Volume 127, Issue 14

1 October 2021

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Measured normalized acoustic velocity field on a metasurface that shows a skyrmion lattice pattern. Selected for a Synopsis in Physics and an Editors’ Suggestion.

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Observation of Acoustic Skyrmions
Hao Ge, Xiang-Yuan Xu, Le Liu, Rui Xu, Zhi-Kang Lin, Si-Yuan Yu, Ming Bao, Jian-Hua Jiang, Ming-Hui Lu, and Yan-Feng Chen
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 144502 (2021)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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Factoring 2048-bit RSA Integers in 177 Days with 13 436 Qubits and a Multimode Memory

Élie Gouzien and Nicolas Sangouard

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 140503 (2021) - Published 28 September, 2021

Incorporating storage units for quantum information into quantum computers may allow researchers to build such devices with several orders of magnitude fewer qubits in their processors.

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Classical Prethermal Phases of Matter

Andrea Pizzi, Andreas Nunnenkamp, and Johannes Knolle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 140602 (2021) - Published 27 September, 2021

Numerical studies indicate that certain types of time crystals might be described using classical physics—a result that could vastly simplify the theoretical description of these systems.

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Floquet Phases of Matter via Classical Prethermalization

Bingtian Ye, Francisco Machado, and Norman Y. Yao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 140603 (2021) - Published 27 September, 2021

Numerical studies indicate that certain types of time crystals might be described using classical physics—a result that could vastly simplify the theoretical description of these systems.

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Observation of Acoustic Skyrmions

Hao Ge, Xiang-Yuan Xu, Le Liu, Rui Xu, Zhi-Kang Lin, Si-Yuan Yu, Ming Bao, Jian-Hua Jiang, Ming-Hui Lu, and Yan-Feng Chen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 144502 (2021) - Published 29 September, 2021

A topologically stable quasiparticle normally associated with spin textures in magnetic materials has now been created using sound waves in air.

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Self-Calibrating Superconducting Pair-Breaking Detector

E. T. Mannila, V. F. Maisi, and J. P. Pekola

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 147001 (2021) - Published 30 September, 2021

Using an updated superconducting particle detector, researchers can directly measure from its quasiparticle signal the number of phonons that hit the detector.

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Observation of Symmetry-Protected Selection Rules in Periodically Driven Quantum Systems

Guoqing Wang (王国庆), Changhao Li (李长昊), and Paola Cappellaro

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 140604 (2021) - Published 29 September, 2021

Symmetry-induced selection rules in periodically-driven nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond are observed and characterized using their coherent dynamics.

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Multiscale Microtubule Dynamics in Active Nematics

Linnea M. Lemma, Michael M. Norton, Alexandra M. Tayar, Stephen J. DeCamp, S. Ali Aghvami, Seth Fraden, Michael F. Hagan, and Zvonimir Dogic

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 148001 (2021) - Published 27 September, 2021

The motion of individual active microtubules in a dense system can deviate significantly from the average, defying coarse-grained characterization.

LETTERS

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

Genuine Multipartite Nonlocality with Causal-Diagram Postselection

Valentin Gebhart, Luca Pezzè, and Augusto Smerzi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 140401 (2021) - Published 29 September, 2021

Momentum Entanglement for Atom Interferometry

F. Anders, A. Idel, P. Feldmann, D. Bondarenko, S. Loriani, K. Lange, J. Peise, M. Gersemann, B. Meyer-Hoppe, S. Abend, N. Gaaloul, C. Schubert, D. Schlippert, L. Santos, E. Rasel, and C. Klempt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 140402 (2021) - Published 29 September, 2021

Computable and Operationally Meaningful Multipartite Entanglement Measures

Jacob L. Beckey, N. Gigena, Patrick J. Coles, and M. Cerezo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 140501 (2021) - Published 27 September, 2021

Quantum State Tomography with Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks

Shahnawaz Ahmed, Carlos Sánchez Muñoz, Franco Nori, and Anton Frisk Kockum

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 140502 (2021) - Published 27 September, 2021

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Factoring 2048-bit RSA Integers in 177 Days with 13 436 Qubits and a Multimode Memory

Élie Gouzien and Nicolas Sangouard

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 140503 (2021) - Published 28 September, 2021

Incorporating storage units for quantum information into quantum computers may allow researchers to build such devices with several orders of magnitude fewer qubits in their processors.

Quantum Jumps in the Non-Hermitian Dynamics of a Superconducting Qubit

Weijian Chen, Maryam Abbasi, Yogesh N. Joglekar, and Kater W. Murch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 140504 (2021) - Published 30 September, 2021

Measurement-Induced Phase Transition in the Monitored Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev Model

Shao-Kai Jian, Chunxiao Liu, Xiao Chen, Brian Swingle, and Pengfei Zhang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 140601 (2021) - Published 27 September, 2021

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EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Classical Prethermal Phases of Matter

Andrea Pizzi, Andreas Nunnenkamp, and Johannes Knolle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 140602 (2021) - Published 27 September, 2021

Numerical studies indicate that certain types of time crystals might be described using classical physics—a result that could vastly simplify the theoretical description of these systems.

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Floquet Phases of Matter via Classical Prethermalization

Bingtian Ye, Francisco Machado, and Norman Y. Yao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 140603 (2021) - Published 27 September, 2021

Numerical studies indicate that certain types of time crystals might be described using classical physics—a result that could vastly simplify the theoretical description of these systems.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Observation of Symmetry-Protected Selection Rules in Periodically Driven Quantum Systems

Guoqing Wang (王国庆), Changhao Li (李长昊), and Paola Cappellaro

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 140604 (2021) - Published 29 September, 2021

Symmetry-induced selection rules in periodically-driven nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond are observed and characterized using their coherent dynamics.

Transitions in the Ergodicity of Subrecoil-Laser-Cooled Gases

Eli Barkai, Günter Radons, and Takuma Akimoto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 140605 (2021) - Published 30 September, 2021

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Stochastic Fluctuations of Low-Energy Cosmic Rays and the Interpretation of Voyager Data

Vo Hong Minh Phan, Florian Schulze, Philipp Mertsch, Sarah Recchia, and Stefano Gabici

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 141101 (2021) - Published 27 September, 2021

Elementary Particles and Fields

Double Copy Relation in AdS Space

Xinan Zhou (周稀楠)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 141601 (2021) - Published 27 September, 2021

Homoclinic Renormalization Group Flows, or When Relevant Operators Become Irrelevant

Christian B. Jepsen and Fedor K. Popov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 141602 (2021) - Published 29 September, 2021

Quivers and Fractons

Shlomo S. Razamat

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 141603 (2021) - Published 28 September, 2021

Long Distance Entanglement of Purification and Reflected Entropy in Conformal Field Theory

Hugo A. Camargo, Lucas Hackl, Michal P. Heller, Alexander Jahn, and Bennet Windt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 141604 (2021) - Published 29 September, 2021

Entanglement of Two Disjoint Intervals in Conformal Field Theory and the 2D Coulomb Gas on a Lattice

Tamara Grava, Andrew P. Kels, and Erik Tonni

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 141605 (2021) - Published 30 September, 2021

Search for New Phenomena in Final States with Two Leptons and One or No $b$ -Tagged Jets at $\sqrt{s} = 13 TeV$ Using the ATLAS Detector

G. Aad et al. (ATLAS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 141801 (2021) - Published 1 October, 2021

Nuclear Physics

Shear-Induced Spin Polarization in Heavy-Ion Collisions

Baochi Fu, Shuai Y. F. Liu, Longgang Pang, Huichao Song, and Yi Yin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 142301 (2021) - Published 30 September, 2021

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Experimental Realization of Multi-ion Sympathetic Cooling on a Trapped Ion Crystal

Z.-C. Mao, Y.-Z. Xu, Q.-X. Mei, W.-D. Zhao, Y. Jiang, Y. Wang, X.-Y. Chang, L. He, L. Yao, Z.-C. Zhou, Y.-K. Wu, and L.-M. Duan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 143201 (2021) - Published 27 September, 2021

Collective $P$ -Wave Orbital Dynamics of Ultracold Fermions

Mikhail Mamaev, Peiru He, Thomas Bilitewski, Vijin Venu, Joseph H. Thywissen, and Ana Maria Rey

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 143401 (2021) - Published 28 September, 2021

Polarization Dependent Scattering in Cavity Optomagnonics

J. A. Haigh, A. Nunnenkamp, and A. J. Ramsay

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 143601 (2021) - Published 28 September, 2021

Optical Superresolution Sensing of a Trapped Ion’s Wave Packet Size

Martín Drechsler, Sebastian Wolf, Christian T. Schmiegelow, and Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 143602 (2021) - Published 30 September, 2021

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Self-Propulsion of a Volatile Drop on the Surface of an Immiscible Liquid Bath

Benjamin Reichert, Jean-Benoît Le Cam, Arnaud Saint-Jalmes, and Giuseppe Pucci

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 144501 (2021) - Published 28 September, 2021

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Observation of Acoustic Skyrmions

Hao Ge, Xiang-Yuan Xu, Le Liu, Rui Xu, Zhi-Kang Lin, Si-Yuan Yu, Ming Bao, Jian-Hua Jiang, Ming-Hui Lu, and Yan-Feng Chen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 144502 (2021) - Published 29 September, 2021

A topologically stable quasiparticle normally associated with spin textures in magnetic materials has now been created using sound waves in air.

Actuation of Janus Emulsion Droplets via Optothermally Induced Marangoni Forces

Sara Nagelberg, Jan F. Totz, Matthäus Mittasch, Vishnu Sresht, Lukas Zeininger, Timothy M. Swager, Moritz Kreysing, and Mathias Kolle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 144503 (2021) - Published 29 September, 2021

Experimental Dispersion Relation of Surface Waves along a Torus of Fluid

Filip Novkoski, Eric Falcon, and Chi-Tuong Pham

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 144504 (2021) - Published 29 September, 2021

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Real-Space Observation of Emergent Complexity of Phase Evolution in Micrometer-Sized ${IrTe}_{2}$ Crystals

H. Oike, K. Takeda, M. Kamitani, Y. Tokura, and F. Kagawa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 145701 (2021) - Published 27 September, 2021

Dissolution at a Ductile Crack Tip

Wenjia Gu and Derek H. Warner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 146001 (2021) - Published 30 September, 2021

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Arrested Phase Separation in Double-Exchange Models: Large-Scale Simulation Enabled by Machine Learning

Puhan Zhang and Gia-Wei Chern

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 146401 (2021) - Published 29 September, 2021

Higher-Order Dirac Sonic Crystals

Huahui Qiu, Meng Xiao, Fan Zhang, and Chunyin Qiu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 146601 (2021) - Published 28 September, 2021

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EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Self-Calibrating Superconducting Pair-Breaking Detector

E. T. Mannila, V. F. Maisi, and J. P. Pekola

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 147001 (2021) - Published 30 September, 2021

Using an updated superconducting particle detector, researchers can directly measure from its quasiparticle signal the number of phonons that hit the detector.

Modifying Critical Exponents of Magnetic Phase Transitions via Nanoscale Materials Design

Lorenzo Fallarino, Eva López Rojo, Mikel Quintana, Juan Sebastián Salcedo Gallo, Brian J. Kirby, and Andreas Berger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 147201 (2021) - Published 28 September, 2021

Efficient Method for Prediction of Metastable or Ground Multipolar Ordered States and Its Application in Monolayer $α − {RuX}_{3}$ ( $X = Cl$ , I)

Wen-Xuan Qiu, Jin-Yu Zou, Ai-Yun Luo, Zhi-Hai Cui, Zhi-Da Song, Jin-Hua Gao, Yi-Lin Wang, and Gang Xu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 147202 (2021) - Published 29 September, 2021

Exact Diagonalization for Magic-Angle Twisted Bilayer Graphene

Pawel Potasz, Ming Xie, and A. H. MacDonald

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 147203 (2021) - Published 29 September, 2021

Spin Vortex Crystal Order in Organic Triangular Lattice Compound

Kira Riedl, Elena Gati, David Zielke, Steffi Hartmann, Oleg M. Vyaselev, Nataliya D. Kushch, Harald O. Jeschke, Michael Lang, Roser Valentí, Mark V. Kartsovnik, and Stephen M. Winter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 147204 (2021) - Published 29 September, 2021

Neutron Scattering Studies of the Breathing Pyrochlore Antiferromagnet ${LiGaCr}_{4} O_{8}$

Zheng He, Yiqing Gu, Hongliang Wo, Yu Feng, Die Hu, Yiqing Hao, Yimeng Gu, Helen C. Walker, Devashibhai T. Adroja, and Jun Zhao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 147205 (2021) - Published 30 September, 2021

Experimentally Detecting Quantized Zak Phases without Chiral Symmetry in Photonic Lattices

Zhi-Qiang Jiao, Stefano Longhi, Xiao-Wei Wang, Jun Gao, Wen-Hao Zhou, Yao Wang, Yu-Xuan Fu, Li Wang, Ruo-Jing Ren, Lu-Feng Qiao, and Xian-Min Jin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 147401 (2021) - Published 27 September, 2021

Investigation of the Stark Effect on a Centrosymmetric Quantum Emitter in Diamond

Lorenzo De Santis, Matthew E. Trusheim, Kevin C. Chen, and Dirk R. Englund

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 147402 (2021) - Published 28 September, 2021

Dynamic Spin-Triplet Order Induced by Alternating Electric Fields in Superconductor-Ferromagnet-Superconductor Josephson Junctions

I. V. Bobkova, A. M. Bobkov, and M. A. Silaev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 147701 (2021) - Published 30 September, 2021

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

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Multiscale Microtubule Dynamics in Active Nematics

Linnea M. Lemma, Michael M. Norton, Alexandra M. Tayar, Stephen J. DeCamp, S. Ali Aghvami, Seth Fraden, Michael F. Hagan, and Zvonimir Dogic

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 148001 (2021) - Published 27 September, 2021

The motion of individual active microtubules in a dense system can deviate significantly from the average, defying coarse-grained characterization.

COMMENTS

Comment on “Disentangling Orbital and Valley Hall Effects in Bilayers of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides”

Luojun Du

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 149701 (2021) - Published 1 October, 2021

Cysne et al. Reply:

Tarik P. Cysne, Marcio Costa, Luis M. Canonico, M. Buongiorno Nardelli, R. B. Muniz, and Tatiana G. Rappoport

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 149702 (2021) - Published 1 October, 2021

ERRATA

Erratum: Flavor Constraints from Unitarity and Analyticity [Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 081601 (2020)]

Grant N. Remmen and Nicholas L. Rodd

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 149901 (2021) - Published 28 September, 2021

Erratum: Semirelativistic Schrödinger Equation for Relativistic Laser-Matter Interactions [Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 253202 (2018)]

Tor Kjellsson Lindblom, Morten Førre, Eva Lindroth, and Sølve Selstø

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 149902 (2021) - Published 1 October, 2021