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377 reviewed papers in physics.hist-ph · newest first · page 2

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  1. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-06-19
    Cosmology captures invariants in data across models

    Stefano Profumo · “Cosmology as Representation: Informational Invariance and the Limits of Scientific Realism”

    2606.21586
  2. quant-ph arXiv submitted 2026-06-18
    Spectrum-preserving flows derive Lax quantum dynamics

    P\'eter Szab\'o · “Quantum Dynamics from Lax Pair Theory: A Reconstruction from Spectrum Preservation”

    2606.19664
  3. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-06-16
    Factorization and resummation made perturbative QCD quantitative

    R Keith Ellis · “Perturbative QCD as a quantitative tool in the years 1976-2000”

    2606.18176
  4. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-06-16
    Perturbative QCD became quantitative in 25 years

    R Keith Ellis · “Perturbative QCD as a quantitative tool in the years 1976-2000”

    2606.18176
  5. physics.soc-ph arXiv submitted 2026-06-16
    Daytime model at Zurich yields Yin-Yang symbol

    Frank Schweitzer · “Making Sense of Symbols: Yin and Yang in Zurich”

    2606.18009
  6. gr-qc arXiv submitted 2026-06-11
    Quantum gravity must recover objective geometry measurement

    Matteo Tuveri · “Beyond the Metric: Geometrical Measurability as a Constraint on Quantum Gravity”

    2606.13522
  7. astro-ph.IM arXiv submitted 2026-06-09
    Big Ear SETI surveys built archive of 40,000+ radio events

    Abel M\'endez +2 · “The Ohio SETI Program -- The Last Decades”

    2606.11102
  8. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-06-09
    Bertholon's device reaches corona in storms but tiny fair-weather currents

    Thierry Dufour · “At the Origins of Electroculture: A Retrodictive Modelling of Bertholon's 18th-Century Electrovegetometer in the Pre-Corona Regime”

    2606.10433
  9. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-06-09
    Plasma farming revives 18th-century electricity ideas for crops

    Thierry Dufour · “From Electroculture to Plasma Agriculture: A Three-Century Arc Bridging Bertholon's Legacy with Contemporary Farming Advances”

    2606.10429
  10. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-06-04
    Sphere to plane shows Inonu contraction

    Ilmar Gahramanov · “Erdal \.In\"on\"u at 100: From the Sphere to the Plane”

    2606.12452
  11. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-06-01
    Non-technical overview maps string theory ontology for philosophers

    Baptiste Le Bihan · “String Theory for Metaphysicians”

    2606.02264
  12. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-06-01
    Observer views count as fundamental in relativity

    Tao Wang +1 · “Relativity from the Perspectives of Observers”

    2606.01510
  13. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-30
    Husserl ontology of physics replaces failed matter ontologies from QFT

    Jobst Landgrebe +1 · “A Husserlian ontology of the science of physics”

    2606.00805
  14. math-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-30
    Weyl uniqueness extends to Galilei and Carroll geometries

    Philip K. Schwartz +2 · “Weyl-type theorems in Galilei and Carroll geometry”

    2606.00799
  15. quant-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-29
    Three lines extend quantum theory to gravity and equilibrium

    Ricardo Muci\~no (Universidad Nacional Aut\'onoma de M\'exico) · “Topics on Foundations of Physics: From the quantum to the (semi) classical, gravity, thermodynamics, and (or beyond) our possible detections”

    2606.00255
  16. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-28
    Tychonic system had too many flaws to be credible

    Gabriele Vanin · “The Tychonic system, an implausible theory”

    2605.29709
  17. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-28
    Inner product step fixed credit for the Wheeler-DeWitt equation

    Alexander S. Blum +2 · “That Damned Equation. Rigour, Credit Attribution, and the Wheeler-DeWitt Equation 1962-1967”

    2605.29696
  18. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-24
    Physical coherence criterion keeps time emergence viable in quantum gravity

    Eugene Y. S. Chua · “Physical Coherence and Time's Emergence”

    2605.24970
  19. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-21
    Diffeomorphisms restrict observables to global gauge views

    \'Alvaro Mozota Frauca · “The Limitations of the Notion of `Observable' in Diffeomorphism-Invariant Models”

    2605.22260
  20. cs.DL arXiv submitted 2026-05-17
    Planck papers retracted under modern duplicate rules

    Yves Gingras +1 · “The Curious Case of Max Planck retracted papers. When past scientific practices meet contemporary publishing norms”

    2605.17534
  21. cs.DL arXiv submitted 2026-05-17
    Planck essays retracted by modern rules on old reprints

    Yves Gingras +1 · “The Curious Case of Max Planck retracted papers. When past scientific practices meet contemporary publishing norms”

    2605.17534
  22. quant-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-16
    Uncertainty principle blocks Maxwell's demon

    R. E. Kastner · “Maxwell's Demon”

    2605.17196
  23. quant-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-15
    Norms of practice make quantum outcomes objective without ontology

    Richard Healey · “Quantum Measurement without Ontology”

    2605.16101
  24. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-12
    1923 Newtonian estimate gave 49 hours to the Moon

    Tina A. Harriott +1 · “On the Anticipation of Lunar Travel in the Early 20th Century: A Pedagogical Exercise”

    2605.12582
  25. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-12
    Causality split sharpens choice of math and stats methods

    Marzieh Asgari-Targhi +3 · “Causality and Scientific Inquiry: Lessons from Space Physics and Medical Sciences”

    2605.11420
  26. physics.soc-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-11
    Physicists' survey finds narrow majorities on many big questions

    Niayesh Afshordi +3 · “Big Mysteries Survey: Physicists' Views on Cosmology, Black Holes, Quantum Mechanics, and Quantum Gravity”

    2605.11058
  27. quant-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-10
    Depolarizing noise turns Spekkens contextuality classical after threshold

    Enrico Bozzetto +1 · “Classical Limit: Dissipation of Spekkens' Generalised Contextuality under Decoherence”

    2605.09558
  28. quant-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-10
    Decoherence erases Spekkens contextuality past threshold

    Enrico Bozzetto +1 · “Classical Limit: Dissipation of Spekkens' Generalised Contextuality under Decoherence”

    2605.09558
  29. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-09
    Physics rewards track transformations of viable theory space

    James D. Wells · “Polydoxon Transformations and Scientific Reward in Physics”

    2605.08642
  30. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-09
    Physics rewards track transformations of viable theory sets

    James D. Wells · “Polydoxon Transformations and Scientific Reward in Physics”

    2605.08642
  31. quant-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-08
    Causal definition of decoherence selects histories without states

    Nick Ormrod +3 · “Decoherence without the state: A causal quantum Darwinist approach”

    2605.07090
  32. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-05
    Habicht 1914 notes tie relativity to Lorentz's moving-body problems

    Hector Giacomini · “Conrad Habicht 1914 Manuscript on Special Relativity and Einstein 1907 Reframing of the 1905 Theory”

    2605.04192
  33. physics.soc-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-04
    Vishap stone locations indicate unified society in 4000 BC Armenia

    Vahe Gurzadyan +1 · “Vishap epoch unitary society in Armenian Highlands, c. 4000 BC: data analysis consequences”

    2605.02991
  34. quant-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-04
    Classical action yields only semiclassical quantum solutions

    Gabor Vattay · “Comment on `On computing quantum waves exactly from classical action'”

    2605.02621
  35. astro-ph.EP arXiv submitted 2026-05-04
    Fixed leap rules drift one day every 5,700 years

    Daniel Quigley · “Mean tropical year length at arbitrary ecliptic longitude”

    2605.02239
  36. astro-ph.EP arXiv submitted 2026-05-04
    Eight mean tropical years differ across ecliptic longitudes

    Daniel Quigley · “Mean tropical year length at arbitrary ecliptic longitude”

    2605.02239
  37. cs.AI arXiv submitted 2026-05-01
    Quantum probability emerges as projection of contextual spacetime formation

    Song-Ju Kim · “Spacetime Formation under Requirements: Contextual Realization and Form-Dependent Probability”

    2605.23943
  38. quant-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-01
    Bell correlations are selection artefacts

    Huw Price · “Bell Correlations and Selection Bias”

    2605.00406
  39. quant-ph arXiv submitted 2026-05-01
    Bell correlations are selection artifacts

    Huw Price · “Bell Correlations and Selection Bias”

    2605.00406
  40. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-30
    Lorentz contraction is the only shape preserving cavity resonances

    Shiva Meucci · “Lorentz-FitzGerald Contraction as the Unique Closure Condition for Moving Spherical-Harmonic Cavities”

    2604.27525
  41. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-29
    Dingle's 1972 book claimed relativity is inconsistent

    Justo Pastor Lambare · “On Dingle's rebuttal of the special theory of relativity”

    2605.00057
  42. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-27
    Fermi's Varenna lectures trace path to quantum computers

    Vladislav Gavryusev +1 · “The Legacy of Enrico Fermi to Varenna”

    2604.24829
  43. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-27
    Neopositivism yields Clausius inequality from information definition

    Didier Lairez · “The principles of neopositivism and the laws of thermodynamics”

    2604.24825
  44. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-27
    Neopositivism yields Clausius inequality

    Didier Lairez · “The principles of neopositivism and the laws of thermodynamics”

    2604.24825
  45. astro-ph.SR arXiv submitted 2026-04-27
    1733 eclipse data sets solar radius at 696250 km

    Hisashi Hayakawa +5 · “Analyses on Wassenius' Report for Total Solar Eclipse in 1733: Quantifications of the Solar Radius and the Earliest Reported Prominences”

    2604.24503
  46. quant-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-23
    Clock ambiguity reaches quantum evolution laws

    Ovidiu Cristinel Stoica · “The clock ambiguity problem: extended or extinguished?”

    2604.21805
  47. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-23
    Reproducible experiments compute definite physical functions

    Isaac P\'erez Castillo · “Experiments, Computability, and the Existence of Physical Functions”

    2605.02923
  48. math-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-23
    Oscillator eigenfunctions map to circles in lens space

    Alexander D. Popov · “The Geometry Underlying the Quantum Harmonic Oscillator”

    2604.21373
  49. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-20
    Einstein Bose gas specific heat formula differs from 2004 version

    Frank Wang · “Comment on "Specific heat of an ideal Bose gas above the Bose condensation temperature," [Am. J. Phys. 72(9), 1193--1194 (2004)]”

    2604.18180
  50. physics.hist-ph arXiv submitted 2026-04-20
    Correcting Einstein's 1925 Specific Heat Numbers

    Frank Wang · “Comment on "Specific heat of an ideal Bose gas above the Bose condensation temperature," [Am. J. Phys. 72(9), 1193--1194 (2004)]”

    2604.18180