Linear response across interaction regimes in two-dimensional ferromagnets
arXiv:2608.14477
2026
Architecture
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What the math gives to ML
The paper offers a concrete computational mechanism: represent a nonequilibrium bosonic distribution as a finite sum of Gaussian components so that multidimensional interaction collision integrals become tractable, then solve the linearized quantum Boltzmann equation across ballistic and hydrodynamic regimes. This representation is transferable to neural surrogates for kinetic equations, where an unconstrained pointwise MLP often produces distributions that violate positivity, conservation laws, or the correct relaxation spectrum. The strongest implementation is a Gaussian-mixture-output neural kinetic solver trained with a differentiable collision residual and tested against the predicted transition from weakly collisional modes to collective hydrodynamic modes.
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2026
Make a neural network predict a positive Gaussian-mixture representation of the distribution function rather than independent values on a momentum grid. Use the mixture parameters inside a differentiable Boltzmann collision operator, so training directly enforces the interaction mechanism and exposes the relaxation spectrum responsible for ballistic-to-hydrodynamic crossover.
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