Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

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. Organic Salts as a Route to Energy Level Control in Low Bandgap, High Open-Circuit Voltage Organic and Transparent Solar Cells that Approach the Excitonic Voltage Limit. Authors: John Suddard-Bangsund, Christopher J. Traverse, Margaret Young, Tyler J. Patrick, Yimu Zhao , and Richard R. Lunt. Adv. Energy Mater, 6, 1501659 (2015) 2. Transparent Luminescent Solar […]

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

1. Loophole-free Bell inequality violation using electron spins separated by 1.3 kilometers. Authors: B. Hensen, H. Bernien, A. E. Dréau, A. Roisterer, N. Kalb, M. S. Blok, J. Ruitenberg, R. F. L. Vermeulen, R. N. Schouten, C. Abelen, W. Amaya, V. Pruneri, M. W. Mitchell, M. Markham, D. J. Switchen, D. Elkouss, S. Wehner, T. […]

1. Surface electronic structure and isotropic superconducting gap in (Li0.8Fe0.2)OHFeSe. Authors: X.H. Niu, R. Peng, H.C. Xu, Y.J. Yan, J. Jiang, D.F. Xu, T.L. Yu, Q. Song, Z.C. Huang, Y.X. Wang, B. P. Xie, X. F. Lu, N. Z. Wang, X. H. Chen, Z. Sun, and D. L. Feng. Phys. Rev. B 92, 060504 (2015) […]

1. Allosteric Dynamic Control of Binding. Authors: F. Sumbul, S.A.E. Acuner-Ozbabacan and T. Haliloglu. Biophys. J., 109, 1190-1201 (2015) 2. Quantifying information transfer by protein domains: Analysis of the Fyn. SH2 domain structure Authors: T. Lenaerts, J. Ferkinghoff-Borg, F. Stricher, L. Serrano, J. W. H. Schymkowitz and F. Rousseau. BMC Structural Biology, 8:43 (2008) Recommended […]

Evidence of an odd-parity hidden order in a spin-orbit coupled correlated iridate. Authors: L. Zhao, D. H. Torchinsky, H. Chu, V. Ivanov, R. Lifshitz, R. Flint, T. Qi, G. Cao and D. Hsieh. Nature Phys. 12, 32 (2016) Recommended with a commentary by Joseph Orenstein, Department of Physics, UC Berkeley. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_February_2016_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_February_2016_03

1.Selective assemblies of giant tetrahedra via precisely controlled interactions. Authors: M. Huang, C.H. Hsu, J. Wang, S. Mei, X. Dong, Y. Li, M. Li, H. Liu, W. Zhang, T. Aida, W.B. Zhang, K. Yue and S. Z. D. Cheng. Science 348, 424(2015) 2.Sphericity and symmetry breaking in the formation of Frank-Kasper phases from one component […]

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