Volume 134, Issue 4

31 January 2025

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Phase diagram for a 2+1-dimensional quantum field theory with a broken Z₂ symmetry (right of dashed line in parameter space) for all values of the temperature (y axis). The dot is a quantum critical point. Selected for an Editors’ Suggestion.

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Ultraviolet-Complete Local Field Theory of Persistent Symmetry Breaking in $2 + 1$ Dimensions
Bilal Hawashin, Junchen Rong, and Michael M. Scherer
Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 041602 (2025)

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Simulations demonstrate that light can be confined within a scattering medium in a way similar to electrons in a disordered metal.

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Ultraviolet-Complete Local Field Theory of Persistent Symmetry Breaking in $2 + 1$ Dimensions

Bilal Hawashin, Junchen Rong, and Michael M. Scherer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 041602 (2025) - Published 28 January, 2025

A local quantum field theory is found to spontaneously break a global symmetry at all temperatures, defying the normal expectation that symmetries get restored at high temperatures.

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Cold Beam Optical Clock with Multifrequency Spectroscopy

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Multifrequency spectroscopy of a cold beam optical clock improves the long-term stability while decreasing several sources of systematic time-keeping errors.

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Epitaxially Defined Luttinger Liquids on ${MoS}_{2}$ Bicrystals

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Magnetic Exciton of EuS Revealed by Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering

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Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering measurements on EuS identify two narrow peaks in the optical absorption spectra as magnetic excitons.

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Short-Range Excitonic Phenomena in Low-Density Metals

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Phenomena in metals such as low-energy excitonic collective modes, imaginary poles in the dielectric function, or negative static screening are made possible by the imperfect screening of the electron-hole interaction at short distances.

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Realizing Quantitative Quasiparticle Modeling of Skyrmion Dynamics in Arbitrary Potentials

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 046701 (2025) - Published 28 January, 2025

By ascertaining key missing parameters in Thiele-based simulations, a complete spatially resolved mapping of the skyrmion pinning energy without any inaccessible regions is obtained.

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Quantum Information, Science, and Technology

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Experimental Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Cryptographic Conferencing

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Ultraviolet-Complete Local Field Theory of Persistent Symmetry Breaking in $2 + 1$ Dimensions

Bilal Hawashin, Junchen Rong, and Michael M. Scherer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 041602 (2025) - Published 28 January, 2025

A local quantum field theory is found to spontaneously break a global symmetry at all temperatures, defying the normal expectation that symmetries get restored at high temperatures.

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Early Universe Hypercharge Breaking and Neutrino Mass Generation

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Nuclear Physics

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Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

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Multifrequency spectroscopy of a cold beam optical clock improves the long-term stability while decreasing several sources of systematic time-keeping errors.

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Condensed Matter and Materials

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EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Epitaxially Defined Luttinger Liquids on ${MoS}_{2}$ Bicrystals

Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 046301 (2025) - Published 27 January, 2025

Conductance measurement demonstrate that mirror twin boundaries in transition metal dichalcogenides can serve as a platform for studying the interplay between electronic interactions and topology.

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Anderson Transition for Light in a Three-Dimensional Random Medium

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 046302 (2025) - Published 29 January, 2025

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Real-Time Detection and Control of Correlated Charge Tunneling in a Quantum Dot

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EDITORS' SUGGESTION

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 046402 (2025) - Published 27 January, 2025

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Landau-Level Mixing and $S U (4)$ Symmetry Breaking in Graphene

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By ascertaining key missing parameters in Thiele-based simulations, a complete spatially resolved mapping of the skyrmion pinning energy without any inaccessible regions is obtained.

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Statistical Physics; Classical, Nonlinear, and Complex Systems

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Volume 134, Issue 4

On the Cover

From the article:

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

LETTERS

Quantum Information, Science, and Technology

Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Gravitation

Particles and Fields

Nuclear Physics

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Physics of Fluids, Earth & Planetary Science, and Climate

Plasma and Solar Physics, Accelerators and Beams

Condensed Matter and Materials

Statistical Physics; Classical, Nonlinear, and Complex Systems

Polymers, Chemical Physics, Soft Matter, and Biological Physics