Volume 106, Issue 8

25 February 2011

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Sonic-crystal-based acoustic diode. Selected for an Editors' Suggestion and a Synopsis in Physics.

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Tunable Unidirectional Sound Propagation through a Sonic-Crystal-Based Acoustic Diode
Xue-Feng Li, Xu Ni, Liang Feng, Ming-Hui Lu, Cheng He, and Yan-Feng Chen
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 084301 (2011)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Rapid Cooling of the Neutron Star in Cassiopeia A Triggered by Neutron Superfluidity in Dense Matter

Dany Page, Madappa Prakash, James M. Lattimer, and Andrew W. Steiner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 081101 (2011) - Published 22 February, 2011

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Tunable Unidirectional Sound Propagation through a Sonic-Crystal-Based Acoustic Diode

Xue-Feng Li, Xu Ni, Liang Feng, Ming-Hui Lu, Cheng He, and Yan-Feng Chen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 084301 (2011) - Published 23 February, 2011

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Nonlinear Atomic Response to Intense Ultrashort X Rays

G. Doumy, C. Roedig, S.-K. Son, C. I. Blaga, A. D. DiChiara, R. Santra, N. Berrah, C. Bostedt, J. D. Bozek, P. H. Bucksbaum, J. P. Cryan, L. Fang, S. Ghimire, J. M. Glownia, M. Hoener, E. P. Kanter, B. Krässig, M. Kuebel, M. Messerschmidt, G. G. Paulus, D. A. Reis, N. Rohringer, L. Young, P. Agostini, and L. F. DiMauro

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 083002 (2011) - Published 24 February, 2011

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Observation of High Soft X-Ray Drive in Large-Scale Hohlraums at the National Ignition Facility

J. L. Kline et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 085003 (2011) - Published 25 February, 2011

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Demonstration of Ignition Radiation Temperatures in Indirect-Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion Hohlraums

S. H. Glenzer et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 085004 (2011) - Published 25 February, 2011

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Role of the Prestructured Surface Cloud in Crystal Nucleation

Wolfgang Lechner, Christoph Dellago, and Peter G. Bolhuis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 085701 (2011) - Published 22 February, 2011

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Imaging and Control of Surface Magnetization Domains in a Magnetoelectric Antiferromagnet

Ning Wu, Xi He, Aleksander L. Wysocki, Uday Lanke, Takashi Komesu, Kirill D. Belashchenko, Christian Binek, and Peter A. Dowben

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 087202 (2011) - Published 23 February, 2011

LETTERS

General Physics: Statistical and Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, etc.

Experimental Test of the Quantum No-Hiding Theorem

Jharana Rani Samal, Arun K. Pati, and Anil Kumar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 080401 (2011) - Published 22 February, 2011

Spin Fluctuations, Susceptibility, and the Dipole Oscillation of a Nearly Ferromagnetic Fermi Gas

Alessio Recati and Sandro Stringari

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 080402 (2011) - Published 22 February, 2011

Markov Entropy Decomposition: A Variational Dual for Quantum Belief Propagation

David Poulin and Matthew B. Hastings

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 080403 (2011) - Published 24 February, 2011

Sudden Death of Entanglement Induced by Polarization Mode Dispersion

Cristian Antonelli, Mark Shtaif, and Misha Brodsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 080404 (2011) - Published 23 February, 2011

Charge Sensing Amplification via Weak Values Measurement

Oded Zilberberg, Alessandro Romito, and Yuval Gefen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 080405 (2011) - Published 24 February, 2011

Polarization Entangled Photons at X-Ray Energies

S. Shwartz and S. E. Harris

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 080501 (2011) - Published 22 February, 2011

Mimicking the Probability Distribution of a Two-Dimensional Grover Walk with a Single-Qubit Coin

C. Di Franco, M. Mc Gettrick, and Th. Busch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 080502 (2011) - Published 24 February, 2011

New Determination of the Fine Structure Constant and Test of the Quantum Electrodynamics

Rym Bouchendira, Pierre Cladé, Saïda Guellati-Khélifa, François Nez, and François Biraben

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 080801 (2011) - Published 24 February, 2011

Single-Spin Magnetometry with Multipulse Sensing Sequences

G. de Lange, D. Ristè, V. V. Dobrovitski, and R. Hanson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 080802 (2011) - Published 24 February, 2011

Gravitation and Astrophysics

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EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Rapid Cooling of the Neutron Star in Cassiopeia A Triggered by Neutron Superfluidity in Dense Matter

Dany Page, Madappa Prakash, James M. Lattimer, and Andrew W. Steiner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 081101 (2011) - Published 22 February, 2011

Dynamical Selection of the Primordial Density Fluctuation Amplitude

Jean-Luc Lehners and Paul J. Steinhardt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 081301 (2011) - Published 24 February, 2011

Elementary Particles and Fields

Hypercharge Flux, Exotics, and Anomaly Cancellation in $F$ -theory Grand Unification

Joseph Marsano

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 081601 (2011) - Published 22 February, 2011

Covariant Closed String Coherent States

Mark Hindmarsh and Dimitri Skliros

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 081602 (2011) - Published 23 February, 2011

Search for Single Vectorlike Quarks in $p \bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV$

V. M. Abazov et al. (D0 Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 081801 (2011) - Published 22 February, 2011

Measurement of the Isolated Prompt Photon Production Cross Section in $p p$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 7 TeV$

V. Khachatryan et al. (CMS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 082001 (2011) - Published 23 February, 2011

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Large-Scale Semidefinite Programming for Many-Electron Quantum Mechanics

David A. Mazziotti

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 083001 (2011) - Published 23 February, 2011

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Nonlinear Atomic Response to Intense Ultrashort X Rays

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 083002 (2011) - Published 24 February, 2011

Chemical Raman Enhancement of Organic Adsorbates on Metal Surfaces

A. T. Zayak, Y. S. Hu, H. Choo, J. Bokor, S. Cabrini, P. J. Schuck, and J. B. Neaton

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 083003 (2011) - Published 25 February, 2011

Unusual Rydberg System Consisting of a Positively Charged Helium Nanodroplet with an Orbiting Electron

Evgeniy Loginov and Marcel Drabbels

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 083401 (2011) - Published 24 February, 2011

Tunable Coupling in Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics Using a Superconducting Charge Qubit with a $V$ -Shaped Energy Level Diagram

S. J. Srinivasan, A. J. Hoffman, J. M. Gambetta, and A. A. Houck

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 083601 (2011) - Published 22 February, 2011

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Cavity Phase Matching via an Optical Parametric Oscillator Consisting of a Dielectric Nonlinear Crystal Sheet

Z. D. Xie, X. J. Lv, Y. H. Liu, W. Ling, Z. L. Wang, Y. X. Fan, and S. N. Zhu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 083901 (2011) - Published 22 February, 2011

Dynamic Diffraction and Interband Transitions in Two-Dimensional Photonic Lattices

Bernd Terhalle, Anton S. Desyatnikov, Dragomir N. Neshev, Wieslaw Krolikowski, Cornelia Denz, and Yuri S. Kivshar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 083902 (2011) - Published 23 February, 2011

Soliton Blueshift in Tapered Photonic Crystal Fibers

S. P. Stark, A. Podlipensky, and P. St. J. Russell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 083903 (2011) - Published 24 February, 2011

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Tunable Unidirectional Sound Propagation through a Sonic-Crystal-Based Acoustic Diode

Xue-Feng Li, Xu Ni, Liang Feng, Ming-Hui Lu, Cheng He, and Yan-Feng Chen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 084301 (2011) - Published 23 February, 2011

Generalized Basset-Boussinesq-Oseen Equation for Unsteady Forces on a Sphere in a Compressible Flow

M. Parmar, A. Haselbacher, and S. Balachandar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 084501 (2011) - Published 22 February, 2011

Plasma and Beam Physics

Trapped Electron Mode Turbulence Driven Intrinsic Rotation in Tokamak Plasmas

W. X. Wang, T. S. Hahm, S. Ethier, L. E. Zakharov, and P. H. Diamond

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 085001 (2011) - Published 23 February, 2011

Ion Heating with Beating Electrostatic Waves

B. Jorns and E. Y. Choueiri

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 085002 (2011) - Published 23 February, 2011

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Observation of High Soft X-Ray Drive in Large-Scale Hohlraums at the National Ignition Facility

J. L. Kline et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 085003 (2011) - Published 25 February, 2011

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Demonstration of Ignition Radiation Temperatures in Indirect-Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion Hohlraums

S. H. Glenzer et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 085004 (2011) - Published 25 February, 2011

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Coherent Control of Nanoscale Light Localization in Metamaterial: Creating and Positioning Isolated Subwavelength Energy Hot Spots

T. S. Kao, S. D. Jenkins, J. Ruostekoski, and N. I. Zheludev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 085501 (2011) - Published 22 February, 2011

Phonon Emission Induced Dynamic Fracture Phenomena

F. Atrash, A. Hashibon, P. Gumbsch, and D. Sherman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 085502 (2011) - Published 23 February, 2011

Site-Specific Recoil Diffraction of Backscattered Electrons in Crystals

Aimo Winkelmann and Maarten Vos

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 085503 (2011) - Published 24 February, 2011

Nonlocal Superelastic Model of Size-Dependent Hardening and Dissipation in Single Crystal Cu-Al-Ni Shape Memory Alloys

Lei Qiao, Julian J. Rimoli, Ying Chen, Christopher A. Schuh, and Raul Radovitzky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 085504 (2011) - Published 24 February, 2011

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Role of the Prestructured Surface Cloud in Crystal Nucleation

Wolfgang Lechner, Christoph Dellago, and Peter G. Bolhuis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 085701 (2011) - Published 22 February, 2011

X-Ray-Assisted Formation of Gold Nanoparticles in Soda Lime Silicate Glass: Suppressed Ostwald Ripening

D. Tatchev, A. Hoell, M. Eichelbaum, and K. Rademann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 085702 (2011) - Published 23 February, 2011

Reentrant Phase Diagram of Network Fluids

J. Russo, J. M. Tavares, P. I. C. Teixeira, M. M. Telo da Gama, and F. Sciortino

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 085703 (2011) - Published 25 February, 2011

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Hybridization Wave as the “Hidden Order” in ${URu}_{2} {Si}_{2}$

Yonatan Dubi and Alexander V. Balatsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 086401 (2011) - Published 23 February, 2011

Disorder-Mediated Electron Valley Resonance in Carbon Nanotube Quantum Dots

András Pályi and Guido Burkard

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 086801 (2011) - Published 23 February, 2011

Quasiparticle Interference of $C_{2}$ -Symmetric Surface States in a LaOFeAs Parent Compound

Xiaodong Zhou, Cun Ye, Peng Cai, Xiangfeng Wang, Xianhui Chen, and Yayu Wang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 087001 (2011) - Published 22 February, 2011

Enhancing the Superconducting Transition Temperature of ${BaSi}_{2}$ by Structural Tuning

José A. Flores-Livas, Régis Debord, Silvana Botti, Alfonso San Miguel, Miguel A. L. Marques, and Stéphane Pailhès

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 087002 (2011) - Published 22 February, 2011

Towards the Identification of a Quantum Critical Line in the ( $p$ , $B$ ) Phase Diagram of ${CeCoIn}_{5}$ with Thermal-Expansion Measurements

S. Zaum, K. Grube, R. Schäfer, E. D. Bauer, J. D. Thompson, and H. v. Löhneysen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 087003 (2011) - Published 23 February, 2011

Measurement of a Sign-Changing Two-Gap Superconducting Phase in Electron-Doped $Ba ({Fe}_{1 - x} {Co}_{x})_{2} {As}_{2}$ Single Crystals Using Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy

M. L. Teague, G. K. Drayna, G. P. Lockhart, P. Cheng, B. Shen, H.-H. Wen, and N.-C. Yeh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 087004 (2011) - Published 24 February, 2011

Electronic Structures and Magnetic Order of Ordered-Fe-Vacancy Ternary Iron Selenides ${TlFe}_{1.5} {Se}_{2}$ and $A {Fe}_{1.5} {Se}_{2}$ ( $A = K$ , Rb, or Cs)

Xun-Wang Yan, Miao Gao, Zhong-Yi Lu, and Tao Xiang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 087005 (2011) - Published 25 February, 2011

Magnetic Ordering in Relation to the Room-Temperature Magnetoelectric Effect of ${Sr}_{3} {Co}_{2} {Fe}_{24} O_{41}$

Minoru Soda, Taishi Ishikura, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Yusuke Wakabayashi, and Tsuyoshi Kimura

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 087201 (2011) - Published 22 February, 2011

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Strong Light-Induced Negative Optical Pressure Arising from Kinetic Energy of Conduction Electrons in Plasmon-Type Cavities

H. Liu, Jack Ng, S. B. Wang, Z. F. Lin, Z. H. Hang, C. T. Chan, and S. N. Zhu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 087401 (2011) - Published 24 February, 2011

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

ERRATA

Erratum: Circuit Elements at Optical Frequencies: Nanoinductors, Nanocapacitors, and Nanoresistors [Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 095504 (2005)]

Nader Engheta, Alessandro Salandrino, and Andrea Alù

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 089901 (2011) - Published 24 February, 2011