Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

Authors: Gáspár Jékely, Julien Colombelli, Harald Hausen, Keren Guy, Ernst Stelzer, François Nédélec & Detlev Arendt Nature 456, 395-399 (2008): doi:10.1038/nature07590 Recommended with commentary by Raymond E. Goldstein, DAMTP, University of Cambridge | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Jan09_01

“Observation of the Spin Seebeck Effect,” Authors: K. Uchida, S. Takahashi, K. Harii, J. Ieda, W. Koshibae, K. Ando, S. Maekawa, and E. Saitoh Nature 455, 778 (2008) Recommended with a Commentary by Roland Kawakami, University of California, Riverside | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Jan09_02

1. The Statistics of the Work Done on a Quantum Critical System by Quenching a Control Parameter Author: Alessandro Silva arXiv:0806.4301; Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 120603 (2008) and 2. On quenches in quantum many-body systems: the one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model revisited Author: Guillaume Roux arXiv:0810.3720 Recommended with a Commentary by Anatoly Polkovnikov, Boston University   | View […]