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Clean Accuracy Does Not Guarantee Provenance Robustness: A Prospective Codec-Stress Evaluation of Audio Attribution

Audio provenance attribution - which system produced a synthetic utterance - is reported at near-ceiling accuracy on clean benchmarks, yet audio reaching an analyst has usually been transcoded. We report a prospectively registered measurement of closed-set attribution after single-stage codec transport, with the analysis region fixed from fidelity metadata before any attribution model was trained. On two corpora, in-support losses reach 53.5 [43.5, 63.6] and 70.3 [63.0, 77.5] Macro-F1 points for WavLM-Base+, and 61.0 [56.8, 65.1] and 49.8 [41.6, 57.9] for W2V2-BERT 2.0, under simultaneous component-level bands. Degradation is strongly condition- and representation-dependent: within one in-support grid WavLM losses run from -0.4 to +53.5 points, and the two encoders differ beyond a prespecified +/-5-point margin at six of twelve conditions. A clean-qualified ECAPA-TDNN and a Proxy-Anchor head degrade comparably, so the effect is not confined to one representation family or a weak linear head. The registered matched-fidelity comparison was not estimable on this grid, and waveform and perceptual measures order the conditions differently: MP3 at 8 kbit/s ranks mid-grid on SI-SDR but last on PESQ-WB while causing the largest loss. For the tested tasks, corpora, representations and codec grid, a clean accuracy figure does not by itself characterise deployment robustness.

cs.SD

When Do PEFT Adaptations Leak Structure? Measuring Black-Box Structural Bounds in Public-Base Model Services

Services increasingly deploy public foundation models with private parameter-efficient adaptations, creating a differential information leakage risk when auditors or adversaries can execute the public base model locally and observe victim outputs. We present VectorHijack-SR, a measurement methodology that converts paired victim/base residuals into calibrated structural bounds over PEFT family, layer locality, and coarse rank, while separating metadata visibility from open-world validity and operational exploitability. Our estimator aggregates query-level magnitude, ranking, entropy, margin, length, template, locality, and spectral statistics into service-level representations. A service-disjoint classifier quantifies structural evidence, and a cross-fitted hierarchical rejector evaluates whether a victim lies outside the calibrated LoRA manifold. Across classification backbones, family leakage exceeds uniform chance on BERT/MNLI (8/12), RoBERTa/MNLI (21/24), and DeBERTa-v3 on MNLI (12/18) and AG News (15/18). Rank inference is task dependent: BERT/MNLI and DeBERTa/AG News reach 8/9, whereas DeBERTa/MNLI achieves 4/9 and is statistically compatible with chance after correction. On a ten-seed BERT open-set grid, the rejector achieves pooled AUROC 0.804 (95% CI [0.660, 0.927]) and known accuracy 0.956, but remains limited on structurally close DoRA and LoRA+head variants. Exact-version linkage on five held-out LoRA-r64 services reaches AUC 0.940. Experiments reveal a visibility-exploitability gap: two-stage recovery provides no fair-budget query savings, posterior-selected PEFT underperforms distill-then-convert PEFT (0.356 vs. 0.517), and free-running generation remains near chance. These results show that known-base, rich-output PEFT services can leak actionable structural and version information, while closed-set confidence alone does not establish universal adapter recovery.

cs.CR

Multi-Knob Switchable Chiral Superconductivity Quartet in Rhombohedral Graphene

Chiral superconductors break orbital time-reversal symmetry and may host topological quasiparticles with non-Abelian statistics. In rhombohedral graphene, superconductivity develops from a spin-valley-polarized quarter-metal (QM) parent state and features unique magnetic hysteresis of resistance that indicates orbital time-reversal-symmetry-breaking. Exploring and controlling the full spin-valley flavors of such superconductivity could enable novel superconducting and topological devices, but have remained unexplored. Here we report transport measurements on rhombohedral hexalayer graphene (R6G), which reveal a new superconducting state (SCH) that is induced by an out-of-plane magnetic field, in addition to chiral superconductivity (CSC) similar to those observed in thinner layers. This SCH state emerges above 0.8 T, persists up to 1.6 T and can be switched on/off by magnetic field $H_\perp$, carrier density $n$, and gate displacement field $D$. Quantum oscillations and anomalous Hall measurements show that SCH stems from a field-induced quarter-metal (QM$'$) parent phase, which carries orbital magnetization opposite to that of the zero-field QM. Across the full $(n, D, H_\perp)$ parameter space, superconductivity can be realized from all four spin-valley isospin flavors, establishing a switchable chiral-superconductor quartet in R6G. We interpret the parent-state switching as arising from competition between a Kane-Mele-like spin-valley splitting and magnetic-field coupling to spin-valley-dependent magnetic moments. Our work establishes rhombohedral graphene as a multi-knob platform for different isospin-polarized superconductivities, which enables programmable superconducting networks with possible Majorana modes along domain walls.

cond-mat.supr-con

Nonreciprocal Transport with Quantum Geometric Origin in Layered Hybrid Perovskite

Quantum geometry quantifies how the electron wavefunction evolves distinctly from conventional transport theory. In noncentrosymmetric materials, nonreciprocal transport with quantum geometric origin remains prominent with localized charge independent of vanished group velocity. The discovery of such nonreciprocal and nonlinear responses was realized by recent advances in two-dimensional materials. As a promising candidate, the electronic structure and symmetry of layered hybrid perovskites can be deliberately designed and manipulated by incorporating selected organic ligands. Despite the observation of exotic photogalvanic effects and chiral optical effects, the underlying mechanism how these nonlinear responses are enabled in the multi-quantum well structures remained unclear. Here we demonstrated the quantum geometric origin for interlayer spontaneous photocurrent in (PEA)2PbI4. Contrary to assumptions that charge transport across the 2D planes is limited, we observed a spontaneous photocurrent along this crystalline orientation. Theoretical analysis using a tight-binding model identifies shift current as the microscopic origin. This quantum geometric effect is enabled by ionic displacements from centrosymmetric coordinates and enhanced by multiband transition high-density bands of the layered hybrid crystal. We anticipate that such unique low-dimensional systems with structure can provide fertile ground for discovering novel optoelectronic functionalities.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Tunable interplay of orbital and spin magnetization in trigonal tellurium

Orbital effects, despite their fundamental significance and potential to engender novel physical phenomena and enable new applications, have long been underexplored compared to their spin counterparts. Recently, surging interest in the orbital degree of freedom has led to the discovery of a plethora of orbital-related effects, underscoring the need for a deeper understanding of their roles in quantum materials. Here, we report systematic experimental evidence consistent with orbital magnetization and spontaneous rotational symmetry breaking in trigonal Tellurium, an elemental semiconductor with a unique helical crystal structure that serves as a natural platform for investigating orbital effects. Detailed angular dependent linear and nonlinear magnetotransport measurements, supported by symmetry-guided Boltzmann transport analysis, support the interpretation of coexistence of current-induced spin polarization and orbital magnetization. With the goal of disentangling the interplay between spin and orbital degrees of freedom through electrostatic gating, this work establishes a general framework for understanding orbital magnetization in chiral crystals and beyond, paving the way for its utilization in orbitronics and spintronics.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Signatures of Chiral Superconductivity in Rhombohedral Graphene

Chiral superconductors are unconventional superconducting states that break time reversal symmetry spontaneously and typically feature Cooper pairing at non-zero angular momentum. Such states may host Majorana fermions and provide an important platform for topological physics research and fault-tolerant quantum computing. Despite intensive search and prolonged studies of several candidate systems, chiral superconductivity has remained elusive so far. Here we report the discovery of robust unconventional superconductivity in rhombohedral tetra- and penta-layer graphene in the absence of moir\'e superlattice effects. We observed two superconducting states in the gate-induced flat conduction bands with Tc up to 300 mK and charge density ne as low as 2.4*1011 cm-2 in three tetralayer and two pentalayer devices. Spontaneous time-reversal-symmetry-breaking (TRSB) due to electron's orbital motion is found, and several observations indicate the chiral nature of these superconducting states, including: 1. In the superconducting state, Rxx shows magnetic hysteresis in varying out-of-plane magnetic field B, which is absent from all other superconductors; 2. the superconducting states are immune to in-plane magnetic field and are developed within a spin- and valley-polarized quarter-metal phase; 3. the normal states show anomalous Hall signals at zero magnetic field and magnetic hysteresis. We also observed a critical B of up to 1.4 Tesla, higher than any graphene superconductivity reported so far and indicates a strong-coupling superconductivity close to the BCS-BEC crossover. Our observations establish a pure carbon material for the study of topological superconductivity, and pave the way to explore Majorana modes and topological quantum computing.

cond-mat.mes-hall

Code-Based English Models Surprising Performance on Chinese QA Pair Extraction Task

In previous studies, code-based models have consistently outperformed text-based models in reasoning-intensive scenarios. When generating our knowledge base for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), we observed that code-based models also perform exceptionally well in Chinese QA Pair Extraction task. Further, our experiments and the metrics we designed discovered that code-based models containing a certain amount of Chinese data achieve even better performance. Additionally, the capabilities of code-based English models in specified Chinese tasks offer a distinct perspective for discussion on the philosophical "Chinese Room" thought experiment.

cs.CL

Spin filtering effect in intrinsic 2D magnetic semiconductor Cr2Ge2Te6

All van der Waals (vdW) Fe3GeTe2/Cr2Ge2Te6/graphite magnetic heterojunctions have been fabricated via mechanical exfoliation and stacking, and their magnetotransport properties are studied in detail. At low bias voltages large negative junction magnetoresistances have been observed and are attributed to spin-conserving tunneling transport across the insulating Cr2Ge2Te6 layer. With increasing bias, a crossover to Fowler-Nordheim tunneling takes place. The negative sign of the tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) suggests that the bottom of conduction band in Cr2Ge2Te6 belongs to minority spins, opposite to the findings of some first-principles calculations. This work shows that the vdW heterostructures based on 2D magnetic insulators are a valuable platform to gain further insight into spin polarized tunneling transport, which is the basis for pursuing high performance spintronic devices and a large variety of quantum phenomena.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Quantum corrections to the magnetoconductivity of surface states in three-dimensional topological insulators

The interplay between quantum interference, electron-electron interaction (EEI), and disorder is one of the central themes of condensed matter physics. Such interplay can cause high-order magnetoconductance (MC) corrections in semiconductors with weak spin-orbit coupling (SOC). However, it remains unexplored how the magnetotransport properties are modified by the high-order quantum corrections in the electron systems of symplectic symmetry class, which include topological insulators (TIs), Weyl semimetals, graphene with negligible intervalley scattering, and semiconductors with strong SOC. Here, we extend the theory of quantum conductance corrections to two-dimensional electron systems with the symplectic symmetry, and study experimentally such physics with dual-gated TI devices in which the transport is dominated by highly tunable surface states. We find that the MC can be enhanced significantly by the second-order interference and the EEI effects, in contrast to suppression of MC for the systems with orthogonal symmetry. Our work reveals that detailed MC analysis can provide deep insights into the complex electronic processes in TIs, such as the screening and dephasing effects of localized charge puddles, as well as the related particle-hole asymmetry.

cond-mat.mes-hall

On the anomalous low-resistance state and exceptional Hall component in hard-magnetic Weyl nanoflakes

Magnetic topological materials, which combine magnetism and topology, are expected to host emerging topological states and exotic quantum phenomena. In this study, with the aid of greatly enhanced coercive fields in high-quality nanoflakes of the magnetic Weyl semimetal Co3Sn2S2, we investigate anomalous electronic transport properties that are difficult to reveal in bulk Co3Sn2S2 or other magnetic materials. When the magnetization is antiparallel to the applied magnetic field, the low longitudinal resistance state occurs, which is in sharp contrast to the high resistance state for the parallel case. Meanwhile, an exceptional Hall component that can be up to three times larger than conventional anomalous Hall resistivity is also observed for transverse transport. These anomalous transport behaviors can be further understood by considering nonlinear magnetic textures and the chiral magnetic field associated with Weyl fermions, extending the longitudinal and transverse transport physics and providing novel degrees of freedom in the spintronic applications of emerging topological magnets.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Zipper Stack: Shadow Stacks Without Shadow

Return-Oriented Programming (ROP) is a typical attack technique that exploits return addresses to abuse existing code repeatedly. Most of the current return address protecting mechanisms (also known as the Backward-Edge Control-Flow Integrity) work only in limited threat models. For example, the attacker cannot break memory isolation, or the attacker has no knowledge of a secret key or random values. This paper presents a novel, lightweight mechanism protecting return addresses, Zipper Stack, which authenticates all return addresses by a chain structure using cryptographic message authentication codes (MACs). This innovative design can defend against the most powerful attackers who have full control over the program's memory and even know the secret key of the MAC function. This threat model is stronger than the one used in related work. At the same time, it produces low-performance overhead. We implemented Zipper Stack by extending the RISC-V instruction set architecture, and the evaluation on FPGA shows that the performance overhead of Zipper Stack is only 1.86%. Thus, we think Zipper Stack is suitable for actual deployment.

cs.CR

Anomalous Hall Effect in Layered Ferrimagnet MnSb2Te4

We report on low-temperature electron transport properties of MnSb2Te4, a candidate of ferrimagnetic Weyl semimetal. Long -range magnetic order is manifested as a nearly square-shaped hysteresis loop in the anomalous Hall resistance, as well as sharp jumps in the magnetoresistance. At temperatures below 4 K, a lnT-type upturn appears in the temperature dependence of longitudinal resistance, which can be attributed to the electron-electron interaction (EEI), since the weak localization can be excluded by the temperature dependence of magnetoresistance. Although the anomalous Hall resistance exhibits a similar lnT-type upturn in the same temperature range, such correction is absent in the anomalous Hall conductivity. Our work demonstrates that MnSb2Te4 microflakes provide an ideal system to test the theory of EEI correction to the anomalous Hall effect.

cond-mat.mes-hall

Spin selectivity through chiral polyalanine monolayers on semiconductors

Electrical generation of polarized spins in nonmagnetic materials is of great interest for the underlying physics and device potential. One such mechanism is chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS), with which structural chirality leads to different electric conductivities for electrons of opposite spins. The resulting effect of spin filtering has been reported for a number of chiral molecules. However, the microscopic mechanism and manifestation of CISS in practical device structures remain controversial; in particular, the Onsager relation is understood to preclude linear-response detection of CISS by a ferromagnet. Here, we report direct evidence of CISS in two-terminal devices of chiral molecules on the magnetic semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As: In vertical heterojunctions of (Ga,Mn)As/AHPA-L molecules/Au, we observed characteristic linear- and nonlinear-response magnetoconductance, which directly verifies spin filtering by the AHPA-L molecules and spin detection by the (Ga,Mn)As. The results constitute definitive signature of CISS-induced spin valve effect, a core spintronic functionality, in apparent violation of the Onsager reciprocity. The results present a promising route to semiconductor spintronics free of any magnetic material.

physics.app-ph

Experimental observation of the gate-controlled reversal of the anomalous Hall effect in the intrinsic magnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4 device

Here we report the reserved anomalous Hall effect (AHE) in the 5-septuple-layer van der Waals device of the intrinsic magnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4. By employing the top/bottom gate, a negative AHE loop gradually decreases to zero and changes to a reversed sign. The reversed AHE exhibits distinct coercive fields and temperature dependence from the previous AHE. It reaches the maximum inside the gap of the Dirac cone. The newly-seen reversed AHE is attributed to the competition of the intrinsic Berry curvature and the Dirac-gap enhanced extrinsic skew scattering. Its gate-controlled switching contributes a scheme for the topological spin field-effect transistors.

cond-mat.mes-hall

Switchable quantized conductance in topological insulators revealed by the Shockley-Ramo theorem

Crystals with symmetry-protected topological order, such as topological insulators, promise coherent spin and charge transport phenomena even in the presence of disorder at room temperature. Still, a major obstacle towards an application of topological surface states in integrated circuits is a clear, reliable, and straightforward read-out independent of a prevailing charge carrier density in the bulk. Here, we demonstrate how to image and read-out the local conductance of helical surface modes in the prototypical topological insulators Bi2Se3 and BiSbTe3. We apply the so-called Shockley-Ramo theorem to design an optoelectronic probe circuit for the gapless surface states, and surprisingly find a precise conductance quantization at 1e2/h. The unprecedented response is a clear signature of local spin-polarized transport, and it can be switched on and off via an electrostatic field effect. The macroscopic, global read-out scheme is based on the displacement current resistivity, and it does not require coherent transport between electrodes.6 It provides a generalizable platform for studying further non-trivial gapless systems such as Weyl-semimetals and quantum spin-Hall insulators.

cond-mat.mes-hall

Vapor Phase Growth and Grain Boundary Structure of Molybdenum Disulfide Atomic Layers

Single layered molybdenum disulfide with a direct bandgap is a promising two-dimensional material that goes beyond graphene for next generation nanoelectronics. Here, we report the controlled vapor phase synthesis of molybdenum disulfide atomic layers and elucidate a fundamental mechanism for the nucleation, growth, and grain boundary formation in its crystalline monolayers. Furthermore, a nucleation-controlled strategy is established to systematically promote the formation of large-area single- and few-layered films. The atomic structure and morphology of the grains and their boundaries in the polycrystalline molybdenum disulfide atomic layers are examined and first-principles calculations are applied to investigate their energy landscape. The electrical properties of the atomic layers are examined and the role of grain boundaries is evaluated. The uniformity in thickness, large grain sizes, and excellent electrical performance of these materials signify the high quality and scalable synthesis of the molybdenum disulfide atomic layers.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci