Volume 117, Issue 18

28 October 2016

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On the Cover

3D volume rendering of a direct numerical simulation of double diffusive fingering convection flow (salt fingers) between two parallel plates, under the no-slip boundary condition (top) and free-slip boundary condition (bottom). The two plots share the same color map and opacity, which are both set by salinity.

From the article:

Vertically Bounded Double Diffusive Convection in the Finger Regime: Comparing No-Slip versus Free-Slip Boundary Conditions
Yantao Yang, Roberto Verzicco, and Detlef Lohse
Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 184501 (2016)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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Dielectric Susceptibility of Liquid Water: Microscopic Insights from Coherent and Incoherent Neutron Scattering

A. Arbe, P. Malo de Molina, F. Alvarez, B. Frick, and J. Colmenero

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 185501 (2016) - Published 24 October, 2016

The combination of two spectroscopic techniques reveals the microscopic mechanisms that control the behavior of water’s dielectric constant.

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Disentangling Multidimensional Nonequilibrium Dynamics of Adsorbates: CO Desorption from Cu(100)

Ken-ichi Inoue, Kazuya Watanabe, Toshiki Sugimoto, Yoshiyasu Matsumoto, and Tomokazu Yasuike

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 186101 (2016) - Published 26 October, 2016

Application of a femtosecond spectroscopy technique to a copper surface has allowed the desorption of carbon monoxide molecules to be tracked with unprecedented detail.

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Control of Exciton Valley Coherence in Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers

G. Wang, X. Marie, B. L. Liu, T. Amand, C. Robert, F. Cadiz, P. Renucci, and B. Urbaszek

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 187401 (2016) - Published 25 October, 2016

A magnetic field can be used to change the “valley” states that emerge in certain semiconductors.

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Creation of Magnetic Monopoles in Classical Scattering

Tanmay Vachaspati

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 181601 (2016) - Published 27 October, 2016

Magnetic monopoles—theorized particles with only one magnetic pole—might possibly be created by wave-wave collisions.

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It’s Harder to Splash on Soft Solids

Christopher J. Howland, Arnaud Antkowiak, J. Rafael Castrejón-Pita, Sam D. Howison, James M. Oliver, Robert W. Style, and Alfonso A. Castrejón-Pita

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 184502 (2016) - Published 26 October, 2016

A drop’s splash can be reduced and even eliminated by varying the softness of the surface that it hits.

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Correlated Event-by-Event Fluctuations of Flow Harmonics in Pb-Pb Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{N N}} = 2.76 TeV$

J. Adam et al. (ALICE Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 182301 (2016) - Published 28 October, 2016

A new measurement of correlations between event-by-event fluctuations of two different flow harmonics better constrains the medium properties of the quark-gluon plasma.

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Rotating and Precessing Dissipative-Optical-Topological-3D Solitons

N. A. Veretenov, N. N. Rosanov, and S. V. Fedorov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 183901 (2016) - Published 25 October, 2016

An unusual type of soliton is theoretically predicted where the soliton both rotates and precesses, much like a gyroscope.

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Spin-Orbit Coupling and Spin Textures in Optical Superlattices

Junru Li, Wujie Huang, Boris Shteynas, Sean Burchesky, Furkan Çağrı Top, Edward Su, Jeongwon Lee, Alan O. Jamison, and Wolfgang Ketterle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 185301 (2016) - Published 27 October, 2016

Orbital levels in a double-well optical superlattice are used as pseudospin states in a novel scheme to generate spin-orbit coupling with ultracold atoms.

LETTERS

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

Wigner Functions for Arbitrary Quantum Systems

Todd Tilma, Mark J. Everitt, John H. Samson, William J. Munro, and Kae Nemoto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 180401 (2016) - Published 24 October, 2016

Understanding Quantum Tunneling through Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations

Sergei V. Isakov, Guglielmo Mazzola, Vadim N. Smelyanskiy, Zhang Jiang, Sergio Boixo, Hartmut Neven, and Matthias Troyer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 180402 (2016) - Published 28 October, 2016

Hong-Ou-Mandel Interference between Two Deterministic Collective Excitations in an Atomic Ensemble

Jun Li, Ming-Ti Zhou, Bo Jing, Xu-Jie Wang, Sheng-Jun Yang, Xiao Jiang, Klaus Mølmer, Xiao-Hui Bao, and Jian-Wei Pan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 180501 (2016) - Published 24 October, 2016

Fluctuation-Dissipation Relations Far from Equilibrium

Bernhard Altaner, Matteo Polettini, and Massimiliano Esposito

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 180601 (2016) - Published 26 October, 2016

Universal Fluctuations of Single-Particle Diffusivity in a Quenched Environment

Takuma Akimoto, Eli Barkai, and Keiji Saito

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 180602 (2016) - Published 27 October, 2016

Stochastic Thermodynamics of a Particle in a Box

Zongping Gong, Yueheng Lan, and H. T. Quan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 180603 (2016) - Published 27 October, 2016

Reduction of Classical Measurement Noise via Quantum-Dense Metrology

Melanie Ast, Sebastian Steinlechner, and Roman Schnabel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 180801 (2016) - Published 27 October, 2016

Elementary Particles and Fields

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Creation of Magnetic Monopoles in Classical Scattering

Tanmay Vachaspati

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 181601 (2016) - Published 27 October, 2016

Magnetic monopoles—theorized particles with only one magnetic pole—might possibly be created by wave-wave collisions.

Analyzing the $C P$ Nature of a New Scalar Particle via $S \to Z h$ Decays

Martin Bauer, Matthias Neubert, and Andrea Thamm

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 181801 (2016) - Published 28 October, 2016

Lightest Visible-Sector Supersymmetric Particle is Likely to be Unstable

Bobby S. Acharya, Sebastian A. R. Ellis, Gordon L. Kane, Brent D. Nelson, and Malcolm J. Perry

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 181802 (2016) - Published 28 October, 2016

Determination of the QCD $Λ$ Parameter and the Accuracy of Perturbation Theory at High Energies

Mattia Dalla Brida, Patrick Fritzsch, Tomasz Korzec, Alberto Ramos, Stefan Sint, and Rainer Sommer (ALPHA Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 182001 (2016) - Published 24 October, 2016

Measurement of the Inelastic Proton-Proton Cross Section at $\sqrt{s} = 13 TeV$ with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC

M. Aaboud et al. (ATLAS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 182002 (2016) - Published 26 October, 2016

Nuclear Physics

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Correlated Event-by-Event Fluctuations of Flow Harmonics in Pb-Pb Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{N N}} = 2.76 TeV$

J. Adam et al. (ALICE Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 182301 (2016) - Published 28 October, 2016

A new measurement of correlations between event-by-event fluctuations of two different flow harmonics better constrains the medium properties of the quark-gluon plasma.

Induced Hyperon-Nucleon-Nucleon Interactions and the Hyperon Puzzle

Roland Wirth and Robert Roth

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 182501 (2016) - Published 28 October, 2016

Prediction for a Four-Neutron Resonance

A. M. Shirokov, G. Papadimitriou, A. I. Mazur, I. A. Mazur, R. Roth, and J. P. Vary

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 182502 (2016) - Published 28 October, 2016

Identification of the Lowest $T = 2$ , $J^{π} = 0^{+}$ Isobaric Analog State in ${}^{52}{Co}$ and Its Impact on the Understanding of $β$ -Decay Properties of ${}^{52}{Ni}$

X. Xu et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 182503 (2016) - Published 28 October, 2016

Experimental Investigation of the ${}^{19}{Ne} (p, γ)^{20} Na$ Reaction Rate and Implications for Breakout from the Hot CNO Cycle

J. Belarge, S. A. Kuvin, L. T. Baby, J. Baker, I. Wiedenhöver, P. Höflich, A. Volya, J. C. Blackmon, C. M. Deibel, H. E. Gardiner, J. Lai, L. E. Linhardt, K. T. Macon, E. Need, B. C. Rasco, N. Quails, K. Colbert, D. L. Gay, and N. Keeley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 182701 (2016) - Published 27 October, 2016

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Perpendicular Emission, Dichroism, and Energy Dependence in Angle-Resolved Photoemission: The Importance of The Final State

M. Dauth, M. Graus, I. Schelter, M. Wießner, A. Schöll, F. Reinert, and S. Kümmel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 183001 (2016) - Published 24 October, 2016

Engineering the Frequency Spectrum of Bright Squeezed Vacuum via Group Velocity Dispersion in an SU(1,1) Interferometer

Samuel Lemieux, Mathieu Manceau, Polina R. Sharapova, Olga V. Tikhonova, Robert W. Boyd, Gerd Leuchs, and Maria V. Chekhova

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 183601 (2016) - Published 27 October, 2016

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

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Rotating and Precessing Dissipative-Optical-Topological-3D Solitons

N. A. Veretenov, N. N. Rosanov, and S. V. Fedorov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 183901 (2016) - Published 25 October, 2016

An unusual type of soliton is theoretically predicted where the soliton both rotates and precesses, much like a gyroscope.

Turbulent Transitions in Optical Wave Propagation

D. Pierangeli, F. Di Mei, G. Di Domenico, A. J. Agranat, C. Conti, and E. DelRe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 183902 (2016) - Published 28 October, 2016

Vertically Bounded Double Diffusive Convection in the Finger Regime: Comparing No-Slip versus Free-Slip Boundary Conditions

Yantao Yang, Roberto Verzicco, and Detlef Lohse

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 184501 (2016) - Published 27 October, 2016

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It’s Harder to Splash on Soft Solids

Christopher J. Howland, Arnaud Antkowiak, J. Rafael Castrejón-Pita, Sam D. Howison, James M. Oliver, Robert W. Style, and Alfonso A. Castrejón-Pita

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 184502 (2016) - Published 26 October, 2016

A drop’s splash can be reduced and even eliminated by varying the softness of the surface that it hits.

Plasma and Beam Physics

Spacecraft Observations and Analytic Theory of Crescent-Shaped Electron Distributions in Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection

J. Egedal, A. Le, W. Daughton, B. Wetherton, P. A. Cassak, L.-J Chen, B. Lavraud, R. B. Torbert, J. Dorelli, D. J. Gershman, and L. A. Avanov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 185101 (2016) - Published 24 October, 2016

Observations of Hall Reconnection Physics Far Downstream of the $X$ Line

R. Mistry, J. P. Eastwood, C. C. Haggerty, M. A. Shay, T. D. Phan, H. Hietala, and P. A. Cassak

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 185102 (2016) - Published 28 October, 2016

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

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Spin-Orbit Coupling and Spin Textures in Optical Superlattices

Junru Li, Wujie Huang, Boris Shteynas, Sean Burchesky, Furkan Çağrı Top, Edward Su, Jeongwon Lee, Alan O. Jamison, and Wolfgang Ketterle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 185301 (2016) - Published 27 October, 2016

Orbital levels in a double-well optical superlattice are used as pseudospin states in a novel scheme to generate spin-orbit coupling with ultracold atoms.

Competition between Bose-Einstein Condensation and Spin Dynamics

B. Naylor, M. Brewczyk, M. Gajda, O. Gorceix, E. Maréchal, L. Vernac, and B. Laburthe-Tolra

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 185302 (2016) - Published 27 October, 2016

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Dielectric Susceptibility of Liquid Water: Microscopic Insights from Coherent and Incoherent Neutron Scattering

A. Arbe, P. Malo de Molina, F. Alvarez, B. Frick, and J. Colmenero

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 185501 (2016) - Published 24 October, 2016

The combination of two spectroscopic techniques reveals the microscopic mechanisms that control the behavior of water’s dielectric constant.

No-Enclave Percolation Corresponds to Holes in the Cluster Backbone

Hao Hu, Robert M. Ziff, and Youjin Deng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 185701 (2016) - Published 27 October, 2016

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Disentangling Multidimensional Nonequilibrium Dynamics of Adsorbates: CO Desorption from Cu(100)

Ken-ichi Inoue, Kazuya Watanabe, Toshiki Sugimoto, Yoshiyasu Matsumoto, and Tomokazu Yasuike

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 186101 (2016) - Published 26 October, 2016

Application of a femtosecond spectroscopy technique to a copper surface has allowed the desorption of carbon monoxide molecules to be tracked with unprecedented detail.

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Ab initio Electronic Structure of Liquid Water

Wei Chen, Francesco Ambrosio, Giacomo Miceli, and Alfredo Pasquarello

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 186401 (2016) - Published 24 October, 2016

Unconventional Correlation between Quantum Hall Transport Quantization and Bulk State Filling in Gated Graphene Devices

Yong-Tao Cui, Bo Wen, Eric Y. Ma, Georgi Diankov, Zheng Han, Francois Amet, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, David Goldhaber-Gordon, Cory R. Dean, and Zhi-Xun Shen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 186601 (2016) - Published 27 October, 2016

Orbital Picture of Yu-Shiba-Rusinov Multiplets

Michael Ruby, Yang Peng, Felix von Oppen, Benjamin W. Heinrich, and Katharina J. Franke

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 186801 (2016) - Published 24 October, 2016

Fermi Surface Reconstruction and Drop in the Hall Number due to Spiral Antiferromagnetism in High- $T_{c}$ Cuprates

Andreas Eberlein, Walter Metzner, Subir Sachdev, and Hiroyuki Yamase

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 187001 (2016) - Published 28 October, 2016

From a Quasimolecular Band Insulator to a Relativistic Mott Insulator in $t_{2 g}^{5}$ Systems with a Honeycomb Lattice Structure

Beom Hyun Kim, Tomonori Shirakawa, and Seiji Yunoki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 187201 (2016) - Published 24 October, 2016

Observation of Tunneling-Assisted Highly Forbidden Single-Photon Transitions in a ${Ni}_{4}$ Single-Molecule Magnet

Yiming Chen, Mohammad D. Ashkezari, Charles A. Collett, Rafael A. Allão Cassaro, Filippo Troiani, Paul M. Lahti, and Jonathan R. Friedman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 187202 (2016) - Published 27 October, 2016

Damped Topological Magnons in the Kagome-Lattice Ferromagnets

A. L. Chernyshev and P. A. Maksimov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 187203 (2016) - Published 27 October, 2016

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Control of Exciton Valley Coherence in Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers

G. Wang, X. Marie, B. L. Liu, T. Amand, C. Robert, F. Cadiz, P. Renucci, and B. Urbaszek

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 187401 (2016) - Published 25 October, 2016

A magnetic field can be used to change the “valley” states that emerge in certain semiconductors.

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

ERRATA

Erratum: Field-Induced Magnonic Liquid in the 3D Spin-Dimerized Antiferromagnet ${Sr}_{3} {Cr}_{2} O_{8}$ [Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 147201 (2016)]

Zhe Wang, D. L. Quintero-Castro, S. Zherlitsyn, S. Yasin, Y. Skourski, A. T. M. N. Islam, B. Lake, J. Deisenhofer, and A. Loidl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 189901 (2016) - Published 24 October, 2016

Publisher’s Note: Symmetric States Requiring System Asymmetry [Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 114101 (2016)]

Takashi Nishikawa and Adilson E. Motter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 189902 (2016) - Published 27 October, 2016