Volume 115, Issue 1

3 July 2015

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Intensity plot of a one-dimensional self-bending Airy beam. Selected for an Editors’ Suggestion.

From the article:

Accelerating Self-Imaging: The Airy-Talbot Effect
Yaakov Lumer, Lee Drori, Yoav Hazan, and Mordechai Segev
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 013901 (2015)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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Search for Ultralight Scalar Dark Matter with Atomic Spectroscopy

Ken Van Tilburg, Nathan Leefer, Lykourgos Bougas, and Dmitry Budker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 011802 (2015) - Published 30 June, 2015

Scientists have now enlisted atomic spectroscopy in the hunt for dark matter.

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

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Evidence for Collective Multiparticle Correlations in $p − Pb$ Collisions

V. Khachatryan et al. (CMS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 012301 (2015) - Published 29 June, 2015

The plasma of quarks and gluons that forms when a proton collides with a lead nucleus has unexpected liquid-like properties.

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Shifting the Voltage Drop in Electron Transport Through a Single Molecule

Sujoy Karan, David Jacob, Michael Karolak, Christian Hamann, Yongfeng Wang, Alexander Weismann, Alexander I. Lichtenstein, and Richard Berndt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 016802 (2015) - Published 2 July, 2015

Small changes in the configuration of a molecule can significantly influence its resistive behavior in a circuit.

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Observation of the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless Phase Transition in an Ultracold Fermi Gas

P. A. Murthy, I. Boettcher, L. Bayha, M. Holzmann, D. Kedar, M. Neidig, M. G. Ries, A. N. Wenz, G. Zürn, and S. Jochim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 010401 (2015) - Published 30 June, 2015

Experiments with cold atoms explore the low temperature superfluid phase transition of paired fermions in two dimensions.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Accelerating Self-Imaging: The Airy-Talbot Effect

Yaakov Lumer, Lee Drori, Yoav Hazan, and Mordechai Segev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 013901 (2015) - Published 2 July, 2015

The Talbot effect, where an optical field reproduces itself at constant intervals along a straight propgation line, has been demonstrated along a bent trajectory.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Visualizing Pure Quantum Turbulence in Superfluid ${}^{3}{He}$ : Andreev Reflection and its Spectral Properties

A. W. Baggaley, V. Tsepelin, C. F. Barenghi, S. N. Fisher, G. R. Pickett, Y. A. Sergeev, and N. Suramlishvili

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 015302 (2015) - Published 2 July, 2015

Quantum turbulence in superfluid $^{3}$ He is probed at length scales smaller than the average inter-vortex separation using the Andreev reflection of quasiparticle excitations.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Tuning the Liquid-Liquid Transition by Modulating the Hydrogen-Bond Angular Flexibility in a Model for Water

Frank Smallenburg and Francesco Sciortino

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 015701 (2015) - Published 1 July, 2015

A liquid-liquid transition with no intervening ice stage is predicted in supercooled water when the hydrogen bond flexibility is tuned.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Photoemission Circular Dichroism and Spin Polarization of the Topological Surface States in Ultrathin ${Bi}_{2} {Te}_{3}$ Films

C.-Z. Xu, Y. Liu, R. Yukawa, L.-X. Zhang, I. Matsuda, T. Miller, and T.-C. Chiang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 016801 (2015) - Published 30 June, 2015

The complex behavior of photoemission in topological insulators is a result of quantum interference involving three photoemission channels according to $a b i n i t i o$ calculations.

LETTERS

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

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Observation of the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless Phase Transition in an Ultracold Fermi Gas

P. A. Murthy, I. Boettcher, L. Bayha, M. Holzmann, D. Kedar, M. Neidig, M. G. Ries, A. N. Wenz, G. Zürn, and S. Jochim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 010401 (2015) - Published 30 June, 2015

Experiments with cold atoms explore the low temperature superfluid phase transition of paired fermions in two dimensions.

Genuine High-Order Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Steering

Che-Ming Li, Kai Chen, Yueh-Nan Chen, Qiang Zhang, Yu-Ao Chen, and Jian-Wei Pan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 010402 (2015) - Published 1 July, 2015

Generalization of von Neumann’s Approach to Thermalization

Peter Reimann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 010403 (2015) - Published 1 July, 2015

Robust Asymptotic Entanglement under Multipartite Collective Dephasing

Edoardo G. Carnio, Andreas Buchleitner, and Manuel Gessner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 010404 (2015) - Published 2 July, 2015

Nonthermal Quantum Channels as a Thermodynamical Resource

Miguel Navascués and Luis Pedro García-Pintos

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 010405 (2015) - Published 2 July, 2015

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Growth Rate of Cosmological Perturbations at $z \sim 0.1$ from a New Observational Test

Martin Feix, Adi Nusser, and Enzo Branchini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 011301 (2015) - Published 29 June, 2015

Leptogenesis via Axion Oscillations after Inflation

Alexander Kusenko, Kai Schmitz, and Tsutomu T. Yanagida

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 011302 (2015) - Published 2 July, 2015

Elementary Particles and Fields

Derivation of Dark Matter Parity from Lepton Parity

Ernest Ma

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 011801 (2015) - Published 29 June, 2015

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EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Search for Ultralight Scalar Dark Matter with Atomic Spectroscopy

Ken Van Tilburg, Nathan Leefer, Lykourgos Bougas, and Dmitry Budker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 011802 (2015) - Published 30 June, 2015

Scientists have now enlisted atomic spectroscopy in the hunt for dark matter.

Observation of the $ψ (1 {}^{3}{D_{2}})$ State in $e^{+} e^{-} \to π^{+} π^{-} γ χ_{c 1}$ at BESIII

M. Ablikim et al. (BESIII Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 011803 (2015) - Published 1 July, 2015

Nuclear Physics

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Evidence for Collective Multiparticle Correlations in $p − Pb$ Collisions

V. Khachatryan et al. (CMS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 012301 (2015) - Published 29 June, 2015

The plasma of quarks and gluons that forms when a proton collides with a lead nucleus has unexpected liquid-like properties.

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Microwaves Probe Dipole Blockade and van der Waals Forces in a Cold Rydberg Gas

R. Celistrino Teixeira, C. Hermann-Avigliano, T. L. Nguyen, T. Cantat-Moltrecht, J. M. Raimond, S. Haroche, S. Gleyzes, and M. Brune

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 013001 (2015) - Published 30 June, 2015

Ground-State Cooling of a Trapped Ion Using Long-Wavelength Radiation

S. Weidt, J. Randall, S. C. Webster, E. D. Standing, A. Rodriguez, A. E. Webb, B. Lekitsch, and W. K. Hensinger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 013002 (2015) - Published 30 June, 2015

Giant Cross Section for Molecular Ion Formation in Ultracold Rydberg Gases

Thomas Niederprüm, Oliver Thomas, Torsten Manthey, Tobias M. Weber, and Herwig Ott

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 013003 (2015) - Published 2 July, 2015

Test of Equivalence Principle at $1 0^{- 8}$ Level by a Dual-Species Double-Diffraction Raman Atom Interferometer

Lin Zhou, Shitong Long, Biao Tang, Xi Chen, Fen Gao, Wencui Peng, Weitao Duan, Jiaqi Zhong, Zongyuan Xiong, Jin Wang, Yuanzhong Zhang, and Mingsheng Zhan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 013004 (2015) - Published 2 July, 2015

Observation of Photon Echoes From Evanescently Coupled Rare-Earth Ions in a Planar Waveguide

Sara Marzban, John G. Bartholomew, Stephen Madden, Khu Vu, and Matthew J. Sellars

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 013601 (2015) - Published 2 July, 2015

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Accelerating Self-Imaging: The Airy-Talbot Effect

Yaakov Lumer, Lee Drori, Yoav Hazan, and Mordechai Segev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 013901 (2015) - Published 2 July, 2015

The Talbot effect, where an optical field reproduces itself at constant intervals along a straight propgation line, has been demonstrated along a bent trajectory.

Plasma and Beam Physics

Two-Color Radiation Generated in a Seeded Free-Electron Laser with Two Electron Beams

A. Petralia et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 014801 (2015) - Published 30 June, 2015

Coupling of Neutral-Beam-Driven Compressional Alfvén Eigenmodes to Kinetic Alfvén Waves in NSTX Tokamak and Energy Channeling

E. V. Belova, N. N. Gorelenkov, E. D. Fredrickson, K. Tritz, and N. A. Crocker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 015001 (2015) - Published 29 June, 2015

Prediction of Lightning Inception by Large Ice Particles and Extensive Air Showers

Anna Dubinova, Casper Rutjes, Ute Ebert, Stijn Buitink, Olaf Scholten, and Gia Thi Ngoc Trinh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 015002 (2015) - Published 30 June, 2015

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Half-Quantum Vortices in an Antiferromagnetic Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensate

Sang Won Seo, Seji Kang, Woo Jin Kwon, and Yong-il Shin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 015301 (2015) - Published 1 July, 2015

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Visualizing Pure Quantum Turbulence in Superfluid ${}^{3}{He}$ : Andreev Reflection and its Spectral Properties

A. W. Baggaley, V. Tsepelin, C. F. Barenghi, S. N. Fisher, G. R. Pickett, Y. A. Sergeev, and N. Suramlishvili

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 015302 (2015) - Published 2 July, 2015

Quantum turbulence in superfluid $^{3}$ He is probed at length scales smaller than the average inter-vortex separation using the Andreev reflection of quasiparticle excitations.

Equilibrium Vacancy Concentration Driven by Undetectable Impurities

Thomas Schuler, Caroline Barouh, Maylise Nastar, and Chu-Chun Fu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 015501 (2015) - Published 29 June, 2015

Electronic Properties of Bilayer Graphene Strongly Coupled to Interlayer Stacking and an External Electric Field

Changwon Park, Junga Ryou, Suklyun Hong, Bobby G. Sumpter, Gunn Kim, and Mina Yoon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 015502 (2015) - Published 2 July, 2015

Orientational Coherent Effects of High-Energy Particles in a ${LiNbO}_{3}$ Crystal

E. Bagli, V. Guidi, A. Mazzolari, L. Bandiera, G. Germogli, A. I. Sytov, D. De Salvador, A. Argiolas, M. Bazzan, A. Carnera, A. Berra, D. Bolognini, D. Lietti, M. Prest, and E. Vallazza

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 015503 (2015) - Published 2 July, 2015

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Tuning the Liquid-Liquid Transition by Modulating the Hydrogen-Bond Angular Flexibility in a Model for Water

Frank Smallenburg and Francesco Sciortino

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 015701 (2015) - Published 1 July, 2015

A liquid-liquid transition with no intervening ice stage is predicted in supercooled water when the hydrogen bond flexibility is tuned.

Heterogeneous Viscoelasticity: A Combined Theory of Dynamic and Elastic Heterogeneity

Walter Schirmacher, Giancarlo Ruocco, and Valerio Mazzone

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 015901 (2015) - Published 2 July, 2015

Surface Fraction Dependence of Contact Angles Induced by Kinks in the Triple Line

M. Rivetti, J. Teisseire, and E. Barthel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 016101 (2015) - Published 30 June, 2015

Observation and Origin of Extraordinary Atomic Mobility at Metal-Semiconductor Interfaces at Low Temperatures

Zumin Wang, Lars P. H. Jeurgens, Wilfried Sigle, and Eric J. Mittemeijer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 016102 (2015) - Published 2 July, 2015

Quantifying Density Fluctuations in Water at a Hydrophobic Surface: Evidence for Critical Drying

Robert Evans and Nigel B. Wilding

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 016103 (2015) - Published 2 July, 2015

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Photoemission Circular Dichroism and Spin Polarization of the Topological Surface States in Ultrathin ${Bi}_{2} {Te}_{3}$ Films

C.-Z. Xu, Y. Liu, R. Yukawa, L.-X. Zhang, I. Matsuda, T. Miller, and T.-C. Chiang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 016801 (2015) - Published 30 June, 2015

The complex behavior of photoemission in topological insulators is a result of quantum interference involving three photoemission channels according to $a b i n i t i o$ calculations.

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Shifting the Voltage Drop in Electron Transport Through a Single Molecule

Sujoy Karan, David Jacob, Michael Karolak, Christian Hamann, Yongfeng Wang, Alexander Weismann, Alexander I. Lichtenstein, and Richard Berndt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 016802 (2015) - Published 2 July, 2015

Small changes in the configuration of a molecule can significantly influence its resistive behavior in a circuit.

Polymer, Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

Testing Landscape Theory for Biomolecular Processes with Single Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Katherine Truex, Hoi Sung Chung, John M. Louis, and William A. Eaton

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 018101 (2015) - Published 1 July, 2015

ERRATA

Publisher’s Note: Singlet-Triplet Excitations and Long-Range Entanglement in the Spin-Orbital Liquid Candidate ${FeSc}_{2} S_{4}$ [Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 207201 (2015)]

N. J. Laurita, J. Deisenhofer, LiDong Pan, C. M. Morris, M. Schmidt, M. Johnsson, V. Tsurkan, A. Loidl, and N. P. Armitage

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 019901 (2015) - Published 30 June, 2015

Erratum: Universal Temperature Dependence, Flux Extinction, and the Role of ${}^{3}{He}$ Impurities in Superfluid Mass Transport through Solid ${}^{4}{He}$ [Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 035302 (2014)]

Ye. Vekhov, W. J. Mullin, and R. B. Hallock

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 019902 (2015) - Published 1 July, 2015