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Quantum Reports, Volume 8, Issue 4

2026 December - 20 articles

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Articles (20)

  • Article
  • Open Access

5 November 2026

Quantum error mitigation (QEM) can improve target observables without ensuring that reconstructed experimental data satisfy known physical consistency conditions. We introduce a constraint-preserving QEM framework that represents reconstruction error...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Error Correction and Mitigation)
  • Article
  • Open Access

4 November 2026

A model of the vacuum as a face-centered-cubic lattice predicts a two-step quantum–classical threshold, at 13.1 and 22.6μg, from the hypothesis (P3) that a center-of-mass excitation stays coherently representable only while its reduced Compt...

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Gravity and Field Theory)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Views
16 Pages

3 November 2026

We study a four-dimensional toric code on the D4 lattice, the densest four-dimensional lattice packing. Qubits sit on the 16L4 triangles of its Delaunay decomposition into regular 16-cells. Each X-stabilizer acts on the four triangles of a tetrahedro...

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Computing and Information Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
65 Views
28 Pages

31 October 2026

Newton’s constant fixes the strength of the effective metric response, but its magnitude is not determined by Einstein’s equations. This paper investigates a conditional finite matching model for the dimensionless coupling αG(M)=GM2...

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Gravity and Field Theory)
  • Article
  • Open Access
102 Views
32 Pages

28 October 2026

We develop a non-perturbative treatment of entanglement dynamics in two coupled harmonic oscillators with position-dependent mass (PDM) and arbitrary Hermitian operator ordering. A time-dependent symplectic transformation diagonalizes the coupled Ham...

  • Article
  • Open Access
148 Views
36 Pages

28 October 2026

We develop an information-geometric framework for analyzing quantum state-update processes generated by explicit collapse dynamics. Whereas a purely geometric description characterizes collapse as a finite displacement between an initial and a final...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exclusive Quantum Reports Feature Papers for 2026–2027)
  • Article
  • Open Access
110 Views
12 Pages

26 October 2026

We present a new theoretical framework for which-path determination in an entangled-photon double-slit experiment. In the present proposal, the availability of which-path information is governed by the intrinsic quantum transition probability (IQTP)...

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Optics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
159 Views
15 Pages

26 October 2026

A classical Boolean specification need not be one-to-one, whereas every reversible quantum network must preserve distinctions between basis states. SAT-Embed-Q handles this mismatch by first constructing a partial reversible embedding from output-pre...

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Computing and Information Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
179 Views
17 Pages

26 October 2026

In previous papers, a generalized kinematic momentum was introduced in standard quantum mechanics, in order to address Einstein’s objection concerning the vanishing Bohmian velocity related to real stationary wave functions. The model was appli...

(This article belongs to the Section Foundations and Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
145 Views
19 Pages

26 October 2026

The gravitational sector of the Selection–Stitch Model (SSM) is Regge calculus on the D4 lattice, with its action assumed. We derive it from the vacuum fluctuations of quantum fields. If the fluctuations are regulated covariantly on the piecewi...

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Gravity and Field Theory)
  • Perspective
  • Open Access
200 Views
8 Pages

22 October 2026

Transitioning quantum computing from laboratory physical demonstrations to practical, utility-scale processing requires bridging a multi-order-of-magnitude gap between physical gate fidelities and algorithmic error thresholds. While fault-tolerant qu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Error Correction and Mitigation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
123 Views
16 Pages

Quantized Thermal Current Vortices

  • Ferenc Márkus and
  • Katalin Gambár

21 October 2026

The thermal Hall effect has emerged as a fundamental tool for probing exotic quasiparticles and topological order, particularly in magnetic insulators where electronic conduction is suppressed. Much like skyrmions, which are characterized by their to...

(This article belongs to the Topic Quantum Systems and Their Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
201 Views
29 Pages

16 October 2026

Decoherence and einselection do not specify, among the field operators of the Standard Model, what realises the pointer basis for Born-rule probabilities on a physical observer. Since observers in relativistic quantum theory are themselves composite...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Foundations of Quantum Mechanics in the Second Quantum Century)
  • Review
  • Open Access
274 Views
48 Pages

10 October 2026

Quantum computer deployment in space remains constrained by demanding hardware, environmental, and communications requirements. This paper reviews the opportunities and challenges of using quantum computing in space systems. It focuses on payload int...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exclusive Quantum Reports Feature Papers for 2026–2027)
  • Article
  • Open Access
565 Views
28 Pages

Quantum uncertainty and wavefunction collapse remain among the most conceptually unresolved aspects of microscopic physics. Here, we investigate whether uncertainty and collapse-like electron localization may admit a complementary thermodynamic inter...

(This article belongs to the Section Foundations and Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
487 Views
24 Pages

Screening Two-Dimensional Materials for Topological Candidates with Interpretable Machine Learning

  • Panteleimon Paschalis,
  • Filippos Sofos and
  • Theodoros E. Karakasidis

The development of quantum computers is based on discovering materials capable of protecting qubits from environmental noise and preserving quantum coherence. Topological materials have emerged as highly promising candidates for hosting fault-toleran...

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Materials and Devices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
374 Views
31 Pages

We formulate the deterministic perturbative structure of the Dead Universe Theory (DUT) and identify the γA Growth Index, γa = (√5 − 1)/2 ≈ 0.618, as the deterministic prediction of its effective autonomous retraction fo...

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Gravity and Field Theory)
  • Article
  • Open Access
287 Views
45 Pages

29 September 2026

This paper develops a Lorentz-covariant Double Coupled Field (DCF) framework in which a relativistic matter carrier is represented by eight real degrees of freedom organized as two quaternionic coordinates. Starting from coupled real fields, the cons...

(This article belongs to the Section Foundations and Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics)
  • Review
  • Open Access
571 Views
33 Pages

25 September 2026

Quantum sensing provides new opportunities for virus detection by translating nanoscale biological interactions into measurable quantum observables. This work presents a framework for quantum sensing of viruses built upon semiconductor biosensing fou...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exclusive Quantum Reports Feature Papers for 2026–2027)
  • Article
  • Open Access
249 Views
26 Pages

22 September 2026

We investigate numerically the time-dependent Schrödinger equation on a two-dimensional comb in the presence of a localized Dirac delta potential on the backbone. The geometric constraint and the point interaction are both regularized via narrow...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exclusive Quantum Reports Feature Papers for 2026–2027)
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