Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

1. Transport evidence for Fermi-arc-mediated chirality transfer in the Dirac semimetal Cd3As2. Author: P. J. W. Moll, N. L. Nair, T. Helm, A. C. Potter, I. Kimchi, A. Vishwanath, J. G. Analytis. Nature 535, 266 (2016) 2. Current at a Distance and Resonant Transparency in Weyl Semimetals. Authors: Y. Baum, E. Berg, S. A. Parameswaran, […]

1. Molecular transport through capillaries made with atomic-scale precision. Author: B. Radha, A. Esfandiar, F. C. Wang, A. P. Rooney, K. Gopinad- han, A. Keerthi, A. Mishchenko, A. Janardanan, P. Blake, L. Fumagalli, M. Lozada-Hidalgo, S. Garaj, S. J. Haigh, I. V. Grigorieva, H. A. Wu, A. K. Geim. Nature, doi:10.1038/nature19363 (2016) 2. Sieving hydrogen […]

Stochastic thermodynamics of active matter. Author: T.Speck. EPL 114 30006 (2016) Recommended with a commentary by Aparna Baskaran, Brandeis University. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_October_2016_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_October_2016_01

Quantum Entanglement Growth Under Random Unitary Dynamics. Authors: Adam Nahum, Jonathan Ruhman, Sagar Vijay and Jeongwan Haah. arXiv: 1608.06950 Recommended with a commentary by Rahul Nandkishore, Colorado University, Boulder. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_October_2016_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_October_2016_03

Nanoscale thermal imaging of dissipation in quantum systems. Authors: D. Halbertal, J. Cuppens, M. Ben Shalom, L. Embon, N. Shadmi, Y. Anahory, H. R. Naren, J. Sarkar, A. Uri, Y. Ronen, Y. Myasoedov, L. S. Levitov, E. Joselevich, A. K. Geim, and E. Zeldov. arXiv: 1609.01487 Recommended with a commentary by Bertrand I. Halperin, Harvard […]

Continuous Rotation of Achiral Nematic Liquid Crystal Droplets Driven by Heat Flux. Authors: Jordi Ignés-Mullol, Guilhem Poy, and Patrick Oswald. Physical Review Letters 117, 057801 (2016) Recommended with a commentary by Jonathan V. Selinger, Kent State University. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_September_2016_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_September_2016_03

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

Information capacity of specific interactions. Authors: M. H. Huntley, A. Murugan, and M. P. Brenner. PNAS 113, 58415846 (2016) Recommended with a commentary by Andrea Liu, University of Pennsylvania. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2016_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2016_02

Competing valley, spin, and orbital symmetry breaking in bilayer graphene. Authors: B.M. Hunt, J.I.A. Li, A.A. Zibrov, L. Wang, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, J. Hone, C.R. Dean, M. Zaletel, R.C. Ashoori, and A.F. Young. arXiv:1607.0646v1 Recommended with a commentary by S. A. Parameswaran, University of California, Irvine. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2016_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2016_03

1. Site-resolved observations of antiferromagnetic correlations in the Hubbard model. Authors: M. F. Parsons, A. Mazurenko, C.S. Chiu, G. Ji, D. Greif, and M. Greiner. arXiv:1605.02704 2. Spin and Charge Resolved Quantum Gas Microscopy of Antiferromagnetic Order in Hubbard Chains. Authors:Martin Boll, Timon A. Hilker, Guillaume Salomon, Ahmed Omran, Immanuel Bloch, and Christian Gross. arXiv:1605.05661 […]

1. Magnetic ground state of FeSe. Authors: Qisi Wang, Yao Shen, Bingying Pan, Xiaowen Zhang, K. Ikeuchi, K. Iida, A. D. Christianson, H. C. Walker, D. T. Adroja, M. Abdel-Hafiez, Xiaojia Chen, D. A. Chareev, A. N. Vasiliev, Jun Zhao. Nature Communications 7, 12182 (2016) 2. Unlocked Stripe-order Antiferromagnetism in FeSe under Pressure. Authors:P. Wang, […]

Floquet Time Crystals. Authors: Dominic V. Else, Bela Bauer, and Chetan Nayak. arXiv:1603.08001 Recommended with a commentary by Leon Balents, UCSB. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2016_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_June_2016_01

1. Elucidating Reaction Mechanisms on Quantum Computers. Authors: Markus Reiher, Nathan Wiebe, Krysta M. Svore, Dave Wecker, and Matthias Troyer. arXiv:1605.03590 2. Nitrogenase: A Draft Mechanism. Authors: Brian M. Hoffman, Dmitriy Lukoyanov, Dennis R. Dean, and Lance C. Seefeld. Acc. Chem. Res. 2013 Feb 19; 46(2): 587595. Recommended with a commentary by David DiVincenzo, RWTH […]

Fluctuation-Reponse Theorem for the Active Noisy Oscillator of the Hair-Cell Bundle. Authors: L. Dinis, P. Martin, J. Barral, J. Prost, and J.F. Joanny. Physical Review Letters 109, 160602 (2012) Recommended with a commentary by Alex Levine, UCLA. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2016_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_June_2016_03

Exponential Protection of Zero Modes in Majorana Islands. Authors: S. M. Albrecht, A. P. Higginbotham, M. Madsen, F. Kuemmeth, T. S. Jespersen, J. Nygard, P. Krogstrup, and C. M. Marcus. Nature 531, 206 (2016) Recommended with a commentary by Anton Akhmerov, Delft University. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2016_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_May_2016_01

Physical Modeling of Dynamic Coupling between Chromosomal Loci Authors: T.J. Lampo, A.S. Kennard, and A.J. Spakowitz Biophysical Journal, 110, p. 338, 2016 Recommended with a commentary by Michael Tamm, Moscow State University.|View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2016_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_May_2016_02

1. Observation of topological Faraday and Kerr rotations in quantum anomalous Hall state by terahertz magneto-optics. Authors: K.N. Okada, Y. Takahashi, M. Mogi, R. Yoshimi, A. Tsukazaki, K.S. Takahashi, N. Ogawa, M. Kawasaki, and Y. Tokura arXiv:1603.02113 2. Quantized Faraday and Kerr rotation and axion electrodynamics of the surface states of three-dimensional topological insulators. Authors: […]

Controlling spin relaxation with a cavity. Authors: A. Bienfait, J.J. Pla, Y. Kubo, X. Zhou, M. Stern, C.C. Lo, C.D. Weis, T. Schenkel, D. Vion, D. Esteve, J.J.L. Morton and P. Bertet. Nature 531,74(2016) Recommended with a commentary by Steven M. Girvin, Yale University. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2016_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_April_2016_02

Knots as a Topological Order Parameter for Semiflexible Polymers. Authors: Martin Marenz and Wolfhard Janke. Phys. Rev. Lett. 116,128301(2016) arXiv:1506.07376 Recommended with a commentary by Kurt Kremer, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2016_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_April_2016_03

Quantitative determination of pairing interactions for high-temperature superconductivity in cuprates. Authors: Jin Mo Bok, Jong Ju Bae, Han-Yong Choi, Chandra M. Varma, Wentao Zhang, Junfeng He, Yuxiao Zhang, Li Yu, and X.J. Zhou. Science Advances, 2, E1501329, 2016 arXiv: 1601.02493 Recommended with a commentary by Andrey Chubukov, University of Minnesota. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_March_2016_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_March_2016_01