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We consider a continuous-space and continuous-time diffusion process under resetting with memory. A particle resets to a position chosen from its trajectory in the past according to a memory kernel. Depending on the form of the memory…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-11-29 Denis Boyer , Martin R. Evans , Satya N. Majumdar

Optical memory effects are well-known types of amplitude-domain wave correlation enabling control over light scattered through diffusive materials or multimode fibers. In this letter, we report the phenomenon of random polarization memory…

Optics · Physics 2025-09-09 Gauri Arora , Lyubov V. Amitonova

Understanding the binding dynamics of liquid molecules is of fundamental importance in physical and life sciences. However, nanoscale fast dynamics pose great challenges for experimental characterization. Conventionally, the binding…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-10-28 Shiyi Qin , Zhi Yang , Huimin Liu , Xiaoli Wang , Shangguo Hou , Kai Huang

By training linear physical networks to learn linear transformations, we discern how their physical properties evolve due to weight update rules. Our findings highlight a striking similarity between the learning behaviors of such networks…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2023-11-01 Vidyesh Rao Anisetti , Ananth Kandala , J. M. Schwarz

Random walks on lattices with preferential relocation to previously visited sites provide a simple framework for modeling the displacements of animals and humans. When the lattice contains a few impurities or resource sites where the walker…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-11-05 Paulina R. Martín-Cornejo , Denis Boyer

Aging in spin glasses (and in some other systems) reveals astonishing effects of `rejuvenation and memory' upon temperature changes. In this paper, we propose microscopic mechanisms (at the scale of spin-spin interactions) which can be at…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Miyashita , E. Vincent

Models in which the dark matter is produced at extremely low rates from the annihilation of Standard Model particles in the early Universe allow us to explain the current dark matter relic density while easily evading the traditional…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-03-06 Joshua Berger , Djuna Croon , Sonia El Hedri , Karsten Jedamzik , Ashley Perko , Devin G. E. Walker

We show that in the generic situation where a biological network, e.g. a protein interaction network, is in fact a subnetwork embedded in a larger "bulk" network, the presence of the bulk causes not just extrinsic noise but also memory…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2014-06-17 Katy J. Rubin , Katherine Lawler , Peter Sollich , Tony Ng

We discuss restrictions imposed by quantum mechanics on the process of matrix elements transfer from the one system to another. This is relevant for various processes of partial state transfer (quantum communication, indirect measurement,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-18 Armen E. Allahverdyan , Karen Hovhannisyan

Decoherence in quantum computer memory due to the inevitable coupling to the external environment is examined. We take the assumption that all quantum bits (qubits) interact with the same environment rather than the assumption of separate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Lu-Ming Duan , Guang-Can Guo

The exploration of whether agents can align with their environment without relying on human-labeled data presents an intriguing research topic. Drawing inspiration from the alignment process observed in intelligent organisms, where…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-03-06 Bo Wang , Tianxiang Sun , Hang Yan , Siyin Wang , Qingyuan Cheng , Xipeng Qiu

With the help of quantum mechanics one can formulate a model of associative memory with optimal storage capacity. I generalize this model by introducing a parameter playing the role of an effective temperature. The corresponding…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Carlo A. Trugenberger

Exbodiment describes mind outsourced to engineered matter and how matter reeducates mind. The constraints of exbodied matter encode elements of thought, channel decision-making, and constitute an important part of an extended computational…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2024-12-17 David C. Krakauer

The memristor, the recently discovered fundamental circuit element, is of great interest for neuromorphic computing, nonlinear electronics and computer memory. It is usually modelled either using Chua's equations, which lack material device…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-04-23 Ella Gale

We show that information in quantum memory can be erased and recovered perfectly if it is necessary. That the final states of environment are completely determined by the initial states of the system allows that an easure operation can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Qing-Yu Cai

Generative models are increasingly used in 3D vision to synthesize novel shapes, yet it remains unclear whether their generation relies on memorizing training shapes. Understanding their memorization could help prevent training data leakage…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Shu Pu , Boya Zeng , Kaichen Zhou , Mengyu Wang , Zhuang Liu

Synthetic biology aims at designing modular genetic circuits that can be assembled according to the desired function. When embedded in a cell, a circuit module becomes a small subnetwork within a larger environmental network, and its…

Molecular Networks · Quantitative Biology 2019-01-14 Johannes Falk , Leo Bronstein , Maleen Hanst , Barbara Drossel , Heinz Koeppl

Bi-stable objects that are pushed between states by an external field are often used as a simple model to study memory formation in disordered materials. Such systems, called hysterons, are typically treated quasistatically. Here, we…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-08-31 Varda F. Hagh , Chloe W. Lindeman , Chi Ian Ip , Sidney R. Nagel

Transition metal oxides (TMOs) are complex electronic systems which exhibit a multitude of collective phenomena. Two archetypal examples are VO2 and NdNiO3, which undergo a metal-insulator phase-transition (MIT), the origin of which is…

Memory is an indispensable element for computer besides logic gates. In this Letter we report a model of thermal memory. We demonstrate via numerical simulation that thermal (phononic) information stored in the memory can be retained for a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 Lei Wang , Baowen Li