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20172026
most citedSpatio-temporal propagation of COVID-19 pandemics

92 citations · 210 across the 28 of their papers we have counts for

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31 papers

cond-mat.supr-con2026

The role of dependency range in thermally coupled superconducting networks

Nahala Yadid, Bnaya Gross, Shlomo Havlin +1

Interdependent networks can be highly fragile because dependency links amplify local failures into cascades that trigger global collapse. Much of the theoretical understanding come…

cond-mat.stat-mech2026

Interdependent-Network Criticality without a Second Network: Cascading Collapse of the Joule-Coupled Insulator-Metal Transition in

Ouriel Gotesdyner, Michal Wasserman, Hodaya Kaster +5

When driven by a large enough electric field or current, the insulating state of vanadium dioxide () typically collapses abruptly into the metallic state (the insulator-metal…

physics.soc-ph2026

Two phase transitions in modular multiplex networks

Yael Kfir-Cohen, Dana Ben Porath, Bnaya Gross +2

Modular networks, such as critical infrastructures, are often built from distinct, densely connected modules (e.g., cities) that are sparsely interconnected. When such networks are…

physics.soc-ph2026

The mechanistic origin of branching-driven nucleation in abrupt phase transitions

Leyang Xue, Shengling Gao, Bnaya Gross +5

Phase transitions are the macroscopic manifestation of microscopic processes that drive a system towards a new state. The detailed evolution of these processes, particularly in abr…

cond-mat.supr-con2025

From Interdependent Networks to Two-Interactions Physical Systems

Yuval Sallem, Nahala Yadid, Xi Wang +5

Recent advances have shown that introducing dependency interactions between two superconducting networks can trigger abrupt, hysteretic normal-superconductor phase transitions. In…

q-bio.MN2025

Network-driven discovery of repurposable drugs targeting hallmarks of aging

Bnaya Gross, Joseph Ehlert, Vadim N. Gladyshev +2

Despite the thousands of genes implicated in age-related phenotypes, effective interventions for aging remain elusive, a lack of advance rooted in the multifactorial nature of long…

physics.optics2025

The Spontaneous Cascading Mechanism Behind Critical Phenomena in Self-Coupled Lasers

Jiaoqing Wang, Yael Kfir-Cohen, Chenni Xu +4

The basic physics of lasers is characterized by a second-order continuous phase transition at the critical lasing threshold. Nevertheless, laser bistability with abrupt transitions…

physics.soc-ph2025

Dynamics of critical cascades in interdependent networks

Dolev Dilmoney, Bnaya Gross, Shlomo Havlin +1

The collapse of interdependent networks, as well as similar avalanche phenomena, is driven by cascading failures. At the critical point, the cascade begins as a critical branching…

physics.soc-ph2024

The microscopic origin of abrupt transitions in interdependent systems

Bnaya Gross, Irina Volotsenko, Yuval Sallem +4

Phase transitions are fundamental features of statistical physics. While the well-studied continuous phase transitions are known to be controlled by external \textit{macroscopic} c…

cond-mat.dis-nn2024

Hybrid spinodals for long-range cascades

I. Bonamassa, B. Gross, J. Kertész +1

Cascades are self-reinforcing processes underlying the systemic risk of many complex systems. Understanding the universal aspects of these phenomena is of fundamental interest, yet…

physics.soc-ph2023

Nucleation phenomena and extreme vulnerability of spatial k-core systems

Leyang Xue, Shengling Gao, Lazaros K. Gallos +4

K-core percolation is a fundamental dynamical process in complex networks with applications that span numerous real-world systems. Earlier studies focus primarily on random network…

physics.soc-ph2023

Dynamics of cascades in spatial interdependent networks

Bnaya Gross, Ivan Bonamassa, Shlomo Havlin

The dynamics of cascading failures in spatial interdependent networks significantly depend on the interaction range of dependency couplings between layers. In particular, for incre…

physics.soc-ph2023

Microscopic intervention yields abrupt transition in interdependent magnetic networks

Bnaya Gross, Ivan Bonamassa, Shlomo Havlin

The study of interdependent networks has recently experienced a boost with the development of experimentally testable materials that physically realize their critical behaviors, ca…

physics.soc-ph2023

Possible origin for the similar phase transitions in k-core and interdependent networks

Shengling Gao, Leyang Xue, Bnaya Gross +3

The models of -core percolation and interdependent networks (IN) have been extensively studied in their respective fields. A recent study has revealed that they share several co…

physics.soc-ph2023★ 2 cited

Dense network motifs enhance dynamical stability

Bnaya Gross, Shlomo Havlin, Baruch Barzel

Network motifs are the building blocks of complex networks and are significantly involved in the network dynamics such as information processing and local operations in the brain,…

cond-mat.dis-nn2022★ 19 cited

Fractal fluctuations at mixed-order transitions in interdependent networks

Bnaya Gross, Ivan Bonamassa, Shlomo Havlin

We study the geometrical features of the order parameter's fluctuations near the critical point of mixed-order phase transitions in randomly interdependent spatial networks. In con…

physics.soc-ph2022★ 3 cited

Improving robustness of spatial networks via reinforced nodes

Nir Vaturi, Bnaya Gross, Shlomo Havlin

Many real-world networks are embedded in space, and their resilience in the presence of reinforced nodes has not been studied. Here we model such networks using a spatial network m…

cond-mat.dis-nn2022

Interdependent Superconducting Networks

I. Bonamassa, B. Gross, M. Laav +3

Cascades are self-amplifying processes triggered by feedback mechanisms that may cause a substantial part of a macroscopic system to change its phase in response of a relatively sm…

physics.soc-ph2022★ 11 cited

Percolation on spatial anisotropic networks

Ouriel Gotesdyner, Bnaya Gross, Dana Vaknin Ben Porath +1

Many realistic systems such as infrastructures are characterized by spatial structure and anisotropic alignment. Here we propose and study a model for dealing with such characteris…

physics.soc-ph2021

Scaling of variations in traveling distances and times of taxi routes

Xiaoyan Feng, Huijun Sun, Bnaya Gross +6

The importance of understanding human mobility patterns has led many studies to examine their spatial-temporal scaling laws. These studies mainly reveal that human travel can be hi…

cond-mat.dis-nn2021★ 4 cited

Realizing interdependent couplings as thermal or higher-order interactions

Ivan Bonamassa, Bnaya Gross, Shlomo Havlin

Interdependence is a fundamental ingredient to analyze the stability of many real-world complex systems featuring functional liasons. Yet, physical realizations of this coupling ar…

physics.soc-ph2020

Epidemic spreading and control strategies in spatial modular network

Bnaya Gross, Shlomo Havlin

Epidemic spread on networks is one of the most studied dynamics in network science and has important implications in real epidemic scenarios. Nonetheless, the dynamics of real epid…

physics.soc-ph2020★ 10 cited

Interdependent transport via percolation backbones in spatial networks

Bnaya Gross, Ivan Bonamassa, Shlomo Havlin

The functionality of nodes in a network is often described by the structural feature of belonging to the giant component. However, when dealing with problems like transport, a more…

physics.soc-ph2020

Geometric characterization of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic events

Ivan Bonamassa, Marcello Calvanese Strinati, Adrian Chan +4

While the SARS-CoV-2 keeps spreading world-wide, comparing its evolution across different nations is a timely challenge of both theoretical and practical importance. The large vari…