Volume 109, Issue 22

30 November 2012

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Snapshot from a general-relativistic, magnetohydrodynamic simulation showing the rest-mass density of a magnetized accretion disk surrounding an equal-mass black-hole binary.

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Binary Black-Hole Mergers in Magnetized Disks: Simulations in Full General Relativity
Brian D. Farris, Roman Gold, Vasileios Paschalidis, Zachariah B. Etienne, and Stuart L. Shapiro
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 221102 (2012)

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Acoustic Analog to the Dynamical Casimir Effect in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

J.-C. Jaskula, G. B. Partridge, M. Bonneau, R. Lopes, J. Ruaudel, D. Boiron, and C. I. Westbrook

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 220401 (2012) - Published 26 November, 2012

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Observation of Sequential $Υ$ Suppression in PbPb Collisions

S. Chatrchyan et al. (CMS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 222301 (2012) - Published 26 November, 2012

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Cooperative-Motion-Induced Structural Evolution in Dusty-Plasma Liquids with Microheterogeneity: Rupture, Rotation, Healing, and Growth of Ordered Domains

Chi Yang, Chong-Wai Io, and Lin I

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 225003 (2012) - Published 26 November, 2012

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Nuclear Quantum Effects Affect Bond Orientation of Water at the Water-Vapor Interface

Yuki Nagata, Ruben E. Pool, Ellen H. G. Backus, and Mischa Bonn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 226101 (2012) - Published 29 November, 2012

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Length Scale Dependence of DNA Mechanical Properties

Agnes Noy and Ramin Golestanian

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 228101 (2012) - Published 30 November, 2012

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

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Acoustic Analog to the Dynamical Casimir Effect in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

J.-C. Jaskula, G. B. Partridge, M. Bonneau, R. Lopes, J. Ruaudel, D. Boiron, and C. I. Westbrook

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 220401 (2012) - Published 26 November, 2012

Measurement of the Homogeneous Contact of a Unitary Fermi Gas

Yoav Sagi, Tara E. Drake, Rabin Paudel, and Deborah S. Jin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 220402 (2012) - Published 27 November, 2012

Entanglement and Sources of Magnetic Anisotropy in Radical Pair-Based Avian Magnetoreceptors

Hannah J. Hogben, Till Biskup, and P. J. Hore

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 220501 (2012) - Published 27 November, 2012

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Instability of Flat Space Enclosed in a Cavity

Maciej Maliborski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 221101 (2012) - Published 27 November, 2012

Binary Black-Hole Mergers in Magnetized Disks: Simulations in Full General Relativity

Brian D. Farris, Roman Gold, Vasileios Paschalidis, Zachariah B. Etienne, and Stuart L. Shapiro

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 221102 (2012) - Published 27 November, 2012

New Window into Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background

Aditya Rotti and Tarun Souradeep

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 221301 (2012) - Published 27 November, 2012

Nuclear Physics

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Observation of Sequential $Υ$ Suppression in PbPb Collisions

S. Chatrchyan et al. (CMS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 222301 (2012) - Published 26 November, 2012

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Bilayers of Rydberg Atoms as a Quantum Simulator for Unconventional Superconductors

J. P. Hague and C. MacCormick

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 223001 (2012) - Published 28 November, 2012

Role of Electronic Excitations in Ground-State-Forbidden Inelastic Collisions Between Ultracold Atoms and Ions

Scott T. Sullivan, Wade G. Rellergert, Svetlana Kotochigova, and Eric R. Hudson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 223002 (2012) - Published 27 November, 2012

Magic Radio-Frequency Dressing of Nuclear Spins in High-Accuracy Optical Clocks

Thomas Zanon-Willette, Emeric de Clercq, and Ennio Arimondo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 223003 (2012) - Published 30 November, 2012

Positron Binding to Lithium Excited States

Dario Bressanini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 223401 (2012) - Published 30 November, 2012

Strong Coupling and Long-Range Collective Interactions in Optomechanical Arrays

André Xuereb, Claudiu Genes, and Aurélien Dantan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 223601 (2012) - Published 27 November, 2012

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Metascreen-Based Superdirective Antenna in the Optical Frequency Regime

Alon Ludwig, Costas D. Sarris, and George V. Eleftheriades

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 223901 (2012) - Published 27 November, 2012

Measurement of Vibrational Modes in Single ${SiO}_{2}$ Nanoparticles Using a Tunable Metal Resonator with Optical Subwavelength Dimensions

Alexey I. Chizhik, Anna M. Chizhik, Andreas M. Kern, Torsten Schmidt, Karsten Potrick, Friedrich Huisken, and Alfred J. Meixner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 223902 (2012) - Published 28 November, 2012

Experimental Demonstration of a Free-Space Cylindrical Cloak without Superluminal Propagation

Su Xu, Xiangxiang Cheng, Sheng Xi, Runren Zhang, Herbert O. Moser, Zhi Shen, Yang Xu, Zhengliang Huang, Xianmin Zhang, Faxin Yu, Baile Zhang, and Hongsheng Chen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 223903 (2012) - Published 28 November, 2012

Cascaded Phase Matching and Nonlinear Symmetry Breaking in Fiber Frequency Combs

M. Erkintalo, Y. Q. Xu, S. G. Murdoch, J. M. Dudley, and G. Genty

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 223904 (2012) - Published 27 November, 2012

Simulation of Charged Systems in Heterogeneous Dielectric Media via a True Energy Functional

Vikram Jadhao, Francisco J. Solis, and Monica Olvera de la Cruz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 223905 (2012) - Published 27 November, 2012

Realization of All-Optical Multistate Switching in an Atomic Coherent Medium

Jiteng Sheng, Utsab Khadka, and Min Xiao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 223906 (2012) - Published 30 November, 2012

Self-Similar Micron-Size and Nanosize Drops of Liquid Generated by Surface Acoustic Waves

Daniel Taller, David B. Go, and Hsueh-Chia Chang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 224301 (2012) - Published 27 November, 2012

Strong Near-Field Enhancement of Radiative Heat Transfer between Metallic Surfaces

Tomas Kralik, Pavel Hanzelka, Martin Zobac, Vera Musilova, Tomas Fort, and Michal Horak

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 224302 (2012) - Published 27 November, 2012

Nondissipative Saturation of the Magnetorotational Instability in Thin Disks

Edward Liverts, Yuri Shtemler, Michael Mond, Orkan M. Umurhan, and Dmitry V. Bisikalo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 224501 (2012) - Published 28 November, 2012

Plasma and Beam Physics

Echo-Enabled X-Ray Vortex Generation

E. Hemsing and A. Marinelli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 224801 (2012) - Published 27 November, 2012

Dynamic Ion Structure Factor of Warm Dense Matter

J. Vorberger, Z. Donko, I. M. Tkachenko, and D. O. Gericke

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 225001 (2012) - Published 28 November, 2012

Simulations of Magnetic Field Generation in Unmagnetized Plasmas via Beat-Wave Current Drive

D. R. Welch, T. C. Genoni, C. Thoma, N. Bruner, D. V. Rose, and S. C. Hsu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 225002 (2012) - Published 28 November, 2012

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Cooperative-Motion-Induced Structural Evolution in Dusty-Plasma Liquids with Microheterogeneity: Rupture, Rotation, Healing, and Growth of Ordered Domains

Chi Yang, Chong-Wai Io, and Lin I

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 225003 (2012) - Published 26 November, 2012

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

In Situ Visualization of Birth and Annihilation of Grain Boundaries in an Au Nanocrystal

He Zheng, Jianbo Wang, Jian Yu Huang, Ajing Cao, and Scott X. Mao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 225501 (2012) - Published 28 November, 2012

Confirmation of the Random Tiling Hypothesis for a Decagonal Quasicrystal

Alexander Kiselev, Michael Engel, and Hans-Rainer Trebin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 225502 (2012) - Published 29 November, 2012

Fragile-Strong Fluid Crossover and Universal Relaxation Times in a Confined Hard-Disk Fluid

Mahdi Zaeifi Yamchi, S. S. Ashwin, and Richard K. Bowles

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 225701 (2012) - Published 30 November, 2012

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Nuclear Quantum Effects Affect Bond Orientation of Water at the Water-Vapor Interface

Yuki Nagata, Ruben E. Pool, Ellen H. G. Backus, and Mischa Bonn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 226101 (2012) - Published 29 November, 2012

Metastable Wetting on Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Continuum and Atomistic Views of the Cassie-Baxter–Wenzel Transition

Alberto Giacomello, Mauro Chinappi, Simone Meloni, and Carlo Massimo Casciola

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 226102 (2012) - Published 30 November, 2012

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Spectral Properties of Correlated Materials: Local Vertex and Nonlocal Two-Particle Correlations from Combined $G W$ and Dynamical Mean Field Theory

Thomas Ayral, Philipp Werner, and Silke Biermann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 226401 (2012) - Published 28 November, 2012

Resonant Addressing and Manipulation of Silicon Vacancy Qubits in Silicon Carbide

D. Riedel, F. Fuchs, H. Kraus, S. Väth, A. Sperlich, V. Dyakonov, A. A. Soltamova, P. G. Baranov, V. A. Ilyin, and G. V. Astakhov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 226402 (2012) - Published 27 November, 2012

Spin-Droplet State of an Interacting 2D Electron System

N. Teneh, A. Yu. Kuntsevich, V. M. Pudalov, and M. Reznikov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 226403 (2012) - Published 27 November, 2012

Giant Anisotropy of Spin-Orbit Splitting at the Bismuth Surface

Y. Ohtsubo, J. Mauchain, J. Faure, E. Papalazarou, M. Marsi, P. Le Fèvre, F. Bertran, A. Taleb-Ibrahimi, and L. Perfetti

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 226404 (2012) - Published 27 November, 2012

Quasiparticle Spectra from a Nonempirical Optimally Tuned Range-Separated Hybrid Density Functional

Sivan Refaely-Abramson, Sahar Sharifzadeh, Niranjan Govind, Jochen Autschbach, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Roi Baer, and Leeor Kronik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 226405 (2012) - Published 28 November, 2012

Quantum Oscillations in the Topological Superconductor Candidate ${Cu}_{0.25} {Bi}_{2} {Se}_{3}$

Ben J. Lawson, Y. S. Hor, and Lu Li

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 226406 (2012) - Published 30 November, 2012

Electronic Subband Reconfiguration in a $d^{0}$ -Perovskite Induced by Strain-Driven Structural Transformations

V. Laukhin, O. Copie, M. J. Rozenberg, R. Weht, K. Bouzehouane, N. Reyren, E. Jacquet, M. Bibes, A. Barthélémy, and G. Herranz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 226601 (2012) - Published 28 November, 2012

Current Resonances in Graphene with Time-Dependent Potential Barriers

Sergey E. Savel’ev, Wolfgang Häusler, and Peter Hänggi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 226602 (2012) - Published 30 November, 2012

Charge Transport in Azobenzene-Based Single-Molecule Junctions

Youngsang Kim, Aran Garcia-Lekue, Dmytro Sysoiev, Thomas Frederiksen, Ulrich Groth, and Elke Scheer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 226801 (2012) - Published 28 November, 2012

Electronic Strengthening of Graphene by Charge Doping

Chen Si, Wenhui Duan, Zheng Liu, and Feng Liu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 226802 (2012) - Published 27 November, 2012

Coexistance of Giant Tunneling Electroresistance and Magnetoresistance in an All-Oxide Composite Magnetic Tunnel Junction

Nuala Mai Caffrey, Thomas Archer, Ivan Rungger, and Stefano Sanvito

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 226803 (2012) - Published 30 November, 2012

Magnetoelectric Effects in Superconducting Nanowires with Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling

Teemu Ojanen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 226804 (2012) - Published 30 November, 2012

Proposed Detection of the Topological Phase in Ring-Shaped Semiconductor-Superconductor Nanowires Using Coulomb Blockade Transport

Björn Zocher, Mats Horsdal, and Bernd Rosenow

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 227001 (2012) - Published 27 November, 2012

Temperature-Dependent Transformation of the Magnetic Excitation Spectrum on Approaching Superconductivity in ${Fe}_{1 + y - x} (Ni / Cu)_{x} {Te}_{0.5} {Se}_{0.5}$

Zhijun Xu, Jinsheng Wen, Yang Zhao, Masaaki Matsuda, Wei Ku, Xuerong Liu, Genda Gu, D.-H. Lee, R. J. Birgeneau, J. M. Tranquada, and Guangyong Xu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 227002 (2012) - Published 28 November, 2012

Enhanced Zero-Bias Majorana Peak in the Differential Tunneling Conductance of Disordered Multisubband Quantum-Wire/Superconductor Junctions

Falko Pientka, Graham Kells, Alessandro Romito, Piet W. Brouwer, and Felix von Oppen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 227006 (2012) - Published 29 November, 2012

Atomic and Electronic Structure of Ultrathin Bi(111) Films Grown on ${Bi}_{2} {Te}_{3} (111)$ Substrates: Evidence for a Strain-Induced Topological Phase Transition

T. Hirahara, N. Fukui, T. Shirasawa, M. Yamada, M. Aitani, H. Miyazaki, M. Matsunami, S. Kimura, T. Takahashi, S. Hasegawa, and K. Kobayashi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 227401 (2012) - Published 30 November, 2012

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

Criticality in Dynamic Arrest: Correspondence between Glasses and Traffic

A. S. de Wijn, D. M. Miedema, B. Nienhuis, and P. Schall

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 228001 (2012) - Published 28 November, 2012

Emergent Surface Tension in Vibrated, Noncohesive Granular Media

James P. D. Clewett, Klaus Roeller, R. M. Bowley, Stephan Herminghaus, and Michael R. Swift

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 228002 (2012) - Published 30 November, 2012

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Length Scale Dependence of DNA Mechanical Properties

Agnes Noy and Ramin Golestanian

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 228101 (2012) - Published 30 November, 2012

Microscopically Resolved Simulations Prove the Existence of Soft Cluster Crystals

Dominic A. Lenz, Ronald Blaak, Christos N. Likos, and Bianca M. Mladek

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 228301 (2012) - Published 27 November, 2012

ERRATA

Erratum: Phase Transition of Light in Cavity QED Lattices [Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 053601 (2012)]

M. Schiró, M. Bordyuh, B. Öztop, and H. E. Türeci

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 229901 (2012) - Published 28 November, 2012

Erratum: Correlation Effects in Quantum Spin-Hall Insulators: A Quantum Monte Carlo Study [Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 100403 (2011)]

M. Hohenadler, T. C. Lang, and F. F. Assaad

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 229902 (2012) - Published 27 November, 2012

Volume 109, Issue 22

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From the article:

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

LETTERS

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

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Nuclear Physics

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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