Volume 107, Issue 19

4 November 2011

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Scanning electron micrograph of a silicon 3D photonic band gap crystal, fabricated for suppressing spontaneous emission from colloidal quantum dots placed inside it. Selected for an Editors' Suggestion and a Synopsis in Physics.

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Inhibited Spontaneous Emission of Quantum Dots Observed in a 3D Photonic Band Gap
M. D. Leistikow, A. P. Mosk, E. Yeganegi, S. R. Huisman, A. Lagendijk, and W. L. Vos
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 193903 (2011)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Inhibited Spontaneous Emission of Quantum Dots Observed in a 3D Photonic Band Gap

M. D. Leistikow, A. P. Mosk, E. Yeganegi, S. R. Huisman, A. Lagendijk, and W. L. Vos

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 193903 (2011) - Published 3 November, 2011

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EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Oblique Waves Lift the Flapping Flag

Jérôme Hœpffner and Yoshitsugu Naka

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 194502 (2011) - Published 3 November, 2011

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Structure and Stability of the Negative Hydrogen Molecular Ion

B. Jordon-Thaden, H. Kreckel, R. Golser, D. Schwalm, M. H. Berg, H. Buhr, H. Gnaser, M. Grieser, O. Heber, M. Lange, O. Novotný, S. Novotny, H. B. Pedersen, A. Petrignani, R. Repnow, H. Rubinstein, D. Shafir, A. Wolf, and D. Zajfman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 193003 (2011) - Published 3 November, 2011

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Structural Relationship between Negative Thermal Expansion and Quartic Anharmonicity of Cubic ${ScF}_{3}$

Chen W. Li, Xiaoli Tang, J. A. Muñoz, J. B. Keith, S. J. Tracy, D. L. Abernathy, and B. Fultz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 195504 (2011) - Published 4 November, 2011

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Observation of Free-Electron-Laser-Induced Collective Spontaneous Emission (Superfluorescence)

Mitsuru Nagasono, James R. Harries, Hiroshi Iwayama, Tadashi Togashi, Kensuke Tono, Makina Yabashi, Yasunori Senba, Haruhiko Ohashi, Tetsuya Ishikawa, and Eiji Shigemasa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 193603 (2011) - Published 1 November, 2011

LETTERS

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

Strongly Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensate of Dysprosium

Mingwu Lu, Nathaniel Q. Burdick, Seo Ho Youn, and Benjamin L. Lev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 190401 (2011) - Published 31 October, 2011

Protected Quantum Computation with Multiple Resonators in Ultrastrong Coupling Circuit QED

Pierre Nataf and Cristiano Ciuti

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 190402 (2011) - Published 2 November, 2011

Condensed Fraction of an Atomic Bose Gas Induced by Critical Correlations

Robert P. Smith, Naaman Tammuz, Robert L. D. Campbell, Markus Holzmann, and Zoran Hadzibabic

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 190403 (2011) - Published 2 November, 2011

Genuine Quantum and Classical Correlations in Multipartite Systems

Gian Luca Giorgi, Bruno Bellomo, Fernando Galve, and Roberta Zambrini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 190501 (2011) - Published 3 November, 2011

Local Quantum Transformations Requiring Infinite Rounds of Classical Communication

Eric Chitambar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 190502 (2011) - Published 4 November, 2011

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Indications of a Spatial Variation of the Fine Structure Constant

J. K. Webb, J. A. King, M. T. Murphy, V. V. Flambaum, R. F. Carswell, and M. B. Bainbridge

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 191101 (2011) - Published 31 October, 2011

A Positive-Energy Theorem for Einstein-Aether and Hořava Gravity

David Garfinkle and Ted Jacobson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 191102 (2011) - Published 31 October, 2011

Effective Potential for Quantum Scalar Fields in a de Sitter Geometry

Julien Serreau

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 191103 (2011) - Published 3 November, 2011

Beyond the Fisher-Matrix Formalism: Exact Sampling Distributions of the Maximum-Likelihood Estimator in Gravitational-Wave Parameter Estimation

Michele Vallisneri

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 191104 (2011) - Published 4 November, 2011

Universal Bound on $N$ -Point Correlations from Inflation

Kendrick M. Smith, Marilena LoVerde, and Matias Zaldarriaga

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 191301 (2011) - Published 4 November, 2011

Elementary Particles and Fields

Dijet Production at Large Rapidity Separation in $N = 4$ Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory

M. Angioni, G. Chachamis, J. D. Madrigal, and A. Sabio Vera

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 191601 (2011) - Published 1 November, 2011

Search for $B_{s}^{0} \to μ^{+} μ^{-}$ and $B^{0} \to μ^{+} μ^{-}$ Decays with CDF II

T. Aaltonen et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 191801 (2011) - Published 1 November, 2011

Search for $B_{s}^{0} \to μ^{+} μ^{-}$ and $B^{0} \to μ^{+} μ^{-}$ Decays in $p p$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 7 TeV$

S. Chatrchyan et al. (CMS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 191802 (2011) - Published 1 November, 2011

Search for New $T^{'}$ Particles in Final States with Large Jet Multiplicities and Missing Transverse Energy in $p \bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV$

T. Aaltonen et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 191803 (2011) - Published 1 November, 2011

Search for a New Gauge Boson in Electron-Nucleus Fixed-Target Scattering by the APEX Experiment

S. Abrahamyan et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 191804 (2011) - Published 4 November, 2011

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Rabi Flopping Induces Spatial Demixing Dynamics

E. Nicklas, H. Strobel, T. Zibold, C. Gross, B. A. Malomed, P. G. Kevrekidis, and M. K. Oberthaler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 193001 (2011) - Published 3 November, 2011

Orbital Density Reconstruction for Molecules

M. Dauth, T. Körzdörfer, S. Kümmel, J. Ziroff, M. Wiessner, A. Schöll, F. Reinert, M. Arita, and K. Shimada

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 193002 (2011) - Published 4 November, 2011

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Structure and Stability of the Negative Hydrogen Molecular Ion

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 193003 (2011) - Published 3 November, 2011

Evidence of Single-Photon Two-Site Core Double Ionization of $C_{2} H_{2}$ Molecules

P. Lablanquie, T. P. Grozdanov, M. Žitnik, S. Carniato, P. Selles, L. Andric, J. Palaudoux, F. Penent, H. Iwayama, E. Shigemasa, Y. Hikosaka, K. Soejima, M. Nakano, I. H. Suzuki, and K. Ito

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 193004 (2011) - Published 4 November, 2011

Stationary Inversion of a Two Level System Coupled to an Off-Resonant Cavity with Strong Dissipation

S. Hughes and H. J. Carmichael

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 193601 (2011) - Published 31 October, 2011

Optimal Quantum States for Image Sensing in Loss

Ranjith Nair and Brent J. Yen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 193602 (2011) - Published 31 October, 2011

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Observation of Free-Electron-Laser-Induced Collective Spontaneous Emission (Superfluorescence)

Mitsuru Nagasono, James R. Harries, Hiroshi Iwayama, Tadashi Togashi, Kensuke Tono, Makina Yabashi, Yasunori Senba, Haruhiko Ohashi, Tetsuya Ishikawa, and Eiji Shigemasa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 193603 (2011) - Published 1 November, 2011

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Impact of Geometry on the TM Photonic Band Gaps of Photonic Crystals and Quasicrystals

Lin Jia, Ion Bita, and Edwin L. Thomas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 193901 (2011) - Published 2 November, 2011

Few-Photon All-Optical Modulation in a Photonic Band-Gap Fiber

Vivek Venkataraman, Kasturi Saha, Pablo Londero, and Alexander L. Gaeta

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 193902 (2011) - Published 3 November, 2011

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Inhibited Spontaneous Emission of Quantum Dots Observed in a 3D Photonic Band Gap

M. D. Leistikow, A. P. Mosk, E. Yeganegi, S. R. Huisman, A. Lagendijk, and W. L. Vos

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 193903 (2011) - Published 3 November, 2011

Amplification of Acoustic Evanescent Waves Using Metamaterial Slabs

Choon Mahn Park, Jong Jin Park, Seung Hwan Lee, Yong Mun Seo, Chul Koo Kim, and Sam H. Lee

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 194301 (2011) - Published 1 November, 2011

Small-Scale Anisotropy in Turbulent Shearless Mixing

Daniela Tordella and Michele Iovieno

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 194501 (2011) - Published 31 October, 2011

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EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Oblique Waves Lift the Flapping Flag

Jérôme Hœpffner and Yoshitsugu Naka

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 194502 (2011) - Published 3 November, 2011

Plasma and Beam Physics

Structure-Driven Nonlinear Instability as the Origin of the Explosive Reconnection Dynamics in Resistive Double Tearing Modes

M. Janvier, Y. Kishimoto, and J. Q. Li

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 195001 (2011) - Published 31 October, 2011

Experimental Observation of Anisotropic Magnetic Turbulence in a Reversed Field Pinch Plasma

Y. Ren, A. F. Almagri, G. Fiksel, S. C. Prager, J. S. Sarff, and P. W. Terry

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 195002 (2011) - Published 31 October, 2011

Vortical Dynamics of Spinning Quantum Plasmas: Helicity Conservation

Swadesh M. Mahajan and Felipe A. Asenjo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 195003 (2011) - Published 2 November, 2011

Plasma Blob Generation due to Cooperative Elliptic Instability

P. Manz, M. Xu, S. H. Müller, N. Fedorczak, S. C. Thakur, J. H. Yu, and G. R. Tynan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 195004 (2011) - Published 3 November, 2011

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Identification of Superfluid Phases of ${}^{3}{He}$ in Uniformly Isotropic 98.2% Aerogel

J. Pollanen, J. I. A. Li, C. A. Collett, W. J. Gannon, and W. P. Halperin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 195301 (2011) - Published 31 October, 2011

Anomalous Hall Conductivity from the Dipole Mode of Spin-Orbit-Coupled Cold-Atom Systems

E. van der Bijl and R. A. Duine

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 195302 (2011) - Published 1 November, 2011

BCS-BEC Crossover and Topological Phase Transition in 3D Spin-Orbit Coupled Degenerate Fermi Gases

Ming Gong, Sumanta Tewari, and Chuanwei Zhang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 195303 (2011) - Published 4 November, 2011

Probing Anisotropic Superfluidity in Atomic Fermi Gases with Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling

Hui Hu, Lei Jiang, Xia-Ji Liu, and Han Pu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 195304 (2011) - Published 4 November, 2011

Spin-Orbit Coupled Fermi Gases across a Feshbach Resonance

Zeng-Qiang Yu and Hui Zhai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 195305 (2011) - Published 4 November, 2011

Quantum Phase Transition in an Antiferromagnetic Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensate

E. M. Bookjans, A. Vinit, and C. Raman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 195306 (2011) - Published 4 November, 2011

Asymmetric Split-Vacancy Defects in SiC Polytypes: A Combined Theoretical and Electron Spin Resonance Study

Viktor Ivády, Andreas Gällström, Nguyen Tien Son, Erik Janzén, and Adam Gali

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 195501 (2011) - Published 2 November, 2011

Oxidation of Pt(111) under Near-Ambient Conditions

D. J. Miller, H. Öberg, S. Kaya, H. Sanchez Casalongue, D. Friebel, T. Anniyev, H. Ogasawara, H. Bluhm, L. G. M. Pettersson, and A. Nilsson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 195502 (2011) - Published 4 November, 2011

Enhanced Eshelby Twist on Thin Wurtzite InP Nanowires and Measurement of Local Crystal Rotation

L. H. G. Tizei, A. J. Craven, L. F. Zagonel, M. Tencé, O. Stéphan, T. Chiaramonte, M. A. Cotta, and D. Ugarte

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 195503 (2011) - Published 4 November, 2011

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Structural Relationship between Negative Thermal Expansion and Quartic Anharmonicity of Cubic ${ScF}_{3}$

Chen W. Li, Xiaoli Tang, J. A. Muñoz, J. B. Keith, S. J. Tracy, D. L. Abernathy, and B. Fultz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 195504 (2011) - Published 4 November, 2011

Robustness of a Network of Networks

Jianxi Gao, Sergey V. Buldyrev, Shlomo Havlin, and H. Eugene Stanley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 195701 (2011) - Published 4 November, 2011

Percolation Transitions Are Not Always Sharpened by Making Networks Interdependent

Seung-Woo Son, Peter Grassberger, and Maya Paczuski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 195702 (2011) - Published 4 November, 2011

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Clusters and Magnetic Anchoring Points in (Ga,Fe)N Condensed Magnetic Semiconductors

Francesco Filippone, Giuseppe Mattioli, Paola Alippi, and Aldo Amore Bonapasta

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 196401 (2011) - Published 2 November, 2011

Josephson Current in Carbon Nanotubes with Spin-Orbit Interaction

Jong Soo Lim, Rosa López, and Ramón Aguado

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 196801 (2011) - Published 1 November, 2011

Extraordinary Electron Transmission through a Periodic Array of Quantum Dots

L. S. Petrosyan, A. S. Kirakosyan, and T. V. Shahbazyan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 196802 (2011) - Published 1 November, 2011

Quantum Criticality between Topological and Band Insulators in $3 + 1$ Dimensions

Pallab Goswami and Sudip Chakravarty

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 196803 (2011) - Published 2 November, 2011

Probability Distribution of Majorana End-State Energies in Disordered Wires

Piet W. Brouwer, Mathias Duckheim, Alessandro Romito, and Felix von Oppen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 196804 (2011) - Published 1 November, 2011

Quantum Transport in Mesoscopic ${}^{3}{He}$ Films: Experimental Study of the Interference of Bulk and Boundary Scattering

P. Sharma, A. Córcoles, R. G. Bennett, J. M. Parpia, B. Cowan, A. Casey, and J. Saunders

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 196805 (2011) - Published 1 November, 2011

Emergence of Excited-State Plasmon Modes in Linear Hydrogen Chains from Time-Dependent Quantum Mechanical Methods

A. Eugene DePrince, III, Matthew Pelton, Jeffrey R. Guest, and Stephen K. Gray

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 196806 (2011) - Published 3 November, 2011

Topological Solitons in Three-Band Superconductors with Broken Time Reversal Symmetry

Julien Garaud, Johan Carlström, and Egor Babaev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 197001 (2011) - Published 2 November, 2011

Nonlinear Coupling between the Two Oscillation Modes of a dc SQUID

F. Lecocq, J. Claudon, O. Buisson, and P. Milman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 197002 (2011) - Published 1 November, 2011

Diffusion Thermopower of $(Ga, Mn) As / GaAs$ Tunnel Junctions

Ts. Naydenova, P. Dürrenfeld, K. Tavakoli, N. Pégard, L. Ebel, K. Pappert, K. Brunner, C. Gould, and L. W. Molenkamp

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 197201 (2011) - Published 31 October, 2011

Size Control of Charge-Orbital Order in Half-Doped Manganite ${La}_{0.5} {Ca}_{0.5} {MnO}_{3}$

Hena Das, G. Sangiovanni, A. Valli, K. Held, and T. Saha-Dasgupta

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 197202 (2011) - Published 4 November, 2011

Amplification of Spin Waves by Thermal Spin-Transfer Torque

E. Padrón-Hernández, A. Azevedo, and S. M. Rezende

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 197203 (2011) - Published 4 November, 2011

High-Pressure Sequence of ${Ba}_{3} {NiSb}_{2} O_{9}$ Structural Phases: New $S = 1$ Quantum Spin Liquids Based on ${Ni}^{2 +}$

J. G. Cheng, G. Li, L. Balicas, J. S. Zhou, J. B. Goodenough, Cenke Xu, and H. D. Zhou

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 197204 (2011) - Published 4 November, 2011

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

ERRATA

Erratum: Experimental Determination of the ${}^{24}{Mg} I (3 s 3 p) {}^{3}P_{2}$ Lifetime [Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 113001 (2011)]

B. B. Jensen, He Ming, P. G. Westergaard, K. Gunnarsson, M. H. Madsen, A. Brusch, J. Hald, and J. W. Thomsen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 199901 (2011) - Published 31 October, 2011

Volume 107, Issue 19

On the Cover

From the article:

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

LETTERS

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

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Elementary Particles and Fields

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Plasma and Beam Physics

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

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