Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

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, […]

Measuring entanglement entropy through the interference of quantum many-body twins. Authors: Rajibul Islam, Ruichao Ma, Philipp M. Preiss, M. Eric Tai, Alexander Lukin, Matthew Rispoli, Markus Greiner. arXiv:1509.01160 Recommended with a commentary by Ashvin Vishwanath, UC Berkeley. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_January_2016_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_January_2016_03

Spontaneous emergence of autocatalytic information-coding polymers. Authors: Alexei V. Tkachenko and Sergei Maslov. J. Chem. Phys. 143,045102(2015) Recommended with a commentary by Alexander Grosberg, NYU. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_December_2015_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_December_2015_01

1. Observation of many-body localization of interacting fermions in a quasi-random optical lattice. Authors: M. Schreiber, S. S. Hodgman, P. Bordia, Henrik P. Lüschen, M. H. Fischer, R. Vosk, E. Altman, U. Schneider and I. Bloch. Science 349,842(2015) 2. Coupling Identical 1D Many-Body Localized Systems. Authors: P. Bordia, H. P. Luschen, S. S. Hodgman, M. […]

Absence of Pauling’s Residual Entropy in Thermally Equilibrated Dy2Ti2O7. Authors: D. Pomeransky, L.R. Yaraskavitch, S. Meng, K.A. Ross, H.M.L. Noad, H.A. Dabkowska, B.D. Gaulin, and J.B. Kycia. Nature Physics, 9,353(2013) Recommended with a commentary by A. P. Ramirez and B. S. Shastry, University of California, Santa Cruz. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_December_2015_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_December_2015_03

Bending Rules in Graphene Kirigami. Authors: B.F. Grosso and E.J. Mele. Phys. Rev. Lett. 115,195501(2015) Recommended with a commentary by Benny Davidovitch, Physics Department, UMass Amherst.. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2015_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_November_2015_01

Even-denominator fractional quantum Hall physics in ZnO. Authors: J. Falson, D. Maryenko, B. Friess, D. Zhang, Y. Kozuka, A. Tsukuzaki, J. H. Smet, and M. Kawasaki. Nature Physics 11,347(2015) Recommended with a commentary by Bertrand I. Halperin, Harvard University. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2015_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_November_2015_02

1. Multidimensional stationary probability distribution for interacting active particles. Authors: C. Maggi, U.M.B. Marconi, N. Gnan, and R. Di Leonardo. Scientific Reports, 5,10742(2015) 2. Effective interactions in active Brownian suspensions. Authors: T.F.F. Farage, P. Krinninger, and J.M. Brader, Physical Review E 91,042310(2015) Recommended with a commentary by Mike Cates, University of Cambridge, and Cesare Nardini, […]

1.Transport in inhomogeneous quantum critical fluids and in the Dirac fluid in graphene. Authors: Andrew Lucas, Jesse Crossno, Kin Chung Fong, Philip Kim, Subir Sachdev. arXiv:1510.01738 2.Observation of the Dirac fluid and the breakdown of the Wiedemann-Franz law in graphene. Authors: Jesse Crossno, Jing K. Shi, Ke Wang, Xiaomeng Liu, Achim Harzheim, Andrew Lucas, Subir […]

Line of Dirac nodes in hyperhoneycomb lattices. Authors:Kieran Mullen, Bruno Uchoa and Daniel T. Glatzhofer. Phys. Rev. Lett. 115,026403(2015) Recommended with a commentary by Rahul Nandkishore, CU Boulder. |View Commentary| JCCM_October_2015_03

1.Is the composite fermion a Dirac particle? Authors:Dam Thanh Son. arXiv:1502.03446(2015) 2.Dual Dirac liquid on the surface of the electron topological insulator. Authors:Chong Wang and T. Senthil. arXiv:1505.05141(2015) 3.Particle-vortex duality of 2D Dirac fermion from electric-magnetic duality of 3D topological insulators. Authors:Max A. Metlitski and Ashvin Vishwanath. arXiv:1505.05142(2015) 4.Half-filled Landau level, topological insulator surfaces, and […]

Increasing Redundancy Exponentially Reduces Error Rates during Algorithmic Self-Assembly. Authors:Rebecca Schulman, Christina Wright, and Erik Winfree. ACS Nano 9,5760(2015) Recommended with a commentary by Randall D.Kamien, University of Pennsylvania. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_September_2015_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_September_2015_02

1.Quantum transport in Dirac materials: Signatures of tilted and anisotropic Dirac and Weyl cones. Authors:M. Trescher, B. Sbierski, P.W. Brouwer, and E.J. Bergholtz. Phys.Rev.B 91,115135(2015) 2.A new type of Weyl semimetals. Authors:A A. Soluyanov, D. Gresch, Z. Wang, Q. Wu, M. Troyer, Z. Dai, and B.A. Bernevig. arXiv:1507.01603(2015) Recommended with a commentary by Carlo Beenakker, […]

Observation of chiral edge states with neutral fermions in synthetic Hall ribbons. Authors:M. Mancini, G. Pagano, G. Cappellini, L. Livi, M. Rider, J. Catani, C. Sias, P. Zoller, M. Inguscio, M. Dalmonte and L. Fallani. arXiv:1502.02495(2015) Recommended with a commentary by Thierry Giamarchi, DQMP, University of Geneva. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2015_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2015_02

Anisotropic membrane curvature sensing by antibacterial peptides. Authors:Jordi Gómez-Llobregat, Federico Elías-Wolff, Martin Lindén arXiv:1412.2371(2015) Recommended with a commentary by Peter Olmsted, Georgetown University. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2015_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2015_03

1.Propagating phonons coupled to an artificial atom. Authors:Martin V. Gustafsson, Thomas Aref, Anton Frisk Kockum, Maria K. Ekström, Göran Johansson, and Per Delsing. Science 346,207(2014) 2.Surface acoustic wave devices on bulk ZnO crystals at low temperature. Authors:E. B. Magnusson, B. H. Williams, R. Manenti, M.-S. Nam, A. Nersisyan, M. J. Peterer, A. Ardavan, and P. […]

Fluctuation-Induced Forces in Nonequilibrium Diffusive Dynamics. Authors:A. Aminov, Y. Kafri, and M. Kardar Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 230602(2015) Recommended with a commentary by Ramin Golestanian, Oxford University. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_July_2015_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_July_2015_02

1.Precise quantization of anomalous Hall effect near zero magnetic field. Authors: A. J. Bestwick, E. J. Fox, Xufeng Fu, Lei Pan, Kang L. Wang, and D. Goldhaber-Gordon. Phys.Rev.Lett. 114,187201(2015) 2.High-precision realization of robust quantum anomalous Hall state in a hard ferromagnetic topological insulator. Authors:Cui-Zu Chang, Weiwei Zhao, Duk Y.Kim, Haijun Zhang, Badih A. Assaf, Don […]

1.Coexistence of half-metallic itinerant ferromagnetism with local-moment antiferromagnetism in Ba0.60K0.40Mn2As2. Authors: A. Pandey, B. G. Ueland, S. Yeninas, A. Kreyssig, A. Sapkota, Yang Zhao, J. S. Helton, J.W. Lynn, R. J. McQueeney, Y. Furukawa, A. I. Goldman, and D. C. Johnston. Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 047001(2013) 2.Itinerant ferromagnetism in the As 4p conduction band of […]

1.A bound on chaos. Authors: J. Maldacena, S. Shenker, and S. Stanford. arXiv:1503.01409 2.A simple model of quantum holography. Authors:A. Kitaev. KITP(part 1) KITP(part 2) Recommended with a commentary by Joel E. Moore, UC Berkeley and LBNL. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2015_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_June_2015_02