Publications (61)
Explore Stochastic Instabilities of Periodic Points by Transition Path Theory
Yu Cao, Ling Lin, Xiang Zhou
We consider the noise-induced transitions in the randomly perturbed discrete logistic map from a linearly stable periodic orbit consisting of T periodic points. The traditional lar…
When Rational Sections Become Cyclic: Gauge Enhancement in F-theory via Mordell--Weil Torsion
Florent Baume, Mirjam Cvetic, Craig Lawrie +1
We explore novel gauge enhancements from abelian to non-simply-connected gauge groups in F-theory. To this end we consider complex structure deformations of elliptic fibrations wit…
A Quadrillion Standard Models from F-theory
Mirjam Cvetic, James Halverson, Ling Lin +2
We present an explicit construction of globally consistent string compactifications that realize the exact chiral spectrum of the Standard Model of particle phy…
Fibers add Flavor, Part I: Classification of 5d SCFTs, Flavor Symmetries and BPS States
Fabio Apruzzi, Craig Lawrie, Ling Lin +2
We propose a graph-based approach to 5d superconformal field theories (SCFTs) based on their realization as M-theory compactifications on singular elliptic Calabi--Yau threefolds.…
6d SCFTs, Center-Flavor Symmetries, and Stiefel--Whitney Compactifications
Jonathan J. Heckman, Craig Lawrie, Ling Lin +2
The center-flavor symmetry of a gauge theory specifies the global form of consistent gauge and flavor bundle background field configurations. For 6d gauge theories which arise from…
Machine Learning and Algebraic Approaches towards Complete Matter Spectra in 4d F-theory
Martin Bies, Mirjam Cvetic, Ron Donagi +3
Motivated by engineering vector-like (Higgs) pairs in the spectrum of 4d F-theory compactifications, we combine machine learning and algebraic geometry techniques to analyze line b…
A Mathematical Theory of Optimal Milestoning (with a Detour via Exact Milestoning)
Ling Lin, Jianfeng Lu, Eric Vanden-Eijnden
Milestoning is a computational procedure that reduces the dynamics of complex systems to memoryless jumps between intermediates, or milestones, and only retains some information ab…
On the Gauge Group Topology of 8d CHL Vacua
Mirjam Cvetic, Markus Dierigl, Ling Lin +1
Compactifications of the CHL string to eight dimensions can be characterized by embeddings of root lattices into the rank 12 momentum lattice , the so-called Mikhailov lattic…
Projection Method for Saddle Points of Energy Functional in Metric
Shuting Gu, Ling Lin, Xiang Zhou
Saddle points play important roles as the transition states of activated process in gradient system driven by energy functional. However, for the same energy functional, the saddle…
Stable interaction-induced Anderson-like localization embedded in standing waves
Na Zhang, Yongguan Ke, Ling Lin +2
We uncover the interaction-induced \emph{stable self-localization} of bosons in disorder-free superlattices. In these nonthermalized multi-particle states, one of the particles for…
Neural network an1alysis of sleep stages enables efficient diagnosis of narcolepsy
Jens B. Stephansen, Alexander N. Olesen, Mads Olsen +27
Analysis of sleep for the diagnosis of sleep disorders such as Type-1 Narcolepsy (T1N) currently requires visual inspection of polysomnography records by trained scoring technician…
One-dimensional -classified topological crystalline insulator under space-time inversion symmetry
Ling Lin, Yongguan Ke, Chaohong Lee
We explore a large family of one-dimensional (1D) topological crystalline insulators (TCIs) classified by invariants protected by space-time inversion symmetry. This f…
Yukawa Hierarchies in Global F-theory Models
Mirjam Cvetic, Ling Lin, Muyang Liu +2
We argue that global F-theory compactifications to four dimensions generally exhibit higher rank Yukawa matrices from multiple geometric contributions known as Yukawa points. The h…
Non-vanishing Heterotic Superpotentials on Elliptic Fibrations
Evgeny I. Buchbinder, Ling Lin, Burt A. Ovrut
We present models of heterotic compactification on Calabi-Yau threefolds and compute the non-perturbative superpotential for vector bundle moduli. The key feature of these models i…
Effects of Cosmic String Velocities and the Origin of Globular Clusters
Ling Lin, Shoma Yamanouchi, Robert Brandenberger
With the hypothesis that cosmic string loops act as seeds for globular clusters in mind, we study the role that velocities of these strings will play in determining the mass distri…
Interaction-induced topological bound states and Thouless pumping in a one-dimensional optical lattice
Ling Lin, Yongguan Ke, Chaohong Lee
We study topological features of interacting spin- 1 2 particles in one-dimensional state-dependent optical lattices. Due to the co-translational symmetry, we introduce the center-…
Pixelated Dark Energy
Jonathan J. Heckman, Craig Lawrie, Ling Lin +2
We study the phenomenology of a recent string construction with a quantum mechanically stable dark energy. A mild supersymmetry protects the vacuum energy but also allows $O(10 - 1…
Learn Quasi-stationary Distributions of Finite State Markov Chain
Zhiqiang Cai, Ling Lin, Xiang Zhou
We propose a reinforcement learning (RL) approach to compute the expression of quasi-stationary distribution. Based on the fixed-point formulation of quasi-stationary distribution,…
Asymptotic Expansion with Boundary Layer Analysis for Strongly Anisotropic Elliptic Equations
Ling Lin, Xiang Zhou
In this article, we derive the asymptotic expansion, up to an arbitrary order in theory, for the solution of a two-dimensional elliptic equation with strongly anisotropic diffusion…
Anomaly Inflow and Gauge Group Topology in the 10d Sugimoto String Theory
Vittorio Larotonda, Ling Lin
The paper studies chiral spectra on branes in the 10‑dimensional non‑supersymmetric Sugimoto string model, showing that anomaly inflow is cancelled via a Green–Schwarz mechanism an…
Terraced Compression Method with Automated Threshold Selection for Multidimensional Image Clustering of Heterogeneous Bodies
Jiatong Li, Gang Li, Nan Su Su Win +1
Multispectral transmission imaging provides strong benefits for early breast cancer screening. The frame accumulation method addresses the challenge of low grayscale and signal-to-…
Quasi-potential Calculation and Minimum Action Method for Limit Cycle
Xiang Zhou, Haijun Yu, Ling Lin
We study the noise-induced escape from a stable limit cycle of a non-gradient dynamical system driven by a small additive noise. The fact that the optimal transition path in this c…
G4-Flux and Standard Model Vacua in F-theory
Ling Lin, Timo Weigand
We study the geometry of gauge fluxes in four-dimensional F-theory vacua with gauge group SU(3)xSU(2)xU(1)xU(1) and its implications for phenomenology. The models are defined by a…
Deep learning for subgrid-scale turbulence modeling in large-eddy simulations of the atmospheric boundary layer
Yu Cheng, Marco Giometto, Pit Kauffmann +7
In large-eddy simulations, subgrid-scale (SGS) processes are parameterized as a function of filtered grid-scale variables. First-order, algebraic SGS models are based on the eddy-v…
Towards Exotic Matter and Discrete Non-Abelian Symmetries in F-theory
Mirjam CvetiÄ, Jonathan J. Heckman, Ling Lin
We present a prescription in F-theory for realizing matter in "exotic" representations of product gauge groups. For 6D vacua, bifundamental hypermultiplets are engineered by starti…
String Universality and Non-Simply-Connected Gauge Groups in 8d
Mirjam Cvetic, Markus Dierigl, Ling Lin +1
We present a consistency condition for 8d supergravity theories with non-trivial global structure for the non-Abelian gauge group, based on an anomaly involvin…
Phases of 5d SCFTs from M-/F-theory on Non-Flat Fibrations
Fabio Apruzzi, Ling Lin, Christoph Mayrhofer
We initiate the systematic investigation of non-flat resolutions of non-minimal singularities in elliptically fibered Calabi--Yau threefolds. Compactification of M-theory on these…
Fibers add Flavor, Part II: 5d SCFTs, Gauge Theories, and Dualities
Fabio Apruzzi, Craig Lawrie, Ling Lin +2
In arXiv:1906.11820 and arXiv:1907.05404 we proposed an approach based on graphs to characterize 5d superconformal field theories (SCFTs), which arise as compactifications of 6d $\…
One Loop to Rule Them All: Eight and Nine Dimensional String Vacua from Junctions
Mirjam Cvetic, Markus Dierigl, Ling Lin +1
String and 5-brane junctions are shown to succinctly classify all known 8d =1 string vacua. This requires an extension of the description for ordinary -7-branes to…
Decomposition, condensation defects, and fusion
Ling Lin, Daniel G. Robbins, Eric Sharpe
In this paper we outline the application of decomposition to condensation defects and their fusion rules. Briefly, a condensation defect is obtained by gauging a higher-form symmet…
Decomposition and (Non-Invertible) (-1)-Form Symmetries from the Symmetry Topological Field Theory
Ling Lin, Daniel Robbins, Subham Roy
We investigate the interplay between (-1)-form symmetries and their quantum-dual (d-1)-form counterparts within the framework of Symmetry Topological Field Theories (SymTFTs). In t…
Fluxes in F-theory Compactifications on Genus-One Fibrations
Ling Lin, Christoph Mayrhofer, Oskar Till +1
We initiate the construction of gauge fluxes in F-theory compactifications on genus-one fibrations which only have a multi-section as opposed to a section. F-theory on such spaces…
Towards the Standard Model in F-theory
Ling Lin, Timo Weigand
This article explores possible embeddings of the Standard Model gauge group and its matter representations into F-theory. To this end we construct elliptic fibrations with gauge gr…
OODBench: Out-of-Distribution Benchmark for Large Vision-Language Models
Ling Lin, Yang Bai, Heng Su +5
Existing Visual-Language Models (VLMs) have achieved significant progress by being trained on massive-scale datasets, typically under the assumption that data are independent and i…
Design of double-negative metamaterials using single-layer plasmonic structures
Ling Lin, Richard J. Blaikie
We propose a design for optical-frequency double-negative metamaterials (DMNs) in which the unit cell is formed by a single-layer plasmonic inclusion. By introducing some properly…
Pediatric TSC-Related Epilepsy Classification from Clinical MR Images Using Quantum Neural Network
Ling Lin, Yihang Zhou, Zhanqi Hu +8
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) manifests as a multisystem disorder with significant neurological implications. This study addresses the critical need for robust classification mo…
Swampland Constraints on the SymTFT of Supergravity
Dewi S. W. Gould, Ling Lin, Evyatar Sabag
We consider string/M-theory reductions on a compact space , where contains the singular locus, and its complement. For the res…
Real-space representation of winding number for one-dimensional chiral-symmetric topological insulator
Ling Lin, Yongguan Ke, Chaohong Lee
The winding number has been widely used as an invariant for diagnosing topological phases in one-dimensional chiral-symmetric systems. We put forward a real-space representation fo…
Unsaturated Dinitrogen Difluoride under Pressure: toward high-Energy Density Polymerized NF Chains
Guo Chen, Ling Lin, Chengfeng Zhang +3
Based on first-principles calculations and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations, the polymerisation of the unsaturated cis dinitrogen-difluoride (cis-N2F2) molecular compound i…
The Global Gauge Group Structure of F-theory Compactification with U(1)s
Mirjam Cvetic, Ling Lin
We show that F-theory compactifications with abelian gauge factors generally exhibit a non-trivial global gauge group structure. The geometric origin of this structure lies with th…
Non-supersymmetric dualities beyond the gauge algebra
Bernardo Fraiman, Vittorio Larotonda, Ling Lin +1
We provide a testing ground for dualities of non-supersymmetric type 0 orientifolds by finding the global forms of their gauge groups. As an example, we consider the Bergman--Gaber…
Hybrid atom-molecule quantum walks in one-dimensional optical lattice
Ling Lin, Yongguan Ke, Chunshan He +1
We study hybrid atom-molecule quantum walks in one-dimensional optical lattices with two interacting bosonic atoms which may be converted into a molecule. The hybrid atom-molecule…
Higher-Form Symmetries and Their Anomalies in M-/F-Theory Duality
Mirjam Cvetic, Markus Dierigl, Ling Lin +1
We explore higher-form symmetries of M- and F-theory compactified on elliptic fibrations, determined by the topology of their asymptotic boundaries. The underlying geometric struct…
5d Superconformal Field Theories and Graphs
Fabio Apruzzi, Craig Lawrie, Ling Lin +2
We propose a graph-theoretic description to determine and characterize 5d superconformal field theories (SCFTs) that arise as circle reductions of 6d SCFTs. E…
Constraints on Standard Model Constructions in F-theory
Mirjam Cvetic, James Halverson, Ling Lin +1
We argue that the following three statements cannot all be true: (i) our vacuum is a type IIB / F-theory vacuum at moderate-to-large , (ii) the -expansion is controll…
Holography for Heavy Quarks and Mesons at Finite Chemical Potential
Carlo Ewerz, Ling Lin, Andreas Samberg +1
We study the properties of heavy quarks as probes of strongly coupled plasmas with and without chemical potential by means of the gauge/gravity (AdS/CFT) duality. We compute the sc…
Probing Chiral-Symmetric Higher-Order Topological Insulators with Multipole Winding Number
Ling Lin, Chaohong Lee
The interplay between crystalline symmetry and band topology gives rise to unprecedented lower-dimensional boundary states in higher-order topological insulators (HOTIs). However,…
Flavor Symmetries and Automatic Enhancement in the 6d Supergravity Swampland
Mirjam Cvetic, Ling Lin, Andrew P. Turner
We argue for the quantum-gravitational inconsistency of certain 6d supergravity theories, whose anomaly-free gauge algebra and hypermultiplet spe…
Interaction-induced topological pumping in a solid-state quantum system
Ziyu Tao, Wenhui Huang, Jingjing Niu +24
As the basis for generating multi-particle quantum correlations, inter-particle interaction plays a crucial role in collective quantum phenomena, quantum phase transitions, and qua…
Estimation of exciton diffusion lengths of organic semiconductors in random domains
Jingrun Chen, Ling Lin, Zhiwen Zhang +1
Exciton diffusion length plays a vital role in the function of opto-electronic devices. Oftentimes, the domain occupied by an organic semiconductor is subject to surface measuremen…
Two-parameter asymptotic expansions for elliptic equations with small geometric perturbation and high contrast ratio
Jingrun Chen, Ling Lin, Zhiwen Zhang +1
We consider the asymptotic solutions of an interface problem corresponding to an elliptic partial differential equation with Dirich- let boundary condition and transmission conditi…
Calculations of Chern number: equivalence of real-space and twisted-boundary-condition formulae
Ling Lin, Yongguan Ke, Li Zhang +1
Chern number is a crucial invariant for characterizing topological feature of two-dimensional quantum systems. Real-space Chern number allows us to extract topological properties o…
F-theory and Dark Energy
Jonathan J. Heckman, Craig Lawrie, Ling Lin +1
Motivated by its potential use as a starting point for solving various cosmological constant problems, we study F-theory compactified on the warped product $\mathbb{R}_{\text{time}…
Cosmic Strings and the Origin of Globular Clusters
Alistair Barton, Robert H. Brandenberger, Ling Lin
We hypothesize that cosmic string loops are the seeds about which globular clusters accrete. Fixing the cosmic string tension by demanding that the peak in the distribution of mass…
The Fate of Discrete 1-Form Symmetries in 6d
Fabio Apruzzi, Markus Dierigl, Ling Lin
Recently introduced generalized global symmetries have been useful in order to understand non-perturbative aspects of quantum field theories in four and lower dimensions. In this p…
Topological states in disordered arrays of dielectric nanoparticles
Ling Lin, Sergey Kruk, Yongguan Ke +2
We study the interplay between disorder and topology for the localized edge states of light in topological zigzag arrays of resonant dielectric nanoparticles. We characterize topol…
Topological invariants for interacting systems: from twisted boundary condition to center-of-mass momentum
Ling Lin, Yongguan Ke, Chaohong Lee
Beyond the well-known topological band theory for single-particle systems, it is a great challenge to characterize the topological nature of interacting multi-particle quantum syst…
Floquet Engineering of Hilbert Space Fragmentation in Stark Lattices
Li Zhang, Yongguan Ke, Ling Lin +1
The concept of Hilbert space fragmentation (HSF) has recently been put forward as a routine to break quantum ergodicity. Although HSF exists widely in models with dynamical constra…
TASI Lectures on Abelian and Discrete Symmetries in F-theory
Mirjam Cvetic, Ling Lin
In F-theory compactifications, the abelian gauge sector is encoded in global structures of the internal geometry. These structures lie at the intersection of algebraic and arithmet…
Frozen Generalized Symmetries
Mirjam CvetiÄ, Markus Dierigl, Ling Lin +2
M-theory frozen singularities are (locally) - or -type orbifold singularities with a background fractional -monodromy surrounding them. In this paper, we revisit such ba…
An F-theory Realization of the Chiral MSSM with -Parity
Mirjam CvetiÄ, Ling Lin, Muyang Liu +1
Using F-theory we construct 4D SUGRA theories with the Standard Model gauge group, three chiral generations, and matter parity in order to forbid all dimension four ba…