Volume 108, Issue 20

18 May 2012

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An ensemble of mechanically entangled staples displaying geometric cohesion. Selected for an Editors' Suggestion and a Synopsis in Physics.

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Entangled Granular Media
Nick Gravish, Scott V. Franklin, David L. Hu, and Daniel I. Goldman
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 208001 (2012)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

All Entangled Quantum States Are Nonlocal

Francesco Buscemi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 200401 (2012) - Published 14 May, 2012

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Detection of a Large Valley-Orbit Splitting in Silicon with Two-Donor Spectroscopy

B. Roche, E. Dupont-Ferrier, B. Voisin, M. Cobian, X. Jehl, R. Wacquez, M. Vinet, Y.-M. Niquet, and M. Sanquer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 206812 (2012) - Published 17 May, 2012

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Entangled Granular Media

Nick Gravish, Scott V. Franklin, David L. Hu, and Daniel I. Goldman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 208001 (2012) - Published 17 May, 2012

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Spin-Orbit-Induced Strong Coupling of a Single Spin to a Nanomechanical Resonator

András Pályi, P. R. Struck, Mark Rudner, Karsten Flensberg, and Guido Burkard

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 206811 (2012) - Published 18 May, 2012

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Absence of Three-Loop Four-Point Ultraviolet Divergences in $N = 4$ Supergravity

Zvi Bern, Scott Davies, Tristan Dennen, and Yu-tin Huang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 201301 (2012) - Published 15 May, 2012

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Final Analysis and Results of the Phase II SIMPLE Dark Matter Search

M. Felizardo, T. A. Girard, T. Morlat, A. C. Fernandes, A. R. Ramos, J. G. Marques, A. Kling, J. Puibasset, M. Auguste, D. Boyer, A. Cavaillou, J. Poupeney, C. Sudre, H. S. Miley, R. F. Payne, F. P. Carvalho, M. I. Prudêncio, A. Gouveia, and R. Marques (The SIMPLE Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 201302 (2012) - Published 18 May, 2012

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

First Evidence of Direct $C P$ Violation in Charmless Two-Body Decays of $B_{s}^{0}$ Mesons

R. Aaij et al. (LHCb Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 201601 (2012) - Published 16 May, 2012

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Improved Limit on Direct $α$ Decay of the Hoyle State

O. S. Kirsebom, M. Alcorta, M. J. G. Borge, M. Cubero, C. Aa. Diget, L. M. Fraile, B. R. Fulton, H. O. U. Fynbo, D. Galaviz, B. Jonson, M. Madurga, T. Nilsson, G. Nyman, K. Riisager, O. Tengblad, and M. Turrión

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 202501 (2012) - Published 14 May, 2012

LETTERS

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

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

All Entangled Quantum States Are Nonlocal

Francesco Buscemi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 200401 (2012) - Published 14 May, 2012

Tuning a Spin Bath through the Quantum-Classical Transition

Friedemann Reinhard, Fazhan Shi, Nan Zhao, Florian Rempp, Boris Naydenov, Jan Meijer, Liam T. Hall, Lloyd Hollenberg, Jiangfeng Du, Ren-Bao Liu, and Jörg Wrachtrup

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 200402 (2012) - Published 15 May, 2012

Time Asymmetry of Probabilities Versus Relativistic Causal Structure: An Arrow of Time

Bob Coecke and Raymond Lal

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 200403 (2012) - Published 15 May, 2012

Solving Condensed-Matter Ground-State Problems by Semidefinite Relaxations

Thomas Barthel and Robert Hübener

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 200404 (2012) - Published 17 May, 2012

Experimental Fully Contextual Correlations

Elias Amselem, Lars Eirik Danielsen, Antonio J. López-Tarrida, José R. Portillo, Mohamed Bourennane, and Adán Cabello

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 200405 (2012) - Published 18 May, 2012

One-Shot Classical-Quantum Capacity and Hypothesis Testing

Ligong Wang and Renato Renner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 200501 (2012) - Published 15 May, 2012

Blind Quantum Computing with Weak Coherent Pulses

Vedran Dunjko, Elham Kashefi, and Anthony Leverrier

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 200502 (2012) - Published 18 May, 2012

Number of Relevant Directions in Principal Component Analysis and Wishart Random Matrices

Satya N. Majumdar and Pierpaolo Vivo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 200601 (2012) - Published 18 May, 2012

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Probing the Equation of State of Nuclear Matter via Neutron Star Asteroseismology

Hajime Sotani, Ken’ichiro Nakazato, Kei Iida, and Kazuhiro Oyamatsu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 201101 (2012) - Published 18 May, 2012

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Absence of Three-Loop Four-Point Ultraviolet Divergences in $N = 4$ Supergravity

Zvi Bern, Scott Davies, Tristan Dennen, and Yu-tin Huang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 201301 (2012) - Published 15 May, 2012

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Final Analysis and Results of the Phase II SIMPLE Dark Matter Search

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 201302 (2012) - Published 18 May, 2012

Elementary Particles and Fields

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

First Evidence of Direct $C P$ Violation in Charmless Two-Body Decays of $B_{s}^{0}$ Mesons

R. Aaij et al. (LHCb Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 201601 (2012) - Published 16 May, 2012

Characteristics of Thermalization of Boost-Invariant Plasma from Holography

Michal P. Heller, Romuald A. Janik, and Przemysław Witaszczyk

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 201602 (2012) - Published 18 May, 2012

Measurement of $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{() +} D_{s}^{() -}$ Branching Ratios

T. Aaltonen et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 201801 (2012) - Published 14 May, 2012

Search for a Dark Matter Candidate Produced in Association with a Single Top Quark in $p \bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV$

T. Aaltonen et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 201802 (2012) - Published 15 May, 2012

Nuclear Physics

Directed Flow of Identified Particles in $Au + Au$ Collisions at $\sqrt{S_{N N}} = 200 GeV$ at RHIC

L. Adamczyk et al. (STAR Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 202301 (2012) - Published 15 May, 2012

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Improved Limit on Direct $α$ Decay of the Hoyle State

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 202501 (2012) - Published 14 May, 2012

Structure of ${}^{10}{He}$ Low-Lying States Uncovered by Correlations

S. I. Sidorchuk et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 202502 (2012) - Published 15 May, 2012

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Role of the Ionic Potential in High Harmonic Generation

D. Shafir, B. Fabre, J. Higuet, H. Soifer, M. Dagan, D. Descamps, E. Mével, S. Petit, H. J. Wörner, B. Pons, N. Dudovich, and Y. Mairesse

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 203001 (2012) - Published 16 May, 2012

Chemical Reactions of Atomic Lithium and Molecular Calcium Monohydride at 1 K

Vijay Singh, Kyle S. Hardman, Naima Tariq, Mei-Ju Lu, Aja Ellis, Muir J. Morrison, and Jonathan D. Weinstein

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 203201 (2012) - Published 14 May, 2012

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Collective Modes of Coupled Phase Oscillators with Delayed Coupling

Saúl Ares, Luis G. Morelli, David J. Jörg, Andrew C. Oates, and Frank Jülicher

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 204101 (2012) - Published 15 May, 2012

Spatial Pinning Control

Mattia Frasca, Arturo Buscarino, Alessandro Rizzo, and Luigi Fortuna

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 204102 (2012) - Published 15 May, 2012

Air Entrainment by Contact Lines of a Solid Plate Plunged into a Viscous Fluid

Antonin Marchand, Tak Shing Chan, Jacco H. Snoeijer, and Bruno Andreotti

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 204501 (2012) - Published 18 May, 2012

Plasma and Beam Physics

Electrostatic Response of a Two-Component Plasma with Coulomb Collisions

A. V. Brantov, V. Yu. Bychenkov, and W. Rozmus

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 205001 (2012) - Published 14 May, 2012

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Experimental Realization of Plaquette Resonating Valence-Bond States with Ultracold Atoms in Optical Superlattices

S. Nascimbène, Y.-A. Chen, M. Atala, M. Aidelsburger, S. Trotzky, B. Paredes, and I. Bloch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 205301 (2012) - Published 14 May, 2012

Formation of NaCl-Type Monodeuteride LaD by the Disproportionation Reaction of ${LaD}_{2}$

A. Machida, M. Honda, T. Hattori, A. Sano-Furukawa, T. Watanuki, Y. Katayama, K. Aoki, K. Komatsu, H. Arima, H. Ohshita, K. Ikeda, K. Suzuya, T. Otomo, M. Tsubota, K. Doi, T. Ichikawa, Y. Kojima, and D. Y. Kim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 205501 (2012) - Published 14 May, 2012

Mechanical Annealing of Metallic Electrodes at the Atomic Scale

C. Sabater, C. Untiedt, J. J. Palacios, and M. J. Caturla

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 205502 (2012) - Published 14 May, 2012

Observation of Microscale Superlubricity in Graphite

Ze Liu, Jiarui Yang, Francois Grey, Jefferson Zhe Liu, Yilun Liu, Yibing Wang, Yanlian Yang, Yao Cheng, and Quanshui Zheng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 205503 (2012) - Published 15 May, 2012

Evolution of Fractal Structures in Dislocation Ensembles during Plastic Deformation

A. Vinogradov, I. S. Yasnikov, and Y. Estrin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 205504 (2012) - Published 15 May, 2012

Novel Structural Motifs in Low Energy Phases of ${LiAlH}_{4}$

Maximilian Amsler, José A. Flores-Livas, Tran Doan Huan, Silvana Botti, Miguel A. L. Marques, and Stefan Goedecker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 205505 (2012) - Published 16 May, 2012

Frustration of the Isotropic-Columnar Phase Transition of Colloidal Hard Platelets by a Transient Cubatic Phase

Matthieu Marechal, Alessandro Patti, Matthew Dennison, and Marjolein Dijkstra

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 206101 (2012) - Published 14 May, 2012

X-Ray Reflectivity at Polarized Liquid-Hg–Aqueous-Electrolyte Interface: Challenging Macroscopic Approaches for Ion-Specificity Issues

Jérôme F. L. Duval, Sambhunath Bera, Laurent J. Michot, Jean Daillant, Luc Belloni, Oleg Konovalov, and Diego Pontoni

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 206102 (2012) - Published 15 May, 2012

Inhomogeneous Relaxation of a Molecular Layer on an Insulator due to Compressive Stress

F. Bocquet, L. Nony, S. C. B. Mannsfeld, V. Oison, R. Pawlak, L. Porte, and Ch. Loppacher

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 206103 (2012) - Published 16 May, 2012

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Dynamic Stabilization of the Optical Resonances of Single Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Diamond

V. M. Acosta, C. Santori, A. Faraon, Z. Huang, K.-M. C. Fu, A. Stacey, D. A. Simpson, K. Ganesan, S. Tomljenovic-Hanic, A. D. Greentree, S. Prawer, and R. G. Beausoleil

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 206401 (2012) - Published 14 May, 2012

STM Imaging of Impurity Resonances on ${Bi}_{2} {Se}_{3}$

Zhanybek Alpichshev, Rudro R. Biswas, Alexander V. Balatsky, J. G. Analytis, J.-H. Chu, I. R. Fisher, and A. Kapitulnik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 206402 (2012) - Published 15 May, 2012

Experimental Evidence of Cubic Rashba Effect in an Inversion-Symmetric Oxide

H. Nakamura, T. Koga, and T. Kimura

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 206601 (2012) - Published 14 May, 2012

Complex Spin Texture in the Pure and Mn-Doped Topological Insulator ${Bi}_{2} {Te}_{3}$

J. Henk, A. Ernst, S. V. Eremeev, E. V. Chulkov, I. V. Maznichenko, and I. Mertig

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 206801 (2012) - Published 14 May, 2012

Effective Control of the Charge and Magnetic States of Transition-Metal Atoms on Single-Layer Boron Nitride

Bing Huang, Hongjun Xiang, Jaejun Yu, and Su-Huai Wei

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 206802 (2012) - Published 14 May, 2012

Experimental Verification of ${PbBi}_{2} {Te}_{4}$ as a 3D Topological Insulator

K. Kuroda, H. Miyahara, M. Ye, S. V. Eremeev, Yu. M. Koroteev, E. E. Krasovskii, E. V. Chulkov, S. Hiramoto, C. Moriyoshi, Y. Kuroiwa, K. Miyamoto, T. Okuda, M. Arita, K. Shimada, H. Namatame, M. Taniguchi, Y. Ueda, and A. Kimura

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 206803 (2012) - Published 15 May, 2012