Volume 129, Issue 10

2 September 2022

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Visualization of spin-flip transition of the surface layer in a natural superlattice using cryogenic magnetic force microscopy at increasing values of the magnetic field. Selected for an Editors' Suggestion.

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Direct Visualization of Surface Spin-Flip Transition in ${MnBi}_{4} {Te}_{7}$
Wenbo Ge, Jinwoong Kim, Ying-Ting Chan, David Vanderbilt, Jiaqiang Yan, and Weida Wu
Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 107204 (2022)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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Observation of Interaction-Induced Mobility Edge in an Atomic Aubry-André Wire

Yunfei Wang, Jia-Hui Zhang, Yuqing Li, Jizhou Wu, Wenliang Liu, Feng Mei, Ying Hu, Liantuan Xiao, Jie Ma, Cheng Chin, and Suotang Jia

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 103401 (2022) - Published 1 September, 2022

A cold-atom experiment suggests that interactions between particles can induce the coexistence of localized and extended states in a quantum wire.

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Superconducting Cavity Electromechanics: The Realization of an Acoustic Frequency Comb at Microwave Frequencies

Xu Han, Chang-Ling Zou, Wei Fu, Mingrui Xu, Yuntao Xu, and Hong X. Tang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 107701 (2022) - Published 31 August, 2022

Researchers have combined a mechanical oscillator with a superconducting resonator to create a system that vibrates at GHz frequencies.

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Photoemission Spectroscopy Using Virtual Photons Emitted by Positron Sticking: A Complementary Probe for Top-Layer Surface Electronic Structures

Alexander J. Fairchild, Varghese A. Chirayath, Randall W. Gladen, Ali R. Koymen, Alex H. Weiss, and Bernardo Barbiellini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 106801 (2022) - Published 29 August, 2022

Researchers have demonstrated a way of measuring the electronic states of a material’s surface while avoiding signal contaminations from deeper layers.

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Nonequilibrium Prethermal States in a Two-Dimensional Photon Fluid

Murad Abuzarli, Nicolas Cherroret, Tom Bienaimé, and Quentin Glorieux

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 100602 (2022) - Published 1 September, 2022

Quenching a 2D photon fluid may produce thermalization dynamics that resemble those of thermal superfluids.

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Observation of Spectral Structures in the Flux of Cosmic-Ray Protons from 50 GeV to 60 TeV with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station

O. Adriani et al. (CALET Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 101102 (2022) - Published 1 September, 2022

Precise measurements of the cosmic-ray proton spectrum by CALET on the International Space Station confirm two prominent spectral features.

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Impact Forces of Water Drops Falling on Superhydrophobic Surfaces

Bin Zhang, Vatsal Sanjay, Songlin Shi, Yinggang Zhao, Cunjing Lv, Xi-Qiao Feng, and Detlef Lohse

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 104501 (2022) - Published 29 August, 2022

High-speed imaging captures the impact of a water droplet on a superhydrophobic surface and uncovers the effects of a time-delayed secondary force that lifts the droplet off the surface.

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Evaluating Second-Order Phase Transitions with Diagrammatic Monte Carlo: Néel Transition in the Doped Three-Dimensional Hubbard Model

Connor Lenihan, Aaram J. Kim, Fedor Šimkovic, IV, and Evgeny Kozik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 107202 (2022) - Published 30 August, 2022

A new technique based on Diagrammatic Monte Carlo is used to probe second-order phase transitions, allowing one to obtain phase diagrams with controlled error bars in hitherto inaccessible regimes.

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Direct Visualization of Surface Spin-Flip Transition in ${MnBi}_{4} {Te}_{7}$

Wenbo Ge, Jinwoong Kim, Ying-Ting Chan, David Vanderbilt, Jiaqiang Yan, and Weida Wu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 107204 (2022) - Published 1 September, 2022

Magnetic Force Microscopy experiments on natural superlattice compound MnBi $_{4}$ Te $_{7}$ , consisting of alternating MnBi $_{2}$ Te $_{4}$ and Bi $_{2}$ Te $_{3}$ layers, show a clear surface spin-flip transition, raising hopes of the robustness of the surface magnetism.

LETTERS

General Physics: Statistical and Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, etc.

Experimental Investigation of Quantum Correlations in a Two-Qutrit Spin System

Yue Fu, Wenquan Liu, Xiangyu Ye, Ya Wang, Chengjie Zhang, Chang-Kui Duan, Xing Rong, and Jiangfeng Du

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 100501 (2022) - Published 30 August, 2022

High-Fidelity Ion State Detection Using Trap-Integrated Avalanche Photodiodes

David Reens, Michael Collins, Joseph Ciampi, Dave Kharas, Brian F. Aull, Kevan Donlon, Colin D. Bruzewicz, Bradley Felton, Jules Stuart, Robert J. Niffenegger, Philip Rich, Danielle Braje, Kevin K. Ryu, John Chiaverini, and Robert McConnell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 100502 (2022) - Published 2 September, 2022

Static Effective Hamiltonian of a Rapidly Driven Nonlinear System

Jayameenakshi Venkatraman, Xu Xiao, Rodrigo G. Cortiñas, Alec Eickbusch, and Michel H. Devoret

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 100601 (2022) - Published 31 August, 2022

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Nonequilibrium Prethermal States in a Two-Dimensional Photon Fluid

Murad Abuzarli, Nicolas Cherroret, Tom Bienaimé, and Quentin Glorieux

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 100602 (2022) - Published 1 September, 2022

Quenching a 2D photon fluid may produce thermalization dynamics that resemble those of thermal superfluids.

Experimental Realization of a Quantum Refrigerator Driven by Indefinite Causal Orders

Xinfang Nie, Xuanran Zhu, Keyi Huang, Kai Tang, Xinyue Long, Zidong Lin, Yu Tian, Chudan Qiu, Cheng Xi, Xiaodong Yang, Jun Li, Ying Dong, Tao Xin, and Dawei Lu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 100603 (2022) - Published 1 September, 2022

Gravitation and Astrophysics

First Indirect Detection Constraints on Axions in the Solar Basin

William DeRocco, Shalma Wegsman, Brian Grefenstette, Junwu Huang, and Ken Van Tilburg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 101101 (2022) - Published 30 August, 2022

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Observation of Spectral Structures in the Flux of Cosmic-Ray Protons from 50 GeV to 60 TeV with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station

O. Adriani et al. (CALET Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 101102 (2022) - Published 1 September, 2022

Precise measurements of the cosmic-ray proton spectrum by CALET on the International Space Station confirm two prominent spectral features.

Elementary Particles and Fields

Yangian Symmetry in Holographic Correlators

Konstantinos C. Rigatos and Xinan Zhou (周稀楠)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 101601 (2022) - Published 30 August, 2022

Width Difference in the $B - \bar{B}$ System at Next-to-Next-to-Leading Order of QCD

Marvin Gerlach, Ulrich Nierste, Vladyslav Shtabovenko, and Matthias Steinhauser

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 102001 (2022) - Published 31 August, 2022

Prediction of a Narrow Exotic Hadronic State with Quantum Numbers $J^{P C} = 0^{- -}$

Teng Ji, Xiang-Kun Dong, Feng-Kun Guo, and Bing-Song Zou

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 102002 (2022) - Published 31 August, 2022

Observation of Resonance Structures in $e^{+} e^{-} \to π^{+} π^{-} ψ_{2} (3823)$ and Mass Measurement of $ψ_{2} (3823)$

M. Ablikim et al. (BESIII Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 102003 (2022) - Published 2 September, 2022

Nuclear Physics

First Concurrent Extraction of the Leading-Order Scalar and Spin Proton Polarizabilities

E. Mornacchi, S. Rodini, B. Pasquini, and P. Pedroni

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 102501 (2022) - Published 31 August, 2022

Extending the Hoyle-State Paradigm to ${}^{12}C + {}^{12}C$ Fusion

P. Adsley, M. Heine, D. G. Jenkins, S. Courtin, R. Neveling, J. W. Brümmer, L. M. Donaldson, N. Y. Kheswa, K. C. W. Li, D. J. Marín-Lámbarri, P. Z. Mabika, P. Papka, L. Pellegri, V. Pesudo, B. Rebeiro, F. D. Smit, and W. Yahia-Cherif

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 102701 (2022) - Published 2 September, 2022

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Direct Monitoring of Conical Intersection Passage via Electronic Coherences in Twisted X-Ray Diffraction

Haiwang Yong, Jérémy R. Rouxel, Daniel Keefer, and Shaul Mukamel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 103001 (2022) - Published 30 August, 2022

Enantiodetection of Chiral Molecules via Two-Dimensional Spectroscopy

Mao-Rui Cai, Chong Ye, Hui Dong, and Yong Li

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 103201 (2022) - Published 30 August, 2022

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Observation of Interaction-Induced Mobility Edge in an Atomic Aubry-André Wire

Yunfei Wang, Jia-Hui Zhang, Yuqing Li, Jizhou Wu, Wenliang Liu, Feng Mei, Ying Hu, Liantuan Xiao, Jie Ma, Cheng Chin, and Suotang Jia

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 103401 (2022) - Published 1 September, 2022

A cold-atom experiment suggests that interactions between particles can induce the coexistence of localized and extended states in a quantum wire.

High-Resolution Coherent Probe Spectroscopy of a Polariton Quantum Fluid

F. Claude, M. J. Jacquet, R. Usciati, I. Carusotto, E. Giacobino, A. Bramati, and Q. Glorieux

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 103601 (2022) - Published 29 August, 2022

Determination of Multimode Motional Quantum States in a Trapped Ion System

Zhubing Jia, Ye Wang, Bichen Zhang, Jacob Whitlow, Chao Fang, Jungsang Kim, and Kenneth R. Brown

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 103602 (2022) - Published 31 August, 2022

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Soft-Clamped Silicon Nitride String Resonators at Millikelvin Temperatures

Thomas Gisler, Mohamed Helal, Deividas Sabonis, Urs Grob, Martin Héritier, Christian L. Degen, Amir H. Ghadimi, and Alexander Eichler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 104301 (2022) - Published 31 August, 2022

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Impact Forces of Water Drops Falling on Superhydrophobic Surfaces

Bin Zhang, Vatsal Sanjay, Songlin Shi, Yinggang Zhao, Cunjing Lv, Xi-Qiao Feng, and Detlef Lohse

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 104501 (2022) - Published 29 August, 2022

High-speed imaging captures the impact of a water droplet on a superhydrophobic surface and uncovers the effects of a time-delayed secondary force that lifts the droplet off the surface.

Drag Reduction in Turbulent Wall-Bounded Flows of Realistic Polymer Solutions

F. Serafini, F. Battista, P. Gualtieri, and C. M. Casciola

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 104502 (2022) - Published 2 September, 2022

Plasma and Beam Physics

MMS Observations of a Compressed Current Sheet: Importance of the Ambipolar Electric Field

Ami M. DuBois, Chris Crabtree, Gurudas Ganguli, David M. Malaspina, and William E. Amatucci

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 105101 (2022) - Published 2 September, 2022

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Control of Surface Chemical Reactions through Solid Stiffness

Jianqi Xi and Izabela Szlufarska

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 106101 (2022) - Published 2 September, 2022

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Super-Universality in Anderson Localization

Ivan Horváth and Peter Markoš

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 106601 (2022) - Published 31 August, 2022

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Photoemission Spectroscopy Using Virtual Photons Emitted by Positron Sticking: A Complementary Probe for Top-Layer Surface Electronic Structures

Alexander J. Fairchild, Varghese A. Chirayath, Randall W. Gladen, Ali R. Koymen, Alex H. Weiss, and Bernardo Barbiellini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 106801 (2022) - Published 29 August, 2022

Researchers have demonstrated a way of measuring the electronic states of a material’s surface while avoiding signal contaminations from deeper layers.

Postquantum Quench Growth of Renyi Entropies in Low-Dimensional Continuum Bosonic Systems

Sara Murciano, Pasquale Calabrese, and Robert M. Konik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 106802 (2022) - Published 1 September, 2022

Large Photogalvanic Spin Current by Magnetic Resonance in Bilayer Cr Trihalides

Hiroaki Ishizuka and Masahiro Sato

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 107201 (2022) - Published 30 August, 2022

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Evaluating Second-Order Phase Transitions with Diagrammatic Monte Carlo: Néel Transition in the Doped Three-Dimensional Hubbard Model

Connor Lenihan, Aaram J. Kim, Fedor Šimkovic, IV, and Evgeny Kozik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 107202 (2022) - Published 30 August, 2022

A new technique based on Diagrammatic Monte Carlo is used to probe second-order phase transitions, allowing one to obtain phase diagrams with controlled error bars in hitherto inaccessible regimes.

Twisted Magnon Frequency Comb and Penrose Superradiance

Zhenyu Wang, H. Y. Yuan, Yunshan Cao, and Peng Yan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 107203 (2022) - Published 31 August, 2022

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Direct Visualization of Surface Spin-Flip Transition in ${MnBi}_{4} {Te}_{7}$

Wenbo Ge, Jinwoong Kim, Ying-Ting Chan, David Vanderbilt, Jiaqiang Yan, and Weida Wu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 107204 (2022) - Published 1 September, 2022

Force Correlations in Disordered Magnets

Cathelijne ter Burg, Felipe Bohn, Gianfranco Durin, Rubem Luis Sommer, and Kay Jörg Wiese

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 107205 (2022) - Published 2 September, 2022

Capacitively and Inductively Coupled Excitons in Bilayer ${MoS}_{2}$

Lukas Sponfeldner, Nadine Leisgang, Shivangi Shree, Ioannis Paradisanos, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Cedric Robert, Delphine Lagarde, Andrea Balocchi, Xavier Marie, Iann C. Gerber, Bernhard Urbaszek, and Richard J. Warburton

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 107401 (2022) - Published 1 September, 2022

Dynamics of Polar Skyrmion Bubbles under Electric Fields

Ruixue Zhu, Zhexin Jiang, Xinxin Zhang, Xiangli Zhong, Congbing Tan, Mingwei Liu, Yuanwei Sun, Xiaomei Li, Ruishi Qi, Ke Qu, Zhetong Liu, Mei Wu, Mingqiang Li, Boyuan Huang, Zhi Xu, Jinbin Wang, Kaihui Liu, Peng Gao, Jie Wang, Jiangyu Li, and Xuedong Bai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 107601 (2022) - Published 2 September, 2022

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Superconducting Cavity Electromechanics: The Realization of an Acoustic Frequency Comb at Microwave Frequencies

Xu Han, Chang-Ling Zou, Wei Fu, Mingrui Xu, Yuntao Xu, and Hong X. Tang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 107701 (2022) - Published 31 August, 2022

Researchers have combined a mechanical oscillator with a superconducting resonator to create a system that vibrates at GHz frequencies.

Polymer, Soft Matter, Biological, Climate, and Interdisciplinary Physics

Phenomenological Approach to Cancer Cell Persistence

David A. Kessler and Herbert Levine

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 108101 (2022) - Published 29 August, 2022

Clusters in an Epidemic Model with Long-Range Dispersal

Xiangyu Cao, Pierre Le Doussal, and Alberto Rosso

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 108301 (2022) - Published 1 September, 2022

ERRATA

Erratum: Acoustically Induced Giant Synthetic Hall Voltages in Graphene [Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 256601 (2022)]

Pai Zhao, Chithra H. Sharma, Renrong Liang, Christian Glasenapp, Lev Mourokh, Vadim M. Kovalev, Patrick Huber, Marta Prada, Lars Tiemann, and Robert H. Blick

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 109901 (2022) - Published 31 August, 2022

Erratum: Thermodynamic Principle for Quantum Metrology [Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 200501 (2022)]

Yaoming Chu and Jianming Cai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 109902 (2022) - Published 2 September, 2022