Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

A Quantum Antiferromagnet on the Kagome Lattice Featured papers: 1. Spin Dynamics of the spin-1/2 Kagome lattice antiferromagnet ZnCu3 (OH)6 Cl2 . Authors: J.S. Helton, K. Matan, M.P. Shores, E.A. Nytko, B.M. Bartlett, Y. Yoshida, Y. Takano, A. Suslov, Y. Qiu, J.-H. Chung, D.G. Nocera, Y.S. Lee [Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 107204 (2007)] http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0610539 2. […]

Authors: Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Jorden A. van Dam and Leo P. Kouwenhoven Nature 439, 953-956 (23 February 2006) http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0601434 Recommended with a commentary by Benjamin Huard, Stanford University | View PDF | JCCM_February07_01

Authors: X. Lou, C. Adelmann, S. A. Crooker, E. S. Garlid, J. Zhang, S. M. Reddy, S. D. Flexner, C. J. Palmstrom, and P. A. Crowell http://arXiv.org/cond-mat/0701021 Recommended with a Commentary by Roland Kawakami, University of California, Riverside. | View PDF | JCCM_February07_02

Authors: A. Tsukazaki et al. Published online 25 January 2007 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1137430] (in Science Express Reports) http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1137430 Recommended with a Commentary by A. P. Ramirez, Bell Labs. | View PDF | JCCM_February07_03

Authors: Jordi Soriano, Cyril Colombo, and Albrecht Ott Physical Review Letters 97, 258102 (2006) Recommended with a commentary by Raymond E. Goldstein, University of Cambridge | View PDF | JCCM_January07_01

Authors:. R.A. Borzi, S.A. Grigera, J. Farrell, R.S. Perry, S.J.S. Lister, S.L. Lee, D.A. Tennant, Y. Maeno, and A.P. Mackenzie http://arXiv.org/cond-mat/0612599 Science 315, 158 (2007) Recommended and a commentary by Catherine Kallin, McMaster University | View PDF | JCCM_January07_02

Authors: Raphaël P. Hermann, Veerle Keppens, Pierre Bonville, George S. Nolas, Fernande Grandjean, Gary J. Long, Hans M. Christen, Bryan C. Chakoumakos, Brian C. Sales, and David Mandrus Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 017401 (2006) Recommended and a commentary by S. Paschen, Institute of Solid State Physics, TU Vienna, Austria | View Commentary PDF | JCCM_January07_03

Authors: P. Le Doussal, K. J. Wiese and co-workers http://arXiv.org/cond-mat/0610525 http://arXiv.org/cond-mat/0606160 http://arXiv.org/cond-mat/0610821 Recommended with a commentary by Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, CEN Saclay | View PDF | JCCM_December06_01

New Developments with cold atoms. Free Fermion Antibundching in a Degenerate Atomic Fermi Gas Released from an Optical Lattice Authors: T. Rom, Th. Best, D. van Oosten, U. Schneider, S. Folling, B. Paredes, and I. Bloch http://arXiv.org/cond-mat/0611561, Nature 444, 733-736 (2006). Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect for boson versus fermions Authors: T. Jeltes, J.M. McNamara, […]

Authors: Tuson Park, M.B. Salamon http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0411001 Related references: T. Park, M. B. Salamon, E. M. Choi, H. J. Kim, and S.-I. Lee, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 (2003) 177001; K. Deguchi, Z. Mao, H. Yaguchi, and Y. Maeno, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92 (2004) 047002; H. Aoki et al., J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 16 (2004) L13. Recommended […]

1. Single-Molecule, Motion-Based DNA Sequencing Using RNA Polymerase Authors: William J. Greenleaf and Steven M. Block Science 313, 801 (2006). 2. Sequence-Resolved Detection of Pausing by Single RNA Polymerase Molecules. Authors: K. M. Herbert, A. La Porta, B. J. Wong, R. A. Mooney, K. C. Neuman, R. Landick and S. M. Block Cell 125, 1083-1094 […]

Authors: Monwhea Jeng, Geoffry Piroux and Philippe Ruelle J. Stat. Mech.(2006) P10015 arXiv.org/cond-mat/0609284 Recommended with a commentary by Deepak Dhar, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai | View PDF | JCCM_November06_02

Authors: L. D. Pham, T. Park, S. Maquilon, J. D. Thompson and Z. Fisk. Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 056404 (2006). http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0611654 Recommended with a commentary by H. v. Löhneysen, Universität Karlsruhe, Physikalisches Institut and Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Festkörperphysik, Germany | View PDF | JCCM_November06_03

Authors: M. Tarzia and M.A. Moore http://arXiv.org/cond-mat/0609113 Recommended and Commentary by P.W. Anderson, Princeton University | View PDF | JCCM_October06_01

Authors: A. Naik, O. Buu, M. D. LaHaye, A. D. Armour, A. A. Clerk, M. P. Blencowe and K. C. Schwab http://arXiv.org/cond-mat/0609297 Nature 443, 193 (2006) Recommended and Commentary by Steven M. Girvin, Yale University | View PDF | JCCM_October06_02

Authors: P. Loubeyre, F. Occelli and R. LeToullec http://arXiv.org/cond-mat/0410425 Nature 416, 613 (2002) Authors: S. Bonev, E. Schwegler, T. Ogitsu and G. Galli Nature 431, 669 (2004) Authors: E.Babaev, A. Sudbo and N.W. Ashcroft; E.Smorgrav, E. Babaev, J. Smiseth and A. Sudbo http://arXiv.org/cond-mat/0410408; http://arXiv.org/cond-mat/0508286 Nature 431, 665 (2004) Recommended and Commentary by Chandra Varma, UC […]

Please identify two to three papers in a given year which you have come across that you find particularly interesting. These papers should be available either on the cond-mat. archives or in any of the regular scientific journals which are also available on the internet. Papers that have appeared during the previous year are to […]

Organizers: Alexander GrosbergNew York University Chandra M. Varma, Chief organizerEmeritus, University of California, Riverside Advisory Committee: Paul Chaikin, NYU Steven Girvin, Yale University Andrew Millis, Columbia University Correspondents in the last two years: Ram M. Adar, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology | View Contributions | Daniel F. Agterberg , University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee […]

It is commonly believed that these days Physicists get most of their information on developments in Physics over the internet. In condensed matter physics a good fraction of it is first published in the cond-mat archives. This fraction will inevitably increase. The intent of this Journal Club is to use the internet to satisfy a […]