Volume 114, Issue 13

3 April 2015

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On the Cover

Pebble game analysis of network topologies for a jammed packing (top), stress-relieved triangular network (middle), and rigidity percolation (bottom).

From the article:

Rigidity Loss in Disordered Systems: Three Scenarios
Wouter G. Ellenbroek, Varda F. Hagh, Avishek Kumar, M. F. Thorpe, and Martin van Hecke
Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 135501 (2015)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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Lattice QCD Evidence that the $Λ (1405)$ Resonance is an Antikaon-Nucleon Molecule

Jonathan M. M. Hall, Waseem Kamleh, Derek B. Leinweber, Benjamin J. Menadue, Benjamin J. Owen, Anthony W. Thomas, and Ross D. Young

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 132002 (2015) - Published 1 April, 2015

The Lambda baryon, in its excited state, behaves like a molecule, according to new lattice chromodynamics simulations of the particle’s magnetic structure.

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Proposed Parametric Cooling of Bilayer Cuprate Superconductors by Terahertz Excitation

S. J. Denny, S. R. Clark, Y. Laplace, A. Cavalleri, and D. Jaksch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 137001 (2015) - Published 31 March, 2015

Terahertz radiation could reduce thermal noise in superconducting cuprates and potentially increase their critical temperature.

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Phonon-Assisted Population Inversion of a Single $InGaAs / GaAs$ Quantum Dot by Pulsed Laser Excitation

J. H. Quilter, A. J. Brash, F. Liu, M. Glässl, A. M. Barth, V. M. Axt, A. J. Ramsay, M. S. Skolnick, and A. M. Fox

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 137401 (2015) - Published 30 March, 2015

Phonons assist in creating an excitation-dominated state, or population inversion, in a single quantum dot—an effect that could be used to realize single-photon sources.

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Experimental Violation of Bell-like Inequalities By Electronic Shot Noise

Jean-Charles Forgues, Christian Lupien, and Bertrand Reulet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 130403 (2015) - Published 2 April, 2015

Evidence of quantum entanglement is uncovered in an unlikely place: the electrical noise in a simple quantum conductor chilled to near zero.

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Origin of First-Order-Type Electronic and Structural Transitions in ${IrTe}_{2}$

Kyoo Kim, Sooran Kim, K.-T. Ko, Hwangho Lee, J.-H. Park, J. J. Yang, S.-W. Cheong, and B. I. Min

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 136401 (2015) - Published 31 March, 2015

The microscopic origin of the first order electronic and structural transitions in IrTe $_{2}$ , a candidate for a new topological superconductor, have been elucidated providing insight into its intriguing structural properties.

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Efficient Readout of a Single Spin State in Diamond via Spin-to-Charge Conversion

B. J. Shields, Q. P. Unterreithmeier, N. P. de Leon, H. Park, and M. D. Lukin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 136402 (2015) - Published 31 March, 2015

A scheme to read single electron spin states at nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond achieves a threefold reduction in noise for room temperature measurements.

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Scaling and Regeneration of Self-Organized Patterns

Steffen Werner, Tom Stückemann, Manuel Beirán Amigo, Jochen C. Rink, Frank Jülicher, and Benjamin M. Friedrich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 138101 (2015) - Published 1 April, 2015

A modification to the classical Turing pattern mechanism is proposed to address body plan regeneration in flatworms. In particular, how these spontaneously forming patterns automatically and reliably adjust to animal size ensuring only one head forms.

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Measuring Cohesion between Macromolecular Filaments One Pair at a Time: Depletion-Induced Microtubule Bundling

Feodor Hilitski, Andrew R. Ward, Luis Cajamarca, Michael F. Hagan, Gregory M. Grason, and Zvonimir Dogic

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 138102 (2015) - Published 2 April, 2015

A new technique combining imaging and optical trapping of microtubule filaments finds that the free energy between two filaments scales linearly with the applied strain, in violation of Hooke’s law.

LETTERS

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

Complementarity and Correlations

Lorenzo Maccone, Dagmar Bruß, and Chiara Macchiavello

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 130401 (2015) - Published 1 April, 2015

Completely Positive Approximate Solutions of Driven Open Quantum Systems

Farhang Haddadfarshi, Jian Cui, and Florian Mintert

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 130402 (2015) - Published 1 April, 2015

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Experimental Violation of Bell-like Inequalities By Electronic Shot Noise

Jean-Charles Forgues, Christian Lupien, and Bertrand Reulet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 130403 (2015) - Published 2 April, 2015

Evidence of quantum entanglement is uncovered in an unlikely place: the electrical noise in a simple quantum conductor chilled to near zero.

Fluctuation-Driven Selection at Criticality in a Frustrated Magnetic System: The Case of Multiple- $k$ Partial Order on the Pyrochlore Lattice

Behnam Javanparast, Zhihao Hao, Matthew Enjalran, and Michel J. P. Gingras

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 130601 (2015) - Published 2 April, 2015

Elementary Particles and Fields

Measurement of $B_{c}^{+}$ Production in Proton-Proton Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 8 TeV$

R. Aaij et al. (LHCb Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 132001 (2015) - Published 2 April, 2015

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Lattice QCD Evidence that the $Λ (1405)$ Resonance is an Antikaon-Nucleon Molecule

Jonathan M. M. Hall, Waseem Kamleh, Derek B. Leinweber, Benjamin J. Menadue, Benjamin J. Owen, Anthony W. Thomas, and Ross D. Young

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 132002 (2015) - Published 1 April, 2015

The Lambda baryon, in its excited state, behaves like a molecule, according to new lattice chromodynamics simulations of the particle’s magnetic structure.

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Rydberg-Resolved Resonant Inelastic Soft X-Ray Scattering: Dynamics at Core Ionization Thresholds

J.-E. Rubensson, J. Söderström, C. Binggeli, J. Gråsjö, J. Andersson, C. Såthe, F. Hennies, V. Bisogni, Y. Huang, P. Olalde, T. Schmitt, V. N. Strocov, A. Föhlisch, B. Kennedy, and A. Pietzsch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 133001 (2015) - Published 31 March, 2015

Experimental Characterization of Singlet Scattering Channels in Long-Range Rydberg Molecules

Heiner Saßmannshausen, Frédéric Merkt, and Johannes Deiglmayr

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 133201 (2015) - Published 31 March, 2015

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Sagnac Interferometry Using Bright Matter-Wave Solitons

J. L. Helm, S. L. Cornish, and S. A. Gardiner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 134101 (2015) - Published 1 April, 2015

Feedback-Induced Phase Transitions in Active Heterogeneous Conductors

Samuel A. Ocko and L. Mahadevan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 134501 (2015) - Published 2 April, 2015

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Rigidity Loss in Disordered Systems: Three Scenarios

Wouter G. Ellenbroek, Varda F. Hagh, Avishek Kumar, M. F. Thorpe, and Martin van Hecke

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 135501 (2015) - Published 1 April, 2015

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

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Origin of First-Order-Type Electronic and Structural Transitions in ${IrTe}_{2}$

Kyoo Kim, Sooran Kim, K.-T. Ko, Hwangho Lee, J.-H. Park, J. J. Yang, S.-W. Cheong, and B. I. Min

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 136401 (2015) - Published 31 March, 2015

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Efficient Readout of a Single Spin State in Diamond via Spin-to-Charge Conversion

B. J. Shields, Q. P. Unterreithmeier, N. P. de Leon, H. Park, and M. D. Lukin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 136402 (2015) - Published 31 March, 2015

A scheme to read single electron spin states at nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond achieves a threefold reduction in noise for room temperature measurements.

Symmetry-Dependent Exciton-Phonon Coupling in 2D and Bulk ${MoS}_{2}$ Observed by Resonance Raman Scattering

Bruno R. Carvalho, Leandro M. Malard, Juliana M. Alves, Cristiano Fantini, and Marcos A. Pimenta

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 136403 (2015) - Published 2 April, 2015

Low-Dimensional Transport and Large Thermoelectric Power Factors in Bulk Semiconductors by Band Engineering of Highly Directional Electronic States

Daniel I. Bilc, Geoffroy Hautier, David Waroquiers, Gian-Marco Rignanese, and Philippe Ghosez

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 136601 (2015) - Published 31 March, 2015

Encounter-Limited Charge-Carrier Recombination in Phase-Separated Organic Semiconductor Blends

Michael C. Heiber, Christoph Baumbach, Vladimir Dyakonov, and Carsten Deibel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 136602 (2015) - Published 1 April, 2015

Coexisting Edge States and Gapless Bulk in Topological States of Matter

Yuval Baum, Thore Posske, Ion Cosma Fulga, Björn Trauzettel, and Ady Stern

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 136801 (2015) - Published 31 March, 2015

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Proposed Parametric Cooling of Bilayer Cuprate Superconductors by Terahertz Excitation

S. J. Denny, S. R. Clark, Y. Laplace, A. Cavalleri, and D. Jaksch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 137001 (2015) - Published 31 March, 2015

Terahertz radiation could reduce thermal noise in superconducting cuprates and potentially increase their critical temperature.

Dynamical Skyrmion State in a Spin Current Nano-Oscillator with Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy

R. H. Liu (刘荣华), W. L. Lim, and S. Urazhdin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 137201 (2015) - Published 31 March, 2015

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Phonon-Assisted Population Inversion of a Single $InGaAs / GaAs$ Quantum Dot by Pulsed Laser Excitation

J. H. Quilter, A. J. Brash, F. Liu, M. Glässl, A. M. Barth, V. M. Axt, A. J. Ramsay, M. S. Skolnick, and A. M. Fox

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 137401 (2015) - Published 30 March, 2015

Phonons assist in creating an excitation-dominated state, or population inversion, in a single quantum dot—an effect that could be used to realize single-photon sources.

Population Pulsation Resonances of Excitons in Monolayer ${MoSe}_{2}$ with Sub- $1 μ eV$ Linewidths

John R. Schaibley, Todd Karin, Hongyi Yu, Jason S. Ross, Pasqual Rivera, Aaron M. Jones, Marie E. Scott, Jiaqiang Yan, D. G. Mandrus, Wang Yao, Kai-Mei Fu, and Xiaodong Xu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 137402 (2015) - Published 1 April, 2015

Polymer, Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

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Scaling and Regeneration of Self-Organized Patterns

Steffen Werner, Tom Stückemann, Manuel Beirán Amigo, Jochen C. Rink, Frank Jülicher, and Benjamin M. Friedrich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 138101 (2015) - Published 1 April, 2015

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Measuring Cohesion between Macromolecular Filaments One Pair at a Time: Depletion-Induced Microtubule Bundling

Feodor Hilitski, Andrew R. Ward, Luis Cajamarca, Michael F. Hagan, Gregory M. Grason, and Zvonimir Dogic

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 138102 (2015) - Published 2 April, 2015

Classical $X Y$ Model with Conserved Angular Momentum is an Archetypal Non-Newtonian Fluid

R. M. L. Evans, Craig A. Hall, R. Aditi Simha, and Tom S. Welsh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 138301 (2015) - Published 2 April, 2015

ERRATA

Erratum: Convexity of the Entanglement Entropy of SU( $2 N$ )-Symmetric Fermions with Attractive Interactions [Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 050402 (2015)]

Joaquín E. Drut and William J. Porter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 139901 (2015) - Published 1 April, 2015