Fractional calculus helps 1D model mimic correlations seen in 2D phase transitions

Phase transitions are strongly constrained by spatial dimension. In conventional one-dimensional systems with short-range ...

Computational model extends the study of nanostructures beyond classic layered systems

Since the production of graphene in 2004, two-dimensional materials have been sparking scientific and technological interest.
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A higher-dimensional model can help explain cosmic acceleration without dark energy

Dark energy remains among the greatest puzzles in our understanding of the cosmos. In the standard model of cosmology called the Lambda-CDM, it is accounted for by adding a cosmological constant term ...
Nanowerk

Trapped light enables a phase transition in a one-dimensional spin chain

An exactly solvable model shows how cavity photons create long-range interactions, allowing a one-dimensional spin chain to ...