Publications

2026

1. Preprint

   Innateness In Silico at Scale: How Evolutionary Meta-Learning Repositions Neural Networks within the Nativism–Empiricism Debate

   Daniel Grimmer

   Phil-Sci Archive, Mar 2026

   Bib Phil-Sci Archive

   @article{grimmer2026innateness,
     title = {Innateness In Silico at Scale: How Evolutionary Meta-Learning Repositions Neural Networks within the Nativism–Empiricism Debate},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel},
     year = {2026},
     month = mar,
     journal = {Phil-Sci Archive},
   }

2. Preprint

   Direct From Darwin: Deriving Advanced Optimizers From Evolutionary First Principles

   Daniel Grimmer

   arXiv, May 2026

   arXiv Bib Code

   @misc{grimmer2026darwin,
     title = {Direct From Darwin: Deriving Advanced Optimizers From Evolutionary First Principles},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel},
     year = {2026},
     month = may,
     eprint = {2605.05284},
     archiveprefix = {arXiv},
     primaryclass = {cs.NE},
     url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.05284},
   }

2026

1. Erkenntnis

   Equivalence and Determinism in Light of Topologically-Induced Structure

   Daniel Grimmer and James Read

   Erkenntnis (accepted; in production), Jul 2026

   Bib Phil-Sci Archive

   @article{grimmer2026equivalence,
     title = {Equivalence and Determinism in Light of Topologically-Induced Structure},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel and Read, James},
     year = {2026},
     month = jul,
     journal = {Erkenntnis (accepted; in production)},
   }

2024

1. Thesis

   Searching for New Spacetimes: Towards a Dynamics-First View of Topology

   Daniel Grimmer

   DPhil thesis, University of Oxford, Aug 2024

   Bib

   @phdthesis{grimmer2024dphil,
     title = {Searching for New Spacetimes: Towards a Dynamics-First View of Topology},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel},
     year = {2024},
     month = aug,
     school = {DPhil thesis, University of Oxford},
   }

2. BJPS

   Duality, Underdetermination, and the Uncommon Common Core

   Daniel Grimmer, Enrico Cinti, and Rasmus Jaksland

   The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Mar 2024

   DOI Bib Journal

   @article{grimmer2024dualities,
     title = {Duality, Underdetermination, and the Uncommon Common Core},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel and Cinti, Enrico and Jaksland, Rasmus},
     journal = {The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science},
     year = {2024},
     month = mar,
     doi = {10.1086/730421},
     url = {https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/730421},
   }

2023

1. Synthese

   The Pragmatic QFT Measurement Problem and the Need for a Heisenberg-like Cut in QFT

   Daniel Grimmer

   Synthese, Sep 2023

   DOI arXiv Bib Journal Video

   @article{grimmer2023pragmatic,
     title = {The Pragmatic QFT Measurement Problem and the Need for a Heisenberg-like Cut in QFT},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel},
     journal = {Synthese},
     year = {2023},
     month = sep,
     volume = {202},
     pages = {104},
     doi = {10.1007/s11229-023-04301-4},
   }

2. JHEP

   Decoding Quantum Field Theory with Machine Learning

   Daniel Grimmer, Irene Melgarejo-Lermas, José Polo-Gómez, and Eduardo Martín-Martínez

   Journal of High Energy Physics, Aug 2023

   DOI arXiv Bib Journal

   @article{grimmer2023decoding,
     title = {Decoding Quantum Field Theory with Machine Learning},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel and Melgarejo-Lermas, Irene and Polo-Gómez, José and Martín-Martínez, Eduardo},
     journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
     year = {2023},
     month = aug,
     volume = {2023},
     pages = {031},
     doi = {10.1007/JHEP08(2023)031},
   }

2021

1. PRD

   Measurements in QFT: Weakly Coupled Local Particle Detectors and Entanglement Harvesting

   Daniel Grimmer, Bruno S. L. Torres, and Eduardo Martín-Martínez

   Physical Review D, Oct 2021

   DOI arXiv Bib Journal

   @article{grimmer2021measurements,
     title = {Measurements in QFT: Weakly Coupled Local Particle Detectors and Entanglement Harvesting},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel and de S. L. Torres, Bruno and Martín-Martínez, Eduardo},
     journal = {Physical Review D},
     year = {2021},
     month = oct,
     volume = {104},
     pages = {085014},
     doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.104.085014},
   }

2. Symmetry

   The Unruh Effect in Slow Motion

   Silas Vriend, Daniel Grimmer, and Eduardo Martín-Martínez

   Symmetry, Oct 2021

   DOI arXiv Bib Journal Video

   @article{vriend2021unruh,
     title = {The Unruh Effect in Slow Motion},
     author = {Vriend, Silas and Grimmer, Daniel and Martín-Martínez, Eduardo},
     journal = {Symmetry},
     year = {2021},
     month = oct,
     volume = {13},
     number = {11},
     pages = {1977},
     doi = {10.3390/sym13111977},
   }

3. PRA

   Dimensional Reduction of Cavities with Axial Symmetry: Are Optical Fibers Really One-Dimensional?

   Daniel Grimmer, Richard Lopp, and Eduardo Martín-Martínez

   Physical Review A, Jul 2021

   DOI arXiv Bib Journal

   @article{grimmer2021dimensional,
     title = {Dimensional Reduction of Cavities with Axial Symmetry: Are Optical Fibers Really One-Dimensional?},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel and Lopp, Richard and Martín-Martínez, Eduardo},
     journal = {Physical Review A},
     year = {2021},
     month = jul,
     volume = {104},
     pages = {013723},
     doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.104.013723},
   }

2020

1. Thesis

   Interpolated Collision Model Formalism

   Daniel Grimmer

   Ph.D. thesis in Physics, University of Waterloo, Sep 2020

   arXiv Bib Repository

   @phdthesis{grimmer2020thesis,
     title = {Interpolated Collision Model Formalism},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel},
     year = {2020},
     month = sep,
     school = {Ph.D. thesis in Physics, University of Waterloo},
   }

2019

1. PRL

   Collisional Quantum Thermometry

   Stella Seah, Stefan Nimmrichter, Daniel Grimmer, Jader P. Santos, Valerio Scarani, and Gabriel T. Landi

   Physical Review Letters, Oct 2019

   DOI arXiv Bib Journal

   @article{seah2019collisional,
     title = {Collisional Quantum Thermometry},
     author = {Seah, Stella and Nimmrichter, Stefan and Grimmer, Daniel and Santos, Jader P. and Scarani, Valerio and Landi, Gabriel T.},
     journal = {Physical Review Letters},
     year = {2019},
     month = oct,
     volume = {123},
     pages = {180602},
     doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.180602},
   }

2. PRA

   Zeno Friction and Antifriction from Quantum Collision Models

   Daniel Grimmer, Achim Kempf, Robert B. Mann, and Eduardo Martín-Martínez

   Physical Review A, Oct 2019

   DOI arXiv Bib Journal

   @article{grimmer2019zeno,
     title = {Zeno Friction and Antifriction from Quantum Collision Models},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel and Kempf, Achim and Mann, Robert B. and Martín-Martínez, Eduardo},
     journal = {Physical Review A},
     year = {2019},
     month = oct,
     volume = {100},
     pages = {042702},
     doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.100.042702},
   }

3. J Phys A

   A Classification of Markovian Fermionic Gaussian Master Equations

   Marvellous Onuma-Kalu, Daniel Grimmer, Robert B. Mann, and Eduardo Martín-Martínez

   Journal of Physics A, Oct 2019

   DOI arXiv Bib Journal

   @article{onumakalu2019classification,
     title = {A Classification of Markovian Fermionic Gaussian Master Equations},
     author = {Onuma-Kalu, Marvellous and Grimmer, Daniel and Mann, Robert B. and Martín-Martínez, Eduardo},
     journal = {Journal of Physics A},
     year = {2019},
     month = oct,
     volume = {52},
     pages = {435302},
     doi = {10.1088/1751-8121/ab40e1},
   }

4. J Phys A

   Thermal Contact: Mischief and Time Scales

   Daniel Grimmer, Robert B. Mann, and Eduardo Martín-Martínez

   Journal of Physics A, Sep 2019

   DOI arXiv Bib Journal

   @article{grimmer2019thermal,
     title = {Thermal Contact: Mischief and Time Scales},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel and Mann, Robert B. and Martín-Martínez, Eduardo},
     journal = {Journal of Physics A},
     year = {2019},
     month = sep,
     volume = {52},
     pages = {395305},
     doi = {10.1088/1751-8121/ab3a19},
   }

2018

1. PRA

   Gaussian Ancillary Bombardment

   Daniel Grimmer, Eric Brown, Achim Kempf, Robert B. Mann, and Eduardo Martín-Martínez

   Physical Review A, May 2018

   DOI arXiv Bib Journal

   @article{grimmer2018gaussian,
     title = {Gaussian Ancillary Bombardment},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel and Brown, Eric and Kempf, Achim and Mann, Robert B. and Martín-Martínez, Eduardo},
     journal = {Physical Review A},
     year = {2018},
     month = may,
     volume = {97},
     pages = {052120},
     doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.97.052120},
   }

2. J Phys A

   A Classification of Open Gaussian Dynamics

   Daniel Grimmer, Eric Brown, Achim Kempf, Robert B. Mann, and Eduardo Martín-Martínez

   Journal of Physics A, May 2018

   DOI arXiv Bib Journal

   @article{grimmer2018classification,
     title = {A Classification of Open Gaussian Dynamics},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel and Brown, Eric and Kempf, Achim and Mann, Robert B. and Martín-Martínez, Eduardo},
     journal = {Journal of Physics A},
     year = {2018},
     month = may,
     volume = {51},
     pages = {245301},
     doi = {10.1088/1751-8121/aac114},
   }

2017

1. PRA

   Purification in Rapid Repeated Interaction Systems

   Daniel Grimmer, Robert B. Mann, and Eduardo Martín-Martínez

   Physical Review A, Apr 2017

   DOI arXiv Bib Journal

   @article{grimmer2017purification,
     title = {Purification in Rapid Repeated Interaction Systems},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel and Mann, Robert B. and Martín-Martínez, Eduardo},
     journal = {Physical Review A},
     year = {2017},
     month = apr,
     volume = {95},
     pages = {042114},
     doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.95.042114},
   }

2016

1. PRA

   Open Dynamics under Rapid Repeated Interaction

   Daniel Grimmer, David Layden, Robert B. Mann, and Eduardo Martín-Martínez

   Physical Review A, Sep 2016

   DOI arXiv Bib Journal

   @article{grimmer2016open,
     title = {Open Dynamics under Rapid Repeated Interaction},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel and Layden, David and Mann, Robert B. and Martín-Martínez, Eduardo},
     journal = {Physical Review A},
     year = {2016},
     month = sep,
     volume = {94},
     pages = {032126},
     doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.94.032126},
   }

2014

1. PRA

   Quantum Phases of Soft-Core Dipolar Bosons in Optical Lattices

   Daniel Grimmer, Arghavan Safavi-Naini, Barbara Capogrosso-Sansone, and Şebnem Güneş Soyler

   Physical Review A, Oct 2014

   DOI arXiv Bib Journal

   @article{grimmer2014quantum,
     title = {Quantum Phases of Soft-Core Dipolar Bosons in Optical Lattices},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel and Safavi-Naini, Arghavan and Capogrosso-Sansone, Barbara and Soyler, Şebnem Güneş},
     journal = {Physical Review A},
     year = {2014},
     month = oct,
     volume = {90},
     pages = {043635},
     doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.90.043635},
   }

2024

1. Preprint

   Spacetime Representation Theory: Setting the Scope of the ISE Method of Topological Redescription

   Daniel Grimmer

   arXiv · Withdrawn from review; reworked into “Das Neue Raumproblem”, 2024

   arXiv Bib Video

   @misc{grimmer2023spacetimerep,
     title = {Spacetime Representation Theory: Setting the Scope of the ISE Method of Topological Redescription},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel},
     year = {2024},
     eprint = {2306.08110},
     archiveprefix = {arXiv},
     primaryclass = {physics.hist-ph},
     url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08110},
   }

2023

1. Preprint

   From Humean Laws to a Neo-Kantian Spacetime: A Dynamics-First View of Topology

   Daniel Grimmer

   arXiv · Preprint only, Aug 2023

   arXiv Bib

   @misc{grimmer2023humean,
     title = {From Humean Laws to a Neo-Kantian Spacetime: A Dynamics-First View of Topology},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel},
     year = {2023},
     month = aug,
     eprint = {2308.14146},
     archiveprefix = {arXiv},
     primaryclass = {physics.hist-ph},
     url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.14146},
   }

2. Preprint

   Introducing the ISE Methodology: A Powerful New Tool for Topological Redescription

   Daniel Grimmer

   arXiv · Preprint only, Mar 2023

   arXiv Bib

   @misc{grimmer2023ise,
     title = {Introducing the ISE Methodology: A Powerful New Tool for Topological Redescription},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel},
     year = {2023},
     month = mar,
     eprint = {2303.04130},
     archiveprefix = {arXiv},
     primaryclass = {physics.hist-ph},
     url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.04130},
   }

2022

1. Preprint

   A Discrete Analog of General Covariance – Part 2: Despite what you’ve heard, a perfectly Lorentzian lattice theory

   Daniel Grimmer

   arXiv · Preprint only, May 2022

   arXiv Bib

   @misc{grimmer2022discrete2,
     title = {A Discrete Analog of General Covariance -- Part 2: Despite what you've heard, a perfectly Lorentzian lattice theory},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel},
     year = {2022},
     month = may,
     eprint = {2205.07701},
     archiveprefix = {arXiv},
     primaryclass = {gr-qc},
     url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.07701},
   }

2. Preprint

   A Discrete Analog of General Covariance – Part 1: Could the world be fundamentally set on a lattice?

   Daniel Grimmer

   arXiv · Preprint only, Apr 2022

   arXiv Bib Video

   @misc{grimmer2022discrete1,
     title = {A Discrete Analog of General Covariance -- Part 1: Could the world be fundamentally set on a lattice?},
     author = {Grimmer, Daniel},
     year = {2022},
     month = apr,
     eprint = {2204.02276},
     archiveprefix = {arXiv},
     primaryclass = {physics.hist-ph},
     url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.02276},
   }