Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

1. A Time-Reversal Invariant Topological Phase at the Surface of a 3D
Topological Insulator
Authors: Parsa Bonderson, Chetan Nayak, Xiao-Liang Qi
J. Stat. Mech. (2013) P09016

2. Gapped Symmetry Preserving Surface-State for the Electron Topological
Insulator
Authors: Chong Wang, Andrew C. Potter, T. Senthil
Phys. Rev. B 88, 115137 (2013), arXiv:1306.3223

3. Symmetry Enforced Non-Abelian Topological Order at the Surface of a
Topological Insulator
Authors: Xie Chen, Lukasz Fidkowski, Ashvin Vishwanath
arXiv:1306.3250

4. A symmetry-respecting topologically-ordered surface phase of 3d electron
topological insulators
Authors: Max A. Metlitski, C. L. Kane, Matthew P. A. Fisher
arXiv:1306.3286

Recommended with a commentary by Ady Stern (Weizmann Institute)
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_October_2013_03
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Experimental observation of the quantum anomalous Hall effect in a magnetic topological insulator.
Authors : Cui-Zu Chang, Jinsong Zhang, Xiao Feng, Jie Shen, Zuocheng Zhang, Minghua Guo, Kang Li, Yunbo Ou, Pang Wei, Li-Li Wang, Zhong-Qing Ji, Yang Feng, Shuaihua Ji, Xi Chen, Jinfeng Jia, Xi Dai, Zhong Fang, Shou-Cheng Zhang, Ke He, Yayu Wang, Li Lu, Xu-Cun Ma, Qi-Kun Xue.
Science 340, 167 (2013)

Recommended with a Commentary by Leonid Glazman, Yale University
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_September_2013_01
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Interaction-induced chiral px+ipy superfluid order of bosons in an optical lattice.
Authors : M. Olschlager, T. Kock, G. Wirth, A. Ewerbeck, C. Morais Smith, and A. Hemmerich.
New Journal of Physics, 15 (2013) 083041

Recommended with a Commentary by Tin-Lun Ho, Ohio State University
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_September_2013_02
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Dislocation-mediate growth of bacterial cell walls.
Authors : Ariel Amir and David R. Nelson.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 109, 9833-9838 (2012)

Recommended with a commentary by Alex J. Levine, UCLA
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_September_2013_03
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1.Nematic liquid crystal boojums with handles on colloidal handlebodies.
Authors:Q. Liu, B. Senyuk, M. Tasinkevych and I. I. Smalyukh.
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (2013) 110, no. 23, 9231-9236

Recommended with a commentary by Mark Bowick, Soft Matter Program, Syracuse University
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2013_01
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1.Observation of Quantum Spin Hall States in InAs/GaSb Bilayers under Broken Time-reversal Symmetry.
Authors:Lingjie Du, Ivan Knez, Gerard Sullivan and Rui-Rui Du.
arXiv:1306.1925

Recommended with a commentary by Patrick Lee, MIT
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2013_02
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1.Quantum oscillations and high carrier mobility in the delafossite PdCoO2.
Authors:Clifford W. Hicks, Alexandra S. Gibbs, Andrew P. Mackenzie, Hiroshi Takatsu, Yoshiteru Maeno, and Edward A. Yelland.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 116401 (2012)

Recommended with a Commentary by Chandra Varma, University of California, Riverside
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2013_03
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1. Reynolds Pressure and Relaxation in a Sheared Granular System.
Authors: Jie Ren, Joshua A. Dijksman and Robert P. Behringer
Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 018302 (2013).

Recommended with a commentary by Bulbul Chakraborty, Brandeis University
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_July_2013_01
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1. Localization protected quantum order.
Authors: David A. Huse, Rahul Nandkishore, Vadim Oganesyan, Arijeet Pal, and S.L.Sondhi.
Phys. Rev. B 88, 014206 (2013), arXiv:1304.1158.

Recommended with a commentary by Ashvin Vishwanath, UC Berkeley
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_July_2013_02
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1. Evidence for Helical Nuclear Spin Order in GaAs Quantum Wires
Authors: C. P. Scheller, T.-M. Liu, G. Barak, A. Yacoby, L. N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West, and D. M. Zumbühl
arXiv:1306.1940

Recommended with a Commentary by Leon Balents, KITP, UCSB
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2013_01
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1. Heralded Entanglement Between Solid-State Quits Separated by Three Metres
Authors: H. Bernien, B. Hensen, W. Pfaff, G. Koolstra, M. S. Blok, L. Robledo, T. H. Taminiau, M. Markham, D. L. Twitchen, L. Childress, and R. Hanson
Nature 497, 86-90 (2013)

Recommended with a Commentary by David DiVincenzo, RWTH Aachen
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2013_02
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1. Orientation Dependent Handedness and Chiral Design
Authors: Efi Efrati and William T. M. Irvine
arXiv:1301.4460

Recommended with a Commentary by Jonathan V. Selinger, Kent State University
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2013_03
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1. Evidence of Non-Mean-Field Low-Temperature Behavior in the Edwards-Anderson Spin-Glass Model.
Authors: Burcu Yucesoy, Helmut G. Katzgraber, and Jon Machta.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 177204 (2012)

Recommended with a commentary by A. Alan Middleton, Syracuse University
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2013_01
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1. Ferromagnetic Quantum Critical Point in the Heavy-Fermion Metal YbNi4(P1-xAsx)2.
Authors: A. Steppke, R. Kuchler, S. Lausberg, E. Lengyel, L. Steinke, R. Borth, T. Luhmann, C. Krellner, M. Nicklas, C. Geibel, F. Steglich, and M. Brando.
Science 339, 933 (2013)

Recommended and a Commentary by Qimiao Si, Rice University
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2013_02
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1. Designer Dirac fermions and topological phases in molecular graphene.
Authors: Kenjiro K. Gomes, Warren Mar, Wonhee Ko, Francisco Guinea, Hari C. Manoharan.
Nature 483, 306 (2012)

Recommended with a commentary by Felix von Oppen, Freie Universität Berlin
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2013_03
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1. Helical edge resistance introduced by charge puddles.
Authors: Jukka I. Vayrynen, Moshe Goldstein and Leonid I. Glazman.
arXiv:1303.1766

Recommended with a commentary by Jason Alicea, Caltech
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2013_01
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1. Thermal conductivity of supercooled water.
Authors: John W. Biddle, Vincent Holten, Jan V. Sengers and Mikhail A. Anisimov.
Phys. Rev. E 87, 042302 (2013), arXiv:1302.6280.

Recommended with a commentary by Marivi Fernandez-Serra, Stony Brook University
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2013_02
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1. Nonlinearity of a voltage-gated potassium channel revealed
by the mechanical susceptibility.
Authors: Amila Ariyaratne and Giovanni Zocchi.
Physical Review X 3, 011010 (2013).

Recommended with a commentary by Elisha Moses, Weizmann Institute
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2013_03
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1. Hofstadter’s butterfly in Moire superlattices: A fractal quantum Hall effect.
Authors: C. R. Dean, L. Wang, P. Maher, C. Forsythe, F. Ghahari, Y. Gao, J. Katoch, M. Ishigami, P. Moon, M. Koshino, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, K. L. Shepard, J. Hone, P. Kim, arXiv:1212.4783.

2. Changes in Fermi surface topology and Hofstadter quantization in graphene superlattices.
Authors: L. A. Ponomarenko, R. V. Gorbachev, D. C. Elias, G. L. Yu, A. S. Mayorov, J. Wallbank, M. Mucha-Kruczynski, A. Patel, B. A. Piot, M. Potemski, I. V. Grigorieva, K. S. Novoselov, F. Guinea, V. I. Fal’ko, A. K. Geim, arXiv:1212.5012.

Recommended with a commentary by Carlo Beenakker, Leiden University
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_March_2013_01
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1. Gate-tuning of graphene plasmons revealed by infrared nano-imaging
Authors: Z. Fei, A. S. Rodin, G. O. Andreev, W. Bao, A. S. McLeod, M.
Wagner, L. M. Zhang, Z. Zhao, G. Dominguez, M. Thiemens, M. M. Fogler,
A. H. Castro-Neto, C. N. Lau, F. Keilmann, D. N. Basov, Nature 487, 82 (2012).

2. Optical nano-imaging of gate-tuneable graphene plasmons
Authors: Jianing Chen, Michela Badioli, Pablo Alonso-Gonzalez, Suko
Thongrattanasiri, Florian Huth, Johann Osmond, Marko Spasenovic, Alba
Centeno, Amaia Pesquera, Philippe Godignon, Amaia Zurutuza, Nicolas Ca-
mara, Javier Garcia de Abajo, Rainer Hillenbrand, Frank Koppens, Nature 487, 77 (2012).

Recommended and a Commentary by Francisco Guinea, CSIC Madrid
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_March_2013_02
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