Volume 109, Issue 1

6 July 2012

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Pseudospin texture along the radial direction of a stable 3D skyrmion.

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Stable Skyrmions in $S U (2)$ Gauged Bose-Einstein Condensates
Takuto Kawakami, Takeshi Mizushima, Muneto Nitta, and Kazushige Machida
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 015301 (2012)

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Shell-Structure and Pairing Interaction in Superheavy Nuclei: Rotational Properties of the $Z = 104$ Nucleus ${}^{256}{Rf}$

P. T. Greenlees et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 012501 (2012) - Published 3 July, 2012

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Weak Measurements of Light Chirality with a Plasmonic Slit

Y. Gorodetski, K. Y. Bliokh, B. Stein, C. Genet, N. Shitrit, V. Kleiner, E. Hasman, and T. W. Ebbesen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 013901 (2012) - Published 5 July, 2012

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Unified study of glass and jamming rheology in soft particle systems

Atsushi Ikeda, Ludovic Berthier, and Peter Sollich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 018301 (2012) - Published 5 July, 2012

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Clustering of Salt Fingers in Double-Diffusive Convection Leads to Staircaselike Stratification

Francesco Paparella and Jost von Hardenberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 014502 (2012) - Published 6 July, 2012

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Higgs Mode in a Two-Dimensional Superfluid

L. Pollet and N. Prokof’ev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 010401 (2012) - Published 6 July, 2012

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Dynamical Decoupling and Dephasing in Interacting Two-Level Systems

Simon Gustavsson, Fei Yan, Jonas Bylander, Fumiki Yoshihara, Yasunobu Nakamura, Terry P. Orlando, and William D. Oliver

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 010502 (2012) - Published 3 July, 2012

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Quantized Adiabatic Transport In Momentum Space

Derek Y. H. Ho and Jiangbin Gong

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 010601 (2012) - Published 6 July, 2012

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Determination of the Strange-Quark Density of the Proton from ATLAS Measurements of the $W \to ℓ ν$ and $Z \to ℓ ℓ$ Cross Sections

G. Aad et al. (ATLAS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 012001 (2012) - Published 5 July, 2012

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Spatial and Energy Distribution of Topological Edge States in Single Bi(111) Bilayer

Fang Yang, Lin Miao, Z. F. Wang, Meng-Yu Yao, Fengfeng Zhu, Y. R. Song, Mei-Xiao Wang, Jin-Peng Xu, Alexei V. Fedorov, Z. Sun, G. B. Zhang, Canhua Liu, Feng Liu, Dong Qian, C. L. Gao, and Jin-Feng Jia

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 016801 (2012) - Published 5 July, 2012

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Nanoscale Layering of Antiferromagnetic and Superconducting Phases in ${Rb}_{2} {Fe}_{4} {Se}_{5}$ Single Crystals

A. Charnukha, A. Cvitkovic, T. Prokscha, D. Pröpper, N. Ocelic, A. Suter, Z. Salman, E. Morenzoni, J. Deisenhofer, V. Tsurkan, A. Loidl, B. Keimer, and A. V. Boris

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 017003 (2012) - Published 5 July, 2012

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New Alphabet-Dependent Morphological Transition in Random RNA Alignment

O. V. Valba, M. V. Tamm, and S. K. Nechaev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 018102 (2012) - Published 5 July, 2012

LETTERS

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

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Higgs Mode in a Two-Dimensional Superfluid

L. Pollet and N. Prokof’ev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 010401 (2012) - Published 6 July, 2012

Wess-Zumino Consistency Condition for Entanglement Entropy

Shamik Banerjee

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 010402 (2012) - Published 6 July, 2012

Spin Peierls Quantum Phase Transitions in Coulomb Crystals

A. Bermudez and M. B. Plenio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 010501 (2012) - Published 2 July, 2012

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Dynamical Decoupling and Dephasing in Interacting Two-Level Systems

Simon Gustavsson, Fei Yan, Jonas Bylander, Fumiki Yoshihara, Yasunobu Nakamura, Terry P. Orlando, and William D. Oliver

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 010502 (2012) - Published 3 July, 2012

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Quantized Adiabatic Transport In Momentum Space

Derek Y. H. Ho and Jiangbin Gong

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 010601 (2012) - Published 6 July, 2012

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Radiation from Quantum Weakly Dynamical Horizons in Loop Quantum Gravity

Daniele Pranzetti

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 011301 (2012) - Published 2 July, 2012

Elementary Particles and Fields

Constraints on Cosmic Superstrings from Kaluza-Klein Emission

Jean-François Dufaux

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 011601 (2012) - Published 5 July, 2012

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Determination of the Strange-Quark Density of the Proton from ATLAS Measurements of the $W \to ℓ ν$ and $Z \to ℓ ℓ$ Cross Sections

G. Aad et al. (ATLAS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 012001 (2012) - Published 5 July, 2012

Nuclear Physics

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Shell-Structure and Pairing Interaction in Superheavy Nuclei: Rotational Properties of the $Z = 104$ Nucleus ${}^{256}{Rf}$

P. T. Greenlees et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 012501 (2012) - Published 3 July, 2012

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Ultrafast Dynamics in Postcollision Interaction after Multiple Auger Decays in Argon $1 s$ Photoionization

R. Guillemin, S. Sheinerman, C. Bomme, L. Journel, T. Marin, T. Marchenko, R. K. Kushawaha, N. Trcera, M. N. Piancastelli, and M. Simon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 013001 (2012) - Published 2 July, 2012

Scaling Laws for Photoelectron Holography in the Midinfrared Wavelength Regime

Y. Huismans, A. Gijsbertsen, A. S. Smolkowska, J. H. Jungmann, A. Rouzée, P. S. W. M. Logman, F. Lépine, C. Cauchy, S. Zamith, T. Marchenko, J. M. Bakker, G. Berden, B. Redlich, A. F. G. van der Meer, M. Yu. Ivanov, T.-M. Yan, D. Bauer, O. Smirnova, and M. J. J. Vrakking

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 013002 (2012) - Published 6 July, 2012

Multielectron Transitions Induced by Neutron Impact on Helium

M. Liertzer, J. Feist, S. Nagele, and J. Burgdörfer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 013201 (2012) - Published 2 July, 2012

Optimal Squeezing in Resonance Fluorescence via Atomic-State Purification

P. Grünwald and W. Vogel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 013601 (2012) - Published 3 July, 2012

X-Ray Parametric Down-Conversion in the Langevin Regime

S. Shwartz, R. N. Coffee, J. M. Feldkamp, Y. Feng, J. B. Hastings, G. Y. Yin, and S. E. Harris

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 013602 (2012) - Published 6 July, 2012

Optomechanical Quantum Information Processing with Photons and Phonons

K. Stannigel, P. Komar, S. J. M. Habraken, S. D. Bennett, M. D. Lukin, P. Zoller, and P. Rabl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 013603 (2012) - Published 6 July, 2012

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

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Weak Measurements of Light Chirality with a Plasmonic Slit

Y. Gorodetski, K. Y. Bliokh, B. Stein, C. Genet, N. Shitrit, V. Kleiner, E. Hasman, and T. W. Ebbesen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 013901 (2012) - Published 5 July, 2012

Large Bubble Rupture Sparks Fast Liquid Jet

Thomas Séon and Arnaud Antkowiak

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 014501 (2012) - Published 2 July, 2012

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Clustering of Salt Fingers in Double-Diffusive Convection Leads to Staircaselike Stratification

Francesco Paparella and Jost von Hardenberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 014502 (2012) - Published 6 July, 2012

Plasma and Beam Physics

Controlling Fast-Electron-Beam Divergence Using Two Laser Pulses

R. H. H. Scott, C. Beaucourt, H.-P. Schlenvoigt, K. Markey, K. L. Lancaster, C. P. Ridgers, C. M. Brenner, J. Pasley, R. J. Gray, I. O. Musgrave, A. P. L Robinson, K. Li, M. M. Notley, J. R. Davies, S. D. Baton, J. J. Santos, J.-L. Feugeas, Ph. Nicolaï, G. Malka, V. T. Tikhonchuk, P. McKenna, D. Neely, S. J. Rose, and P. A. Norreys

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 015001 (2012) - Published 6 July, 2012

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Stable Skyrmions in $S U (2)$ Gauged Bose-Einstein Condensates

Takuto Kawakami, Takeshi Mizushima, Muneto Nitta, and Kazushige Machida

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 015301 (2012) - Published 2 July, 2012

Topological Interface Engineering and Defect Crossing in Ultracold Atomic Gases

Magnus O. Borgh and Janne Ruostekoski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 015302 (2012) - Published 3 July, 2012

Strain and Structure Driven Complex Magnetic Ordering of a CoO Overlayer on Ir(100)

F. Mittendorfer, M. Weinert, R. Podloucky, and J. Redinger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 015501 (2012) - Published 2 July, 2012

Collective Effects in Second-Harmonic Generation from Split-Ring-Resonator Arrays

S. Linden, F. B. P. Niesler, J. Förstner, Y. Grynko, T. Meier, and M. Wegener

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 015502 (2012) - Published 6 July, 2012

Nonequilibrium Dynamic Critical Scaling of the Quantum Ising Chain

Michael Kolodrubetz, Bryan K. Clark, and David A. Huse

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 015701 (2012) - Published 2 July, 2012

Fixed-Energy Sandpiles Belong Generically to Directed Percolation

Mahashweta Basu, Urna Basu, Sourish Bondyopadhyay, P. K. Mohanty, and Haye Hinrichsen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 015702 (2012) - Published 3 July, 2012

Size Fluctuations of Near Critical Nuclei and Gibbs Free Energy for Nucleation of BDA on Cu(001)

Daniel Schwarz, Raoul van Gastel, Harold J. W. Zandvliet, and Bene Poelsema

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 016101 (2012) - Published 6 July, 2012

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Exactly Solvable Fermion Chain Describing a $ν = 1 / 3$ Fractional Quantum Hall State

Masaaki Nakamura, Zheng-Yuan Wang, and Emil J. Bergholtz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 016401 (2012) - Published 2 July, 2012

Frustrated Quantum Critical Theory of Putative Spin-Liquid Phenomenology in $6 H − B − {Ba}_{3} {NiSb}_{2} O_{9}$

G. Chen, M. Hermele, and L. Radzihovsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 016402 (2012) - Published 3 July, 2012

Statistical Transmutation in Doped Quantum Dimer Models

C. A. Lamas, A. Ralko, D. C. Cabra, D. Poilblanc, and P. Pujol

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 016403 (2012) - Published 3 July, 2012

Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in a Polariton and Photon Laser

H. Ohadi, E. Kammann, T. C. H. Liew, K. G. Lagoudakis, A. V. Kavokin, and P. G. Lagoudakis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 016404 (2012) - Published 3 July, 2012

Dielectric Properties of Charge-Ordered ${LuFe}_{2} O_{4}$ Revisited: The Apparent Influence of Contacts

D. Niermann, F. Waschkowski, J. de Groot, M. Angst, and J. Hemberger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 016405 (2012) - Published 6 July, 2012

Unusual Thermoelectric Behavior Indicating a Hopping to Bandlike Transport Transition in Pentacene

W. Chr. Germs, K. Guo, R. A. J. Janssen, and M. Kemerink

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 016601 (2012) - Published 6 July, 2012

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Spatial and Energy Distribution of Topological Edge States in Single Bi(111) Bilayer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 016801 (2012) - Published 5 July, 2012

Model of the Electron-Phonon Interaction and Optical Conductivity of ${Ba}_{1 - x} K_{x} {BiO}_{3}$ Superconductors

R. Nourafkan, F. Marsiglio, and G. Kotliar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 017001 (2012) - Published 2 July, 2012

Suppression of the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition in 2D Superconductors by Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling

Yen-Hsiang Lin, J. Nelson, and A. M. Goldman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 017002 (2012) - Published 6 July, 2012

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Charge Transfer from an Aromatic Adsorbate to a Semiconductor ${TiO}_{2}$ Surface Probed on the Femtosecond Time Scale with Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering

Andrew J. Britton, Matthew Weston, and James N. O’Shea

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 017401 (2012) - Published 2 July, 2012

Self-Similar Gold-Nanoparticle Antennas for a Cascaded Enhancement of the Optical Field

Christiane Höppener, Zachary J. Lapin, Palash Bharadwaj, and Lukas Novotny

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 017402 (2012) - Published 6 July, 2012

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

Pattern-Stabilized Decorated Polar Liquid-Crystal Fibers

Alexey Eremin, Ulrike Kornek, Stephan Stern, Ralf Stannarius, Fumito Araoka, Hideo Takezoe, Hajnalka Nádasi, Wolfgang Weissflog, and Antal Jákli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 017801 (2012) - Published 6 July, 2012

Mechanical Instabilities of Biological Tubes

Edouard Hannezo, Jacques Prost, and Jean-François Joanny

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 018101 (2012) - Published 3 July, 2012

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New Alphabet-Dependent Morphological Transition in Random RNA Alignment

O. V. Valba, M. V. Tamm, and S. K. Nechaev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 018102 (2012) - Published 5 July, 2012

Resolution of Nested Neuronal Representations Can Be Exponential in the Number of Neurons

Alexander Mathis, Andreas V. M. Herz, and Martin B. Stemmler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 018103 (2012) - Published 6 July, 2012

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ERRATA

Erratum: Novel Attractive Force between Ions in Quantum Plasmas [Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 165007 (2012)]

P. K. Shukla and B. Eliasson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 019901 (2012) - Published 6 July, 2012