Volume 115, Issue 20

13 November 2015

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Three-dimensional Fermi surface of paramagnetic GdMg. A constant-k_z slice through the Fermi surface is highlighted in blue.

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Complex Magnetism of Lanthanide Intermetallics and the Role of their Valence Electrons: Ab Initio Theory and Experiment
L. Petit, D. Paudyal, Y. Mudryk, K. A. Gschneidner, Jr., V. K. Pecharsky, M. Lüders, Z. Szotek, R. Banerjee, and J. B. Staunton
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 207201 (2015)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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Stability of the Electroweak Vacuum: Gauge Independence and Advanced Precision

A. V. Bednyakov, B. A. Kniehl, A. F. Pikelner, and O. L. Veretin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 201802 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

The probability that the Universe exists in a stable state may be greater than previously thought.

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Observation of Bloch Oscillations in Molecular Rotation

Johannes Floß, Andrei Kamalov, Ilya Sh. Averbukh, and Philip H. Bucksbaum

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 203002 (2015) - Published 11 November, 2015

A type of quantum oscillation—known to occur for electrons in a crystal—has now been observed in a gas of molecular rotors that are spun around by laser pulses.

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Near-Field Effects in Mesoscopic Light Transport

R. Rezvani Naraghi, S. Sukhov, J. J. Sáenz, and A. Dogariu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 203903 (2015) - Published 10 November, 2015

A new model for light scattering explains why an unexpected amount of light propagates through materials containing densely packed scattering objects.

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Shape-Independent Limits to Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer

Owen D. Miller, Steven G. Johnson, and Alejandro W. Rodriguez

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 204302 (2015) - Published 12 November, 2015

The maximum amount of radiative heat that can be transferred between two objects of any shape has been calculated for separations of less than the thermal wavelength.

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Exploring the Single Atom Spin State by Electron Spectroscopy

Yung-Chang Lin, Po-Yuan Teng, Po-Wen Chiu, and Kazu Suenaga

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 206803 (2015) - Published 12 November, 2015

Electron microscopy experiments have measured the spin state of individual metal atoms on a graphene layer, characterizing their potential for information storage applications.

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Evolution Arrests Invasions of Cooperative Populations

Kirill S. Korolev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 208104 (2015) - Published 13 November, 2015

When a strongly cooperative species invades new territory, its spread can slow down or stop, according to a mathematical model, suggesting potential strategies against cancer and insect pests.

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X-Ray Optics on a Chip: Guiding X Rays in Curved Channels

T. Salditt, S. Hoffmann, M. Vassholz, J. Haber, M. Osterhoff, and J. Hilhorst

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 203902 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

A tiny waveguide on a chip curves x rays like a fiber-optic cable and could lead to improved imaging on the molecular scale.

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Hydrogen Burning in Low Mass Stars Constrains Scalar-Tensor Theories of Gravity

Jeremy Sakstein

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 201101 (2015) - Published 10 November, 2015

Alternate theories of gravitation can be tested using the minimum mass required for hydrogen burning to occur in Red Dwarf stars.

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Observation and Spectroscopy of New Proton-Unbound Isotopes ${}^{30}{Ar}$ and ${}^{29}{Cl}$ : An Interplay of Prompt Two-Proton and Sequential Decay

I. Mukha et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 202501 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

Two newly discovered unbound isotopes $^{30}$ Ar and $^{29}$ Cl violate isobaric symmetry, a symmetry among nuclei with the same mass number.

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Perturbing Open Cavities: Anomalous Resonance Frequency Shifts in a Hybrid Cavity-Nanoantenna System

Freek Ruesink, Hugo M. Doeleman, Ruud Hendrikx, A. Femius Koenderink, and Ewold Verhagen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 203904 (2015) - Published 11 November, 2015

The resonant frequency of an optical cavity can be altered by the presence of a plasmonic nanoparticle.

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Optical Mode Control by Geometric Phase in Quasicrystal Metasurface

Igor Yulevich, Elhanan Maguid, Nir Shitrit, Dekel Veksler, Vladimir Kleiner, and Erez Hasman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 205501 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

Quasi-crystalline metallic metasurfaces containing mis-orientated patterns of voids can be designed so that left- and right-handed polarized light is distinguishable after it has passed through the surface.

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Spin-Resolved Fermi Surface of the Localized Ferromagnetic Heusler Compound ${Cu}_{2} MnAl$ Measured with Spin-Polarized Positron Annihilation

Josef A. Weber, Andreas Bauer, Peter Böni, Hubert Ceeh, Stephen B. Dugdale, David Ernsting, Wolfgang Kreuzpaintner, Michael Leitner, Christian Pfleiderer, and Christoph Hugenschmidt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 206404 (2015) - Published 11 November, 2015

The Fermi surface of a prototypical Heusler compound is measured using spin-polarized positron annihilation.

LETTERS

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

Tensor Network Renormalization Yields the Multiscale Entanglement Renormalization Ansatz

G. Evenbly and G. Vidal

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 200401 (2015) - Published 10 November, 2015

Topologically Protected Defect States in Open Photonic Systems with Non-Hermitian Charge-Conjugation and Parity-Time Symmetry

Simon Malzard, Charles Poli, and Henning Schomerus

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 200402 (2015) - Published 10 November, 2015

Quantum Nondemolition Measurement Enables Macroscopic Leggett-Garg Tests

C. Budroni, G. Vitagliano, G. Colangelo, R. J. Sewell, O. Gühne, G. Tóth, and M. W. Mitchell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 200403 (2015) - Published 12 November, 2015

Quantum Error-Correction-Enhanced Magnetometer Overcoming the Limit Imposed by Relaxation

David A. Herrera-Martí, Tuvia Gefen, Dorit Aharonov, Nadav Katz, and Alex Retzker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 200501 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

Dissipative Quantum Control of a Spin Chain

Giovanna Morigi, Jürgen Eschner, Cecilia Cormick, Yiheng Lin, Dietrich Leibfried, and David J. Wineland

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 200502 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

Critical Exponents Can Be Different on the Two Sides of a Transition: A Generic Mechanism

F. Léonard and B. Delamotte

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 200601 (2015) - Published 10 November, 2015

Coherent Backscattering Reveals the Anderson Transition

S. Ghosh, D. Delande, C. Miniatura, and N. Cherroret

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 200602 (2015) - Published 12 November, 2015

Gravitation and Astrophysics

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Hydrogen Burning in Low Mass Stars Constrains Scalar-Tensor Theories of Gravity

Jeremy Sakstein

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 201101 (2015) - Published 10 November, 2015

Alternate theories of gravitation can be tested using the minimum mass required for hydrogen burning to occur in Red Dwarf stars.

Can Dark Matter Induce Cosmological Evolution of the Fundamental Constants of Nature?

Y. V. Stadnik and V. V. Flambaum

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 201301 (2015) - Published 12 November, 2015

Elementary Particles and Fields

Short-Range, Spin-Dependent Interactions of Electrons: A Probe for Exotic Pseudo-Goldstone Bosons

W. A. Terrano, E. G. Adelberger, J. G. Lee, and B. R. Heckel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 201801 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

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Stability of the Electroweak Vacuum: Gauge Independence and Advanced Precision

A. V. Bednyakov, B. A. Kniehl, A. F. Pikelner, and O. L. Veretin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 201802 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

The probability that the Universe exists in a stable state may be greater than previously thought.

Practical Parametrization for Line Shapes of Near-Threshold States

C. Hanhart, Yu. S. Kalashnikova, P. Matuschek, R. V. Mizuk, A. V. Nefediev, and Q. Wang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 202001 (2015) - Published 10 November, 2015

Nuclear Physics

Suppression of Baryon Diffusion and Transport in a Baryon Rich Strongly Coupled Quark-Gluon Plasma

Romulo Rougemont, Jorge Noronha, and Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 202301 (2015) - Published 11 November, 2015

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Observation and Spectroscopy of New Proton-Unbound Isotopes ${}^{30}{Ar}$ and ${}^{29}{Cl}$ : An Interplay of Prompt Two-Proton and Sequential Decay

I. Mukha et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 202501 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

Two newly discovered unbound isotopes $^{30}$ Ar and $^{29}$ Cl violate isobaric symmetry, a symmetry among nuclei with the same mass number.

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Emergent Devil’s Staircase without Particle-Hole Symmetry in Rydberg Quantum Gases with Competing Attractive and Repulsive Interactions

Zhihao Lan, Jiří Minář, Emanuele Levi, Weibin Li, and Igor Lesanovsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 203001 (2015) - Published 11 November, 2015

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Observation of Bloch Oscillations in Molecular Rotation

Johannes Floß, Andrei Kamalov, Ilya Sh. Averbukh, and Philip H. Bucksbaum

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 203002 (2015) - Published 11 November, 2015

A type of quantum oscillation—known to occur for electrons in a crystal—has now been observed in a gas of molecular rotors that are spun around by laser pulses.

Ultracold Dipolar Molecules Composed of Strongly Magnetic Atoms

A. Frisch, M. Mark, K. Aikawa, S. Baier, R. Grimm, A. Petrov, S. Kotochigova, G. Quéméner, M. Lepers, O. Dulieu, and F. Ferlaino

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 203201 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

Fast Quantum Nondemolition Readout by Parametric Modulation of Longitudinal Qubit-Oscillator Interaction

Nicolas Didier, Jérôme Bourassa, and Alexandre Blais

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 203601 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Arrest of Domain Coarsening via Antiperiodic Regimes in Delay Systems

J. Javaloyes, T. Ackemann, and A. Hurtado

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 203901 (2015) - Published 10 November, 2015

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X-Ray Optics on a Chip: Guiding X Rays in Curved Channels

T. Salditt, S. Hoffmann, M. Vassholz, J. Haber, M. Osterhoff, and J. Hilhorst

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 203902 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

A tiny waveguide on a chip curves x rays like a fiber-optic cable and could lead to improved imaging on the molecular scale.

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Near-Field Effects in Mesoscopic Light Transport

R. Rezvani Naraghi, S. Sukhov, J. J. Sáenz, and A. Dogariu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 203903 (2015) - Published 10 November, 2015

A new model for light scattering explains why an unexpected amount of light propagates through materials containing densely packed scattering objects.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Perturbing Open Cavities: Anomalous Resonance Frequency Shifts in a Hybrid Cavity-Nanoantenna System

Freek Ruesink, Hugo M. Doeleman, Ruud Hendrikx, A. Femius Koenderink, and Ewold Verhagen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 203904 (2015) - Published 11 November, 2015

The resonant frequency of an optical cavity can be altered by the presence of a plasmonic nanoparticle.

Turbulent Convection Insights from Small-Scale Thermal Forcing with Zero Net Heat Flux at a Horizontal Boundary

Ross W. Griffiths and Bishakhdatta Gayen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 204301 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

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Shape-Independent Limits to Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer

Owen D. Miller, Steven G. Johnson, and Alejandro W. Rodriguez

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 204302 (2015) - Published 12 November, 2015

The maximum amount of radiative heat that can be transferred between two objects of any shape has been calculated for separations of less than the thermal wavelength.

Statistical Equilibria of Large Scales in Dissipative Hydrodynamic Turbulence

V. Dallas, S. Fauve, and A. Alexakis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 204501 (2015) - Published 11 November, 2015

Plasma and Beam Physics

Attosecond Gamma-Ray Pulses via Nonlinear Compton Scattering in the Radiation-Dominated Regime

Jian-Xing Li, Karen Z. Hatsagortsyan, Benjamin J. Galow, and Christoph H. Keitel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 204801 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

Space-Charge Structural Instabilities and Resonances in High-Intensity Beams

Ingo Hofmann and Oliver Boine-Frankenheim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 204802 (2015) - Published 10 November, 2015

Measurements of Ion Stopping Around the Bragg Peak in High-Energy-Density Plasmas

J. A. Frenje, P. E. Grabowski, C. K. Li, F. H. Séguin, A. B. Zylstra, M. Gatu Johnson, R. D. Petrasso, V. Yu Glebov, and T. C. Sangster

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 205001 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Prethermal Floquet Steady States and Instabilities in the Periodically Driven, Weakly Interacting Bose-Hubbard Model

Marin Bukov, Sarang Gopalakrishnan, Michael Knap, and Eugene Demler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 205301 (2015) - Published 11 November, 2015

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Optical Mode Control by Geometric Phase in Quasicrystal Metasurface

Igor Yulevich, Elhanan Maguid, Nir Shitrit, Dekel Veksler, Vladimir Kleiner, and Erez Hasman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 205501 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

Size Dependent Phase Diagrams of Nickel-Carbon Nanoparticles

Y. Magnin, A. Zappelli, H. Amara, F. Ducastelle, and C. Bichara

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 205502 (2015) - Published 10 November, 2015

Microscopic Dynamics of Supercooled Liquids from First Principles

Liesbeth M. C. Janssen and David R. Reichman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 205701 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

Microscopic Theory for the Role of Attractive Forces in the Dynamics of Supercooled Liquids

Zachary E. Dell and Kenneth S. Schweizer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 205702 (2015) - Published 11 November, 2015

Prediction of Low-Thermal-Conductivity Compounds with First-Principles Anharmonic Lattice-Dynamics Calculations and Bayesian Optimization

Atsuto Seko, Atsushi Togo, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Koji Tsuda, Laurent Chaput, and Isao Tanaka

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 205901 (2015) - Published 10 November, 2015

Liquid Droplets on a Highly Deformable Membrane

Rafael D. Schulman and Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 206101 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Entanglement Properties and Quantum Phases for a Fermionic Disordered One-Dimensional Wire with Attractive Interactions

Richard Berkovits

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 206401 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

Fractional Wigner Crystal in the Helical Luttinger Liquid

N. Traverso Ziani, F. Crépin, and B. Trauzettel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 206402 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

Defects, Disorder, and Strong Electron Correlations in Orbital Degenerate, Doped Mott Insulators

Adolfo Avella, Andrzej M. Oleś, and Peter Horsch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 206403 (2015) - Published 11 November, 2015

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Spin-Resolved Fermi Surface of the Localized Ferromagnetic Heusler Compound ${Cu}_{2} MnAl$ Measured with Spin-Polarized Positron Annihilation

Josef A. Weber, Andreas Bauer, Peter Böni, Hubert Ceeh, Stephen B. Dugdale, David Ernsting, Wolfgang Kreuzpaintner, Michael Leitner, Christian Pfleiderer, and Christoph Hugenschmidt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 206404 (2015) - Published 11 November, 2015

The Fermi surface of a prototypical Heusler compound is measured using spin-polarized positron annihilation.

Microwave-Induced Magneto-Oscillations and Signatures of Zero-Resistance States in Phonon-Drag Voltage in Two-Dimensional Electron Systems

A. D. Levin, Z. S. Momtaz, G. M. Gusev, O. E. Raichev, and A. K. Bakarov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 206801 (2015) - Published 10 November, 2015

Mechanical Signatures of the Current Blockade Instability in Suspended Carbon Nanotubes

G. Micchi, R. Avriller, and F. Pistolesi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 206802 (2015) - Published 11 November, 2015

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Exploring the Single Atom Spin State by Electron Spectroscopy

Yung-Chang Lin, Po-Yuan Teng, Po-Wen Chiu, and Kazu Suenaga

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 206803 (2015) - Published 12 November, 2015

Electron microscopy experiments have measured the spin state of individual metal atoms on a graphene layer, characterizing their potential for information storage applications.

Campbell Response in Type-II Superconductors under Strong Pinning Conditions

R. Willa, V. B. Geshkenbein, R. Prozorov, and G. Blatter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 207001 (2015) - Published 11 November, 2015

Odd-Parity Superconductivity in the Vicinity of Inversion Symmetry Breaking in Spin-Orbit-Coupled Systems

Vladyslav Kozii and Liang Fu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 207002 (2015) - Published 11 November, 2015

Strong Coupling Superconductivity in the Vicinity of the Structural Quantum Critical Point in $({Ca}_{x} {Sr}_{1 - x})_{3} {Rh}_{4} {Sn}_{13}$

Wing Chi Yu, Yiu Wing Cheung, Paul J. Saines, Masaki Imai, Takuya Matsumoto, Chishiro Michioka, Kazuyoshi Yoshimura, and Swee K. Goh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 207003 (2015) - Published 11 November, 2015

Complex Magnetism of Lanthanide Intermetallics and the Role of their Valence Electrons: Ab Initio Theory and Experiment

L. Petit, D. Paudyal, Y. Mudryk, K. A. Gschneidner, Jr., V. K. Pecharsky, M. Lüders, Z. Szotek, R. Banerjee, and J. B. Staunton

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 207201 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

Roton Minimum as a Fingerprint of Magnon-Higgs Scattering in Ordered Quantum Antiferromagnets

M. Powalski, G. S. Uhrig, and K. P. Schmidt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 207202 (2015) - Published 11 November, 2015

Giant Spin-Driven Ferroelectric Polarization in ${BiFeO}_{3}$ at Room Temperature

Jun Hee Lee and Randy S. Fishman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 207203 (2015) - Published 11 November, 2015

Influence of the Nuclear Electric Quadrupolar Interaction on the Coherence Time of Hole and Electron Spins Confined in Semiconductor Quantum Dots

J. Hackmann, Ph. Glasenapp, A. Greilich, M. Bayer, and F. B. Anders

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 207401 (2015) - Published 9 November, 2015

Ultrafast Optical Control of the Electronic Properties of $Zr {Te}_{5}$

G. Manzoni, A. Sterzi, A. Crepaldi, M. Diego, F. Cilento, M. Zacchigna, Ph. Bugnon, H. Berger, A. Magrez, M. Grioni, and F. Parmigiani

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 207402 (2015) - Published 10 November, 2015

Gradient Nonlinear Pancharatnam-Berry Metasurfaces

Mykhailo Tymchenko, J. Sebastian Gomez-Diaz, Jongwon Lee, Nishant Nookala, Mikhail A. Belkin, and Andrea Alù

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 207403 (2015) - Published 10 November, 2015

Separating Exchange Splitting from Spin Mixing in Gadolinium by Femtosecond Laser Excitation

Beatrice Andres, Marc Christ, Cornelius Gahl, Marko Wietstruk, Martin Weinelt, and Jürgen Kirschner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 207404 (2015) - Published 10 November, 2015

Polar Dynamics at the Jahn-Teller Transition in Ferroelectric $Ga V_{4} S_{8}$

Zhe Wang, E. Ruff, M. Schmidt, V. Tsurkan, I. Kézsmárki, P. Lunkenheimer, and A. Loidl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 207601 (2015) - Published 10 November, 2015

Polymer, Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

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Evolution Arrests Invasions of Cooperative Populations

Kirill S. Korolev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 208104 (2015) - Published 13 November, 2015

When a strongly cooperative species invades new territory, its spread can slow down or stop, according to a mathematical model, suggesting potential strategies against cancer and insect pests.