2 papers
physics.soc-ph2026
A Generalized Gompertz Law for the Rise and Fall of Empires
Sabin Roman, Vaishnavi Jayakumar, Karoline Wiesner
Human societies tend to evolve toward increasing scale and complexity, often followed by stagnation and decline. Historical empires provide a prominent example of this trajectory;…
cond-mat.str-el2023
Elementary Building Blocks for Cluster Mott Insulators
Vaishnavi Jayakumar, Ciarán Hickey
Mott insulators, in which strong Coulomb interactions fully localize electrons on single atomic sites, play host to an incredibly rich and exciting array of strongly correlated phy…