Volume 129, Issue 16

14 October 2022

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A thin elastic ring wrinkles under the competing influences of compressive pressure (yellow arrows) and outer substrate forces (red arrows).

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Universal Wrinkling of Supported Elastic Rings
Benjamin Foster, Nicolás Verschueren, Edgar Knobloch, and Leonardo Gordillo
Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 164301 (2022)

EDITORIALS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Editorial: A Welcoming Home for Applied Science

Jessica Thomas and Michael Thoennessen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 160001 (2022) - Published 11 October, 2022

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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First Search for the Absorption of Fermionic Dark Matter with the PandaX-4T Experiment

Linhui Gu et al. (PandaX Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 161803 (2022) - Published 13 October, 2022

Researchers have analyzed the first data from a dark matter direct-detection experiment, searching for a form of dark matter known as fermionic dark matter via its absorption by nuclei.

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Search for Light Fermionic Dark Matter Absorption on Electrons in PandaX-4T

Dan Zhang et al. (PandaX Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 161804 (2022) - Published 13 October, 2022

Results from two leading dark matter experiments—XENONnT and PandaX-4T—rule out an enigmatic signal detected in 2020 and set new constraints on dark matter particle candidates consisting of light fermions, respectively.

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Search for New Physics in Electronic Recoil Data from XENONnT

E. Aprile et al. (XENON Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 161805 (2022) - Published 13 October, 2022

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Quasicontinuous Exhaust Scenario for a Fusion Reactor: The Renaissance of Small Edge Localized Modes

G. F. Harrer, M. Faitsch, L. Radovanovic, E. Wolfrum, C. Albert, A. Cathey, M. Cavedon, M. Dunne, T. Eich, R. Fischer, M. Griener, M. Hoelzl, B. Labit, H. Meyer, F. Aumayr, The ASDEX Upgrade Team, and The EUROfusion MST1 Team

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 165001 (2022) - Published 10 October, 2022

A mechanism for preventing destructive instabilities in magnetically confined plasmas provides a new way for scientists to operate future nuclear-fusion reactors.

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In Situ Signature of Cyclotron Resonant Heating in the Solar Wind

Trevor A. Bowen, Benjamin D. G. Chandran, Jonathan Squire, Stuart D. Bale, Die Duan, Kristopher G. Klein, Davin Larson, Alfred Mallet, Michael D. McManus, Romain Meyrand, Jaye L. Verniero, and Lloyd D. Woodham

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 165101 (2022) - Published 14 October, 2022

Data from the Parker Solar Probe confirms a long-suspected source of coronal heating.

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Probing Operator Spreading via Floquet Engineering in a Superconducting Circuit

S. K. Zhao, Zi-Yong Ge, Zhongcheng Xiang, G. M. Xue, H. S. Yan, Z. T. Wang, Zhan Wang, H. K. Xu, F. F. Su, Z. H. Yang, He Zhang, Yu-Ran Zhang, Xue-Yi Guo, Kai Xu, Ye Tian, H. F. Yu, D. N. Zheng, Heng Fan, and S. P. Zhao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 160602 (2022) - Published 13 October, 2022

Floquet engineering has been used to measure out-of-time-order correlators and study operator spreading in a superconducting 10-qubit chain.

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Noninvertible Global Symmetries in the Standard Model

Yichul Choi, Ho Tat Lam, and Shu-Heng Shao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 161601 (2022) - Published 12 October, 2022

The Standard Model contains novel hidden symmetries that cannot be described within the usual context of Lie algebras.

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Quantum Monte Carlo Study of Positron Lifetimes in Solids

K. A. Simula, J. E. Muff, I. Makkonen, and N. D. Drummond

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 166403 (2022) - Published 14 October, 2022

A new quantum Monte Carlo approach for computation of positron lifetimes in real crystals yields an improved accuracy compared to previous computations using different techniques.

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New Spin-Polarized Electron Source Based on Alkali Antimonide Photocathode

V. S. Rusetsky, V. A. Golyashov, S. V. Eremeev, D. A. Kustov, I. P. Rusinov, T. S. Shamirzaev, A. V. Mironov, A. Yu. Demin, and O. E. Tereshchenko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 166802 (2022) - Published 14 October, 2022

New spin-dependent photoemission properties of alkali antimonide semiconductor cathodes are demonstrated and used to design a novel spin-polarized electron source.

LETTERS

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

Berry Phase from the Entanglement of Future and Past Light Cones: Detecting the Timelike Unruh Effect

James Q. Quach, Timothy C. Ralph, and William J. Munro

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 160401 (2022) - Published 14 October, 2022

Hardware Efficient Quantum Simulation of Non-Abelian Gauge Theories with Qudits on Rydberg Platforms

Daniel González-Cuadra, Torsten V. Zache, Jose Carrasco, Barbara Kraus, and Peter Zoller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 160501 (2022) - Published 13 October, 2022

Quadratic Speedup for Spatial Search by Continuous-Time Quantum Walk

Simon Apers, Shantanav Chakraborty, Leonardo Novo, and Jérémie Roland

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 160502 (2022) - Published 14 October, 2022

Quantum Algorithms for Testing Hamiltonian Symmetry

Margarite L. LaBorde and Mark M. Wilde

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 160503 (2022) - Published 14 October, 2022

Arresting Classical Many-Body Chaos by Kinetic Constraints

Aydin Deger, Sthitadhi Roy, and Achilleas Lazarides

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 160601 (2022) - Published 12 October, 2022

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Probing Operator Spreading via Floquet Engineering in a Superconducting Circuit

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 160602 (2022) - Published 13 October, 2022

Floquet engineering has been used to measure out-of-time-order correlators and study operator spreading in a superconducting 10-qubit chain.

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Inspirals from the Innermost Stable Circular Orbit of Kerr Black Holes: Exact Solutions and Universal Radial Flow

Andrew Mummery and Steven Balbus

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 161101 (2022) - Published 12 October, 2022

Elementary Particles and Fields

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Noninvertible Global Symmetries in the Standard Model

Yichul Choi, Ho Tat Lam, and Shu-Heng Shao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 161601 (2022) - Published 12 October, 2022

The Standard Model contains novel hidden symmetries that cannot be described within the usual context of Lie algebras.

Search for a New $B - L$ $Z^{'}$ Gauge Boson with the NA64 Experiment at CERN

Yu. M. Andreev et al. (NA64 Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 161801 (2022) - Published 12 October, 2022

Is the $\bar{θ}$ Parameter of QCD Constant?

Hooman Davoudiasl, Julia Gehrlein, and Robert Szafron

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 161802 (2022) - Published 11 October, 2022

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First Search for the Absorption of Fermionic Dark Matter with the PandaX-4T Experiment

Linhui Gu et al. (PandaX Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 161803 (2022) - Published 13 October, 2022

Researchers have analyzed the first data from a dark matter direct-detection experiment, searching for a form of dark matter known as fermionic dark matter via its absorption by nuclei.

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Search for Light Fermionic Dark Matter Absorption on Electrons in PandaX-4T

Dan Zhang et al. (PandaX Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 161804 (2022) - Published 13 October, 2022

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Search for New Physics in Electronic Recoil Data from XENONnT

E. Aprile et al. (XENON Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 161805 (2022) - Published 13 October, 2022

Four-Loop Rapidity Anomalous Dimension and Event Shapes to Fourth Logarithmic Order

Claude Duhr, Bernhard Mistlberger, and Gherardo Vita

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 162001 (2022) - Published 13 October, 2022

Nuclear Physics

Direct Measurement of Resonances in ${}^{7}{Be} (α, γ) {}^{11}C$ Relevant to $ν p$ -Process Nucleosynthesis

A. Psaltis, A. A. Chen, R. Longland, D. S. Connolly, C. R. Brune, B. Davids, J. Fallis, R. Giri, U. Greife, D. A. Hutcheon, L. Kroll, A. Lennarz, J. Liang, M. Lovely, M. Luo, C. Marshall, S. N. Paneru, A. Parikh, C. Ruiz, A. C. Shotter, and M. Williams

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 162701 (2022) - Published 14 October, 2022

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Fano-like Resonance due to Interference with Distant Transitions

Y.-N. Lv (吕亚男), A.-W. Liu (刘安雯), Y. Tan (谈艳), C.-L. Hu (胡常乐), T.-P. Hua (华天鹏), X.-B. Zou (邹旭波), Y. R. Sun (孙羽), C.-L. Zou (邹长铃), G.-C. Guo (郭光灿), and S.-M. Hu (胡水明)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 163201 (2022) - Published 10 October, 2022

Continuous Variable Entanglement in an Optical Parametric Oscillator Based on a Nondegenerate Four Wave Mixing Process in Hot Alkali Atoms

A. Montaña Guerrero, R. L. Rincón Celis, P. Nussenzveig, M. Martinelli, A. M. Marino, and H. M. Florez

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 163601 (2022) - Published 11 October, 2022

Temperature-Dependent Decay of Quasi-Two-Dimensional Vortices across the BCS-BEC Crossover

Xiang-Pei Liu, Xing-Can Yao, Xiaopeng Li, Yu-Xuan Wang, Chun-Jiong Huang, Youjin Deng, Yu-Ao Chen, and Jian-Wei Pan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 163602 (2022) - Published 13 October, 2022

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Universal Wrinkling of Supported Elastic Rings

Benjamin Foster, Nicolás Verschueren, Edgar Knobloch, and Leonardo Gordillo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 164301 (2022) - Published 11 October, 2022

Plasma and Beam Physics

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Quasicontinuous Exhaust Scenario for a Fusion Reactor: The Renaissance of Small Edge Localized Modes

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 165001 (2022) - Published 10 October, 2022

A mechanism for preventing destructive instabilities in magnetically confined plasmas provides a new way for scientists to operate future nuclear-fusion reactors.

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

In Situ Signature of Cyclotron Resonant Heating in the Solar Wind

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 165101 (2022) - Published 14 October, 2022

Data from the Parker Solar Probe confirms a long-suspected source of coronal heating.

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Discovery of Charge Order and Corresponding Edge State in Kagome Magnet FeGe

Jia-Xin Yin, Yu-Xiao Jiang, Xiaokun Teng, Md. Shafayat Hossain, Sougata Mardanya, Tay-Rong Chang, Zijin Ye, Gang Xu, M. Michael Denner, Titus Neupert, Benjamin Lienhard, Han-Bin Deng, Chandan Setty, Qimiao Si, Guoqing Chang, Zurab Guguchia, Bin Gao, Nana Shumiya, Qi Zhang, Tyler A. Cochran, Daniel Multer, Ming Yi, Pengcheng Dai, and M. Zahid Hasan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 166401 (2022) - Published 10 October, 2022

Spontaneous Ferromagnetism Induced Topological Transition in ${EuB}_{6}$

W. L. Liu et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 166402 (2022) - Published 13 October, 2022

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Quantum Monte Carlo Study of Positron Lifetimes in Solids

K. A. Simula, J. E. Muff, I. Makkonen, and N. D. Drummond

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 166403 (2022) - Published 14 October, 2022

A new quantum Monte Carlo approach for computation of positron lifetimes in real crystals yields an improved accuracy compared to previous computations using different techniques.

Partition of Two Interacting Electrons by a Potential Barrier

Sungguen Ryu and H.-S. Sim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 166801 (2022) - Published 13 October, 2022

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New Spin-Polarized Electron Source Based on Alkali Antimonide Photocathode

V. S. Rusetsky, V. A. Golyashov, S. V. Eremeev, D. A. Kustov, I. P. Rusinov, T. S. Shamirzaev, A. V. Mironov, A. Yu. Demin, and O. E. Tereshchenko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 166802 (2022) - Published 14 October, 2022

New spin-dependent photoemission properties of alkali antimonide semiconductor cathodes are demonstrated and used to design a novel spin-polarized electron source.