Volume 117, Issue 19

4 November 2016

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Superimposed photograph of a stretched looped elastic ribbon during its pop-out shape transition. Selected for an Editors’ Suggestion and a Synopsis in Physics.

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Stretching an Elastic Loop: Crease, Helicoid, and Pop Out
Yasuaki Morigaki, Hirofumi Wada, and Yoshimi Tanaka
Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 198003 (2016)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution Over a 404 km Optical Fiber

Hua-Lei Yin, Teng-Yun Chen, Zong-Wen Yu, Hui Liu, Li-Xing You, Yi-Heng Zhou, Si-Jing Chen, Yingqiu Mao, Ming-Qi Huang, Wei-Jun Zhang, Hao Chen, Ming Jun Li, Daniel Nolan, Fei Zhou, Xiao Jiang, Zhen Wang, Qiang Zhang, Xiang-Bin Wang, and Jian-Wei Pan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 190501 (2016) - Published 2 November, 2016

A protocol for secure quantum communications has been demonstrated over a record-breaking distance of 404 km.

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Testing Hadronic Interactions at Ultrahigh Energies with Air Showers Measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 192001 (2016) - Published 31 October, 2016

The Pierre Auger Observatory has detected more muons from cosmic-ray showers than predicted by the most up-to-date particle-physics models.

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Metawaveguide for Asymmetric Interferometric Light-Light Switching

Han Zhao, William S. Fegadolli, Jiakai Yu, Zhifeng Zhang, Li Ge, Axel Scherer, and Liang Feng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 193901 (2016) - Published 31 October, 2016

An all-optical switch design uses an asymmetric waveguide that reduces the beam power requirements, which is essential for making such devices practical.

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Laser Particle Stimulated Emission Microscopy

Sangyeon Cho, Matjaž Humar, Nicola Martino, and Seok Hyun Yun

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 193902 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

Embedding nanoscale lasers in a biological cell could lead to optical images with resolution smaller than the laser light’s wavelength.

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Stretching an Elastic Loop: Crease, Helicoid, and Pop Out

Yasuaki Morigaki, Hirofumi Wada, and Yoshimi Tanaka

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 198003 (2016) - Published 3 November, 2016

Experiments with paper ribbons show how one can predict the final shape of a loop when the ribbon’s ends are pulled tight.

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Far-Field Superresolution of Thermal Electromagnetic Sources at the Quantum Limit

Ranjith Nair and Mankei Tsang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 190801 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

Quantum imaging can distinguish between two point-like light sources that are classically indistinguishable, according to theoretical analysis. This may lead to coherent imaging techniques as alternatives to classical microscopy techniques.

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Ultimate Precision Bound of Quantum and Subwavelength Imaging

Cosmo Lupo and Stefano Pirandola

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 190802 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

LETTERS

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

General Method for Constructing Local Hidden Variable Models for Entangled Quantum States

D. Cavalcanti, L. Guerini, R. Rabelo, and P. Skrzypczyk

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 190401 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

Algorithmic Construction of Local Hidden Variable Models for Entangled Quantum States

Flavien Hirsch, Marco Túlio Quintino, Tamás Vértesi, Matthew F. Pusey, and Nicolas Brunner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 190402 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

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Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution Over a 404 km Optical Fiber

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 190501 (2016) - Published 2 November, 2016

A protocol for secure quantum communications has been demonstrated over a record-breaking distance of 404 km.

Quantifying Entanglement of Maximal Dimension in Bipartite Mixed States

Gael Sentís, Christopher Eltschka, Otfried Gühne, Marcus Huber, and Jens Siewert

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 190502 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

Measurement-Induced State Transitions in a Superconducting Qubit: Beyond the Rotating Wave Approximation

Daniel Sank, Zijun Chen, Mostafa Khezri, J. Kelly, R. Barends, B. Campbell, Y. Chen, B. Chiaro, A. Dunsworth, A. Fowler, E. Jeffrey, E. Lucero, A. Megrant, J. Mutus, M. Neeley, C. Neill, P. J. J. O’Malley, C. Quintana, P. Roushan, A. Vainsencher, T. White, J. Wenner, Alexander N. Korotkov, and John M. Martinis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 190503 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

Universal Trade-Off Relation between Power and Efficiency for Heat Engines

Naoto Shiraishi, Keiji Saito, and Hal Tasaki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 190601 (2016) - Published 31 October, 2016

Equilibration via Gaussification in Fermionic Lattice Systems

M. Gluza, C. Krumnow, M. Friesdorf, C. Gogolin, and J. Eisert

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 190602 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Far-Field Superresolution of Thermal Electromagnetic Sources at the Quantum Limit

Ranjith Nair and Mankei Tsang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 190801 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Ultimate Precision Bound of Quantum and Subwavelength Imaging

Cosmo Lupo and Stefano Pirandola

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 190802 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Redshift Factor and the First Law of Binary Black Hole Mechanics in Numerical Simulations

Aaron Zimmerman, Adam G. M. Lewis, and Harald P. Pfeiffer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 191101 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

Elementary Particles and Fields

Branes in Extended Spacetime: Brane Worldvolume Theory Based on Duality Symmetry

Yuho Sakatani and Shozo Uehara

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 191601 (2016) - Published 3 November, 2016

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Testing Hadronic Interactions at Ultrahigh Energies with Air Showers Measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 192001 (2016) - Published 31 October, 2016

The Pierre Auger Observatory has detected more muons from cosmic-ray showers than predicted by the most up-to-date particle-physics models.

Nuclear Physics

Vortical Fluid and $Λ$ Spin Correlations in High-Energy Heavy-Ion Collisions

Long-gang Pang, Hannah Petersen, Qun Wang, and Xin-Nian Wang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 192301 (2016) - Published 1 November, 2016

Pairing Phase Transitions of Matter under Rotation

Yin Jiang and Jinfeng Liao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 192302 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

Measurement of Coherent $π^{+}$ Production in Low Energy Neutrino-Carbon Scattering

K. Abe et al. (The T2K Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 192501 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Exact Factorization-Based Density Functional Theory of Electrons and Nuclei

Ryan Requist and E. K. U. Gross

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 193001 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

Quantum Domain Walls Induce Incommensurate Supersolid Phase on the Anisotropic Triangular Lattice

Xue-Feng Zhang (张学锋), Shijie Hu (胡时杰), Axel Pelster, and Sebastian Eggert

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 193201 (2016) - Published 3 November, 2016

Suppression of Emittance Growth Using a Shaped Cold Atom Electron and Ion Source

D. J. Thompson, D. Murphy, R. W. Speirs, R. M. W. van Bijnen, A. J. McCulloch, R. E. Scholten, and B. M. Sparkes

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 193202 (2016) - Published 3 November, 2016

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

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Metawaveguide for Asymmetric Interferometric Light-Light Switching

Han Zhao, William S. Fegadolli, Jiakai Yu, Zhifeng Zhang, Li Ge, Axel Scherer, and Liang Feng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 193901 (2016) - Published 31 October, 2016

An all-optical switch design uses an asymmetric waveguide that reduces the beam power requirements, which is essential for making such devices practical.

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Laser Particle Stimulated Emission Microscopy

Sangyeon Cho, Matjaž Humar, Nicola Martino, and Seok Hyun Yun

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 193902 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

Embedding nanoscale lasers in a biological cell could lead to optical images with resolution smaller than the laser light’s wavelength.

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Anomalous Damping of a Microelectromechanical Oscillator in Superfluid ${}^{3}{He}$ -B

P. Zheng, W. G. Jiang, C. S. Barquist, Y. Lee, and H. B. Chan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 195301 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

Dynamics of Interacting Fermions in Spin-Dependent Potentials

Andrew P. Koller, Michael L. Wall, Josh Mundinger, and Ana Maria Rey

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 195302 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

Thermal Mode Spectroscopy for Thermal Diffusivity of Millimeter-Size Solids

Hirotsugu Ogi, Tatsuya Ishihara, Hideshi Ishida, Akira Nagakubo, Nobutomo Nakamura, and Masahiko Hirao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 195901 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

Energy Dissipation during Diffusion at Metal Surfaces: Disentangling the Role of Phonons versus Electron-Hole Pairs

Simon P. Rittmeyer, David J. Ward, Patrick Gütlein, John Ellis, William Allison, and Karsten Reuter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 196001 (2016) - Published 3 November, 2016

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Sinai Diffusion at Quasi-1D Topological Phase Transitions

Dmitry Bagrets, Alexander Altland, and Alex Kamenev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 196801 (2016) - Published 1 November, 2016

Artificially Constructed Plasmarons and Plasmon-Exciton Molecules in 2D Metals

A. S. Zhuravlev, V. A. Kuznetsov, L. V. Kulik, V. E. Bisti, V. E. Kirpichev, I. V. Kukushkin, and S. Schmult

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 196802 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

Edge Plasmons in Two-Component Electron Liquids in the Presence of Pseudomagnetic Fields

Alessandro Principi, Mikhail I. Katsnelson, and Giovanni Vignale

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 196803 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

Hidden Fermi-liquid Charge Transport in the Antiferromagnetic Phase of the Electron-Doped Cuprate Superconductors

Yangmu Li, W. Tabis, G. Yu, N. Barišić, and M. Greven

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 197001 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

Terahertz-Driven Nonlinear Spin Response of Antiferromagnetic Nickel Oxide

S. Baierl, J. H. Mentink, M. Hohenleutner, L. Braun, T.-M. Do, C. Lange, A. Sell, M. Fiebig, G. Woltersdorf, T. Kampfrath, and R. Huber

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 197201 (2016) - Published 1 November, 2016

Ground-State Cooling of a Mechanical Oscillator by Interference in Andreev Reflection

P. Stadler, W. Belzig, and G. Rastelli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 197202 (2016) - Published 2 November, 2016

Sign-Problem-Free Monte Carlo Simulation of Certain Frustrated Quantum Magnets

Fabien Alet, Kedar Damle, and Sumiran Pujari

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 197203 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

Spin Wave Power Flow and Caustics in Ultrathin Ferromagnets with the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction

Joo-Von Kim, Robert L. Stamps, and Robert E. Camley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 197204 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

Surfing the High Energy Output Branch of Nonlinear Energy Harvesters

D. Mallick, A. Amann, and S. Roy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 197701 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016

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

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Stretching an Elastic Loop: Crease, Helicoid, and Pop Out

Yasuaki Morigaki, Hirofumi Wada, and Yoshimi Tanaka

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 198003 (2016) - Published 3 November, 2016

Experiments with paper ribbons show how one can predict the final shape of a loop when the ribbon’s ends are pulled tight.

ERRATA

Erratum: Measurement of the Inclusive Leptonic Asymmetry in Top-Quark Pairs that Decay to Two Charged Leptons at CDF [Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 042001 (2014)]

T. Aaltonen et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 199901 (2016) - Published 4 November, 2016