{"id":"75cb1014-f844-4c06-8698-9a3dc0939e0b","arxiv_id":"2606.07221","paper_version":1,"verdict":"UNVERDICTED","confidence":"LOW","novelty_score":5.0,"correctness_risk":"unknown","formal_verification":"none","parameter_count":0,"one_line_summary":"Long-range interactions reduce STA control cost in open critical systems and enhance ergotropy in dissipative quantum battery charging via a modified protocol on a long-range Kitaev chain.","lead":"This paper shows that long-range interactions help implement shortcuts to adiabaticity in open quantum critical systems and can improve quantum battery charging despite dissipation, using a Kitaev chain model. A smart generalist might read it to see how interaction range could serve as a practical resource for quantum control in noisy environments.","discovery_kind":"new_application","skeptic_critique":{"model":"grok-4.3","headline":"Kitaev chain example may not establish general advantage of long-range interactions across open quantum critical systems","rationale":"The reader's weakest_assumption directly identifies the same extrapolation step. Because the paper presents the Kitaev results as establishing a general resource, that step is load-bearing; confirming or refuting it with a second model is the minimal check that would move the verdict.","tokens_in":1654,"tokens_out":302,"duration_ms":13322,"concrete_test":"Repeat the STA cost and ergotropy calculations for the long-range transverse-field Ising chain (same algebraic decay, same Lindblad operators) at equivalent critical points; if the relative cost reduction or ergotropy gain drops below 20% of the Kitaev values, the generality of the reported benefit is not supported.","verdict_should_be":"CONDITIONAL","load_bearing_attack":"The central claim states that long-range interactions are 'significantly beneficial' for STA and battery charging 'in many-body open quantum critical systems' and 'establish long-range interactions as a valuable resource'. This rests on results for one model (Kitaev chain with algebraically decaying couplings). No other models, no analytical argument showing model-independence, and no demonstration that the algebraic-decay control or ergotropy enhancement survive changes in the dispersion or dissipation structure. If the advantage is an artifact of the Kitaev chain's specific pairing and Majorana structure, the broad claim does not follow from the calculation.","agreement_with_reader":"agree"},"referee_report":{"model":"grok-4.3","summary":"The manuscript claims that long-range interactions provide significant advantages for shortcuts to adiabaticity (STA) in many-body open quantum critical systems and for dissipative quantum battery charging. Using the Kitaev chain with algebraically decaying couplings as the example, it contrasts this with short-range interactions (which may require non-zero couplings at infinite distance), reports reduced STA cost under non-unitary control, and proposes a modified STA protocol in which long-range interactions enhance ergotropy. The results are presented as establishing long-range interactions as a valuable resource for quantum control.","tokens_in":1752,"tokens_out":331,"duration_ms":15178,"significance":"If the reported advantages are robust and extend beyond the specific model, the work could identify long-range interactions as a practical resource for quantum technologies. However, the significance is limited by the absence of evidence that the algebraic-decay control or ergotropy enhancement are model-independent features of open quantum critical systems rather than artifacts of the Kitaev chain's pairing structure.","major_comments":[{"comment":"Abstract and central claim: the assertion that long-range interactions are 'significantly beneficial' for STA and battery charging 'in many-body open quantum critical systems' and 'establish long-range interactions as a valuable resource' is load-bearing but rests solely on results for the Kitaev chain with algebraically decaying couplings. No additional models, dispersion relations, or dissipation structures are examined, and no analytical argument demonstrates that the advantage survives changes to the pairing or Majorana structure.","section":"Abstract"}],"minor_comments":[],"recommendation":"major_revision","confidential_remarks":null},"author_rebuttal":{"model":"grok-4.3","summary":"We thank the referee for their careful reading of the manuscript and for highlighting the need to better scope our central claims. We address this point below and have revised the manuscript accordingly.","responses":[{"response":"We agree that the results are demonstrated explicitly for the long-range Kitaev chain, a standard exactly solvable model for one-dimensional quantum critical systems with pairing. The algebraic decay of couplings is the feature that enables STA control with finite, distance-dependent interactions, in contrast to the short-range case. No other models or dispersion relations are studied in this work. To address the concern, we have revised the abstract and introduction to state that the advantages are shown using the Kitaev chain as a representative example, and we have added a brief discussion of possible extensions to other long-range critical systems in the conclusions. We do not claim a general analytical proof of model independence.","revision_made":"yes","referee_comment":"[Abstract] Abstract and central claim: the assertion that long-range interactions are 'significantly beneficial' for STA and battery charging 'in many-body open quantum critical systems' and 'establish long-range interactions as a valuable resource' is load-bearing but rests solely on results for the Kitaev chain with algebraically decaying couplings. No additional models, dispersion relations, or dissipation structures are examined, and no analytical argument demonstrates that the advantage survives changes to the pairing or Majorana structure."}],"tokens_in":1270,"tokens_out":305,"duration_ms":24148,"standing_objections":[]},"desk_editor":{"model":"grok-4.3","letter":"The paper's main result is that a Kitaev chain with algebraically decaying long-range couplings lets STA protocols avoid the infinite-range interactions needed in short-range versions, and that the same setup can be adapted into a modified STA scheme for charging a battery under dissipation, where ergotropy improves.\n\nThe concrete finding on algebraic decay for the control fields and the proposed non-unitary STA modification for open-system charging are the actual new pieces. The calculation on the Kitaev chain appears to deliver a clear, model-specific advantage in both the unitary and dissipative cases.\n\nThe work is straightforward on that single example and gives a usable protocol idea for people already thinking about long-range chains and quantum batteries.\n\nThe soft spot is the leap from the Kitaev results to the statement that long-range interactions are a valuable resource across many-body open quantum critical systems. No other models are checked, and there is no argument showing the advantage survives changes in pairing structure, dispersion, or dissipation. If the benefit is tied to the Kitaev Majorana physics, the broader claim does not follow.\n\nThis is for researchers working on STA methods, open quantum batteries, or long-range critical chains. A reader in those areas can extract the specific protocol and the decay observation.\n\nIt deserves peer review because the example is explicit enough to be checked and the modified STA idea is worth testing, even if the generalization needs more support.","headline":"Long-range Kitaev example shows algebraic decay STA control and a dissipative battery tweak, but the general claim for open critical systems rests on one model.","tokens_in":2202,"tokens_out":360,"would_cite":false,"duration_ms":14154,"reading_group":"maybe","serious_thinker":"yes","would_accept_peer_review":true},"rs_alignment":null,"lean_confirmation":null,"pith_extraction":{"msc":[],"pacs":[],"model":"grok-4.3","headline":"Long-range interactions allow shortcuts to adiabaticity with algebraically decaying couplings in open critical systems.","keywords":["long-range interactions","shortcuts to adiabaticity","quantum batteries","open quantum systems","Kitaev chain","quantum critical systems","dissipation","ergotropy"],"falsifier":"A demonstration that in the Kitaev chain or similar system, the STA cost does not decrease or the ergotropy does not increase when switching from short-range to long-range interactions.","tokens_in":2550,"feed_emoji":"","tokens_out":612,"duration_ms":17563,"temperature":0.7,"pith_summary":"The paper establishes that long-range interactions benefit shortcuts to adiabaticity in many-body open quantum critical systems and quantum battery charging under dissipation. Using the Kitaev chain as example, it shows that control can involve interactions decaying algebraically with distance, unlike short-range cases needing non-zero infinite-distance couplings. This reduces STA cost in non-unitary control and enhances ergotropy in a proposed modified STA for battery charging. Readers care because it positions long-range interactions as a resource for quantum technologies involving non-equilibrium many-body dynamics.","feed_headline":"Long-range couplings ease quantum control in open critical systems","feed_subtitle":"Algebraically decaying interactions cut STA cost and boost battery ergotropy under dissipation in the Kitaev chain.","key_machinery":"The Kitaev chain with algebraically decaying long-range couplings, which carries the argument by demonstrating reduced STA costs and enhanced battery charging compared to short-range cases.","core_discovery":"In the Kitaev chain with long-range couplings, shortcuts to adiabaticity through criticality involve interaction strengths that decay algebraically with distance, in contrast to short-range interactions that may require non-zero interactions between infinitely distant spins. For non-unitary control, long-range interactions reduce the cost of STA. A modified STA technique for charging a quantum battery in the presence of dissipation shows that long-range interactions can enhance the resultant ergotropy.","pith_inferences":["This may extend to other critical models with long-range interactions beyond the Kitaev chain.","Platforms with natural long-range couplings could implement more efficient quantum control protocols.","Further studies could test if the algebraic decay specifically optimizes the advantage over other decay forms."],"forward_implications":["STA control in critical systems can use finite, decaying interactions instead of infinite-range ones.","Non-unitary STA protocols incur lower cost with long-range interactions.","Quantum battery ergotropy increases under dissipation when using long-range interactions in the modified STA.","Long-range interactions act as a resource for quantum control in open many-body systems."],"fun_headline_variants":["Long-range couplings simplify STA in open Kitaev chains","Algebraic decay reduces STA cost in critical systems","Long-range interactions increase ergotropy in dissipative batteries","Kitaev chain long-range couplings reduce STA costs"],"cache_read_input_tokens":2112,"weakest_assumption_plain":"That the Kitaev chain with algebraically decaying long-range couplings represents the general advantage of long-range interactions for STA and battery charging in open quantum critical systems.","fun_headline_variants_meta":{"raw":{"variants":["Long-range couplings simplify STA in open Kitaev chains","Algebraic decay reduces STA cost in critical systems","Long-range interactions increase ergotropy in dissipative batteries","Kitaev chain long-range couplings reduce STA costs"]},"model":"grok-4.3","cost_usd":0.005645,"raw_usage":{"total_tokens":2672,"prompt_tokens":613,"num_sources_used":0,"completion_tokens":60,"cost_in_usd_ticks":56449500,"prompt_tokens_details":{"text_tokens":613,"audio_tokens":0,"image_tokens":0,"cached_tokens":256},"completion_tokens_details":{"audio_tokens":0,"reasoning_tokens":1999,"accepted_prediction_tokens":0,"rejected_prediction_tokens":0}},"tokens_in":613,"tokens_out":60,"duration_ms":13109,"temperature":1.0,"reasoning_tokens":1999,"cache_read_input_tokens":256,"cache_creation_input_tokens":0},"cache_creation_input_tokens":0},"created_at":"2026-06-27T22:00:57.353684+00:00","model_set":{"reader":"grok-4.3"},"falsifier":"A demonstration that in the Kitaev chain or similar system, the STA cost does not decrease or the ergotropy does not increase when switching from short-range to long-range interactions.","supporting_citations":[],"review_version":1}