Volume 129, Issue 4

22 July 2022

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Measured "Fermi arcs" on the surface of a metacrystal at 13.3 GHz.

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Straight Photonic Nodal Lines with Quadrupole Berry Curvature Distribution and Superimaging “Fermi Arcs”
Dongyang Wang, Biao Yang, Ruo-Yang Zhang, Wen-Jie Chen, Z. Q. Zhang, Shuang Zhang, and C. T. Chan
Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 043602 (2022)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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Optimizing Thermalization

Kamil Korzekwa and Matteo Lostaglio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 040602 (2022) - Published 20 July, 2022

By combining continuous and discrete theoretical approaches, researchers show how to plot an optimal path from one nonequilibrium quantum state to another.

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Holography in de Sitter Space via Chern-Simons Gauge Theory

Yasuaki Hikida, Tatsuma Nishioka, Tadashi Takayanagi, and Yusuke Taki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 041601 (2022) - Published 18 July, 2022

Theorists have modeled an expanding spacetime—akin to our Universe—by taking inspiration from a string theory framework in which spacetime is emergent.

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Robustness of Bilayer Hexagonal Ice against Surface Symmetry and Corrugation

Pu Yang, Chen Zhang, Wenyu Sun, Jia Dong, Duanyun Cao, Jing Guo, and Ying Jiang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 046001 (2022) - Published 18 July, 2022

AFM imaging shows how hexagonal ice forms on the surface of gold.

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Magic-Angle Twisted Bilayer Graphene as a Topological Heavy Fermion Problem

Zhi-Da Song and B. Andrei Bernevig

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 047601 (2022) - Published 19 July, 2022

Parallels are predicted between the behavior of electrons in twisted bilayer graphene and in a class of materials known as heavy fermion materials

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Precision Determination of the Neutral Weak Form Factor of ${}^{48}{Ca}$

D. Adhikari et al. (CREX Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 042501 (2022) - Published 20 July, 2022

A precision measurement of the neutral weak form factor of $^{48}$ Ca provides a determination of its neutron skin thickness and constrains the symmetry energy of nuclear matter.

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Subpromille Measurements and Calculations of CO (3–0) Overtone Line Intensities

Katarzyna Bielska, Aleksandra A. Kyuberis, Zachary D. Reed, Gang Li, Agata Cygan, Roman Ciuryło, Erin M. Adkins, Lorenzo Lodi, Nikolay F. Zobov, Volker Ebert, Daniel Lisak, Joseph T. Hodges, Jonathan Tennyson, and Oleg L. Polyansky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 043002 (2022) - Published 21 July, 2022

Two independent laboratories measure the intensity of spectral lines in the second overtone band of $^{12}$ C $^{16}$ O to an unprecedented degree of precision and accuracy, thereby enabling the definition of new intensity standards and reducing the biases in future measurements of spectroscopic peak areas.

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Anomalous Crystal Shapes of Topological Crystalline Insulators

Yutaro Tanaka, Tiantian Zhang, Makio Uwaha, and Shuichi Murakami

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 046802 (2022) - Published 21 July, 2022

The crystal shape of a topological crystalline insulator is affected by the dependence of its surface energy on surface orientations.

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Mass Changes the Diffusion Coefficient of Particles with Ligand-Receptor Contacts in the Overdamped Limit

Sophie Marbach and Miranda Holmes-Cerfon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 048003 (2022) - Published 21 July, 2022

The diffusion constant of sticky particles can depend on particle mass in the overdamped limit.

LETTERS

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

Soliton Interferometry with Very Narrow Barriers Obtained from Spatially Dependent Dressed States

Callum L. Grimshaw, Thomas P. Billam, and Simon A. Gardiner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 040401 (2022) - Published 19 July, 2022

Floquet Engineering Topological Dirac Bands

Mingwu Lu, G. H. Reid, A. R. Fritsch, A. M. Piñeiro, and I. B. Spielman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 040402 (2022) - Published 22 July, 2022

Can Angular Oscillations Probe Superfluidity in Dipolar Supersolids?

Matthew A. Norcia, Elena Poli, Claudia Politi, Lauritz Klaus, Thomas Bland, Manfred J. Mark, Luis Santos, Russell N. Bisset, and Francesca Ferlaino

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 040403 (2022) - Published 22 July, 2022

Approaching Ideal Visibility in Singlet-Triplet Qubit Operations Using Energy-Selective Tunneling-Based Hamiltonian Estimation

Jehyun Kim, Jonginn Yun, Wonjin Jang, Hyeongyu Jang, Jaemin Park, Younguk Song, Min-Kyun Cho, Sangwoo Sim, Hanseo Sohn, Hwanchul Jung, Vladimir Umansky, and Dohun Kim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 040501 (2022) - Published 19 July, 2022

Scalable Method for Eliminating Residual $Z Z$ Interaction between Superconducting Qubits

Zhongchu Ni, Sai Li, Libo Zhang, Ji Chu, Jingjing Niu, Tongxing Yan, Xiuhao Deng, Ling Hu, Jian Li, Youpeng Zhong, Song Liu, Fei Yan, Yuan Xu, and Dapeng Yu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 040502 (2022) - Published 22 July, 2022

Exact Solution of the Macroscopic Fluctuation Theory for the Symmetric Exclusion Process

Kirone Mallick, Hiroki Moriya, and Tomohiro Sasamoto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 040601 (2022) - Published 19 July, 2022

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Optimizing Thermalization

Kamil Korzekwa and Matteo Lostaglio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 040602 (2022) - Published 20 July, 2022

By combining continuous and discrete theoretical approaches, researchers show how to plot an optimal path from one nonequilibrium quantum state to another.

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Novel Search for High-Frequency Gravitational Waves with Low-Mass Axion Haloscopes

Valerie Domcke, Camilo Garcia-Cely, and Nicholas L. Rodd

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 041101 (2022) - Published 20 July, 2022

Elementary Particles and Fields

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Holography in de Sitter Space via Chern-Simons Gauge Theory

Yasuaki Hikida, Tatsuma Nishioka, Tadashi Takayanagi, and Yusuke Taki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 041601 (2022) - Published 18 July, 2022

Theorists have modeled an expanding spacetime—akin to our Universe—by taking inspiration from a string theory framework in which spacetime is emergent.

Large $N$ Partition Functions, Holography, and Black Holes

Nikolay Bobev, Junho Hong, and Valentin Reys

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 041602 (2022) - Published 18 July, 2022

First Measurement of High-Energy Reactor Antineutrinos at Daya Bay

F. P. An et al. (Daya Bay Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 041801 (2022) - Published 18 July, 2022

Observation of a State $X (2600)$ in the $π^{+} π^{-} η'$ System in the Process $J / ψ \to γ π^{+} π^{-} η'$

M. Ablikim et al. (BESIII Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 042001 (2022) - Published 19 July, 2022

Nuclear Physics

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Precision Determination of the Neutral Weak Form Factor of ${}^{48}{Ca}$

D. Adhikari et al. (CREX Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 042501 (2022) - Published 20 July, 2022

A precision measurement of the neutral weak form factor of $^{48}$ Ca provides a determination of its neutron skin thickness and constrains the symmetry energy of nuclear matter.

$Δ I = 2$ Bifurcation as a Characteristic Feature of Scissors Rotational Bands

Cui-Juan Lv, Fang-Qi Chen, Yang Sun, and Mike Guidry

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 042502 (2022) - Published 20 July, 2022

Ab Initio Prediction of the ${}^{4}{He} (d, γ) {}^{6}{Li}$ Big Bang Radiative Capture

C. Hebborn, G. Hupin, K. Kravvaris, S. Quaglioni, P. Navrátil, and P. Gysbers

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 042503 (2022) - Published 20 July, 2022

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Launching Coherent Acoustic Phonon Wave Packets with Local Femtosecond Coulomb Forces

Shaoxiang Sheng, Anne-Catherine Oeter, Mohamad Abdo, Kurt Lichtenberg, Mario Hentschel, and Sebastian Loth

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 043001 (2022) - Published 18 July, 2022

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Subpromille Measurements and Calculations of CO (3–0) Overtone Line Intensities

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 043002 (2022) - Published 21 July, 2022

Single-Mode Photon Blockade Enhanced by Bi-Tone Drive

Ming Li, Yan-Lei Zhang, Shu-Hao Wu, Chun-Hua Dong, Xu-Bo Zou, Guang-Can Guo, and Chang-Ling Zou

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 043601 (2022) - Published 18 July, 2022

Straight Photonic Nodal Lines with Quadrupole Berry Curvature Distribution and Superimaging “Fermi Arcs”

Dongyang Wang, Biao Yang, Ruo-Yang Zhang, Wen-Jie Chen, Z. Q. Zhang, Shuang Zhang, and C. T. Chan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 043602 (2022) - Published 22 July, 2022

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Intense Wave Formation from Multiple Soliton Fusion and the Role of Extra Dimensions

Feifei Xin, Ludovica Falsi, Davide Pierangeli, Fabrizio Fusella, Galina Perepelitsa, Yehudit Garcia, Aharon J. Agranat, and Eugenio DelRe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 043901 (2022) - Published 18 July, 2022

Photonic $Z_{2}$ Topological Anderson Insulators

Xiaohan Cui, Ruo-Yang Zhang, Zhao-Qing Zhang, and C. T. Chan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 043902 (2022) - Published 19 July, 2022

Plasma and Beam Physics

Higher Harmonics in Multipactor Induced Plasma Ionization Breakdown near a Dielectric Surface

De-Qi Wen, Peng Zhang, Janez Krek, Yangyang Fu, and John P Verboncoeur

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 045001 (2022) - Published 20 July, 2022

First Intrashot Observation of Runaway-Electron-Driven Instabilities at the Lower-Hybrid Frequency Range under ITER-Relevant Plasma-Wave Dispersion Conditions

W. Bin, C. Castaldo, F. Napoli, P. Buratti, A. Cardinali, A. Selce, and O. Tudisco (FTU Team)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 045002 (2022) - Published 20 July, 2022

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Parisi-Sourlas Supersymmetry in Random Field Models

Apratim Kaviraj, Slava Rychkov, and Emilio Trevisani

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 045701 (2022) - Published 19 July, 2022

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Robustness of Bilayer Hexagonal Ice against Surface Symmetry and Corrugation

Pu Yang, Chen Zhang, Wenyu Sun, Jia Dong, Duanyun Cao, Jing Guo, and Ying Jiang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 046001 (2022) - Published 18 July, 2022

AFM imaging shows how hexagonal ice forms on the surface of gold.

Stability and Rupture of an Ultrathin Ionic Wire

Bruno Focassio, Tanna E. R. Fiuza, Jefferson Bettini, Gabriel R. Schleder, Murillo H. M. Rodrigues, João B. Souza Junior, Edson R. Leite, Adalberto Fazzio, and Rodrigo B. Capaz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 046101 (2022) - Published 18 July, 2022