Volume 126, Issue 14

9 April 2021

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New muon magnetic moment data from a Fermilab experiment (red) combined with previous Brookhaven National Lab data (blue) is in 4.2σ tension with the value calculated by the Muon g-2 Theory Initiative (green). Selected for a Viewpoint in Physics and an Editors’ Suggestion.

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Measurement of the Positive Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment to 0.46 ppm
B. Abi et al. (Muon $g - 2$ Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 141801 (2021)

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First Detection of sub-PeV Diffuse Gamma Rays from the Galactic Disk: Evidence for Ubiquitous Galactic Cosmic Rays beyond PeV Energies

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 141101 (2021) - Published 5 April, 2021

A diffuse glow of high-energy gamma rays hints at the presence of powerful cosmic accelerators, called PeVatrons, within the disk of our Galaxy.

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Measurement of the Positive Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment to 0.46 ppm

B. Abi et al. (Muon $g - 2$ Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 141801 (2021) - Published 7 April, 2021

Measurements of the muon magnetic moment strengthen a previously reported tension with theoretical predictions, ushering in a new era of precision tests of the standard model.

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Quantum Hall Valley Splitters and a Tunable Mach-Zehnder Interferometer in Graphene

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A nanoscale, graphene-based device takes advantage of the wave nature of electrons and provides a level of control that will be useful for quantum computers.

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Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Cosmological Constraints from Cluster Abundances, Weak Lensing, and Galaxy Correlations

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The Dark Energy Survey Collaboration has updated a model of the Universe to correctly capture more galaxy measurements.

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Searching for Dark Matter with a Superconducting Qubit

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A detector made from superconducting qubits could allow researchers to search for dark matter particles 1000 times faster than other techniques.

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Unmasking the Origin of Kinks in the Photoemission Spectra of Cuprate Superconductors

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 146401 (2021) - Published 8 April, 2021

First-principles calculations based on GW perturbation theory explain the long-standing “kink” structure of photoemission spectra of high-Tc cuprate superconductors as a consequence of enhanced electron-phonon coupling.

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SO(5) Non-Fermi Liquid in a Coulomb Box Device

Andrew K. Mitchell, Alon Liberman, Eran Sela, and Ian Affleck

Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 147702 (2021) - Published 7 April, 2021

Revisiting non-Fermi liquid physics in quantum dots indicates the presence of a possibly observable Majorana fermion at a symmetry point.

LETTERS

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

Heralded Nondestructive Quantum Entangling Gate with Single-Photon Sources

Jin-Peng Li, Xuemei Gu, Jian Qin, Dian Wu, Xiang You, Hui Wang, Christian Schneider, Sven Höfling, Yong-Heng Huo, Chao-Yang Lu, Nai-Le Liu, Li Li, and Jian-Wei Pan

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Low-Depth Gradient Measurements Can Improve Convergence in Variational Hybrid Quantum-Classical Algorithms

Aram W. Harrow and John C. Napp

Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 140502 (2021) - Published 7 April, 2021

Geometry of Faithful Entanglement

Otfried Gühne, Yuanyuan Mao, and Xiao-Dong Yu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 140503 (2021) - Published 9 April, 2021

Detecting Many-Body Bell Nonlocality by Solving Ising Models

Irénée Frérot and Tommaso Roscilde

Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 140504 (2021) - Published 9 April, 2021

Gravitation and Astrophysics

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First Detection of sub-PeV Diffuse Gamma Rays from the Galactic Disk: Evidence for Ubiquitous Galactic Cosmic Rays beyond PeV Energies

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 141101 (2021) - Published 5 April, 2021

A diffuse glow of high-energy gamma rays hints at the presence of powerful cosmic accelerators, called PeVatrons, within the disk of our Galaxy.

Gravitational Wave Glitches in Chaotic Extreme-Mass-Ratio Inspirals

Kyriakos Destounis, Arthur G. Suvorov, and Kostas D. Kokkotas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 141102 (2021) - Published 8 April, 2021

Milky Way Accelerometry via Millisecond Pulsar Timing

David F. Phillips, Aakash Ravi, Reza Ebadi, and Ronald L. Walsworth

Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 141103 (2021) - Published 7 April, 2021

Constraints on the Time Variation of the Gravitational Constant Using Gravitational Wave Observations of Binary Neutron Stars

Aditya Vijaykumar, Shasvath J. Kapadia, and Parameswaran Ajith

Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 141104 (2021) - Published 8 April, 2021

Low Mass Black Holes from Dark Core Collapse

Basudeb Dasgupta, Ranjan Laha, and Anupam Ray

Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 141105 (2021) - Published 8 April, 2021

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Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Results: Cosmological Constraints from Cluster Abundances, Weak Lensing, and Galaxy Correlations

C. To et al. (DES Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 141301 (2021) - Published 6 April, 2021

The Dark Energy Survey Collaboration has updated a model of the Universe to correctly capture more galaxy measurements.

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Searching for Dark Matter with a Superconducting Qubit

Akash V. Dixit, Srivatsan Chakram, Kevin He, Ankur Agrawal, Ravi K. Naik, David I. Schuster, and Aaron Chou

Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 141302 (2021) - Published 8 April, 2021

A detector made from superconducting qubits could allow researchers to search for dark matter particles 1000 times faster than other techniques.

Large Anisotropies of the Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background from Cosmic Domain Walls

Jing Liu, Rong-Gen Cai, and Zong-Kuan Guo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 141303 (2021) - Published 9 April, 2021

Elementary Particles and Fields

Rainbow Nambu-Goldstone Modes under a Shear Flow

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 141601 (2021) - Published 7 April, 2021

Domain Wall Topological Entanglement Entropy

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 141602 (2021) - Published 8 April, 2021

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Measurement of the Positive Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment to 0.46 ppm

B. Abi et al. (Muon $g - 2$ Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 141801 (2021) - Published 7 April, 2021

Measurements of the muon magnetic moment strengthen a previously reported tension with theoretical predictions, ushering in a new era of precision tests of the standard model.

Search for Axionlike Dark Matter Using Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 141802 (2021) - Published 9 April, 2021

Anisotropy in Dijet Production in Exclusive and Inclusive Processes

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Nuclear Physics

Fermion Pair Dynamics in Open Quantum Systems

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 142501 (2021) - Published 7 April, 2021

Fission Fragment Intrinsic Spins and Their Correlations

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 142502 (2021) - Published 7 April, 2021

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Artificial Coherent States of Light by Multiphoton Interference in a Single-Photon Stream

P. Steindl, H. Snijders, G. Westra, E. Hissink, K. Iakovlev, S. Polla, J. A. Frey, J. Norman, A. C. Gossard, J. E. Bowers, D. Bouwmeester, and W. Löffler

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Can Nonlinear Parametric Oscillators Solve Random Ising Models?

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 143901 (2021) - Published 9 April, 2021

Plasma and Beam Physics

Laboratory Resolved Structure of Supercritical Perpendicular Shocks

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Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

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Molecular Theory of Nucleation from Dilute Phases: Formulation and Application to Lennard-Jones Vapor

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Anomalous Flexural Elasticities of Graphene Membranes Unveiled by Manipulating Topology

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 146101 (2021) - Published 7 April, 2021

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Unmasking the Origin of Kinks in the Photoemission Spectra of Cuprate Superconductors

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Accurate Measurement of the Gap of $Graphene / h − BN$ Moiré Superlattice through Photocurrent Spectroscopy

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Anisotropic Ballistic Transport Revealed by Molecular Nanoprobe Experiments

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 146601 (2021) - Published 7 April, 2021

Experimental Observation of Higher-Order Topological Anderson Insulators

Weixuan Zhang, Deyuan Zou, Qingsong Pei, Wenjing He, Jiacheng Bao, Houjun Sun, and Xiangdong Zhang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 146802 (2021) - Published 6 April, 2021

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Quantum Hall Valley Splitters and a Tunable Mach-Zehnder Interferometer in Graphene

M. Jo, P. Brasseur, A. Assouline, G. Fleury, H.-S. Sim, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, W. Dumnernpanich, P. Roche, D. C. Glattli, N. Kumada, F. D. Parmentier, and P. Roulleau

Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 146803 (2021) - Published 9 April, 2021

A nanoscale, graphene-based device takes advantage of the wave nature of electrons and provides a level of control that will be useful for quantum computers.

Sign Structure of Thermal Hall Conductivity and Topological Magnons for In-Plane Field Polarized Kitaev Magnets

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 147201 (2021) - Published 5 April, 2021

Exchange-Striction Driven Ultrafast Nonthermal Lattice Dynamics in NiO

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Transverse Transport in Two-Dimensional Relativistic Systems with Nontrivial Spin Textures

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 147203 (2021) - Published 9 April, 2021

Tunable Terahertz Plasmons in Graphite Thin Films

Qiaoxia Xing, Chaoyu Song, Chong Wang, Yuangang Xie, Shenyang Huang, Fanjie Wang, Yuchen Lei, Xiang Yuan, Cheng Zhang, Lei Mu, Yuan Huang, Faxian Xiu, and Hugen Yan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 147401 (2021) - Published 9 April, 2021