Memory-induced long-range order drag

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Autori principali: Zhang, Yuan-Hang, Sipling, Chesson, Di Ventra, Massimiliano
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Zhang, Yuan-Hang
Sipling, Chesson
Di Ventra, Massimiliano
author_facet Zhang, Yuan-Hang
Sipling, Chesson
Di Ventra, Massimiliano
contents Recent research has shown that memory, in the form of slow degrees of freedom, can induce a phase of long-range order (LRO) in locally-coupled fast degrees of freedom, producing power-law distributions of avalanches. In fact, such memory-induced LRO (MILRO) arises in a wide range of physical systems. Here, we show that MILRO can be transferred to coupled systems that have no memory of their own. As an example, we consider a stack of layers of spins with local feedforward couplings: only the first layer contains memory, while downstream layers are memory-free and locally interacting. Analytical arguments and simulations reveal that MILRO can indeed drag across the layers, enabling downstream layers to sustain intra-layer LRO despite having neither memory nor long-range interactions. This establishes a simple, yet generic mechanism for propagating collective activity through media without fine tuning to criticality, with testable implications for neuromorphic systems and laminar information flow in the brain cortex.
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spellingShingle Memory-induced long-range order drag
Zhang, Yuan-Hang
Sipling, Chesson
Di Ventra, Massimiliano
Statistical Mechanics
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Recent research has shown that memory, in the form of slow degrees of freedom, can induce a phase of long-range order (LRO) in locally-coupled fast degrees of freedom, producing power-law distributions of avalanches. In fact, such memory-induced LRO (MILRO) arises in a wide range of physical systems. Here, we show that MILRO can be transferred to coupled systems that have no memory of their own. As an example, we consider a stack of layers of spins with local feedforward couplings: only the first layer contains memory, while downstream layers are memory-free and locally interacting. Analytical arguments and simulations reveal that MILRO can indeed drag across the layers, enabling downstream layers to sustain intra-layer LRO despite having neither memory nor long-range interactions. This establishes a simple, yet generic mechanism for propagating collective activity through media without fine tuning to criticality, with testable implications for neuromorphic systems and laminar information flow in the brain cortex.
title Memory-induced long-range order drag
topic Statistical Mechanics
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.24712