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most citedMaximum Entropy Principle and the Higgs Boson Mass

49 citations · 280 across the 33 of their papers we have counts for

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34 papers

cond-mat.stat-mech2026

Phase Transitions and Order Parameters in Correlation Matrices: A Wishart-Ensemble Perspective on the Largest Eigenvalue

Roberto da Silva, Antonio Mihara, Henrique Tramontina +1

We investigate the properties of the largest eigenvalue of correlation matrices within the framework of Wishart ensembles. In this work, we propose the largest eigenvalue as an eff…

cond-mat.stat-mech2026

Crossover effects on the phase transitions phenomena translated by arborecences and spectral properties

Roberto da Silva

This study investigates how visibility graphs constructed from Monte Carlo Markov Chain time series of spin models capture the critical behavior of the system. More precisely, we s…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025

Phase Diagrams of the YK Surface-Reaction Model on 2D lattices with Exchange Diffusion

Henrique A. Fernandes, Roberto da Silva, Paulo F. Gomes

In this work, we investigate the phase diagrams of the Yaldram and Khan catalytic surface model on square and hexagonal lattices when exchange diffusion is allowed for carbon monox…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025

Topology induced modifications in the critical behavior of the Yaldram Khan catalytic reaction model

Paulo F. Gomes, Henrique A. Fernandes, Roberto da Silva

In this work, we investigated how the use of complex networks as catalytic surfaces can affect the phase diagram of the Yaldram-Khan model, as well as how the order of the phase tr…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025

Unveiling the hidden weak universality of the ZGB model

Henrique Almeida Fernandes, Roberto da Silva

In this work, we revisited the Ziff-Gullari-Barshad (ZGB) model in order to investigate its critical behavior when carbon monoxide (CO) molecules are allowed to desorb from the cat…

cond-mat.stat-mech2023★ 7 cited

Mean-field criticality explained by random matrices theory

Roberto da Silva, Heitor C. Fernandes, Eliseu Venites Filho +2

How a system initially at infinite temperature responds when suddenly placed at finite temperatures is a way to check the existence of phase transitions. It has been shown in [R. d…

eess.SP2023

Random Telegraph Noise based True Random Number Generator for Fully Integrated Systems

Gilson Wirth, Pedro A B Alves, Roberto da Silva

Generating streams of true random numbers is a critical component of many embedded systems. The design of fully integrated, area and power efficient True Random Number Generators i…

physics.soc-ph2022

Lattice Gas model to describe a nightclub dynamics

Eduardo Velasco Stock, Roberto da Silva

In this work, we propose a simple stochastic agent-based model to describe the revenue dynamics of a nightclub venue based on the relationship between profit and spatial occupation…

cond-mat.stat-mech2022

Random matrices theory elucidates the critical nonequilibrium phenomena

Roberto da Silva

The earlier times of evolution of a magnetic system contain more information than we can imagine. Capturing correlation matrices G of different time evolutions of a simple testbed…

cond-mat.stat-mech2021★ 4 cited

First numerical evidence of Janssen-Oerding's prediction in a three-dimensional spin model far from equilibrium

Roberto da Silva

Jansen and Oerding [H. K. Janssen, K. Oerding, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 27, 715 (1994)] predicted an interesting anomalous tricritical dynamic behavior in three-dimensional models vi…

cond-mat.stat-mech2021

Affinities and disagreements between Mean-field and short-range critical dynamics

Roberto da Silva

In this work, we explore some interesting details of the time-dependent regime of the long-range systems under mean-field approximation in comparison with the critical dynamics of…

hep-ph2020★ 18 cited

The 7% Rule: A Maximum Entropy Prediction on New Decays of the Higgs Boson

Alexandre Alves, Alex Gomes Dias, Roberto da Silva

The entropy of the Higgs boson decay probabilities distribution in the Standard Model (SM) is maximized for a Higgs mass value that is less than one standard deviation away from th…

cond-mat.soft2020★ 5 cited

Metastability on the steady states in a Fermi-like model of counterflowing particles

E. V. Stock, R. da Silva

In this work we propose a two-dimensional extension of a previously defined one-dimensional version of a model of counterflowing particles, which considers an adapted Fermi-Dirac d…

stat.AP2019★ 7 cited

A simple study of the correlation effects in the superposition of waves of electric fields: the emergence of extreme events

Roberto da Silva, Sandra D. Prado

In this paper, we study the effects of correlated random phases in the intensity of a superposition of wave-fields. Our results suggest that regardless of whether the phase dis…

cond-mat.stat-mech2019★ 7 cited

Analysis of the earlier times and flux of the entropy on the majority voter model with difusion

Roberto da Silva, Mario J. de Oliveira, Tânia Tomé +1

We study the properties of nonequilibrium systems modelled as spin models without defined Hamiltonian as the majority voter model. This model has transition probabilities that do n…

cond-mat.stat-mech2018★ 4 cited

Investigating the nonequilibrium aspects of long-range Potts model: refinement of critical temperatures and raw exponents

Roberto da Silva, J. R. Drugowich de Felicio, Henrique A. Fernandes

In this work, we analyse the state Potts model with long-range interactions through nonequilibrium scaling relations commonly used when studying short-range systems. We determi…

cond-mat.stat-mech2018★ 9 cited

Mobile-clogging transition in a Fermi-like model of counterflowing particles

Roberto da Silva, Eduardo V. Stock

In this paper we propose a generalized model for the motion of a two-species self-driven objects ranging from a scenario of a completely random environment of particles of negligib…

cond-mat.stat-mech2017★ 1 cited

When and how much the altruism impacts your privileged information? Proposing a new paradigm in game theory: The boxers game

Roberto da Silva, Henrique A. Fernandes

In this work, we proposed a new -person game in which the players can bet on two options, for example represented by two boxers. Some of the players have privileged information…

physics.soc-ph2017★ 2 cited

Spatial patterns of random walkers under evolution of the attractiveness: persistent nodes, degree distribution, and spectral properties

Roberto da Silva

In this paper we explore the features of a graph generated by random walkers with nodes that have evolutionary attractiveness and Boltzmann-like transition probabilities that depen…

cond-mat.soft2017★ 9 cited

Statistics, distillation, and ordering emergence in a two-dimensional stochastic model of particles in counterflowing streams

Eduardo Velasco Stock, Roberto da Silva, Henrique Almeida Fernandes

In this paper, we proposed a stochastic model which describes two species of particles moving in counterflow. The model generalizes the theoretical framework describing the transpo…

cond-mat.stat-mech2016★ 14 cited

Time-dependent Monte Carlo simulations of the critical and Lifshitz points of the ANNNI model

Roberto da Silva, Nelson Alves, J. R. Drugowich de Felício

In this work, we study the critical behavior of second order points and specifically of the Lifshitz point (LP) of a three-dimensional Ising model with axial competing interactions…

physics.soc-ph2016

Towards Rock-paper-scissors patterns in the Optional Public Goods Game under random mobility

Pablo A. Valverde, Roberto da Silva, Eduardo V. Stock

Social dilemmas concern a natural conflict between cooperation and self interests among individuals in large populations. The emergence of cooperation and its maintenance is the ke…

physics.class-ph2016★ 4 cited

A new look on the stabilization of inverted pendulum with parametric excitation and large random frequencies: analytical and numerical approaches

Roberto da Silva, Sandra D. Prado, Henrique A. Fernandes

In this paper we explore the stability of an inverted pendulum with generalized parametric excitation described by a superposition of sines with different frequencies and phase…

cond-mat.stat-mech2016★ 13 cited

An alternative method to characterize first- and second-order phase transitions in surface reaction models

Henrique A. Fernandes, Roberto da Silva, Eder D. Santos +2

In this work, we revisited the Ziff-Gulari-Barshad (ZGB) model to study its phase transitions and critical exponents through time-dependent Monte Carlo simulations. We used a metho…