Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

1. Effects of topological constraints on linked ring polymers in solvents of varying quality Authors: Z. Dehaghani, I. Chubak, C. Likos, and M. Ejtehadi Soft Matter 16, p. 3029 (2020); DOI: 10.1039/C9SM02374G 2. Circular Polycatenanes: Supramolecular Structures with Topologically Tunable Properties Authors: L. Tubiana, F. Ferrari, and E. Orlandini Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 227801 (2022); […]

Elastocaloric determination of the phase diagram of Sr2RuO4 Authors: Y.-S. Li, M. Garst, J. Schmalian, S. Ghosh, N. Kikugawa, D. A. Sokolov, C. W. Hicks, F. Jerzembeck, M. S. Ikeda, Z. Hu, B. J. Ramshaw, A. W. Rost, M. Nicklas, and A. P. Mackenzie Nature 607, 276 (2022); DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04820-z Recommended with a commentary by […]

Quantum chaos challenges many-body localization Authors: Jan Šuntajs, Janez Bonča, Tomaž Prosen, and Lev Vidmar Phys. Rev. E 102, 062144 (2020); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.102.062144 Recommended with a commentary by Dries Sels (New York University & Flatiron Institute) and Anatoli Polkovnikov (Boston University) |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited as: DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_January_2023_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_January_2023_01

Uncovering conformal symmetry in the 3D Ising transition: State-operator correspondence from a fuzzy sphere regularization Authors: Wei Zhu, Chao Han, Emilie Huffman, Johannes S. Hofmann, and Yin-Chen He arXiv:2210.13482; DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2210.13482 Recommended with a commentary by Ashvin Vishwanath, Harvard University |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited as: DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_January_2023_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_January_2023_02

Nonmutual torques and the unimportance of motility for long-range order in two-dimensional flocks Authors: Lokrshi Prawar Dadhichi, Jitendra Kethapelli, Rahul Chajwa, Sriram Ramaswamy, and Ananyo Maitra Phys. Rev. E 101, 052601 (2020); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.101.052601 Recommended with a commentary by Alexandre Solon, Sorbonne Université and CNRS |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited as: DOI: […]

Gate-tunable heavy fermions in a moiré Kondo lattice Authors: Wenjin Zhao, Bowen Shen, Zui Tao, Zhongdong Han, Kaifei Kang, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Kin Fai Mak, and Jie Shan arXiv:2211.00263; DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2211.00263 Recommended with a commentary by T. Senthil, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited as: DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_December_2022_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_December_2022_02

1. Finding two-level systems in glasses through machine learning Authors: Simone Ciarella, Dmytro Khomenko, Ludovic Berthier, Felix C. Mocanu, David R. Reichman, Camille Scalliet, and Francesco Zamponi arXiv:2212.05582; DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2212.05582 2. Depletion of two-Level systems in ultrastable computer-generated glasses Authors: Dmytro Khomenko, Camille Scalliet, Ludovic Berthier, David R. Reichman, and Francesco Zamponi Phys. Rev. Lett. […]

Extended Charge Layers in Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Nanocapacitors Revealed by Operando Electron Holography Authors: C. Gatel, R. Serra, K. Gruel, A. Masseboeuf, L. Chapuis, R. Cours, L. Zhang, B. Warot-Fonrose, and M. J. Hÿtch Physical Review Letters 129, 137701 (2022); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.137701 Recommended with a commentary by Joe Checkelsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |View Commentary (pdf)| This […]

1. Ionic liquids behave as dilute electrolyte solutions Authors: M. A. Gebbie, M. Valtiner, X. Banquy, E. T. Fox, W. A. Henderson, and J. N. Israelachvili Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A 110, 9674 (2013); DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1307871110 2. The electrostatic screening length in concentrated electrolytes increases with concentration Authors: A. M. Smith, A. A. Lee, and […]

A Quantum Inspired Approach to Exploit Turbulence Structures Authors: Nikita Gourianov, Michael Lubasch, Sergey Dolgov, Quincy Y. van den Berg, Hessam Babaee, Peyman Givi, Martin Kiffner, and Dieter Jaksch Nature Computational Science 2, 30–37 (2022); DOI: 10.1038/s43588-021-00181-1 Recommended with a commentary by E. Miles Stoudenmire, Flatiron Institute |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited […]

1. Monitored Quantum Dynamics of the Kitaev Spin Liquid Authors: Ali Lavasani, Zhu-Xi Luo, and Sagar Vijay arXiv:2207.02877; DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2207.02877 2. Topology, criticality, and dynamically generated qubits in a stochastic measurement-only Kitaev model Authors: Adithya Sriram, Tibor Rakovsky, Vedika Khemani, and Matteo Ippoliti arXiv:2207.07096; DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2207.07096 Recommended with a commentary by Daniel Arovas, University of […]

1. Experimental signature of the parity anomaly in a semi-magnetic topological insulator Authors: M. Mogi, Y. Okamura, M. Kawamura, R. Yoshimi, K. Yasuda, A. Tsukazaki, K. S. Takahashi, T. Morimoto, N. Nagaosa, M. Kawasaki, Y. Takahashi, and Y. Tokura Nature Physics 18, 390 (2022); DOI: 10.1038/s41567-021-01490-y arXiv:2105.04127 2. Half-quantized Hall effect and power law decay […]

1. Freely Flowing Currents and Electric Field Expulsion in Viscous Electronics Authors: Michael Shavit, Andrey Shytov, and Gregory Falkovich Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 026801 (2019); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.026801 2. Imaging hydrodynamic electrons flowing without Landauer–Sharvin resistance Authors: C. Kumar, J. Birkbeck, J. A. Sulpizio, D. Perello, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, O. Reuven, T. Scaffidi, Ady Stern, […]

Quantum anomalous Hall effect from intertwined moiré bands Authors: Tingxin Li, Shengwei Jiang, Bowen Shen, Yang Zhang, Lizhong Li, Zui Tao, Trithep Devakul, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Liang Fu, Jie Shan, and Kin Fai Mak Nature 600, 641 (2021); DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04171-1 Recommended with a commentary by Steven A. Kivelson, Stanford University |View Commentary (pdf)| This […]

1. RNA phase transitions in repeat expansion disorders Authors: A. Jain and R. D. Vale Nature 546, 243–247 (2017); DOI: 10.1038/nature22386 2. Condensates in RNA repeat sequences are heterogeneously organized and exhibit reptation dynamics Authors: H. T. Nguyen, N. Hori, and D. Thirumalai Nature Chemistry 14, 775–785 (2022); DOI: 10.1038/s41557-022-00934-z Recommended with a commentary by […]

Minimal quantum viscosity from fundamental physical constants Authors: K. Trachenko and V. V. Brazhkin Science Advances, 6, eaba 3747 (2020); DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba3747 Recommended with a commentary by Alexander Y. Grosberg, New York University |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited as: DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2022_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2022_01

Universal Thermal Entanglement of Multichannel Kondo Effects Authors: Donghoon Kim, Jeongmin Shim, and H.-S. Sim Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 226801 (2021); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.226801 Recommended with a commentary by Masaki Oshikawa, University of Tokyo |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited as: DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2022_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2022_02

Measurements conspire nonlocally to restructure critical quantum states Authors: Samuel J. Garratt, Zack Weinstein, and Ehud Altman arXiv:2207.09476; DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2207.09476 Recommended with a commentary by S. A. Parameswaran, University of Oxford |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited as: DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2022_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2022_03

InAs-Al Hybrid Devices Passing the Topological Gap Protocol Authors: Microsoft Quantum arXiv:2207.02472v2; DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2207.02472 Recommended with a commentary by Anton Akhmerov, Delft University of Technology |View Commentary (pdf)| This commentary may be cited as: DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_July_2022_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_July_2022_01

1. Twisted van der Waals Josephson Junction Based on a High-Tc Superconductor Authors: Jongyun Lee, Wonjun Lee, Gi-Yeop Kim, Yong-Bin Choi, Jinho Park, Seong Jang, Genda Gu, Si-Young Choi, Gil Young Cho, Gil-Ho Lee, and Hu-Jong Lee Nano Lett. 2021, 21, 10469-10477; DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03906 2. Emergent Interfacial Superconductivity between Twisted Cuprate Superconductors Authors: S. Y. […]