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Day-timescale Quasi-periodic Oscillations of the Gev BL Lac RX J0805.4+7534 with TESS

This paper reports for the first time the detection of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the light curves of the BL Lacertae object RX J0805.4+7534. The Transiting Exoplanetary Survey Satellite (TESS) observed this source in seven sectors of the sky, and we extracted the light curves for these sectors using a custom method. The presence of QPO signals was found in these light curves. To detecte the periodicity and assess the statistical significance of the QPO signals, we employed two methods: Lomb-Scargle periodograms and Weighted Wavelet \textit{Z}-transform. Both of these different methods yielded consistent results. \textcolor{red}{\sout{The results showed signals with day-timescale QPO in sectors 20, 26, 53, and 73, with confidence levels exceeding $3\sigma$, and three of the sectors exhibited a ~3.8 days QPO. To explain these rapid quasi-periodic changes, we discuss several possible explanations. We propose that the QPO signal might be due to the rotation of hot spots on circular orbits within the accretion disk.}}\textcolor{blue}{The results show that QPO signals exist in sectors 20, 26, and 53, with the confidence levels exceeding 99.73\%. The QPOs in sectors 20 and 26 are $\sim 3.8$ days and have a global significance of 95\%. To explain these rapid quasi-periodic variations, we discussed several possible physical scenarios. The most possible one is the kink instability in relativistic jets. The other possible scenario is the rotation of hot-spots in the innermost accretion disk. Based on the hot-spot orbital model hypothesis, the mass of the black hole at the center of this BL Lac object wes estimated. The validity of these two explanations requires further observational data to verify. However, since the radiation of BL Lac objects primarily originates from jets, we prefer the kink instability in relativistic jets to be the cause of this rapid QPO.

astro-ph.HE

When Unlearning Fails: Reliable Data Deletion under Post-Training in Agent Networks

Self-improving federated agent networks keep training after deployment by collecting new trajectories with the current policy and feeding them back into later rounds. This closed loop makes unlearning harder than a one-time model repair. When a data owner requests deletion, the target data may have already shaped later retained trajectories, so retraining or model-side unlearning can leave an influence echo that returns as the network continues to operate. We show that this echo survives retained-data retraining, grows with the amount of forget-shaped retained data, and can be traced from deployment, collection, and aggregation records. To address this problem, we propose MUTE, a Muting Unlearned Trajectories' Echoes method for reliable deletion in self-improving federated agent networks. MUTE estimates downstream influence from a lightweight server ledger, removes the current residue through a forget-retain update, contains high-influence retained trajectories through quarantine or down-weighting, and audits later behavior to schedule additional erasure under an uplink budget. Experiments on LIBERO with two vision-language-action backbones, three deletion granularities, and a physical Jetson-based edge testbed show that MUTE keeps behavioral leakage and influence regeneration low while preserving task utility and using much less communication than full retraining.

cs.NI

NeighborDiv: Training-free Zero-shot Generalist Graph Anomaly Detection via Neighbor Diversity

Graph Anomaly Detection (GAD) is increasingly shifting to Generalist GAD (GGAD) for cross-domain "one-for-all" detection, but existing GGAD methods predominantly rely on the neighbor consistency principle, falling into the \textbf{Node-to-Neighbor Consistency Paradigm} for anomaly quantification. These methods suffer from complex training pipelines, heavy training data dependency, high computational costs, and unstable cross-domain generalization. To address these limitations, we propose NeighborDiv, a training-free generalist graph anomaly detection framework based on neighbor diversity. Departing from the dominant Node-to-Neighbor Consistency Paradigm, we shift the focus to the \textbf{Neighbor-to-Neighbor Diversity Paradigm}, and uncover that the internal structural dispersion of a node's neighbor set is a powerful, independently discriminative anomaly signal. We quantify neighbor diversity via the variance of inter-neighbor feature similarities, which captures how a node organizes its local graph environment, and operates independently of conventional node-to-neighbor consistency frameworks. Extensive experiments under two standard GGAD evaluation paradigms show NeighborDiv achieves state-of-the-art performance, with relative gains of 10.25% in average AUC and 17.78% in average AP over the second-best baseline under Single-Domain Independent Training (SDIT), and 6.89%/9.58% in AUC/AP under Unified Multi-Domain Training (UMDT), respectively. Notably, NeighborDiv yields zero performance volatility across all datasets, eliminating training-set dependency and establishing a lightweight and highly practical GGAD framework.

cs.LG

The Next-Generation 21CMA Telescope: Design, Commissioning, and Instrumental Effects in an SKA-LFAA-Like System

As the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) approaches operational status, its complex digital architecture introduces new instrumental challenges. To explore relevant observational and data processing strategies, we have upgraded the 21CMA telescope to the Next-Generation 21CMA (Ng21CMA). This paper presents the design and commissioning of the Ng21CMA system, featuring a digital backend capable of real-time beamforming. We demonstrate its performance through interferometric observations and high-time-resolution pulsar measurements, validating the system's sensitivity and operational stability. As a representative example of instrumental effects accessible with this platform, we investigate the impact of the two-stage channelization strategy used in SKA-LFAA-like systems. We show that it introduces a sawtooth-like spectral structure (SLOSS), characterized using both simulations and observational data. These results provide useful references for understanding instrument-induced spectral features and for guiding system design and calibration in future large-scale aperture arrays.

astro-ph.IM

Two-Dimensional Transverse-Momentum Subtraction and Semi-Inclusive Deep-Inelastic Scattering at N$^3$LO in QCD

Identified hadron production is essential for the study of nucleon structure and QCD hadronization at high energies. We present the first calculation of unpolarized semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering (SIDIS) at next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order (N$^3$LO) in perturbative QCD. Our calculation is based on a novel method of two-dimensional transverse-momentum subtraction motivated by QCD factorization of soft and collinear singularities. The N$^3$LO corrections are moderate in general but can be significant in threshold regions, and exhibit excellent perturbative convergence and reduced scale variations. The fully differential framework allows for arbitrary selection cuts and directly enables precision nucleon tomography at the upcoming Electron-Ion Collider, establishing the theory foundation needed to match the anticipated experimental accuracy. Generalization of the method to calculations of polarized SIDIS is also feasible.

hep-ph

QuarkMedBench: A Real-World Scenario Driven Benchmark for Evaluating Large Language Models

While Large Language Models (LLMs) excel on standardized medical exams, high scores often fail to translate to high-quality responses for real-world medical queries. Current evaluations rely heavily on multiple-choice questions, failing to capture the unstructured, ambiguous, and long-tail complexities inherent in genuine user inquiries. To bridge this gap, we introduce QuarkMedBench, an ecologically valid benchmark tailored for real-world medical LLM assessment. We compiled a massive dataset spanning Clinical Care, Wellness Health, and Professional Inquiry, comprising 20,821 single-turn queries and 3,853 multi-turn sessions. To objectively evaluate open-ended answers, we propose an automated scoring framework that integrates multi-model consensus with evidence-based retrieval to dynamically generate 220,617 fine-grained scoring rubrics (~9.8 per query). During evaluation, hierarchical weighting and safety constraints structurally quantify medical accuracy, key-point coverage, and risk interception, effectively mitigating the high costs and subjectivity of human grading. Experimental results demonstrate that the generated rubrics achieve a 91.8% concordance rate with clinical expert blind audits, establishing highly dependable medical reliability. Crucially, baseline evaluations on this benchmark reveal significant performance disparities among state-of-the-art models when navigating real-world clinical nuances, highlighting the limitations of conventional exam-based metrics. Ultimately, QuarkMedBench establishes a rigorous, reproducible yardstick for measuring LLM performance on complex health issues, while its framework inherently supports dynamic knowledge updates to prevent benchmark obsolescence.

cs.CL

NNLO QCD corrections to hadron production in DIS at finite transverse momentum

We present the first calculation of hadron production in deep-inelastic scattering (DIS) at finite transverse momentum to next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) in perturbative QCD. To overcome the long-standing challenge of infrared divergences in semi-inclusive processes with identified final state hadrons at finite transverse momentum, we implement the recently developed qT-subtraction framework based on the recoil-free jet definition. By utilizing the winner-take-all recombination scheme, we achieve a consistent factorization for hadron-jet associated production, enabling the inclusion of $O(\alpha_s^3)$ corrections. Our NNLO results generally demonstrate an improved convergence of the perturbative expansion and a reduction in scale uncertainties compared to previous next-to-leading order ones, especially for comparisons to multiplicity data from the ZEUS Collaboration. This work provides a high-precision theoretical foundation for the upcoming electron-ion collider era and establishes a new benchmark for the exploration of the nucleon's three-dimensional structure.

hep-ph

F10.7 Index Prediction: A Multiscale Decomposition Strategy with Wavelet Transform for Performance Optimization

In this study, we construct Dataset A for training, validation, and testing, and Dataset B to evaluate generalization. We propose a novel F10.7 index forecasting method using wavelet decomposition, which feeds F10.7 together with its decomposed approximate and detail signals into the iTransformer model. We also incorporate the International Sunspot Number (ISN) and its wavelet-decomposed signals to assess their influence on prediction performance. Our optimal method is then compared with the latest method from S. Yan et al. (2025) and three operational models (SWPC, BGS, CLS). Additionally, we transfer our method to the PatchTST model used in H. Ye et al. (2024) and compare our method with theirs on Dataset B. Key findings include: (1) The wavelet-based combination methods overall outperform the baseline using only F10.7 index. The prediction performance improves as higher-level approximate and detail signals are incrementally added. The Combination 6 method integrating F10.7 with its first to fifth level approximate and detail signals outperforms methods using only approximate or detail signals. (2) Incorporating ISN and its wavelet-decomposed signals does not enhance prediction performance. (3) The Combination 6 method significantly surpasses S. Yan et al. (2025) and three operational models, with RMSE, MAE, and MAPE reduced by 18.22%, 15.09%, and 8.57%, respectively, against the former method. It also excels across four different conditions of solar activity. (4) Our method demonstrates superior generalization and prediction capability over the method of H. Ye et al. (2024) across all forecast horizons. To our knowledge, this is the first application of wavelet decomposition in F10.7 prediction, substantially improving forecast performance.

astro-ph.IM

Prediction of Major Solar Flares Using Interpretable Class-dependent Reward Framework with Active Region Magnetograms and Domain Knowledge

In this work, we develop, for the first time, a supervised classification framework with class-dependent rewards (CDR) to predict $\geq$MM flares within 24 hr. We construct multiple datasets, covering knowledge-informed features and line-of sight (LOS) magnetograms. We also apply three deep learning models (CNN, CNN-BiLSTM, and Transformer) and three CDR counterparts (CDR-CNN, CDR-CNN-BiLSTM, and CDR-Transformer). First, we analyze the importance of LOS magnetic field parameters with the Transformer, then compare its performance using LOS-only, vector-only, and combined magnetic field parameters. Second, we compare flare prediction performance based on CDR models versus deep learning counterparts. Third, we perform sensitivity analysis on reward engineering for CDR models. Fourth, we use the SHAP method for model interpretability. Finally, we conduct performance comparison between our models and NASA/CCMC. The main findings are: (1)Among LOS feature combinations, R_VALUE and AREA_ACR consistently yield the best results. (2)Transformer achieves better performance with combined LOS and vector magnetic field data than with either alone. (3)Models using knowledge-informed features outperform those using magnetograms. (4)While CNN and CNN-BiLSTM outperform their CDR counterparts on magnetograms, CDR-Transformer is slightly superior to its deep learning counterpart when using knowledge-informed features. Among all models, CDR-Transformer achieves the best performance. (5)The predictive performance of the CDR models is not overly sensitive to the reward choices.(6)Through SHAP analysis, the CDR model tends to regard TOTUSJH as more important, while the Transformer tends to prioritize R_VALUE more.(7)Under identical prediction time and active region (AR) number, the CDR-Transformer shows superior predictive capabilities compared to NASA/CCMC.

cs.LG

ATPO: Adaptive Tree Policy Optimization for Multi-Turn Medical Dialogue

Effective information seeking in multi-turn medical dialogues is critical for accurate diagnosis, especially when dealing with incomplete information. Aligning Large Language Models (LLMs) for these interactive scenarios is challenging due to the uncertainty inherent in user-agent interactions, which we formulate as a Hierarchical Markov Decision Process (H-MDP). While conventional Reinforcement Learning (RL) methods like Group Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO) struggle with long-horizon credit assignment and Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) suffers from unstable value estimation in this context, we propose a novel uncertainty-aware Adaptive Tree Policy Optimization (ATPO) algorithm. Our method adaptively allocates the rollout budget to states with high uncertainty, quantified by a composite metric of Bellman error and action-value variance. This strategy enables more accurate value estimation, while fostering more efficient and diverse exploration. To mitigate the high computational cost of tree-based RL, we introduce two key optimizations: an uncertainty-guided pruning mechanism to minimize the number of rollouts, and an asynchronous search architecture that leverages KV cache reuse to maximize inference throughput. Extensive experiments on three public medical dialogue benchmarks demonstrate that our algorithm significantly outperforms several strong baselines, culminating in Qwen3-8B model surpassing the much larger GPT-4o ($+0.92\%$ accuracy).

cs.LG

SFMP: Fine-Grained, Hardware-Friendly and Search-Free Mixed-Precision Quantization for Large Language Models

Mixed-precision quantization is a promising approach for compressing large language models under tight memory budgets. However, existing mixed-precision methods typically suffer from one of two limitations: they either rely on expensive discrete optimization to determine precision allocation, or introduce hardware inefficiencies due to irregular memory layouts. We propose SFMP, a search-free and hardware-friendly mixed-precision quantization framework for large language models. The framework is built upon four novel ideas: Fractional bit-width, which extends integer bit-width for weight matrix to fractional value and transforms discrete precision allocation as a continuous problem; 2)Block-wise mixed-precision, enabling fine-grained precision within weight matrices while remaining hardware-friendly; 3)Row-column weight reordering, which aggregates salient weights via row and column reordering, incurring only a small activation reordering overhead during inference; 4)Unified GEMM kernel, which supports mixed-precision GEMM at arbitrary average bit-width. Extensive experiments demonstrate that SFMP outperforms state-of-the-art layer-wise mixed-precision methods under the same memory constraints, while significantly reducing quantization cost and improving inference efficiency. Code is available at https://github.com/Nkniexin/SFMP

cs.LG

Atom-light hybrid interferometer for atomic sensing with quantum memory

Quantum memories feature a reversible conversion of optical fields into long-lived atomic spin waves, and are therefore ideal for operating as sensitive atomic sensors. However, up to now, atom-light interferometers have lacked an efficient approach to exploit their ultimate atomic sensing performance, since an extra optical delay line is required to compensate for the memory time. Here, we report a new protocol that records the photocurrent via heterodyne mixing with a stable local oscillator. The obtained complex quadrature amplitude that carries information imprinted on its phase by an external magnetic field, is successfully recovered from the interference patterns between the light and the atomic spin wave, without the stringent requirement of having them overlap in time. Our results reveal that the sensitivity scales favorably with the lifetime of the quantum memory. Our work may have important applications in building distributed quantum networks through quantum memory-assisted atom-light interferometers.

quant-ph

HY-Motion 1.0: Scaling Flow Matching Models for Text-To-Motion Generation

We present HY-Motion 1.0, a series of state-of-the-art, large-scale, motion generation models capable of generating 3D human motions from textual descriptions. HY-Motion 1.0 represents the first successful attempt to scale up Diffusion Transformer (DiT)-based flow matching models to the billion-parameter scale within the motion generation domain, delivering instruction-following capabilities that significantly outperform current open-source benchmarks. Uniquely, we introduce a comprehensive, full-stage training paradigm -- including large-scale pretraining on over 3,000 hours of motion data, high-quality fine-tuning on 400 hours of curated data, and reinforcement learning from both human feedback and reward models -- to ensure precise alignment with the text instruction and high motion quality. This framework is supported by our meticulous data processing pipeline, which performs rigorous motion cleaning and captioning. Consequently, our model achieves the most extensive coverage, spanning over 200 motion categories across 6 major classes. We release HY-Motion 1.0 to the open-source community to foster future research and accelerate the transition of 3D human motion generation models towards commercial maturity.

cs.CV

MemFine: Memory-Aware Fine-Grained Scheduling for MoE Training

The training of large-scale Mixture of Experts (MoE) models faces a critical memory bottleneck due to severe load imbalance caused by dynamic token routing. This imbalance leads to memory overflow on GPUs with limited capacity, constraining model scalability. Existing load balancing methods, which cap expert capacity, compromise model accuracy and fail on memory-constrained hardware. To address this, we propose MemFine, a memory-aware fine-grained scheduling framework for MoE training. MemFine decomposes the token distribution and expert computation into manageable chunks and employs a chunked recomputation strategy, dynamically optimized through a theoretical memory model to balance memory efficiency and throughput. Experiments demonstrate that MemFine reduces activation memory by 48.03% and improves throughput by 4.42% compared to full recomputation-based baselines, enabling stable large-scale MoE training on memory-limited GPUs.

cs.DC

MoFa: A Unified Performance Modeling Framework for LLM Pretraining

The exponential growth in LLM scales, with parameters soaring from billions to trillions, has necessitated distributed pretraining across large clusters comprising thousands to tens of thousands of devices. While hybrid parallelization strategies enable such pretraining, the vast combinatorial strategy space introduces significant optimization challenges. Traditional manual tuning methods incur prohibitive trial-and-error costs, and existing performance modeling approaches exhibit critical limitations: they fail to comprehensively account for prevalent optimization features and ignore the substantial overhead imposed by essential fault tolerance mechanisms like checkpoint recovery in long-duration pretraining. To address these gaps, we propose MoFa, a novel pretraining performance modeling framework that unifies multi-dimensional optimization features and fault tolerance. MoFa incorporates an enhanced cost model to accurately capture the effects of key optimizations and integrates a fault tolerance model based on historical cluster reliability data. Besides, a MoFa-based tuning system is developed to explore optimal pretraining performance and potential bottlenecks in various scenarios. Extensive modeling evaluations demonstrate that MoFa can achieve high prediction accuracy across various scenarios. In addition, through comprehensive tuning experiments, our framework systematically reveals the key factors influencing pretraining performance under different configurations, which provides solid a priori guidance for LLM pretraining system design and deployment.

cs.DC

ELUTQ: Optimizing Quantization Accuracy under LUT-Based Computation for Edge LLMs

Weight quantization effectively reduces memory consumption and enable the deployment of Large Language Models on edge devices, yet existing hardware-friendly methods often rely on uniform quantization, which suffers from poor weight-distribution fitting and high dequantization overhead under low-bit settings. In this paper, we propose ELUTQ, an efficient quantization framework featuring a novel quantization format termed Hierarchical Linear Quantization (HLQ). HLQ is designed to better capture the statistical characteristics of weights and eliminate dequantization overhead using Bit-serial LUT-based GEMM operations. HLQ significantly improves model accuracy under low-bit settings and achieves performance comparable to QAT methods without any retraining of the weights. Moreover, an optimized quantization pipeline is integrated into ELUTQ, enabling it to complete the quantization of LLaMA 3.1-70B using only 64 GB of CPU memory and 48 GB of VRAM, reducing the hardware requirements for large-scale model quantization. To enable efficient deployment on edge devices, ELUTQ designs high-performance kernels to support end-to-end inference. Our 2-bit LLaMA3.1-8B achieves 1.5x speedup over AWQ on RTX 3090. Code is available at https://github.com/Nkniexin/ELUTQ.

cs.LG

A central limit theorem for unbalanced step-reinforced random walks

In this paper, we study a class of unbalanced step-reinforced random walks that unifies the elephant random walk, the positively step-reinforced random walk, and the negatively step-reinforced random walk. By establishing a connection with bond percolation on random recursive trees, these processes can be represented as randomly weighted sums of independent and identically distributed random variables. We first derive normal and stable central limit theorems for such randomly weighted sums, and then apply these results to obtain a unified central limit theorem for unbalanced step-reinforced random walks.

math.PR

Hunyuan3D Studio: End-to-End AI Pipeline for Game-Ready 3D Asset Generation

The creation of high-quality 3D assets, a cornerstone of modern game development, has long been characterized by labor-intensive and specialized workflows. This paper presents Hunyuan3D Studio, an end-to-end AI-powered content creation platform designed to revolutionize the game production pipeline by automating and streamlining the generation of game-ready 3D assets. At its core, Hunyuan3D Studio integrates a suite of advanced neural modules (such as Part-level 3D Generation, Polygon Generation, Semantic UV, etc.) into a cohesive and user-friendly system. This unified framework allows for the rapid transformation of a single concept image or textual description into a fully-realized, production-quality 3D model complete with optimized geometry and high-fidelity PBR textures. We demonstrate that assets generated by Hunyuan3D Studio are not only visually compelling but also adhere to the stringent technical requirements of contemporary game engines, significantly reducing iteration time and lowering the barrier to entry for 3D content creation. By providing a seamless bridge from creative intent to technical asset, Hunyuan3D Studio represents a significant leap forward for AI-assisted workflows in game development and interactive media.

cs.CV