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Physical Review Letters View Email Online   Volume 131, Issue 9 Week Ending 1 September 2023 On the Cover Plot of an exact zero mode wave function in periodically strained graphene. From the article Untwisting Moiré Physics: Almost Ideal Bands and Fractional Chern Insulators in Periodically Strained Monolayer Graphene Qiang Gao, Junkai Dong, Patrick Ledwith, Daniel Parker, and Eslam Khalaf Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096401 (2023)     View Issue   Advertisement Upcoming Physical Review Journal Club session September 13 | 11:00 a.m. ET: A panel discussion with Bruce Sutherland (University of Alberta), Michelle DiBenedetto (University of Washington), Alexis Kaminski (University of California Berkeley), and Ton van den Bremer (TU Delft) on the Physical Review Fluids paper "Fluid dynamics challenges in predicting plastic pollution transport in the ocean: A perspective" September 21 | 11:00 a.m. ET: Florian Bernlochner (CERN) and colleagues on the Physical Review Letters paper: "First Direct Observation of Collider Neutrinos with FASER at the LHC" Registration is free and a video recording will be provided to all registrants.     Advertisement New Webinar Series for Industry, Undergrads APS has launched two new webinar series. The new Activating Industry Careers series will feature Dr. Peter S. Fisk with "Show Me the Money! Compensation in the Physics Industry" on September 19. The PULSE series for undergraduate students will launch with "Possible Research Areas" on September 27. Register now.     Advertisement Now Accepting Abstracts for March Meeting 2024 Abstract submissions are officially open for the APS March Meeting 2024! Showcase your work to a global audience of physicists, scientists, and students representing 32 APS Units and Committees and explore groundbreaking research from industry, academia, and major labs. Start preparing your abstract and be sure to submit it by October 20. Submit an abstract.     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 Extremal Kerr Black Holes as Amplifiers of New Physics Gary T. Horowitz, Maciej Kolanowski, Grant N. Remmen, and Jorge E. Santos Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091402 (2023) – Published 31 August 2023 Synopsis:New Physics Magnified in Spinning Black Holes A theoretical analysis suggests that certain rotating black holes might be sensitive probes of quantum gravity.     Featured in Physics Editors' Suggestion First Observation of Electron Scattering from Online-Produced Radioactive Target K. Tsukada, Y. Abe, A. Enokizono, T. Goke, M. Hara, Y. Honda, T. Hori, S. Ichikawa, Y. Ito, K. Kurita, C. Legris, Y. Maehara, T. Ohnishi, R. Ogawara, T. Suda, T. Tamae, M. Wakasugi, M. Watanabe, and H. Wauke Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 092502 (2023) – Published 30 August 2023 Viewpoint:What Do Unstable Atomic Nuclei Look Like? The first electron-scattering experiment off unstable radioisotopes marks a milestone for understanding the shape of exotic atomic nuclei.     Featured in Physics Editors' Suggestion Photocurrent Induced by a Bicircular Light Drive in Centrosymmetric Systems Yuya Ikeda, Sota Kitamura, and Takahiro Morimoto Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096301 (2023) – Published 30 August 2023 Synopsis:Photovoltaic Effect Goes Symmetric A flower-petal pattern of light could induce electrical currents in a wider array of crystalline materials.     Featured in Physics Editors' Suggestion Structural Transformation between a Nematic Loose Packing and a Randomly Stacked Close Packing of Granular Disks Yunhao Ding, Jing Yang, Chenyang Wang, Zhichao Wang, Jianqi Li, Bingwen Hu, and Chengjie Xia Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 098202 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023 Focus:Packing Disks in a New Way Experiments with coin-sized plastic disks have uncovered an unexpected packing behavior in which the disks form randomly oriented stacks.     Editors' Suggestion Measurement of the Time-Integrated CP Asymmetry in D0→K−K+ Decays R. Aaij et al. (LHCb Collaboration) Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091802 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023 The measurement of time-integrated CP asymmetry in the Cabibbo-suppressed D0→K−K+ decay results in the first evidence for direct CP violation in a specific D0 decay mode.     Editors' Suggestion Fast Particle Acceleration in 3D Hybrid Simulations of Quasiperpendicular Shocks Luca Orusa and Damiano Caprioli Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 095201 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023 3D hybrid kinetic simulations show how ions can be spontaneously and efficiently accelerated by shock-drift acceleration at nonrelativistic quasiperpendicular shocks, ubiquitous in space and astrophysical environments.     Editors' Suggestion Atypical Sliding and Moiré Ferroelectricity in Pure Multilayer Graphene Liu Yang, Shiping Ding, Jinhua Gao, and Menghao Wu Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096801 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023 First-principles calculations show that pure graphene multilayers with more than three layers exhibit atypical sliding ferroelectricity.     Editors' Suggestion Anchoring Effect of an Obstacle in the Silo Unclogging Process Rodrigo Caitano, Angel Garcimartín, and Iker Zuriguel Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 098201 (2023) – Published 31 August 2023 A new experiment on granular discharge from a silo demonstrates that an obstacle near the outlet does not always reduce, and in some cases can increase, the likelihood of clogging.     LETTERS Quantum Information, Science, and Technology Complete Characterization of Quantum Correlations by Randomized Measurements Nikolai Wyderka, Andreas Ketterer, Satoya Imai, Jan Lennart Bönsel, Daniel E. Jones, Brian T. Kirby, Xiao-Dong Yu, and Otfried Gühne Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 090201 (2023) – Published 28 August 2023   Universal Scaling Bounds on a Quantum Heat Current Shunsuke Kamimura, Kyo Yoshida, Yasuhiro Tokura, and Yuichiro Matsuzaki Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 090401 (2023) – Published 31 August 2023   Using Adaptiveness and Causal Superpositions Against Noise in Quantum Metrology Stanisław Kurdziałek, Wojciech Górecki, Francesco Albarelli, and Rafał Demkowicz-Dobrzański Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 090801 (2023) – Published 30 August 2023   Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Gravitation Cosmological Bounces Induced by a Fermion Condensate Giorgi Tukhashvili and Paul J. Steinhardt Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091001 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023   New Limits on Exotic Spin-Dependent Interactions at Astronomical Distances L. Y. Wu, K. Y. Zhang, M. Peng, J. Gong, and H. Yan Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091002 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023   Cosmological Lithium Solution from Discrete Gauged B−L Seth Koren Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091003 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023   Can LIGO Detect Nonannihilating Dark Matter? Sulagna Bhattacharya, Basudeb Dasgupta, Ranjan Laha, and Anupam Ray Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091401 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023   Featured in Physics Editors' Suggestion Extremal Kerr Black Holes as Amplifiers of New Physics Gary T. Horowitz, Maciej Kolanowski, Grant N. Remmen, and Jorge E. Santos Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091402 (2023) – Published 31 August 2023 Synopsis:New Physics Magnified in Spinning Black Holes A theoretical analysis suggests that certain rotating black holes might be sensitive probes of quantum gravity.     Particles and Fields Generalized Cuts of Feynman Integrals in Parameter Space Ruth Britto Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091601 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023   First Measurement of the Nuclear-Recoil Ionization Yield in Silicon at 100 eV M. F. Albakry et al. (SuperCDMS Collaboration) Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091801 (2023) – Published 28 August 2023   Editors' Suggestion Measurement of the Time-Integrated CP Asymmetry in D0→K−K+ Decays R. Aaij et al. (LHCb Collaboration) Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091802 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023 The measurement of time-integrated CP asymmetry in the Cabibbo-suppressed D0→K−K+ decay results in the first evidence for direct CP violation in a specific D0 decay mode.     Observation of Same-Sign WW Production from Double Parton Scattering in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s=13  TeV A. Tumasyan et al. (CMS Collaboration) Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091803 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023   Measurement of the Branching Fractions B(B0→pp̅ pp̅ ) and B(Bs0→pp̅ pp̅ ) R. Aaij et al. (LHCb Collaboration) Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091901 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023   Deciphering the Long-Distance Penguin Contribution to B̅ d,s→γγ Decays Qin Qin, Yue-Long Shen, Chao Wang, and Yu-Ming Wang Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091902 (2023) – Published 31 August 2023   Observation of the Rare Decay of the η Meson to Four Muons A. Hayrapetyan et al. (CMS Collaboration) Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091903 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023   Nuclear Physics N=16 Magicity Revealed at the Proton Drip Line through the Study of 35Ca L. Lalanne et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 092501 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023   Featured in Physics Editors' Suggestion First Observation of Electron Scattering from Online-Produced Radioactive Target K. Tsukada, Y. Abe, A. Enokizono, T. Goke, M. Hara, Y. Honda, T. Hori, S. Ichikawa, Y. Ito, K. Kurita, C. Legris, Y. Maehara, T. Ohnishi, R. Ogawara, T. Suda, T. Tamae, M. Wakasugi, M. Watanabe, and H. Wauke Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 092502 (2023) – Published 30 August 2023 Viewpoint:What Do Unstable Atomic Nuclei Look Like? The first electron-scattering experiment off unstable radioisotopes marks a milestone for understanding the shape of exotic atomic nuclei.     Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Absolute Frequency Measurements of the D Lines in 9Be+ Using a Single Trapped Ion D. M. Fairbank, A. L. Banducci, R. W. Gunkelman, J. B. VanArsdale, M. L. Vildibill, and S. M. Brewer Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 093001 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023   Molecular Dynamics in Rydberg Tweezer Arrays: Spin-Phonon Entanglement and Jahn-Teller Effect Matteo Magoni, Radhika Joshi, and Igor Lesanovsky Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 093002 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023   Penning-Trap Mass Measurement of Helium-4 S. Sasidharan, O. Bezrodnova, S. Rau, W. Quint, S. Sturm, and K. Blaum Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 093201 (2023) – Published 30 August 2023   Array of Individual Circular Rydberg Atoms Trapped in Optical Tweezers B. Ravon, P. Méhaignerie, Y. Machu, A. Durán Hernández, M. Favier, J. M. Raimond, M. Brune, and C. Sayrin Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 093401 (2023) – Published 30 August 2023   Formation of Rogue Waves and Modulational Instability with Zero-Wavenumber Gain in Multicomponent Systems with Coherent Coupling Lei Liu, Wen-Rong Sun, and Boris A. Malomed Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 093801 (2023) – Published 30 August 2023   Plasma and Solar Physics, Accelerators and Beams Editors' Suggestion Fast Particle Acceleration in 3D Hybrid Simulations of Quasiperpendicular Shocks Luca Orusa and Damiano Caprioli Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 095201 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023 3D hybrid kinetic simulations show how ions can be spontaneously and efficiently accelerated by shock-drift acceleration at nonrelativistic quasiperpendicular shocks, ubiquitous in space and astrophysical environments.     Condensed Matter and Materials Tunable Josephson Diode Effect on the Surface of Topological Insulators Bo Lu, Satoshi Ikegaya, Pablo Burset, Yukio Tanaka, and Naoto Nagaosa Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096001 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023   Dynamic Crack-Front Deformations in Cohesive Materials Thibault Roch, Mathias Lebihain, and Jean-François Molinari Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096101 (2023) – Published 31 August 2023   Structural Evolution Governs Reversible Heat Generation in Electrical Double Layers Liang Zeng, Ming Chen, Zhenxiang Wang, Rui Qiao, and Guang Feng Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096201 (2023) – Published 28 August 2023   Featured in Physics Editors' Suggestion Photocurrent Induced by a Bicircular Light Drive in Centrosymmetric Systems Yuya Ikeda, Sota Kitamura, and Takahiro Morimoto Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096301 (2023) – Published 30 August 2023 Synopsis:Photovoltaic Effect Goes Symmetric A flower-petal pattern of light could induce electrical currents in a wider array of crystalline materials.     Electron Pairing of Interfering Interface-Based Edge Modes Sourav Biswas, Hemanta Kumar Kundu, Vladimir Umansky, and Moty Heiblum Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096302 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023   Untwisting Moiré Physics: Almost Ideal Bands and Fractional Chern Insulators in Periodically Strained Monolayer Graphene Qiang Gao, Junkai Dong, Patrick Ledwith, Daniel Parker, and Eslam Khalaf Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096401 (2023) – Published 31 August 2023   Coulomb Drag and Heat Transfer in Strange Metals A. L. Chudnovskiy, Alex Levchenko, and Alex Kamenev Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096501 (2023) – Published 30 August 2023   Empowering Control of Antiferromagnets by THz-Induced Spin Coherence T. G. H. Blank, K. A. Grishunin, B. A. Ivanov, E. A. Mashkovich, D. Afanasiev, and A. V. Kimel Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096701 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023   Abundance of Hard-Hexagon Crystals in the Quantum Pyrochlore Antiferromagnet Robin Schäfer, Benedikt Placke, Owen Benton, and Roderich Moessner Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096702 (2023) – Published 30 August 2023   Editors' Suggestion Atypical Sliding and Moiré Ferroelectricity in Pure Multilayer Graphene Liu Yang, Shiping Ding, Jinhua Gao, and Menghao Wu Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096801 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023 First-principles calculations show that pure graphene multilayers with more than three layers exhibit atypical sliding ferroelectricity.     Disentangling the Competing Mechanisms of Light-Induced Anomalous Hall Conductivity in Three-Dimensional Dirac Semimetal Yuta Murotani, Natsuki Kanda, Tomohiro Fujimoto, Takuya Matsuda, Manik Goyal, Jun Yoshinobu, Yohei Kobayashi, Takashi Oka, Susanne Stemmer, and Ryusuke Matsunaga Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096901 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023   Hyperbolic Polaritons in Topological Nodal Ring Semimetals Ashutosh Singh, Maria Sebastian, Yuanping Chen, Po-Yao Chang, and Alexey Belyanin Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096902 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023   Spectroscopy of Spin-Split Andreev Levels in a Quantum Dot with Superconducting Leads Arno Bargerbos, Marta Pita-Vidal, Rok Žitko, Lukas J. Splitthoff, Lukas Grünhaupt, Jaap J. Wesdorp, Yu Liu, Leo P. Kouwenhoven, Ramón Aguado, Christian Kraglund Andersen, Angela Kou, and Bernard van Heck Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 097001 (2023) – Published 31 August 2023   Hole-Spin Driving by Strain-Induced Spin-Orbit Interactions José Carlos Abadillo-Uriel, Esteban A. Rodríguez-Mena, Biel Martinez, and Yann-Michel Niquet Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 097002 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023   Statistical Physics; Classical, Nonlinear, and Complex Systems Optimal Time-Entropy Bounds and Speed Limits for Brownian Thermal Shortcuts Luís Barbosa Pires, Rémi Goerlich, Arthur Luna da Fonseca, Maxime Debiossac, Paul-Antoine Hervieux, Giovanni Manfredi, and Cyriaque Genet Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 097101 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023   Polymers, Chemical Physics, Soft Matter, and Biological Physics Jetting and Droplet Formation Driven by Interfacial Electrohydrodynamic Effects Mediated by Solitons in Liquid Crystals Soumik Das, Noe Atzin, Xingzhou Tang, Ali Mozaffari, Juan de Pablo, and Nicholas L. Abbott Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 098101 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023   Editors' Suggestion Anchoring Effect of an Obstacle in the Silo Unclogging Process Rodrigo Caitano, Angel Garcimartín, and Iker Zuriguel Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 098201 (2023) – Published 31 August 2023 A new experiment on granular discharge from a silo demonstrates that an obstacle near the outlet does not always reduce, and in some cases can increase, the likelihood of clogging.     Featured in Physics Editors' Suggestion Structural Transformation between a Nematic Loose Packing and a Randomly Stacked Close Packing of Granular Disks Yunhao Ding, Jing Yang, Chenyang Wang, Zhichao Wang, Jianqi Li, Bingwen Hu, and Chengjie Xia Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 098202 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023 Focus:Packing Disks in a New Way Experiments with coin-sized plastic disks have uncovered an unexpected packing behavior in which the disks form randomly oriented stacks.     How to Grow a Flat Leaf Salem al-Mosleh and L. Mahadevan Phys. Rev. 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