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Dynamical signature of fractionalization at a deconfined quantum critical point

By Nvsen Ma, Guang-Yu Sun, Yi-Zhuang You, Cenke Xu, Ashvin Vishwanath, Anders W. Sandvik, and Zi Yang Meng from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018.

Author(s): Nvsen Ma, Guang-Yu Sun, Yi-Zhuang You, Cenke Xu, Ashvin Vishwanath, Anders W. Sandvik, and Zi Yang Meng

Recent theoretical research has focused on exciting new types of phase transitions that do not appear to fit within standard paradigms. In so-called $d\phantom{\rule{0}{0ex}}e\phantom{\rule{0}{0ex}}c\phantom{\rule{0}{0ex}}o\phantom{\rule{0}{0ex}}n\phantom{\rule{0}{0ex}}f\phantom{\rule{0}{0ex}}i\phantom{\rule{0}{0ex}}n\phantom{\rule{0}{0ex}}e\phantom{\rule{0}{0ex}}d$ quantum phase transitions, the conventional quasiparticle used in standard mathematical descriptions must be replaced by fractionalized (“split-up”) quasiparticles. Here, the authors present calculations aimed directly at the most promising experimental investigations, where the quasiparticles or their fractionalized parts are directly probed, for example, by neutron scattering. They present calculations of the spectral functions measured in such experiments to exhibit the deconfined transition and fractionalization phenomenon therein between a magnetic and a nonmagnetic phase. These results are useful for interpreting experimental results and guiding searches for deconfined phase transitions in quantum materials consisting of layered structures, in which the interactions between electrons are strong and lead to unconventional electronic and magnetic properties.

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 174421] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018

Erratum: Observation of transient lattice disorder at the onset of multiferroic ordering in ${\mathrm{Eu}}_{1−x}{\mathrm{Ho}}_{x}{\mathrm{MnO}}_{3}$ by Raman spectroscopy [Phys. Rev. B 97, 224307 (2018)]

By S. Elsässer, A. A. Mukhin, A. M. Balbashov, and J. Geurts from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018.

Author(s): S. Elsässer, A. A. Mukhin, A. M. Balbashov, and J. Geurts

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 179901] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018

All-optical radio-frequency modulation of Anderson-localized modes

By G. Arregui, D. Navarro-Urrios, N. Kehagias, C. M. Sotomayor Torres, and P. D. García from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018.

Author(s): G. Arregui, D. Navarro-Urrios, N. Kehagias, C. M. Sotomayor Torres, and P. D. García

All-optical modulation of light relies on exploiting intrinsic material nonlinearities [V. R. Almeida et al., Nature 431, 1081 (2004)]. However, this optical control is rather challenging due to the weak dependence of the refractive index and absorption coefficients on the concentration of free car...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 180202(R)] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018

NMR study of optically hyperpolarized phosphorus donor nuclei in silicon

By P. Gumann, H. Haas, S. Sheldon, L. Zhu, R. Deshpande, T. Alexander, M. L. W. Thewalt, D. G. Cory, and C. Ramanathan from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018.

Author(s): P. Gumann, H. Haas, S. Sheldon, L. Zhu, R. Deshpande, T. Alexander, M. L. W. Thewalt, D. G. Cory, and C. Ramanathan

We use above-band-gap optical excitation, via a 1047-nm laser, to hyperpolarize the $^{31}\mathrm{P}$ spins in low-doped (${N}_{D}=6×{10}^{15}\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}{\mathrm{cm}}^{−3}$) natural abundance silicon at 4.2 K and 6.7 T, and inductively detect the resulting NMR signal. The 30-kHz spe...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 180405(R)] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018

Tunable auxetic properties in group-IV monochalcogenide monolayers

By Xian Kong, Junkai Deng, Lou Li, Yilun Liu, Xiangdong Ding, Jun Sun, and Jefferson Zhe Liu from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018.

Author(s): Xian Kong, Junkai Deng, Lou Li, Yilun Liu, Xiangdong Ding, Jun Sun, and Jefferson Zhe Liu

Negative Poisson's ratio (NPR) is a counterintuitive material elastic constant that can lead to many unusual auxetic properties. Here, using first-principles calculations, we report tunable negative Poisson's ratio in the out-of-plane direction in group-IV monochalcogenide monolayers $MX$ ($M=\text{... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 184104] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Singularities in large deviations of work in quantum quenches By P. Rotondo, J. Minář, J. P. Garrahan, I. Lesanovsky, and M. Marcuzzi from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): P. Rotondo, J. Minář, J. P. Garrahan, I. Lesanovsky, and M. Marcuzzi We investigate large deviations of the work performed in a quantum quench across two different phases separated by a quantum critical point, using as an example the Dicke model quenched from its superradiant to its normal phase. We extract the distribution of the work from the Loschmidt amplitude an... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 184303] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Tuning spin-charge interconversion with quantum confinement in ultrathin bismuth films By C. Zucchetti, M.-T. Dau, F. Bottegoni, C. Vergnaud, T. Guillet, A. Marty, C. Beigné, S. Gambarelli, A. Picone, A. Calloni, G. Bussetti, A. Brambilla, L. Duò, F. Ciccacci, P. K. Das, J. Fujii, I. Vobornik, M. Finazzi, and M. Jamet from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): C. Zucchetti, M.-T. Dau, F. Bottegoni, C. Vergnaud, T. Guillet, A. Marty, C. Beigné, S. Gambarelli, A. Picone, A. Calloni, G. Bussetti, A. Brambilla, L. Duò, F. Ciccacci, P. K. Das, J. Fujii, I. Vobornik, M. Finazzi, and M. Jamet Spin-charge interconversion (SCI) phenomena are now at the core of the field of spin-orbitronics. They allow to generate or detect spin currents in nonmagnetic materials and to manipulate the magnetization of nanomagnets by spin-orbit torque. Here, the authors show that spin-charge interconversion can be tuned by quantum size effects in ultrathin bismuth films. Epitaxially grown on germanium, bismuth first forms nanocrystals with a size less than the electron Fermi wavelength. Quantum confinement in these nanocrystals leads to high bulk resistance which can be interpreted as a semimetal-to-semiconductor transition. They also exhibit metallic surface states with a characteristic helical spin texture at the Fermi contour as shown by spin-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Hence, when generating a spin current in germanium, it is converted into a charge current uniquely in the bottom surface states of bismuth nanocrystals. When increasing the amount of deposited bismuth, nanocrystals grow and begin to form a continuous semimetallic film suppressing quantum confinement. The spin-to-charge conversions into the top and bottom surfaces cancel each other. Thus, quantum confinement can turn on and off SCI in ultrathin bismuth films. [Phys. Rev. B 98, 184418] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Structural correlation with the Griffiths phase in disordered magnetic systems By Krishanu Ghosh, Chandan Mazumdar, R. Ranganathan, S. Mukherjee, and Molly De Raychaudhury from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): Krishanu Ghosh, Chandan Mazumdar, R. Ranganathan, S. Mukherjee, and Molly De Raychaudhury In this work we report detailed experimental results and band structure calculations to establish a subtle link between the crystal structure and Griffiths phase (GP) behavior for the geometrically frustrated intermetallic$\mathrm{Gd}{\mathit{M}}_{x}{\mathrm{Sn}}_{2−δ}$(M = Co, Ni, Cu;$0<\math...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 184419] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018

Rhombi-chain Bose-Hubbard model: Geometric frustration and interactions

By Christine Cartwright, Gabriele De Chiara, and Matteo Rizzi from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018.

Author(s): Christine Cartwright, Gabriele De Chiara, and Matteo Rizzi

We explore the effects of geometric frustration within a one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model using a chain of rhombi subject to a magnetic flux. The competition of tunneling, self-interaction, and magnetic flux gives rise to the emergence of a pair-superfluid (pair-Luttinger liquid) phase besides the...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 184508] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018

Tuning the magnetic ground state of ${\mathrm{Ce}}_{1−x}{\mathrm{Yb}}_{x}{\mathrm{RhIn}}_{5}$ by Yb valence fluctuations

By S. Jang, N. Pouse, T. Keiber, B. D. White, S. M. Disseler, J. W. Lynn, J. C. Collini, M. Janoschek, F. Bridges, and M. B. Maple from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018.

Author(s): S. Jang, N. Pouse, T. Keiber, B. D. White, S. M. Disseler, J. W. Lynn, J. C. Collini, M. Janoschek, F. Bridges, and M. B. Maple

We characterize the properties of ${\mathrm{Ce}}_{1−x}{\mathrm{Yb}}_{x}{\mathrm{RhIn}}_{5}$ single crystals with $0≤x≤1$ using measurements of powder x-ray diffraction, energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, specific heat, x-ray absorption near edge st...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 195118] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018

${\mathrm{CeIr}}_{3}{\mathrm{Ge}}_{7}$: A local moment antiferromagnetic metal with extremely low ordering temperature

By Binod K. Rai, Jacintha Banda, Macy Stavinoha, R. Borth, D.-J. Jang, Katherine A. Benavides, D. A. Sokolov, Julia Y. Chan, M. Nicklas, Manuel Brando, C.-L. Huang, and E. Morosan from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018.

Author(s): Binod K. Rai, Jacintha Banda, Macy Stavinoha, R. Borth, D.-J. Jang, Katherine A. Benavides, D. A. Sokolov, Julia Y. Chan, M. Nicklas, Manuel Brando, C.-L. Huang, and E. Morosan

${\mathrm{CeIr}}_{3}{\mathrm{Ge}}_{7}$ is an antiferromagnetic metal with a remarkably low ordering temperature ${T}_{\mathrm{N}}=0.63\phantom{\rule{0.28em}{0ex}}\mathrm{K}$, while most Ce-based magnets order between 2 and 15 K. Thermodynamic and transport properties as a function of magnetic field ...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 195119] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018

Crystalline electric field of Ce in trigonal symmetry: ${\mathrm{CeIr}}_{3}{\mathrm{Ge}}_{7}$ as a model case

By J. Banda, B. K. Rai, H. Rosner, E. Morosan, C. Geibel, and M. Brando from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018.

Author(s): J. Banda, B. K. Rai, H. Rosner, E. Morosan, C. Geibel, and M. Brando

The crystalline electric field (CEF) of ${\mathrm{Ce}}^{3+}$ in trigonal symmetry has recently become of some relevance, for instance, in the search of frustrated magnetic systems. Fortunately, it is one of the CEF cases in which a manageable analytic solution can be obtained. Here, we present this ...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 195120] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018

Stability of the light-induced hidden charge density wave state within the phase diagram of $1\mathit{T}\text{−}{\mathrm{TaS}}_{2−x}{\mathrm{Se}}_{x}$

By L. Stojchevska, P. Šutar, E. Goreshnik, D. Mihailovic, and T. Mertelj from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018.

Author(s): L. Stojchevska, P. Šutar, E. Goreshnik, D. Mihailovic, and T. Mertelj

The femtosecond transient optical spectroscopy is employed to study the relaxation dynamics of the equilibrium and hidden metastable charge-density-wave states in single crystals of $1T\text{−}{\mathrm{TaS}}_{2−x}{\mathrm{Se}}_{x}$ as a function of the Se doping $x$. Similar to pristine $1T\text{−}{... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 195121] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Anomalous Hall effect in the trigonal${\mathrm{Cr}}_{5}{\mathrm{Te}}_{8}$single crystal By Yu Liu (刘育) and C. Petrovic from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): Yu Liu (刘育) and C. Petrovic We report anomalous Hall effect (AHE) and transport properties of trigonal${\mathrm{Cr}}_{5}{\mathrm{Te}}_{8}$(tr-${\mathrm{Cr}}_{5}{\mathrm{Te}}_{8})$single crystals. The electrical resistivity as well as the Seebeck coefficient show a clear kink at the paramagnetic-ferromagnetic transition of t... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 195122] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Spin relaxation of a donor electron coupled to interface states By Peihao Huang and Garnett W. Bryant from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): Peihao Huang and Garnett W. Bryant An electron spin qubit in a silicon donor atom is a promising candidate for quantum information processing because of its long coherence time. To be sensed with a single-electron transistor, the donor atom is usually located near an interface, where the donor states can be coupled with interface sta... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 195307] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Trimer bonding states on the surface of the transition-metal dichalcogenide$\mathrm{TaT}{\mathrm{e}}_{2}$By Chen Chen, Heung-Sik Kim, Alemayehu S. Admasu, Sang-Wook Cheong, Kristjan Haule, David Vanderbilt, and Weida Wu from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): Chen Chen, Heung-Sik Kim, Alemayehu S. Admasu, Sang-Wook Cheong, Kristjan Haule, David Vanderbilt, and Weida Wu We report a comprehensive study on the surface structural and electronic properties of$\mathrm{TaT}{\mathrm{e}}_{2}$at room temperature. The surface structure was investigated using both low energy electron diffraction intensity versus voltage and density functional theory calculations. The relaxe... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 195423] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Hydrogen adsorption induced nanomagnetism at the Si(111)-$(7×7)$surface By Xiao-Yan Ren, Chun-Yao Niu, Seho Yi, Shunfang Li, and Jun-Hyung Cho from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): Xiao-Yan Ren, Chun-Yao Niu, Seho Yi, Shunfang Li, and Jun-Hyung Cho The creation of magnetism on nonmagnetic semiconductor surfaces is of importance for the realization of spintronics devices. In particular, the coupling of electron spins within quantum nanostructures can be utilized for nanomagnetism applications. Here, we demonstrate, based on first-principles den... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 195424] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Efficient representation of long-range interactions in tensor network algorithms By Matthew J. O'Rourke, Zhendong Li, and Garnet Kin-Lic Chan from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): Matthew J. O'Rourke, Zhendong Li, and Garnet Kin-Lic Chan We describe a practical and efficient approach to represent physically realistic long-range interactions in two-dimensional tensor network algorithms via projected entangled-pair operators (PEPOs). We express the long-range interaction as a linear combination of correlation functions of an auxiliary... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 205127] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Spin-orbit coupling and correlations in three-orbital systems By Robert Triebl, Gernot J. Kraberger, Jernej Mravlje, and Markus Aichhorn from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): Robert Triebl, Gernot J. Kraberger, Jernej Mravlje, and Markus Aichhorn We investigate the influence of spin-orbit coupling$λ$in strongly-correlated multiorbital systems that we describe by a three-orbital Hubbard-Kanamori model on a Bethe lattice. We solve the problem at all integer fillings$N$with the dynamical mean-field theory using the continuous-time hybridiza... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 205128] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Connecting higher-order topological insulators to lower-dimensional topological insulators By Akishi Matsugatani and Haruki Watanabe from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): Akishi Matsugatani and Haruki Watanabe In recent years, the role of crystal symmetries in enriching the variety of TIs has been actively investigated. Higher-order TIs are a new type of topological crystalline insulators that exhibit gapless boundary states whose dimensionality is lower than those on the surface of conventional TIs. In t... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 205129] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Ferromagnetically correlated clusters in semimetallic${\mathrm{Ru}}_{2}\mathrm{NbAl}$Heusler alloy and its thermoelectric properties By Sanchayita Mondal, Chandan Mazumdar, R. Ranganathan, Eric Alleno, P. C. Sreeparvathy, V. Kanchana, and G. Vaitheeswaran from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): Sanchayita Mondal, Chandan Mazumdar, R. Ranganathan, Eric Alleno, P. C. Sreeparvathy, V. Kanchana, and G. Vaitheeswaran In this work, we report the structural, magnetic, electrical and thermal transport properties of the Heusler-type alloy${\mathrm{Ru}}_{2}\mathrm{NbAl}$. From the detailed analysis of magnetization data, we infer the presence of superparamagnetically interacting clusters with a Pauli paramagnetic ba... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 205130] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Spectroscopic signature of trimer Mott insulator and charge disproportionation in${\mathrm{BaIrO}}_{3}$By R. Okazaki, S. Ito, K. Tanabe, H. Taniguchi, Y. Ikemoto, T. Moriwaki, and I. Terasaki from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): R. Okazaki, S. Ito, K. Tanabe, H. Taniguchi, Y. Ikemoto, T. Moriwaki, and I. Terasaki We have measured the reflectivity spectra of the barium iridate$9R\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}{\mathrm{BaIrO}}_{3}$, the crystal structure of which consists of characteristic${\mathrm{Ir}}_{3}{\mathrm{O}}_{12}$trimers. In the high-temperature phase above the transition temperature${T}_{c}\phantom{\...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 205131] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018

Stripe and superconducting order competing in the Hubbard model on a square lattice studied by a combined variational Monte Carlo and tensor network method

By Andrew S. Darmawan, Yusuke Nomura, Youhei Yamaji, and Masatoshi Imada from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018.

Author(s): Andrew S. Darmawan, Yusuke Nomura, Youhei Yamaji, and Masatoshi Imada

The long-studied Hubbard model is one of the simplest models of copper-oxide superconductors. However, the connection between the model and the experimental phase diagram is still under debate, in particular regarding the existence and extent of the $d$-wave superconducting phase. Recent rapid progr...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 205132] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018

Platform for nodal topological superconductors in monolayer molybdenum dichalcogenides

By Lin Wang, Tomas Orn Rosdahl, and Doru Sticlet from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 16, 2018.

Author(s): Lin Wang, Tomas Orn Rosdahl, and Doru Sticlet

We propose a platform to realize nodal topological superconductors in a superconducting monolayer of ${\mathrm{MoX}}_{2}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}(\mathrm{X}=\mathrm{S},\text{Se},\text{Te})$ using an in-plane magnetic field. The bulk nodal points appear where the spin splitting due to spin-orbit coup...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 205411] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018

Cooling a Bose Gas by Three-Body Losses

By Max Schemmer and Isabelle Bouchoule from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 16, 2018.

Author(s): Max Schemmer and Isabelle Bouchoule

We report the demonstration of cooling by three-body losses in a Bose gas. We use a harmonically confined one-dimensional (1D) Bose gas in the quasicondensate regime and, as the atom number decreases under the effect of three-body losses, the temperature $T$ drops up to a factor of 4. The ratio ${k}... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 200401] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Primordial Anisotropies in the Gravitational Wave Background from Cosmological Phase Transitions By Michael Geller, Anson Hook, Raman Sundrum, and Yuhsin Tsai from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): Michael Geller, Anson Hook, Raman Sundrum, and Yuhsin Tsai Phase transitions in the early Universe can readily create an observable stochastic gravitational wave background. We show that such a background necessarily contains anisotropies analogous to those of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) of photons, and that these too may be within reach of propos... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 201303] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Precise Predictions of Charmed-Bottom Hadrons from Lattice QCD By Nilmani Mathur, M. Padmanath, and Sourav Mondal from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): Nilmani Mathur, M. Padmanath, and Sourav Mondal We report the ground state masses of hadrons containing at least one charm and one bottom quark using lattice quantum chromodynamics. These include mesons with spin ($J$) and parity ($P$), (${J}^{P}$):${0}^{−}$,${1}^{−}$,${1}^{+}$, and${0}^{+}$and the spin$1/2$and$3/2$baryons. Among these h... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 202002] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Novel$|{V}_{us}|$Determination Using Inclusive Strange$τ$Decay and Lattice Hadronic Vacuum Polarization Functions By Peter Boyle, Renwick James Hudspith, Taku Izubuchi, Andreas Jüttner, Christoph Lehner, Randy Lewis, Kim Maltman, Hiroshi Ohki, Antonin Portelli, and Matthew Spraggs (RBC and UKQCD Collaborations) from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): Peter Boyle, Renwick James Hudspith, Taku Izubuchi, Andreas Jüttner, Christoph Lehner, Randy Lewis, Kim Maltman, Hiroshi Ohki, Antonin Portelli, and Matthew Spraggs (RBC and UKQCD Collaborations) We propose and apply a new approach to determining$|{V}_{us}|$using dispersion relations with weight functions having poles at Euclidean (spacelike) momentum which relate strange hadronic$τ$decay distributions to hadronic vacuum polarization (HVP) functions obtained from lattice quantum chromody... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 202003] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Charge Migration in Propiolic Acid: A Full Quantum Dynamical Study By Victor Despré, Nikolay V. Golubev, and Alexander I. Kuleff from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): Victor Despré, Nikolay V. Golubev, and Alexander I. Kuleff Ionization of molecules very often populates several cationic states launching pure electron dynamics that appear as ultrafast migration of the hole charge throughout the system. A crucial question in the emerging field of attochemistry is whether these pure electronic coherences last long enough to... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 203002] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Near-Threshold Cross Sections for Electron and Positron Impact Ionization of Atomic Hydrogen By I. Bray, A. W. Bray, D. V. Fursa, and A. S. Kadyrov from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): I. Bray, A. W. Bray, D. V. Fursa, and A. S. Kadyrov Using classical arguments Wannier [Phys. Rev. 90, 817 (1953)] proposed an electron-impact ionization cross section for neutral atoms to behave as${E}^{1.127}$, where$E$is the excess energy above threshold. Using similar arguments Klar [J. Phys. B 14, 4165 (1981)] obtained${E}^{2.65}$to be the c... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 203401] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Beyond the Bode-Fano Bound: Wideband Impedance Matching for Short Pulses Using Temporal Switching of Transmission-Line Parameters By Amir Shlivinski and Yakir Hadad from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): Amir Shlivinski and Yakir Hadad Impedance matching is one of the most important practices in wave engineering as it enables one to maximize the power transfer from the signal source to the load in the wave system. Unfortunately, it is bounded by the Bode-Fano criterion which states that, for any passive, linear, and time-invariant... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 204301] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Thermoelectric Characterization of the Kondo Resonance in Nanowire Quantum Dots By Artis Svilans, Martin Josefsson, Adam M. Burke, Sofia Fahlvik, Claes Thelander, Heiner Linke, and Martin Leijnse from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): Artis Svilans, Martin Josefsson, Adam M. Burke, Sofia Fahlvik, Claes Thelander, Heiner Linke, and Martin Leijnse We experimentally verify hitherto untested theoretical predictions about the thermoelectric properties of Kondo correlated quantum dots (QDs). The specific conditions required for this study are obtained by using QDs epitaxially grown in nanowires, combined with a recently developed method for contr... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 206801] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Interlayer Couplings Mediated by Antiferromagnetic Magnons By Ran Cheng, Di Xiao, and Jian-Gang Zhu from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): Ran Cheng, Di Xiao, and Jian-Gang Zhu Collinear antiferromagnets (AFs) support two degenerate magnon excitations carrying opposite spin polarizations, by which magnons can function as electrons in various spin-related phenomena. In an insulating ferromagnet(F)/AF/F trilayer, we explore the magnon-mediated interlayer coupling by calculat... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 207202] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Fermi-Liquid Approach for Superconducting Kondo Problems By Alex Zazunov, Stephan Plugge, and Reinhold Egger from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): Alex Zazunov, Stephan Plugge, and Reinhold Egger We present a Fermi liquid approach to superconducting Kondo problems applicable when the Kondo temperature is large compared to the superconducting gap. To illustrate the theory, we study the current-phase relation and the Andreev level spectrum for an Anderson impurity between two$s$-wave supercon... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 207701] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Dynamic Solid Surface Tension Causes Droplet Pinning and Depinning By M. van Gorcum, B. Andreotti, J. H. Snoeijer, and S. Karpitschka from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): M. van Gorcum, B. Andreotti, J. H. Snoeijer, and S. Karpitschka The contact line of a liquid drop on a solid exerts a nanometrically sharp surface traction. This provides an unprecedented tool to study highly localized and dynamic surface deformations of soft polymer networks. One of the outstanding problems in this context is the stick-slip instability, observe... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 208003] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 Optimal Noise-Canceling Networks By Henrik Ronellenfitsch, Jörn Dunkel, and Michael Wilczek from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author(s): Henrik Ronellenfitsch, Jörn Dunkel, and Michael Wilczek The structure of a network, such as an electricity grid, can be optimized to reduce the effects of fluctuations in the network’s inputs. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 208301] Published Fri Nov 16, 2018 NUAK2 is a critical YAP target in liver cancer By Fernando D. Camargo from Nature Communications - current - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 16, 2018. NUAK2 is a critical YAP target in liver cancer NUAK2 is a critical YAP target in liver cancer, Published online: 16 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07394-5 Hippo-YAP pathway plays an important role in cancers; however the in vivo relevance of YAP/TAZ target genes is unclear. Here, the authors show that NUAK2 is a target of YAP and participates in a feedback loop to maximize YAP activity. Inhibition of NUAK2 suppresses YAP-driven hepatomegaly and liver cancer growth, offering a new target for cancer therapy. Barren plateaus in quantum neural network training landscapes By Hartmut Neven from Nature Communications - current - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Barren plateaus in quantum neural network training landscapes Barren plateaus in quantum neural network training landscapes, Published online: 16 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07090-4 Gradient-based hybrid quantum-classical algorithms are often initialised with random, unstructured guesses. Here, the authors show that this approach will fail in the long run, due to the exponentially-small probability of finding a large enough gradient along any direction. Dna2 processes behind the fork long ssDNA flaps generated by Pif1 and replication-dependent strand displacement By Michele Giannattasio from Nature Communications - current - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Dna2 processes behind the fork long ssDNA flaps generated by Pif1 and replication-dependent strand displacement Dna2 processes behind the fork long ssDNA flaps generated by Pif1 and replication-dependent strand displacement, Published online: 16 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07378-5 DNA2 encodes a 5′ flap DNA endonuclease involved in replication and DNA double strand break processing. Here the authors by using a conditional degron system together with electron microscopy characterize the role played by Dna2 and Pif1 helicase during unperturbed DNA replication in S. cerevisiae. A hPSC-based platform to discover gene-environment interactions that impact human β-cell and dopamine neuron survival By Shuibing Chen from Nature Communications - current - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 16, 2018. A hPSC-based platform to discover gene-environment interactions that impact human β-cell and dopamine neuron survival A hPSC-based platform to discover gene-environment interactions that impact human β-cell and dopamine neuron survival, Published online: 16 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07201-1 Diseases such as diabetes and Parkinson's manifest based on interactions between genes and environment. Here, the authors find among a panel of cell types that propargite, a common pesticide, induces pancreatic β-cell and dopamine neuron death and that loss of the gene GSTT1 confers hypersensitivity. Shockwave generates < 100 > dislocation loops in bcc iron By Fei Gao from Nature Communications - current - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Shockwave generates < 100 > dislocation loops in bcc iron Shockwave generates &lt; 100 &gt; dislocation loops in bcc iron, Published online: 16 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07102-3 Irradiating iron introduces defects such as interstitial dislocation loops, whose exact formation mechanism remains unclear. Here, the authors use large scale molecular dynamics simulations to reveal a punch out mechanism that can directly create interstitial dislocation loops. Cellular metabolism constrains innate immune responses in early human ontogeny By Pascal M. Lavoie from Nature Communications - current - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Cellular metabolism constrains innate immune responses in early human ontogeny Cellular metabolism constrains innate immune responses in early human ontogeny, Published online: 16 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07215-9 Little is known about developmental set points of immune responses, especially in humans. Here the authors show that the metabolic state of monocytes isolated from prematurely born infants underlies attenuated responsiveness to fungal infection via selective control of protein translation. In situ synthesis of supported metal nanocatalysts through heterogeneous doping By WooChul Jung from Nature Communications - current - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 16, 2018. In situ synthesis of supported metal nanocatalysts through heterogeneous doping In situ synthesis of supported metal nanocatalysts through heterogeneous doping, Published online: 16 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07050-y Supported metal nanoparticles hold great promise for many fields, including catalysis and renewable energy. Here the authors report a novel methodology for the in-situ growth of architecturally tailored, regenerative metal nanocatalysts that is applicable to a wide range of materials. Author Correction: Comprehensive integrative analyses identify GLT8D1 and CSNK2B as schizophrenia risk genes By Xiong-Jian Luo from Nature Communications - current - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author Correction: Comprehensive integrative analyses identify GLT8D1 and CSNK2B as schizophrenia risk genes Author Correction: Comprehensive integrative analyses identify <i>GLT8D1</i> and <i>CSNK2B</i> as schizophrenia risk genes, Published online: 16 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07401-9 Author Correction: Comprehensive integrative analyses identify GLT8D1 and CSNK2B as schizophrenia risk genes Asymmetry in Mechanosensitive Gene Expression during Aortic Arch Morphogenesis By Kerem Pekkan from Scientific Reports - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Asymmetry in Mechanosensitive Gene Expression during Aortic Arch Morphogenesis Asymmetry in Mechanosensitive Gene Expression during Aortic Arch Morphogenesis, Published online: 16 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-35127-7 Asymmetry in Mechanosensitive Gene Expression during Aortic Arch Morphogenesis Author Correction: Comparing Sanger sequencing and high-throughput metabarcoding for inferring photobiont diversity in lichens By Francesco Dal Grande from Scientific Reports - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author Correction: Comparing Sanger sequencing and high-throughput metabarcoding for inferring photobiont diversity in lichens Author Correction: Comparing Sanger sequencing and high-throughput metabarcoding for inferring photobiont diversity in lichens, Published online: 16 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-35358-8 Author Correction: Comparing Sanger sequencing and high-throughput metabarcoding for inferring photobiont diversity in lichens Sequential state discrimination of coherent states By Younghun Kwon from Scientific Reports - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Sequential state discrimination of coherent states Sequential state discrimination of coherent states, Published online: 16 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-35047-6 Sequential state discrimination of coherent states Genome sequence analysis of an extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii indigo-pigmented strain depicts evidence of increase genome plasticity By María Soledad Ramírez from Scientific Reports - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Genome sequence analysis of an extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii indigo-pigmented strain depicts evidence of increase genome plasticity Genome sequence analysis of an extensively drug-resistant <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> indigo-pigmented strain depicts evidence of increase genome plasticity, Published online: 16 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-35377-5 Genome sequence analysis of an extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii indigo-pigmented strain depicts evidence of increase genome plasticity Single-molecule long-read sequencing facilitates shrimp transcriptome research By Xiaohan Chen from Scientific Reports - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Single-molecule long-read sequencing facilitates shrimp transcriptome research Single-molecule long-read sequencing facilitates shrimp transcriptome research, Published online: 16 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-35066-3 Single-molecule long-read sequencing facilitates shrimp transcriptome research Enhancing all-in-one bioreactors by combining interstitial perfusion, electrical stimulation, on-line monitoring and testing within a single chamber for cardiac constructs By Matteo Moretti from Scientific Reports - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Enhancing all-in-one bioreactors by combining interstitial perfusion, electrical stimulation, on-line monitoring and testing within a single chamber for cardiac constructs Enhancing all-in-one bioreactors by combining interstitial perfusion, electrical stimulation, on-line monitoring and testing within a single chamber for cardiac constructs, Published online: 16 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-35019-w Enhancing all-in-one bioreactors by combining interstitial perfusion, electrical stimulation, on-line monitoring and testing within a single chamber for cardiac constructs Quenched Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (qSTORM) with Graphene Oxide By Jian R. Lu from Scientific Reports - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Quenched Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (qSTORM) with Graphene Oxide Quenched Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (qSTORM) with Graphene Oxide, Published online: 16 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-35297-4 Quenched Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (qSTORM) with Graphene Oxide Author Correction: All-optical control of light on a graphene-on-silicon nitride chip using thermo-optic effect By Jianping Chen from Scientific Reports - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 16, 2018. Author Correction: All-optical control of light on a graphene-on-silicon nitride chip using thermo-optic effect Author Correction: All-optical control of light on a graphene-on-silicon nitride chip using thermo-optic effect, Published online: 16 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41598-018-35544-8 Author Correction: All-optical control of light on a graphene-on-silicon nitride chip using thermo-optic effect Prediction of novel high-pressure${\mathrm{H}}_{2}\mathrm{O}$-NaCl and carbon oxide compounds with a symmetry-driven structure search algorithm By Rustin Domingos, Kareemullah M. Shaik, and Burkhard Militzer from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Rustin Domingos, Kareemullah M. Shaik, and Burkhard Militzer Crystal structure prediction with theoretical methods is particularly challenging when unit cells with many atoms need to be considered. Here we employ a symmetry-driven structure search (SYDSS) method and combine it with density functional theory (DFT) to predict novel crystal structures at high pr... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 174107] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Random-field Ising-like effective theory of the glass transition. I. Mean-field models By Giulio Biroli, Chiara Cammarota, Gilles Tarjus, and Marco Tarzia from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Giulio Biroli, Chiara Cammarota, Gilles Tarjus, and Marco Tarzia Almost any liquid when cooled fast enough forms an amorphous solid, called a glass. Here, the authors develop an effective theory of the glass transition that is able to include nonperturbative fluctuations due to self-induced disorder. Their approach allows a reformulation of the problem in terms of simpler models originally introduced to describe disordered magnetic systems. The authors discuss the physical implications of such a mapping, including the possibility to determine the existence or not of an underlying finite-temperature thermodynamic glass transition in supercooled liquids. [Phys. Rev. B 98, 174205] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Random field Ising-like effective theory of the glass transition. II. Finite-dimensional models By Giulio Biroli, Chiara Cammarota, Gilles Tarjus, and Marco Tarzia from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Giulio Biroli, Chiara Cammarota, Gilles Tarjus, and Marco Tarzia Almost any liquid when cooled fast enough forms an amorphous solid, called a glass. Here, the authors develop an effective theory of the glass transition that is able to include nonperturbative fluctuations due to self-induced disorder. Their approach allows a reformulation of the problem in terms of simpler models originally introduced to describe disordered magnetic systems. The authors discuss the physical implications of such a mapping, including the possibility to determine the existence or not of an underlying finite-temperature thermodynamic glass transition in supercooled liquids. [Phys. Rev. B 98, 174206] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Magnonic band gap and mode hybridization in continuous permalloy films induced by vertical dynamic coupling with an array of permalloy ellipses By Piotr Graczyk, Maciej Krawczyk, Scott Dhuey, Wei-Gang Yang, Holger Schmidt, and Gianluca Gubbiotti from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Piotr Graczyk, Maciej Krawczyk, Scott Dhuey, Wei-Gang Yang, Holger Schmidt, and Gianluca Gubbiotti We investigate dispersion relation of spin waves in a thin homogeneous permalloy film decorated with a periodic array of elliptically shaped permalloy dots and separated by a nonmagnetic Pt spacer. We demonstrate formation of the magnonic band structure for Damon-Eshbach waves propagating in a perma... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 174420] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Fluxon-based quantum simulation in circuit QED By Alexandru Petrescu, Hakan E. Türeci, Alexey V. Ustinov, and Ioan M. Pop from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Alexandru Petrescu, Hakan E. Türeci, Alexey V. Ustinov, and Ioan M. Pop Long-lived fluxon excitations can be trapped inside a superinductor ring, which is divided into an array of loops by a periodic sequence of Josephson junctions in the quantum regime, thereby allowing fluxons to tunnel between neighboring sites. By tuning the Josephson couplings and, implicitly, the ... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 174505] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Quantum XX model with competing short- and long-range interactions: Phases and phase transitions in and out of equilibrium By Ferenc Iglói, Benjamin Blaß, Gergő Roósz, and Heiko Rieger from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Ferenc Iglói, Benjamin Blaß, Gergő Roósz, and Heiko Rieger We consider the quantum XX model in the presence of competing nearest-neighbor and global-range interactions, which is equivalent to a Bose-Hubbard model with cavity mediated global-range interactions in the hard-core boson limit. Using fermionic techniques the problem is solved exactly in one dimen... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 184415] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Entanglement production and information scrambling in a noisy spin system By Michael Knap from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Michael Knap We study theoretically entanglement and operator growth in a spin system coupled to an environment, which is modeled with classical dephasing noise. Using exact numerical simulations we show that the entanglement growth and its fluctuations are described by the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation. Moreover... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 184416] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Giant exchange bias in the single-layered Ruddlesden-Popper perovskite$\mathrm{SrLaC}{\mathrm{o}}_{0.5}\mathrm{M}{\mathrm{n}}_{0.5}{\mathrm{O}}_{4}$By Ranjana R. Das, Priyadarshini Parida, A. K. Bera, Tapan Chatterji, B. R. K. Nanda, and P. N. Santhosh from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Ranjana R. Das, Priyadarshini Parida, A. K. Bera, Tapan Chatterji, B. R. K. Nanda, and P. N. Santhosh Exchange bias (EB) as large as ∼5.5 kOe is observed in$\mathrm{SrLaC}{\mathrm{o}}_{0.5}\mathrm{M}{\mathrm{n}}_{0.5}{\mathrm{O}}_{4}$, which is the highest ever found in any layered transition-metal oxides including Ruddlesden-Popper series. Neutron-diffraction measurement rules out long-range magne... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 184417] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Direct spectroscopic evidence for mixed-valence Tl in the low carrier-density superconductor${\mathrm{Pb}}_{1−x}{\mathrm{Tl}}_{x}\mathrm{Te}$By P. Walmsley, C. Liu, A. D. Palczewski, P. Giraldo-Gallo, C. G. Olson, I. R. Fisher, and A. Kaminski from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): P. Walmsley, C. Liu, A. D. Palczewski, P. Giraldo-Gallo, C. G. Olson, I. R. Fisher, and A. Kaminski Upon doping with Tl the narrow band-gap semiconductor PbTe exhibits anomalously high-temperature superconductivity despite a very low carrier-density as well as signatures of the Kondo effect despite an absence of magnetic moments. These phenomena have been explained by invoking$2e$fluctuations of... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 184506] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Residual spin susceptibility in the spin-triplet orbital-singlet model By Yue Yu, Alfred K. C. Cheung, S. Raghu, and D. F. Agterberg from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Yue Yu, Alfred K. C. Cheung, S. Raghu, and D. F. Agterberg Nuclear magnetic resonance and Knight shift measurements are critical tools in the identification of spin-triplet superconductors. We discuss the effects of spin-orbit coupling on the Knight shift and susceptibilities for a variety of spin triplet multi-orbital gap functions with orbital-singlet cha... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 184507] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Conformational control of exciton-polariton physics in metal-poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene)-metal cavities By F. Le Roux and D. D. C. Bradley from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): F. Le Roux and D. D. C. Bradley Control is exerted over the exciton-polariton physics in metal-poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene)-metal microcavities via conformational changes to the polymer backbone. Using thin-film samples containing increasing fractions of$β$-phase chain segments, a systematic study is reported for the mode characteri... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 195306] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Anomalous quantum interference effects in graphene SNS junctions due to strain-induced gauge fields By Hadi Khanjani and Ali G. Moghaddam from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Hadi Khanjani and Ali G. Moghaddam We investigate the influence of gauge fields induced by strain on the supercurrent passing through the graphene-based Josephson junctions. We show that, in the presence of a constant pseudomagnetic field${\mathbf{B}}_{S}$originating from an arc-shape elastic deformation, the Josephson current is m... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 195421] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Complex band structure calculations based on the overbridging boundary matching method without using Green's functions By Shigeru Tsukamoto, Tomoya Ono, Shigeru Iwase, and Stefan Blügel from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Shigeru Tsukamoto, Tomoya Ono, Shigeru Iwase, and Stefan Blügel A complex band structure describes the dispersion relation not only of propagating bulk states but also of evanescent ones, both of which are together referred to as generalized Bloch states and are important for understanding the electronic nature of solid surfaces and interfaces. On the basis of t... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 195422] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Composite Weyl semimetal as a parent state for three-dimensional topologically ordered phases By Eran Sagi, Ady Stern, and David F. Mross from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Eran Sagi, Ady Stern, and David F. Mross We introduce$(3+1)$-dimensional models of short-range-interacting electrons that form a strongly correlated many-body state whose low-energy excitations are relativistic neutral fermions coupled to an emergent gauge field,${\text{QED}}_{4}$. We discuss the properties of this critical state and its... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 201111(R)] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Magnetotransport phenomena in$p$-doped diamond from first principles By Francesco Macheda and Nicola Bonini from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Francesco Macheda and Nicola Bonini We present a first-principles study of the magnetotransport phenomena in$p-doped diamond via the exact solution of the linearized Boltzmann transport equation, in which the materials' parameters, including electron-phonon and phonon-phonon interactions, are obtained from density functional theory.... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 201201(R)] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Energy-level alignment of a single molecule on ultrathin insulating film By Miyabi Imai-Imada, Hiroshi Imada, Kuniyuki Miwa, Jaehoon Jung, Tomoko K. Shimizu, Maki Kawai, and Yousoo Kim from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Miyabi Imai-Imada, Hiroshi Imada, Kuniyuki Miwa, Jaehoon Jung, Tomoko K. Shimizu, Maki Kawai, and Yousoo Kim Elucidation of the energy-level alignment mechanism at a molecule/insulator/metal interface is a key to understanding the molecular and interfacial phenomena. Herein, we provide a detailed investigation into the electronic structures of a free-base phthalocyanine on NaCl films of various thicknesses... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 201403(R)] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Large anomalous Nernst coefficient in an oxide skyrmion crystal Chern insulator By Yo Pierre Mizuta, Hikaru Sawahata, and Fumiyuki Ishii from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Yo Pierre Mizuta, Hikaru Sawahata, and Fumiyuki Ishii Our first-principles calculation predicts a sizable transverse thermoelectric coefficientN$in a skyrmion crystal assumed on EuO monolayer. Such$N$arises from the coexistence of large longitudinal thermoelectric coefficient and large Hall angle ratio, realized in the vicinity of a band gap with ... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 205125] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Pressure-induced charge density wave phase in$\mathrm{A}{\mathrm{g}}_{2\text{−}δ}\mathrm{Te}$By Yongsheng Zhao, Wenge Yang, Harold S. Schnyders, Anke Husmann, Ganghua Zhang, Yang Ren, David L. Price, Ho-Kwang Mao, and Marie-Louise Saboungi from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Yongsheng Zhao, Wenge Yang, Harold S. Schnyders, Anke Husmann, Ganghua Zhang, Yang Ren, David L. Price, Ho-Kwang Mao, and Marie-Louise Saboungi Considerable excitement was generated by the observation of large and linear positive magnetoresistance in nonmagnetic silver chalcogenides. Renewed interest in these materials was kindled by the discovery that$\mathrm{A}{\mathrm{g}}_{2}\mathrm{Te}$in particular is a topological insulator with gap... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 205126] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Toward flying qubit spectroscopy By Benoît Rossignol, Thomas Kloss, Pacôme Armagnat, and Xavier Waintal from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Benoît Rossignol, Thomas Kloss, Pacôme Armagnat, and Xavier Waintal While the coherent control of two-level quantum systems, qubits, is now standard, their continuum electronic equivalents, flying qubits, are much less developed. The first step in this direction has been achieved in dc interferometry experiments. Here, we propose a simple setup to perform the second... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 205302] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Effect of an incommensurate potential on nodal-link semimetals By Yucheng Wang, Haiping Hu, and Shu Chen from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Yucheng Wang, Haiping Hu, and Shu Chen We explore the effect of an incommensurate potential on nodal-link semimetals. For the system with surface states, we show the nodal-link semimetal undergoes a series of phase transitions: first into a metallic phase, then to a loop semimetal phase, and back to a metallic phase with increasing the s... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 205410] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 High-Dimensional Entanglement in States with Positive Partial Transposition By Marcus Huber, Ludovico Lami, Cécilia Lancien, and Alexander Müller-Hermes from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Marcus Huber, Ludovico Lami, Cécilia Lancien, and Alexander Müller-Hermes Genuine high-dimensional entanglement, i.e., the property of having a high Schmidt number, constitutes an instrumental resource in quantum communication, overcoming limitations of low-dimensional systems. States with a positive partial transpose (PPT) are generally considered weakly entangled, as th... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 200503] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Cosmic QCD Epoch at Nonvanishing Lepton Asymmetry By Mandy M. Wygas, Isabel M. Oldengott, Dietrich Bödeker, and Dominik J. Schwarz from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Mandy M. Wygas, Isabel M. Oldengott, Dietrich Bödeker, and Dominik J. Schwarz We investigate how a lepton asymmetry impacts the cosmic trajectory in the QCD phase diagram. We study the evolution of chemical potentials during the QCD epoch of the early Universe using susceptibilities from lattice QCD to interpolate between an ideal quark gas and an ideal hadron resonance gas. ... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 201302] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Small Magnetic Charges and Monopoles in Nonassociative Quantum Mechanics By Martin Bojowald, Suddhasattwa Brahma, Umut Büyükçam, Jonathan Guglielmon, and Martijn van Kuppeveld from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Martin Bojowald, Suddhasattwa Brahma, Umut Büyükçam, Jonathan Guglielmon, and Martijn van Kuppeveld Weak magnetic monopoles with a continuum of charges less than the minimum implied by Dirac’s quantization condition may be possible in nonassociative quantum mechanics. If a weakly magnetically charged proton in a hydrogen atom perturbs the standard energy spectrum only slightly, magnetic charges co... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 201602] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Measurement of Reactor Antineutrino Oscillation Amplitude and Frequency at RENO By G. Bak <em>et al.</em> (RENO Collaboration) from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): G. Bak et al. (RENO Collaboration) The RENO experiment reports more precisely measured values of${θ}_{13}$and$|\mathrm{Δ}{m}_{ee}^{2}|$using$∼2200$live days of data. The amplitude and frequency of reactor electron antineutrino (${\overline{ν}}_{e}$) oscillation are measured by comparing the prompt signal spectra obtained from t... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 201801] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 New Predictions for${\mathrm{Λ}}_{b}→{\mathrm{Λ}}_{c}$Semileptonic Decays and Tests of Heavy Quark Symmetry By Florian U. Bernlochner, Zoltan Ligeti, Dean J. Robinson, and William L. Sutcliffe from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Florian U. Bernlochner, Zoltan Ligeti, Dean J. Robinson, and William L. Sutcliffe The heavy quark effective theory makes model independent predictions for semileptonic${\mathrm{Λ}}_{b}→{\mathrm{Λ}}_{c}$decays in terms of a small set of parameters. No subleading Isgur-Wise function occurs at order${\mathrm{Λ}}_{\mathrm{QCD}}/{m}_{c,b}$, and only two subsubleading functions ente... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 202001] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Deformation of Atomic${p}_{±}$Orbitals in Strong Elliptically Polarized Laser Fields: Ionization Time Drifts and Spatial Photoelectron Separation By Kunlong Liu, Hongcheng Ni, Klaus Renziehausen, Jan-Michael Rost, and Ingo Barth from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Kunlong Liu, Hongcheng Ni, Klaus Renziehausen, Jan-Michael Rost, and Ingo Barth We theoretically investigate the deformation of atomic${p}_{±}$orbitals driven by strong elliptically polarized (EP) laser fields and the role it plays in tunnel ionization. Our study reveals that different Stark effects induced by orthogonal components of the EP field give rise to subcycle rearra... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 203201] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Biosurfactants Change the Thinning of Contaminated Bubbles at Bacteria-Laden Water Interfaces By S. Poulain and L. Bourouiba from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): S. Poulain and L. Bourouiba Bacteria in solution secrete surfactants capable of thinning bubble walls, making for smaller bubbles, increasing the contamination probability. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 204502] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Piezoelectric Mimicry of Flexoelectricity By Amir Abdollahi, Fabián Vásquez-Sancho, and Gustau Catalan from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Amir Abdollahi, Fabián Vásquez-Sancho, and Gustau Catalan The origin of “giant” flexoelectricity, orders of magnitude larger than theoretically predicted, yet frequently observed, is under intense scrutiny. There is mounting evidence correlating giant flexoelectriclike effects with parasitic piezoelectricity, but it is not clear how piezoelectricity (polar... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 205502] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Scale-Free Modeling of Coupled Evolution of Discrete Dislocation Bands and Multivariant Martensitic Microstructure By Valery I. Levitas, S. Ehsan Esfahani, and Iman Ghamarian from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Valery I. Levitas, S. Ehsan Esfahani, and Iman Ghamarian A scale-free model for the coupled evolution of discrete dislocation bands and multivariant martensitic microstructure is developed. In contrast to previous phase field models, which are limited to nanoscale specimens, this model allows for treating the nucleation and evolution of martensite at evol... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 205701] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Hydrophobic Surface Enhances Electrostatic Interaction in Water By Takato Sato, Tohru Sasaki, Jun Ohnuki, Koji Umezawa, and Mitsunori Takano from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Takato Sato, Tohru Sasaki, Jun Ohnuki, Koji Umezawa, and Mitsunori Takano A high dielectric constant is one of the peculiar properties of liquid water, indicating that the electrostatic interaction between charged substances is largely reduced in water. We show by molecular dynamics simulation that the dielectric constant of water is decreased near the hydrophobic surface... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 206002] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Water Dissociation and Hydroxyl Ordering on Anatase${\mathrm{TiO}}_{2}(001)\text{−}(1×4)$By Igor Beinik, Albert Bruix, Zheshen Li, Kræn C. Adamsen, Stig Koust, Bjørk Hammer, Stefan Wendt, and Jeppe V. Lauritsen from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Igor Beinik, Albert Bruix, Zheshen Li, Kræn C. Adamsen, Stig Koust, Bjørk Hammer, Stefan Wendt, and Jeppe V. Lauritsen We studied the interaction of water with the anatase${\mathrm{TiO}}_{2}(001)$surface by means of scanning tunneling microscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and density functional theory calculations. Water adsorbs dissociatively on the ridges of a ($1×4$) reconstructed surface, resulting in ... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 206003] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Discrete Superconducting Phases in FeSe-Derived Superconductors By T. P. Ying, M. X. Wang, X. X. Wu, Z. Y. Zhao, Z. Z. Zhang, B. Q. Song, Y. C. Li, B. Lei, Q. Li, Y. Yu, E. J. Cheng, Z. H. An, Y. Zhang, X. Y. Jia, W. Yang, X. H. Chen, and S. Y. Li from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): T. P. Ying, M. X. Wang, X. X. Wu, Z. Y. Zhao, Z. Z. Zhang, B. Q. Song, Y. C. Li, B. Lei, Q. Li, Y. Yu, E. J. Cheng, Z. H. An, Y. Zhang, X. Y. Jia, W. Yang, X. H. Chen, and S. Y. Li A general feature of unconventional superconductors is the existence of a superconducting dome in the phase diagram. Here we report a series of discrete superconducting phases in the simplest iron-based superconductor, FeSe thin flakes, by continuously tuning the carrier concentration through the in... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 207003] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Unusual Transformation of Polymer Coils in a Mixed Solvent Close to the Critical Point By Xiong Zheng, Mikhail A. Anisimov, Jan V. Sengers, and Maogang He from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): Xiong Zheng, Mikhail A. Anisimov, Jan V. Sengers, and Maogang He We have discovered unusual behavior of polymer coils in a binary solvent ($\mathrm{nitroethane}+\mathrm{isooctane}$) near the critical temperature of demixing. The exceptionally close refractive indices of the solvent components make the critical opalescence relatively weak, thus enabling us to simu... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 207802] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Publisher’s Note: Identification of Nuclear Effects in Neutrino-Carbon Interactions at Low Three-Momentum Transfer [Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 071802 (2016)] By P. A. Rodrigues <em>et al.</em> (MINERvA Collaboration) from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author(s): P. A. Rodrigues et al. (MINERvA Collaboration) [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 209902] Published Thu Nov 15, 2018 Author Correction: Subwavelength angle-sensing photodetectors inspired by directional hearing in small animals By Mark Brongersma from Nature Nanotechnology - Issue - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 15, 2018. Author Correction: Subwavelength angle-sensing photodetectors inspired by directional hearing in small animals Author Correction: Subwavelength angle-sensing photodetectors inspired by directional hearing in small animals, Published online: 15 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0322-9 Author Correction: Subwavelength angle-sensing photodetectors inspired by directional hearing in small animals Terahertz absorption spectroscopy study of spin waves in orthoferrite${\mathrm{YFeO}}_{3}$in a magnetic field By K. Amelin, U. Nagel, R. S. Fishman, Y. Yoshida, Hasung Sim, Kisoo Park, Je-Geun Park, and T. Rõõm from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 14, 2018. Author(s): K. Amelin, U. Nagel, R. S. Fishman, Y. Yoshida, Hasung Sim, Kisoo Park, Je-Geun Park, and T. Rõõm We measured absorption of THz radiation in${\mathrm{YFeO}}_{3}$single crystals at a temperature of 3 K in the magnetic field up to 17 T applied in all three crystallographic directions. Two spin-wave modes were observed at the$\mathrm{Γ}$point with energies 1.2 meV (9.8${\mathrm{cm}}^{−1}$) and... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 174417] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018 Intermolecular mechanism for multiple maxima in molecular dynamic susceptibility By Le Tuan Anh Ho and Liviu F. Chibotaru from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 14, 2018. Author(s): Le Tuan Anh Ho and Liviu F. Chibotaru A simple two-level system is introduced to demonstrate the existence of the intermolecular mechanism of the appearance/disappearance of multiple maxima in molecular dynamic susceptibility at low temperature. With a minimum of two relaxation processes, quantum tunneling induced by the nuclear spin ba... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 174418] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018 Induced versus intrinsic magnetic moments in ultrafast magnetization dynamics By M. Hofherr, S. Moretti, J. Shim, S. Häuser, N. Y. Safonova, M. Stiehl, A. Ali, S. Sakshath, J. W. Kim, D. H. Kim, H. J. Kim, J. I. Hong, H. C. Kapteyn, M. M. Murnane, M. Cinchetti, D. Steil, S. Mathias, B. Stadtmüller, M. Albrecht, D. E. Kim, U. Nowak, and M. Aeschlimann from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 14, 2018. Author(s): M. Hofherr, S. Moretti, J. Shim, S. Häuser, N. Y. Safonova, M. Stiehl, A. Ali, S. Sakshath, J. W. Kim, D. H. Kim, H. J. Kim, J. I. Hong, H. C. Kapteyn, M. M. Murnane, M. Cinchetti, D. Steil, S. Mathias, B. Stadtmüller, M. Albrecht, D. E. Kim, U. Nowak, and M. Aeschlimann One of the ultimate goals for future spintronic applications is to manipulate magnetic states of matter on the shortest of timescales. Here, the authors investigate the optically induced ultrafast demagnetization and remagnetization dynamics of ferromagnetic alloys based on either intrinsic or induced magnetic moments. Using pump-probe spectroscopy in combination with dynamic spin model simulations, they find that a CoFeB alloy with intrinsic magnetic moments on the Fe and Co sites reveals a distinct asymptotic amplitude limit of the remagnetization process, while in FePt the induced moments of the Pt sites stay always proportional to those of Fe. [Phys. Rev. B 98, 174419] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018 Generalization of Anderson's theorem for disordered superconductors By John F. Dodaro and Steven A. Kivelson from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 14, 2018. Author(s): John F. Dodaro and Steven A. Kivelson We show that at the level of BCS mean-field theory, the superconducting${T}_{c}$is always increased in the presence of disorder, regardless of order parameter symmetry, disorder strength, and spatial dimension. This result reflects the physics of rare events—formally analogous to the problem of Li... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 174503] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018 Aharonov-Bohm and Aharonov-Casher effects in a double quantum dot Josephson junction By Damian Tomaszewski, Piotr Busz, Rosa López, Rok Žitko, Minchul Lee, and Jan Martinek from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 14, 2018. Author(s): Damian Tomaszewski, Piotr Busz, Rosa López, Rok Žitko, Minchul Lee, and Jan Martinek We analyze a Josephson junction between two superconductors interconnected through a normal-state nanostructure made of two parallel nanowires with embedded quantum dots. We study the influence of interference effects due to the Aharonov-Bohm (AB) and Aharonov-Casher (AC) phases for local and nonloc... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 174504] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018 Spin pumping in the Heusler alloy$\mathrm{C}{\mathrm{o}}_{2}\mathrm{FeAl}/\mathrm{Mo}{\mathrm{S}}_{2}$heterostructure: Ferromagnetic resonance experiment and theory By Sajid Husain, Abhishek Kumar, Prabhat Kumar, Ankit Kumar, Vineet Barwal, Nilamani Behera, Sudhanshu Choudhary, Peter Svedlindh, and Sujeet Chaudhary from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 14, 2018. Author(s): Sajid Husain, Abhishek Kumar, Prabhat Kumar, Ankit Kumar, Vineet Barwal, Nilamani Behera, Sudhanshu Choudhary, Peter Svedlindh, and Sujeet Chaudhary Spin pumping from the full Heusler alloy$\mathrm{C}{\mathrm{o}}_{2}\mathrm{FeAl}$film into the transition-metal dichalcogenide$\mathrm{Mo}{\mathrm{S}}_{2}$is reported. Plasma-assisted sulfurization of ion-beam sputtered Mo films of different nominal thicknesses is employed to first fabricate lar... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 180404(R)] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018 Scaling of the superconducting gap with orbital character in FeSe By Luke C. Rhodes, Matthew D. Watson, Amir A. Haghighirad, Daniil V. Evtushinsky, Matthias Eschrig, and Timur K. Kim from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 14, 2018. Author(s): Luke C. Rhodes, Matthew D. Watson, Amir A. Haghighirad, Daniil V. Evtushinsky, Matthias Eschrig, and Timur K. Kim Spin fluctuations are often considered to be an important ingredient for superconductivity in the iron-based superconductors. Here, the authors use angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy to study both the momentum dependence of the superconducting gap of FeSe and the orbital content of the bands. The experimental observation of a direct scaling between a particular orbital character and gap magnitude, paired with theoretical calculations, provides strong evidence in favor of spin fluctuation mediated superconductivity in FeSe. [Phys. Rev. B 98, 180503(R)] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018 Unusual rotating magnetocaloric effect in the hexagonal$\mathrm{ErMn}{\mathrm{O}}_{3}$single crystal By M. Balli, S. Jandl, P. Fournier, J. Vermette, and D. Z. Dimitrov from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 14, 2018. Author(s): M. Balli, S. Jandl, P. Fournier, J. Vermette, and D. Z. Dimitrov It is known that orthorhombic$R\mathrm{Mn}{\mathrm{O}}_{3}$multiferroics$(R=\mathrm{magnetic}\mathrm{rare}\mathrm{earth})$with low symmetry exhibit a large rotating magnetocaloric effect because of their strong magnetocrystalline anisotropy. In this paper, we demonstrate that the hexagonal$\mat...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 184414] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Nonradiative decay and absorption rates of quantum emitters embedded in metallic systems: Microscopic description and their determination from electronic transport

By M. B. Silva Neto, F. M. D'Angelis, P. P. P. Foster, and F. A. Pinheiro from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): M. B. Silva Neto, F. M. D'Angelis, P. P. P. Foster, and F. A. Pinheiro

We investigate nonradiative decay and absorption rates of two-level quantum emitters embedded in a metal at low temperatures. We obtain the expressions for both nonradiative transition rates and identify a unique, experimentally accessible way to obtain both nonradiative transition rates via electro...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 195116] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Repulsive forces between neutral surfaces induced by adatoms

By Han Hu, Kun Ding, T. C. Leung, and C. T. Chan from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): Han Hu, Kun Ding, T. C. Leung, and C. T. Chan

Charge neutral objects usually attract each other in the nanoscale and it is actually not favorable for nanoscale manipulation as attractive forces tend to make objects stick together. It would be highly desirable if the sign of the force between charge neutral objects could be controlled by surface...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 195117] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Unconventional transport in low-density two-dimensional Rashba systems

By Joel Hutchinson and Joseph Maciejko from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): Joel Hutchinson and Joseph Maciejko

Rashba spin-orbit coupling appears in 2D systems lacking inversion symmetry, and causes the spin-splitting of otherwise degenerate energy bands into an upper and lower helicity band. In this paper, we explore how impurity scattering affects transport in the ultralow density regime where electrons ar...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 195305] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Unveiling hidden charge density waves in single-layer ${\mathrm{NbSe}}_{2}$ by impurities

By Fabrizio Cossu, Ali G. Moghaddam, Kyoo Kim, Hassan A. Tahini, Igor Di Marco, Han-Woong Yeom, and Alireza Akbari from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): Fabrizio Cossu, Ali G. Moghaddam, Kyoo Kim, Hassan A. Tahini, Igor Di Marco, Han-Woong Yeom, and Alireza Akbari

We employ ab initio calculations to investigate the charge density waves in single-layer ${\mathrm{NbSe}}_{2}$, and we explore how they are affected by transition metal atoms. Our calculations reproduce the observed orthorhombic phase in single-layer ${\mathrm{NbSe}}_{2}$ in the clean limit, establi...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 195419] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Magnetoresistance of a three-dimensional Dirac gas

By Viktor Könye and Masao Ogata from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): Viktor Könye and Masao Ogata

We study the transversal magnetoconductivity and magnetoresistance of a massive Dirac fermion gas. This can be used as a simple model for gapped Dirac materials. In the zero-mass limit, the case of gapless Dirac semimetals is also studied. In the case of Weyl semimetals, to reproduce the nonsaturati...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 195420] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Erratum: Green's function method to study thin diffraction gratings [Phys. Rev. B 96, 205140 (2017)]

By Daniel A. Travo, Rodrigo A. Muniz, M. Liscidini, and J. E. Sipe from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): Daniel A. Travo, Rodrigo A. Muniz, M. Liscidini, and J. E. Sipe

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 199902] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Anomalous Nernst effect and field-induced Lifshitz transition in the Weyl semimetals TaP and TaAs

By F. Caglieris, C. Wuttke, S. Sykora, V. Süss, C. Shekhar, C. Felser, B. Büchner, and C. Hess from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): F. Caglieris, C. Wuttke, S. Sykora, V. Süss, C. Shekhar, C. Felser, B. Büchner, and C. Hess

The discovery of Weyl fermions in transition-metal monoarsenides/phosphides without inversion symmetry represents an exceptional breakthrough in modern condensed matter physics. However, exploring the inherent nature of these quasiparticles is experimentally elusive because most of the experimental ...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 201107(R)] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Solution of the sign problem for the half-filled Hubbard-Holstein model

By Seher Karakuzu, Kazuhiro Seki, and Sandro Sorella from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): Seher Karakuzu, Kazuhiro Seki, and Sandro Sorella

Here, the Holstein-Hubbard model at one electron per site filling – a realistic model of superconductivity that includes electron correlation and electron-phonon coupling – is solved exactly in a relevant region of its phase diagram, by numerical simulations based on quantum Monte Carlo. Previous attempts were limited by exponential complexity in the number of electrons.

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 201108(R)] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Nontopological parafermions in a one-dimensional fermionic model with even multiplet pairing

By Leonardo Mazza, Fernando Iemini, Marcello Dalmonte, and Christophe Mora from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): Leonardo Mazza, Fernando Iemini, Marcello Dalmonte, and Christophe Mora

Topological order and spontaneous symmetry breaking are typically thought of as paradigmatic, yet antipodal, phenomena in correlated quantum matter. Here, the authors show instead that they can concomitantly act to determine the ground-state properties of interacting systems, providing a novel angle for the discussion of topological phenomena and parafermions in one-dimensional fermionic systems. They show that topological Majorana modes can coexist with ℤ${}_{n}$ spontaneous symmetry breaking by discussing a lattice model of one-dimensional spinless fermions and thoroughly characterize the presence of nontopological parafermions.

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 201109(R)] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

${\mathbb{Z}}_{4}$ parafermions in one-dimensional fermionic lattices

By Alessio Calzona, Tobias Meng, Maura Sassetti, and Thomas L. Schmidt from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): Alessio Calzona, Tobias Meng, Maura Sassetti, and Thomas L. Schmidt

Nonlocal (topological) order and local (Landau-type) order are often viewed as opposing principles. Here, the authors study strongly interacting quantum wires that exhibit hybrid order, composed of local Ising magnetization and a topological order parameter. Based on an exact mapping of the corresponding strongly interacting electronic Hamiltonian onto ℤ${}_{n}$ parafermions, they show that the system can be in a hybrid phase which is distinct from the topological and from the Ising phase. Moreover, the system has remarkable similarities to superconducting hybrid devices built from fractional quantum Hall edge states, which can host parafermions useful for quantum computation.

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 201110(R)] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Robust helical edge transport in quantum spin Hall quantum wells

By Rafal Skolasinski, Dmitry I. Pikulin, Jason Alicea, and Michael Wimmer from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): Rafal Skolasinski, Dmitry I. Pikulin, Jason Alicea, and Michael Wimmer

We show that edge-state transport in semiconductor-based quantum spin Hall systems is unexpectedly robust to magnetic fields. The origin for this robustness lies in an intrinsic suppression of the edge-state $g$-factor and the fact that the edge-state Dirac point is typically hidden in the valence b...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 201404(R)] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Screening of long-range Coulomb interaction in graphene nanoribbons: Armchair versus zigzag edges

By H. Hadipour, E. Şaşıoğlu, F. Bagherpour, C. Friedrich, S. Blügel, and I. Mertig from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): H. Hadipour, E. Şaşıoğlu, F. Bagherpour, C. Friedrich, S. Blügel, and I. Mertig

We study the electronic screening of the long-range Coulomb interaction in graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with armchair and zigzag edges as a function of the ribbon width by employing ab initio calculations in conjunction with the random-phase approximation. We find that in GNRs with armchair edges qua...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 205123] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Nonlinear sigma model approach to many-body quantum chaos: Regularized and unregularized out-of-time-ordered correlators

By Yunxiang Liao and Victor Galitski from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): Yunxiang Liao and Victor Galitski

The out-of-time-ordered correlators (OTOCs) have been proposed and widely used recently as a tool to define and describe many-body quantum chaos. Here, we develop the Keldysh nonlinear sigma model technique to calculate these correlators in interacting disordered metals. In particular, we focus on t...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 205124] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Polarization Entanglement by Time-Reversed Hong-Ou-Mandel Interference

By Yuanyuan Chen, Sebastian Ecker, Sören Wengerowsky, Lukas Bulla, Siddarth Koduru Joshi, Fabian Steinlechner, and Rupert Ursin from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): Yuanyuan Chen, Sebastian Ecker, Sören Wengerowsky, Lukas Bulla, Siddarth Koduru Joshi, Fabian Steinlechner, and Rupert Ursin

Sources of entanglement are an enabling resource in quantum technology, and pushing the limits of generation rate and quality of entanglement is a necessary prerequisite towards practical applications. Here, we present an ultrabright source of polarization-entangled photon pairs based on time-revers...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 200502] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Universal Statistics of Topological Defects Formed in a Quantum Phase Transition

By Adolfo del Campo from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

When a quantum phase transition is crossed in finite time, critical slowing down leads to the breakdown of adiabatic dynamics and the formation of topological defects. The average density of defects scales with the quench rate following a universal power law predicted by the Kibble-Zurek mechanism. ...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 200601] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Entanglement Hamiltonian of Interacting Fermionic Models

By Francesco Parisen Toldin and Fakher F. Assaad from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): Francesco Parisen Toldin and Fakher F. Assaad

Recent numerical advances in the field of strongly correlated electron systems allow the calculation of the entanglement spectrum and entropies for interacting fermionic systems. An explicit determination of the entanglement (modular) Hamiltonian has proven to be a considerably more difficult proble...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 200602] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Nonperturbative Renormalization of Operators in Near-Conformal Systems Using Gradient Flows

By Andrea Carosso, Anna Hasenfratz, and Ethan T. Neil from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): Andrea Carosso, Anna Hasenfratz, and Ethan T. Neil

We propose a continuous real space renormalization group transformation based on gradient flow, allowing for a numerical study of renormalization without the need for costly ensemble matching. We apply our technique in a pilot study of SU(3) gauge theory with ${N}_{f}=12$ fermions in the fundamental...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 201601] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Magnon-Photon-Phonon Entanglement in Cavity Magnomechanics

By Jie Li, Shi-Yao Zhu, and G. S. Agarwal from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): Jie Li, Shi-Yao Zhu, and G. S. Agarwal

We show how to generate tripartite entanglement in a cavity magnomechanical system which consists of magnons, cavity microwave photons, and phonons. The magnons are embodied by a collective motion of a large number of spins in a macroscopic ferrimagnet, and are driven directly by an electromagnetic ...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 203601] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Cavity-Free Optical Isolators and Circulators Using a Chiral Cross-Kerr Nonlinearity

By Keyu Xia, Franco Nori, and Min Xiao from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): Keyu Xia, Franco Nori, and Min Xiao

Optical nonlinearity has been widely used to try to produce optical isolators. However, this is very difficult to achieve due to dynamical reciprocity. Here, we show the use of the chiral cross-Kerr nonlinearity of atoms at room temperature to realize optical isolation, circumventing dynamical recip...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 203602] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Ideal Glass States Are Not Purely Vibrational: Insight from Randomly Pinned Glasses

By Misaki Ozawa, Atsushi Ikeda, Kunimasa Miyazaki, and Walter Kob from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): Misaki Ozawa, Atsushi Ikeda, Kunimasa Miyazaki, and Walter Kob

We use computer simulations to probe the thermodynamic and dynamic properties of a glass former that undergoes an ideal glass transition because of the presence of randomly pinned particles. We find that even deep in the equilibrium glass state, the system relaxes to some extent because of the prese...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 205501] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Negative Thermal Magnetoresistivity as a Signature of a Chiral Anomaly in Weyl Superconductors

By Takuro Kobayashi, Taiki Matsushita, Takeshi Mizushima, Atsushi Tsuruta, and Satoshi Fujimoto from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): Takuro Kobayashi, Taiki Matsushita, Takeshi Mizushima, Atsushi Tsuruta, and Satoshi Fujimoto

We propose that the chiral anomaly of Weyl superconductors gives rise to negative thermal magnetoresistivity induced by emergent magnetic fields, which are generated by vortex textures of order parameters or lattice strain. We establish this scenario by combining the argument based on Berry curvatur...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 207002] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Applicability of the Strongly Constrained and Appropriately Normed Density Functional to Transition-Metal Magnetism

By Yuhao Fu and David J. Singh from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): Yuhao Fu and David J. Singh

Strongly constrained and appropriately normed density functional theory, an important technique for calculating the properties of materials, falls short when considering magnetic properties.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 207201] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Coherent Electron Trajectory Control in Graphene

By Christian Heide, Takuya Higuchi, Heiko B. Weber, and Peter Hommelhoff from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): Christian Heide, Takuya Higuchi, Heiko B. Weber, and Peter Hommelhoff

Orthogonally polarized laser pulses produce a controllable, variable current whose direction can be reversed in less than a femtosecond.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 207401] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Role of Chain Length in the Formation of Frank-Kasper Phases in Diblock Copolymers

By Ronald M. Lewis, III, Akash Arora, Haley K. Beech, Bongjoon Lee, Aaron P. Lindsay, Timothy P. Lodge, Kevin D. Dorfman, and Frank S. Bates from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): Ronald M. Lewis, III, Akash Arora, Haley K. Beech, Bongjoon Lee, Aaron P. Lindsay, Timothy P. Lodge, Kevin D. Dorfman, and Frank S. Bates

The phase behavior of poly(styrene)-$b$-poly(1,4-butadiene) diblock copolymers with a polymer block invariant degree of polymerization ${\overline{N}}_{b}≈800$ shows no evidence of Frank-Kasper phases, in contrast to low molar mass diblock copolymers (${\overline{N}}_{b}<100$) with the same confo...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 208002] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Erratum: Direct observation of composite fermions and their fully-spin-polarized Fermi sea near $ν=5/2$ [Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 256601 (2018)]

By Md. Shafayat Hossain, Meng K. Ma, M. A. Mueed, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, K. W. Baldwin, and M. Shayegan from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 14, 2018.

Author(s): Md. Shafayat Hossain, Meng K. Ma, M. A. Mueed, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, K. W. Baldwin, and M. Shayegan
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 209901] Published Wed Nov 14, 2018

Oxidation effect on the shear strength of graphene on aluminum and titanium surfaces

By Soumendu Bagchi, Changhong Ke, and Huck Beng Chew from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 13, 2018.

Author(s): Soumendu Bagchi, Changhong Ke, and Huck Beng Chew

We report the interfacial shear strength of graphene on pure and oxidized Ti and Al metal surfaces using density functional theory calculations. Our results show significant changes to the graphene-metal bonding properties in the presence of an oxide phase. In particular, the strongly chemisorbed in...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 174106] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018

Multiferroic phase diagram of $E$-type $R{\mathrm{MnO}}_{3}$ films studied by neutron and x-ray diffraction

By Saumya Mukherjee, Kenta Shimamoto, Yoav William Windsor, Mahesh Ramakrishnan, Sergii Parchenko, Urs Staub, Laurent Chapon, Bachir Ouladdiaf, Marisa Medarde, Tian Shang, Elisabeth A. Müller, Michel Kenzelmann, Thomas Lippert, Christof W. Schneider, and Christof Niedermayer from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 13, 2018.

Author(s): Saumya Mukherjee, Kenta Shimamoto, Yoav William Windsor, Mahesh Ramakrishnan, Sergii Parchenko, Urs Staub, Laurent Chapon, Bachir Ouladdiaf, Marisa Medarde, Tian Shang, Elisabeth A. Müller, Michel Kenzelmann, Thomas Lippert, Christof W. Schneider, and Christof Niedermayer

We present a generalized multiferroic phase diagram for orthorhombic $R{\mathrm{MnO}}_{3}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}(R=\mathrm{Gd}–\mathrm{Lu})$ based on coherently grown thin films. The magnetic order was identified by neutron-diffraction and resonant soft x-ray scattering experiments. For large $R$-...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 174416] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018

Umklapp scattering is not necessarily resistive

By Zhiwei Ding, Jiawei Zhou, Bai Song, Mingda Li, Te-Huan Liu, and Gang Chen from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 13, 2018.

Author(s): Zhiwei Ding, Jiawei Zhou, Bai Song, Mingda Li, Te-Huan Liu, and Gang Chen

Since Peierls's pioneering work, it is generally accepted that phonon-phonon scattering processes consist of momentum-conserving normal scatterings and momentum-destroying Umklapp scatterings, and that the latter always induce thermal resistance. We show in this work that Umklapp scatterings are not...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 180302(R)] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018

Control of competing superconductivity and charge order by nonequilibrium currents

By Anne Matthies, Jiajun Li, and Martin Eckstein from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 13, 2018.

Author(s): Anne Matthies, Jiajun Li, and Martin Eckstein

We study the competing charge-density-wave and superconducting order in the attractive Hubbard model under a voltage bias, using steady-state nonequilibrium dynamical mean-field theory. We show that the charge-density wave is suppressed in a current-carrying nonequilibrium steady state. This effect ...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 180502(R)] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018

Control of magnetization dynamics by spin-Nernst torque

By Arnab Bose, Ambika Shanker Shukla, Sutapa Dutta, Swapnil Bhuktare, Hanuman Singh, and Ashwin A. Tulapurkar from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 13, 2018.

Author(s): Arnab Bose, Ambika Shanker Shukla, Sutapa Dutta, Swapnil Bhuktare, Hanuman Singh, and Ashwin A. Tulapurkar

Relativistic interaction between an electron's spin and orbital angular momentum has provided an efficient mechanism to control the magnetization of nanomagnets. Extensive research has been done to understand and to improve spin-orbit-interaction-driven torques generated by nonmagnets by applying el...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 184412] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018

Spin response and collective modes in simple metal dichalcogenides

By Dibya Kanti Mukherjee, Arijit Kundu, and H. A. Fertig from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 13, 2018.

Author(s): Dibya Kanti Mukherjee, Arijit Kundu, and H. A. Fertig

Transition-metal dichalcogenide monolayers are interesting materials in part because of their strong spin-orbit coupling. This leads to intrinsic spin splitting of opposite signs in opposite valleys, so the valleys are intrinsically spin polarized when hole doped. We study spin response in a simple ...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 184413] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018

Comment on “High-pressure phases of group-II difluorides: Polymorphism and superionicity”

By Claudio Cazorla and Daniel Errandonea from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 13, 2018.

Author(s): Claudio Cazorla and Daniel Errandonea

Nelson et al. [Phys. Rev. B 95, 054118 (2017)] recently reported first-principles calculations on the behavior of group-II difluorides (${\mathrm{BeF}}_{2}, {\mathrm{MgF}}_{2}$, and ${\mathrm{CaF}}_{2}$) under high-pressure and low- and high-temperature conditions. The calculations were based on ab ...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 186101] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018

Reply to “Comment on ‘High-pressure phases of group-II difluorides: Polymorphism and superionicity’ ”

By Joseph R. Nelson, Richard J. Needs, and Chris J. Pickard from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 13, 2018.

Author(s): Joseph R. Nelson, Richard J. Needs, and Chris J. Pickard

Cazorla et al. (preceding Comment) criticize our recent results on the high-$PT$ phase diagram of ${\mathrm{CaF}}_{2}$ [Phys. Rev. B 95, 054118 (2017)]. According to our analysis, Cazorla et al. have not converged their calculations with respect to simulation cell size, undermining the Comment's con...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 186102] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018

SU(4)-symmetric spin-orbital liquids on the hyperhoneycomb lattice

By Willian M. H. Natori, Eric C. Andrade, and Rodrigo G. Pereira from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 13, 2018.

Author(s): Willian M. H. Natori, Eric C. Andrade, and Rodrigo G. Pereira

We study the effective spin-orbital model that describes the magnetism of $4{d}^{1}$ or $5{d}^{1}$ Mott insulators in ideal tricoordinated lattices. In the limit of vanishing Hund's coupling, the model has an emergent SU(4) symmetry, which is made explicit by means of a Klein transformation on pseud...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 195113] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018

Effect of charge ordering on crossplane thermal conductivity in correlated perovskite oxide superlattices

By P. Thiessen, V. Roddatis, F. Rieger, A. Belenchuk, M. Keunecke, V. Moshnyaga, and Ch. Jooss from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 13, 2018.

Author(s): P. Thiessen, V. Roddatis, F. Rieger, A. Belenchuk, M. Keunecke, V. Moshnyaga, and Ch. Jooss

Lattice thermal conductivity is a sensitive probe of distortions of the translational invariance of crystalline materials. Crossplane thermal conductivity, $κ(T)$, was studied by the 3ω technique in superlattices, comprising orthorhombic charge/orbital ordered manganite ${\mathrm{Pr}}_{0.7}{\mathrm{... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 195114] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Adaptive density matrix renormalization group for disordered systems By J. C. Xavier, José A. Hoyos, and E. Miranda from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 13, 2018. Author(s): J. C. Xavier, José A. Hoyos, and E. Miranda We propose a simple modification of the density matrix renormalization-group (DMRG) method in order to tackle strongly disordered quantum spin chains. Our proposal, akin to the idea of the adaptive time-dependent DMRG, enables us to reach larger system sizes in the strong disorder limit by avoiding ... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 195115] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Counterpropagating topological interface states in graphene patchwork structures with regular arrays of nanoholes By Toshikaze Kariyado, Yong-Cheng Jiang, Hongxin Yang, and Xiao Hu from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 13, 2018. Author(s): Toshikaze Kariyado, Yong-Cheng Jiang, Hongxin Yang, and Xiao Hu Topological properties of graphene with nanoholes are theoretically investigated in detail. It is revealed that two types of hole arrangements, honeycomb array and triangular array, give rise to two topologically distinct states. We give a concise two-step strategy for choosing array structures, whe... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 195416] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Orbital magnetism in ensembles of gold nanoparticles By Mauricio Gómez Viloria, Guillaume Weick, Dietmar Weinmann, and Rodolfo A. Jalabert from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 13, 2018. Author(s): Mauricio Gómez Viloria, Guillaume Weick, Dietmar Weinmann, and Rodolfo A. Jalabert The last two decades have witnessed various experiments reporting very unusual magnetic properties of ensembles of gold nanoparticles surrounded by organic ligands, including ferromagnetic, paramagnetic, or (large) diamagnetic responses. These behaviors are at odds with the small diamagnetic respons... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 195417] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Spin transport in a graphene normal-superconductor junction in the quantum Hall regime By Tibor Sekera, Christoph Bruder, and Rakesh P. Tiwari from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 13, 2018. Author(s): Tibor Sekera, Christoph Bruder, and Rakesh P. Tiwari In graphene-superconductor heterostructures, superconductivity and the quantum Hall effect may coexist for an experimentally accessible range of magnetic fields. When the graphene edge states are coupled to a superconductor in the presence of a Zeeman field, the charge carriers with one spin projection get transmitted while the ones with the opposite spin projection get reflected within a certain energy region. This spin-filtering effect is a consequence of the interplay between specular Andreev reflections and Andreev retro-reflections. While the edge termination of graphene and the geometrical details do matter for the charge conductance, they have little effect on the spin polarization of the charge carriers. [Phys. Rev. B 98, 195418] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Higher-order topological electric circuits and topological corner resonance on the breathing kagome and pyrochlore lattices By Motohiko Ezawa from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 13, 2018. Author(s): Motohiko Ezawa Electric circuits are known to realize topological quadrupole insulators. We explore electric circuits made of capacitors and inductors forming the breathing kagome and pyrochlore lattices. They are known to possess three phases (trivial insulator, higher-order topological insulator, and metallic ph... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 201402(R)] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Theory of metal-insulator transitions in graphite under high magnetic field By Zhiming Pan, Xiao-Tian Zhang, and Ryuichi Shindou from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 13, 2018. Author(s): Zhiming Pan, Xiao-Tian Zhang, and Ryuichi Shindou Graphite under high magnetic field exhibits consecutive metal-insulator (MI) transitions as well as reentrant insulator-metal (IM) transitions in the quasiquantum limit at low temperature. In this paper, we identify the low-$T$insulating phases as excitonic insulators with spin nematic orderings. W... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 205121] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Influence of electron-phonon coupling on the low-temperature phases of metallic single-wall carbon nanotubes By Junichi Okamoto, Ludwig Mathey, and Wen-Min Huang from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 13, 2018. Author(s): Junichi Okamoto, Ludwig Mathey, and Wen-Min Huang We investigate the effect of electron-phonon coupling on low-temperature phases in metallic single-wall carbon nanotubes. We obtain low-temperature phase diagrams of armchair and zigzag type nanotubes with screened interactions with a weak-coupling renormalization group approach. In the absence of e... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 205122] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Spin transport in a Rashba-coupled two-dimensional quantum ring: An analytical model By Sukirti Gumber, Aranya B. Bhattacherjee, and Pradip Kumar Jha from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 13, 2018. Author(s): Sukirti Gumber, Aranya B. Bhattacherjee, and Pradip Kumar Jha We study controlled spin transport through a two-dimensional (2D) spin-orbit coupled quantum ring of finite width. Complete analytical expressions for the energy spectrum and wave function of a 2D ring are obtained in the presence of both an external magnetic field and Rashba spin-orbit interaction.... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 205408] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Vibrational electron energy loss spectroscopy in truncated dielectric slabs By Andrea Konečná, Kartik Venkatraman, Katia March, Peter A. Crozier, Rainer Hillenbrand, Peter Rez, and Javier Aizpurua from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 13, 2018. Author(s): Andrea Konečná, Kartik Venkatraman, Katia March, Peter A. Crozier, Rainer Hillenbrand, Peter Rez, and Javier Aizpurua Specially designed instrumentation for electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) in a scanning transmission electron microscope makes it possible to probe very low-loss excitations in matter with a focused electron beam. Here we study the nanoscale interaction of fast electrons with optical phonon mo... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 205409] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Degradability of Fermionic Gaussian Channels By Eliška Greplová and Géza Giedke from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 13, 2018. Author(s): Eliška Greplová and Géza Giedke We study the degradability of fermionic Gaussian channels. Fermionic quantum channels are a central building block of quantum information processing with fermions, and the family of Gaussian channels, in particular, is relevant in the emerging field of electron quantum optics and its applications fo... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 200501] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Loops Rescue the No-Boundary Proposal By Martin Bojowald and Suddhasattwa Brahma from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 13, 2018. Author(s): Martin Bojowald and Suddhasattwa Brahma New and nontrivial properties of off-shell instantons in loop quantum cosmology show that dynamical signature change naturally cures recently observed problems in the semiclassical path integral of quantum gravity. If left unsolved, these problems would doom any theory of smooth initial conditions o... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 201301] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Elliptic Flow in Ultrarelativistic Collisions with Polarized Deuterons By Piotr Bożek and Wojciech Broniowski from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 13, 2018. Author(s): Piotr Bożek and Wojciech Broniowski Predictions are made for elliptic flow in collisions of polarized deuterons with a heavy nucleus. It is shown that the eccentricity of the initial fireball, evaluated with respect to the deuteron polarization axis perpendicular to the beam direction, has a substantial magnitude for collisions of hig... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 202301] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Next-to-Next-to-Next-to-Leading Order Pressure of Cold Quark Matter: Leading Logarithm By Tyler Gorda, Aleksi Kurkela, Paul Romatschke, Matias Säppi, and Aleksi Vuorinen from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 13, 2018. Author(s): Tyler Gorda, Aleksi Kurkela, Paul Romatschke, Matias Säppi, and Aleksi Vuorinen At high baryon chemical potential${μ}_{B}$, the equation of state of QCD allows a weak-coupling expansion in the QCD coupling${α}_{s}$. The result is currently known up to and including the full next-to-next-to-leading order${α}_{s}^{2}$. Starting at this order, the computations are complicated b... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 202701] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Non-Hermitian Kondo Effect in Ultracold Alkaline-Earth Atoms By Masaya Nakagawa, Norio Kawakami, and Masahito Ueda from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 13, 2018. Author(s): Masaya Nakagawa, Norio Kawakami, and Masahito Ueda We investigate the Kondo effect in an open quantum system, motivated by recent experiments with ultracold alkaline-earth(-like) atoms. Because of inelastic collisions and the associated atom losses, this system is described by a complex-valued Kondo interaction and provides a non-Hermitian extension... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 203001] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Microscopic Insight into Electron-Induced Dissociation of Aromatic Molecules on Ice By Philipp Auburger, Ishita Kemeny, Cord Bertram, Manuel Ligges, Michel Bockstedte, Uwe Bovensiepen, and Karina Morgenstern from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 13, 2018. Author(s): Philipp Auburger, Ishita Kemeny, Cord Bertram, Manuel Ligges, Michel Bockstedte, Uwe Bovensiepen, and Karina Morgenstern We use scanning tunneling microscopy, photoelectron spectroscopy, and ab initio calculations to investigate the electron-induced dissociation of halogenated benzene molecules adsorbed on ice. Dissociation of halobenzene is triggered by delocalized excess electrons attaching to the${π}^{*}$orbitals... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 206001] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Kinetic Stabilization of 1D Surface States near Twin Boundaries in Noncentrosymmetric BiPd By Chi Ming Yim, Christopher Trainer, Ana Maldonado, Bernd Braunecker, Alexander Yaresko, Darren C. Peets, and Peter Wahl from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 13, 2018. Author(s): Chi Ming Yim, Christopher Trainer, Ana Maldonado, Bernd Braunecker, Alexander Yaresko, Darren C. Peets, and Peter Wahl The search for one-dimensional (1D) topologically protected electronic states has become an important research goal for condensed matter physics owing to their potential use in spintronic devices or as a building block for topologically nontrivial electronic states. Using low temperature scanning tu... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 206401] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Evidence for a Quasi-One-Dimensional Charge Density Wave in CuTe by Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy By Kenan Zhang, Xiaoyu Liu, Haoxiong Zhang, Ke Deng, Mingzhe Yan, Wei Yao, Mingtian Zheng, Eike F. Schwier, Kenya Shimada, Jonathan D. Denlinger, Yang Wu, Wenhui Duan, and Shuyun Zhou from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 13, 2018. Author(s): Kenan Zhang, Xiaoyu Liu, Haoxiong Zhang, Ke Deng, Mingzhe Yan, Wei Yao, Mingtian Zheng, Eike F. Schwier, Kenya Shimada, Jonathan D. Denlinger, Yang Wu, Wenhui Duan, and Shuyun Zhou We report the electronic structure of CuTe with a high charge density wave (CDW) transition temperature${\mathrm{T}}_{c}=335\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{K}$by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. An anisotropic charge density wave gap with a maximum value of 190 meV is observed in the quasi-one-d... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 206402] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Universal Properties of Many-Body Localization Transitions in Quasiperiodic Systems By Shi-Xin Zhang and Hong Yao from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 13, 2018. Author(s): Shi-Xin Zhang and Hong Yao The precise nature of many-body localization (MBL) transitions in both random and quasiperiodic (QP) systems remains elusive so far. In particular, whether MBL transitions in QP and random systems belong to the same universality class or two distinct ones has not been decisively resolved. Here, we i... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 206601] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Evidence of Incoherent Carriers Associated with Resonant Impurity Levels and Their Influence on Superconductivity in the Anomalous Superconductor${\mathrm{Pb}}_{1−x}{\mathrm{Tl}}_{x}\mathrm{Te}$By P. Giraldo-Gallo, P. Walmsley, B. Sangiorgio, S. C. Riggs, R. D. McDonald, L. Buchauer, B. Fauqué, Chang Liu, N. A. Spaldin, A. Kaminski, K. Behnia, and I. R. Fisher from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 13, 2018. Author(s): P. Giraldo-Gallo, P. Walmsley, B. Sangiorgio, S. C. Riggs, R. D. McDonald, L. Buchauer, B. Fauqué, Chang Liu, N. A. Spaldin, A. Kaminski, K. Behnia, and I. R. Fisher We present a combined experimental and theoretical study of the evolution of the Fermi surface of the anomalous superconductor${\mathrm{Pb}}_{1−x}{\mathrm{Tl}}_{x}\mathrm{Te}$as a function of thallium concentration, drawing on a combination of magnetotransport measurements (Shubnikov–de Haas oscil... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 207001] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Diminishing Interfacial Effects with Decreasing Nanoparticle Size in Polymer-Nanoparticle Composites By Hamed Emamy, Sanat K. Kumar, and Francis W. Starr from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 13, 2018. Author(s): Hamed Emamy, Sanat K. Kumar, and Francis W. Starr Using molecular simulations on model polymer nanocomposites at fixed filler loading, we show that interfacial polymer dynamics are affected less with decreasing nanoparticle (NP) size. However, the glass transition temperature${T}_{g}$changes substantially more for an extremely small NP. The reaso... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 207801] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Impact-Induced Energy Transfer and Dissipation in Granular Clusters under Microgravity Conditions By Hiroaki Katsuragi and Jürgen Blum from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 13, 2018. Author(s): Hiroaki Katsuragi and Jürgen Blum Astrophysicists dropped beads onto clumps of dust to better understand how planets coalesce from particulates. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 208001] Published Tue Nov 13, 2018 Mode hopping in arrays of resonant thin wires over a dielectric interface By Sergei Kosulnikov, Victor Zalipaev, Alena Shchelokova, Irina Melchakova, Stanislav Glybovski, Alexey Slobozhanyuk, and Pavel Belov from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 12, 2018. Author(s): Sergei Kosulnikov, Victor Zalipaev, Alena Shchelokova, Irina Melchakova, Stanislav Glybovski, Alexey Slobozhanyuk, and Pavel Belov This work studies the guided localized electromagnetic waves propagating along finite and infinite chains of parallel thin resonant wires periodically arranged over an interface of a dielectric half-space. Both issues of guided wave propagation in an infinite chain and resonant excitation of hybridi... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 174302] Published Mon Nov 12, 2018 Sound velocity and equation of state in liquid cesium at high pressure and high temperature By Frédéric Decremps, Simon Ayrinhac, Michel Gauthier, Daniele Antonangeli, Marc Morand, Yiuri Garino, and Paraskevas Parisiades from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 12, 2018. Author(s): Frédéric Decremps, Simon Ayrinhac, Michel Gauthier, Daniele Antonangeli, Marc Morand, Yiuri Garino, and Paraskevas Parisiades Liquid cesium (l-Cs) sound velocity at high densities was investigated along a 500-K isotherm using high-pressure picosecond acoustics measurements. At 2.0 GPa, the liquid sound velocity goes through a maximum versus pressure without any change on the reflectivity and interferometry acoustic signals... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 184103] Published Mon Nov 12, 2018 Spin dynamics of edge-sharing spin chains in$\mathrm{SrC}{\mathrm{a}}_{13}\mathrm{C}{\mathrm{u}}_{24}{\mathrm{O}}_{41}$By Guochu Deng, Dehong Yu, Richard Mole, Ekaterina Pomjakushina, Kazimierz Conder, Michel Kenzelmann, Shin-ichiro Yano, Chin-Wei Wang, Kirrily C. Rule, Jason S. Gardner, Huiqian Luo, Shiliang Li, Clemens Ulrich, Paolo Imperia, Wei Ren, Shixun Cao, and Garry J. McIntyre from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 12, 2018. Author(s): Guochu Deng, Dehong Yu, Richard Mole, Ekaterina Pomjakushina, Kazimierz Conder, Michel Kenzelmann, Shin-ichiro Yano, Chin-Wei Wang, Kirrily C. Rule, Jason S. Gardner, Huiqian Luo, Shiliang Li, Clemens Ulrich, Paolo Imperia, Wei Ren, Shixun Cao, and Garry J. McIntyre The low-energy magnetic excitation from the highly Ca-doped quasi-one-dimensional magnet$\mathrm{SrC}{\mathrm{a}}_{13}\mathrm{C}{\mathrm{u}}_{24}{\mathrm{O}}_{41}$was studied in the magnetic ordered state by using inelastic neutron scattering. We observed the gapless spin-wave excitation, dispersi... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 184411] Published Mon Nov 12, 2018 Density functional theory beyond the Born-Oppenheimer approximation: Accurate treatment of the ionic zero-point motion By Grigory Kolesov, Efthimios Kaxiras, and Efstratios Manousakis from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 12, 2018. Author(s): Grigory Kolesov, Efthimios Kaxiras, and Efstratios Manousakis We introduce a method to carry out zero-temperature calculations within density functional theory (DFT) but without relying on the Born-Oppenheimer (BO) approximation for the ionic motion. Our approach is based on the finite-temperature many-body path-integral formulation of quantum mechanics by tak... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 195112] Published Mon Nov 12, 2018 Dephasing of InAs quantum dot$p$-shell excitons studied using two-dimensional coherent spectroscopy By Takeshi Suzuki, Rohan Singh, Galan Moody, Marc Aßmann, Manfred Bayer, Arne Ludwig, Andreas D. Wieck, and Steven T. Cundiff from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 12, 2018. Author(s): Takeshi Suzuki, Rohan Singh, Galan Moody, Marc Aßmann, Manfred Bayer, Arne Ludwig, Andreas D. Wieck, and Steven T. Cundiff The dephasing mechanisms of$p$-shell and$s$-shell excitons in an InAs self-assembled quantum dot ensemble are examined using two-dimensional coherent spectroscopy (2DCS). 2DCS provides a comprehensive picture of how the energy level structure of dots affects the exciton dephasing rates and recombi... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 195304] Published Mon Nov 12, 2018 Dipolar and charged localized excitons in carbon nanotubes By Jan T. Glückert, Lyudmyla Adamska, Wolfgang Schinner, Matthias S. Hofmann, Stephen K. Doorn, Sergei Tretiak, and Alexander Högele from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 12, 2018. Author(s): Jan T. Glückert, Lyudmyla Adamska, Wolfgang Schinner, Matthias S. Hofmann, Stephen K. Doorn, Sergei Tretiak, and Alexander Högele We study both experimentally and theoretically the fundamental interplay of exciton localization and polarization in semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes. From Stark spectroscopy of individual carbon nanotubes at cryogenic temperatures, we identify localized excitons as permanent electric d... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 195413] Published Mon Nov 12, 2018 Linear response of twisted bilayer graphene: Continuum versus tight-binding models By T. Stauber, T. Low, and G. Gómez-Santos from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 12, 2018. Author(s): T. Stauber, T. Low, and G. Gómez-Santos We present a linear response calculation for twisted bilayer graphene. The calculation is performed for both the continuum and tight-binding models, with the aim of assessing the validity of the former. All qualitatively important features previously reported by us [Stauber et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 195414] Published Mon Nov 12, 2018 Tilt-induced kink in the plasmon dispersion of two-dimensional Dirac electrons By Z. Jalali-Mola and S. A. Jafari from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 12, 2018. Author(s): Z. Jalali-Mola and S. A. Jafari The list of two-dimensional Dirac systems with a tilt in their Dirac cone spectrum is expanding, and now, in addition to the organic system$α{(\mathrm{BEDT}−\mathrm{TTF})}_{2}{\mathrm{I}}_{3}$, it includes the two-dimensional$8Pmmn$-borophene sheet, which allows for controlled doping by the gate v... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 195415] Published Mon Nov 12, 2018 Realization of the anisotropic compass model on the diamond lattice of${\mathrm{Cu}}^{2+}$in${\mathrm{CuAl}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{4}$By S. A. Nikolaev, I. V. Solovyev, A. N. Ignatenko, V. Yu. Irkhin, and S. V. Streltsov from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 12, 2018. Author(s): S. A. Nikolaev, I. V. Solovyev, A. N. Ignatenko, V. Yu. Irkhin, and S. V. Streltsov Spin-orbit (SO) Mott insulators are regarded as a new paradigm of magnetic materials, whose properties are largely influenced by SO coupling and featured by highly anisotropic bond-dependent exchange interactions between the spin-orbital entangled Kramers doublets, as typically manifested in$5d$ir... [Phys. Rev. B 98, 201106(R)] Published Mon Nov 12, 2018 Probing the role of${\mathrm{Nd}}^{3+}$ions in the weak multiferroic character of${\mathrm{NdMn}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{5}$by optical spectroscopies By S. Mansouri, S. Jandl, M. Balli, P. Fournier, B. Roberge, M. Orlita, I. A. Zobkalo, S. N. Barilo, and S. V. Shiryaev from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 12, 2018. Author(s): S. Mansouri, S. Jandl, M. Balli, P. Fournier, B. Roberge, M. Orlita, I. A. Zobkalo, S. N. Barilo, and S. V. Shiryaev Raman and infrared spectroscopies are used as local probes to study the dynamics of the Nd-O bonds in the weakly multiferroic${\mathrm{NdMn}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{5}$system. The temperature dependence of selected Raman excitations reveals the splitting of the Nd-O bonds in${\mathrm{NdMn}}_{2}{\mathrm...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 205119] Published Mon Nov 12, 2018

Nonadiabatic quantum molecular dynamics with detailed balance

By Jérôme Daligault and Dmitry Mozyrsky from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 12, 2018.

Author(s): Jérôme Daligault and Dmitry Mozyrsky

We present an approach for carrying out nonadiabatic molecular dynamics simulations of systems in which nonadiabatic transitions arise from the coupling between the classical atomic motions and a quasicontinuum of electronic quantum states. Such conditions occur in many research areas, including che...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 205120] Published Mon Nov 12, 2018

Fine-Scale Droplet Clustering in Atmospheric Clouds: 3D Radial Distribution Function from Airborne Digital Holography

By Michael L. Larsen, Raymond A. Shaw, Alexander B. Kostinski, and Susanne Glienke from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 12, 2018.

Author(s): Michael L. Larsen, Raymond A. Shaw, Alexander B. Kostinski, and Susanne Glienke

An imaging probe on an airplane observes the clustering of water droplets in clouds, confirming a predicted effect that is correlated with rainfall.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 204501] Published Mon Nov 12, 2018

Excess solvent in precipitates

By Emmanuel Clouet from Nature Materials - Issue - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 12, 2018.

Excess solvent in precipitates

Excess solvent in precipitates, Published online: 12 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0224-0

Although precipitates’ compositions are theoretically determined by thermodynamics, their formation kinetics can also lead to composition variations that allow further structural evolution, making the precipitation path more complex.

Large Pockels effect in micro- and nanostructured barium titanate integrated on silicon

By Jean Fompeyrine from Nature Materials - Issue - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 12, 2018.

Large Pockels effect in micro- and nanostructured barium titanate integrated on silicon

Large Pockels effect in micro- and nanostructured barium titanate integrated on silicon, Published online: 12 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0208-0

Electro-optic modulators based on epitaxial barium titanate (BTO) integrated on silicon exhibit speeds up to 50 Gbit s–1 while the Pockels coefficient of the BTO film is found to be approaching the bulk value.

Diffusion-defining atomic-scale spinodal decomposition within nanoprecipitates

By Gerald Kothleitner from Nature Materials - Issue - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 12, 2018.

Diffusion-defining atomic-scale spinodal decomposition within nanoprecipitates

Diffusion-defining atomic-scale spinodal decomposition within nanoprecipitates, Published online: 12 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0209-z

Atomic-scale spinodal decomposition enabled diffusion was observed within ordered nanoprecipitates that have structural imperfections, resulting from dynamic interaction of Gibbs energy, activation energy of atomic jumps and phase ordering in multicomponent alloys.

Magneto-ionic control of magnetism using a solid-state proton pump

By Geoffrey S. D. Beach from Nature Materials - Issue - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 12, 2018.

Magneto-ionic control of magnetism using a solid-state proton pump

Magneto-ionic control of magnetism using a solid-state proton pump, Published online: 12 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0211-5

Hydrogen pumping is used to reversibly modulate magnetic anisotropy in solid-state heterostructures.

Robust and compact waveguides

By Mohammad Hafezi from Nature Nanotechnology - Issue - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 12, 2018.

Robust and compact waveguides

Robust and compact waveguides, Published online: 12 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0314-9

A nanofabricated twisted topological waveguide on silicon platform enables robust guiding of light at telecommunication wavelength.

Robust topologically protected transport in photonic crystals at telecommunication wavelengths

By Natalia M. Litchinitser from Nature Nanotechnology - Issue - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 12, 2018.

Robust topologically protected transport in photonic crystals at telecommunication wavelengths

Robust topologically protected transport in photonic crystals at telecommunication wavelengths, Published online: 12 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0297-6

Thanks to its topological properties, a CMOS-compatible photonic crystal shows reflectionless transmission of light at telecommunication wavelengths even along a path with sharp turns.

In situ quantification of interphasial chemistry in Li-ion battery

By Feng Pan from Nature Nanotechnology - Issue - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 12, 2018.

In situ quantification of interphasial chemistry in Li-ion battery

In situ quantification of interphasial chemistry in Li-ion battery, Published online: 12 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0284-y

A set of in situ and operando techniques, as well as gravimetric and microscopic investigations are used to characterize the formation of the solid–electrolyte interphase in a Li-ion battery.

Memristor crossbar arrays with 6-nm half-pitch and 2-nm critical dimension

By Qiangfei Xia from Nature Nanotechnology - Issue - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 12, 2018.

Memristor crossbar arrays with 6-nm half-pitch and 2-nm critical dimension

Memristor crossbar arrays with 6-nm half-pitch and 2-nm critical dimension, Published online: 12 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0302-0

A nanofin structure enables a working memristor array with 2-nm feature size and 4.5-Tbit per square inch packing density.

Impact of quenched random fields on the ferroelectric-to-relaxor crossover in the solid solution $(1−x)\mathrm{BaTi}{\mathrm{O}}_{3}−x\mathrm{DyFe}{\mathrm{O}}_{3}$

By Jian Zhuang, Alexei A. Bokov, Nan Zhang, David Walker, Siqi Huo, Jie Zhang, Wei Ren, and Zuo-Guang Ye from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 09, 2018.

Author(s): Jian Zhuang, Alexei A. Bokov, Nan Zhang, David Walker, Siqi Huo, Jie Zhang, Wei Ren, and Zuo-Guang Ye

Lead-based perovskite relaxor ferroelectrics are widely used as materials for numerous applications due to their extraordinary dielectric, piezoelectric, and electrostrictive properties. While the mechanisms of relaxor behavior are disputable, the importance of quenched (static) random electric fiel...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 174104] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018

Giant direct and inverse electrocaloric effects in multiferroic thin films

By Claudio Cazorla and Jorge Íñiguez from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 09, 2018.

Author(s): Claudio Cazorla and Jorge Íñiguez

Refrigeration systems based on the compression of greenhouse gases are environmentally threatening and cannot be scaled down to on-chip dimensions. In the vicinity of a phase transition, caloric materials present large thermal responses to external fields, which makes them promising for developing a...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 174105] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018

Strong-disorder renormalization group for periodically driven systems

By William Berdanier, Michael Kolodrubetz, S. A. Parameswaran, and Romain Vasseur from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 09, 2018.

Author(s): William Berdanier, Michael Kolodrubetz, S. A. Parameswaran, and Romain Vasseur

Quenched randomness can lead to robust nonequilibrium phases of matter in periodically driven (Floquet) systems. Analyzing transitions between such dynamical phases requires a method capable of treating the twin complexities of disorder and discrete time-translation symmetry. We introduce a real-spa...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 174203] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018

Origin of localization in Ti-doped Si

By Yi Zhang, R. Nelson, K.-M. Tam, W. Ku, U. Yu, N. S. Vidhyadhiraja, H. Terletska, J. Moreno, M. Jarrell, and T. Berlijn from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 09, 2018.

Author(s): Yi Zhang, R. Nelson, K.-M. Tam, W. Ku, U. Yu, N. S. Vidhyadhiraja, H. Terletska, J. Moreno, M. Jarrell, and T. Berlijn

Intermediate band semiconductors hold the promise to significantly improve the efficiency of solar cells but only if the intermediate impurity band is metallic. We apply a recently developed first principles method to investigate the origin of electron localization in Ti doped Si, a promising candid...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 174204] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018

Finite-size scaling of Monte Carlo simulations for the fcc Ising antiferromagnet: Effects of the low-temperature phase degeneracy

By Ronja Stübel and Wolfhard Janke from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. B. Published on Nov 09, 2018.

Author(s): Ronja Stübel and Wolfhard Janke

The Ising antiferromagnet on a face-centered cubic (fcc) lattice with nearest-neighbor interaction only is well known to exhibit a macroscopic (exponential in the system size $L$) ground-state degeneracy. With increasing temperature, this degeneracy is expected to be lifted and the model undergoes a...

[Phys. Rev. B 98, 174413] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018

Postselection-Loophole-Free Bell Violation with Genuine Time-Bin Entanglement

By Francesco Vedovato, Costantino Agnesi, Marco Tomasin, Marco Avesani, Jan-Åke Larsson, Giuseppe Vallone, and Paolo Villoresi from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 09, 2018.

Author(s): Francesco Vedovato, Costantino Agnesi, Marco Tomasin, Marco Avesani, Jan-Åke Larsson, Giuseppe Vallone, and Paolo Villoresi

Entanglement is an invaluable resource for fundamental tests of physics and the implementation of quantum information protocols such as device-independent secure communications. In particular, time-bin entanglement is widely exploited to reach these purposes both in free space and optical fiber prop...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 190401] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018

Disentanglement Cost of Quantum States

By Mario Berta and Christian Majenz from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 09, 2018.

Author(s): Mario Berta and Christian Majenz

We show that the minimal rate of noise needed to catalytically erase the entanglement in a bipartite quantum state is given by the regularized relative entropy of entanglement. This offers a solution to the central open question raised in [Groisman et al., Phys. Rev. A 72, 032317 (2005)] and complem...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 190503] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018

Quantifying Resources in General Resource Theory with Catalysts

By Anurag Anshu, Min-Hsiu Hsieh, and Rahul Jain from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 09, 2018.

Author(s): Anurag Anshu, Min-Hsiu Hsieh, and Rahul Jain

A question that is commonly asked in all areas of physics is how a certain property of a physical system can be used to achieve useful tasks and how to quantify the amount of such a property in a meaningful way. We answer this question by showing that, in a general resource-theoretic framework that ...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 190504] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018

Tracking Black Hole Kicks from Gravitational-Wave Observations

By Juan Calderón Bustillo, James A. Clark, Pablo Laguna, and Deirdre Shoemaker from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 09, 2018.

Author(s): Juan Calderón Bustillo, James A. Clark, Pablo Laguna, and Deirdre Shoemaker

Coalescing binary black holes emit anisotropic gravitational radiation. This causes a net emission of linear momentum that produces a gradual acceleration of the source. As a result, the final remnant black hole acquires a characteristic velocity known as recoil velocity or gravitational kick. The s...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 191102] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018

Fermions at Finite Density in $2+1$ Dimensions with Sign-Optimized Manifolds

By Andrei Alexandru, Paulo F. Bedaque, Henry Lamm, Scott Lawrence, and Neill C. Warrington from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 09, 2018.

Author(s): Andrei Alexandru, Paulo F. Bedaque, Henry Lamm, Scott Lawrence, and Neill C. Warrington

We present Monte Carlo calculations of the thermodynamics of the ($2+1$)-dimensional Thirring model at finite density. We bypass the sign problem by deforming the domain of integration of the path integral into complex space in such a way as to maximize the average sign within a parameterized family...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 191602] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018

Transport Peak in the Thermal Spectral Function of $\mathcal{N}=4$ Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Plasma at Intermediate Coupling

By Jorge Casalderrey-Solana, Sašo Grozdanov, and Andrei O. Starinets from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 09, 2018.

Author(s): Jorge Casalderrey-Solana, Sašo Grozdanov, and Andrei O. Starinets

We study the structure of thermal spectral function of the stress-energy tensor in $\mathcal{N}=4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory at intermediate ‘t Hooft coupling and infinite number of colors. In gauge-string duality, this analysis reduces to the study of classical bulk supergravity with higher-...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 191603] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018

Evidence for Coexisting Shapes through Lifetime Measurements in $^{98}\mathrm{Zr}$

By Purnima Singh <em>et al.</em> from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 09, 2018.

Author(s): Purnima Singh et al.

The lifetimes of the first excited ${2}^{+}$, ${4}^{+}$, and ${6}^{+}$ states in $^{98}\mathrm{Zr}$ were measured with the recoil-distance Doppler shift method in an experiment performed at GANIL. Excited states in $^{98}\mathrm{Zr}$ were populated using the fission reaction between a $6.2\text{ }\t... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 192501] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018 Pseudospin Symmetry and Microscopic Origin of Shape Coexistence in the$^{78}\mathrm{Ni}$Region: A Hint from Lifetime Measurements By C. Delafosse <em>et al.</em> from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 09, 2018. Author(s): C. Delafosse et al. Lifetime measurements of excited states of the light$N=52$isotones$^{88}\mathrm{Kr}$,$^{86}\mathrm{Se}$, and$^{84}\mathrm{Ge}$have been performed, using the recoil distance Doppler shift method and VAMOS and AGATA spectrometers for particle identification and gamma spectroscopy, respectively. ... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 192502] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018 Organic Polariton Lasing and the Weak to Strong Coupling Crossover By Artem Strashko, Peter Kirton, and Jonathan Keeling from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 09, 2018. Author(s): Artem Strashko, Peter Kirton, and Jonathan Keeling Following experimental realizations of room temperature polariton lasing with organic molecules, we present a microscopic model that allows us to explore the crossover from weak to strong matter-light coupling. We consider a nonequilibrium Dicke-Holstein model, including both strong coupling to vibr... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 193601] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018 Transverse Kerker Scattering for Angstrom Localization of Nanoparticles By Ankan Bag, Martin Neugebauer, Paweł Woźniak, Gerd Leuchs, and Peter Banzer from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 09, 2018. Author(s): Ankan Bag, Martin Neugebauer, Paweł Woźniak, Gerd Leuchs, and Peter Banzer Laser tricks allow nanoparticle position measurements with just 0.6-angstrom uncertainty, which will be useful in future nanotech devices. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 193902] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018 Asymmetric Metasurfaces with High-$Q$Resonances Governed by Bound States in the Continuum By Kirill Koshelev, Sergey Lepeshov, Mingkai Liu, Andrey Bogdanov, and Yuri Kivshar from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 09, 2018. Author(s): Kirill Koshelev, Sergey Lepeshov, Mingkai Liu, Andrey Bogdanov, and Yuri Kivshar We reveal that metasurfaces created by seemingly different lattices of (dielectric or metallic) meta-atoms with broken in-plane symmetry can support sharp high-$Q$resonances arising from a distortion of symmetry-protected bound states in the continuum. We develop a rigorous theory of such asymmetri... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 193903] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018 Observation of Nonreciprocal Wave Propagation in a Dynamic Phononic Lattice By Yifan Wang, Behrooz Yousefzadeh, Hui Chen, Hussein Nassar, Guoliang Huang, and Chiara Daraio from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 09, 2018. Author(s): Yifan Wang, Behrooz Yousefzadeh, Hui Chen, Hussein Nassar, Guoliang Huang, and Chiara Daraio Acoustic waves in a linear time-invariant medium are generally reciprocal; however, reciprocity can break down in a time-variant system. In this Letter, we report on an experimental demonstration of nonreciprocity in a dynamic one-dimensional phononic crystal, where the local elastic properties are ... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 194301] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018 Droplet Crystal Ground States of a Dipolar Bose Gas By D. Baillie and P. B. Blakie from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 09, 2018. Author(s): D. Baillie and P. B. Blakie We show that the ground state of a dipolar Bose gas in a cylindrically symmetric harmonic trap has a rich phase diagram, including droplet crystal states in which a set of droplets arrange into a lattice pattern that breaks the rotational symmetry. An analytic model for small droplet crystals is dev... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 195301] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018 Reactivity of Hydrogen-Helium and Hydrogen-Nitrogen Mixtures at High Pressures By Robin Turnbull, Mary-Ellen Donnelly, Mengnan Wang, Miriam Peña-Alvarez, Cheng Ji, Philip Dalladay-Simpson, Ho-kwang Mao, Eugene Gregoryanz, and Ross T. Howie from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 09, 2018. Author(s): Robin Turnbull, Mary-Ellen Donnelly, Mengnan Wang, Miriam Peña-Alvarez, Cheng Ji, Philip Dalladay-Simpson, Ho-kwang Mao, Eugene Gregoryanz, and Ross T. Howie Through a series of Raman spectroscopy studies, we investigate the behavior of hydrogen-helium and hydrogen-nitrogen mixtures at high pressure across a wide range of concentrations. We find that there is no evidence of chemical association or increased miscibility of hydrogen and helium in the solid... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 195702] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018 Unique Gap Structure and Symmetry of the Charge Density Wave in Single-Layer${\mathrm{VSe}}_{2}By P. Chen, Woei Wu Pai, Y.-H. Chan, V. Madhavan, M. Y. Chou, S.-K. Mo, A.-V. Fedorov, and T.-C. Chiang from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 09, 2018. Author(s): P. Chen, Woei Wu Pai, Y.-H. Chan, V. Madhavan, M. Y. Chou, S.-K. Mo, A.-V. Fedorov, and T.-C. Chiang Single layers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are excellent candidates for electronic applications beyond the graphene platform; many of them exhibit novel properties including charge density waves (CDWs) and magnetic ordering. CDWs in these single layers are generally a planar projectio... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 196402] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018 Band Alignment and the Built-in Potential of Solids By Duk-Hyun Choe, Damien West, and Shengbai Zhang from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 09, 2018. Author(s): Duk-Hyun Choe, Damien West, and Shengbai Zhang The built-in potential is of central importance to the understanding of many interfacial phenomena because it determines the band alignment at the interface. Despite its importance, its exact sign and magnitude have generally been recognized as ill-defined quantities for more than half a century. He... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 196802] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018 Tuning the Coupling of an Individual Magnetic Impurity to a Superconductor: Quantum Phase Transition and Transport By Laëtitia Farinacci, Gelavizh Ahmadi, Gaël Reecht, Michael Ruby, Nils Bogdanoff, Olof Peters, Benjamin W. Heinrich, Felix von Oppen, and Katharina J. Franke from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 09, 2018. Author(s): Laëtitia Farinacci, Gelavizh Ahmadi, Gaël Reecht, Michael Ruby, Nils Bogdanoff, Olof Peters, Benjamin W. Heinrich, Felix von Oppen, and Katharina J. Franke A magnetic-impurity junction whose exchange coupling can be mechanically tuned with an STM tip manipulating the flexibility of Fe-porphin. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 196803] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018 Magnetoresistance Scaling Reveals Symmetries of the Strongly Correlated Dynamics in{\mathrm{BaFe}}_{2}({\mathrm{As}}_{1−x}{\mathrm{P}}_{x}{)}_{2}$By Ian M. Hayes, Zeyu Hao, Nikola Maksimovic, Sylvia K. Lewin, Mun K. Chan, Ross D. McDonald, B. J. Ramshaw, Joel E. Moore, and James G. Analytis from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 09, 2018. Author(s): Ian M. Hayes, Zeyu Hao, Nikola Maksimovic, Sylvia K. Lewin, Mun K. Chan, Ross D. McDonald, B. J. Ramshaw, Joel E. Moore, and James G. Analytis The phenomenon of$T$-linear resistivity commonly observed in a number of strange metals has been widely seen as evidence for the breakdown of the quasiparticle picture of metals. This study shows that a recently discovered$H/T$scaling relationship in the magnetoresistance of the strange metal${\...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 197002] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018

Strong Effect of Hydrogen Order on Magnetic Kitaev Interactions in ${\mathrm{H}}_{3}{\mathrm{LiIr}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{6}$

By Ravi Yadav, Rajyavardhan Ray, Mohamed S. Eldeeb, Satoshi Nishimoto, Liviu Hozoi, and Jeroen van den Brink from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 09, 2018.

Author(s): Ravi Yadav, Rajyavardhan Ray, Mohamed S. Eldeeb, Satoshi Nishimoto, Liviu Hozoi, and Jeroen van den Brink

Very recently a quantum liquid was reported to form in ${\mathrm{H}}_{3}{\mathrm{LiIr}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{6}$, an iridate proposed to be a close realization of the Kitaev honeycomb model. To test this assertion we perform detailed quantum chemistry calculations to determine the magnetic interactions ...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 197203] Published Fri Nov 09, 2018

Climbing the Rotational Ladder to Chirality

By Alec Owens, Andrey Yachmenev, Sergei N. Yurchenko, and Jochen Küpper from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 08, 2018.

Author(s): Alec Owens, Andrey Yachmenev, Sergei N. Yurchenko, and Jochen Küpper

Molecular chirality is conventionally understood as space-inversion-symmetry breaking in the equilibrium structure of molecules. Less well known is that achiral molecules can be made chiral through extreme rotational excitation. Here, we theoretically demonstrate a clear strategy for generating rota...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 193201] Published Thu Nov 08, 2018

Observation of Rydberg Blockade Induced by a Single Ion

By F. Engel, T. Dieterle, T. Schmid, C. Tomschitz, C. Veit, N. Zuber, R. Löw, T. Pfau, and F. Meinert from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 08, 2018.

Author(s): F. Engel, T. Dieterle, T. Schmid, C. Tomschitz, C. Veit, N. Zuber, R. Löw, T. Pfau, and F. Meinert

Forming an ion in an ultracold atomic cloud delays the subsequent creation of a Rydberg atom until the ion wanders away.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 193401] Published Thu Nov 08, 2018

Search for Resonant and Nonresonant Higgs Boson Pair Production in the $b\overline{b}{τ}^{+}{τ}^{−}$ Decay Channel in $pp$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{TeV}$ with the ATLAS Detector

By M. Aaboud <em>et al.</em> (ATLAS Collaboration) from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 07, 2018.

Author(s): M. Aaboud et al. (ATLAS Collaboration)

A search for resonant and nonresonant pair production of Higgs bosons in the $b\overline{b}{τ}^{+}{τ}^{−}$ final state is presented. The search uses $36.1\text{ }\text{ }{\mathrm{fb}}^{−1}$ of $pp$ collision data with $\sqrt{s}=13\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{TeV}$ recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the ...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 191801] Published Wed Nov 07, 2018

Nonperturbative Analysis of the Electroweak Phase Transition in the Two Higgs Doublet Model

By Jens O. Andersen, Tyler Gorda, Andreas Helset, Lauri Niemi, Tuomas V. I. Tenkanen, Anders Tranberg, Aleksi Vuorinen, and David J. Weir from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 07, 2018.

Author(s): Jens O. Andersen, Tyler Gorda, Andreas Helset, Lauri Niemi, Tuomas V. I. Tenkanen, Anders Tranberg, Aleksi Vuorinen, and David J. Weir

We perform a nonperturbative study of the electroweak phase transition (EWPT) in the two Higgs doublet model (2HDM) by deriving a dimensionally reduced high-temperature effective theory for the model, and matching to known results for the phase diagram of the effective theory. We find regions of the...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 191802] Published Wed Nov 07, 2018

Emittance Preservation in an Aberration-Free Active Plasma Lens

By C. A. Lindstrøm, E. Adli, G. Boyle, R. Corsini, A. E. Dyson, W. Farabolini, S. M. Hooker, M. Meisel, J. Osterhoff, J.-H. Röckemann, L. Schaper, and K. N. Sjobak from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 07, 2018.

Author(s): C. A. Lindstrøm, E. Adli, G. Boyle, R. Corsini, A. E. Dyson, W. Farabolini, S. M. Hooker, M. Meisel, J. Osterhoff, J.-H. Röckemann, L. Schaper, and K. N. Sjobak

Active plasma lensing is a compact technology for strong focusing of charged particle beams, which has gained considerable interest for use in novel accelerator schemes. While providing $\mathrm{kT}/\mathrm{m}$ focusing gradients, active plasma lenses can have aberrations caused by a radially nonuni...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 194801] Published Wed Nov 07, 2018

Three-Dimensional Chiral Lattice Fermion in Floquet Systems

By Xiao-Qi Sun, Meng Xiao, Tomáš Bzdušek, Shou-Cheng Zhang, and Shanhui Fan from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 07, 2018.

Author(s): Xiao-Qi Sun, Meng Xiao, Tomáš Bzdušek, Shou-Cheng Zhang, and Shanhui Fan

We show that the Nielsen-Ninomiya no-go theorem still holds on a Floquet lattice: there is an equal number of right-handed and left-handed Weyl points in a three-dimensional Floquet lattice. However, in the adiabatic limit, where the time evolution of the low-energy subspace is decoupled from the hi...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 196401] Published Wed Nov 07, 2018

Erratum: Cellular Uptake of Elastic Nanoparticles [Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 098101 (2011)]

By Xin Yi, Xinghua Shi, and Huajian Gao from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 07, 2018.

Author(s): Xin Yi, Xinghua Shi, and Huajian Gao
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 199902] Published Wed Nov 07, 2018

Quantum Annealing and Thermalization: Insights from Integrability

By Fuxiang Li, Vladimir Y. Chernyak, and Nikolai A. Sinitsyn from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 06, 2018.

Author(s): Fuxiang Li, Vladimir Y. Chernyak, and Nikolai A. Sinitsyn

We solve a model that has basic features that are desired for quantum annealing computations: entanglement in the ground state, controllable annealing speed, ground state energy separated by a gap during the whole evolution, and a programmable computational problem that is encoded by parameters of t...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 190601] Published Tue Nov 06, 2018

Amorphous Silicon with Extremely Low Absorption: Beating Thermal Noise in Gravitational Astronomy

By R. Birney, J. Steinlechner, Z. Tornasi, S. MacFoy, D. Vine, A. S. Bell, D. Gibson, J. Hough, S. Rowan, P. Sortais, S. Sproules, S. Tait, I. W. Martin, and S. Reid from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 06, 2018.

Author(s): R. Birney, J. Steinlechner, Z. Tornasi, S. MacFoy, D. Vine, A. S. Bell, D. Gibson, J. Hough, S. Rowan, P. Sortais, S. Sproules, S. Tait, I. W. Martin, and S. Reid

Amorphous silicon has ideal properties for many applications in fundamental research and industry. However, the optical absorption is often unacceptably high, particularly for gravitational-wave detection. We report a novel ion-beam deposition method for fabricating amorphous silicon with unpreceden...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 191101] Published Tue Nov 06, 2018

Casimir Effect in Yang-Mills Theory in $D=2+1$

By M. N. Chernodub, V. A. Goy, A. V. Molochkov, and Ha Huu Nguyen from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 06, 2018.

Author(s): M. N. Chernodub, V. A. Goy, A. V. Molochkov, and Ha Huu Nguyen

We study, for the first time, the Casimir effect in non-Abelian gauge theory using first-principles numerical simulations. Working in two spatial dimensions at zero temperature, we find that closely spaced perfect chromoelectric conductors attract each other with a small anomalous scaling dimension....

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 191601] Published Tue Nov 06, 2018

Interferometric Evanescent Wave Excitation of a Nanoantenna for Ultrasensitive Displacement and Phase Metrology

By Lei Wei, Anatoly V. Zayats, and Francisco J. Rodríguez-Fortuño from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 06, 2018.

Author(s): Lei Wei, Anatoly V. Zayats, and Francisco J. Rodríguez-Fortuño

We propose a method for ultrasensitive displacement and phase measurements based on a nanoantenna illuminated with interfering evanescent waves. We show that with a proper nanoantenna design, tiny displacements and relative phase variations can be converted into changes of the scattering direction i...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 193901] Published Tue Nov 06, 2018

Particle-Laden Pipe Flows at High Volume Fractions Show Transition Without Puffs

By Willian Hogendoorn and Christian Poelma from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 06, 2018.

Author(s): Willian Hogendoorn and Christian Poelma

Using ultrasound imaging velocimetry, we are able to present unique insight in transitional particle-laden flows. Together with a Moody diagram of time-averaged properties, we demonstrate that the laminar-turbulent transition behavior at high volume fractions is distinct from the single-phase case a...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 194501] Published Tue Nov 06, 2018

Melting Si: Beyond Density Functional Theory

By Florian Dorner, Zoran Sukurma, Christoph Dellago, and Georg Kresse from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 06, 2018.

Author(s): Florian Dorner, Zoran Sukurma, Christoph Dellago, and Georg Kresse

The melting point of silicon in the cubic diamond phase is calculated using the random phase approximation (RPA). The RPA includes exact exchange as well as an approximate treatment of local as well as nonlocal many body correlation effects of the electrons. We predict a melting temperature of about...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 195701] Published Tue Nov 06, 2018

Majorana Kramers Pairs in Higher-Order Topological Insulators

By Chen-Hsuan Hsu, Peter Stano, Jelena Klinovaja, and Daniel Loss from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 06, 2018.

Author(s): Chen-Hsuan Hsu, Peter Stano, Jelena Klinovaja, and Daniel Loss

We propose a tune-free scheme to realize Kramers pairs of Majorana bound states in recently discovered higher-order topological insulators (HOTIs). We show that, by bringing two hinges of a HOTI into the proximity of an $s$-wave superconductor, the competition between local and crossed Andreev pairi...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 196801] Published Tue Nov 06, 2018

Hund-Enhanced Electronic Compressibility in FeSe and its Correlation with ${T}_{c}$

By Pablo Villar Arribi and Luca de’ Medici from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 06, 2018.

Author(s): Pablo Villar Arribi and Luca de’ Medici

We compute the compressibility of the conduction electrons in both bulk orthorhombic FeSe and monolayer FeSe on a ${\mathrm{SrTiO}}_{3}$ substrate, including dynamical electronic correlations within slave-spin mean-field $+$ density-functional theory. Results show a zone of enhancement of the electr...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 197001] Published Tue Nov 06, 2018

Duplication, Collapse, and Escape of Magnetic Skyrmions Revealed Using a Systematic Saddle Point Search Method

By Gideon P. Müller, Pavel F. Bessarab, Sergei M. Vlasov, Fabian Lux, Nikolai S. Kiselev, Stefan Blügel, Valery M. Uzdin, and Hannes Jónsson from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 06, 2018.

Author(s): Gideon P. Müller, Pavel F. Bessarab, Sergei M. Vlasov, Fabian Lux, Nikolai S. Kiselev, Stefan Blügel, Valery M. Uzdin, and Hannes Jónsson

Various transitions that a magnetic Skyrmion can undergo are found in calculations using a method for climbing up the energy surface and converging onto first order saddle points. In addition to collapse and escape through a boundary, the method identifies a transition where the Skyrmion divides and...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 197202] Published Tue Nov 06, 2018

Erratum: Optomagnonic Whispering Gallery Microresonators [Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 123605 (2016)]

By Xufeng Zhang, Na Zhu, Chang-Ling Zou, and Hong X. Tang from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 06, 2018.

Author(s): Xufeng Zhang, Na Zhu, Chang-Ling Zou, and Hong X. Tang
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 199901] Published Tue Nov 06, 2018

Quantum Error Correction Decoheres Noise

By Stefanie J. Beale, Joel J. Wallman, Mauricio Gutiérrez, Kenneth R. Brown, and Raymond Laflamme from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 05, 2018.

Author(s): Stefanie J. Beale, Joel J. Wallman, Mauricio Gutiérrez, Kenneth R. Brown, and Raymond Laflamme

Typical studies of quantum error correction assume probabilistic Pauli noise, largely because it is relatively easy to analyze and simulate. Consequently, the effective logical noise due to physically realistic coherent errors is relatively unknown. Here, we prove that encoding a system in a stabili...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 190501] Published Mon Nov 05, 2018

Secure Quantum Key Distribution over 421 km of Optical Fiber

By Alberto Boaron, Gianluca Boso, Davide Rusca, Cédric Vulliez, Claire Autebert, Misael Caloz, Matthieu Perrenoud, Gaëtan Gras, Félix Bussières, Ming-Jun Li, Daniel Nolan, Anthony Martin, and Hugo Zbinden from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 05, 2018.

Author(s): Alberto Boaron, Gianluca Boso, Davide Rusca, Cédric Vulliez, Claire Autebert, Misael Caloz, Matthieu Perrenoud, Gaëtan Gras, Félix Bussières, Ming-Jun Li, Daniel Nolan, Anthony Martin, and Hugo Zbinden

An optical-fiber-based quantum cryptography scheme works over a record distance of 421 km and at much faster rates than previous long-distance demonstrations.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 190502] Published Mon Nov 05, 2018

Crack Front Interaction with Self-Emitted Acoustic Waves

By D. Massy, F. Mazen, D. Landru, N. Ben Mohamed, S. Tardif, A. Reinhardt, F. Madeira, O. Kononchuk, and F. Rieutord from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 05, 2018.

Author(s): D. Massy, F. Mazen, D. Landru, N. Ben Mohamed, S. Tardif, A. Reinhardt, F. Madeira, O. Kononchuk, and F. Rieutord

The acoustic waves emitted by a propagating crack can affect the crack’s motion and the marks it leaves behind.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 195501] Published Mon Nov 05, 2018

Antiferromagnetism Emerging in a Ferromagnet with Gain

By Huanhuan Yang, C. Wang, Tianlin Yu, Yunshan Cao, and Peng Yan from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 05, 2018.

Author(s): Huanhuan Yang, C. Wang, Tianlin Yu, Yunshan Cao, and Peng Yan

We present a theoretical mapping to show that a ferromagnet with gain (loss) is equivalent to an antiferromagnet with an equal amount of loss (gain). Our findings indicate a novel first-order ferromagnet-antiferromagnet phase transition by tuning the gain-loss parameter. As an appealing application,...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 197201] Published Mon Nov 05, 2018

Solving mazes with single-molecule DNA navigators

By Chunhai Fan from Nature Materials - Issue - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 05, 2018.

Solving mazes with single-molecule DNA navigators

Solving mazes with single-molecule DNA navigators, Published online: 05 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0205-3

DNA-based nanodevices with decision-making and information-processing capabilities have been developed. Here, a DNA-based molecular navigation system that explores a DNA origami maze for all possible solutions is reported.

Epitaxial growth of ultraflat stanene with topological band inversion

By J. G. Hou from Nature Materials - Issue - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 05, 2018.

Epitaxial growth of ultraflat stanene with topological band inversion

Epitaxial growth of ultraflat stanene with topological band inversion, Published online: 05 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0203-5

A flat stanene layer can be grown on Cu (111) by MBE growth, exhibiting topological properties as revealed by a combination of ARPES, STM and DFT calculations.

Whirling spins with a ferroelectric

By Christos Panagopoulos from Nature Materials - Issue - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 05, 2018.

Whirling spins with a ferroelectric

Whirling spins with a ferroelectric, Published online: 05 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0222-2

Ferroelectric polarization enables the emergence and control of magnetic skyrmions at an oxide interface.

Molecular sieving of ethylene from ethane using a rigid metal–organic framework

By Banglin Chen from Nature Materials - Issue - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 05, 2018.

Molecular sieving of ethylene from ethane using a rigid metal–organic framework

Molecular sieving of ethylene from ethane using a rigid metal–organic framework, Published online: 05 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0206-2

Separating ethylene from ethane is highly challenging as they have very similar physical properties. Here, a metal–organic framework is reported that, owing to its pore size and rigidity, adsorbs ethylene but almost completely excludes ethane under ambient conditions.

Opportunities and challenges of interlayer exciton control and manipulation

By Jie Shan from Nature Nanotechnology - Issue - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 05, 2018.

Opportunities and challenges of interlayer exciton control and manipulation

Opportunities and challenges of interlayer exciton control and manipulation, Published online: 05 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0301-1

This Commentary discusses practical prospects of using electrical control of interlayer excitons in van der Waals heterostructures for high-temperature exciton condensation and valley–spin optoelectronics.

Electron quantum metamaterials in van der Waals heterostructures

By Nathaniel M. Gabor from Nature Nanotechnology - Issue - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 05, 2018.

Electron quantum metamaterials in van der Waals heterostructures

Electron quantum metamaterials in van der Waals heterostructures, Published online: 05 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0294-9

This Perspective discusses design strategies for engineering quantum behavior in electron quantum metamaterials based on van der Waals heterostructures

Porous hierarchy

By Fabio Pulizzi from Nature Nanotechnology - Issue - nature.com science feeds. Published on Nov 05, 2018.

Porous hierarchy

Porous hierarchy, Published online: 05 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0311-z

Porous hierarchy

Certifying the Building Blocks of Quantum Computers from Bell’s Theorem

By Pavel Sekatski, Jean-Daniel Bancal, Sebastian Wagner, and Nicolas Sangouard from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 02, 2018.

Author(s): Pavel Sekatski, Jean-Daniel Bancal, Sebastian Wagner, and Nicolas Sangouard

Bell’s theorem has been proposed to certify, in a device-independent and robust way, blocks either producing or measuring quantum states. In this Letter, we provide a method based on Bell’s theorem to certify coherent operations for the storage, processing, and transfer of quantum information. This ...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 180505] Published Fri Nov 02, 2018

Assessing Near-Future Direct Dark Matter Searches with Benchmark-Free Forecasting

By Thomas D. P. Edwards, Bradley J. Kavanagh, and Christoph Weniger from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 02, 2018.

Author(s): Thomas D. P. Edwards, Bradley J. Kavanagh, and Christoph Weniger

Forecasting the signal discrimination power of dark matter (DM) searches is commonly limited to a set of arbitrary benchmark points. We introduce new methods for benchmark-free forecasting that instead allow an exhaustive exploration and visualization of the phenomenological distinctiveness of DM mo...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 181101] Published Fri Nov 02, 2018

Transition Radiation as a Probe of the Chiral Anomaly

By Xu-Guang Huang and Kirill Tuchin from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 02, 2018.

Author(s): Xu-Guang Huang and Kirill Tuchin

A fast charged particle crossing the boundary between chiral matter and vacuum radiates transition radiation. Its most remarkable features—the resonant behavior at a certain emission angle and the circular polarization of the spectrum—depend on the parameters of the chiral anomaly in a particular ma...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 182301] Published Fri Nov 02, 2018

Quantum-Mechanical Relation between Atomic Dipole Polarizability and the van der Waals Radius

By Dmitry V. Fedorov, Mainak Sadhukhan, Martin Stöhr, and Alexandre Tkatchenko from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 02, 2018.

Author(s): Dmitry V. Fedorov, Mainak Sadhukhan, Martin Stöhr, and Alexandre Tkatchenko

The atomic dipole polarizability $α$ and the van der Waals (vdW) radius ${R}_{\text{vdW}}$ are two key quantities to describe vdW interactions between atoms in molecules and materials. Until now, they have been determined independently and separately from each other. Here, we derive the quantum-mech...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 183401] Published Fri Nov 02, 2018

Manipulation of the Vacuum to Control Its Field-Induced Decay

By Q. Z. Lv, Q. Su, and R. Grobe from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 02, 2018.

Author(s): Q. Z. Lv, Q. Su, and R. Grobe

It has long been predicted that permanent electron-positron pairs can be created from the quantum vacuum at those spatial regions where an external electric field exceeds a supercritical value. By solving the Dirac equation numerically, we show that the yield of the created positrons at targeted ene...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 183606] Published Fri Nov 02, 2018

Stimulated Excitation of an Optical Cavity by a Multibunch Electron Beam via Coherent-Diffraction-Radiation Process

By Yosuke Honda, Miho Shimada, Alexander Aryshev, Ryukou Kato, Tsukasa Miyajima, Takashi Obina, Ryota Takai, Takashi Uchiyama, and Naoto Yamamoto from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 02, 2018.

Author(s): Yosuke Honda, Miho Shimada, Alexander Aryshev, Ryukou Kato, Tsukasa Miyajima, Takashi Obina, Ryota Takai, Takashi Uchiyama, and Naoto Yamamoto

With a low emittance and short-bunch electron beam at a high repetition rate realized by a superconducting linac, stimulated excitation of an optical cavity at the terahertz spectrum range is shown. The electron beam passes through small holes in the cavity mirrors without being destroyed. A sharp r...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 184801] Published Fri Nov 02, 2018

Majorana Doublets, Flat Bands, and Dirac Nodes in $s$-Wave Superfluids

By Haiping Hu, Fan Zhang, and Chuanwei Zhang from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 02, 2018.

Author(s): Haiping Hu, Fan Zhang, and Chuanwei Zhang

Topological superfluids protected by mirror and time-reversal symmetries are exotic states of matter possessing Majorana Kramers pairs (MKPs), yet their realizations have long been hindered by the requirement of unconventional pairing. We propose to realize such a topological superfluid by utilizing...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 185302] Published Fri Nov 02, 2018

Boson Peak Decouples from Elasticity in Glasses with Low Connectivity

By A. Giuntoli and D. Leporini from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 02, 2018.

Author(s): A. Giuntoli and D. Leporini

We perform molecular-dynamics simulations of the vibrational and elastoplastic properties of polymeric glasses and crystals and the corresponding atomic systems. We evidence that the elastic scaling of the density of states in the low-frequency boson peak (BP) region is different in crystals and gla...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 185502] Published Fri Nov 02, 2018

Microscopic Theory of Two-Step Yielding in Attractive Colloids

By Ada Altieri, Pierfrancesco Urbani, and Francesco Zamponi from Recent Articles in Phys. Rev. Lett.. Published on Nov 02, 2018.

Author(s): Ada Altieri, Pierfrancesco Urbani, and Francesco Zamponi

Attractive colloids display two distinct amorphous solid phases: the attractive glass due to particle bonding and the repulsive glass due to the hard-core repulsion. By means of a microscopic mean field approach, we analyze their response to a quasistatic shear strain. We find that the presence of t...

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 185503] Published Fri Nov 02, 2018