Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

1. Computational Topology for Configuration Spaces of Hard Disks Authors: Gunnar Carlsson, Jackson Gorham, Matthew Kahle, and Jeremy Mason arXiv:1108.5719 Recommended with a Commentary by Randall D. Kamien, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA. |View Commentary (PDF)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_September_2011_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_September_2011_02

1. Electronic Phase Separation at the LaAlO(3)/SrTiO(3) Interface Authors: Ariando, X. Wang, G. Baskaran, Z. Q. Liu, J. Huijben, J. B. Yi, A. Annadi, A. Roy Barman, A. Rusydi, S. Dhar, Y. P. Feng, J. Ding, H. Hilgenkamp, and T. Venkatesan Nature Communications 2, 188 (2011). 2. Coexistence of Superconductivity and Ferromagnetism in Two Dimensions […]

Static Friction Coefficient Is Not a Material Constant Authors: Oded Ben-David and Jay Fineberg PRL 106, 254301 (2011) Recommended with a commentary by Robert W. Carpick, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA | View Commentary (PDF) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2011_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2011_01

Strain-Induced PseudoMagnetic Fields Greater Than 300 Tesla in Graphene Nanobubbles, Authors: N. Levy, S. A. Burke, K. L. Meaker, M. Panlasigui, A. Zettl, F. Guinea, A. H. Castro Neto and M. F. Crommie, Science 30 July 2010: Vol. 329 no. 5991 pp. 544-547 Recommended with a Commentary by Ashvin Vishwanath, UC Berkeley, CA |View Commentary […]

1. Local stabilizer codes in three dimensions without string logical operators Author: Jeongwan Haah Phys. Rev. A 83, 042330 (2011) 2. On the energy landscape of 3D spin Hamiltonians with topological order Authors: Sergey Bravyi and Jeongwan Haah arXiv:1105:4159 Recommended with a commentary by David DiVincenzo, RWTH, Aachen and Forschungszentrum, Juelich, Germany |View Commentary (PDF)| […]

1. Growing interfaces uncover universal fluctuations behind scale invariance Authors: Kazumasa A. Takeuchi, Masaki Sano, Tomohiro Sasamoto and Herbert Spohn Scientic Reports 1, 34 (2011) 2. Universal fluctuations of growing interfaces: evidence in turbulent liquid crystals Authors: Kazumasa A. Takeuchi and Masaki Sano Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 230601 (2010) 3. One-dimensional Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation: an exact […]

1. Superconductivity in the iron selenide KxFe2Se2 (0<=x<=1.0) Authors: J. G. Guo, S. F. Jin, G. Wang, S. Wang, K. Zhu, T. Zhou, M. He, and X. L. Chen arXiv:1012.2924, Phys. Rev. B 82, 180520(R) (2010) 2. Fe-based high temperature superconductivity with Tc=31K bordering an insulating antiferromagnet in (Tl,K)FexSe2 crystals Authors: Ming-Hu Fang, Hang-DongWang, Chi-Heng […]

Hard X-ray lasers take their first steps towards nanostructure solution 1. Single mimivirus particles intercepted and imaged with an X-ray laser Authors: M. Marvin Seibert, et al. Nature 470, 78-81 (2011) doi:10.1038/nature09748 2. Femtosecond X-ray protein nanocrystallography Authors: Henry N. Chapman, et al. Nature 470, 73-77 (2011) doi:10.1038/nature09750 Recommended with a commentary by Simon J. […]

1. Hall viscosity from effective field theory Authors: A.Nicolis & Dam Thanh Son, arXiv:cond-mat/1103.2137 Recommended with a Commentary by David Khmelnitskii, Trinity College, Cambridge | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2011_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_June_2011_02

1. Undulatory swimming in viscoelastic fluids Authors: Xiaoning Shen and P. E. Arratia Phys. Rev. Lett. 106 (2011) 208101 Recommended with a commentary by Thomas R. Powers, Brown University | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2011_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_June_2011_03

1. Experimental Spin Ratchet Authors:Marius V. Costache and Sergio O. Valenzuela Science 330, 1645 (2010) Recommended with a commentary by Roland Kawakami, University of California at Riverside, USA. |View Commentary (PDF)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2011_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_May_2011_01

1. Magnetically Driven Superconductivity in CeCu2Si2 Authors: O. Stockert, J. Arndt, E. Faulhaber, C. Geibel, H. S. Jeevan, S. Kirchner, M. Loewenhaupt, K. Schmalzl, W. Schmidt, Q. Si, and F. Steglich Nature Phys. 7, 119 (2011) Recommended with a commentary by Peter Wölfe, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. |View Commentary (PDF)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2011_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_May_2011_02

1. Quantum Hall effect from the topological surface states of strained bulk HgTe Authors: C. Brune, C.X. Liu, E.G. Novik, E.M. Hankiewicz, H. Buhmann, Y.L. Chen, X.L. Qi, Z.X. Shen, S.C. Zhang and L.W. Molenkamp Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 126803 (2011) 2. Gate-tuned normal and superconducting transport at the surface of a topological insulator, Authors: […]

1. Magnetic and non-magnetic phases of a quantum spin liquid Authors: F.L. Pratt, P.J. Baker, S.J. Blundell, T. Lancaster, S. Ohira-Kawamura, C. Baines, Y. Shimizu, K. Kanoda, I. Watanabe and G. Saito Nature 471, 612 (31 March 2011) Recommended with a Commentary by Catherine Kallin, McMaster University | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2011_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_April_2011_02

1. A modular gradient-sensing network for chemotaxis in Escherichia coli revealed by responses to time-varying stimuli. Authors: T.S. Shimizu, Y. Tu, H.C. Berg. Molecular Systems Biology 6, 382, 2010. 2. Thermal Robustness of Signaling in Bacterial Chemotaxis. Authors: O. Oleksiuk, V. Jakovlievic, N. Vladimirov, R. Carvalho, E. Paster, W.S. Ryu, Y. Meir, N.S. Wingreen, M. […]

1. Probing the relaxation towards equilibrium in an isolated strongly correlated 1D Bose gas Authors: Stefan Trotzky, Yu-Ao Chen, Andreas Flesch, Ian P. McCulloch, Ulrich Schollwock, Jens Eisert, Immanuel Bloch arXiv:1101.2659 (2011) Recommended with a commentary by Leonid Glazman, Yale University | View Commentary (PDF) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_March_2011_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_March_2011_01

1. Spin-orbit coupled Bose-Einstein condensate Authors: Y.-J. Lin, K. Jiménez-García; & I. B. Spielman arXiv.org:1103.3522 (2011) Nature 471, 83-86 (2011) Recommended and with a commentary by Tin-Lun Ho, The Ohio State University | View Commentary (PDF) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_March_2011_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_March_2011_02

1. Elastic Building Blocks for Confined Sheets Authors: R. D. Schroll, E. Katifori, and B. Davidovitch Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 074301 (2011) 2. Wrinkling hierarchy in constrained thin sheets from suspended graphene to curtains Authors: M. P. H. Vandeparre, F. Brau, B. Roman, J. Bico, C. Gay, W. Bao, C. Ning Lau, P. M. Reis, […]

1. Pseudogap of metallic layered nickelate R2-xSrxNiO4 (R=Nd, Eu) crystals measured using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy Authors: M. Uchida, K. Ishizaka, P. Hansmann, Y. Kaneko, Y. Ishida, X. Yang, R. Kumai, A. Toschi, Y. Onose, R. Arita, K. Hel, O. K. Andersen, S.Shin, Y. Tokura arXiv:1012.5516 2. Phase-Sensitive Observation of a Spin-Orbital Mott State in Sr2IrO4 Authors: B. […]

1. A window on the future of spintronics. Authors: H. Ohno, Nature Materials 9 952 (2010) 2. Role of adiabatic and nonadiabatic spin transfer torqes on magnetic domain wall motion. Authors: Jae-Chui Lee et al., arXiv:1006.1216 Recommendation and Commentary by Thierry Giamarchi, University of Geneva | View Commentary (PDF) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_February_2011_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_February_2011_02