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Publications (61)

nlin.CD2016

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…

hep-th2017

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…

hep-th2019

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…

hep-th2020

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.…

hep-th2022

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…

hep-th2020

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…

math-ph2017

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…

hep-th2021

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…

math.NA2020

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…

quant-ph2022

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…

cs.NE2019

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…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

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…

hep-th2020

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…

hep-th2018

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…

astro-ph.CO2015

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…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020

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-…

hep-th2019

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…

cs.LG2022

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,…

math.AP2017

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…

hep-th2026

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…

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eess.IV2024

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-…

math.OC2018

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…

hep-th2016

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…

physics.flu-dyn2019

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…

hep-th2018

Towards Exotic Matter and Discrete Non-Abelian Symmetries in F-theory

Mirjam Cvetič, 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…

hep-th2020

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…

hep-th2019

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…

hep-th2021

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 $\…

hep-th2022

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…

hep-th2022

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…

hep-th2025

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…

hep-th2015

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…

hep-th2014

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…

cs.CV2026

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…

physics.optics2008

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…

eess.IV2024

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…

hep-th2023

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…

cond-mat.str-el2021

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…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

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…

hep-th2018

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…

hep-th2026

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…

quant-ph2018

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…

hep-th2021

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…

hep-th2019

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…

hep-th2020

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…

hep-th2015

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…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024

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,…

hep-th2021

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…

quant-ph2023

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…

math.NA2017

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…

math.AP2017

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…

quant-ph2024

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…

hep-th2019

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}…

astro-ph.CO2015

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…

hep-th2022

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…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020

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…

quant-ph2023

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…

quant-ph2024

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…

hep-th2018

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…

hep-th2024

Frozen Generalized Symmetries

Mirjam Cvetič, 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…

hep-th2018

An F-theory Realization of the Chiral MSSM with -Parity

Mirjam Cvetič, 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…