Volume 118, Issue 1

6 January 2017

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Electron micrograph of a three-dimensional metamaterial sitting on a glass substrate. Selected for a Synopsis in Physics and an Editors’ Suggestion.

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Experimental Evidence for Sign Reversal of the Hall Coefficient in Three-Dimensional Metamaterials
Christian Kern, Muamer Kadic, and Martin Wegener
Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 016601 (2017)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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Interplay Between Adsorption and Hydrodynamics in Nanochannels: Towards Tunable Membranes

Sela Samin and René van Roij

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 014502 (2017) - Published 6 January, 2017

Calculations show that capillary forces affecting a fluid mixture flowing through a nanochannel could be used to separate the mixture.

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Experimental Evidence for Sign Reversal of the Hall Coefficient in Three-Dimensional Metamaterials

Christian Kern, Muamer Kadic, and Martin Wegener

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 016601 (2017) - Published 4 January, 2017

A metamaterial that looks like chainmail has a Hall coefficient whose sign is flipped compared to the material it’s made from.

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Bose-Einstein Condensation of Long-Lifetime Polaritons in Thermal Equilibrium

Yongbao Sun, Patrick Wen, Yoseob Yoon, Gangqiang Liu, Mark Steger, Loren N. Pfeiffer, Ken West, David W. Snoke, and Keith A. Nelson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 016602 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

Making use of improved microcavities, hybrid condensates of matter and light can be tuned to reach a thermal equilibrium state, despite their finite lifetime.

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Giant Spin-Orbit Splitting in Inverted $InAs / GaSb$ Double Quantum Wells

Fabrizio Nichele, Morten Kjaergaard, Henri J. Suominen, Rafal Skolasinski, Michael Wimmer, Binh-Minh Nguyen, Andrey A. Kiselev, Wei Yi, Marko Sokolich, Michael J. Manfra, Fanming Qu, Arjan J. A. Beukman, Leo P. Kouwenhoven, and Charles M. Marcus

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 016801 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

A pair of semiconductor quantum wells with an inverted band structure hosts electrons whose spins are almost all in the same quantum state.

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Anisotropic Invariance and the Distribution of Quantum Correlations

Shuming Cheng and Michael J. W. Hall

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 010401 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

Two newly-discovered invariant properties of three-qubit states provide a fundamental missing link between two-party and three-party quantum correlations.

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Exacerbating the Cosmological Constant Problem with Interacting Dark Energy Models

M. C. David Marsh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 011302 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

A theoretical analysis suggests that interacting models of dark energy may be in tension with anthropic explanations of the cosmological constant based on theories with a finite number of vacua.

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Unified Time and Frequency Picture of Ultrafast Atomic Excitation in Strong Laser Fields

H. Zimmermann, S. Patchkovskii, M. Ivanov, and U. Eichmann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 013003 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

A study describes tunneling and multi-photon regimes as manifestations of the same nonlinear process, viewed in time and frequency domains.

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Matter-Wave–Optical-Wave Mixing-Induced Transparency and a Nonhyperbolic Matter-Wave Quasisoliton in Quantum Gases

Yan Li, Chengjie Zhu, W. R. Garrett, E. W. Hagley, and L. Deng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 013901 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

A new induced transparency effect is predicted to occur when a collective mode is excited in a Bose-Einstein condensate via a Raman process.

LETTERS

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

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Anisotropic Invariance and the Distribution of Quantum Correlations

Shuming Cheng and Michael J. W. Hall

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 010401 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

Two newly-discovered invariant properties of three-qubit states provide a fundamental missing link between two-party and three-party quantum correlations.

Experimental Demonstration of Direct Path State Characterization by Strongly Measuring Weak Values in a Matter-Wave Interferometer

Tobias Denkmayr, Hermann Geppert, Hartmut Lemmel, Mordecai Waegell, Justin Dressel, Yuji Hasegawa, and Stephan Sponar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 010402 (2017) - Published 6 January, 2017

Optimal Hamiltonian Simulation by Quantum Signal Processing

Guang Hao Low and Isaac L. Chuang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 010501 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

Stochastic Thermodynamics of Learning

Sebastian Goldt and Udo Seifert

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 010601 (2017) - Published 6 January, 2017

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Self-Force Corrections to the Periapsis Advance around a Spinning Black Hole

Maarten van de Meent

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 011101 (2017) - Published 3 January, 2017

Fermi Large Area Telescope as a Galactic Supernovae Axionscope

M. Meyer, M. Giannotti, A. Mirizzi, J. Conrad, and M. A. Sánchez-Conde

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 011103 (2017) - Published 6 January, 2017

Relativistic Axions from Collapsing Bose Stars

D. G. Levkov, A. G. Panin, and I. I. Tkachev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 011301 (2017) - Published 3 January, 2017

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Exacerbating the Cosmological Constant Problem with Interacting Dark Energy Models

M. C. David Marsh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 011302 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

A theoretical analysis suggests that interacting models of dark energy may be in tension with anthropic explanations of the cosmological constant based on theories with a finite number of vacua.

Gravitational Waves from Oscillons after Inflation

Stefan Antusch, Francesco Cefalà, and Stefano Orani

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 011303 (2017) - Published 6 January, 2017

Elementary Particles and Fields

Global Symmetries, Volume Independence, and Continuity in Quantum Field Theories

Tin Sulejmanpasic

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 011601 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

Nonsupersymmetric Dualities from Mirror Symmetry

Shamit Kachru, Michael Mulligan, Gonzalo Torroba, and Huajia Wang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 011602 (2017) - Published 6 January, 2017

Minkowski Flux Vacua of Type II Supergravities

David Andriot, Johan Blåbäck, and Thomas Van Riet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 011603 (2017) - Published 6 January, 2017

Revisiting Lepton Flavor Universality in $B$ Decays

Ferruccio Feruglio, Paride Paradisi, and Andrea Pattori

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 011801 (2017) - Published 3 January, 2017

Search for Invisible Decays of Sub-GeV Dark Photons in Missing-Energy Events at the CERN SPS

D. Banerjee et al. (NA64 Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 011802 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

Time to Go Beyond Triple-Gauge-Boson-Coupling Interpretation of $W$ Pair Production

Zhengkang Zhang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 011803 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

Amplitude Analysis of the Decays $η^{'} \to π^{+} π^{-} π^{0}$ and $η^{'} \to π^{0} π^{0} π^{0}$

M. Ablikim et al. (BESIII Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 012001 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

Nuclear Physics

Charge-Dependent Directed Flow in $Cu + Au$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{N N}} = 200 GeV$

L. Adamczyk et al. (STAR Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 012301 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

Chaos and Regularity in the Doubly Magic Nucleus ${}^{208}{Pb}$

B. Dietz, A. Heusler, K. H. Maier, A. Richter, and B. A. Brown

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 012501 (2017) - Published 3 January, 2017

Investigation of the ${}^{10}{Li}$ shell inversion by neutron continuum transfer reaction

M. Cavallaro, M. De Napoli, F. Cappuzzello, S. E. A. Orrigo, C. Agodi, M. Bondí, D. Carbone, A. Cunsolo, B. Davids, T. Davinson, A. Foti, N. Galinski, R. Kanungo, H. Lenske, C. Ruiz, and A. Sanetullaev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 012701 (2017) - Published 3 January, 2017

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Construction of Multichromophoric Spectra from Monomer Data: Applications to Resonant Energy Transfer

Aurélia Chenu and Jianshu Cao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 013001 (2017) - Published 3 January, 2017

Circular Dichroism in Multiphoton Ionization of Resonantly Excited ${He}^{+}$ Ions

M. Ilchen, N. Douguet, T. Mazza, A. J. Rafipoor, C. Callegari, P. Finetti, O. Plekan, K. C. Prince, A. Demidovich, C. Grazioli, L. Avaldi, P. Bolognesi, M. Coreno, M. Di Fraia, M. Devetta, Y. Ovcharenko, S. Düsterer, K. Ueda, K. Bartschat, A. N. Grum-Grzhimailo, A. V. Bozhevolnov, A. K. Kazansky, N. M. Kabachnik, and M. Meyer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 013002 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Unified Time and Frequency Picture of Ultrafast Atomic Excitation in Strong Laser Fields

H. Zimmermann, S. Patchkovskii, M. Ivanov, and U. Eichmann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 013003 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

A study describes tunneling and multi-photon regimes as manifestations of the same nonlinear process, viewed in time and frequency domains.

Synthetic Dimensions with Magnetic Fields and Local Interactions in Photonic Lattices

Tomoki Ozawa and Iacopo Carusotto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 013601 (2017) - Published 3 January, 2017

Observation of Mollow Triplets with Tunable Interactions in Double Lambda Systems of Individual Hole Spins

K. G. Lagoudakis, K. A. Fischer, T. Sarmiento, P. L. McMahon, M. Radulaski, J. L. Zhang, Y. Kelaita, C. Dory, K. Müller, and J. Vučković

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 013602 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

Fragmented Superradiance of a Bose-Einstein Condensate in an Optical Cavity

Axel U. J. Lode and Christoph Bruder

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 013603 (2017) - Published 6 January, 2017

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Matter-Wave–Optical-Wave Mixing-Induced Transparency and a Nonhyperbolic Matter-Wave Quasisoliton in Quantum Gases

Yan Li, Chengjie Zhu, W. R. Garrett, E. W. Hagley, and L. Deng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 013901 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

A new induced transparency effect is predicted to occur when a collective mode is excited in a Bose-Einstein condensate via a Raman process.

Bistability Controlled by Convection in a Pattern-Forming System

Nicolas Marsal, Lionel Weicker, Delphine Wolfersberger, and Marc Sciamanna

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 013902 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

Water Penetration through a Superhydrophobic Mesh During a Drop Impact

Seunggeol Ryu, Prosenjit Sen, Youngsuk Nam, and Choongyeop Lee

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 014501 (2017) - Published 3 January, 2017

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Interplay Between Adsorption and Hydrodynamics in Nanochannels: Towards Tunable Membranes

Sela Samin and René van Roij

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 014502 (2017) - Published 6 January, 2017

Calculations show that capillary forces affecting a fluid mixture flowing through a nanochannel could be used to separate the mixture.

Plasma and Beam Physics

Amplification of Relativistic Electron Bunches by Acceleration in Laser Fields

J. Braenzel, A. A. Andreev, F. Abicht, L. Ehrentraut, K. Platonov, and M. Schnürer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 014801 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

Refractive Index Seen by a Probe Beam Interacting with a Laser-Plasma System

D. Turnbull, C. Goyon, G. E. Kemp, B. B. Pollock, D. Mariscal, L. Divol, J. S. Ross, S. Patankar, J. D. Moody, and P. Michel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 015001 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

Main-Ion Intrinsic Toroidal Rotation Profile Driven by Residual Stress Torque from Ion Temperature Gradient Turbulence in the DIII-D Tokamak

B. A. Grierson, W. X. Wang, S. Ethier, G. M. Staebler, D. J. Battaglia, J. A. Boedo, J. S. deGrassie, and W. M. Solomon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 015002 (2017) - Published 6 January, 2017

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Loschmidt Echo Revivals: Critical and Noncritical

R. Jafari and Henrik Johannesson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 015701 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

Transient Casimir Forces from Quenches in Thermal and Active Matter

Christian M. Rohwer, Mehran Kardar, and Matthias Krüger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 015702 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

Accelerating ab initio Molecular Dynamics and Probing the Weak Dispersive Forces in Dense Liquid Hydrogen

Guglielmo Mazzola and Sandro Sorella

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 015703 (2017) - Published 6 January, 2017

Fast Surface Dynamics of Metallic Glass Enable Superlatticelike Nanostructure Growth

L. Chen, C. R. Cao, J. A. Shi, Z. Lu, Y. T. Sun, P. Luo, L. Gu, H. Y. Bai, M. X. Pan, and W. H. Wang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 016101 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Pseudospin Vortex Ring with a Nodal Line in Three Dimensions

Lih-King Lim and Roderich Moessner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 016401 (2017) - Published 3 January, 2017

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Experimental Evidence for Sign Reversal of the Hall Coefficient in Three-Dimensional Metamaterials

Christian Kern, Muamer Kadic, and Martin Wegener

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 016601 (2017) - Published 4 January, 2017

A metamaterial that looks like chainmail has a Hall coefficient whose sign is flipped compared to the material it’s made from.

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Bose-Einstein Condensation of Long-Lifetime Polaritons in Thermal Equilibrium

Yongbao Sun, Patrick Wen, Yoseob Yoon, Gangqiang Liu, Mark Steger, Loren N. Pfeiffer, Ken West, David W. Snoke, and Keith A. Nelson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 016602 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017

Making use of improved microcavities, hybrid condensates of matter and light can be tuned to reach a thermal equilibrium state, despite their finite lifetime.

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Selective Excitation of Terahertz Magnetic and Electric Dipoles in ${Er}^{3 +}$ Ions by Femtosecond Laser Pulses in ${ErFeO}_{3}$

R. V. Mikhaylovskiy, T. J. Huisman, R. V. Pisarev, Th. Rasing, and A. V. Kimel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 017205 (2017) - Published 6 January, 2017

Facilitation of Ferroelectric Switching via Mechanical Manipulation of Hierarchical Nanoscale Domain Structures

Zibin Chen, Liang Hong, Feifei Wang, Simon P. Ringer, Long-Qing Chen, Haosu Luo, and Xiaozhou Liao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 017601 (2017) - Published 6 January, 2017

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

ERRATA

Publisher’s Note: Eigenvalue Outliers of Non-Hermitian Random Matrices with a Local Tree Structure [Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 224101 (2016)]

Izaak Neri and Fernando Lucas Metz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 019901 (2017) - Published 5 January, 2017