Volume 117, Issue 11

9 September 2016

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Turbulent eddies created by an obstacle are distorted by the sheared mean flow in a soap-film channel and become increasingly anisotropic as they move downstream (left to right).

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Janus Spectra in Two-Dimensional Flows
Chien-Chia Liu, Rory T. Cerbus, and Pinaki Chakraborty
Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 114502 (2016)

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Detection of 15 dB Squeezed States of Light and their Application for the Absolute Calibration of Photoelectric Quantum Efficiency

Henning Vahlbruch, Moritz Mehmet, Karsten Danzmann, and Roman Schnabel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 110801 (2016) - Published 6 September, 2016

Researchers have created quantum states of light whose noise level has been “squeezed” to a record low.

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Observation of $π^{-} K^{+}$ and $π^{+} K^{-}$ Atoms

B. Adeva et al. (DIRAC Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 112001 (2016) - Published 8 September, 2016

The DIRAC collaboration at CERN reports the first statistically significant observation of an atom formed from a $π$ meson and a $K$ meson.

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Fourier-Transform Ghost Imaging with Hard X Rays

Hong Yu, Ronghua Lu, Shensheng Han, Honglan Xie, Guohao Du, Tiqiao Xiao, and Daming Zhu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 113901 (2016) - Published 7 September, 2016

The technique of ghost imaging, which builds up images of objects by combining information from light collected at two detectors, has been demonstrated in the x-ray regime.

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Experimental X-Ray Ghost Imaging

Daniele Pelliccia, Alexander Rack, Mario Scheel, Valentina Cantelli, and David M. Paganin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 113902 (2016) - Published 7 September, 2016

The technique of ghost imaging, which builds up images of objects by combining information from light collected at two detectors, has been demonstrated in the x-ray regime.

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Symmetric States Requiring System Asymmetry

Takashi Nishikawa and Adilson E. Motter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 114101 (2016) - Published 7 September, 2016

Coupled oscillators in certain networks will—counterintuitively—only move in tandem if each oscillator is different.

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Emulating Anyonic Fractional Statistical Behavior in a Superconducting Quantum Circuit

Y. P. Zhong, D. Xu, P. Wang, C. Song, Q. J. Guo, W. X. Liu, K. Xu, B. X. Xia, C.-Y. Lu, Siyuan Han, Jian-Wei Pan, and H. Wang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 110501 (2016) - Published 7 September, 2016

A superconducting circuit is used as a platform to experimentally study the fractional statistics of Abelian anyons.

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Search for Dark Matter Annihilations towards the Inner Galactic Halo from 10 Years of Observations with H.E.S.S.

H. Abdallah et al. (H.E.S.S. Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 111301 (2016) - Published 8 September, 2016

An analysis of 10 years of observations of the Galactic center by H.E.S.S. provide the strongest constraints to date on TeV dark matter.

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Chaos in ${AdS}_{2}$ Holography

Kristan Jensen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 111601 (2016) - Published 7 September, 2016

A theoretical analysis points at a possible connection between near-conformal two-dimensional gravity and a fermionic quantum mechanical system with applications to condensed matter physics.

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Acoustic Force Density Acting on Inhomogeneous Fluids in Acoustic Fields

Jonas T. Karlsen, Per Augustsson, and Henrik Bruus

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 114504 (2016) - Published 9 September, 2016

The classical theory of acoustic forces acting on fluids in acoustic fields is extended to inhomogeneous systems with continuous spatial variations of density, compressibility, and viscosity.

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

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Emulating Anyonic Fractional Statistical Behavior in a Superconducting Quantum Circuit

Y. P. Zhong, D. Xu, P. Wang, C. Song, Q. J. Guo, W. X. Liu, K. Xu, B. X. Xia, C.-Y. Lu, Siyuan Han, Jian-Wei Pan, and H. Wang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 110501 (2016) - Published 7 September, 2016

A superconducting circuit is used as a platform to experimentally study the fractional statistics of Abelian anyons.

Multipartite Entanglement of a Two-Separable State

S. Gerke, J. Sperling, W. Vogel, Y. Cai, J. Roslund, N. Treps, and C. Fabre

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 110502 (2016) - Published 9 September, 2016

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Detection of 15 dB Squeezed States of Light and their Application for the Absolute Calibration of Photoelectric Quantum Efficiency

Henning Vahlbruch, Moritz Mehmet, Karsten Danzmann, and Roman Schnabel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 110801 (2016) - Published 6 September, 2016

Researchers have created quantum states of light whose noise level has been “squeezed” to a record low.

Metrology with $PT$ -Symmetric Cavities: Enhanced Sensitivity near the $PT$ -Phase Transition

Zhong-Peng Liu, Jing Zhang, Şahin Kaya Özdemir, Bo Peng, Hui Jing, Xin-You Lü, Chun-Wen Li, Lan Yang, Franco Nori, and Yu-xi Liu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 110802 (2016) - Published 7 September, 2016

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Cosmic-Ray Injection from Star-Forming Regions

Eric Carlson, Stefano Profumo, and Tim Linden

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 111101 (2016) - Published 9 September, 2016

First Measurements of High Frequency Cross-Spectra from a Pair of Large Michelson Interferometers

Aaron S. Chou, Richard Gustafson, Craig Hogan, Brittany Kamai, Ohkyung Kwon, Robert Lanza, Lee McCuller, Stephan S. Meyer, Jonathan Richardson, Chris Stoughton, Raymond Tomlin, Samuel Waldman, and Rainer Weiss (Holometer Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 111102 (2016) - Published 9 September, 2016

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Search for Dark Matter Annihilations towards the Inner Galactic Halo from 10 Years of Observations with H.E.S.S.

H. Abdallah et al. (H.E.S.S. Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 111301 (2016) - Published 8 September, 2016

An analysis of 10 years of observations of the Galactic center by H.E.S.S. provide the strongest constraints to date on TeV dark matter.

Elementary Particles and Fields

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Chaos in ${AdS}_{2}$ Holography

Kristan Jensen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 111601 (2016) - Published 7 September, 2016

A theoretical analysis points at a possible connection between near-conformal two-dimensional gravity and a fermionic quantum mechanical system with applications to condensed matter physics.

Evidence for Neutral-Current Diffractive $π^{0}$ Production from Hydrogen in Neutrino Interactions on Hydrocarbon

J. Wolcott et al. (MINERvA Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 111801 (2016) - Published 7 September, 2016

Search for Higgs and $Z$ Boson Decays to $ϕ γ$ with the ATLAS Detector

M. Aaboud et al. (ATLAS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 111802 (2016) - Published 9 September, 2016

Neutrino Masses from a Pseudo-Dirac Bino

Pilar Coloma and Seyda Ipek

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 111803 (2016) - Published 9 September, 2016

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Observation of $π^{-} K^{+}$ and $π^{+} K^{-}$ Atoms

B. Adeva et al. (DIRAC Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 112001 (2016) - Published 8 September, 2016

The DIRAC collaboration at CERN reports the first statistically significant observation of an atom formed from a $π$ meson and a $K$ meson.

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Storage Enhanced Nonlinearities in a Cold Atomic Rydberg Ensemble

E. Distante, A. Padrón-Brito, M. Cristiani, D. Paredes-Barato, and H. de Riedmatten

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 113001 (2016) - Published 8 September, 2016

Quantum Dynamics of Ultracold Bose Polarons

Yulia E. Shchadilova, Richard Schmidt, Fabian Grusdt, and Eugene Demler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 113002 (2016) - Published 7 September, 2016

Effective Field Theory for Rydberg Polaritons

M. J. Gullans, J. D. Thompson, Y. Wang, Q.-Y. Liang, V. Vuletić, M. D. Lukin, and A. V. Gorshkov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 113601 (2016) - Published 9 September, 2016

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

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Fourier-Transform Ghost Imaging with Hard X Rays

Hong Yu, Ronghua Lu, Shensheng Han, Honglan Xie, Guohao Du, Tiqiao Xiao, and Daming Zhu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 113901 (2016) - Published 7 September, 2016

The technique of ghost imaging, which builds up images of objects by combining information from light collected at two detectors, has been demonstrated in the x-ray regime.

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Experimental X-Ray Ghost Imaging

Daniele Pelliccia, Alexander Rack, Mario Scheel, Valentina Cantelli, and David M. Paganin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 113902 (2016) - Published 7 September, 2016

The technique of ghost imaging, which builds up images of objects by combining information from light collected at two detectors, has been demonstrated in the x-ray regime.

Accurate Feeding of Nanoantenna by Singular Optics for Nanoscale Translational and Rotational Displacement Sensing

Zheng Xi, Lei Wei, A. J. L. Adam, H. P. Urbach, and Luping Du

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 113903 (2016) - Published 9 September, 2016

Deflection of a Reflected Intense Vortex Laser Beam

Lingang Zhang, Baifei Shen, Xiaomei Zhang, Shan Huang, Yin Shi, Chen Liu, Wenpeng Wang, Jiancai Xu, Zhikun Pei, and Zhizhan Xu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 113904 (2016) - Published 9 September, 2016

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Symmetric States Requiring System Asymmetry

Takashi Nishikawa and Adilson E. Motter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 114101 (2016) - Published 7 September, 2016

Coupled oscillators in certain networks will—counterintuitively—only move in tandem if each oscillator is different.

Recoverable and Programmable Collapse from Folding Pressurized Origami Cellular Solids

S. Li, H. Fang, and K. W. Wang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 114301 (2016) - Published 9 September, 2016

Dispersion in Rectangular Networks: Effective Diffusivity and Large-Deviation Rate Function

Alexandra Tzella and Jacques Vanneste

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 114501 (2016) - Published 7 September, 2016

Janus Spectra in Two-Dimensional Flows

Chien-Chia Liu, Rory T. Cerbus, and Pinaki Chakraborty

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 114502 (2016) - Published 8 September, 2016

Leidenfrost Vapor Layers Reduce Drag without the Crisis in High Viscosity Liquids

Ivan U. Vakarelski, Joseph D. Berry, Derek Y. C. Chan, and Sigurdur T. Thoroddsen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 114503 (2016) - Published 8 September, 2016

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Acoustic Force Density Acting on Inhomogeneous Fluids in Acoustic Fields

Jonas T. Karlsen, Per Augustsson, and Henrik Bruus

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 114504 (2016) - Published 9 September, 2016

The classical theory of acoustic forces acting on fluids in acoustic fields is extended to inhomogeneous systems with continuous spatial variations of density, compressibility, and viscosity.

Plasma and Beam Physics

Using Two-Dimensional Distributed Feedback for Synchronization of Radiation from Two Parallel-Sheet Electron Beams in a Free-Electron Maser

A. V. Arzhannikov, N. S. Ginzburg, P. V. Kalinin, S. A. Kuznetsov, A. M. Malkin, N. Yu. Peskov, A. S. Sergeev, S. L. Sinitsky, V. D. Stepanov, M. Thumm, and V. Yu. Zaslavsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 114801 (2016) - Published 6 September, 2016

Nonlinear Transition from Mitigation to Suppression of the Edge Localized Mode with Resonant Magnetic Perturbations in the EAST Tokamak

Y. Sun et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 115001 (2016) - Published 9 September, 2016

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Dynamical Effects in Resonant X-Ray Diffraction

S. Macke, J. E. Hamann-Borrero, R. J. Green, B. Keimer, G. A. Sawatzky, and M. W. Haverkort

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 115501 (2016) - Published 7 September, 2016

Accurate Exchange-Correlation Energies for the Warm Dense Electron Gas

Fionn D. Malone, N. S. Blunt, Ethan W. Brown, D. K. K. Lee, J. S. Spencer, W. M. C. Foulkes, and James J. Shepherd

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 115701 (2016) - Published 7 September, 2016

Anharmonic and Quantum Fluctuations in Molecular Crystals: A First-Principles Study of the Stability of Paracetamol

Mariana Rossi, Piero Gasparotto, and Michele Ceriotti

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 115702 (2016) - Published 8 September, 2016

Tunable Negative Thermal Expansion in Layered Perovskites from Quasi-Two-Dimensional Vibrations

Liang-Feng Huang, Xue-Zeng Lu, and James M. Rondinelli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 115901 (2016) - Published 7 September, 2016

Quasi-One-Dimensional Metal-Insulator Transitions in Compound Semiconductor Surfaces

J. Z. Zhao, W. Fan, M. J. Verstraete, Z. Zanolli, J. Fan, X. B. Yang, H. Xu, and S. Y. Tong

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 116101 (2016) - Published 6 September, 2016

Single-Layer Limit of Metallic Indium Overlayers on Si(111)

Jae Whan Park and Myung Ho Kang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 116102 (2016) - Published 8 September, 2016

Extreme Mechanics of Probing the Ultimate Strength of Nanotwinned Diamond

Bing Li, Hong Sun, and Changfeng Chen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 116103 (2016) - Published 9 September, 2016

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Thermal Conductivity of the One-Dimensional Fermi-Hubbard Model

C. Karrasch, D. M. Kennes, and F. Heidrich-Meisner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 116401 (2016) - Published 9 September, 2016

Engineering Polarons at a Metal Oxide Surface

C. M. Yim, M. B. Watkins, M. J. Wolf, C. L. Pang, K. Hermansson, and G. Thornton

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 116402 (2016) - Published 9 September, 2016

Glassy Dynamics in Disordered Electronic Systems Reveal Striking Thermal Memory Effects

A. Eisenbach, T. Havdala, J. Delahaye, T. Grenet, A. Amir, and A. Frydman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 116601 (2016) - Published 6 September, 2016

Rashba-Edelstein Magnetoresistance in Metallic Heterostructures

Hiroyasu Nakayama, Yusuke Kanno, Hongyu An, Takaharu Tashiro, Satoshi Haku, Akiyo Nomura, and Kazuya Ando

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 116602 (2016) - Published 7 September, 2016

Plasmon Modes of Graphene Nanoribbons with Periodic Planar Arrangements

C. Vacacela Gomez, M. Pisarra, M. Gravina, J. M. Pitarke, and A. Sindona

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 116801 (2016) - Published 7 September, 2016

Electrical Conductivity through a Single Atomic Step Measured with the Proximity-Induced Superconducting Pair Correlation

Howon Kim, Shi-Zeng Lin, Matthias J. Graf, Yoshinori Miyata, Yuki Nagai, Takeo Kato, and Yukio Hasegawa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 116802 (2016) - Published 8 September, 2016

Bicollinear Antiferromagnetic Order, Monoclinic Distortion, and Reversed Resistivity Anisotropy in FeTe as a Result of Spin-Lattice Coupling

Christopher B. Bishop, Adriana Moreo, and Elbio Dagotto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 117201 (2016) - Published 8 September, 2016

Universal Faraday Rotation in HgTe Wells with Critical Thickness

A. Shuvaev, V. Dziom, Z. D. Kvon, N. N. Mikhailov, and A. Pimenov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 117401 (2016) - Published 6 September, 2016

Volume 117, Issue 11

On the Cover

From the article:

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

LETTERS

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

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Elementary Particles and Fields

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.

Polymer, Soft Matter, Biological, Climate, and Interdisciplinary Physics