Physical Review Letters - Week ending 12 May 2023

Physical Review Letters View Email Online   Volume 130, Issue 19 Week Ending 12 May 2023 On the Cover Scanning tunneling microscope image of the honeycomb lattice of germanene, magnified in the inset. Selected for a Synopsis in Physics and an Editors' Suggestion. From the article Quantum Spin Hall States and Topological Phase Transition in Germanene Pantelis Bampoulis, Carolien Castenmiller, Dennis J. Klaassen, Jelle van Mil, Yichen Liu, Cheng-Cheng Liu, Yugui Yao, Motohiko Ezawa, Alexander N. Rudenko, and Harold J. W. Zandvliet Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 196401 (2023)     View Issue   Advertisement PRL seeks an Associate Editor or Senior Associate Editor PRL seeks two Associate Editors to handle all phases of the peer review process and ultimately decide which papers are published. Dynamic and personable individuals with a strong scientific background in either condensed matter and materials science, or physics of fluids, polymer physics, chemical physics, geophysics, or complex systems are encouraged to apply. More information.     Advertisement Upcoming Physical Review Journal Club sessions May 23 | 9:30 a.m. ET Siddhant Jain (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore) and colleagues on the Physical Review Fluids paper: "Vortical cleaning of oil-impregnated porous surfaces"     Not an APS member? Join today to start connecting with a community of more than 50,000 physicists.   HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES Featured in Physics Editors' Suggestion Experimental Full Network Nonlocality with Independent Sources and Strict Locality Constraints Xue-Mei Gu, Liang Huang, Alejandro Pozas-Kerstjens, Yang-Fan Jiang, Dian Wu, Bing Bai, Qi-Chao Sun, Ming-Cheng Chen, Jun Zhang, Sixia Yu, Qiang Zhang, Chao-Yang Lu, and Jian-Wei Pan Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 190201 (2023) – Published 11 May 2023 Synopsis:Proof That a Complex Quantum Network Is Truly Quantum Researchers prove the fully nonclassical nature of a three-party quantum network, a requirement for developing secure quantum communication technologies.     Featured in Physics Editors' Suggestion Solving Graph Problems Using Gaussian Boson Sampling Yu-Hao Deng, Si-Qiu Gong, Yi-Chao Gu, Zhi-Jiong Zhang, Hua-Liang Liu, Hao Su, Hao-Yang Tang, Jia-Min Xu, Meng-Hao Jia, Ming-Cheng Chen, Han-Sen Zhong, Hui Wang, Jiarong Yan, Yi Hu, Jia Huang, Wei-Jun Zhang, Hao Li, Xiao Jiang, Lixing You, Zhen Wang, Li Li, Nai-Le Liu, Chao-Yang Lu, and Jian-Wei Pan Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 190601 (2023) – Published 9 May 2023 Synopsis:Large Photonic Processor Solves Graph Problems A quantum photonic device can perform some real-world tasks more efficiently than classical computers.     Featured in Physics Editors' Suggestion Blue-Detuned Magneto-optical Trap of Molecules Justin J. Burau, Parul Aggarwal, Kameron Mehling, and Jun Ye Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 193401 (2023) – Published 10 May 2023 Synopsis:A Record Density for Laser-Cooled Molecules A novel laser cooling and trapping technique squeezes large numbers of molecules into a confined space while keeping them ultracold.     Featured in Physics Editors' Suggestion Characterization of Quasi-Keplerian, Differentially Rotating, Free-Boundary Laboratory Plasmas V. Valenzuela-Villaseca, L. G. Suttle, F. Suzuki-Vidal, J. W. D. Halliday, S. Merlini, D. R. Russell, E. R. Tubman, J. D. Hare, J. P. Chittenden, M. E. Koepke, E. G. Blackman, and S. V. Lebedev Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 195101 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023 Focus:A Lab Plasma Rotates and Produces Jets A spinning plasma ring mimics the rotating structure surrounding a black hole.     Featured in Physics Editors' Suggestion Quantum Spin Hall States and Topological Phase Transition in Germanene Pantelis Bampoulis, Carolien Castenmiller, Dennis J. Klaassen, Jelle van Mil, Yichen Liu, Cheng-Cheng Liu, Yugui Yao, Motohiko Ezawa, Alexander N. Rudenko, and Harold J. W. Zandvliet Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 196401 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023 Synopsis:Quantum Spin Hall Effect Seen in Graphene Analog Germanene undergoes a topological phase transition and then becomes a normal insulator when the strength of an applied electric field is dialed up.     Editors' Suggestion Quantum Control of a Single Magnon in a Macroscopic Spin System Da Xu, Xu-Ke Gu, He-Kang Li, Yuan-Chao Weng, Yi-Pu Wang, Jie Li, H. Wang, Shi-Yao Zhu, and J. Q. You Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 193603 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023 By coupling an yttrium-iron-garnet nanosphere to a superconducting qubit, experiments succeed in generating a single magnon state and its superposition with a vacuum.     Editors' Suggestion Topological and Stacked Flat Bands in Bilayer Graphene with a Superlattice Potential Sayed Ali Akbar Ghorashi, Aaron Dunbrack, Ahmed Abouelkomsan, Jiacheng Sun, Xu Du, and Jennifer Cano Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 196201 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023 Bilayer graphene in the presence of a superlattice potential can be an alternative platform to realize moiŕe physics, where the superlattice symmetry and geometry can be chosen on demand.     LETTERS Quantum Information, Science, and Technology Featured in Physics Editors' Suggestion Experimental Full Network Nonlocality with Independent Sources and Strict Locality Constraints Xue-Mei Gu, Liang Huang, Alejandro Pozas-Kerstjens, Yang-Fan Jiang, Dian Wu, Bing Bai, Qi-Chao Sun, Ming-Cheng Chen, Jun Zhang, Sixia Yu, Qiang Zhang, Chao-Yang Lu, and Jian-Wei Pan Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 190201 (2023) – Published 11 May 2023 Synopsis:Proof That a Complex Quantum Network Is Truly Quantum Researchers prove the fully nonclassical nature of a three-party quantum network, a requirement for developing secure quantum communication technologies.     Quench-Probe Setup as Analyzer of Fractionalized Entanglement Spreading Nicolas P. Bauer, Jan Carl Budich, Björn Trauzettel, and Alessio Calzona Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 190401 (2023) – Published 9 May 2023   Featured in Physics Editors' Suggestion Solving Graph Problems Using Gaussian Boson Sampling Yu-Hao Deng, Si-Qiu Gong, Yi-Chao Gu, Zhi-Jiong Zhang, Hua-Liang Liu, Hao Su, Hao-Yang Tang, Jia-Min Xu, Meng-Hao Jia, Ming-Cheng Chen, Han-Sen Zhong, Hui Wang, Jiarong Yan, Yi Hu, Jia Huang, Wei-Jun Zhang, Hao Li, Xiao Jiang, Lixing You, Zhen Wang, Li Li, Nai-Le Liu, Chao-Yang Lu, and Jian-Wei Pan Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 190601 (2023) – Published 9 May 2023 Synopsis:Large Photonic Processor Solves Graph Problems A quantum photonic device can perform some real-world tasks more efficiently than classical computers.     Quantum Associative Memory with a Single Driven-Dissipative Nonlinear Oscillator Adrià Labay-Mora, Roberta Zambrini, and Gian Luca Giorgi Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 190602 (2023) – Published 11 May 2023   Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Gravitation Collisional Flavor Instabilities of Supernova Neutrinos Lucas Johns Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 191001 (2023) – Published 8 May 2023   Constraining the Bispectrum from Bouncing Cosmologies with Planck Bartjan van Tent, Paola C. M. Delgado, and Ruth Durrer Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 191002 (2023) – Published 9 May 2023   Constraints on the Cosmic Expansion Rate at Redshift 2.3 from the Lyman-α Forest Andrei Cuceu, Andreu Font-Ribera, Seshadri Nadathur, Benjamin Joachimi, and Paul Martini Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 191003 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023   Particles and Fields Quantum Field Theory in AdS Space instead of Lehmann-Symanzik-Zimmerman Axioms Balt C. van Rees and Xiang Zhao Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 191601 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023   Lattice QCD Calculation of π0→e+e− Decay Norman Christ, Xu Feng, Luchang Jin, Cheng Tu, and Yidi Zhao Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 191901 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023   Nuclear Physics Proton Structure Functions at Next-to-Leading Order in the Dipole Picture with Massive Quarks Henri Hänninen, Heikki Mäntysaari, Risto Paatelainen, and Jani Penttala Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 192301 (2023) – Published 8 May 2023   Mass Measurement of Upper fp-Shell N=Z−2 and N=Z−1 Nuclei and the Importance of Three-Nucleon Force along the N=Z Line M. Wang et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 192501 (2023) – Published 9 May 2023   Angular Correlations in the β Decay of 8B: First Tensor-Current Limits from a Mirror-Nucleus Pair A. T. Gallant et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 192502 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023   Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Quantum Criticality of Liquid-Gas Transition in a Binary Bose Mixture Li He, Haowei Li, Wei Yi, and Zeng-Qiang Yu Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 193001 (2023) – Published 8 May 2023   Featured in Physics Editors' Suggestion Blue-Detuned Magneto-optical Trap of Molecules Justin J. Burau, Parul Aggarwal, Kameron Mehling, and Jun Ye Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 193401 (2023) – Published 10 May 2023 Synopsis:A Record Density for Laser-Cooled Molecules A novel laser cooling and trapping technique squeezes large numbers of molecules into a confined space while keeping them ultracold.     Dark-State Enhanced Loading of an Optical Tweezer Array Adam L. Shaw, Pascal Scholl, Ran Finklestein, Ivaylo S. Madjarov, Brandon Grinkemeyer, and Manuel Endres Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 193402 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023   Spectral Analysis of Quantum Field Fluctuations in a Strongly Coupled Optomechanical System A. Ranfagni, F. Marino, and F. Marin Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 193601 (2023) – Published 8 May 2023   PT-Symmetric Feedback Induced Linewidth Narrowing Yuanjiang Tang, Chao Liang, Xin Wen, Weipeng Li, An-Ning Xu, and Yong-Chun Liu Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 193602 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023   Editors' Suggestion Quantum Control of a Single Magnon in a Macroscopic Spin System Da Xu, Xu-Ke Gu, He-Kang Li, Yuan-Chao Weng, Yi-Pu Wang, Jie Li, H. Wang, Shi-Yao Zhu, and J. Q. You Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 193603 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023 By coupling an yttrium-iron-garnet nanosphere to a superconducting qubit, experiments succeed in generating a single magnon state and its superposition with a vacuum.     Physics of Fluids, Earth & Planetary Science, and Climate Saturation of Vortex Rings Ejected from Shock-Accelerated Interfaces Michael J. Wadas, Loc H. Khieu, Griffin S. Cearley, Heath J. LeFevre, Carolyn C. Kuranz, and Eric Johnsen Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 194001 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023   Plasma and Solar Physics, Accelerators and Beams Featured in Physics Editors' Suggestion Characterization of Quasi-Keplerian, Differentially Rotating, Free-Boundary Laboratory Plasmas V. Valenzuela-Villaseca, L. G. Suttle, F. Suzuki-Vidal, J. W. D. Halliday, S. Merlini, D. R. Russell, E. R. Tubman, J. D. Hare, J. P. Chittenden, M. E. Koepke, E. G. Blackman, and S. V. Lebedev Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 195101 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023 Focus:A Lab Plasma Rotates and Produces Jets A spinning plasma ring mimics the rotating structure surrounding a black hole.     Condensed Matter and Materials Stabilizing Fluctuating Spin-Triplet Superconductivity in Graphene via Induced Spin-Orbit Coupling Jonathan B. Curtis, Nicholas R. Poniatowski, Yonglong Xie, Amir Yacoby, Eugene Demler, and Prineha Narang Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 196001 (2023) – Published 9 May 2023   Field Induced Multiple Superconducting Phases in UTe2 along Hard Magnetic Axis H. Sakai, Y. Tokiwa, P. Opletal, M. Kimata, S. Awaji, T. Sasaki, D. Aoki, S. Kambe, Y. Tokunaga, and Y. Haga Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 196002 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023   Microscopic Imaging Homogeneous and Single Phase Superfluid Density in UTe2 Yusuke Iguchi, Huiyuan Man, S. M. Thomas, Filip Ronning, Priscila F. S. Rosa, and Kathryn A. Moler Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 196003 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023   Editors' Suggestion Topological and Stacked Flat Bands in Bilayer Graphene with a Superlattice Potential Sayed Ali Akbar Ghorashi, Aaron Dunbrack, Ahmed Abouelkomsan, Jiacheng Sun, Xu Du, and Jennifer Cano Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 196201 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023 Bilayer graphene in the presence of a superlattice potential can be an alternative platform to realize moiŕe physics, where the superlattice symmetry and geometry can be chosen on demand.     Featured in Physics Editors' Suggestion Quantum Spin Hall States and Topological Phase Transition in Germanene Pantelis Bampoulis, Carolien Castenmiller, Dennis J. Klaassen, Jelle van Mil, Yichen Liu, Cheng-Cheng Liu, Yugui Yao, Motohiko Ezawa, Alexander N. Rudenko, and Harold J. W. Zandvliet Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 196401 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023 Synopsis:Quantum Spin Hall Effect Seen in Graphene Analog Germanene undergoes a topological phase transition and then becomes a normal insulator when the strength of an applied electric field is dialed up.     Quantum Effects on Unconventional Pinch Point Singularities Nils Niggemann, Yasir Iqbal, and Johannes Reuther Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 196601 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023   Fermi-Arc Metals Maxim Breitkreiz and Piet W. Brouwer Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 196602 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023   Observation of Electric Hysteresis, Polarization Oscillation, and Pyroelectricity in Nonferroelectric p−n Heterojunctions Yucheng Jiang, Xinglong Ma, Lin Wang, Jinlei Zhang, Zhichao Wang, Run Zhao, Guozhen Liu, Yang Li, Cheng Zhang, Chunlan Ma, Yaping Qi, Lin Wu, and Ju Gao Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 196801 (2023) – Published 9 May 2023   Effect of Epsilon-Near-Zero Modes on the Casimir Interaction between Ultrathin Films Tao Gong, Iñigo Liberal, Benjamin Spreng, Miguel Camacho, Nader Engheta, and Jeremy N. Munday Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 196901 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023   Statistical Physics; Classical, Nonlinear, and Complex Systems Divergent Stiffness of One-Dimensional Growing Interfaces Mutsumi Minoguchi and Shin-ichi Sasa Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 197101 (2023) – Published 8 May 2023   Competition between Energy and Dynamics in Memory Formation Chloe W. Lindeman, Varda F. Hagh, Chi Ian Ip, and Sidney R. Nagel Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 197201 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023   Polymers, Chemical Physics, Soft Matter, and Biological Physics Structural Signatures of Ultrastability in a Deposited Glassformer Fabio Leoni, Fausto Martelli, C. Patrick Royall, and John Russo Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 198201 (2023) – Published 12 May 2023   Long-Range Order and Directional Defect Propagation in the Nonreciprocal XY Model with Vision Cone Interactions Sarah A. M. Loos, Sabine H. L. Klapp, and Thomas Martynec Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 198301 (2023) – Published 9 May 2023   Wrinkling Instability in Unsupported Epithelial Sheets Urška Andrenšek, Primož Ziherl, and Matej Krajnc Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 198401 (2023) – Published 11 May 2023   COMMENTS Comment on "Magic Gap Ratio for Optimally Robust Fermionic Condensation and Its Implications for High-Tc Superconductivity" Jeffery L. Tallon Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 199701 (2023) – Published 11 May 2023   Harrison and Chan Reply: N. Harrison and M. K. Chan Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 199702 (2023) – Published 11 May 2023   ERRATA Erratum: Lyapunov Spectrum Scaling for Classical Many-Body Dynamics Close to Integrability [Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 134102 (2022)] Merab Malishava and Sergej Flach Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 199901 (2023) – Published 9 May 2023   Erratum: Momentum-Resolved Observation of Thermal and Quantum Depletion in a Bose Gas [Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 235303 (2016)] R. Chang, Q. Bouton, H. Cayla, C. Qu, A. Aspect, C. I. Westbrook, and D. Clément Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 199902 (2023) – Published 9 May 2023     American Physical Society: 1 Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740 ©2023 American Physical Society | All rights reserved   You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to Table of Content alerts. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please update your preferences.