Renzhi Su, Stephen J. Curran, Jeremy Darling, Minfeng Gu, J. N. H. S. Aditya, Ningyu Tang, Di Li, Zheng Zheng
{"title":"A stringent constraint on the fractional change of proton g-factor","authors":"Renzhi Su, Stephen J. Curran, Jeremy Darling, Minfeng Gu, J. N. H. S. Aditya, Ningyu Tang, Di Li, Zheng Zheng","doi":"10.1007/s11433-025-2863-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11433-025-2863-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We report a constraint on the cosmological variation of the proton <i>g</i>-factor, <i>g</i><sub>p</sub>. By comparing the measured redshifts between H<span>i</span> 21 cm and OH 18 cm lines observed with the newly commissioned Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) toward PKS 1413+135 at <i>z</i> = 0.24671, we obtain Δ<i>g</i><sub>p</sub>/<i>g</i><sub>p</sub> = (−4.3 ± 2.5) × 10<sup>−5</sup>, which is more than two orders of magnitude more sensitive than previous constraints. In addition, we obtain sensitive constraints of Δ(<i>μα</i><sup>2</sup>)/(<i>μα</i><sup>2</sup>) = (2.0 ± 1.2) × 10<sup>−5</sup> and Δ(<i>μα</i><sup>2</sup><i>g</i><span>\u0000 <sup>0.64</sup><sub>p</sub>\u0000 \u0000 </span>)/(<i>μα</i><sup>2</sup><i>g</i><span>\u0000 <sup>0.64</sup><sub>p</sub>\u0000 \u0000 </span>) = (−4.7 ± 1.9) × 10<sup>−6</sup>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":774,"journal":{"name":"Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy","volume":"69 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147338525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A geometrically characteristic and thermodynamically consistent theory to formulate the plasticity and damage of metallic solids at large deformation","authors":"Wenpei Yu, Yichao Zhu, Chunyu Zhang, Biao Wang","doi":"10.1007/s11433-025-2892-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11433-025-2892-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A geometrically characteristic and thermodynamically consistent theory is proposed to describe the full-life mechanics of metallic solids undergoing large deformation. The theory is geometrically characteristic in the sense that the inelastic deformation caused by various crystalline defects is decomposed into a deviatoric part, a volumetric part, and a geometrically insensitive part, and the system thermodynamics is then formulated. The theory reaches its closure by including a finite-strain plastic flow rule originating from the postulate of maximum dissipation, and a set of thermodynamically consistent kinetic equations for the geometrically characteristic field quantities. The present theory is distinguished from existing ductile damage models in the following aspects. Firstly, the proposed geometrically characteristic measure of plasticity is conceptually valid throughout the whole deformation stage, enabling the calibration of the present theory simply against uniaxial loading data. Secondly, the stress calculation here is shown to be unconditionally convergent, and this is in contrast to the use of incremental tangent stiffness matrices whose eigenvalues inevitably turn negative in the softening stage. Thirdly, the anisotropic hardening behaviour can be modelled with low calibration requirements.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":774,"journal":{"name":"Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy","volume":"69 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147338402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhanced Curie temperature and room-temperature 50-nm skyrmions achieved in hexagonal ferromagnet Mn5Ge3.2 synthesized via a high-pressure method","authors":"Yongsen Zhang, Wei Liu, Meng Shi, Shuisen Zhang, Sheng Qiu, Yaodong Wu, Jialiang Jiang, Huanhuan Zhang, Hui Han, Kang Wang, Dingfu Shao, Zhenfa Zi, Chao Ma, Haifeng Du, Mingliang Tian, Shouguo Wang, Jin Tang","doi":"10.1007/s11433-025-2860-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11433-025-2860-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The development of new high-temperature ultrasmall-size skyrmion materials holds immense significance for the promising applications of topological spintronic devices. In this study, we demonstrate that a high-pressure synthesis technique can significantly elevate the Curie temperature of Mn<sub>5</sub>Ge<sub>3.2</sub> crystals, from 294 to 350 K. It is possible that this enhancement arises from the combined effects of lattice contraction and increased Ge content, a conclusion supported by our Density Functional Theory calculations. Additionally, our real-space magnetic imaging reveals the stability of dipolar skyrmions with diameters of approximately 50 nm at room temperature and zero magnetic field. Our micromagnetic simulations closely replicate the diverse experimental topological magnetic textures observed. Furthermore, magnetotransport measurements indicate the potential for the electrical distinction between various topological magnetic textures in skyrmion-based devices. We also report deterministic manipulations on single dipolar skyrmions in confined nanostructures by using in-plane currents. The observation, electrical manipulation, and electrical detection of room-temperature ultrasmall topological magnetic textures underscore the potential of Mn<sub>5</sub>Ge<sub>3.2</sub> as a promising platform for spintronic device applications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":774,"journal":{"name":"Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy","volume":"69 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147337709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The spontaneous genesis of solar prominence structures driven by supergranulation in three-dimensional simulations","authors":"Huanxin Chen, Chun Xia, Hechao Chen","doi":"10.1007/s11433-025-2858-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11433-025-2858-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Solar prominences usually have a horizontally elongated body with many feet extending to the solar surface, resembling a multi-arch bridge with many bridge piers. The basic mechanism by which solar prominences acquire these common structures during their evolution, however, remains an unresolved question. For the first time, our three-dimensional magneto-frictional simulation, driven by supergranular motions, self-consistently replicates the commonly observed multi-arch bridge morphology and its characteristic structures of solar quiescent prominences in a magnetic flux rope. In comparison with traditional views, our simulations demonstrate that the spine, feet, and voids (bubbles) are inherent prominence structures spontaneously forming as the flux rope evolves to a mature state. The voids mainly consist of legs of sheared magnetic loops caused by unbalanced supergranular flows, and prominence feet settle at the bottom of helical field lines piled up from the photosphere to the spine. Similarities between the simulated prominences and observed real prominences by the Chinese H<i>α</i> Solar Explorer, the New Vacuum Solar Telescope, and NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory suggest the high validity of our model. This work corroborates the pivotal role of photospheric supergranulation as a helicity injection source in the formation and shaping of quiescent prominence structures within the solar atmosphere, thereby paving a new avenue for future investigations into their fine dynamics and stability.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":774,"journal":{"name":"Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy","volume":"69 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147337711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pairing mechanism and superconductivity in pressurized La5Ni3O11","authors":"Ming Zhang, Cui-Qun Chen, Dao-Xin Yao, Fan Yang","doi":"10.1007/s11433-025-2907-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11433-025-2907-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The discovery of superconductivity (SC) with critical temperature <i>T</i><sub><i>c</i></sub> above the boiling point of liquid nitrogen in pressurized La<sub>3</sub>Ni<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub> has sparked a surge of exploration of high-<i>T</i><sub><i>c</i></sub> superconductors in the Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) phase nickelates. More recently, the RP phase nickelate La<sub>5</sub>Ni<sub>3</sub>O<sub>11</sub>, which hosts a layered structure with alternating bilayer and single-layer NiO<sub>2</sub> planes, has been reported to accommodate SC under pressure, exhibiting a dome-shaped pressure dependence with the highest <i>T</i><sub><i>c</i></sub> ≈ 64 K, capturing a lot of interest. Here, using density functional theory (DFT) and random phase approximation (RPA) calculations, we systematically study the electronic properties and superconducting mechanism of this material. Our DFT calculations yield a band structure including two nearly decoupled sets of sub-band structures, with one set originating from the bilayer subsystem and the other from the single-layer one. RPA-based analysis demonstrates that SC in this material occurs primarily within the bilayer subsystem exhibiting an <i>s</i><sup>±</sup> wave pairing symmetry similar to that observed in pressurized La<sub>3</sub>Ni<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>, while the single-layer subsystem mainly serves as a bridge facilitating the inter-bilayer phase coherence through the interlayer Josephson coupling (IJC). Since the IJC thus attained is extremely weak, it experiences a prominent enhancement under pressure, leading to the increase of the bulk <i>T</i><sub><i>c</i></sub> with pressure initially. When the pressure is high enough, the <i>T</i><sub><i>c</i></sub> gradually decreases due to the reduced density of states on the <i>γ</i>-pocket. In this way, the dome-shaped pressure dependence of <i>T</i><sub><i>c</i></sub> observed experimentally is naturally understood.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":774,"journal":{"name":"Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy","volume":"69 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147363234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Deep learning extraction of overlapping galactic compact binaries and EMRI gravitational waves by coupling of ensemble separation and recursive reasoning methods","authors":"Cunliang Ma, Yibin Xie, Zhoujian Cao, Zimo Lu","doi":"10.1007/s11433-025-2868-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11433-025-2868-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Among the rich spectrum of GW sources, galactic compact binaries (GCBs) and extreme mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) stand out as crucial targets for space-based detectors. GCBs pose challenges in signal extraction due to their overlapping nature. This paper introduces a deep learning framework designed to separate overlapping GCB and EMRI GW signals. The framework employs a two-stage approach: initially, we consider the mixed GCB waveforms as an ensemble, and an ensemble separation method is utilized to separate the mixed GCBs and EMRI signals; subsequently, a recursive reasoning process is applied to further isolate individual GCB signals from the mixed GCB ensemble. We demonstrate the model’s robust performance across varying signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) and overlapping signal counts. The framework exhibits high separation fidelity, particularly for the ensemble separation stage, with overlap metrics exceeding 0.998 under the same parameter ranges of the training set, thereby ensuring accurate signal extraction for subsequent recursive reasoning. For the recursive reasoning process, we have empirically demonstrated that the deep learning framework is capable of effectively separating mixed GCB GW signals even when the frequency differences between them are near or marginally below the frequency resolution limit. We have also observed that the proposed framework exhibits generalization capabilities when applied to GW strain data characterized by lower SNR ranges and larger numbers of mixed GCB signals.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":774,"journal":{"name":"Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy","volume":"69 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147337602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of concentration fluctuations on material properties of disordered alloys","authors":"Han-Pu Liang, Chuan-Nan Li, Xin-Ru Tang, Xun Xu, Chen Qiu, Qiu-Shi Huang, Su-Huai Wei","doi":"10.1007/s11433-025-2885-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11433-025-2885-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Alloying compound <i>AX</i> with another compound <i>BX</i> is widely used to tune material properties. For disordered alloys, due to the lack of periodicity, it has been challenging to calculate and study their material properties. The Special quasi-random structure (SQS) method has been developed and widely used to treat this issue by matching averaged atomic correlation functions to those of ideal random alloys, enabling accurate predictions of macroscopic material properties such as total energy and volume. However, in <i>A</i><sub><i>x</i></sub><i>B</i><sub>1−<i>x</i></sub> alloys, statistically allowed local concentration fluctuations can give rise to defect-like minority configurations, such as bulk-like <i>AX</i> or <i>BX</i> regions in the extreme, which could strongly affect calculation of some of the material properties such as semiconductor bandgap, if it is not defined properly, leading to significant discrepancies between theory and experiment. In this work, taking the bandgap as an example, we demonstrate that the calculated alloy bandgap can be significantly underestimated in standard SQS calculations when the SQS cell size is increased to improve the structural model and the bandgap is defined conventionally as the energy difference between the lowest unoccupied state and the highest occupied state, because the rare event motifs can lead to wavefunction localization and become the dominant factor in determining the “bandgap”, contrary to experiment. To be consistent with the experiment, we show that the bandgap of the alloy should be extracted from the majority configurations using a density-of-states fitting (DOSF) method. This DOSF approach resolves the long-standing issue of calculating the electronic structure of disordered semiconductor alloys. Similar approaches should also be developed to treat material properties that depend on localized alloy wavefunctions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":774,"journal":{"name":"Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy","volume":"69 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147337208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effective spin-spin coupling in magnon-polarons toward acoustic-assisted probing of magnetic domains","authors":"Chongzhou Wang, Chensong Hua, Weichao Yu","doi":"10.1007/s11433-025-2884-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11433-025-2884-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We develop an effective spin-spin coupling framework to describe magnon-phonon hybridization in magnetoelastic systems, where both quasiparticles carry intrinsic spin angular momentum. The strength of the magnon-polaron anticrossing is shown to depend explicitly on the relative orientation of magnon and phonon spins, providing a unified framework for understanding chiral coupling. To validate this theory, we introduce a self-consistent frequency-domain micromagnetic simulation method incorporating full magnetoelastic coupling, which efficiently captures the dispersion and excitation dynamics of hybrid modes with excellent agreement between numerical and analytical results. Based on the polarization-selective magnon excitation governed by magnon-phonon spin alignment, we propose a scheme for acoustic-assisted probing of magnetic domains by exploiting polarization-controlled elastic waves. This work offers a new perspective for spin mechanics, where the spin degrees of freedom of both phonons and magnons are treated on equal footing, revealing their joint role in mediating coherent magnetoelastic couplings.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":774,"journal":{"name":"Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy","volume":"69 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147337075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Non-reciprocal coupling induced chaotic states in nonlinear optical model","authors":"Penghong Yu, Juan Chen, Luojia Wang, Yanyan He, Xiaoxiong Wu, Zhaohui Dong, Xianfeng Chen, Luqi Yuan","doi":"10.1007/s11433-025-2886-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11433-025-2886-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We study an optical model including both non-reciprocal couplings and third-order nonlinearity. We find that such a model can generate chaotic states, with various characteristics such as intermittent chaos and asymmetric chaotic patterns. Moreover, after considering our model in an experimentally-feasible platform of coherent Raman scattering, the nonlinear coefficient becomes frequency-dependent, which can lead to unique consequences, including asymmetric localization of covariant Lyapunov vectors and the transition between low-dimensional chaos and spatiotemporal chaos. The generated chaotic frequency sidebands are featured by a broad frequency spectrum and notable asymmetry, offering significant opportunity for advancing quantum chaos theory and finding potential applications in light detection and ranging as well as Raman spectroscopy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":774,"journal":{"name":"Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy","volume":"69 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147337074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kaibao Fan, Mengzhu Shi, Zhiwei Wang, Houpu Li, Mei Du, Xianhui Chen
{"title":"Evolution of structure and density wave order in La3Ni2O7−δ single crystals at ambient pressure","authors":"Kaibao Fan, Mengzhu Shi, Zhiwei Wang, Houpu Li, Mei Du, Xianhui Chen","doi":"10.1007/s11433-025-2883-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11433-025-2883-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The recent discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in bilayer nickelate La<sub>3</sub>Ni<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7−<i>δ</i></sub> single crystals under high pressure has sparked significant interest in the correlated electronic physics and unconventional pairing mechanisms within Ruddlesden-Popper phase nickelates, where the oxygen content plays a crucial role in both structure and superconductivity. Here we report the evolution of the structure and density wave order in La<sub>3</sub>Ni<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7−<i>δ</i></sub> single crystals at ambient pressure under various oxygen annealing conditions. Structural analysis reveals that with the increase of annealing oxygen pressure, La<sub>3</sub>Ni<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7−<i>δ</i></sub> undergoes a structural phase transition from an orthorhombic to a tetragonal phase. Magnetic torque measurements indicate that the density wave order, present in the orthorhombic phase, vanishes upon transition to the tetragonal structure, accompanied by an abrupt change in carrier concentration. A phase diagram illustrating the dependence of both the crystal structure and density wave order on the annealing oxygen pressure is mapped. Our findings suggest a promising pathway for studying the interplay between structure, density wave order, and superconductivity in bulk nickel-based materials.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":774,"journal":{"name":"Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy","volume":"69 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147337076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}