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20242026
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6 papers

cs.IR2026

Test-Time Optimization of Query Embeddings with Ranking Aware Reward Maximization

Tianyu Chen, Jiaxing Wu

Dense retrievers rank documents using vector similarity between a frozen encoder and a precomputed index. While test-time ranking rewards from a reranker or LLM judge can improve r…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Roadmap on Advancements of the FHI-aims Software Package

Joseph W. Abbott, Carlos Mera Acosta, Alaa Akkoush +203

Electronic-structure theory is the foundation of the description of materials including multiscale modeling of their properties and functions. Obviously, without sufficient accurac…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Mode selectivity in electron promoted vibrational relaxation of chemisorbed hydrogen on molybdenum and tungsten surfaces

Nils Hertl, Connor L. Box, Reinhard J. Maurer

Electron-phonon coupling in atoms and molecules adsorbed at metal surfaces gives rise to finite vibrational linewidths in infrared or electron energy loss spectra. When it is the d…

physics.chem-ph2025

Nonadiabatic reactive scattering of hydrogen on different surface facets of copper

Wojciech G. Stark, Connor L. Box, Matthias Sachs +2

Dissociative chemisorption is a key process in hydrogen-metal surface chemistry, where nonadiabatic effects due to low-lying electron-hole-pair excitations may affect reaction outc…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Density-Functional Perturbation Theory with Numeric Atom-Centered Orbitals

Connor L. Box, Reinhard J. Maurer, Honghui Shang +4

This paper represents one contribution to a larger Roadmap article reviewing the current status of the FHI-aims code. In this contribution, the implementation of density-functional…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Room Temperature Hydrogen Atom Scattering Experiments Are Not a Sufficient Benchmark to Validate Electronic Friction Theory

Connor L. Box, Nils Hertl, Wojciech G. Stark +1

In the dynamics of atoms and molecules at metal surfaces, electron-hole pair excitations can play a crucial role. In the case of hyperthermal hydrogen atom scattering, they lead to…