Volume 125, Issue 14

2 October 2020

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STM image of a graphene nanoribbon in which a seven-carbon-atom armchair configuration doped by a pair of boron atoms builds up a net magnetic moment.

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Magnetism of Topological Boundary States Induced by Boron Substitution in Graphene Nanoribbons
Niklas Friedrich, Pedro Brandimarte, Jingcheng Li, Shohei Saito, Shigehiro Yamaguchi, Iago Pozo, Diego Peña, Thomas Frederiksen, Aran Garcia-Lekue, Daniel Sánchez-Portal, and José Ignacio Pascual
Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 146801 (2020)

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Gravitational Test beyond the First Post-Newtonian Order with the Shadow of the M87 Black Hole

Dimitrios Psaltis et al. (EHT Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 141104 (2020) - Published 1 October, 2020

Analyzing the first image of a black hole in a nearby galaxy, researchers have provided quantitative tests of general relativity in the strongest gravitational fields yet.

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eV-Scale Sterile Neutrino Search Using Eight Years of Atmospheric Muon Neutrino Data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

M. G. Aartsen et al. (IceCube Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 141801 (2020) - Published 30 September, 2020

An analysis of more than 300,000 muon neutrino detections provides no evidence of sterile neutrinos—a finding at odds with other experiments.

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Measurement of the ${}^{229}{Th}$ Isomer Energy with a Magnetic Microcalorimeter

Tomas Sikorsky, Jeschua Geist, Daniel Hengstler, Sebastian Kempf, Loredana Gastaldo, Christian Enss, Christoph Mokry, Jörg Runke, Christoph E. Düllmann, Peter Wobrauschek, Kjeld Beeks, Veronika Rosecker, Johannes H. Sterba, Georgy Kazakov, Thorsten Schumm, and Andreas Fleischmann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 142503 (2020) - Published 28 September, 2020

The high-precision measurement of a nuclear transition of a thorium isotope is a key step towards the development of a nuclear optical clock.

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Superconductivity in Uniquely Strained ${RuO}_{2}$ Films

Masaki Uchida, Takuya Nomoto, Maki Musashi, Ryotaro Arita, and Masashi Kawasaki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 147001 (2020) - Published 29 September, 2020

Substrate-induced strain in RuO $_{2}$ thin films generates the kind of phonons that promote superconductivity.

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Ideal Unconventional Weyl Point in a Chiral Photonic Metamaterial

Yihao Yang, Zhen Gao, Xiaolong Feng, Yue-Xin Huang, Peiheng Zhou, Shengyuan A. Yang, Yidong Chong, and Baile Zhang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 143001 (2020) - Published 28 September, 2020

A photonic unconventional Weyl point has been observed in a 3D topological chiral metamaterial, with two long surface arcs stretching over a large portion of the Brillouin zone, showing surface states are self-collimated and robust against disorder.

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Photonic Flywheel in a Monolithic Fiber Resonator

Kunpeng Jia, Xiaohan Wang, Dohyeon Kwon, Jiarong Wang, Eugene Tsao, Huaying Liu, Xin Ni, Jian Guo, Mufan Yang, Xiaoshun Jiang, Jungwon Kim, Shi-ning Zhu, Zhenda Xie, and Shu-Wei Huang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 143902 (2020) - Published 1 October, 2020

A novel two-step pumping scheme to generate dissipative Kerr solitons is employed to demonstrate the first compact photonic flywheel with sub-femtosecond time jitter.

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Multisynchrony in Active Microfilaments

Yi Man and Eva Kanso

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 148101 (2020) - Published 1 October, 2020

Multiple synchronization states are achieved in simulations of active microfilaments by varying intrinsic activity and hydrodynamic coupling strength.

LETTERS

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

Large-Scale Quantum Network over 66 Orbital Angular Momentum Optical Modes

Wei Wang, Kai Zhang, and Jietai Jing

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 140501 (2020) - Published 1 October, 2020

Dynamical Phase Transitions in a 2D Classical Nonequilibrium Model via 2D Tensor Networks

Phillip Helms and Garnet Kin-Lic Chan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 140601 (2020) - Published 29 September, 2020

Thermodynamic Uncertainty Relation for Arbitrary Initial States

Kangqiao Liu, Zongping Gong, and Masahito Ueda

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 140602 (2020) - Published 29 September, 2020

Entanglement Renyi Negativity across a Finite Temperature Transition: A Monte Carlo Study

Kai-Hsin Wu, Tsung-Cheng Lu, Chia-Min Chung, Ying-Jer Kao, and Tarun Grover

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 140603 (2020) - Published 30 September, 2020

Learning Entropy Production via Neural Networks

Dong-Kyum Kim, Youngkyoung Bae, Sangyun Lee, and Hawoong Jeong

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 140604 (2020) - Published 2 October, 2020

Zel’dovich Amplification in a Superconducting Circuit

Maria Chiara Braidotti, Andrea Vinante, Giulio Gasbarri, Daniele Faccio, and Hendrik Ulbricht

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 140801 (2020) - Published 2 October, 2020

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Detecting Scalar Fields with Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals

Andrea Maselli, Nicola Franchini, Leonardo Gualtieri, and Thomas P. Sotiriou

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 141101 (2020) - Published 30 September, 2020

Constraining the Lensing of Binary Black Holes from Their Stochastic Background

Riccardo Buscicchio, Christopher J. Moore, Geraint Pratten, Patricia Schmidt, Matteo Bianconi, and Alberto Vecchio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 141102 (2020) - Published 30 September, 2020

Equation of State Constraints from the Threshold Binary Mass for Prompt Collapse of Neutron Star Mergers

Andreas Bauswein, Sebastian Blacker, Vimal Vijayan, Nikolaos Stergioulas, Katerina Chatziioannou, James A. Clark, Niels-Uwe F. Bastian, David B. Blaschke, Mateusz Cierniak, and Tobias Fischer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 141103 (2020) - Published 30 September, 2020

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Gravitational Test beyond the First Post-Newtonian Order with the Shadow of the M87 Black Hole

Dimitrios Psaltis et al. (EHT Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 141104 (2020) - Published 1 October, 2020

Analyzing the first image of a black hole in a nearby galaxy, researchers have provided quantitative tests of general relativity in the strongest gravitational fields yet.

First Germanium-Based Constraints on Sub-MeV Dark Matter with the EDELWEISS Experiment

Q. Arnaud et al. (EDELWEISS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 141301 (2020) - Published 2 October, 2020

Elementary Particles and Fields

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eV-Scale Sterile Neutrino Search Using Eight Years of Atmospheric Muon Neutrino Data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

M. G. Aartsen et al. (IceCube Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 141801 (2020) - Published 30 September, 2020

An analysis of more than 300,000 muon neutrino detections provides no evidence of sterile neutrinos—a finding at odds with other experiments.

Observation of the Doubly Cabibbo-Suppressed Decay $D^{+} \to K^{+} π^{+} π^{-} π^{0}$ and Evidence for $D^{+} \to K^{+} ω$

M. Ablikim et al. (BESIII Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 141802 (2020) - Published 1 October, 2020

Nuclear Physics

Quenched $g_{A}$ in Nuclei and Emergent Scale Symmetry in Baryonic Matter

Yong-Liang Ma and Mannque Rho

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 142501 (2020) - Published 30 September, 2020

Symmetric Nuclear Matter from the Strong Interaction

M. Leonhardt, M. Pospiech, B. Schallmo, J. Braun, C. Drischler, K. Hebeler, and A. Schwenk

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 142502 (2020) - Published 30 September, 2020

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Measurement of the ${}^{229}{Th}$ Isomer Energy with a Magnetic Microcalorimeter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 142503 (2020) - Published 28 September, 2020

The high-precision measurement of a nuclear transition of a thorium isotope is a key step towards the development of a nuclear optical clock.

Search for Electron-Capture Delayed Fission in the New Isotope ${}^{244}{Md}$

J. Khuyagbaatar, H. M. Albers, M. Block, H. Brand, R. A. Cantemir, A. Di Nitto, Ch. E. Düllmann, M. Götz, S. Götz, F. P. Heßberger, E. Jäger, B. Kindler, J. V. Kratz, J. Krier, N. Kurz, B. Lommel, L. Lens, A. Mistry, B. Schausten, J. Uusitalo, and A. Yakushev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 142504 (2020) - Published 1 October, 2020

Neutron Capture on the $s$ -Process Branching Point ${}^{171}{Tm}$ via Time-of-Flight and Activation

C. Guerrero et al. ( $n_TOF$ Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 142701 (2020) - Published 2 October, 2020

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

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Ideal Unconventional Weyl Point in a Chiral Photonic Metamaterial

Yihao Yang, Zhen Gao, Xiaolong Feng, Yue-Xin Huang, Peiheng Zhou, Shengyuan A. Yang, Yidong Chong, and Baile Zhang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 143001 (2020) - Published 28 September, 2020

Coherent Suppression of Tensor Frequency Shifts through Magnetic Field Rotation

R. Lange, N. Huntemann, C. Sanner, H. Shao, B. Lipphardt, Chr. Tamm, and E. Peik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 143201 (2020) - Published 28 September, 2020

Relaxation of the Collective Magnetization of a Dense 3D Array of Interacting Dipolar $S = 3$ Atoms

Lucas Gabardos, Bihui Zhu, Steven Lepoutre, Ana Maria Rey, Bruno Laburthe-Tolra, and Laurent Vernac

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 143401 (2020) - Published 30 September, 2020

Probing Low-Energy Resonances in Water-Hydrogen Inelastic Collisions

A. Bergeat, S. B. Morales, C. Naulin, L. Wiesenfeld, and A. Faure

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 143402 (2020) - Published 30 September, 2020

Atom-Photon Spin-Exchange Collisions Mediated by Rydberg Dressing

Fan Yang, Yong-Chun Liu, and Li You

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 143601 (2020) - Published 28 September, 2020

Dynamical Phase Transitions in Dissipative Quantum Dynamics with Quantum Optical Realization

Valentin Link and Walter T. Strunz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 143602 (2020) - Published 30 September, 2020

Uniqueness of the Phase Transition in Many-Dipole Cavity Quantum Electrodynamical Systems

Adam Stokes and Ahsan Nazir

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 143603 (2020) - Published 30 September, 2020

Optical Magnetism and Huygens’ Surfaces in Arrays of Atoms Induced by Cooperative Responses

K. E. Ballantine and J. Ruostekoski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 143604 (2020) - Published 2 October, 2020

Nonreciprocal Optomechanical Entanglement against Backscattering Losses

Ya-Feng Jiao, Sheng-Dian Zhang, Yan-Lei Zhang, Adam Miranowicz, Le-Man Kuang, and Hui Jing

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 143605 (2020) - Published 2 October, 2020

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Phase-Matching Controlled Orbital Angular Momentum Conversion in Periodically Poled Crystals

Yan Chen, Rui Ni, Yaodong Wu, Li Du, Xiaopeng Hu, Dunzhao Wei, Yong Zhang, and Shining Zhu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 143901 (2020) - Published 29 September, 2020

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Photonic Flywheel in a Monolithic Fiber Resonator

Kunpeng Jia, Xiaohan Wang, Dohyeon Kwon, Jiarong Wang, Eugene Tsao, Huaying Liu, Xin Ni, Jian Guo, Mufan Yang, Xiaoshun Jiang, Jungwon Kim, Shi-ning Zhu, Zhenda Xie, and Shu-Wei Huang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 143902 (2020) - Published 1 October, 2020

A novel two-step pumping scheme to generate dissipative Kerr solitons is employed to demonstrate the first compact photonic flywheel with sub-femtosecond time jitter.

Fluid-Mediated Force on a Particle Due to an Oscillating Plate and Its Effect on Deposition Measurements by a Quartz Crystal Microbalance

Itzhak Fouxon, Boris Rubinstein, Oleg Weinstein, and Alexander Leshansky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 144501 (2020) - Published 28 September, 2020

Plasma and Beam Physics

Magnetic Signatures of Radiation-Driven Double Ablation Fronts

P. T. Campbell, C. A. Walsh, B. K. Russell, J. P. Chittenden, A. Crilly, G. Fiksel, P. M. Nilson, A. G. R. Thomas, K. Krushelnick, and L. Willingale

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 145001 (2020) - Published 28 September, 2020

Calculating Opacity in Hot, Dense Matter Using Second-Order Electron-Photon and Two-Photon Transitions to Approximate Line Broadening

R. A. Baggott, S. J. Rose, and S. P. D. Mangles

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 145002 (2020) - Published 2 October, 2020

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Functional Monochalcogenides: Raman Evidence Linking Properties, Structure, and Metavalent Bonding

Christophe Bellin, Amit Pawbake, Lorenzo Paulatto, Keevin Béneut, Johan Biscaras, Chandrabhas Narayana, Alain Polian, Dattatray J. Late, and Abhay Shukla

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 145301 (2020) - Published 28 September, 2020

Transition Path Dynamics of a Dielectric Particle in a Bistable Optical Trap

Niels Zijlstra, Daniel Nettels, Rohit Satija, Dmitrii E. Makarov, and Benjamin Schuler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 146001 (2020) - Published 28 September, 2020

Universal Gas Adsorption Mechanism for Flat Nanobubble Morphologies

Nikolai D. Petsev, L. Gary Leal, and M. Scott Shell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 146101 (2020) - Published 28 September, 2020

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Higher-Order Weyl Semimetals

Hai-Xiao Wang, Zhi-Kang Lin, Bin Jiang, Guang-Yu Guo, and Jian-Hua Jiang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 146401 (2020) - Published 28 September, 2020

Phonon Magnetochiral Effect of Band-Geometric Origin in Weyl Semimetals

Sanghita Sengupta, M. Nabil Y. Lhachemi, and Ion Garate

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 146402 (2020) - Published 1 October, 2020

Anomalous 2D-Confined Electronic Transport in Layered Organic Charge-Glass Systems

Takuro Sato, Kazuya Miyagawa, Masafumi Tamura, and Kazushi Kanoda

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 146601 (2020) - Published 30 September, 2020

Magnetism of Topological Boundary States Induced by Boron Substitution in Graphene Nanoribbons

Niklas Friedrich, Pedro Brandimarte, Jingcheng Li, Shohei Saito, Shigehiro Yamaguchi, Iago Pozo, Diego Peña, Thomas Frederiksen, Aran Garcia-Lekue, Daniel Sánchez-Portal, and José Ignacio Pascual

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 146801 (2020) - Published 28 September, 2020

Topological Interface between Pfaffian and Anti-Pfaffian Order in $ν = 5 / 2$ Quantum Hall Effect

W. Zhu, D. N. Sheng, and Kun Yang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 146802 (2020) - Published 30 September, 2020

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Superconductivity in Uniquely Strained ${RuO}_{2}$ Films

Masaki Uchida, Takuya Nomoto, Maki Musashi, Ryotaro Arita, and Masashi Kawasaki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 147001 (2020) - Published 29 September, 2020

Substrate-induced strain in RuO $_{2}$ thin films generates the kind of phonons that promote superconductivity.

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

Hyperuniform Structures Formed by Shearing Colloidal Suspensions

Sam Wilken, Rodrigo E. Guerra, David J. Pine, and Paul M. Chaikin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 148001 (2020) - Published 30 September, 2020

Flow States and Transitions of an Active Nematic in a Three-Dimensional Channel

Santhan Chandragiri, Amin Doostmohammadi, Julia M. Yeomans, and Sumesh P. Thampi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 148002 (2020) - Published 30 September, 2020

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Multisynchrony in Active Microfilaments

Yi Man and Eva Kanso

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 148101 (2020) - Published 1 October, 2020

Multiple synchronization states are achieved in simulations of active microfilaments by varying intrinsic activity and hydrodynamic coupling strength.

Triangulation Sensing to Determine the Gradient Source from Diffusing Particles to Small Cell Receptors

Ulrich Dobramysl and David Holcman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 148102 (2020) - Published 2 October, 2020

COMMENTS

Comment on “Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet Gravity in Four-Dimensional Spacetime”

Metin Gürses, Tahsin Çağrı Şişman, and Bayram Tekin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 149001 (2020) - Published 28 September, 2020

Comment on “Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet Gravity in Four-Dimensional Spacetime”

Julio Arrechea, Adrià Delhom, and Alejandro Jiménez-Cano

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 149002 (2020) - Published 28 September, 2020

ERRATA

Publisher’s Note: Suppression of Beneficial Mutations in Dynamic Microbial Populations [Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 028102 (2017)]

Philip Bittihn, Jeff Hasty, and Lev S. Tsimring

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 149901 (2020) - Published 30 September, 2020