Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

1. Universality in the Evolution of Orientation Columns in the Visual Cortex Authors: Matthias Kaschube, Michael Schnabel, Siegrid Löwel, David M. Coppola, Leonard E. White, and Fred Wolf Science 1194869 Published online 4 November 2010 [DOI:10.1126/science.1194869] Recommended with a Commentary by Elisha Moses, Weizmann Institute | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_December_2010_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_December_2010_03

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. Maximum and Minimum Stable Random Packings of Platonic Solids Authors: Jessica Baker and Arshad Kudrolli arXiv:1008.1728 (2010) Recommended with a commentary by Salvatore Torquato, Princeton University | View Commentary (PDF) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2010_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_November_2010_02

1. Highly Mobile Gapless Excitations in a Two-Dimensional Candidate Quantum Spin Liquid Authors: M. Yamashita, N. Nakata, Y. Senshu, M. Nagata, H. M. Yamamoto, R. Kato, T. Shibauchi and Y. Matsuda Science 328, 1246 (2010) Recommended with a commentary by Ashvin Vishwanath, University of California at Berkeley, | View Commentary (PDF) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2010_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_November_2010_03

1.Effect of Cobalt Incorporation and Lithium Enrichment in Lithium Nickel Manganese Oxides Authors: H. Deng, I. Belharouak, H. Wu, D. Dambournet, and K. Amine Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 157, 7, A776-A781 (2010) 2. MLi2Ti6O14(M = Sr, Ba, 2Na) Lithium Insertion Titanate Materials: A Comparative Study Authors: Damien Dambournet, Ilias Belharouak, and Khalil Amine Inorg. […]

Authors: V Guttal and I D Couzin PNAS 107 (2010) 16172-16177 Recommended and with a commentary by Sriram Ramaswamy, IISc, Bangalore | View Commentary | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_October_2010_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_October_2010_02

1. Itinerant ferromagnetism in a Fermi gas with contact interaction: Magnetic properties in a dilute Hubbard model Authors: C-C. Chang, S. Zhang and D.M. Ceperley, arXiv: 1009.1409v1 2. Itinerant ferromagnetism of a repulsive atomic Fermi gas: a quantum Monte Carlo study Authors: S. Pilati, G. Bertaina, S. Giorgini, and M. Troyer, arXiv:1004.1169v1 Phys. Rev. Lett. […]

1. Liquid gated interface superconductivity on an atomically flat film Authors: J.T. Ye, S. Inoue, K. Kobayashi, Y. Kasahara, H.T. Yuan, H. Shimotani, and Y. Iwasa Nature Materials 9, 125 (2010). Recommended with a commentary by Atsushi Fujimori, University of Tokyo |View Commentary (pdf)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_September_2010_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_September_2010_01

1. Single-qubit lasing in the strong-coupling regime Authors: Stephan André, Pei-Qing Jin, Valentina Brosco, Jared H. Cole, Alsessandro Romito, Alexander Shnirman, and Gerd Schön arXiv:1008.2611 Recommended with a commentary by Steven M. Girvin, Yale University |View Commentary (pdf)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_September_2010_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_September_2010_02

1. Isolated optical vortex knots. Authors: Mark R. Dennis, Robert P. King, Barry Jack, Kevin O’Holleran, and Miles J. Padgett Nature Physics 6, 118 (2009) Recommended with a commentary by Randall D. Kamien, University of Pennsylvania |View Commentary (pdf)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_September_2010_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_September_2010_03

Authors: Edward Barry and Zvonimir Dogic Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107 (2010) 10348. Recommended with a commentary by Thomas R. Powers, Brown University. | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2010_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2010_02

1. In situ Observation of incompressible Mott-insulating domains in ultracold atomic gases Authors: N. Gemelke, X. Zhang, C.-L. Hung, C. Chin arXiv:0904.1532; Nature 460, 995 (2009) 2. Probing the Superuid-to-Mott-Insulator Transition at the Single-Atom Level Authors: W. S. Bakr, A. Peng, M. E. Tai, R. Ma, J. Simon, J. I. Gillen, S. Folling, L. Pollet, and M. Greiner. […]

1. Role of interactions in an electronic Fabry–Perot interferometer operating in the quantum Hall effect regime. Authors: Nissim Ofek, Aveek Bid, Moty Heiblum, Ady Stern, Vladimir Umansky, and Diana Mahalu. PNAS March 23, 2010 vol. 107 no. 12 5276-5281 2. Distinct Signatures For Coulomb Blockade and Aharonov-Bohm Interference in Electronic Fabry-Perot Interferometers. Authors: Yiming Zhang, […]

1. Simulation of cholesteric blue phases using a Landau-de Gennes theory: Effect of an applied electric field. Authors: Jun-ichi Fukuda, Makoto Yoneya, and Hiroshi Yokoyama. Physical Review E 80, 031706 (2009) 2. Thermodynamics of blue phases in electric fields. Authors: O. Henrich, D. Marenduzzo. K. Stratford, and M.E. Cates. Physical Review E 81, 031706 (2010) […]

1. Glass transition of hard spheres in high dimensions Authors: Bernhard Schmid, Rolf Schilling arXiv:1003.4559; Phys. Rev. E 81, 041502 (2010) 2. Mode-Coupling Theory as a Mean-Field Description of the Glass Transition Authors: Atsushi Ikeda, Kunimasa Miyazaki arXiv:1003.5472 3. A critical test of the mode-coupling theory of the glass transition Authors: Ludovic Berthier, Gilles Tarjus […]

1. Preparation and Measurement of Three-Qubit Entanglement in a Superconducting Circuit. Authors: L. DiCarlo, M. D. Reed, L. Sun, B. R. Johnson, J. M. Chow, J. M. Gambetta, L. Frunzio, S. M. Girvin, M. H. Devoret, R. J. Schoelkopf arXiv:1004.4324 2. Generation of Three-Qubit Entangled States using Superconducting Phase Qubits. Authors:  M. Neeley, R. C. Bialczak, M. Lenander, […]

Scaling theory of the Mott transition and breakdown of Gruneisen scaling near a finite-temperature critical end point Authors: L. Bartosch,  M. de Souza,  M. Lang arXiv:1004.4898; Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 245701 (2010) Recommended with a commentary by Jorg Schmalian, Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2010_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_June_2010_03

Atom-by-atom structural and chemical analysis by annular dark-field electron microscopy Authors: Ondrej L. Krivanek, Matthew F. Chisholm, Valeria Nicolosi, Timothy J. Pennycook, George J. Corbin, Niklas Dellby, Matthew F. Murfitt, Christopher S. Own, Zoltan S. Szilagyi, Mark P. Oxley, Sokrates T. Pantelides and Stephen J. Pennycook Nature 464, 571-574 (2010) Recommended with a commentary by […]

Authors: S. Raghu. S. A. Kivelson and D. J. Scalapino arXiv:1002591v1 [cond-mat.supr-con] Recommended and Commentary by Peter Wöfle, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2010_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_May_2010_03

Authors: Y.-J. Lin, R. L. Compton, K. Jimenez-Garcia, J. V. Porto, and  I. B. Spielman, Nature, vol. 462, 628 December (2009) Recommended with a Commentary by Tin-Lun Ho, Ohio State University. | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2010_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_April_2010_02