Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

Evidence of striped electronic phases in a structurally modulated superlattice Authors: A. Devarakonda, A. Chen, S. Fang, D. Graf, M. Kriener, A. J. Akey, D. C. Bell, T. Suzuki, and J. G. Checkelsky Nature 631, 526-530 (2024), DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07589-5 Recommended with a commentary by Steven A. Kivelson (Stanford University), Chaitanya Murthy (University of Rochester and […]

Fabry-Perot interferometry at the ν = 2/5 fractional quantum Hall state Authors: James Nakamura, Shuang Liang, Geoffrey C. Gardner, and Michael J. Manfra arXiv:2304.12415; DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2304.12415 Recommended with a commentary by Steven A. Kivelson (Stanford University and University of Oxford), and Charles M. Marcus (University of Washington and University of Copenhagen) |View Commentary (pdf)| This […]

Quantum anomalous Hall effect from intertwined moiré bands Authors: Tingxin Li, Shengwei Jiang, Bowen Shen, Yang Zhang, Lizhong Li, Zui Tao, Trithep Devakul, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Liang Fu, Jie Shan, and Kin Fai Mak Nature 600, 641 (2021); DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04171-1 Recommended with a commentary by Steven A. Kivelson, Stanford University |View Commentary (pdf)| This […]

Large N Theory of Critical Fermi Surfaces Authors: I. Esterlis, H. Guo, A. A. Patel, and S. Sachdev Phys. Rev. B 103, 235129 (2021); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.235129 Recommended with a commentary by Steven A. Kivelson, Stanford University |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited as: DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_February_2022_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_February_2022_03

Direct observation of anyonic braiding statistics at the ν = 1/3 fractional quantum Hall state Authors: James Nakamura, Shuang Liang, Geoffrey C. Gardner, and Michael J. Manfra arXiv:2006.14115 Recommended with a commentary by Steven A. Kivelson (Stanford University) and Charles M. Marcus (Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, and Microsoft Quantum Lab–Copenhagen) |View Commentary (pdf)| […]

Quantum coherence across bosonic superconductor-anomalous metal-insulator transitions Authors: Chao Yang, Yi Liu, Yang Wang, Liu Feng, Qianmei He, Jian Sun, Yue Tang, Chunchun Wu, Jie Xiong, Wanli Zhang, Xi Lin, Hong Yao, Haiwen Liu, Gustavo Fernandes, Jimmy Xu, James M. Valles Jr., Jian Wang, and Yanrong Li arXiv:1901.07706 Recommended with a commentary by Steven A. […]

Pomeranchuk instability of composite Fermi liquid Authors: K. Lee, J. Shao, E-A Kim, F.D.M. Haldane, and E. H. Rezai arXiv:1802.08261 Recommended with a commentary by Steven A. Kivelson, Stanford University. |View Commentary (pdf)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2018_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2018_03

Direct Comparison of Fractional and Integer Quantized Hall Resistance Authors: Franz J. Ahlers, Martin Götz, and Klaus Pierz arXiv:1703.05213 Recommended with a commentary by Steven A. Kivelson, Stanford University. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2017_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_June_2017_02

Dependence of the critical temperature in overdoped copper oxides on superfluid density. Authors: I. Bozovic, X. He, J. Wu, and A. T. Bollinger. Nature 536, 309 (2016) Recommended with a commentary by Steven A. Kivelson, Stanford University. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2016_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2016_01

1.Ising nematic quantum critical point in a metal: a Monte Carlo study. Authors:Yoni Schattner, Samuel Lederer, Steven A. Kivelson, Erez Berg. arXiv:1511.03282 2.The nature of effective interaction in cuprate superconductors: a sign-problem-free quantum Monte-Carlo study. Authors: Zi-Xiang Li, Fa Wang, Hong Yao, Dung-Hai Lee. arXiv:1512.04541 3.Competing Orders in a Nearly Antiferromagnetic Metal. Authors: Yoni Schattner, […]

1. Non-Fermi liquid and topological states with strong spin-orbit coupling Authors: E-G. Moon, C. Xu, Y. B. Kim, and L. Balents Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 206401 (2013) 2. Superconductivity on the brink of spin-charge order in doped honeycomb bilayer Authors: O. Vafek, J. M. Murry, and V. Cvetkovic Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 147002 (2014) 3. […]

Competing states in the t/J model: uniform d-wave state versus stripe state Authors: P.Corboz, T.M.Rice,and Matthias Troyer. arXiv:1402.2859 Recommended with commentary by Steven Kivelson, Stanford University |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_March_2014_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_March_2014_02

1. Direct observation of competition between superconductivity and charge density wave order in YBa2 Cu3 Oy. Authors: J. Chang, E. Blackburn, A. T. Holmes, N. B. Christensen, J. Larsen, J. Mesot, Ruixing Liang, D. A. Bonn, W. N. Hardy, A. Watenphul, M. v. Zimmermann, E. M. Forgan and S. M. Hayden. arXiv:1206.4333. (Nat. Phys. published […]

1. The role of attractive forces in viscous liquids Authors: L. Berthier and Gilles Tarjus, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 214503 (2011). 2. Testing “microscopic” theories of glass-forming liquids Authors: L. Berthier and Gilles Tarjus, Eur. Phys. E 34, 96 (2011). Recommended and a commentary by S. A. Kivelson, Stanford University. | View Commentary (pdf) | […]

1. Quantum spin-liquid emerging in two-dimensional correlated Dirac fermions Authors: Z. Y. Meng, T. C. Lang, S. Wessel, F. F. Assaad, and A. Muramatsu Nature 464, 847 (2010) 2. Spin liquid ground state of the S=1/2 Kagome Heisenberg Model Authors: S. Yan, D. A. Huse, and S. R. White arXiv:1011.6114 Recommended with a commentary by […]

1. Crossover from the nonuniversal scaling regime to the universal scaling regime in quantum Hall plateau transitions Authers: Wanli Li, J. S. Xia, C. L. Vicente, N. S. Sullivan, W. Pan, D. C. Tsui, L. N. Pfeier, and K. W. West Phys. Rev. B 81, 033305 (2010). 2. Scaling in Plateau-to-Plateau Transition: A Direct Connection […]

Authors: S. Raghu. S. A. Kivelson and D. J. Scalapino arXiv:1002591v1 [cond-mat.supr-con] Recommended and Commentary by Peter Wöfle, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2010_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_May_2010_03

The Disorder-Free Non-BCS Superconductor Cs3C60 Emerges from an Antiferromagnetic Insulator Parent State Authors: Y.Takabayashi, A. Y. Ganin, P. Jegli, D. Aron, T. Takano, Y. Iwasa, Y. Ohishi, M. Takata, N. Takeshita, K. Prassides, M. J. Rosseinsky Science 323, 1585 – 1590 (2009). Recommended by Steven Kivelson, Stanford University | View Commentary | JCCM_Oct09_02

“Measurement of lling factor 5/2 quasiparticle interference with observation of charge e/4 and e/2 period oscillations” Authors: R. L. Willett, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West arXiv:0807.0221; PNAS online doi.10.1073 Recommended with a commentary by Steve Kivelson (Stanford) and Chetan Nayak (Microsoft Station Q and UCSB) | View Commentary | JCCM_May09_02

Authors: M-S Nam, A. Ardavan, S. J. Blundell and J. A. Schlueter, Nature 449, 4 (2007) Recommended with a Commentary by Steven A. Kivelson, Stanford University. | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Nov07_03