Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

Pressure and Phase Equilibria in Interacting Active Brownian Spheres. Authors: A. P. Solon, J. Stenhammar, R. Wittkowski, M. Kardar, Y. Kafri, M. E. Cates, J. Tailleur. arXiv:1412.5475 Recommended with a commentary by Aparna Baskaran, Brandeis University |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_February_2015_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_February_2015_01

1.Experimental observation of Weyl points. Authors: Ling Lu, Zhiyu Wang, Dexin Ye, Lixin Ran, Liang Fu, John D. Joannopoulos, Marin Soljacic. arXiv:1502.03438 2.Experimental realization of a topological Weyl semimetal phase with Fermi arc surface states in TaAs. Authors: S.Y. Xu, I. Belopolski, N. Alidoust, M. Neupane, C. Zhang, R. Sankar, S.M. Huang, C.C. Lee, G. […]

1.Mott-Kondo Insulator Behavior in the Iron Oxychalcogenides. Authors: B. Freelon, Yu Hao Liu, Jeng-Lung Chen, L. Craco, M. S. Laad, S. Leoni, Jiaqi Chen, Li Tao, Hangdong Wang, R. Flauca, Z. Yamani, Minghu Fang, Chinglin Chang, J.H. Guo and Z. Hussain. arXiv:1501.00332 2.FeSe: a model system for Fe based superconductors. Authors: B. Büchner. KITP Program: […]

1.Time Reversal Invariant Topologically Insulating Circuits. Authors: Jia Ningyuan, Ariel Sommer, David Schuster, Jonathan Simon. arXiv:1309.0878 2.Topological properties of linear circuit lattices. Authors: Victor V. Albert, Leonid I. Glazman, Liang Jiang. arXiv:1410.1243 3.Spin-orbit-free Topological Insulators without Time-Reversal Symmetry Authors: A. Alexandradinata, Chen Fang, Matthew J. Gilbert, B. Andrei Bernevig. Phys.Rev.Lett. 113,116403(2014) Recommended with a commentary […]

Chromosome positioning from activity-based segregation. Authors: N. Ganai, S. Sengupta and G. Menon. Nucleic Acid Research 42,4145(2014) Recommended with a commentary by Jean-François Joanny , ESPCI, Paris |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_January_2015_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_January_2015_02

1.Epitaxy of SemiconductorSuperconductor nanowires. Authors: P. Krogstrup, N. L. B. Ziino, W. Chang, S. M. Albrecht, M. H. Madsen, E. Johnson, J. Nygard, C. M. Marcus and T. S. Jespersen. arXiv:1411.6254 2.Hard Gap in Epitaxial Superconductor-Semiconductor Nanowires Authors: W. Chang, S. M. Albrecht, T. S. Jespersen, F. Kuemmeth, P. Krogstrup, J. Nygard, and C. M. […]

Conventional superconductivity at 190 K at high pressures. Authors: A.P. Drozdov, M. I. Eremets, and I. A. Troyan. arXiv:1412.0460 Recommended with a commentary by Zachary Fisk, UC Irvine and J. D. Thompson, Los Alamos National Laboratory |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_December_2014_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_December_2014_01

1. Stacked endoplasmic reticulum sheets are connected by helicoidal membrane motifs. Authors: M. Terasaki, T. Shemesh, N. Kasthuri, R. W. Klemm, R. Schalek, K. J. Hayworth, A. R. Hand, M. Yankova, G. Huber, J. W. Lichtman, T. A. Rapoport, and M. M. Kozlov. Cell 154, 285(2013) 2. Terasaki spiral ramps in the rough endoplasmic reticulum […]

Stabilizing colloidal crystals by leveraging void distributions. Authors: Nathan A. Mahynski, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, Dong Meng, and Sanat K. Kumar. Nature Communications 5,4472(2014) Recommended with a commentary by Marjolein Dijkstra, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2014_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_November_2014_02

Robust electron pairing in the integer quantum Hall effect regime. Authors: H.K. Choi, I. Sivan, A. Rosenblatt, M. Heiblum, V. Umansky, D. Mahalu. arXiv:1409.4427v1 Recommended with a commentary by Felix von Oppen, Freie Universität Berlin |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2014_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_November_2014_03

Experimental realization of the topological Haldane model. Authors: G. Jotzu, M. Messer, R. Desbuquois, M. Lebrat, T. Uehlinger, D. Greif, and T. Esslinger. arXiv:1406.7874v1 Recommended with a commentary by Tin-Lun Ho, OSU |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_October_2014_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_October_2014_01

Observation of Majorana fermions in ferromagnetic atomic chains on a superconductor Authors: Stevan Nadj-Perge, Ilya K. Drozdov, Jian Li, Hua Chen, Sangjun Jeon, Jungpil Seo, Allan H. MacDonald, B. Andrei Bernevig, and Ali Yazdani Science 346, 602 (2014) Recommended with a commentary by Patrick Lee, MIT |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_October_2014_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_October_2014_02

Quorum sensing allows T cells to discriminate between self and nonself Authors: Thomas Charles Butler, Mehran Kardar, and Arup K. Chakraborty Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 110, 11833-11838 (2013). Recommended with a commentary by Alex Levine, UCLA |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_October_2014_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_October_2014_03

On the granular stress-geometry equation Authors: Eric DeGiuli and Christian Schoof Europhysics Letters 105, 28001 (2014) Recommended with a commentary by Sumantra Sarkar and Bulbul Chakraborty, Brandeis University |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_September_2014_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_September_2014_01

Detecting Topological Currents in Graphene Superlattices Authors: R. V. Gorbachev, J. C. W. Song, G. L. Yu, A. V. Kretinin, F. Withers, Y. Cao, A. Mishchenko, I. V. Grigorieva, K. S. Novoselov, L. S. Levitov, and A. K. Geim arXiv: 1409.0113 Recommended with a commentary by Francisco Guinea, CSIC |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_September_2014_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_September_2014_02

Criterion for stability of Goldstone Modes and Fermi Liquid behavior in a metal with broken symmetry Authors: Haruki Watanabe and Ashvin Vishwanath arXiv: 1404.3728 Recommended with a commentary by Jörg Schmalian, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_September_2014_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_September_2014_03

Two phase transitions induced by a magnetic field in graphite Authors: Benoît Fauqué, David LeBoeuf, Baptiste Vignolle, Marc Nardone, Cyril Proust, Kamran Behnia arXiv: 1303.4074, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 266601 (2013) Recommended with a commentary by Jason Alicea, Caltech |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2014_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2014_01

1. Non-Fermi liquid and topological states with strong spin-orbit coupling Authors: E-G. Moon, C. Xu, Y. B. Kim, and L. Balents Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 206401 (2013) 2. Superconductivity on the brink of spin-charge order in doped honeycomb bilayer Authors: O. Vafek, J. M. Murry, and V. Cvetkovic Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 147002 (2014) 3. […]

1) Aggregation and Segregation of Confined Active Particles Authors: Xingbo Yang, M. Lisa Manning, M. Cristina Marchetti arXiv:1403.0697, Soft Matter (2014) 2) Dynamics of Self-Propelled Particles Under Strong Confinement Authors: Yaouen Fily, Aparna Baskaran, Michael F. Hagan arXiv:1402.5583, Soft Matter, 10, 5609-5617 (2014) Recommended with a commentary by Charles Reichhardt and Cynthia Reichhardt, Los Alamos […]

Transport near a quantum critical point in BaFe2(As1-xPx)2 Authors: James G. Analytis, H-H. Kuo, Ross D. McDonald, Mark Wartenbe, P.M.C. Rourke, N. E. Hussey, and I. R. Fisher Nature Physics 10, 194–197 (2014) Recommended with a commentary by Qimiao Si, Rice University. |View Commentary| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_July_2014_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_July_2014_03