Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

1. Perfect Coulomb drag in a dipolar excitonic insulator Authors: Phuong X. Nguyen, Liguo Ma, Raghav Chaturvedi, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Jie Shan, and Kin Fai Mak Science 388, 274–278 (2025), DOI: 10.1126/science.adl1829 2. Perfect Coulomb drag and exciton transport in an excitonic insulator Authors: Ruishi Qi, Andrew Y. Joe, Zuocheng Zhang, Jingxu Xie, Qixin […]

1. Collapse of a single polymer chain: Effect of chain stiffness and attraction range Authors: Yanyan Zhu, Haim Diamant, and David Andelman arXiv:2601.09908, DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2601.09908 2. Long ssRNA undergoes continuous compaction in the presence of polyvalent cations Authors: Ana Luisa Duran-Meza, Liya Oser, Richard Sportsman, Martin Phillips, Charles M. Knobler, and William M. Gelbart Biophysical […]

Finite-Temperature Quantum Topological Order in Three Dimensions Authors: Shu-Tong Zhou, Meng Cheng, Tibor Rakovszky, Curt von Keyserlingk, and Tyler D. Ellison Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 040402 (2025), DOI: 10.1103/n9sq-8cxw Recommended with a commentary by Ashvin Vishwanath , Harvard University |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited as: DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_January_2026_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_January_2026_03

1. Frequency ratio of the 229mTh nuclear isomeric transition and the 87Sr atomic clock Authors: Chuankun Zhang, Tian Ooi, Jacob S. Higgins, Jack F. Doyle, Lars von der Wense, Kjeld Beeks, Adrian Leitner, Georgy A. Kazakov, Peng Li, Peter G. Thirolf, Thorsten Schumm, and Jun Ye Nature 633, pages 63–70 (2024), DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07839-6 2. Temperature […]

1. Electrical switching of a p-wave magnet Authors: Qian Song, Srdjan Stavrić, Paolo Barone, Andrea Droghetti, Daniil S. Antonenko, Jörn W. F. Venderbos, Connor A. Occhialini, Batyr Ilyas, Emre Ergeçen, Nuh Gedik, Sang-Wook Cheong, Rafael M. Fernandes, Silvia Picozzi, and Riccardo Comin Nature 642, 64–70 (2025), DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09034-7 2. A metallic p-wave magnet with commensurate […]

Limits on the computational expressivity of non-equilibrium biophysical processes Authors: Carlos Floyd, Aaron R. Dinner, Arvind Murugan, and Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan Nat. Comm 16, no. 1 (2025): 7184, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61873-0 Recommended with a commentary by Krishna Shrinivas , Northwestern University |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited as: DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_December_2025_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_December_2025_03

Observation of the quantum equivalence principle for matter-waves Authors: Or Dobkowski, Barak Trok, Peter Skakunenko, Yonathan Japha, David Groswasser, Maxim Efremov, Chiara Marletto, Ivette Fuentes, Roger Penrose, Vlatko Vedral, Wolfgang P. Schleich, and Ron Folman arXiv.2502.14535, DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2502.14535 Recommended with a commentary by Carlo Beenakker , Instituut-Lorentz, Leiden University |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may […]

Many-body interference in kagome crystals Authors: C. Guo, K. Wang, L. Zhang, C. Putzke, D. Chen, M. R. van Delft, S. Wiedmann, F. F. Balakirev, R. D. McDonald, M. Gutierrez-Amigo, M. Alkorta, I. Errea, M. G. Vergniory, T. Oka, R. Moessner, M. H. Fischer, T. Neupert, C. Felser, and P. J. W. Moll Nature 647, […]

Theory of condensate size control by molecular charge asymmetry Authors: Chengjie Luo, Nathaniel Hess, Dilimulati Aierken, Yicheng Qiang, Jerelle A. Joseph, and David Zwicker ACS Macro Letters 14(10), 1484-1491 (2025), DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.5c00342 Recommended with a commentary by Yaojun Zhang , Johns Hopkins University |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited as: DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2025_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_November_2025_03

1. Cooper-pair density modulation state in an iron-based superconductor Authors: Lingyuan Kong, Michal Papaj, Hyunjin Kim, Yiran Zhang, Eli Baum, Hui Li, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Genda Gu, Patrick A. Lee, and Stevan Nadj-Perge Nature 640, 55 (2025), DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08703-x 2. Sublattice Dichotomy in Monolayer FeSe Superconductor Authors: Cui Ding, Zhipeng Xu, Xiaotong Jiao, Qiyin […]

1. Self-consistent tensor network method for correlated super-Moiré matter beyond one billion sites Authors: Yitao Sun, Marcel Niedermeier, Tiago V. C. Antão, Adolfo O. Fumega, and Jose L. Lado arXiv:2503.04373, DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2503.04373 2. Solving the Gross-Pitaevskii equation on multiple different scales using the quantics tensor train representation Authors: Marcel Niedermeier, Adrien Moulinas, Thibaud Louvet, Jose […]

Dynamic and Programmable Cellular-Scale Granules Enable Tissue-like Materials Authors: Yin Fang, Endao Han, Xin-Xing Zhang, Yuanwen Jiang, Yiliang Lin, Jiuyun Shi, Jiangbo Wu, Lingyuan Meng, Xiang Gao, Philip J. Griffin, Xianghui Xiao, Hsiu-Ming Tsai, Hua Zhou, Xiaobing Zuo, Qing Zhang, Miaoqi Chu, Qingteng Zhang, Ya Gao, Leah K. Roth, Reiner Bleher, Zhiyuan Ma, Zhang Jiang, […]

Instability of Laughlin FQH liquids into gapless power-law correlated states with continuous exponents in ideal Chern bands: rigorous results from plasma mapping Authors: Saranyo Moitra and Inti Sodemann Villadiego arXiv:2509.18265, DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.18265 Recommended with a commentary by Trithep Devakul , Stanford University |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited as: DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_September_2025_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_September_2025_01

1. Magic sizes enable minimal-complexity, high-fidelity assembly of programmable shells Authors: B. Tyukodi, F. Caballero, D. Hayakawa, D. M. Hall, W. B. Rogers, G. M. Grason, and Michael F. Hagan Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 118203, (2025), DOI: 10.1103/5yjp-kx2j 2. The polyhedral structure underlying programmable self-assembly Authors: M. C. Hübl, T. E. Videbæk, D. Hayakawa, W. […]

1. Robust field re-entrant superconductivity in ferromagnetic infinite-layer rare-earth nickelates Authors: Mingwei Yang, Jiayin Tang, Xianfeng Wu, Heng Wang, Wenjing Xu, Haoliang Huang, Zhicheng Pei, Wenjie Meng, Guangli Kuang, Jinfeng Xu, Sixia Hu, Chuanying Xi, Li Pi, Qingyou Lu, Ziqiang Wang, Qikun Xue, Zhuoyu Chen, and Danfeng Li arxiv:2508.14666, DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2508.14666 2. Extreme magnetic field-boosted […]

1. Topological Quantum Spin Glass Order and its realization in qLDPC codes Authors: Benedikt Placke, Tibor Rakovszky, Nikolas P. Breuckmann, and Vedika Khemani arxiv:2412.13248, DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2412.13248 2. Expansion creates spin-glass order in finite-connectivity models: a rigorous and intuitive approach from the theory of LDPC codes Authors: Benedikt Placke, Grace M. Sommers, Nikolas P. Breuckmann, Tibor […]

Observation of the Axion quasiparticle in 2D MnBi2Te4 Authors: J. X. Qiu, B. Ghosh, J. Schütte-Engel, et al. Nature 641, 62 (2025), DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08862-x Recommended with a commentary by Taige Wang and Dung-Hai Lee , University of California, Berkeley |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited as: DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2025_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2025_02

A resonant valence bond spin liquid in the dilute limit of doped frustrated Mott insulators Authors: Cecilie Glittum, Antonio Štrkalj, Dharmalingam Prabhakaran, Paul A. Goddard, Cristian D. Batista, and Claudio Castelnovo Nat. Phys. (2025), DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-02923-8 Recommended with a commentary by Frédéric Mila , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may […]

An efficient and exact noncommutative quantum Gibbs sampler Authors: Chi-Fang Chen, Michael J. Kastoryano, and András Gilyén arXiv:2311.09207, DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.09207 Recommended with a commentary by Joel E. Moore , UC Berkeley and LBNL |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited as: DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_July_2025_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_July_2025_02

1. Chiral split magnon in altermagnetic MnTe Authors: Z. Liu, M. Ozeki, S. Asai, S. Itoh, and T. Masuda Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 156702 (2024), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.156702 2. Circular dichroism in resonant inelastic X-ray scattering: Probing altermagnetic domains in MnTe Authors: D. Takegami, T. Aoyama, T. Okauchi, T. Yamaguchi, S. Tippireddy, S. Agrestini, M. García-Fernández, […]