Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

The statistical physics analysis of learning parametric models was revisited by combining the replica method with a grand canonical ensemble and variational approach, enabling prediction error estimation for learning systems with real data.

Dielectric, optical, and other properties in condensed matter

Electromagnetism, optics, acoustics, heat transfer, and classical and fluid mechanics

Electronic transport in condensed matter

Magnetic properties in condensed matter

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

This Special Topics edition of the Journal of the Physical Society of Japan discusses the recent progress and future directions for the rapidly progressing field of photodriven quantum spin systems.

Statistical physics and thermodynamics

Encoding fracture physics in neural networks provides fast and accurate estimates of the distribution of fragment sizes in shrinkage-induced cracking and facilitates Bayesian analysis for a deeper physical understanding of fractures.

Electronic transport in condensed matter

This review explores recent experimental advances in the emerging field of orbitronics, focusing on orbital current mechanisms and orbitronic phenomena, providing key research directions for developing energy-efficient memory devices.

Electronic transport in condensed matter

Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter

Antisite defects in Fe_₂VAl create resonance states that boost hole scattering, which shifts carrier dominance to electrons and reverses thermoelectric polarity, thereby offering a new path for material design.