@article{learningtothinkinphysicsbreakingshortcut, title = {Learning to Think in Physics: Breaking Shortcut Learning in Scientific Diffusion via Representation Alignment}, author = {Haozhe Jia and Pengyu Yin and Wenshuo Chen and Shaofeng Liang and Lei Wang and Bowen Tian and Xiucheng Wang and Nanqian Jia and Yutao Yue}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2605.20780}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.20780}, }