Physical Review Letters

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“Microscopy of Cavity-Induced Density-Wave Ordering in Ultracold Gases.” Tabea Bühler (Institute of Physics and Center for Quantum Science and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland).
Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 143401

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One-positron Quantum Cyclotron
T. G. Myers et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 173001 (2026)

Bose Polarons as Relativistic Unruh-DeWitt Detectors: Entanglement Harvesting from Bose-Einstein Condensates
T. Rick Perche, Francesco Gozzini, and Markus K. Oberthaler
Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 170401 (2026)

Cluster-Decorated Lieb Lattice: A Convenient and Reliable Platform for Tuning Flat-Band Energy
H. T. Li et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 176401 (2026)

Evidence of Galaxy Cluster Rotation and Intrahalo Gas Motions in the Cosmic Microwave Background
Samuel Goldstein and J. Colin Hill
Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 161001 (2026)