Volume 108, Issue 13

30 March 2012

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Parameter plot in the space of dimensionless parameters in the deformation of Einstein's gravity.

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Island of Stability for Consistent Deformations of Einstein’s Gravity
Felix Berkhahn, Dennis D. Dietrich, Stefan Hofmann, Florian Kühnel, and Parvin Moyassari
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 131102 (2012)

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Quantum Interface between an Electrical Circuit and a Single Atom

D. Kielpinski, D. Kafri, M. J. Woolley, G. J. Milburn, and J. M. Taylor

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 130504 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

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Search for Antihelium with the BESS-Polar Spectrometer

K. Abe et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 131301 (2012) - Published 29 March, 2012

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Incoherent Scatterer in a Luttinger Liquid: A New Paradigmatic Limit

Alexander Altland, Yuval Gefen, and Bernd Rosenow

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 136401 (2012) - Published 29 March, 2012

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Nonlinear Plasmon-Photon Interaction Resolved by $k$ -Space Spectroscopy

Nicolai B. Grosse, Jan Heckmann, and Ulrike Woggon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 136802 (2012) - Published 26 March, 2012

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Quantum Simulation of an Extra Dimension

O. Boada, A. Celi, J. I. Latorre, and M. Lewenstein

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 133001 (2012) - Published 29 March, 2012

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Ultrafast Strain Engineering in Complex Oxide Heterostructures

A. D. Caviglia, R. Scherwitzl, P. Popovich, W. Hu, H. Bromberger, R. Singla, M. Mitrano, M. C. Hoffmann, S. Kaiser, P. Zubko, S. Gariglio, J.-M. Triscone, M. Först, and A. Cavalleri

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 136801 (2012) - Published 26 March, 2012

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Accurate Detection of Interaural Time Differences by a Population of Slowly Integrating Neurons

Viacheslav A. Vasilkov and Ruben A. Tikidji-Hamburyan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 138104 (2012) - Published 29 March, 2012

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Optical Spectroscopy of Molecular Positronium

D. B. Cassidy, T. H. Hisakado, H. W. K. Tom, and A. P. Mills, Jr.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 133402 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

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Direct Imaging of Electron States in Open Quantum Dots

N. Aoki, R. Brunner, A. M. Burke, R. Akis, R. Meisels, D. K. Ferry, and Y. Ochiai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 136804 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

LETTERS

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

Structure of Reversible Computation Determines the Self-Duality of Quantum Theory

Markus P. Müller and Cozmin Ududec

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 130401 (2012) - Published 27 March, 2012

Robust Quantum Enhanced Phase Estimation in a Multimode Interferometer

J. J. Cooper, D. W. Hallwood, J. A. Dunningham, and J. Brand

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 130402 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

Universal Dimer in a Collisionally Opaque Medium: Experimental Observables and Efimov Resonances

Olga Machtey, David A. Kessler, and Lev Khaykovich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 130403 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

Quantum Factorization of 143 on a Dipolar-Coupling Nuclear Magnetic Resonance System

Nanyang Xu, Jing Zhu, Dawei Lu, Xianyi Zhou, Xinhua Peng, and Jiangfeng Du

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 130501 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

Side-Channel-Free Quantum Key Distribution

Samuel L. Braunstein and Stefano Pirandola

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 130502 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution

Hoi-Kwong Lo, Marcos Curty, and Bing Qi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 130503 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

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Quantum Interface between an Electrical Circuit and a Single Atom

D. Kielpinski, D. Kafri, M. J. Woolley, G. J. Milburn, and J. M. Taylor

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 130504 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Energy Versus Angular Momentum in Black Hole Binaries

Thibault Damour, Alessandro Nagar, Denis Pollney, and Christian Reisswig

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 131101 (2012) - Published 28 March, 2012

Island of Stability for Consistent Deformations of Einstein’s Gravity

Felix Berkhahn, Dennis D. Dietrich, Stefan Hofmann, Florian Kühnel, and Parvin Moyassari

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 131102 (2012) - Published 28 March, 2012

Gravitational Self-Force Correction to the Binding Energy of Compact Binary Systems

Alexandre Le Tiec, Enrico Barausse, and Alessandra Buonanno

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 131103 (2012) - Published 29 March, 2012

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Search for Antihelium with the BESS-Polar Spectrometer

K. Abe et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 131301 (2012) - Published 29 March, 2012

Elementary Particles and Fields

Renormalization Group Flows, Cycles, and $c$ -Theorem Folklore

Thomas L. Curtright, Xiang Jin, and Cosmas K. Zachos

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 131601 (2012) - Published 27 March, 2012

Indication of Reactor ${\bar{ν}}_{e}$ Disappearance in the Double Chooz Experiment

Y. Abe et al. (Double Chooz Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 131801 (2012) - Published 28 March, 2012

Search for Universal Extra Dimensions in $p \bar{p}$ Collisions

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 131802 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

Nuclear Physics

Robust Regularity in $γ$ -Soft Nuclei and Its Microscopic Realization

K. Nomura, N. Shimizu, D. Vretenar, T. Nikšić, and T. Otsuka

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 132501 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

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Quantum Simulation of an Extra Dimension

O. Boada, A. Celi, J. I. Latorre, and M. Lewenstein

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 133001 (2012) - Published 29 March, 2012

Explosions of Xenon Clusters in Ultraintense Femtosecond X-Ray Pulses from the LCLS Free Electron Laser

H. Thomas, A. Helal, K. Hoffmann, N. Kandadai, J. Keto, J. Andreasson, B. Iwan, M. Seibert, N. Timneanu, J. Hajdu, M. Adolph, T. Gorkhover, D. Rupp, S. Schorb, T. Möller, G. Doumy, L. F. DiMauro, M. Hoener, B. Murphy, N. Berrah, M. Messerschmidt, J. Bozek, C. Bostedt, and T. Ditmire

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 133401 (2012) - Published 28 March, 2012

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Optical Spectroscopy of Molecular Positronium

D. B. Cassidy, T. H. Hisakado, H. W. K. Tom, and A. P. Mills, Jr.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 133402 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

Optical Detection of the Quantization of Collective Atomic Motion

Nathan Brahms, Thierry Botter, Sydney Schreppler, Daniel W. C. Brooks, and Dan M. Stamper-Kurn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 133601 (2012) - Published 26 March, 2012

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Extracting Continuum Electron Dynamics from High Harmonic Emission from Molecules

R. M. Lock, S. Ramakrishna, X. Zhou, H. C. Kapteyn, M. M. Murnane, and T. Seideman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 133901 (2012) - Published 26 March, 2012

Knotted Solitons in Nonlinear Magnetic Metamaterials

Nikolay N. Rosanov, Nina V. Vysotina, Anatoly N. Shatsev, Anton S. Desyatnikov, and Yuri S. Kivshar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 133902 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

Synchronization in Simple Network Motifs with Negligible Correlation and Mutual Information Measures

Miguel C. Soriano, Guy Van der Sande, Ingo Fischer, and Claudio R. Mirasso

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 134101 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

Discontinuous Transition in a Laminar Fluid Flow: A Change of Flow Topology inside a Droplet Moving in a Micron-Size Channel

Slawomir Jakiela, Piotr M. Korczyk, Sylwia Makulska, Olgierd Cybulski, and Piotr Garstecki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 134501 (2012) - Published 27 March, 2012

Distribution of Particles and Bubbles in Turbulence at a Small Stokes Number

Itzhak Fouxon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 134502 (2012) - Published 28 March, 2012

Plasma and Beam Physics

Spallation Ultracold Neutron Source of Superfluid Helium below 1 K

Yasuhiro Masuda, Kichiji Hatanaka, Sun-Chan Jeong, Shinsuke Kawasaki, Ryohei Matsumiya, Kensaku Matsuta, Mototsugu Mihara, and Yutaka Watanabe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 134801 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

Weibel-Induced Filamentation during an Ultrafast Laser-Driven Plasma Expansion

K. Quinn, L. Romagnani, B. Ramakrishna, G. Sarri, M. E. Dieckmann, P. A. Wilson, J. Fuchs, L. Lancia, A. Pipahl, T. Toncian, O. Willi, R. J. Clarke, M. Notley, A. Macchi, and M. Borghesi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 135001 (2012) - Published 26 March, 2012

Kinetic Instabilities that Limit $β$ in the Edge of a Tokamak Plasma: A Picture of an $H$ -Mode Pedestal

D. Dickinson, C. M. Roach, S. Saarelma, R. Scannell, A. Kirk, and H. R. Wilson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 135002 (2012) - Published 26 March, 2012

Stochastic Particle Acceleration in Multiple Magnetic Islands during Reconnection

Masahiro Hoshino

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 135003 (2012) - Published 28 March, 2012

Soft-X-Ray Harmonic Comb from Relativistic Electron Spikes

A. S. Pirozhkov et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 135004 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

Microstructure of a Liquid Two-Dimensional Dusty Plasma under Shear

V. Nosenko, A. V. Ivlev, and G. E. Morfill

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 135005 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

Direct Measurement of Energetic Electrons Coupling to an Imploding Low-Adiabat Inertial Confinement Fusion Capsule

T. Döppner et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 135006 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Families of Superhard Crystalline Carbon Allotropes Constructed via Cold Compression of Graphite and Nanotubes

Haiyang Niu, Xing-Qiu Chen, Shibing Wang, Dianzhong Li, Wendy L. Mao, and Yiyi Li

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 135501 (2012) - Published 28 March, 2012

Hot Spots in an Athermal System

Axelle Amon, Van Bau Nguyen, Ary Bruand, Jérôme Crassous, and Eric Clément

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 135502 (2012) - Published 28 March, 2012

Rapid Nondestructive Analysis of Threading Dislocations in Wurtzite Materials Using the Scanning Electron Microscope

G. Naresh-Kumar, B. Hourahine, P. R. Edwards, A. P. Day, A. Winkelmann, A. J. Wilkinson, P. J. Parbrook, G. England, and C. Trager-Cowan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 135503 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

Charge Redistribution Mechanisms of Ceria Reduction

O. Hellman, N. V. Skorodumova, and S. I. Simak

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 135504 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

Noncontact Friction and Relaxational Dynamics of Surface Defects

Jian-Huang She and Alexander V. Balatsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 136101 (2012) - Published 28 March, 2012

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

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Incoherent Scatterer in a Luttinger Liquid: A New Paradigmatic Limit

Alexander Altland, Yuval Gefen, and Bernd Rosenow

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 136401 (2012) - Published 29 March, 2012

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Ultrafast Strain Engineering in Complex Oxide Heterostructures

A. D. Caviglia, R. Scherwitzl, P. Popovich, W. Hu, H. Bromberger, R. Singla, M. Mitrano, M. C. Hoffmann, S. Kaiser, P. Zubko, S. Gariglio, J.-M. Triscone, M. Först, and A. Cavalleri

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 136801 (2012) - Published 26 March, 2012

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Nonlinear Plasmon-Photon Interaction Resolved by $k$ -Space Spectroscopy

Nicolai B. Grosse, Jan Heckmann, and Ulrike Woggon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 136802 (2012) - Published 26 March, 2012

Localized End States in Density Modulated Quantum Wires and Rings

Suhas Gangadharaiah, Luka Trifunovic, and Daniel Loss

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 136803 (2012) - Published 28 March, 2012

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Direct Imaging of Electron States in Open Quantum Dots

N. Aoki, R. Brunner, A. M. Burke, R. Akis, R. Meisels, D. K. Ferry, and Y. Ochiai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 136804 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

Lattice Model for the $SU (N)$ Néel to Valence-Bond Solid Quantum Phase Transition at Large $N$

Ribhu K. Kaul and Anders W. Sandvik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 137201 (2012) - Published 28 March, 2012

Pseudo Jahn-Teller Origin of Perovskite Multiferroics, Magnetic-Ferroelectric Crossover, and Magnetoelectric Effects: The $d^{0} − d^{10}$ Problem

Isaac B. Bersuker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 137202 (2012) - Published 28 March, 2012

Electric-Field Control of Nonvolatile Magnetization in ${Co}_{40} {Fe}_{40} B_{20} / Pb ({Mg}_{1 / 3} {Nb}_{2 / 3})_{0.7} {Ti}_{0.3} O_{3}$ Structure at Room Temperature

S. Zhang, Y. G. Zhao, P. S. Li, J. J. Yang, S. Rizwan, J. X. Zhang, J. Seidel, T. L. Qu, Y. J. Yang, Z. L. Luo, Q. He, T. Zou, Q. P. Chen, J. W. Wang, L. F. Yang, Y. Sun, Y. Z. Wu, X. Xiao, X. F. Jin, J. Huang, C. Gao, X. F. Han, and R. Ramesh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 137203 (2012) - Published 28 March, 2012

Direct Measurement of the Triplet Exciton Diffusion Length in Organic Semiconductors

Oleksandr V. Mikhnenko, Roald Ruiter, Paul W. M. Blom, and Maria Antonietta Loi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 137401 (2012) - Published 29 March, 2012

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

Temperature-Pressure Scaling for Air-Fluidized Grains near Jamming

L. J. Daniels, T. K. Haxton, N. Xu, A. J. Liu, and D. J. Durian

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 138001 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

Concentration Polarization in Translocation of DNA through Nanopores and Nanochannels

Siddhartha Das, Pavel Dubsky, Albert van den Berg, and J. C. T. Eijkel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 138101 (2012) - Published 26 March, 2012

Reorientation of a Nonspherical Capsule in Creeping Shear Flow

Toshihiro Omori, Yohsuke Imai, Takami Yamaguchi, and Takuji Ishikawa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 138102 (2012) - Published 28 March, 2012

Modulating the Precision of Recurrent Bursts in Cultured Neural Networks

Joon Ho Choi, June Hoan Kim, Ryoun Heo, and Kyoung J. Lee

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 138103 (2012) - Published 28 March, 2012

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Accurate Detection of Interaural Time Differences by a Population of Slowly Integrating Neurons

Viacheslav A. Vasilkov and Ruben A. Tikidji-Hamburyan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 138104 (2012) - Published 29 March, 2012

Shear-Induced Deformation of Surfactant Multilamellar Vesicles

Angelo Pommella, Sergio Caserta, Vincenzo Guida, and Stefano Guido

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 138301 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

COMMENTS

Comment on “Energy-Dependent Excitation Cross Section Measurements of the Diagnostic Lines of Fe XVII”

V. K. Nikulin and M. B. Trzhaskovskaya

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 139301 (2012) - Published 26 March, 2012

Brown and Beiersdorfer Reply:

G. V. Brown and P. Beiersdorfer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 139302 (2012) - Published 26 March, 2012

Comment on “ ${Ar}^{+}$ and ${Xe}^{+}$ Velocities near the Presheath-Sheath Boundary in an $Ar / Xe$ Discharge”

N. Hershkowitz, G. D. Severn, S. D. Baalrud, C. C. Hegna, and J. D. Callen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 139501 (2012) - Published 27 March, 2012

ERRATA

Publisher’s Note: Competition between Electron and Phonon Excitations in the Scattering of Nitrogen Atoms and Molecules off Tungsten and Silver Metal Surfaces [Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 096101 (2012)]

L. Martin-Gondre, M. Alducin, G. A. Bocan, R. Díez Muiño, and J. I. Juaristi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 139901 (2012) - Published 26 March, 2012

Publisher’s Note: Weak Localization of Light in Superdiffusive Random Systems [Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 110604 (2012)]

Matteo Burresi, Vivekananthan Radhalakshmi, Romolo Savo, Jacopo Bertolotti, Kevin Vynck, and Diederik S. Wiersma

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 139902 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012

Publisher’s Note: First measurement of the partial widths of ${}^{209}{Bi}$ decay to the ground and to the first excited states [Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 062501 (2012)]

J. W. Beeman, M. Biassoni, C. Brofferio, C. Bucci, S. Capelli, L. Cardani, M. Carrettoni, M. Clemenza, O. Cremonesi, E. Ferri, A. Giachero, L. Gironi, P. Gorla, C. Gotti, A. Nucciotti, C. Maiano, L. Pattavina, M. Pavan, G. Pessina, S. Pirro, E. Previtali, M. Sisti, and L. Zanotti

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 139903 (2012) - Published 30 March, 2012