Volume 112, Issue 22

6 June 2014

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Atom probe tomogram of an artificially aged Sn-doped Al-Mg-Si alloy, with a close-up on one Mg-Si precipitate. The blue surfaces represent equal Mg and Si stoichiometry, and the black dots are Sn atoms.

From the article:

Diffusion on Demand to Control Precipitation Aging: Application to Al-Mg-Si Alloys
S. Pogatscher, H. Antrekowitsch, M. Werinos, F. Moszner, S. S. A. Gerstl, M. F. Francis, W. A. Curtin, J. F. Löffler, and P. J. Uggowitzer
Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 225701 (2014)

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Observation of the Resonant Character of the $Z (4430)^{-}$ State

R. Aaij et al. (LHCb Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 222002 (2014) - Published 4 June, 2014

The LHCb experiment provides conclusive evidence for the existence of the four-quark particle called $Z$ (4430).

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Scalable Spatial Superresolution Using Entangled Photons

Lee A. Rozema, James D. Bateman, Dylan H. Mahler, Ryo Okamoto, Amir Feizpour, Alex Hayat, and Aephraim M. Steinberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 223602 (2014) - Published 2 June, 2014

Researchers have demonstrated a viable approach to efficiently observing superresolved spatial interference fringes that could improve the precision of imaging and lithography systems.

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Detection of Lower Tropospheric Responses to Solar Energetic Particles at Midlatitudes

K. A. Nicoll and R. G. Harrison

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 225001 (2014) - Published 2 June, 2014

Balloon observations of atmospheric ionization during a relatively weak solar flare suggest that particles from the Sun have a larger-than-expected influence on our atmosphere.

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Critical Exponents of the Superfluid–Bose-Glass Transition in Three Dimensions

Zhiyuan Yao, Karine P. C. da Costa, Mikhail Kiselev, and Nikolay Prokof’ev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 225301 (2014) - Published 3 June, 2014

New simulations analyze the phase transition of a Bose glass to a superfluid, bringing to rest a discrepancy between theory and experiments.

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Possible Origin of Stagnation and Variability of Earth’s Biodiversity

Frank Stollmeier, Theo Geisel, and Jan Nagler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 228101 (2014) - Published 5 June, 2014

Researchers have constructed a model of species dependence that shows how marine biodiversity could have grown and then leveled off.

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Experimental Realization of a Compressed Quantum Simulation of a 32-Spin Ising Chain

Zhaokai Li, Hui Zhou, Chenyong Ju, Hongwei Chen, Wenqiang Zheng, Dawei Lu, Xing Rong, Changkui Duan, Xinhua Peng, and Jiangfeng Du

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 220501 (2014) - Published 2 June, 2014

Using a quatum simulator with only five qubits, the simulation of a 32-spin Ising chain is experimentally demonstrated.

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Value of $H_{0}$ in the Inhomogeneous Universe

Ido Ben-Dayan, Ruth Durrer, Giovanni Marozzi, and Dominik J. Schwarz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 221301 (2014) - Published 6 June, 2014

Local measurements of the Hubble constant, for example from nearby supernovae, are shown to be affected by structures such as galaxy clusters, or voids, with the uncertainty that is introduced being comparable to current observational errors.

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Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance and Anomalous Seebeck Effects in Topological Insulators

Yong Xu, Zhongxue Gan, and Shou-Cheng Zhang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 226801 (2014) - Published 2 June, 2014

For topological insulators, the thermoelectric performance is not an intrinsic material property, but can be tuned by changing the system size.

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Self-Referenced Single-Electron Quantized Current Source

Lukas Fricke, Michael Wulf, Bernd Kaestner, Frank Hohls, Philipp Mirovsky, Brigitte Mackrodt, Ralf Dolata, Thomas Weimann, Klaus Pierz, Uwe Siegner, and Hans W. Schumacher

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 226803 (2014) - Published 6 June, 2014

A circuit of multiple quantum dot single electron pumps could serve as a quantized-current standard for the SI unit of Ampere.

LETTERS

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

Thermalization and Revivals after a Quantum Quench in Conformal Field Theory

John Cardy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 220401 (2014) - Published 5 June, 2014

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Experimental Realization of a Compressed Quantum Simulation of a 32-Spin Ising Chain

Zhaokai Li, Hui Zhou, Chenyong Ju, Hongwei Chen, Wenqiang Zheng, Dawei Lu, Xing Rong, Changkui Duan, Xinhua Peng, and Jiangfeng Du

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 220501 (2014) - Published 2 June, 2014

Using a quatum simulator with only five qubits, the simulation of a 32-spin Ising chain is experimentally demonstrated.

Real-Space Decoupling Transformation for Quantum Many-Body Systems

G. Evenbly and G. Vidal

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 220502 (2014) - Published 4 June, 2014

Fluctuating Interfaces Subject to Stochastic Resetting

Shamik Gupta, Satya N. Majumdar, and Grégory Schehr

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 220601 (2014) - Published 3 June, 2014

Nonequilibrium Glassy Dynamics of Self-Propelled Hard Disks

Ludovic Berthier

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 220602 (2014) - Published 4 June, 2014

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Kerr Black Holes with Scalar Hair

Carlos A. R. Herdeiro and Eugen Radu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 221101 (2014) - Published 2 June, 2014

Clear and Measurable Signature of Modified Gravity in the Galaxy Velocity Field

Wojciech A. Hellwing, Alexandre Barreira, Carlos S. Frenk, Baojiu Li, and Shaun Cole

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 221102 (2014) - Published 5 June, 2014

Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations of Neutron Matter with Nonlocal Chiral Interactions

Alessandro Roggero, Abhishek Mukherjee, and Francesco Pederiva

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 221103 (2014) - Published 6 June, 2014

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Value of $H_{0}$ in the Inhomogeneous Universe

Ido Ben-Dayan, Ruth Durrer, Giovanni Marozzi, and Dominik J. Schwarz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 221301 (2014) - Published 6 June, 2014

Elementary Particles and Fields

Falsifying High-Scale Leptogenesis at the LHC

Frank F. Deppisch, Julia Harz, and Martin Hirsch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 221601 (2014) - Published 4 June, 2014

Longitudinal Coherence in a Holographic Model of Asymmetric Collisions

Jorge Casalderrey-Solana, Michal P. Heller, David Mateos, and Wilke van der Schee

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 221602 (2014) - Published 4 June, 2014

Measurement of $B (t \to W b) / B (t \to W q)$ in Top-Quark-Pair Decays Using Dilepton Events and the Full CDF Run II Data Set

T. Aaltonen et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 221801 (2014) - Published 2 June, 2014

Search at the Mainz Microtron for Light Massive Gauge Bosons Relevant for the Muon $g - 2$ Anomaly

H. Merkel et al. (A1 Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 221802 (2014) - Published 4 June, 2014

Supersymmetric Exotic Decays of the 125 GeV Higgs Boson

Jinrui Huang, Tao Liu, Lian-Tao Wang, and Felix Yu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 221803 (2014) - Published 4 June, 2014

Selection Rules for Hadronic Transitions of $X Y Z$ Mesons

Eric Braaten, Christian Langmack, and D. Hudson Smith

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 222001 (2014) - Published 3 June, 2014

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Observation of the Resonant Character of the $Z (4430)^{-}$ State

R. Aaij et al. (LHCb Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 222002 (2014) - Published 4 June, 2014

The LHCb experiment provides conclusive evidence for the existence of the four-quark particle called $Z$ (4430).

Nuclear Physics

Azimuthal-Angle Dependence of Charged-Pion-Interferometry Measurements with Respect to Second- and Third-Order Event Planes in $Au + Au$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{N N}} = 200 GeV$

A. Adare et al. (PHENIX Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 222301 (2014) - Published 3 June, 2014

Observation of the $β$ -Delayed $γ$ -Proton Decay of ${}^{56}{Zn}$ and its Impact on the Gamow-Teller Strength Evaluation

S. E. A. Orrigo et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 222501 (2014) - Published 3 June, 2014

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Complete Photoionization Experiments via Ultrafast Coherent Control with Polarization Multiplexing

P. Hockett, M. Wollenhaupt, C. Lux, and T. Baumert

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 223001 (2014) - Published 5 June, 2014

Harnessing Vacuum Forces for Quantum Sensing of Graphene Motion

Christine A. Muschik, Simon Moulieras, Adrian Bachtold, Frank H. L. Koppens, Maciej Lewenstein, and Darrick E. Chang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 223601 (2014) - Published 3 June, 2014

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Scalable Spatial Superresolution Using Entangled Photons

Lee A. Rozema, James D. Bateman, Dylan H. Mahler, Ryo Okamoto, Amir Feizpour, Alex Hayat, and Aephraim M. Steinberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 223602 (2014) - Published 2 June, 2014

Researchers have demonstrated a viable approach to efficiently observing superresolved spatial interference fringes that could improve the precision of imaging and lithography systems.

Synchronized Switching in a Josephson Junction Crystal

Martin Leib and Michael J. Hartmann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 223603 (2014) - Published 4 June, 2014

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

How Lasing Localized Structures Evolve out of Passive Mode Locking

M. Marconi, J. Javaloyes, S. Balle, and M. Giudici

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 223901 (2014) - Published 3 June, 2014

Superfilamentation in Air

Guillaume Point, Yohann Brelet, Aurélien Houard, Vytautas Jukna, Carles Milián, Jérôme Carbonnel, Yi Liu, Arnaud Couairon, and André Mysyrowicz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 223902 (2014) - Published 4 June, 2014

Intrinsic Power Oscillations Generated by the Backaction of Continuum on Solitons and its Implications on the Transfer Functions of a Mode-Locked Laser

C.-C. Lee and T. R. Schibli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 223903 (2014) - Published 6 June, 2014

Dynamic Wavelength Conversion in Copropagating Slow-Light Pulses

K. Kondo and T. Baba

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 223904 (2014) - Published 6 June, 2014

Coherence and Incoherence in an Optical Comb

Evgeny A. Viktorov, Tatiana Habruseva, Stephen P. Hegarty, Guillaume Huyet, and Bryan Kelleher

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 224101 (2014) - Published 2 June, 2014

Plasma and Beam Physics

Muon Cooling: Longitudinal Compression

Yu Bao, Aldo Antognini, Wilhelm Bertl, Malte Hildebrandt, Kim Siang Khaw, Klaus Kirch, Angela Papa, Claude Petitjean, Florian M. Piegsa, Stefan Ritt, Kamil Sedlak, Alexey Stoykov, and David Taqqu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 224801 (2014) - Published 4 June, 2014

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Detection of Lower Tropospheric Responses to Solar Energetic Particles at Midlatitudes

K. A. Nicoll and R. G. Harrison

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 225001 (2014) - Published 2 June, 2014

Balloon observations of atmospheric ionization during a relatively weak solar flare suggest that particles from the Sun have a larger-than-expected influence on our atmosphere.

Observation of a Reflected Shock in an Indirectly Driven Spherical Implosion at the National Ignition Facility

S. Le Pape, L. Divol, L. Berzak Hopkins, A. Mackinnon, N. B. Meezan, D. Casey, J. Frenje, H. Herrmann, J. McNaney, T. Ma, K. Widmann, A. Pak, G. Grimm, J. Knauer, R. Petrasso, A. Zylstra, H. Rinderknecht, M. Rosenberg, M. Gatu-Johnson, and J. D. Kilkenny

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 225002 (2014) - Published 4 June, 2014

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

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Critical Exponents of the Superfluid–Bose-Glass Transition in Three Dimensions

Zhiyuan Yao, Karine P. C. da Costa, Mikhail Kiselev, and Nikolay Prokof’ev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 225301 (2014) - Published 3 June, 2014

New simulations analyze the phase transition of a Bose glass to a superfluid, bringing to rest a discrepancy between theory and experiments.

Towards Template-Assisted Assembly of Nematic Colloids

Nuno M. Silvestre, Qingkun Liu, Bohdan Senyuk, Ivan I. Smalyukh, and Mykola Tasinkevych

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 225501 (2014) - Published 2 June, 2014

Emergent Structure of Multidislocation Ground States in Curved Crystals

Amir Azadi and Gregory M. Grason

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 225502 (2014) - Published 4 June, 2014

Diffusion on Demand to Control Precipitation Aging: Application to Al-Mg-Si Alloys

S. Pogatscher, H. Antrekowitsch, M. Werinos, F. Moszner, S. S. A. Gerstl, M. F. Francis, W. A. Curtin, J. F. Löffler, and P. J. Uggowitzer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 225701 (2014) - Published 6 June, 2014

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Critical Exponents of Strongly Correlated Fermion Systems from Diagrammatic Multiscale Methods

Andrey E. Antipov, Emanuel Gull, and Stefan Kirchner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 226401 (2014) - Published 4 June, 2014

Importance of Charge Fluctuations for the Topological Phase in ${SmB}_{6}$

Chul-Hee Min, P. Lutz, S. Fiedler, B. Y. Kang, B. K. Cho, H.-D. Kim, H. Bentmann, and F. Reinert

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 226402 (2014) - Published 5 June, 2014

Giant Fluctuations of Local Magnetoresistance of Organic Spin Valves and the Non-Hermitian 1D Anderson Model

R. C. Roundy, D. Nemirovsky, V. Kagalovsky, and M. E. Raikh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 226601 (2014) - Published 4 June, 2014

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Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance and Anomalous Seebeck Effects in Topological Insulators

Yong Xu, Zhongxue Gan, and Shou-Cheng Zhang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 226801 (2014) - Published 2 June, 2014

For topological insulators, the thermoelectric performance is not an intrinsic material property, but can be tuned by changing the system size.

Evidence of van Hove Singularities in Ordered Grain Boundaries of Graphene

Chuanxu Ma, Haifeng Sun, Yeliang Zhao, Bin Li, Qunxiang Li, Aidi Zhao, Xiaoping Wang, Yi Luo, Jinlong Yang, Bing Wang, and J. G. Hou

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 226802 (2014) - Published 6 June, 2014

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Self-Referenced Single-Electron Quantized Current Source

Lukas Fricke, Michael Wulf, Bernd Kaestner, Frank Hohls, Philipp Mirovsky, Brigitte Mackrodt, Ralf Dolata, Thomas Weimann, Klaus Pierz, Uwe Siegner, and Hans W. Schumacher

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 226803 (2014) - Published 6 June, 2014

A circuit of multiple quantum dot single electron pumps could serve as a quantized-current standard for the SI unit of Ampere.