Volume 132, Issue 12

22 March 2024

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On the Cover

Surface penetration of liquid (blue) and gas (orange) into a solid (gray) substrate at the contact line of a liquid droplet.

From the article:

Wetting and Contact-Angle Hysteresis: Density Asymmetry and van der Waals Force
Fei Wang (王飞) and Britta Nestler
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 126202 (2024)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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Measurement of the ${}^{140}{Ce} (n, γ)$ Cross Section at n_TOF and Its Astrophysical Implications for the Chemical Evolution of the Universe

S. Amaducci et al. (n_TOF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 122701 (2024) - Published 21 March, 2024

A widening gap between the cerium-140 abundance predicted by theories and that measured in observations of certain stars indicates a potential need for updated models of element formation.

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Measurement of the Earth Tides with a Diamagnetic-Levitated Micro-Oscillator at Room Temperature

Yingchun Leng, Yiming Chen, Rui Li, Lihua Wang, Hao Wang, Lei Wang, Han Xie, Chang-Kui Duan, Pu Huang, and Jiangfeng Du

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 123601 (2024) - Published 22 March, 2024

A new gravimeter is compact and stable and can detect the daily solar and lunar gravitational oscillations that are responsible for the tides.

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Current-Induced Creation of Topological Vortex Rings in a Magnetic Nanocylinder

Yizhou Liu and Naoto Nagaosa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 126701 (2024) - Published 19 March, 2024

Scientists have devised a promising method for generating and manipulating exotic spin patterns called magnetic vortex rings, which could have applications in energy-efficient data storage and processing.

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Dark Matter Induced Power in Quantum Devices

Anirban Das, Noah Kurinsky, and Rebecca K. Leane

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 121801 (2024) - Published 22 March, 2024

Sub-GeV dark matter particles can be probed via power measurements in quantum devices.

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Observation of $W W γ$ Production and Search for $H γ$ Production in Proton-Proton Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13 TeV$

A. Hayrapetyan et al. (CMS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 121901 (2024) - Published 19 March, 2024

The production of two $W$ bosons and a photon—a standard-model process—is observed for the first time.

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Topological Flat Bands in Graphene Super-Moiré Lattices

Mohammed M. Al Ezzi, Junxiong Hu, Ariando Ariando, Francisco Guinea, and Shaffique Adam

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 126401 (2024) - Published 18 March, 2024

A super-moiré lattice in monolayer graphene generates flat bands, providing a viable platform to engineer its correlated states.

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Efficient Full-Frequency GW Calculations Using a Lanczos Method

Weiwei Gao, Zhao Tang, Jijun Zhao, and James R. Chelikowsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 126402 (2024) - Published 21 March, 2024

The spectroscopic data of hundreds of atoms can now be computed on a single workstation using the new Lanczos method in full-frequency GW calculations.

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Phase Transition to Chaos in Complex Ecosystems with Nonreciprocal Species-Resource Interactions

Emmy Blumenthal, Jason W. Rocks, and Pankaj Mehta

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 127401 (2024) - Published 21 March, 2024

Nonreciprocal interactions in large ecosystems can give rise to a transition to chaos controlled by the ratio of surviving species to surviving resources.

LETTERS

Quantum Information, Science, and Technology

Unification of Energy Concepts in Generalized Phase Space Theories

Libo Jiang, Daniel R. Terno, and Oscar Dahlsten

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 120201 (2024) - Published 21 March, 2024

Quantum Criticality in Open Quantum Spin Chains with Nonreciprocity

Samuel E. Begg and Ryo Hanai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 120401 (2024) - Published 20 March, 2024

Exact Quench Dynamics of the Floquet Quantum East Model at the Deterministic Point

Bruno Bertini, Cecilia De Fazio, Juan P. Garrahan, and Katja Klobas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 120402 (2024) - Published 22 March, 2024

Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Gravitation

Infinite Quantum Twisting at the Cauchy Horizon of Rotating Black Holes

Christiane Klein, Mojgan Soltani, Marc Casals, and Stefan Hollands

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 121501 (2024) - Published 21 March, 2024

Particles and Fields

Quantization of Axion-Gauge Couplings and Noninvertible Higher Symmetries

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 121601 (2024) - Published 20 March, 2024

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Dark Matter Induced Power in Quantum Devices

Anirban Das, Noah Kurinsky, and Rebecca K. Leane

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 121801 (2024) - Published 22 March, 2024

Sub-GeV dark matter particles can be probed via power measurements in quantum devices.

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Observation of $W W γ$ Production and Search for $H γ$ Production in Proton-Proton Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13 TeV$

A. Hayrapetyan et al. (CMS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 121901 (2024) - Published 19 March, 2024

The production of two $W$ bosons and a photon—a standard-model process—is observed for the first time.

First Measurement Using Elliptically Polarized Photons of the Double-Polarization Observable $E$ for $γ p \to p π^{0}$ and $γ p \to n π^{+}$

F. Afzal et al. (A2 Collaboration at MAMI)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 121902 (2024) - Published 19 March, 2024

Nuclear Physics

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Measurement of the ${}^{140}{Ce} (n, γ)$ Cross Section at n_TOF and Its Astrophysical Implications for the Chemical Evolution of the Universe

S. Amaducci et al. (n_TOF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 122701 (2024) - Published 21 March, 2024

A widening gap between the cerium-140 abundance predicted by theories and that measured in observations of certain stars indicates a potential need for updated models of element formation.

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Differentiating Three-Dimensional Molecular Structures Using Laser-Induced Coulomb Explosion Imaging

Huynh Van Sa Lam, Anbu Selvam Venkatachalam, Surjendu Bhattacharyya, Keyu Chen, Kurtis Borne, Enliang Wang, Rebecca Boll, Till Jahnke, Vinod Kumarappan, Artem Rudenko, and Daniel Rolles

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 123201 (2024) - Published 19 March, 2024

Photoelectron Circular Dichroism in the Spin-Polarized Spectra of Chiral Molecules

A. N. Artemyev, R. Tomar, D. Trabert, D. Kargin, E. Kutscher, M. S. Schöffler, L. Ph. H. Schmidt, R. Pietschnig, T. Jahnke, M. Kunitski, S. Eckart, R. Dörner, and Ph. V. Demekhin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 123202 (2024) - Published 22 March, 2024

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Measurement of the Earth Tides with a Diamagnetic-Levitated Micro-Oscillator at Room Temperature

Yingchun Leng, Yiming Chen, Rui Li, Lihua Wang, Hao Wang, Lei Wang, Han Xie, Chang-Kui Duan, Pu Huang, and Jiangfeng Du

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 123601 (2024) - Published 22 March, 2024

A new gravimeter is compact and stable and can detect the daily solar and lunar gravitational oscillations that are responsible for the tides.

Optical Darboux Transformer

Auro M. Perego

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 123801 (2024) - Published 21 March, 2024

Virtual-State Model for Analyzing Electro-Optical Modulation in Ring Resonators

Zhengyi Wan, Qizhuang Cen, Yuedi Ding, Shiqi Tao, Cheng Zeng, Jinsong Xia, Kun Xu, Yitang Dai, and Ming Li

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 123802 (2024) - Published 22 March, 2024

Plasma and Solar Physics, Accelerators and Beams

Direct Laser Acceleration in Underdense Plasmas with Multi-PW Lasers: A Path to High-Charge, GeV-Class Electron Bunches

R. Babjak, L. Willingale, A. Arefiev, and M. Vranic

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 125001 (2024) - Published 22 March, 2024

Condensed Matter and Materials

Origin of Interfacial Orbital Reconstruction in Perovskite Superlattices

Wenbo Yang, Yu Ni, Yingkai Liu, Xiaobo Feng, Jiangping Hu, Wu-Ming Liu, Ruqian Wu, and Zhaoming Fu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 126201 (2024) - Published 18 March, 2024

Wetting and Contact-Angle Hysteresis: Density Asymmetry and van der Waals Force

Fei Wang (王飞) and Britta Nestler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 126202 (2024) - Published 18 March, 2024

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Topological Flat Bands in Graphene Super-Moiré Lattices

Mohammed M. Al Ezzi, Junxiong Hu, Ariando Ariando, Francisco Guinea, and Shaffique Adam

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 126401 (2024) - Published 18 March, 2024

A super-moiré lattice in monolayer graphene generates flat bands, providing a viable platform to engineer its correlated states.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Efficient Full-Frequency GW Calculations Using a Lanczos Method

Weiwei Gao, Zhao Tang, Jijun Zhao, and James R. Chelikowsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 126402 (2024) - Published 21 March, 2024

The spectroscopic data of hundreds of atoms can now be computed on a single workstation using the new Lanczos method in full-frequency GW calculations.

Two-Dimensional Moiré Polaronic Electron Crystals

Eric A. Arsenault, Yiliu Li, Birui Yang, Xi Wang, Heonjoon Park, Edoardo Mosconi, Enrico Ronca, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Daniel Gamelin, Andrew Millis, Cory R. Dean, Filippo de Angelis, Xiaodong Xu, and X. Y. Zhu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 126501 (2024) - Published 20 March, 2024

Electron Glass Phase with Resilient Zhang-Rice Singlets in ${LiCu}_{3} O_{3}$

A. Consiglio, G. Gatti, E. Martino, L. Moreschini, J. C. Johannsen, K. Prša, P. G. Freeman, D. Sheptyakov, H. M. Rønnow, R. Scopelliti, A. Magrez, L. Forró, C. Schmitt, V. Jovic, C. Jozwiak, A. Bostwick, E. Rotenberg, T. Hofmann, R. Thomale, G. Sangiovanni, D. Di Sante, M. Greiter, M. Grioni, and S. Moser

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 126502 (2024) - Published 20 March, 2024

Pressure Driven Fractionalization of Ionic Spins Results in Cupratelike High- $T_{c}$ Superconductivity in ${La}_{3} {Ni}_{2} O_{7}$

Ruoshi Jiang (姜若诗), Jinning Hou (侯晋宁), Zhiyu Fan (樊知宇), Zi-Jian Lang (郎子健), and Wei Ku (顧威)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 126503 (2024) - Published 20 March, 2024

Variational Tensor Wave Functions for the Interacting Quantum Spin Hall Phase

Yixin Ma, Shenghan Jiang, and Chao Xu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 126504 (2024) - Published 21 March, 2024

Hidden Symmetry in Interacting-Quantum-Dot-Based Multiterminal Josephson Junctions

Peter Zalom, M. Žonda, and T. Novotný

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 126505 (2024) - Published 21 March, 2024

Bulk-Edge Correspondence for Nonlinear Eigenvalue Problems

Takuma Isobe, Tsuneya Yoshida, and Yasuhiro Hatsugai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 126601 (2024) - Published 19 March, 2024

Manipulation of Weyl Points in Reciprocal and Nonreciprocal Mechanical Lattices

Mingsheng Tian, Ivan Velkovsky, Tao Chen, Fengxiao Sun, Qiongyi He, and Bryce Gadway

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 126602 (2024) - Published 21 March, 2024

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Statistical Physics; Classical, Nonlinear, and Complex Systems

From Maximum of Inter-Visit Times to Starving Random Walks

Léo Régnier, Maxim Dolgushev, and Olivier Bénichou

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 127101 (2024) - Published 20 March, 2024

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Phase Transition to Chaos in Complex Ecosystems with Nonreciprocal Species-Resource Interactions

Emmy Blumenthal, Jason W. Rocks, and Pankaj Mehta

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 127401 (2024) - Published 21 March, 2024

Nonreciprocal interactions in large ecosystems can give rise to a transition to chaos controlled by the ratio of surviving species to surviving resources.

Polymers, Chemical Physics, Soft Matter, and Biological Physics

Enhanced Sampling of Configuration and Path Space in a Generalized Ensemble by Shooting Point Exchange

Sebastian Falkner, Alessandro Coretti, and Christoph Dellago

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 128001 (2024) - Published 18 March, 2024

Following Your Nose: Autochemotaxis and Other Mechanisms for Spinodal Decomposition in Flocks

Maxx Miller and John Toner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 128301 (2024) - Published 21 March, 2024

COMMENTS

Comment on “Nuclear Excitation by Free Muon Capture”

Natalia S. Oreshkina and Julian C. Berengut

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 129201 (2024) - Published 22 March, 2024

Gargiulo et al. Reply:

Simone Gargiulo, Ming Feng Gu, Fabrizio Carbone, and Ivan Madan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 129202 (2024) - Published 22 March, 2024