The list below is periodically updated, and has PDFs for most.
Peer Reviewed Publications
20. Irriversibility in dynamical phases and transitions. Daniel S. Seara, Benjamin B. Machta, Michael S. Murrell. Nature Communications. 12 392 (2021) pdf
19. Energy Dissipation Bounds in Autonomous Thermodynamic Systems. Samuel J. Bryant, Benjamin B. Machta. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117 (7), 3478-3483 (2020), pdf
18. A Scaling Law From Discrete to Continuous Solutions of Channel Capacity Problems in the Low-Noise Limit. Michael C. Abbott, Benjamin B. Machta. Journal of Statistical Physics 1-14 (2019), pdf
17. Information loss under coarse-graining: A geometric approach. Archishman Raju, Benjamin B. Machta, James P. Sethna. Physical Review E. 98 (5) 052112 (2018), pdf
16. Ion channels can be allosterically regulated by membrane domains near a de-mixing critical point. Ofer Kimchi, Sarah L. Veatch, Benjamin B. Machta. Journal of General Physiology 150 (12) 1769 (2018), pdf
15. Maximizing the Information learned from finite data selects a simple model. Henry H. Mattingly, Mark K. Transtrum, Michael C. Abbott, Benjamin B. Machta. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (8) 1760 (2018), pdf
14. Stabilizing membrane domains antagonizes n-alcohol anesthesia. Benjamin B. Machta , Ellyn Gray, Mariam Nouri, Nicola L. C. McCarthy, Erin M. Gray, Ann L. Miller, Nicholas J. Brooks, Sarah L. Veatch. Biophysical Journal 111, 3 537-545 (2016), pdf.
13. Dissipation bound for thermodynamic control. Benjamin B. Machta. Physical Review Letters 115, 260603 (2015), pdf.
12.Sloppiness and Emergent Theories in Physics, Biology, and Beyond. Mark K. Transtrum, Benjamin B. Machta, Kevin Brown, Bryan C. Daniels, Christopher R. Myers, James P. Sethna. Journal of Chemical Physics, 6 143, 010901 (2015), pdf
11. Mechanical Surface Waves Accompany Action Potential Propagation. Ahmed El Hady, Benjamin B. Machta. Nature Communications, 6 6697 (2015), pdf
10. Liquid General Anesthetics Lower Critical Temperatures in Plasma Membrane Vesicles. Ellyn Gray, Joshua Karslake, Benjamin B. Machta, Sarah L. Veatch. Biophysical Journal 105 2751-2759 (2013), pdf
9. Parameter Space Compression Underlies Emergent Theories and Predictive Models. Benjamin B. Machta, Ricky Chachra, Mark K. Transtrum, James P. Sethna. Science 342 604-607 (2013), pdf and Supplement.
8. Critical Casimir forces in cellular membranes, Benjamin B. Machta, Sarah L. Veatch, and James P. Sethna Physical Review Letters 109, 138101 (2012), pdf.
7. Experimental Observations of Dynamic Critical Phenomena in a Lipid Membrane. Aurelia R. Honerkamp-Smith, Benjamin B. Machta, and Sarah L. Keller. Physical Review Letters 108 , 265702 (2012), pdf.
6. Correlation Functions Quantify Super-Resolution Images and Estimate Apparent Clustering Due to Over-Counting. Sarah L. Veatch, Benjamin B. Machta , Sarah A. Shelby, Ethan N. Chiang, David A. Holowka, Barbara A. Baird. PLOS ONE 7 2 e31457 (2012), pdf.
5. A minimal model of plasma membrane heterogeneity requires coupling cortical actin to criticality . Benjamin B. Machta , Stefanos Papanikolaou, James P. Sethna, Sarah L. Veatch. Biophysical Journal 100, 1668-1677 (2011), pdf.
4. “Geometry of nonlinear least squares with applications to sloppy models and optimization”, Mark K. Transtrum, Benjamin B. Machta , and James P. Sethna Phys. Rev. E 83, 036701 (2011); pdf.
3. Why are nonlinear fits to data so challenging? Mark K. Transtrum, Benjamin B. Machta, and James P. Sethna, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 060201 (2010), pdf.
2. Power-law velocity distributions in granular gases Eli Ben-Naim, Benjamin B. Machta and Jonathan L. Machta Physical Review E , 72 021302 (2005), pdf.
1. Parallel dynamics and computational complexity of network growth models. Benjamin B. Machta and Jonathan L. Machta Physical Review E , 71 026704 (2005), pdf.
Other Publications
2. My thesis, Criticality in Cellular Membranes and the Information Geometry of Simple Models.
1. Programming a Parallel Computer: The Ersatz Brain Project , James A. Anderson, Paul Allopenna, Gerald S. Guralnik, David Scheinberg, John A. Santini, Socrates Dimitriadis, Benjamin B. Machta, and Brian T. Merritt. In W. Duch, J. Mandziuk, and J.M. Zurada (Eds.), Challenges to Computational Intelligence, Springer (2006), pdf.