Volume 119, Issue 1

7 July 2017

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On the Cover

Simulation snapshots showing compression of colloidal spherocylinder monolayers with aspect ratios 9 (top row) and 15 (bottom row). Maximal packing area increases from left to right.

From the article:

Colloidal Spherocylinders at an Interface: Flipper Dynamics and Bilayer Formation
T. Li, G. Brandani, D. Marenduzzo, and P. S. Clegg
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 018001 (2017)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Experimental Realization of Type-II Dirac Fermions in a ${PdTe}_{2}$ Superconductor

Han-Jin Noh, Jinwon Jeong, En-Jin Cho, Kyoo Kim, B. I. Min, and Byeong-Gyu Park

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 016401 (2017) - Published 5 July, 2017

Three separate groups report experimental evidence of novel type-II Dirac quasiparticles, suggesting possible applications in future quantum technology.

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Inferences about Supernova Physics from Gravitational-Wave Measurements: GW151226 Spin Misalignment as an Indicator of Strong Black-Hole Natal Kicks

Richard O’Shaughnessy, Davide Gerosa, and Daniel Wysocki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 011101 (2017) - Published 6 July, 2017

An analysis of data from LIGO’s second gravitational-wave event indicates that a supernova can impart a strong kick to the black hole it creates.

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Observing Dissipative Topological Defects with Coupled Lasers

Vishwa Pal, Chene Tradonsky, Ronen Chriki, Asher A. Friesem, and Nir Davidson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 013902 (2017) - Published 7 July, 2017

A circle of interacting lasers is a new model system for exploring topological defects, disordered structures that show up in a wide variety of seemingly unrelated systems.

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Event-Ready Bell Test Using Entangled Atoms Simultaneously Closing Detection and Locality Loopholes

Wenjamin Rosenfeld, Daniel Burchardt, Robert Garthoff, Kai Redeker, Norbert Ortegel, Markus Rau, and Harald Weinfurter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 010402 (2017) - Published 6 July, 2017

Rubidium atoms 400 meters apart have been used to demonstrate the first event-ready violation of a Bell inequality, free from the usual loopholes.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Tuning Paramagnetic Spin Excitations of Single Adatoms

Julen Ibañez-Azpiroz, Manuel dos Santos Dias, Benedikt Schweflinghaus, Stefan Blügel, and Samir Lounis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 017203 (2017) - Published 7 July, 2017

Theory and simulations show that strongly renormalized spin-flip interactions of nonmagnetic atoms can be measured by inelastic scanning tunneling spectroscopy.

LETTERS

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

Semiclassical “Divide-and-Conquer” Method for Spectroscopic Calculations of High Dimensional Molecular Systems

Michele Ceotto, Giovanni Di Liberto, and Riccardo Conte

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 010401 (2017) - Published 6 July, 2017

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Event-Ready Bell Test Using Entangled Atoms Simultaneously Closing Detection and Locality Loopholes

Wenjamin Rosenfeld, Daniel Burchardt, Robert Garthoff, Kai Redeker, Norbert Ortegel, Markus Rau, and Harald Weinfurter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 010402 (2017) - Published 6 July, 2017

Rubidium atoms 400 meters apart have been used to demonstrate the first event-ready violation of a Bell inequality, free from the usual loopholes.

Nonlinear Quantum Metrology of Many-Body Open Systems

M. Beau and A. del Campo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 010403 (2017) - Published 6 July, 2017

Steady States of Infinite-Size Dissipative Quantum Chains via Imaginary Time Evolution

Adil A. Gangat, Te I, and Ying-Jer Kao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 010501 (2017) - Published 5 July, 2017

Quasicontinuous-Variable Quantum Computation with Collective Spins in Multipath Interferometers

Tomáš Opatrný

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 010502 (2017) - Published 5 July, 2017

Phase-Tuned Entangled State Generation between Distant Spin Qubits

R. Stockill, M. J. Stanley, L. Huthmacher, E. Clarke, M. Hugues, A. J. Miller, C. Matthiesen, C. Le Gall, and M. Atatüre

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 010503 (2017) - Published 7 July, 2017

Computational Power of Symmetry-Protected Topological Phases

David T. Stephen, Dong-Sheng Wang, Abhishodh Prakash, Tzu-Chieh Wei, and Robert Raussendorf

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 010504 (2017) - Published 5 July, 2017

Prethermalization at Low Temperature: The Scent of Long-Range Order

Vincenzo Alba and Maurizio Fagotti

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 010601 (2017) - Published 5 July, 2017

Critical Time Crystals in Dipolar Systems

Wen Wei Ho, Soonwon Choi, Mikhail D. Lukin, and Dmitry A. Abanin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 010602 (2017) - Published 6 July, 2017

Spacetime Symmetries and Conformal Data in the Continuous Multiscale Entanglement Renormalization Ansatz

Q. Hu and G. Vidal

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 010603 (2017) - Published 7 July, 2017

Dissipatively Stabilized Quantum Sensor Based on Indirect Nuclear-Nuclear Interactions

Q. Chen, I. Schwarz, and M. B. Plenio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 010801 (2017) - Published 6 July, 2017

Gravitation and Astrophysics

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Inferences about Supernova Physics from Gravitational-Wave Measurements: GW151226 Spin Misalignment as an Indicator of Strong Black-Hole Natal Kicks

Richard O’Shaughnessy, Davide Gerosa, and Daniel Wysocki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 011101 (2017) - Published 6 July, 2017

An analysis of data from LIGO’s second gravitational-wave event indicates that a supernova can impart a strong kick to the black hole it creates.

Elementary Particles and Fields

Coupling Constant Corrections in a Holographic Model of Heavy Ion Collisions

Sašo Grozdanov and Wilke van der Schee

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 011601 (2017) - Published 6 July, 2017

Accidental Peccei-Quinn Symmetry Protected to Arbitrary Order

Luca Di Luzio, Enrico Nardi, and Lorenzo Ubaldi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 011801 (2017) - Published 6 July, 2017

Measurement of Neutral-Current $K^{+}$ Production by Neutrinos using MINERvA

C. M. Marshall et al. (MINERvA Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 011802 (2017) - Published 7 July, 2017

Nuclear Physics

New Measurements of the Beam Normal Spin Asymmetries at Large Backward Angles with Hydrogen and Deuterium Targets

D. Balaguer Ríos et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 012501 (2017) - Published 6 July, 2017

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Quantum Zeno Suppression of Intramolecular Forces

S. Wüster

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 013001 (2017) - Published 6 July, 2017

Visualizing the Efimov Correlation in Bose Polarons

Mingyuan Sun, Hui Zhai, and Xiaoling Cui

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 013401 (2017) - Published 6 July, 2017

Measurement-Induced Strong Kerr Nonlinearity for Weak Quantum States of Light

Luca S. Costanzo, Antonio S. Coelho, Nicola Biagi, Jaromír Fiurášek, Marco Bellini, and Alessandro Zavatta

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 013601 (2017) - Published 5 July, 2017

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Single-Molecule Investigation of Energy Dynamics in a Coupled Plasmon-Exciton System

Hiroshi Imada, Kuniyuki Miwa, Miyabi Imai-Imada, Shota Kawahara, Kensuke Kimura, and Yousoo Kim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 013901 (2017) - Published 5 July, 2017

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Observing Dissipative Topological Defects with Coupled Lasers

Vishwa Pal, Chene Tradonsky, Ronen Chriki, Asher A. Friesem, and Nir Davidson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 013902 (2017) - Published 7 July, 2017

A circle of interacting lasers is a new model system for exploring topological defects, disordered structures that show up in a wide variety of seemingly unrelated systems.

Measurement of a Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability at an Air- ${SF}_{6}$ Interface in a Semiannular Shock Tube

Juchun Ding, Ting Si, Jiming Yang, Xiyun Lu, Zhigang Zhai, and Xisheng Luo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 014501 (2017) - Published 7 July, 2017

Stochastic Chaos in a Turbulent Swirling Flow

D. Faranda, Y. Sato, B. Saint-Michel, C. Wiertel, V. Padilla, B. Dubrulle, and F. Daviaud

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 014502 (2017) - Published 7 July, 2017

Plasma and Beam Physics

Phase Locking the Spin Precession in a Storage Ring

N. Hempelmann et al. (JEDI Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 014801 (2017) - Published 5 July, 2017

Observation of Flat Electron Temperature Profiles in the Lithium Tokamak Experiment

D. P. Boyle, R. Majeski, J. C. Schmitt, C. Hansen, R. Kaita, S. Kubota, M. Lucia, and T. D. Rognlien

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 015001 (2017) - Published 5 July, 2017

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Enhancing Entropy and Enthalpy Fluctuations to Drive Crystallization in Atomistic Simulations

Pablo M. Piaggi, Omar Valsson, and Michele Parrinello

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 015701 (2017) - Published 6 July, 2017

Uhlmann Connection in Fermionic Systems Undergoing Phase Transitions

Bruno Mera, Chrysoula Vlachou, Nikola Paunković, and Vítor R. Vieira

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 015702 (2017) - Published 7 July, 2017

Novel ${Pd}_{2} {Se}_{3}$ Two-Dimensional Phase Driven by Interlayer Fusion in Layered ${PdSe}_{2}$

Junhao Lin, Sebastian Zuluaga, Peng Yu, Zheng Liu, Sokrates T. Pantelides, and Kazu Suenaga

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 016101 (2017) - Published 6 July, 2017

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

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EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Experimental Realization of Type-II Dirac Fermions in a ${PdTe}_{2}$ Superconductor

Han-Jin Noh, Jinwon Jeong, En-Jin Cho, Kyoo Kim, B. I. Min, and Byeong-Gyu Park

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 016401 (2017) - Published 5 July, 2017

Three separate groups report experimental evidence of novel type-II Dirac quasiparticles, suggesting possible applications in future quantum technology.

Transference of Fermi Contour Anisotropy to Composite Fermions

Insun Jo, K. A. Villegas Rosales, M. A. Mueed, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, K. W. Baldwin, R. Winkler, Medini Padmanabhan, and M. Shayegan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 016402 (2017) - Published 7 July, 2017

First-Principles Prediction of Spin-Polarized Multiple Dirac Rings in Manganese Fluoride

Yalong Jiao, Fengxian Ma, Chunmei Zhang, John Bell, Stefano Sanvito, and Aijun Du

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 016403 (2017) - Published 7 July, 2017

Nonlinear Conductivity and Collective Charge Excitations in the Lowest Landau Level

Assa Auerbach and Daniel P. Arovas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 016601 (2017) - Published 7 July, 2017

Determining Potentials of Zero Charge of Metal Electrodes versus the Standard Hydrogen Electrode from Density-Functional-Theory-Based Molecular Dynamics

Jiabo Le, Marcella Iannuzzi, Angel Cuesta, and Jun Cheng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 016801 (2017) - Published 5 July, 2017

Characterizing Time Irreversibility in Disordered Fermionic Systems by the Effect of Local Perturbations

Shreya Vardhan, Giuseppe De Tomasi, Markus Heyl, Eric J. Heller, and Frank Pollmann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 016802 (2017) - Published 6 July, 2017

Current-Driven Instability of the Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect in Ferromagnetic Topological Insulators

Minoru Kawamura, Ryutaro Yoshimi, Atsushi Tsukazaki, Kei S. Takahashi, Masashi Kawasaki, and Yoshinori Tokura

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 016803 (2017) - Published 7 July, 2017

Nonadiabatic Kohn Anomaly in Heavily Boron-Doped Diamond

Fabio Caruso, Moritz Hoesch, Philipp Achatz, Jorge Serrano, Michael Krisch, Etienne Bustarret, and Feliciano Giustino

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 017001 (2017) - Published 6 July, 2017

Spin-Orbital Correlated Dynamics in the Spinel-Type Vanadium Oxide ${MnV}_{2} O_{4}$

Keisuke Matsuura, Hajime Sagayama, Amane Uehara, Yoichi Nii, Ryoichi Kajimoto, Kazuya Kamazawa, Kazuhiko Ikeuchi, Sungdae Ji, Nobuyuki Abe, and Taka-hisa Arima

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 017201 (2017) - Published 5 July, 2017

Femtosecond Spin Current Pulses Generated by the Nonthermal Spin-Dependent Seebeck Effect and Interacting with Ferromagnets in Spin Valves

Alexandr Alekhin, Ilya Razdolski, Nikita Ilin, Jan P. Meyburg, Detlef Diesing, Vladimir Roddatis, Ivan Rungger, Maria Stamenova, Stefano Sanvito, Uwe Bovensiepen, and Alexey Melnikov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 017202 (2017) - Published 6 July, 2017

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Tuning Paramagnetic Spin Excitations of Single Adatoms

Julen Ibañez-Azpiroz, Manuel dos Santos Dias, Benedikt Schweflinghaus, Stefan Blügel, and Samir Lounis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 017203 (2017) - Published 7 July, 2017

Theory and simulations show that strongly renormalized spin-flip interactions of nonmagnetic atoms can be measured by inelastic scanning tunneling spectroscopy.

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

ERRATA

Publisher’s Note: Infrared Topological Plasmons in Graphene [Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 245301 (2017)]

Dafei Jin, Thomas Christensen, Marin Soljačić, Nicholas X. Fang, Ling Lu, and Xiang Zhang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 019901 (2017) - Published 7 July, 2017