A monthly correspondence of exciting material in the field of Condensed Matter Physics
1. Robust fractional quantum Hall states and continuous quantum phase transitions in a half-filled bilayer graphene Landau level Authors: Alexander A. Zibrov, Carlos. R. Kometter, Haoxin Zhou, Eric M. Spanton, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Michael P. Zaletel, and Andrea F. Young arXiv:1611.07113 2. Even denominator fractional quantum Hall state in bilayer graphene Authors: J. I. […]
1. Signature of the chiral anomaly in a Dirac semimetal: a current plume steered by a magnetic field. Authors: Jun Xiong, Satya K. Kushwaha, Tian Liang, Jason W. Krizan, Wudi Wang, R. J. Cava, N. P. Ong. arXiv:1503.08179 2. Chiral anomaly and classical negative magnetoresistance of Weyl metals Authors: D. T. Son and B. Z. […]
Observation of Majorana fermions in ferromagnetic atomic chains on a superconductor Authors: Stevan Nadj-Perge, Ilya K. Drozdov, Jian Li, Hua Chen, Sangjun Jeon, Jungpil Seo, Allan H. MacDonald, B. Andrei Bernevig, and Ali Yazdani Science 346, 602 (2014) Recommended with a commentary by Patrick Lee, MIT |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_October_2014_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_October_2014_02
1.Observation of Quantum Spin Hall States in InAs/GaSb Bilayers under Broken Time-reversal Symmetry. Authors:Lingjie Du, Ivan Knez, Gerard Sullivan and Rui-Rui Du. arXiv:1306.1925 Recommended with a commentary by Patrick Lee, MIT |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2013_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2013_02
1. Non-Fermi d-wave phases of strongly interacting electrons. Authors: Hong-Chen Jiang, Matthew Block, Ryan Mishmash, James Garrison, D.N. Sheng, Olexei Motrunich and Matthew P.A. Fisher. arXiv:1207.6608 . Recommended and a Commentary by Patrick Lee, MIT | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_September_2012_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_September_2012_02
1. Low-energy effective theory of Fermi surface coupled with U (1) gauge field in 2+1 dimensions Author: Sung-Sik Lee Phys. Rev. B 80, 165102 (2009) 2. Quantum phase transition of metals in two spatial dimensions. I. Ising-nematic order Authors: Max Metlitski and Subir Sachdev Phys. Rev. B 82, 075127 (2010) 3. A Controlled Expansion for […]
1. Specific heat Measurements: “Fully gapped superconducting state based on a high normal state quasiparticle density of states in Ba0.6 K0.4 Fe2 As2 single crystals,†G. Mu, H. Luo, Z. Wang, L. Shan, C. Ren and H.H. Wen. arXiv:0808.2941. 2. ARPES Measurements:“Observation of Fermi surface-dependent nodeless superconduct- ing gaps in Ba0.6 K0.4 Fe2 As2 ,†[…]
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1. Unconventional Magnetic Oscillations in Kagome Mott Insulators Authors: Guoxin Zheng, Yuan Zhu, Kuan-Wen Chen, Byungmin Kang, Dechen Zhang, Kaila Jenkins, Aaron Chan, Zhenyuan Zeng, Aini Xu, Oscar A. Valenzuela, Joanna Blawat, John Singleton, Patrick A. Lee, Shiliang Li, and Lu Li arXiv:2310.07989; DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2310.07989 2. Dirac quantum spin liquid emerging in a kagome-lattice antiferromagnet […]
Observation of superconducting vortices carrying a temperature-dependent fraction of the flux quantum Authors: Yusuke Iguchi, Ruby Shi, Kunihiro Kihou, Chul-Ho Lee, Vadim Grinenko, Egor Babaev, and Kathryn A. Moler arXiv:2301.12368; DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2301.12368 Recommended with a commentary by Jung Hoon Han, Sungkyunkwan University and Patrick A. Lee, MIT |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited […]
1. Oscillations of the thermal conductivity in the spin-liquid state of α-RuCl3 Authors: Peter Czajka, Tong Gao, Max Hirschberger, Paula Lampen-Kelley, Arnab Banerjee, Jiaqiang Yan, David G. Mandrus, Stephen E. Nagler, and N. P. Ong Nature Physics 17, 915–919 (2021); DOI: 10.1038/s41567-021-01243-x 2. The planar thermal Hall conductivity in α-RuCl3 Authors: Peter Czajka, Tong Gao, […]
1. Quantum criticality in twisted transition metal dichalcogenides Authors: Augusto Ghiotto, En-Min Shih, Giancarlo S. S. G. Pereira, Daniel A. Rhodes, Bumho Kim, Jiawei Zang, Andrew J. Millis, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, James C. Hone, Lei Wang, Cory R. Dean, and Abhay N. Pasupathy Nature 597, 345–349 (2021); DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03815-6 arXiv:2103.09796 2. Continuous Mott transition […]
1. Electron attraction mediated by Coulomb repulsion Authors: A. Hamo, A. Benyamini, I. Shapir, I. Khivrich, J. Waissman, K. Kaasbjerg, Y. Oreg, F. von Oppen, and S. Ilani Nature 535, 395 (2016); DOI: 10.1038/nature18639 2. Charge Transfer Excitations, Pair Density Waves, and Superconductivity in Moire Materials Authors: Kevin Slagle and Liang Fu arXiv:2003:13690 3. Correlated […]
1. Observation of a robust zero-energy bound state in iron-based superconductor Fe(Te,Se) Authors: J. X. Yin, Zheng Wu, J. H. Wang, Z. Y. Ye, Jing Gong, X. Y. Hou, Lei Shan, Ang Li, X. J. Liang, X. X. Wu, Li Jian, C.S. Ting, Z. Q. Wang, J. P. Hu, P. H. Hor, H. Ding and […]
1. Discovery of orbital-selective Cooper pairing in FeSe Authors: P. O. Sprau, A. Kostin, A. Kreisel, A. E. Böhmer, V. Taufour, P. C. Canfield, S. Mukherjee, P. J. Hirschfeld, B. M. Andersen, J. C. Séamus Davis Science, 357, 75–80 (2017) 2. Tuning across the BCS-BEC crossover in the multiband superconductor Fe1+ySexTe1-x: An angle-resolved photoemission study […]
Spin-Orbital Entangled Quantum Liquid on Honeycomb Lattice Authors: K. Kitagawa, T. Takayama, Y. Matsumoto, A. Kato, R. Takano , Y. Kishimoto, S. Bette, R. Dinnebie, G. Jackeli, and H. Takagi H. Takagi, KITP talk, Aug 2017 Recommended with a commentary by Patrick A. Lee and T. Senthil, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2017_02 […]
1. Superconductivity in CuxBi2Se3 and its implication for pairing in the undoped topological insulator Authors: Y.S. Hor, A.J. Williams, J.G. Checkelsky, P. Roushan, J. Seo, Q. Hu, H.W. Zandbergen, A. Yazdani, N.P. Ong and R.J. Cava, arXiv:0909.2890, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 057001 (2010). 2. Observation of unconventional band topology in a superconducting doped topological insulator, […]
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