Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

1. Tunable Rashba spin-orbit interaction at oxide interfaces Authors: N. Reyren, S. Thiel, A.D. Caviglia, M. Gabay, S. Gariglio, N. Reyren, C. Cancellieri, and J.-M. Triscone, http://arxiv.org/abs/0912.3731 2. Tuning spin-orbit coupling and superconductivity at the SrTiO3/LaAlO3 interface: a magneto-transport study Authors:  M. Ben Shalom, M. Sachs, D. Rakhmilevitch, A. Palevski, and Y. Dagan, http://arxiv.org/abs/1001.0781 Recommended […]

1. Superconductivity in CuxBi2Se3 and its implication for pairing in the undoped topological insulator Authors: Y.S. Hor, A.J. Williams, J.G. Checkelsky, P. Roushan, J. Seo, Q. Hu, H.W. Zandbergen, A. Yazdani, N.P. Ong and R.J. Cava, arXiv:0909.2890, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 057001 (2010). 2. Observation of unconventional band topology in a superconducting doped topological insulator, […]

Authors: Erez Lieberman-Aiden, Nynke L. van Berkum, Louise Williams, Maxim Imakaev, Tobias Ragoczy, Agnes Telling, Ido Amit, Bryan R. Lajoie, Peter J. Sabo, Michael O. Dorschner, Richard Sandstrom, Bradley Bernstein, M. A. Bender, Mark Groudine, Andreas Gnirke, John Stamatoyannopoulos, Leonid A. Mirny, Eric S. Lander and Job Dekker Science 326:289-293, 2009. Recommended with a commentary […]

1. Nonspecific DNA-Protein Interaction: Why Proteins Can Diffuse along DNA Authors: V. Dahirel, F. Pailluson, M. Jardat, M. Barbi and J.-M. Victor, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 228101(2009) 2. Searching Fast for a Target on DNA without Falling to Traps Authors: O. Bénichou, Y. Kafri, M. Sheinman and R. Voituriez, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 138102(2009) Recommended […]

1) Fluxonium: single Cooper pair circuit free of charge offsets. Authors: V. E. Manucharyan, J. Koch, L. I. Glazman, and M. H. Devoret http://arxiv.org/abs/0906.0831 ; Science 326, 113-116 (2009). 2) Coherent oscillations between classically separable quantum states of a superconducting loop Authors: V. E. Manucharyan, J. Koch, M. Brink, L. I. Glazman, and M. H. […]

1) Large-Area Synthesis of High-Quality and Uniform Graphene Films on Copper Foils Authors: X. Li, W. Cai, J. An, S. Kim, J. Nah, D. Yang, R. Piner, A. Velamakanni, I. Jung, E. Tutuc, S. K. Banerjee, L. Colombo, R. S. Ruoff Science 324, 1312 (2009) 2) 30-Inch Roll-Based Production of High-Quality Graphene Films for Flexible […]

1) Magnetic monopoles in spin ice Authors: C. Castelnovo, R. Moessner, and SL Sondhi ArXiv:0710.5515, Nature, 451 (7174):42-45, 2008. 2) Signature of magnetic monopole and Dirac string dynamics in spin ice Authors: LDC Jaubert and PCW Holdsworth ArXiv:0903.1074, Nature Physics, 5(4):258-261, 2009. 3) Measurement of the charge and current of magnetic monopoles in spin ice […]

1) Fractional quantum Hall effect and insulating phase of Dirac electrons in graphene Authors: Xu Du, Ivan Skachko, Fabian Duerr, Adina Luican, Eva Y. Andrei arXiv:0910.2532, Nature 462, 192 (2009) 2) Observation of the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect in Graphene Authors:  Kirill I. Bolotin, Fereshte Ghahari, Michael D. Shulman, Horst L. Stormer, Philip Kim arXiv: […]

Authors: Homin Shin, Kirstin R. Purdy Drew, James R. Bartles, Gerard C. L. Wong, and Gregory M. Grason Physical Review Letters 103, 238102 (2009) Recommended with a commentary by Thomas R. Powers, Brown University | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Dec09_03

Authors: C. Altimiras, H. le Sueur, U. Gennser, A. Cavanna, D. Mailly, and F. Pierre arXiv:0910.2683 Recommended with a Commentary by Leonid Glazman, Yale University | View Commentary | JCCM_Nov09_01

Broken rotational symmetry in the pseudogap phase of a high-Tc superconductor Authors: R. Daou, J. Chang, David LeBoeuf, Olivier Cyr-Choinière, Francis Laliberté, Nicolas Doiron-Leyraud, B. J. Ramshaw, Ruixing Liang, D. A. Bonn, W. N. Hardy, and Louis Taillefer. arXiv:0909.4430 (in press, Nature) Recommended with a commentary by Catherine Kallin, McMaster University | View Commentary | JCCM_Nov09_02

1) Optogenetic dissection of a behavioural module in the vertebrate spinal cord Authors: Wyart C., Del Bene F., Warp E., Scott E.K., Trauner D., Baier H. and Isacoff E.Y Nature 461, doi:10.1038/nature08323. arXiv:0910.2683 2) Parvalbumin neurons and gamma rhythms enhance cortical circuit performance Authors: Sohal V.S., Zhang F., Yizhar O. and Deisseroth K. Nature 459: […]

1) Phase diagram of the disordered Bose-Hubbard model Authors: V. Gurarie, L. Pollet, N. V. Prokofev, B. V. Svistunov and M. Troyer, Arxiv:0909.4593 2) Superfluid-insulator transition of disordered bosons in one-dimension Authors: E. Altman, Y. Kafri, A. Polkovnikov and G. Refael, Arxiv:0909.4096. 3) Disordered insulator in an optical lattice Authors: M. Pasienski, D. McKay, M. […]

The Disorder-Free Non-BCS Superconductor Cs3C60 Emerges from an Antiferromagnetic Insulator Parent State Authors: Y.Takabayashi, A. Y. Ganin, P. Jegli, D. Aron, T. Takano, Y. Iwasa, Y. Ohishi, M. Takata, N. Takeshita, K. Prassides, M. J. Rosseinsky Science 323, 1585 – 1590 (2009). Recommended by Steven Kivelson, Stanford University | View Commentary | JCCM_Oct09_02

Authors: S Rafaï, L Jibuti, P Peyla http://arxiv.org/abs/0909.4193 Recommended and with commentary by Sriram Ramaswamy, IISc, Bangalore | View Commentary | JCCM_Oct09_03

1) Intrinsic decoherence mechanisms in the microcavity polariton condensate Authors: A. P. D. Love, D. N. Krizhanovskii, D. M. Whittaker, R. Bouchekioua, D. Sanvitto, S. Al Rizeiqi, R. Bradley, M. S. Skolnick, P. R. Eastham, R. Andre, and Le Si Dang Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 067404 (2008) 2) Quantized vortices in an exciton-polariton condensate Authors: […]

1) Shear viscosity of strongly coupled N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills plasma Authors: G. Policastro, D. T. Son and A. O. Starinets Phys. Rev. Lett. 87 (2001), arXiv:hep-th/0104066 2) Viscosity in strongly interacting quantum field theories from black hole physics Authors: P. Kovtun, D.T. Son, A. O. Starinets, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 111601 (2005), arXiv:hep-th/0405231. 3) Theory […]

Authors: Maxime Clusel, Eric I. Corwin, Alexander O. N. Siemens and Jasna Brujic´ Nature, 460, 611-615 (2009) Recommended with a Commentary by Salvatore Torquato, Princeton University, USA | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Sept09_03

1. Emergent quantum criticality, Fermi surfaces, and AdS2. Authors: Thomas Faulkner, Hong Liu, John McGreevy, David Vegh arXiv:0907.2694; arXiv:0903.2477 2. Fermions and the AdS/CFT correspondence: quantum phase transitions and the emergent Fermi-liquid. Authors: Mihailo Cubrovic, Jan Zaanen, Koenraad Schalm. arXiv:0904.1993 Recommended with a Commentary by Elihu Abrahams, Rutgers, Andrew Cohen, Boston University and Chandra Varma, […]

Authors: M. Neupane, P. Richard, Z.-H. Pan, Y. Xu, R. Jin, D. Mandrus, X. Dai, Z.Fang, Z. Wang, and H. Ding arXiv:0808.0346 Recommended with a Commentary by Atsushi Fujimori, University of Tokyo | View Commentary | JCCM_August09_02