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Simulation snapshot of a “slip link” (red) consisting of two cohesin rings in a dimer sliding along a chromatin fiber (blue). The sliding leads to formation of a loop in the fiber. Selected for an Editors’ Suggestion.

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Nonequilibrium Chromosome Looping via Molecular Slip Links
C. A. Brackley, J. Johnson, D. Michieletto, A. N. Morozov, M. Nicodemi, P. R. Cook, and D. Marenduzzo
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 138101 (2017)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

Search for Invisible Decays of a Dark Photon Produced in e+e Collisions at BaBar

J. P. Lees et al. (BaBar Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 131804 (2017) - Published 28 September, 2017

The lack of so-called “dark photons” in electron-positron collision data rules out scenarios in which these hypothetical particles explain the muon’s magnetic moment

High-Precision Probe of the Fully Sequential Decay Width of the Hoyle State in C12

D. Dell’Aquila et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 132501 (2017) - Published 25 September, 2017

Two experiments provide the most precise picture to date of how an excited state of carbon decays into three helium nuclei.

New Measurement of the Direct 3α Decay from the C12 Hoyle State

R. Smith, Tz. Kokalova, C. Wheldon, J. E. Bishop, M. Freer, N. Curtis, and D. J. Parker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 132502 (2017) - Published 25 September, 2017

Two experiments provide the most precise picture to date of how an excited state of carbon decays into three helium nuclei.

Many-Molecule Reaction Triggered by a Single Photon in Polaritonic Chemistry

Javier Galego, Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal, and Johannes Feist

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 136001 (2017) - Published 27 September, 2017

Using an optical cavity to couple several molecules can potentially set up a chemical chain reaction that requires just one photon to initiate.

Single-Electron and Single-Photon Sensitivity with a Silicon Skipper CCD

Javier Tiffenberg, Miguel Sofo-Haro, Alex Drlica-Wagner, Rouven Essig, Yann Guardincerri, Steve Holland, Tomer Volansky, and Tien-Tien Yu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 131802 (2017) - Published 26 September, 2017

A CCD design relying on multiple charge measurements has achieved a precision that allows the detection of a single electron per pixel.

Ultimate Stable Underwater Superhydrophobic State

Yaolei Xiang, Shenglin Huang, Pengyu Lv, Yahui Xue, Qiang Su, and Huiling Duan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 134501 (2017) - Published 27 September, 2017

Researchers find tricks to prolong the typically short-lived water repellency of a superhydrophobic surface.

Optimal Measurements for Simultaneous Quantum Estimation of Multiple Phases

Luca Pezzè, Mario A. Ciampini, Nicolò Spagnolo, Peter C. Humphreys, Animesh Datta, Ian A. Walmsley, Marco Barbieri, Fabio Sciarrino, and Augusto Smerzi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 130504 (2017) - Published 29 September, 2017

The conditions for simultaneous quantum estimation of multiple parameters are derived, a desired step forward for the design of future quantum imaging and metrology devices.

Exposing the QCD Splitting Function with CMS Open Data

Andrew Larkoski, Simone Marzani, Jesse Thaler, Aashish Tripathee, and Wei Xue

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 132003 (2017) - Published 26 September, 2017

The first analysis of public data from the CMS experiment at the LHC probes the substructures of jets produced in proton-proton collisions recorded in 2010.

Scaling of Majorana Zero-Bias Conductance Peaks

Fabrizio Nichele, Asbjørn C. C. Drachmann, Alexander M. Whiticar, Eoin C. T. O’Farrell, Henri J. Suominen, Antonio Fornieri, Tian Wang, Geoffrey C. Gardner, Candice Thomas, Anthony T. Hatke, Peter Krogstrup, Michael J. Manfra, Karsten Flensberg, and Charles M. Marcus

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 136803 (2017) - Published 27 September, 2017

Under certain conditions, conductance peaks at zero electrical bias may be considered as signatures of Majorana bound states.

Nonequilibrium Chromosome Looping via Molecular Slip Links

C. A. Brackley, J. Johnson, D. Michieletto, A. N. Morozov, M. Nicodemi, P. R. Cook, and D. Marenduzzo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 138101 (2017) - Published 26 September, 2017

A nonequilibrium mechanism based on diffusive sliding of molecules that bind to DNA is proposed for loop formation in chromosomes.

LETTERS

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

Nonexponential Quantum Decay under Environmental Decoherence

M. Beau, J. Kiukas, I. L. Egusquiza, and A. del Campo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 130401 (2017) - Published 27 September, 2017

Detecting Topological Invariants in Nonunitary Discrete-Time Quantum Walks

Xiang Zhan, Lei Xiao, Zhihao Bian, Kunkun Wang, Xingze Qiu, Barry C. Sanders, Wei Yi, and Peng Xue

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 130501 (2017) - Published 27 September, 2017

What Randomized Benchmarking Actually Measures

Timothy Proctor, Kenneth Rudinger, Kevin Young, Mohan Sarovar, and Robin Blume-Kohout

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 130502 (2017) - Published 28 September, 2017

Improving a Solid-State Qubit through an Engineered Mesoscopic Environment

G. Éthier-Majcher, D. Gangloff, R. Stockill, E. Clarke, M. Hugues, C. Le Gall, and M. Atatüre

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 130503 (2017) - Published 28 September, 2017

Optimal Measurements for Simultaneous Quantum Estimation of Multiple Phases

Luca Pezzè, Mario A. Ciampini, Nicolò Spagnolo, Peter C. Humphreys, Animesh Datta, Ian A. Walmsley, Marco Barbieri, Fabio Sciarrino, and Augusto Smerzi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 130504 (2017) - Published 29 September, 2017

The conditions for simultaneous quantum estimation of multiple parameters are derived, a desired step forward for the design of future quantum imaging and metrology devices.

Spatial Multiplexing of Atom-Photon Entanglement Sources using Feedforward Control and Switching Networks

Long Tian, Zhongxiao Xu, Lirong Chen, Wei Ge, Haoxiang Yuan, Yafei Wen, Shengzhi Wang, Shujing Li, and Hai Wang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 130505 (2017) - Published 29 September, 2017

Kinetic Energy of a Trapped Fermi Gas at Finite Temperature

Jacek Grela, Satya N. Majumdar, and Grégory Schehr

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 130601 (2017) - Published 26 September, 2017

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Stochastic and Resolvable Gravitational Waves from Ultralight Bosons

Richard Brito, Shrobana Ghosh, Enrico Barausse, Emanuele Berti, Vitor Cardoso, Irina Dvorkin, Antoine Klein, and Paolo Pani

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 131101 (2017) - Published 27 September, 2017

Probing Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter with Gravitational Waves

Ely D. Kovetz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 131301 (2017) - Published 28 September, 2017

Elementary Particles and Fields

Modular Invariance of Conformal Field Theory on S1×S3 and Circle Fibrations

Edgar Shaghoulian

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 131601 (2017) - Published 29 September, 2017

Dark Kinetic Heating of Neutron Stars and an Infrared Window on WIMPs, SIMPs, and Pure Higgsinos

Masha Baryakhtar, Joseph Bramante, Shirley Weishi Li, Tim Linden, and Nirmal Raj

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 131801 (2017) - Published 26 September, 2017

Single-Electron and Single-Photon Sensitivity with a Silicon Skipper CCD

Javier Tiffenberg, Miguel Sofo-Haro, Alex Drlica-Wagner, Rouven Essig, Yann Guardincerri, Steve Holland, Tomer Volansky, and Tien-Tien Yu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 131802 (2017) - Published 26 September, 2017

A CCD design relying on multiple charge measurements has achieved a precision that allows the detection of a single electron per pixel.

Maximally Symmetric Composite Higgs Models

Csaba Csáki, Teng Ma, and Jing Shu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 131803 (2017) - Published 27 September, 2017

Search for Invisible Decays of a Dark Photon Produced in e+e Collisions at BaBar

J. P. Lees et al. (BaBar Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 131804 (2017) - Published 28 September, 2017

The lack of so-called “dark photons” in electron-positron collision data rules out scenarios in which these hypothetical particles explain the muon’s magnetic moment

First Simultaneous Extraction of Spin-Dependent Parton Distributions and Fragmentation Functions from a Global QCD Analysis

J. J. Ethier, N. Sato, and W. Melnitchouk (Jefferson Lab Angular Momentum (JAM) Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 132001 (2017) - Published 26 September, 2017

Electromagnetic Charge Radius of the Pion at High Precision

B. Ananthanarayan, Irinel Caprini, and Diganta Das

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 132002 (2017) - Published 28 September, 2017

Exposing the QCD Splitting Function with CMS Open Data

Andrew Larkoski, Simone Marzani, Jesse Thaler, Aashish Tripathee, and Wei Xue

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 132003 (2017) - Published 26 September, 2017

The first analysis of public data from the CMS experiment at the LHC probes the substructures of jets produced in proton-proton collisions recorded in 2010.

Nuclear Physics

High-Precision Probe of the Fully Sequential Decay Width of the Hoyle State in C12

D. Dell’Aquila et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 132501 (2017) - Published 25 September, 2017

Two experiments provide the most precise picture to date of how an excited state of carbon decays into three helium nuclei.

New Measurement of the Direct 3α Decay from the C12 Hoyle State

R. Smith, Tz. Kokalova, C. Wheldon, J. E. Bishop, M. Freer, N. Curtis, and D. J. Parker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 132502 (2017) - Published 25 September, 2017

Two experiments provide the most precise picture to date of how an excited state of carbon decays into three helium nuclei.

A Laser Excitation Scheme for Th229m

Lars von der Wense, Benedict Seiferle, Simon Stellmer, Johannes Weitenberg, Georgy Kazakov, Adriana Pálffy, and Peter G. Thirolf

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 132503 (2017) - Published 28 September, 2017

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Potential Energy Surface Reconstruction and Lifetime Determination of Molecular Double-Core-Hole States in the Hard X-Ray Regime

T. Marchenko, G. Goldsztejn, K. Jänkälä, O. Travnikova, L. Journel, R. Guillemin, N. Sisourat, D. Céolin, M. Žitnik, M. Kavčič, K. Bučar, A. Mihelič, B. Cunha de Miranda, I. Ismail, A. F. Lago, F. Gel’mukhanov, R. Püttner, M. N. Piancastelli, and M. Simon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 133001 (2017) - Published 27 September, 2017

Precision Measurement of Time-Reversal Symmetry Violation with Laser-Cooled Polyatomic Molecules

Ivan Kozyryev and Nicholas R. Hutzler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 133002 (2017) - Published 28 September, 2017

Excess Hydrogen Bond at the Ice-Vapor Interface around 200 K

Wilbert J. Smit, Fujie Tang, M. Alejandra Sánchez, Ellen H. G. Backus, Limei Xu, Taisuke Hasegawa, Mischa Bonn, Huib J. Bakker, and Yuki Nagata

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 133003 (2017) - Published 28 September, 2017

General Linearized Theory of Quantum Fluctuations around Arbitrary Limit Cycles

Carlos Navarrete-Benlloch, Talitha Weiss, Stefan Walter, and Germán J. de Valcárcel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 133601 (2017) - Published 26 September, 2017

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Negative Landau Damping in Bilayer Graphene

Tiago A. Morgado and Mário G. Silveirinha

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 133901 (2017) - Published 26 September, 2017

Ultimate Stable Underwater Superhydrophobic State

Yaolei Xiang, Shenglin Huang, Pengyu Lv, Yahui Xue, Qiang Su, and Huiling Duan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 134501 (2017) - Published 27 September, 2017

Researchers find tricks to prolong the typically short-lived water repellency of a superhydrophobic surface.

Dissipative Effects on Inertial-Range Statistics at High Reynolds Numbers

Michael Sinhuber, Gregory P. Bewley, and Eberhard Bodenschatz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 134502 (2017) - Published 29 September, 2017

Plasma and Beam Physics

Coherent Beam-Beam Instability in Collisions with a Large Crossing Angle

K. Ohmi, N. Kuroo, K. Oide, D. Zhou, and F. Zimmermann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 134801 (2017) - Published 26 September, 2017

Landau Damping of Beam Instabilities by Electron Lenses

V. Shiltsev, Y. Alexahin, A. Burov, and A. Valishev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 134802 (2017) - Published 27 September, 2017

Ab initio Exchange-Correlation Free Energy of the Uniform Electron Gas at Warm Dense Matter Conditions

Simon Groth, Tobias Dornheim, Travis Sjostrom, Fionn D. Malone, W. M. C. Foulkes, and Michael Bonitz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 135001 (2017) - Published 28 September, 2017

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Kinetically Controlled Two-Step Amorphization and Amorphous-Amorphous Transition in Ice

Chuanlong Lin, Xue Yong, John S. Tse, Jesse S. Smith, Stanislav V. Sinogeikin, Curtis Kenney-Benson, and Guoyin Shen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 135701 (2017) - Published 29 September, 2017

Many-Molecule Reaction Triggered by a Single Photon in Polaritonic Chemistry

Javier Galego, Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal, and Johannes Feist

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 136001 (2017) - Published 27 September, 2017

Using an optical cavity to couple several molecules can potentially set up a chemical chain reaction that requires just one photon to initiate.

Large-Scale Structure and Hyperuniformity of Amorphous Ices

Fausto Martelli, Salvatore Torquato, Nicolas Giovambattista, and Roberto Car

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 136002 (2017) - Published 29 September, 2017

Vibrational Action Spectroscopy of Solids: New Surface-Sensitive Technique

Zongfang Wu, Agata Płucienik, Felix E. Feiten, Matthias Naschitzki, Walter Wachsmann, Sandy Gewinner, Wieland Schöllkopf, Volker Staemmler, Helmut Kuhlenbeck, and Hans-Joachim Freund

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 136101 (2017) - Published 28 September, 2017

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Prediction of Triple Point Fermions in Simple Half-Heusler Topological Insulators

Hao Yang, Jiabin Yu, Stuart S. P. Parkin, Claudia Felser, Chao-Xing Liu, and Binghai Yan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 136401 (2017) - Published 28 September, 2017

Charge Density Waves in Graphite: Towards the Magnetic Ultraquantum Limit

F. Arnold, A. Isidori, E. Kampert, B. Yager, M. Eschrig, and J. Saunders

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 136601 (2017) - Published 26 September, 2017

Theory of Thermal Relaxation of Electrons in Semiconductors

Sridhar Sadasivam, Maria K. Y. Chan, and Pierre Darancet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 136602 (2017) - Published 27 September, 2017

Anomaly Indicators for Time-Reversal Symmetric Topological Orders

Chenjie Wang and Michael Levin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 136801 (2017) - Published 26 September, 2017

Chiral Spin Mode on the Surface of a Topological Insulator

H.-H. Kung, S. Maiti, X. Wang, S.-W. Cheong, D. L. Maslov, and G. Blumberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 136802 (2017) - Published 27 September, 2017

Scaling of Majorana Zero-Bias Conductance Peaks

Fabrizio Nichele, Asbjørn C. C. Drachmann, Alexander M. Whiticar, Eoin C. T. O’Farrell, Henri J. Suominen, Antonio Fornieri, Tian Wang, Geoffrey C. Gardner, Candice Thomas, Anthony T. Hatke, Peter Krogstrup, Michael J. Manfra, Karsten Flensberg, and Charles M. Marcus

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 136803 (2017) - Published 27 September, 2017

Under certain conditions, conductance peaks at zero electrical bias may be considered as signatures of Majorana bound states.

Anomalous Nonlocal Resistance and Spin-Charge Conversion Mechanisms in Two-Dimensional Metals

Chunli Huang, Y. D. Chong, and Miguel A. Cazalilla

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 136804 (2017) - Published 28 September, 2017

Anomalous Acoustic Plasmon Mode from Topologically Protected States

Xun Jia, Shuyuan Zhang, Raman Sankar, Fang-Cheng Chou, Weihua Wang, K. Kempa, E. W. Plummer, Jiandi Zhang, Xuetao Zhu, and Jiandong Guo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 136805 (2017) - Published 28 September, 2017

3D Quantum Hall Effect of Fermi Arcs in Topological Semimetals

C. M. Wang, Hai-Peng Sun, Hai-Zhou Lu, and X. C. Xie

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 136806 (2017) - Published 28 September, 2017

Nontrivial Chern Numbers in Three-Terminal Josephson Junctions

Julia S. Meyer and Manuel Houzet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 136807 (2017) - Published 28 September, 2017

Emission of Nonclassical Radiation by Inelastic Cooper Pair Tunneling

M. Westig, B. Kubala, O. Parlavecchio, Y. Mukharsky, C. Altimiras, P. Joyez, D. Vion, P. Roche, D. Esteve, M. Hofheinz, M. Trif, P. Simon, J. Ankerhold, and F. Portier

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 137001 (2017) - Published 26 September, 2017

Magnetic Skyrmions and Skyrmion Clusters in the Helical Phase of Cu2OSeO3

Jan Müller, Jayaraman Rajeswari, Ping Huang, Yoshie Murooka, Henrik M. Rønnow, Fabrizio Carbone, and Achim Rosch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 137201 (2017) - Published 27 September, 2017

Detection of the Spin-Chemical Potential in Topological Insulators Using Spin-Polarized Four-Probe STM

Saban M. Hus, X.-G. Zhang, Giang D. Nguyen, Wonhee Ko, Arthur P. Baddorf, Yong P. Chen, and An-Ping Li

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 137202 (2017) - Published 27 September, 2017

Magnetic Circular Dichroism in X-Ray Emission from Ferromagnets

Toshiya Inami

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 137203 (2017) - Published 27 September, 2017

Current-Nonlinear Hall Effect and Spin-Orbit Torque Magnetization Switching in a Magnetic Topological Insulator

K. Yasuda, A. Tsukazaki, R. Yoshimi, K. Kondou, K. S. Takahashi, Y. Otani, M. Kawasaki, and Y. Tokura

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 137204 (2017) - Published 28 September, 2017

Field-Induced Instability of a Gapless Spin Liquid with a Spinon Fermi Surface

M. Gomilšek, M. Klanjšek, R. Žitko, M. Pregelj, F. Bert, P. Mendels, Y. Li, Q. M. Zhang, and A. Zorko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 137205 (2017) - Published 29 September, 2017

Gate-Controlled Spin-Valley Locking of Resident Carriers in WSe2 Monolayers

P. Dey, Luyi Yang, C. Robert, G. Wang, B. Urbaszek, X. Marie, and S. A. Crooker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 137401 (2017) - Published 27 September, 2017

Optical Force Enhancement Using an Imaginary Vector Potential for Photons

Lana Descheemaeker, Vincent Ginis, Sophie Viaene, and Philippe Tassin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 137402 (2017) - Published 27 September, 2017

Macroscopic Polarization from Antiferrodistortive Cycloids in Ferroelastic SrTiO3

Andrea Schiaffino and Massimiliano Stengel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 137601 (2017) - Published 28 September, 2017

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

Determining Quiescent Colloidal Suspension Viscosities Using the Green-Kubo Relation and Image-Based Stress Measurements

Neil Y. C. Lin, Matthew Bierbaum, and Itai Cohen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 138001 (2017) - Published 27 September, 2017

Surface Polarization Effects on Ion-Containing Emulsions

Meng Shen, Honghao Li, and Monica Olvera de la Cruz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 138002 (2017) - Published 28 September, 2017

Nonequilibrium Chromosome Looping via Molecular Slip Links

C. A. Brackley, J. Johnson, D. Michieletto, A. N. Morozov, M. Nicodemi, P. R. Cook, and D. Marenduzzo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 138101 (2017) - Published 26 September, 2017

A nonequilibrium mechanism based on diffusive sliding of molecules that bind to DNA is proposed for loop formation in chromosomes.

Helicase Stepping Investigated with One-Nucleotide Resolution Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer

Wenxia Lin, Jianbing Ma, Daguan Nong, Chunhua Xu, Bo Zhang, Jinghua Li, Qi Jia, Shuoxing Dou, Fangfu Ye, Xuguang Xi, Ying Lu, and Ming Li

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 138102 (2017) - Published 26 September, 2017

Intermittent Granular Dynamics at a Seismogenic Plate Boundary

Yasmine Meroz and Brendan J. Meade

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 138501 (2017) - Published 26 September, 2017

ERRATA

Erratum: Distinct Turbulence Saturation Regimes in Stellarators [Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 105002 (2017)]

G. G. Plunk, P. Xanthopoulos, and P. Helander

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 139901 (2017) - Published 28 September, 2017

Publisher’s Note: Solar Irradiance Variability is Caused by the Magnetic Activity on the Solar Surface [Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 091102 (2017)]

Kok Leng Yeo, Sami K. Solanki, Charlotte M. Norris, Benjamin Beeck, Yvonne C. Unruh, and Natalie A. Krivova

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 139902 (2017) - Published 29 September, 2017

Erratum: Evidence for a Phase Transition in Silicate Melt at Extreme Pressure and Temperature Conditions [Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 065701 (2012)]

D. K. Spaulding, R. S. McWilliams, R. Jeanloz, J. H. Eggert, P. M. Celliers, D. G. Hicks, G. W. Collins, and R. F. Smith

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 139903 (2017) - Published 29 September, 2017

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