Volume 131, Issue 12

22 September 2023

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Activity-driven lipid bilayer separation into liquid ordered and disordered phases. Time-lapse images of driven actin filaments on the bilayer (magenta, top). Liquid ordered domains growing in time, left to right (green, bottom).

From the article:

Active Surface Flows Accelerate the Coarsening of Lipid Membrane Domains
Daniel P. Arnold, Aakanksha Gubbala, and Sho C. Takatori
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 128402 (2023)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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Topological Metadefects: Tangles of Dislocations

Pawel Pieranski, Mehdi Zeghal, Maria Helena Godinho, Patrick Judeinstein, Rémi Bouffet-Klein, Bastien Liagre, and Nicodème Rouger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 128101 (2023) - Published 22 September, 2023

Two or more linear defects can twist around one another to form an entity that may affect the properties of a material.

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Network Effects Lead to Self-Organization in Metabolic Cycles of Self-Repelling Catalysts

Vincent Ouazan-Reboul, Ramin Golestanian, and Jaime Agudo-Canalejo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 128301 (2023) - Published 19 September, 2023

Catalytically active particles form clusters when they respond not only to their own chemical targets but to those of other catalysts, too.

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Dynamical Information Synergy in Biochemical Signaling Networks

Lauritz Hahn, Aleksandra M. Walczak, and Thierry Mora

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 128401 (2023) - Published 20 September, 2023

The concurrent analysis of two measurements of a biochemical signaling network can provide more information than two separate probes of the datasets.

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Raman Probing the Local Ultrastrong Coupling of Vibrational Plasmon Polaritons on Metallic Gratings

Rakesh Arul, Kishan Menghrajani, Marie S. Rider, Rohit Chikkaraddy, William L. Barnes, and Jeremy J. Baumberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 126902 (2023) - Published 22 September, 2023

Using a metallic grating and infrared light, researchers have uncovered a light–matter coupling regime where the local coupling strength can be 3.5 times higher than the global average for the material.

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Two Spinning Black Holes Balanced by Their Synchronized Scalar Hair

Carlos A. R. Herdeiro and Eugen Radu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 121401 (2023) - Published 21 September, 2023

When general relativity is coupled to bosonic matter, two spinning black holes can in principle form a stable molecule with quantum effects balancing gravitational effects.

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Gravitational-Wave Phasing of Quasicircular Compact Binary Systems to the Fourth-and-a-Half Post-Newtonian Order

Luc Blanchet, Guillaume Faye, Quentin Henry, François Larrouturou, and David Trestini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 121402 (2023) - Published 21 September, 2023

A collective effort involving various theoretical frameworks results in the successful gravitational wave phasing of nonspinning compact binary systems on quasicircular orbits up to the 4.5 post-Newtonian order.

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Laser-Induced Cavitation for Controlling Crystallization from Solution

Nagaraj Nagalingam, Aswin Raghunathan, Vikram Korede, Christian Poelma, Carlas S. Smith, Remco Hartkamp, Johan T. Padding, and Hüseyin Burak Eral

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 124001 (2023) - Published 18 September, 2023

High-speed microscope measurements show the nucleation and growth of single KCl crystals at the inner container wall of a supersaturated solution where submillimeter cavitation bubbles are generated by incident laser pulses.

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Isotopic Control of the Boron-Vacancy Spin Defect in Hexagonal Boron Nitride

T. Clua-Provost, A. Durand, Z. Mu, T. Rastoin, J. Fraunié, E. Janzen, H. Schutte, J. H. Edgar, G. Seine, A. Claverie, X. Marie, C. Robert, B. Gil, G. Cassabois, and V. Jacques

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 126901 (2023) - Published 21 September, 2023

Engineered purification of certain hBN crystals may provide an optimal host material for boron-vacancy spin defects in quantum technology.

LETTERS

Quantum Information, Science, and Technology

Trading Causal Order for Locality

Ravi Kunjwal and Ämin Baumeler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 120201 (2023) - Published 18 September, 2023

Distributed Quantum Incompatibility

Lucas Tendick, Hermann Kampermann, and Dagmar Bruß

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 120202 (2023) - Published 21 September, 2023

Thermodynamics of Quantum Trajectories on a Quantum Computer

Marcel Cech, Igor Lesanovsky, and Federico Carollo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 120401 (2023) - Published 22 September, 2023

Fast, High-Fidelity Addressed Single-Qubit Gates Using Efficient Composite Pulse Sequences

A. D. Leu, M. F. Gely, M. A. Weber, M. C. Smith, D. P. Nadlinger, and D. M. Lucas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 120601 (2023) - Published 19 September, 2023

Reversing Unknown Qubit-Unitary Operation, Deterministically and Exactly

Satoshi Yoshida, Akihito Soeda, and Mio Murao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 120602 (2023) - Published 19 September, 2023

High-Threshold Quantum Computing by Fusing One-Dimensional Cluster States

Stefano Paesani and Benjamin J. Brown

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 120603 (2023) - Published 21 September, 2023

Tailoring Fusion-Based Error Correction for High Thresholds to Biased Fusion Failures

Kaavya Sahay, Jahan Claes, and Shruti Puri

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 120604 (2023) - Published 21 September, 2023

Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Gravitation

Constraints on Early Dark Energy from Isotropic Cosmic Birefringence

Johannes R. Eskilt, Laura Herold, Eiichiro Komatsu, Kai Murai, Toshiya Namikawa, and Fumihiro Naokawa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 121001 (2023) - Published 18 September, 2023

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Two Spinning Black Holes Balanced by Their Synchronized Scalar Hair

Carlos A. R. Herdeiro and Eugen Radu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 121401 (2023) - Published 21 September, 2023

When general relativity is coupled to bosonic matter, two spinning black holes can in principle form a stable molecule with quantum effects balancing gravitational effects.

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Gravitational-Wave Phasing of Quasicircular Compact Binary Systems to the Fourth-and-a-Half Post-Newtonian Order

Luc Blanchet, Guillaume Faye, Quentin Henry, François Larrouturou, and David Trestini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 121402 (2023) - Published 21 September, 2023

Particles and Fields

Nonsupersymmetric Heterotic Branes

Justin Kaidi, Kantaro Ohmori, Yuji Tachikawa, and Kazuya Yonekura

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 121601 (2023) - Published 18 September, 2023

Equivariant Localization in Supergravity

Pietro Benetti Genolini, Jerome P. Gauntlett, and James Sparks

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 121602 (2023) - Published 18 September, 2023

Quadratic Twist-Noncommutative Gauge Theory

Tim Meier and Stijn J. van Tongeren

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 121603 (2023) - Published 19 September, 2023

Search for $\bar{Λ} − Λ$ Baryon-Number-Violating Oscillations in the Decay $J / ψ \to p K^{-} \bar{Λ} + c . c .$

M. Ablikim et al. (BESIII Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 121801 (2023) - Published 19 September, 2023

Search for a $τ^{+} τ^{-}$ Resonance in $e^{+} e^{-} \to μ^{+} μ^{-} τ^{+} τ^{-}$ Events with the Belle II Experiment

I. Adachi et al. (Belle II Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 121802 (2023) - Published 21 September, 2023

Measurement of the Dependence of the Hadron Production Fraction Ratios $f_{s} / f_{u}$ and $f_{d} / f_{u}$ on $B$ Meson Kinematic Variables in Proton-Proton Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13 TeV$

A. Tumasyan et al. (CMS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 121901 (2023) - Published 19 September, 2023

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Picosecond-Scale Ultrafast Many-Body Dynamics in an Ultracold Rydberg-Excited Atomic Mott Insulator

V. Bharti, S. Sugawa, M. Mizoguchi, M. Kunimi, Y. Zhang, S. de Léséleuc, T. Tomita, T. Franz, M. Weidemüller, and K. Ohmori

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 123201 (2023) - Published 22 September, 2023

Loss-Induced Violation of the Fundamental Transmittance-Asymmetry Bound in Nonlinear Complex Wave Systems

Cheng-Zhen Wang, Rodion Kononchuk, Ulrich Kuhl, and Tsampikos Kottos

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 123801 (2023) - Published 19 September, 2023

Physics of Fluids, Earth & Planetary Science, and Climate

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Laser-Induced Cavitation for Controlling Crystallization from Solution

Nagaraj Nagalingam, Aswin Raghunathan, Vikram Korede, Christian Poelma, Carlas S. Smith, Remco Hartkamp, Johan T. Padding, and Hüseyin Burak Eral

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 124001 (2023) - Published 18 September, 2023

Condensed Matter and Materials

Bilayer Two-Orbital Model of $L a_{3} N i_{2} O_{7}$ under Pressure

Zhihui Luo, Xunwu Hu, Meng Wang, Wéi Wú, and Dao-Xin Yao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 126001 (2023) - Published 20 September, 2023

When Quantum Fluctuations Meet Structural Instabilities: The Isotope- and Pressure-Induced Phase Transition in the Quantum Paraelectric NaOH

Sofiane Schaack, Etienne Mangaud, Erika Fallacara, Simon Huppert, Philippe Depondt, and Fabio Finocchi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 126101 (2023) - Published 20 September, 2023

Nonequilibrium Fractional Josephson Effect

Aritra Lahiri, Sang-Jun Choi, and Björn Trauzettel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 126301 (2023) - Published 19 September, 2023

Magnetic Stress-Driven Metal-Insulator Transition in Strongly Correlated Antiferromagnetic CrN

Bidesh Biswas, Sourav Rudra, Rahul Singh Rawat, Nidhi Pandey, Shashidhara Acharya, Anjana Joseph, Ashalatha Indiradevi Kamalasanan Pillai, Manisha Bansal, Muireann de h-Óra, Debendra Prasad Panda, Arka Bikash Dey, Florian Bertram, Chandrabhas Narayana, Judith MacManus-Driscoll, Tuhin Maity, Magnus Garbrecht, and Bivas Saha

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 126302 (2023) - Published 22 September, 2023

Deep Variational Free Energy Approach to Dense Hydrogen

Hao Xie, Zi-Hang Li, Han Wang, Linfeng Zhang, and Lei Wang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 126501 (2023) - Published 22 September, 2023

Identifying an Environment-Induced Localization Transition from Entropy and Conductance

Zhanyu Ma, Cheolhee Han, Yigal Meir, and Eran Sela

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 126502 (2023) - Published 22 September, 2023

Zero-Frequency Chiral Magnonic Edge States Protected by Nonequilibrium Topology

Pieter M. Gunnink, Joren S. Harms, Rembert A. Duine, and Alexander Mook

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 126601 (2023) - Published 22 September, 2023

Artificial Magnetic Tripod Ice

Xiaoyu Zhang, Ioan-Augustin Chioar, Grant Fitez, Anthony Hurben, Michael Saccone, Nicholas S. Bingham, Justin Ramberger, Chris Leighton, Cristiano Nisoli, and Peter Schiffer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 126701 (2023) - Published 19 September, 2023

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Isotopic Control of the Boron-Vacancy Spin Defect in Hexagonal Boron Nitride

T. Clua-Provost, A. Durand, Z. Mu, T. Rastoin, J. Fraunié, E. Janzen, H. Schutte, J. H. Edgar, G. Seine, A. Claverie, X. Marie, C. Robert, B. Gil, G. Cassabois, and V. Jacques

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 126901 (2023) - Published 21 September, 2023

Engineered purification of certain hBN crystals may provide an optimal host material for boron-vacancy spin defects in quantum technology.

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Raman Probing the Local Ultrastrong Coupling of Vibrational Plasmon Polaritons on Metallic Gratings

Rakesh Arul, Kishan Menghrajani, Marie S. Rider, Rohit Chikkaraddy, William L. Barnes, and Jeremy J. Baumberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 126902 (2023) - Published 22 September, 2023

Polymers, Chemical Physics, Soft Matter, and Biological Physics

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Topological Metadefects: Tangles of Dislocations

Pawel Pieranski, Mehdi Zeghal, Maria Helena Godinho, Patrick Judeinstein, Rémi Bouffet-Klein, Bastien Liagre, and Nicodème Rouger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 128101 (2023) - Published 22 September, 2023

Two or more linear defects can twist around one another to form an entity that may affect the properties of a material.

Orientational Order in Dense Colloidal Liquids and Glasses

Yiming Xia, Xiunan Yang, Junchao Huang, Rui Liu, Ning Xu, Mingcheng Yang, and Ke Chen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 128201 (2023) - Published 20 September, 2023

Tuning Electrostatic Interactions of Colloidal Particles at Oil-Water Interfaces with Organic Salts

Carolina van Baalen, Jacopo Vialetto, and Lucio Isa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 128202 (2023) - Published 19 September, 2023

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Network Effects Lead to Self-Organization in Metabolic Cycles of Self-Repelling Catalysts

Vincent Ouazan-Reboul, Ramin Golestanian, and Jaime Agudo-Canalejo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 128301 (2023) - Published 19 September, 2023

Catalytically active particles form clusters when they respond not only to their own chemical targets but to those of other catalysts, too.

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Dynamical Information Synergy in Biochemical Signaling Networks

Lauritz Hahn, Aleksandra M. Walczak, and Thierry Mora

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 128401 (2023) - Published 20 September, 2023

The concurrent analysis of two measurements of a biochemical signaling network can provide more information than two separate probes of the datasets.

Active Surface Flows Accelerate the Coarsening of Lipid Membrane Domains

Daniel P. Arnold, Aakanksha Gubbala, and Sho C. Takatori

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 128402 (2023) - Published 21 September, 2023