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Two-Pulse X Rays Probe Skyrmions

August 9, 2017

A new x-ray spectroscopy technique can measure magnetic fluctuations in vortex-like structures called Skyrmions with nanosecond resolution.

Synopsis on:
M. H. Seaberg et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 067403 (2017)


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Femtosecond Probing of Plasma Wakefields and Observation of the Plasma Wake Reversal Using a Relativistic Electron Bunch

The electric-field structure in plasma wakefield accelerators has been detected experimentally with femtosecond resolution for the first time.

C. J. Zhang et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 064801 (2017)


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Fourth Exception in the Calculation of Relic Abundances

A proposal for a new mechanism of dark matter production suggests that the abundance of dark matter may be set by its inelastic scattering rate, instead of its annihilation rate.

Raffaele Tito D’Agnolo, Duccio Pappadopulo, and Joshua T. Ruderman
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 061102 (2017)


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Probing Electron Spin Resonance in Monolayer Graphene

Electron spin resonance experiments demonstrate that graphene possesses an intrinsic spin-orbit coupling.

T. J. Lyon et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 066802 (2017)


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Neutron-Star Implosions as Heavy-Element Sources

August 7, 2017

A dramatic scenario in which a compact black hole eats a spinning neutron star from inside might explain a nearby galaxy’s unexpectedly high abundance of heavy elements.

Viewpoint on:
George M. Fuller, Alexander Kusenko, and Volodymyr Takhistov
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 061101 (2017)


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Conductance of a Freestanding Conjugated Molecular Wire

The conductance of a molecule standing perpendicular to a substrate is found to be dependent on the geometry, orbital symmetries, and bonds of the molecule.

Torben Jasper-Tönnies et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 066801 (2017)


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Bacteria Form Waveguides

August 4, 2017

A laser beam sent through a suspension of marine bacteria pulls the organisms into the beam, which focuses the light.

Focus story on:
Anna Bezryadina et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 058101 (2017)


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Search for the Dimuon Decay of the Higgs Boson in pp Collisions at s=13TeV with the ATLAS Detector

The ATLAS collaboration has placed an upper limit on the decay rate of Higgs bosons into pairs of muons within a factor of three of the Standard Model prediction.

M. Aaboud et al. (ATLAS Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 051802 (2017)


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Oscillation of Branching Ratios Between the D(2s)+D(1s) and the D(2p)+D(1s) Channels in Direct Photodissociation of D2

Previously predicted oscillations in the electronic states of atoms after the dissociation of a hydrogen molecule are observed experimentally.

Jie Wang, Qingnan Meng, and Yuxiang Mo
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 053002 (2017)


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Friction Means Life or Death for Ants

August 3, 2017

Experiments show that the mass of an object determines whether it slides down a sandy slope, which may explain why insect predators called antlions can trap ants in sand pits.

Synopsis on:
Jérôme Crassous, Antoine Humeau, Samuel Boury, and Jérôme Casas
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 058003 (2017)


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Features of Chaotic Transients in Excitable Media Governed by Spiral and Scroll Waves

August 3, 2017

Snapshot of spiral waves resulting from the spatiotemporal dynamics of excitable media. White circles indicate the phase singularities or organizing centers of the waves.

Thomas Lilienkamp, Jan Christoph, and Ulrich Parlitz
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 054101 (2017)


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Frictional Magneto-Coulomb Drag in Graphene Double-Layer Heterostructures

The first experimental study of frictional drag effect between two monolayer sheets of graphene separated by a boron nitride spacer shows on strong magneto- and Hall-drag signals that depend on the Landau level filling of each graphene layer.

Xiaomeng Liu et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 056802 (2017)


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10 YEARS OF PRL EDITORS’ SUGGESTIONS

Single Photon Transistor

In 2014, two groups separately realized a single-photon transistor using an ensemble of cold atoms. This goal, sought for decades, was achieved using Rydberg excitations to mediate interactions between individual photons. These papers additionally realize a system of strongly interacting particles that may have implications for many-body physics problems.

Single-Photon Transistor Mediated by Interstate Rydberg Interactions
H. Gorniaczyk, C. Tresp, J. Schmidt, H. Fedder, and S. Hofferberth
Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 053601 (2014)


Single-Photon Transistor Using a Förster Resonance
Daniel Tiarks et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 053602 (2014)


EDITORIAL

Supplemental Material or Joint Submission?

June 14, 2017

A reminder from the Editor in Chief about simultaneous submission of a Letter and an article.


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COLLECTION

Heating up of Superconductors

January 27, 2017

This collection marks the 30th anniversary of the discovery of high-temperature superconductors. The papers selected highlight some of the advances that have been made to date, both in understanding why these compounds behave in the way they do, and in utilizing them in applications. The papers included in the collection have been made free to read.

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Vol. 119, Iss. 6 — 11 August 2017

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Events

Physics Next Workshops
Thursday Aug. 24th, 2017 - Saturday Aug. 26th, 2017
Hyatt Place Long Island hotel, Long Island, NY

The American Physical Society is initiating a new series of international workshops. These Physics Next workshops will be aimed at fostering new and emerging areas of physics research, focusing on topics that straddle traditional subject boundaries and are starting to “emerge from the noise.”

The upcoming workshop is titled “Physics Next: From Quantum Fields to Condensed Matter,” and will take place on August 24 - 26, 2017. More information.

Announcements

APS Cultivates ORCID Links
July 18, 2017

On July 18, 2017, APS, along with the Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP), has taken an important step towards working more closely with the Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) system of unique identifiers by signing the ORCID open letter requiring the collection of ORCID iDs in their publishing processes.

APS Joins the Initiative for Open Citations (IO4C)
July 11, 2017

Starting on July 11, APS will begin participating in the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC), a collaboration among scholarly publishers to make information freely available about what papers are cited by a given journal article. This information had always been available to those subscribing to the Physical Review journals, but now the citation data will be open to all.

Physical Review Materials’ First Issue
June 19, 2017

The first articles from Physical Review Materials (PRMaterials) are now available online and showcase the high-quality, broad-scope research in APS’s newest journal. All articles appearing in the first issue are free to read through 2017. PRMaterials provides a common publication and reference source to the expanding community of physicists, materials scientists, chemists, engineers, and researchers in related disciplines that carry out high-quality original research in materials.

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