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Research paperEfficiency & Inference1 source · Oct 8, 2026

AtomWorld-Mirror: Macro-Step World Modeling of Critical Evolution Backbones for Materials Dynamics

We propose AtomWorld-Mirror, a time-aware macro-step world model for the critical evolution backbone of atomic systems.

Key points

  • Atomistic simulation is a fundamental tool for studying long-term materials evolution, from diffusion and defect dynamics to interfacial reactions and fracture.
  • For Step-Wise atomistic simulation, AtomWorld-Mirror distills short micro-event segments into physically reachable transitions between key states, jointly predicting sparse structural edits and accumulated physical time through latent macro-step dynamics.
  • By amortizing local atomic physics into a reusable latent macro model and replacing explicit micro-event replay with macro-step inference, this formulation provides a path toward substantially faster prediction of long-term materials evolution while preserving structural validity and time semantics.
  • Across five atomic systems, spanning Cu-rich RPV steel irradiation aging, Cu-Zr metallic glass, and Li$3$N-based anti-perovskite solid electrolyte, macro-step inference delivers a speed up of $10^3$ to $10^4$ times over event-by-event simulation.

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