Volume 127, Issue 10

3 September 2021

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Ellipsoidal weaves of initially curved ribbons with increasing aspect ratios left to right, reconstructed by photogrammetry. Selected for a Synopsis in Physics and an Editors’ Suggestion

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Smooth Triaxial Weaving with Naturally Curved Ribbons
Changyeob Baek, Alison G. Martin, Samuel Poincloux, Tian Chen, and Pedro M. Reis
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 104301 (2021)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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Collective-Mode Enhanced Matter-Wave Optics

Christian Deppner, Waldemar Herr, Merle Cornelius, Peter Stromberger, Tammo Sternke, Christoph Grzeschik, Alexander Grote, Jan Rudolph, Sven Herrmann, Markus Krutzik, André Wenzlawski, Robin Corgier, Eric Charron, David Guéry-Odelin, Naceur Gaaloul, Claus Lämmerzahl, Achim Peters, Patrick Windpassinger, and Ernst M. Rasel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 100401 (2021) - Published 30 August, 2021

An innovative matter-wave lens exploiting atomic interactions is able to slow the expansion of a Bose-Einstein condensate in three dimensions, thus reaching unprecedented ultralow temperatures.

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Quantum Simulation of the Bosonic Creutz Ladder with a Parametric Cavity

Jimmy S. C. Hung, J. H. Busnaina, C. W. Sandbo Chang, A. M. Vadiraj, I. Nsanzineza, E. Solano, H. Alaeian, E. Rico, and C. M. Wilson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 100503 (2021) - Published 2 September, 2021

A new quantum simulator uses microwave photons in a superconducting cavity to simulate particles in a lattice similar to those found in superconductors or atomic nuclei.

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Smooth Triaxial Weaving with Naturally Curved Ribbons

Changyeob Baek, Alison G. Martin, Samuel Poincloux, Tian Chen, and Pedro M. Reis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 104301 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

Researchers teamed up with an artist to tweak a popular basket-weaving approach, finding a way to weave ribbons to produce any curvature desired.

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Minimum Leidenfrost Temperature on Smooth Surfaces

Dana Harvey, Joshua Méndez Harper, and Justin C. Burton

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 104501 (2021) - Published 1 September, 2021

For water on hot surfaces, the Leidenfrost effect endures at temperatures much lower than those needed for onset, regardless of surface or fluid properties.

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Buckling-Fracture Transition and the Geometrical Charge of a Crack

Yael Klein and Eran Sharon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 105501 (2021) - Published 1 September, 2021

A new theoretical framework simultaneously describes the bending and the fracturing of thin plates, offering a way to tackle complex cracking problems that involve both modes of mechanical deformation.

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Onset of Glacier Tables

Marceau Hénot, Nicolas Plihon, and Nicolas Taberlet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 108501 (2021) - Published 3 September, 2021

Laboratory experiments reveal the melting process that generates a commonly seen ice feature called a glacier table.

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Fourfold Differential Photoelectron Circular Dichroism

K. Fehre et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 103201 (2021) - Published 2 September, 2021

Photoelectron circular dichroism is used to develop a sensitive tool to detect chirality in randomly oriented molecules.

LETTERS

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

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Collective-Mode Enhanced Matter-Wave Optics

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 100401 (2021) - Published 30 August, 2021

An innovative matter-wave lens exploiting atomic interactions is able to slow the expansion of a Bose-Einstein condensate in three dimensions, thus reaching unprecedented ultralow temperatures.

Accuracy of the Quantum Regression Theorem for Photon Emission from a Quantum Dot

M. Cosacchi, T. Seidelmann, M. Cygorek, A. Vagov, D. E. Reiter, and V. M. Axt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 100402 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

Dissipationless Vector Drag—Superfluid Spin Hall Effect

Andrzej Syrwid, Emil Blomquist, and Egor Babaev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 100403 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

Quantum Speed Limit Quantified by the Changing Rate of Phase

Shuning Sun (孙舒宁), Yonggang Peng (彭勇刚), Xianghong Hu (胡相虹), and Yujun Zheng (郑雨军)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 100404 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

Dynamics of a Fermi Gas Quenched to Unitarity

P. Dyke, A. Hogan, I. Herrera, C. C. N. Kuhn, S. Hoinka, and C. J. Vale

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 100405 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

Multiparticle Quantum Walks and Fisher Information in One-Dimensional Lattices

Xiaoming Cai, Hongting Yang, Hai-Long Shi, Chaohong Lee, Natan Andrei, and Xi-Wen Guan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 100406 (2021) - Published 3 September, 2021

Exploiting Dynamic Quantum Circuits in a Quantum Algorithm with Superconducting Qubits

A. D. Córcoles, Maika Takita, Ken Inoue, Scott Lekuch, Zlatko K. Minev, Jerry M. Chow, and Jay M. Gambetta

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 100501 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

Dynamical Phase Transitions in Quantum Reservoir Computing

Rodrigo Martínez-Peña, Gian Luca Giorgi, Johannes Nokkala, Miguel C. Soriano, and Roberta Zambrini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 100502 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

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Quantum Simulation of the Bosonic Creutz Ladder with a Parametric Cavity

Jimmy S. C. Hung, J. H. Busnaina, C. W. Sandbo Chang, A. M. Vadiraj, I. Nsanzineza, E. Solano, H. Alaeian, E. Rico, and C. M. Wilson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 100503 (2021) - Published 2 September, 2021

A new quantum simulator uses microwave photons in a superconducting cavity to simulate particles in a lattice similar to those found in superconductors or atomic nuclei.

Quantum Sampling Algorithms for Near-Term Devices

Dominik S. Wild, Dries Sels, Hannes Pichler, Cristian Zanoci, and Mikhail D. Lukin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 100504 (2021) - Published 2 September, 2021

Quantum Speed-Up in Collisional Battery Charging

Stella Seah, Martí Perarnau-Llobet, Géraldine Haack, Nicolas Brunner, and Stefan Nimmrichter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 100601 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Hidden Symmetry of Vanishing Love Numbers

Panagiotis Charalambous, Sergei Dubovsky, and Mikhail M. Ivanov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 101101 (2021) - Published 3 September, 2021

Dynamics of Spontaneous Black Hole Scalarization and Mergers in Einstein-Scalar-Gauss-Bonnet Gravity

William E. East and Justin L. Ripley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 101102 (2021) - Published 3 September, 2021

First Constraints on the Intrinsic CMB Dipole and Our Velocity with Doppler and Aberration

Pedro da Silveira Ferreira and Miguel Quartin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 101301 (2021) - Published 2 September, 2021

Non-Gaussian Tail of the Curvature Perturbation in Stochastic Ultraslow-Roll Inflation: Implications for Primordial Black Hole Production

Daniel G. Figueroa, Sami Raatikainen, Syksy Räsänen, and Eemeli Tomberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 101302 (2021) - Published 3 September, 2021

Elementary Particles and Fields

Vortex Motion Quantifies Strong Dissipation in a Holographic Superfluid

Paul Wittmer, Christian-Marcel Schmied, Thomas Gasenzer, and Carlo Ewerz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 101601 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

Searching for Magnetic Monopoles with Earth’s Magnetic Field

Yang Bai, Sida Lu, and Nicholas Orlofsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 101801 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

Precision Global Determination of the $B \to X_{s} γ$ Decay Rate

Florian U. Bernlochner, Heiko Lacker, Zoltan Ligeti, Iain W. Stewart, Frank J. Tackmann, and Kerstin Tackmann (SIMBA Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 102001 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

Constraints on the Initial State of Pb-Pb Collisions via Measurements of $Z$ -Boson Yields and Azimuthal Anisotropy at $\sqrt{s_{N N}} = 5.02 TeV$

A. M. Sirunyan et al. (CMS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 102002 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Fourfold Differential Photoelectron Circular Dichroism

K. Fehre et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 103201 (2021) - Published 2 September, 2021

Photoelectron circular dichroism is used to develop a sensitive tool to detect chirality in randomly oriented molecules.

Polaron Interactions and Bipolarons in One-Dimensional Bose Gases in the Strong Coupling Regime

M. Will, G. E. Astrakharchik, and M. Fleischhauer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 103401 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

Quantum Spin State Selectivity and Magnetic Tuning of Ultracold Chemical Reactions of Triplet Alkali-Metal Dimers with Alkali-Metal Atoms

Rebekah Hermsmeier, Jacek Kłos, Svetlana Kotochigova, and Timur V. Tscherbul

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 103402 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

Improved Spatial Resolution Achieved by Chromatic Intensity Interferometry

Lu-Chuan Liu, Luo-Yuan Qu, Cheng Wu, Jordan Cotler, Fei Ma, Ming-Yang Zheng, Xiu-Ping Xie, Yu-Ao Chen, Qiang Zhang, Frank Wilczek, and Jian-Wei Pan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 103601 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Transverse Instability of Rogue Waves

Mark J. Ablowitz and Justin T. Cole

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 104101 (2021) - Published 3 September, 2021

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Smooth Triaxial Weaving with Naturally Curved Ribbons

Changyeob Baek, Alison G. Martin, Samuel Poincloux, Tian Chen, and Pedro M. Reis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 104301 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

Researchers teamed up with an artist to tweak a popular basket-weaving approach, finding a way to weave ribbons to produce any curvature desired.

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Minimum Leidenfrost Temperature on Smooth Surfaces

Dana Harvey, Joshua Méndez Harper, and Justin C. Burton

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 104501 (2021) - Published 1 September, 2021

For water on hot surfaces, the Leidenfrost effect endures at temperatures much lower than those needed for onset, regardless of surface or fluid properties.

Plasma and Beam Physics

Stable Positron Acceleration in Thin, Warm, Hollow Plasma Channels

T. Silva, L. D. Amorim, M. C. Downer, M. J. Hogan, V. Yakimenko, R. Zgadzaj, and J. Vieira

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 104801 (2021) - Published 3 September, 2021

Experimentally Inferred Fusion Yield Dependencies of OMEGA Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions

A. Lees et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 105001 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

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Buckling-Fracture Transition and the Geometrical Charge of a Crack

Yael Klein and Eran Sharon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 105501 (2021) - Published 1 September, 2021

Nucleating a Different Coordination in a Crystal under Pressure: A Study of the $B 1 − B 2$ Transition in NaCl by Metadynamics

Matej Badin and Roman Martoňák

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 105701 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

Configurable Phase Transitions in a Topological Thermal Material

Guoqiang Xu, Ying Li, Wei Li, Shanhui Fan, and Cheng-Wei Qiu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 105901 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Sublattice Dependence and Gate Tunability of Midgap and Resonant States Induced by Native Dopants in Bernal-Stacked Bilayer Graphene

Frédéric Joucken, Cristina Bena, Zhehao Ge, Eberth Arturo Quezada-Lopez, François Ducastelle, Takashi Tanagushi, Kenji Watanabe, and Jairo Velasco, Jr.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 106401 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

Dynamically Induced Exceptional Phases in Quenched Interacting Semimetals

Carl Lehmann, Michael Schüler, and Jan Carl Budich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 106601 (2021) - Published 3 September, 2021

Zitterbewegung of Moiré Excitons in Twisted ${MoS}_{2} / {WSe}_{2}$ Heterobilayers

I. R. Lavor, D. R. da Costa, L. Covaci, M. V. Milošević, F. M. Peeters, and A. Chaves

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 106801 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

Spatiotemporal Crossover between Low- and High-Temperature Dynamical Regimes in the Quantum Heisenberg Magnet

Maxime Dupont, Nicholas E. Sherman, and Joel E. Moore

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 107201 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

Topological Route to New and Unusual Coulomb Spin Liquids

Owen Benton and Roderich Moessner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 107202 (2021) - Published 3 September, 2021

Ultrafast Control of Magnetic Anisotropy by Resonant Excitation of $4 f$ Electrons and Phonons in ${Sm}_{0.7} {Er}_{0.3} {FeO}_{3}$

Gabriel Fitzky, Makoto Nakajima, Yohei Koike, Alfred Leitenstorfer, and Takayuki Kurihara

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 107401 (2021) - Published 1 September, 2021

Experimental Measurement of the Divergent Quantum Metric of an Exceptional Point

Qing Liao, Charly Leblanc, Jiahuan Ren, Feng Li, Yiming Li, Dmitry Solnyshkov, Guillaume Malpuech, Jiannian Yao, and Hongbing Fu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 107402 (2021) - Published 1 September, 2021

Seamless High- $Q$ Microwave Cavities for Multimode Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics

Srivatsan Chakram, Andrew E. Oriani, Ravi K. Naik, Akash V. Dixit, Kevin He, Ankur Agrawal, Hyeokshin Kwon, and David I. Schuster

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 107701 (2021) - Published 31 August, 2021

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

Revealing Polymerization Kinetics with Colloidal Dipatch Particles

Simon Stuij, Joep Rouwhorst, Hannah J. Jonas, Nicola Ruffino, Zhe Gong, Stefanno Sacanna, Peter G. Bolhuis, and Peter Schall

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 108001 (2021) - Published 30 August, 2021

Sculpting Liquids with Ultrathin Shells

Yousra Timounay, Alexander R. Hartwell, Mengfei He, D. Eric King, Lindsay K. Murphy, Vincent Démery, and Joseph D. Paulsen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 108002 (2021) - Published 3 September, 2021

Instantaneous Normal Modes Reveal Structural Signatures for the Herschel-Bulkley Rheology in Sheared Glasses

Norihiro Oyama, Hideyuki Mizuno, and Atsushi Ikeda

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 108003 (2021) - Published 3 September, 2021

Effects of Vimentin Intermediate Filaments on the Structure and Dynamics of In Vitro Multicomponent Interpenetrating Cytoskeletal Networks

Yinan Shen, Huayin Wu, Peter J. Lu (陸述義), Dianzhuo Wang, Marjan Shayegan, Hui Li, Weichao Shi, Zizhao Wang, Li-Heng Cai, Jing Xia, Meng Zhang, Ruihua Ding, Harald Herrmann, Robert Goldman, Fred C. MacKintosh, Arturo Moncho-Jordá, and David A. Weitz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 108101 (2021) - Published 3 September, 2021

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Onset of Glacier Tables

Marceau Hénot, Nicolas Plihon, and Nicolas Taberlet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 108501 (2021) - Published 3 September, 2021

Laboratory experiments reveal the melting process that generates a commonly seen ice feature called a glacier table.