Volume 128, Issue 18

6 May 2022

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On the Cover

Electric field solution in the absence of the non-Hermitian cloak, showing strong scattering from a metallic obstacle and the shadow cast by it.

From the article:

Transforming Space with Non-Hermitian Dielectrics
Ivor Krešić, Konstantinos G. Makris, Ulf Leonhardt, and Stefan Rotter
Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 183901 (2022)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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Quantum Key Distribution over 658 km Fiber with Distributed Vibration Sensing

Jiu-Peng Chen, Chi Zhang, Yang Liu, Cong Jiang, Dong-Feng Zhao, Wei-Jun Zhang, Fa-Xi Chen, Hao Li, Li-Xing You, Zhen Wang, Yang Chen, Xiang-Bin Wang, Qiang Zhang, and Jian-Wei Pan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 180502 (2022) - Published 2 May, 2022

An experiment demonstrates that quantum key distribution networks, which are part of highly secure cryptography schemes, can also detect and locate earthquakes.

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Laser Probing of the Rotational Cooling of Molecular Ions by Electron Collisions

Ábel Kálosi, Manfred Grieser, Robert von Hahn, Ulrich Hechtfischer, Claude Krantz, Holger Kreckel, Damian Müll, Daniel Paul, Daniel W. Savin, Patrick Wilhelm, Andreas Wolf, and Oldřich Novotný

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 183402 (2022) - Published 4 May, 2022

Researchers use lasers and extreme cooling to monitor the rotational states of molecular ions after they collide with electrons, confirming predictions about the rates of these collisions.

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Electron Spin Resonance of the Interacting Spinon Liquid

Kirill Yu. Povarov, Timofei A. Soldatov, Ren-Bo Wang, Andrey Zheludev, Alexander I. Smirnov, and Oleg A. Starykh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 187202 (2022) - Published 6 May, 2022

Researchers catch a first peek of a collision between two spinon quasiparticles in a quantum spin chain.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Machine Learning Hidden Symmetries

Ziming Liu and Max Tegmark

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 180201 (2022) - Published 6 May, 2022

A machine-learning algorithm automates the discovery of hidden symmetries that are effective in classical mechanics as well as general relativity.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Symmetric Mass Generation in the $1 + 1$ Dimensional Chiral Fermion 3-4-5-0 Model

Meng Zeng, Zheng Zhu, Juven Wang, and Yi-Zhuang You

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 185301 (2022) - Published 5 May, 2022

Numerical simulation of a model of chiral fermions demonstrates mass generation without breaking the chiral symmetry.

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Imaging Topological Defects in a Noncollinear Antiferromagnet

Aurore Finco, Angela Haykal, Stéphane Fusil, Pawan Kumar, Pauline Dufour, Anne Forget, Dorothée Colson, Jean-Yves Chauleau, Michel Viret, Nicolas Jaouen, Vincent Garcia, and Vincent Jacques

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 187201 (2022) - Published 4 May, 2022

Using a scanning quantum magnetometer based on a single nitrogen vacancy center in diamond, the formation of topological defects emerging from the cycloidal antiferromagnetic order at the surface of bulk BiFeO $_{3}$ crystals has been imaged.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Tuning Stoichiometry to Promote Formation of Binary Colloidal Superlattices

R. Allen LaCour, Timothy C. Moore, and Sharon C. Glotzer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 188001 (2022) - Published 2 May, 2022

Simulations of binary mixtures of spherical particles show that an excess of the smaller species can facilitate self-assembly of a crystal structure.

LETTERS

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

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Machine Learning Hidden Symmetries

Ziming Liu and Max Tegmark

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 180201 (2022) - Published 6 May, 2022

A machine-learning algorithm automates the discovery of hidden symmetries that are effective in classical mechanics as well as general relativity.

On-Demand Integrated Quantum Memory for Polarization Qubits

Tian-Xiang Zhu, Chao Liu, Ming Jin, Ming-Xu Su, Yu-Ping Liu, Wen-Juan Li, Yang Ye, Zong-Quan Zhou, Chuan-Feng Li, and Guang-Can Guo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 180501 (2022) - Published 2 May, 2022

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Quantum Key Distribution over 658 km Fiber with Distributed Vibration Sensing

Jiu-Peng Chen, Chi Zhang, Yang Liu, Cong Jiang, Dong-Feng Zhao, Wei-Jun Zhang, Fa-Xi Chen, Hao Li, Li-Xing You, Zhen Wang, Yang Chen, Xiang-Bin Wang, Qiang Zhang, and Jian-Wei Pan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 180502 (2022) - Published 2 May, 2022

An experiment demonstrates that quantum key distribution networks, which are part of highly secure cryptography schemes, can also detect and locate earthquakes.

Quantum Metrological Power of Continuous-Variable Quantum Networks

Hyukgun Kwon, Youngrong Lim, Liang Jiang, Hyunseok Jeong, and Changhun Oh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 180503 (2022) - Published 4 May, 2022

Fermion-Parity-Based Computation and Its Majorana-Zero-Mode Implementation

Campbell K. McLauchlan and Benjamin Béri

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 180504 (2022) - Published 5 May, 2022

Trainability of Dissipative Perceptron-Based Quantum Neural Networks

Kunal Sharma, M. Cerezo, Lukasz Cincio, and Patrick J. Coles

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 180505 (2022) - Published 6 May, 2022

Optimal Gain Sensing of Quantum-Limited Phase-Insensitive Amplifiers

Ranjith Nair, Guo Yao Tham, and Mile Gu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 180506 (2022) - Published 6 May, 2022

Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis and Its Deviations from Random-Matrix Theory beyond the Thermalization Time

Jiaozi Wang, Mats H. Lamann, Jonas Richter, Robin Steinigeweg, Anatoly Dymarsky, and Jochen Gemmer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 180601 (2022) - Published 4 May, 2022

Quantum-Enhanced Heat Engine Based on Superabsorption

Shunsuke Kamimura, Hideaki Hakoshima, Yuichiro Matsuzaki, Kyo Yoshida, and Yasuhiro Tokura

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 180602 (2022) - Published 3 May, 2022

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Deep Zoom-In Simulation of a Fuzzy Dark Matter Galactic Halo

Bodo Schwabe and Jens C. Niemeyer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 181301 (2022) - Published 2 May, 2022

Elementary Particles and Fields

Extending Precision Perturbative QCD with Track Functions

Yibei Li, Ian Moult, Solange Schrijnder van Velzen, Wouter J. Waalewijn, and Hua Xing Zhu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 182001 (2022) - Published 2 May, 2022

Signature of the Gluon Orbital Angular Momentum

Shohini Bhattacharya, Renaud Boussarie, and Yoshitaka Hatta

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 182002 (2022) - Published 2 May, 2022

Probing Gluon Bose Correlations in Deep Inelastic Scattering

Alex Kovner, Ming Li, and Vladimir V. Skokov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 182003 (2022) - Published 5 May, 2022

Nuclear Physics

Constraining the ${}^{30}P (p, γ) {}^{31}S$ Reaction Rate in ONe Novae via the Weak, Low-Energy, $β$ -Delayed Proton Decay of ${}^{31}{Cl}$

T. Budner, M. Friedman, C. Wrede, B. A. Brown, J. José, D. Pérez-Loureiro, L. J. Sun, J. Surbrook, Y. Ayyad, D. W. Bardayan, K. Chae, A. A. Chen, K. A. Chipps, M. Cortesi, B. Glassman, M. R. Hall, M. Janasik, J. Liang, P. O’Malley, E. Pollacco, A. Psaltis, J. Stomps, and T. Wheeler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 182701 (2022) - Published 3 May, 2022

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Precision Spectroscopy of the Pionic Helium-4

Zhi-Da Bai, Vladimir I. Korobov, Zong-Chao Yan, Ting-Yun Shi, and Zhen-Xiang Zhong

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 183001 (2022) - Published 3 May, 2022

Nondipole Time Delay and Double-Slit Interference in Tunneling Ionization

Pei-Lun He, Karen Z. Hatsagortsyan, and Christoph H. Keitel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 183201 (2022) - Published 5 May, 2022

Channel Coupling Dynamics of Deep-Lying Orbitals in Molecular High-Harmonic Generation

Zheng Shu, Hongjing Liang, Yichen Wang, Shilin Hu, Shi Chen, Haifeng Xu, Ri Ma, Dajun Ding, and Jing Chen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 183202 (2022) - Published 6 May, 2022

Chemistry of a Light Impurity in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

Arthur Christianen, J. Ignacio Cirac, and Richard Schmidt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 183401 (2022) - Published 4 May, 2022

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

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Laser Probing of the Rotational Cooling of Molecular Ions by Electron Collisions

Ábel Kálosi, Manfred Grieser, Robert von Hahn, Ulrich Hechtfischer, Claude Krantz, Holger Kreckel, Damian Müll, Daniel Paul, Daniel W. Savin, Patrick Wilhelm, Andreas Wolf, and Oldřich Novotný

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 183402 (2022) - Published 4 May, 2022

Researchers use lasers and extreme cooling to monitor the rotational states of molecular ions after they collide with electrons, confirming predictions about the rates of these collisions.

Measuring High-Order Phonon Correlations in an Optomechanical Resonator

Y. S. S. Patil, J. Yu, S. Frazier, Y. Wang, K. Johnson, J. Fox, J. Reichel, and J. G. E. Harris

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 183601 (2022) - Published 4 May, 2022

Boosting the Quantum State of a Cavity with Floquet Driving

David M. Long, Philip J. D. Crowley, Alicia J. Kollár, and Anushya Chandran

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 183602 (2022) - Published 4 May, 2022

Optomagnonics in Dispersive Media: Magnon-Photon Coupling Enhancement at the Epsilon-near-Zero Frequency

V. A. S. V. Bittencourt, I. Liberal, and S. Viola Kusminskiy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 183603 (2022) - Published 5 May, 2022

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Transforming Space with Non-Hermitian Dielectrics

Ivor Krešić, Konstantinos G. Makris, Ulf Leonhardt, and Stefan Rotter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 183901 (2022) - Published 4 May, 2022

Fractional Integrable Nonlinear Soliton Equations

Mark J. Ablowitz, Joel B. Been, and Lincoln D. Carr

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 184101 (2022) - Published 4 May, 2022

Unidirectional Modes Induced by Nontraditional Coriolis Force in Stratified Fluids

Nicolas Perez, Pierre Delplace, and Antoine Venaille

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 184501 (2022) - Published 5 May, 2022

Plasma and Beam Physics

Regulation of Alfvén Eigenmodes by Microturbulence in Fusion Plasmas

P. Liu, X. Wei, Z. Lin, G. Brochard, G. J. Choi, W. W. Heidbrink, J. H. Nicolau, and G. R. McKee

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 185001 (2022) - Published 4 May, 2022

Hot Spot Evolution Measured by High-Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy at the National Ignition Facility

Lan Gao, B. F. Kraus, K. W. Hill, M. B. Schneider, A. Christopherson, B. Bachmann, M. Bitter, P. Efthimion, N. Pablant, R. Betti, C. Thomas, D. Thorn, A. G. MacPhee, S. Khan, R. Kauffman, D. Liedahl, H. Chen, D. Bradley, J. Kilkenny, B. Lahmann, E. Stambulchik, and Y. Maron

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 185002 (2022) - Published 6 May, 2022

First-Principles Density Limit Scaling in Tokamaks Based on Edge Turbulent Transport and Implications for ITER

M. Giacomin, A. Pau, P. Ricci, O. Sauter, T. Eich, the ASDEX Upgrade team, JET Contributors, and the TCV team

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 185003 (2022) - Published 6 May, 2022

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Symmetric Mass Generation in the $1 + 1$ Dimensional Chiral Fermion 3-4-5-0 Model

Meng Zeng, Zheng Zhu, Juven Wang, and Yi-Zhuang You

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 185301 (2022) - Published 5 May, 2022

Numerical simulation of a model of chiral fermions demonstrates mass generation without breaking the chiral symmetry.

Low-Pressure Electrochemical Synthesis of Complex High-Pressure Superconducting Superhydrides

Pin-Wen Guan, Ying Sun, Russell J. Hemley, Hanyu Liu, Yanming Ma, and Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 186001 (2022) - Published 6 May, 2022

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Edge Reconstruction of a Time-Reversal Invariant Insulator: Compressible-Incompressible Stripes

Udit Khanna, Yuval Gefen, Ora Entin-Wohlman, and Amnon Aharony

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 186801 (2022) - Published 2 May, 2022

Topological Space-Time Crystal

Yang Peng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 186802 (2022) - Published 4 May, 2022

Pressure-Induced Superconductivity up to 9 K in the Quasi-One-Dimensional ${KMn}_{6} {Bi}_{5}$

Z. Y. Liu, Q. X. Dong, P. T. Yang, P. F. Shan, B. S. Wang, J. P. Sun, Z. L. Dun, Y. Uwatoko, G. F. Chen, X. L. Dong, Z. X. Zhao, and J.-G. Cheng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 187001 (2022) - Published 4 May, 2022

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Imaging Topological Defects in a Noncollinear Antiferromagnet

Aurore Finco, Angela Haykal, Stéphane Fusil, Pawan Kumar, Pauline Dufour, Anne Forget, Dorothée Colson, Jean-Yves Chauleau, Michel Viret, Nicolas Jaouen, Vincent Garcia, and Vincent Jacques

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 187201 (2022) - Published 4 May, 2022

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Electron Spin Resonance of the Interacting Spinon Liquid

Kirill Yu. Povarov, Timofei A. Soldatov, Ren-Bo Wang, Andrey Zheludev, Alexander I. Smirnov, and Oleg A. Starykh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 187202 (2022) - Published 6 May, 2022

Researchers catch a first peek of a collision between two spinon quasiparticles in a quantum spin chain.

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

Unusual High-Frequency Mechanical Properties of Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Melts

Mayank Jhalaria, Yu Cang, Yucheng Huang, Brian Benicewicz, Sanat K. Kumar, and George Fytas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 187801 (2022) - Published 4 May, 2022

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Tuning Stoichiometry to Promote Formation of Binary Colloidal Superlattices

R. Allen LaCour, Timothy C. Moore, and Sharon C. Glotzer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 188001 (2022) - Published 2 May, 2022

Simulations of binary mixtures of spherical particles show that an excess of the smaller species can facilitate self-assembly of a crystal structure.