhik Basu

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034113 (2026) - Published 10 September, 2026

Emergent heavy-tailed distributions from a Markovian random walk

Henrique S. Lima and Evaldo M. F. Curado

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034114 (2026) - Published 9 September, 2026

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Stability and breakdown of chiral motion in nonreciprocal flocking

Aditya Kumar Dutta, Swarnajit Chatterjee, Matthieu Mangeat, and Raja Paul

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034115 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

Two intermingled species of active matter can exhibit coherent rotation or disorderly scrambling depending on their mutual interactions.

Correlation enhanced autonomous quantum battery charging via structured reservoirs

A. Khoudiri, A. El Allati, Y. Khlifi, K. El Anouz, and Ö. E. Müstecaplıoğlu

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034116 (2026) - Published 10 September, 2026

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Kinetic theory of pattern formation in a generalized multispecies Vicsek model

Eloise Lardet, Letian Chen, and Thibault Bertrand

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034117 (2026) - Published 9 September, 2026

Canonical criterion for third-order transitions identified by microcanonical inflection-point analysis

Fangfang Wang, Wei Liu, Kai Qi, Zidong Cui, Ying Tang, and Zengru Di

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034118 (2026) - Published 11 September, 2026

Non-Hermitian symmetry breaking and Lee-Yang theory for quantum $X Y Z$ and clock models

Tian-Yi Gu and Gaoyong Sun

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034119 (2026) - Published 11 September, 2026

Hierarchy in Gilbert's tessellation: Multifractal behavior

E. Consolini, B. Bonanni, and M. Fanfoni

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034120 (2026) - Published 11 September, 2026

Stationary densities in a weakly nonconserving asymmetric exclusion process with finite resources

Sourav Pal and Abhik Basu

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034121 (2026) - Published 11 September, 2026

Arbitrary approximations of first-passage-time distributions in general time-continuous stochastic processes

Haowen Chen, Liying Zhou, Jiaqi Teng, Aimin Chen, and Tianshou Zhou

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034122 (2026) - Published 11 September, 2026

Gauge anomaly and visible dissipation bounds in active matter

Hai Pham-Van

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034123 (2026) - Published 11 September, 2026

Emergence of Tsallis statistics in Thomas-Fermi theory

Jean H. Y. Passos, Anna L. F. Lucchi, Max Jauregui, and Renio S. Mendes

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034124 (2026) - Published 14 September, 2026

Statistical mechanics of the $N$ -queens problem

Zong-Yue Liu, Hai-Jun Liao, and Lei Wang

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034125 (2026) - Published 14 September, 2026

Slow mixing and emergent one-form symmetries in three-dimensional $Z_{2}$ gauge theory

Charles Stahl, Benedikt Placke, Vedika Khemani, and Yaodong Li

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034126 (2026) - Published 14 September, 2026

Thermal melting of finite-time bonds

Debbie Zhuang and Dimitrios Fraggedakis

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034127 (2026) - Published 14 September, 2026

Dynamical blockade in SU(1,1) quantum batteries via a neural network

M. Y. Abd-Rabbou, Ahmed A. Zahia, Amr M. Abdallah, and Cong-Feng Qiao

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034128 (2026) - Published 14 September, 2026

Diffusion with conserved marginal distributions and information theory in fracton hydrodynamics

Vaibhav Mohanty and Sunghan Ro

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034129 (2026) - Published 14 September, 2026

Stochastic thermodynamics of quantum-induced stochastic dynamics

Pedro Ventura Paraguassú

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034130 (2026) - Published 15 September, 2026

Group-theoretic upper bounds on reconstructability in inverse problems

Isshin Arai and Tomoaki Itano

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034131 (2026) - Published 16 September, 2026

Exact interpolation between Fick and Cattaneo diffusion in relativistic kinetic theory

L. Gavassino

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034132 (2026) - Published 16 September, 2026

Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos

Thermalization in a nonlinear variant of the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Yagmur Kati, Aleksandra Maluckov, Ana Mancic, and Panayotis Kevrekidis

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034201 (2026) - Published 1 September, 2026

Solvable model of noisy coupled oscillators with fully random interactions

Harukuni Ikeda

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034202 (2026) - Published 2 September, 2026

Area-law entanglement in quantum chaotic systems

Chunyin Chen (陈椿尹), Sizhe Yan (闫思哲), and Biao Wu (吴飙)

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034203 (2026) - Published 3 September, 2026

Optimal control of the generalized Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation with energy- and entropy-based objectives

Hiroya Mamori, Yusuke Nabae, and Hiroshi Gotoda

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034204 (2026) - Published 4 September, 2026

Spatial coevolutionary dynamics in population games with environmental feedbacks

Yi Zhong, Chuan Ding, and Xiaojie Chen

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034205 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

Coexistence of explosive and driven forms of remote synchronization in star networks

Siyu Huo

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034206 (2026) - Published 9 September, 2026

Kinetic energy in random recurrent neural networks

Li-Ru Zhang and Haiping Huang

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034207 (2026) - Published 9 September, 2026

From clustering to global synchrony: Higher-order interactions reshape ecological network dynamics

Arzoo Narang and Partha Sharathi Dutta

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034208 (2026) - Published 14 September, 2026

Robust method to identify chimera states

S. Nirmala Jenifer, Riccardo Muolo, Paulsamy Muruganandam, and Timoteo Carletti

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034209 (2026) - Published 14 September, 2026

Synchronization enhancement by dissipative coupling

Xiangshan Zeng (曾祥山), Jiongjie Wang (王炯杰), and Jiang Xiao (萧江)

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034210 (2026) - Published 14 September, 2026

Spectral form factor and power spectrum for trapped interacting rotating bosons: Crossover from integrability to quantum chaos

Mohd Talib and M. A. H. Ahsan

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034211 (2026) - Published 15 September, 2026

Perturbation and asymptotic coefficient of restitution for the Hunt-Crossley collision under an external potential field

Zijian Liang and Hanbin Wang

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034212 (2026) - Published 15 September, 2026

Scrambling at the genesis of chaos

Thomas R. Michel, Mathias Steinhuber, Juan Diego Urbina, and Peter Schlagheck

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034213 (2026) - Published 15 September, 2026

Networks and Complex Systems

Quantum system reliability: A phase-encoded interference framework for interdependent and interconnected systems

S. Hooman Ghasemi

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034301 (2026) - Published 1 September, 2026

Community detection with the canonical ensemble

Rudy Arthur

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034302 (2026) - Published 2 September, 2026

Nonlinear model reduction of complex networks via spectral submanifolds

Kaviya Bhaskaran, Shobhit Jain, and Mingwu Li

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034303 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

Hidden higher-order vulnerabilities in simplicial complexes revealed by fixed-index spectral robustness

Kaiming Luo

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034304 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

Order parameter for morphodynamic transitions in braided rivers: A stochastic compositional framework

Samuele De Bartolo and Carlo De Michele

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034305 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

Efficiency-fragility discontinuity: Dual thresholds and the deceptive safety zone in critical infrastructure networks

Paul F. Magoulick

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034306 (2026) - Published 9 September, 2026

Introduction to random rule-based chemical networks

Jérémie Unterberger

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034307 (2026) - Published 9 September, 2026

Inertial synchronization of networked oscillators in arbitrary dimensions

Kirill Kovalenko, Xiangfeng Dai, Fanshu Fang, Zerong Guo, Haoran Liu, Federico Botta, Charo I. del Genio, Stefano Boccaletti, and Simona Olmi

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034308 (2026) - Published 10 September, 2026

Emergence of contagious cooperation in community-structured networks

Vicente Vargas-Panesso, Nicanor Quijano, and Luis Felipe Giraldo

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034309 (2026) - Published 11 September, 2026

Multivariate stochastic coupling in unknown complex systems: Informative randomness in deterministic brain-body communication

Andrea Scarciglia, Vincenzo Catrambone, Claudio Bonanno, and Gaetano Valenza

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034310 (2026) - Published 11 September, 2026

Emergence of generic first-passage-time distributions for large Markovian networks

Julian B. Voits and Ulrich S. Schwarz

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034311 (2026) - Published 11 September, 2026

Biological Physics

Frenet frame analysis of protein geometry: Hints for secondary structure assignments

M. Prados, M. D. Hernández, and F. de Soto

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034401 (2026) - Published 2 September, 2026

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Reduced finite-dimensional model of two-dimensional protein cluster formation

Kevin Chen and Paul C. Bressloff

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034402 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

#BiophysicsSpotlight #TechnicalAdvancement

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Thin active nematohydrodynamic layers: Asymptotic theories and instabilities

Mehrana R. Nejad and L. Mahadevan

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034403 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

#BiophysicsSpotlight #TechnicalAdvancement

Game played by tandem-running ants: Hint of procedural rationality

Joy Das Bairagya, Udipta Chakraborti, Sumana Annagiri, and Sagar Chakraborty

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034404 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

Information retention by synaptic learning rules in stochastic spiking neural networks

Rich Pang

Phys. Rev. E 114, 034405 (2026) - Published 9 September, 2026

Fluid Dynamics

Strong wave turbulence in strongly local large- $N$ theories

Vladimir Rosenhaus and Daniel Schubring

Phys. Rev. E 114, 035101 (2026) - Published 1 September, 2026

Formation of magnetic particle clusters in shear thinning fluids: A first approach

Daniela Dávalos Ruedas, R. E. Moctezuma, and J. Rodrigo Vélez-Cordero

Phys. Rev. E 114, 035102 (2026) - Published 2 September, 2026

Diode effect of a rarefied binary gas mixture flowing through a long conical capillary

Mingming Gu, Zilong Deng, and Yongping Chen

Phys. Rev. E 114, 035103 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

Time-dependent pore-network modeling of Ostwald ripening in porous media

Ademola Isaac Adebimpe, Sajjad Foroughi, Branko Bijeljic, and Martin J. Blunt

Phys. Rev. E 114, 035104 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

Optimizing injection protocols in Hele-Shaw displacements: A trade-off between swept area and injection time

Anna Luiza M. B. Mattos, Rafael M. Oliveira, Pedro H. A. Anjos, and Eduardo O. Dias

Phys. Rev. E 114, 035105 (2026) - Published 10 September, 2026

Plasma Physics

Laser induced fluorescence of singly ionized atomic iodine: Measurements in the plasma source of an electric propulsion device

Romain Pioch, Marie-Alix Sagnimorte, Benjamin Esteves, and Cyril Drag

Phys. Rev. E 114, 035201 (2026) - Published 1 September, 2026

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Faster-than-adiabatic cooling of non-neutral plasmas

Jan Bartsch, Alfio Borzì, Paul-Antoine Hervieux, and Giovanni Manfredi

Phys. Rev. E 114, 035208 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

#TimelyTopic #TechnicalAdvancement #ClearMotivation

Kinetic gating of a rheological inversion in a dusty-plasma vortex-lobe pair

Adrian Scurtu

Phys. Rev. E 114, 035209 (2026) - Published 8 September, 2026

Plasmon-enhanced proton acceleration by extended planar resonant nanoantennas

K. Zsukovszki, I. Papp, and L. P. Csernai

Phys. Rev. E 114, 035210 (2026) - Published 10 September, 2026

Computational Physics, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence

Soft Matter including Polymers, Liquid Crystals, and Granular Materials

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Granular clogging across gravities: A unified scaling

Oliver Gaida, Olfa D'Angelo, and Jonathan E. Kollmer

Phys. Rev. E 114, 035405 (2026) - Published 2 September, 2026

#UniversalBehavior #ClearMotivation

Correlated disorder suppresses solitary-wave attenuation in Hertzian chains

Leopoldo R. Gómez

Phys. Rev. E 114, 035406 (2026) - Published 2 September, 2026

Phase separation kinetics of two-temperature induced phase transition at low density: Cluster growth by ballistic agglomeration

Nayana Venkatareddy, Partha Sarathi Mondal, Shradha Mishra, and Prabal K. Maiti

Phys. Rev. E 114, 035407 (2026) - Published 3 September, 2026

Slow glassy dynamics and fragile-to-strong crossover in supercooled aqueous magnesium perchlorate solutions: The effect of Martian solutes

P. La Francesca, L. Lupi, and P. Gallo

Phys. Rev. E 114, 035416 (2026) - Published 15 September, 2026

Volume 114, Issue 3 (partial)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

LETTERS

Statistical Physics

ARTICLES

Statistical Physics

Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos

Networks and Complex Systems

Biological Physics

Fluid Dynamics

Plasma Physics

Computational Physics, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence

Soft Matter including Polymers, Liquid Crystals, and Granular Materials

Mechanics, Interfaces, and Films