Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

1. Observation of Radiation Pressure Shot Noise on a Macroscopic Object
Authors: T. P. Purdy, R. W. Peterson and C. A. Regal
Science 339, 801 (2013)

2. Reversible and efficient conversion between microwave and optical light
Authors: R. W. Andrews, R. W. Peterson, T. P. Purdy, K. Cicak, R. W.Simmonds, C. A. Regal and K. W. Lehnert
arXiv:1310.5276

Recommended with a commentary by Steven M. Girvin, Yale University
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_December_2013_02
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1. Waving transport and propulsion in a generalized Newtonian fluid
Authors: J. Rodrigo Vélez-Cordero and Eric Lauga
J. Non-Newton. Fluid 199,37 (2013)

2. Physics of rheologically enhanced propulsion: Different strokes in generalized Stokes
Authors: Thomas D. Montenegro-Johnson, David J. Smith, and Daniel Loghin
Phys. Fluids 25,081903 (2013)

Recommended with a commentary by Thomas R. Powers, Brown University
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_December_2013_03
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1. Dissipation and Supercurrent Fluctuations in a Diffusive Normal-Metal-Superconductor Ring
Authors: B. Dassonneville, M. Ferrier, S. Guéron, and H. Bouchiat
Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 217001 (2013)

2. Phase dependent Andreev spectrum in a diffusive SNS junction: Static and dynamic current response
Authors: M. Ferrier, B. Dassonneville, S. Guéron, and H. Bouchiat
Phys. Rev. B 88, 174505 (2013)

Recommended with a commentary by Teun Klapwijk, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2013_01
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Experiment:

1. Observation of a topological 3D Dirac semimetal phase in high-mobility Cd3As2 and related materials.
Authors: M. Neupane, SuYang Xu, R. Sankar, N. Alidoust, G. Bian, Chang Liu, I. Belopolski, T.-R. Chang, H.-T. Jeng, H. Lin, A. Bansil, Fangcheng Chou, M. Z. Hasan
arXiv:1309.7892

2. Experimental Realization of a Three-Dimensional Dirac Semimetal.
Authors: Sergey Borisenko, Quinn Gibson, Danil Evtushinsky, Volodymyr Zabolotnyy, Bernd Buechner, Robert J. Cava
arXiv:1309.7978

3. Discovery of a Three-dimensional Topological Dirac Semimetal, Na3Bi
Authors: Z. K. Liu, B. Zhou, Z. J. Wang, H. M. Weng, D. Prabhakaran, S. -K. Mo, Y. Zhang, Z. X. Shen, Z. Fang, X. Dai, Z. Hussain, Y. L. Chen
arXiv:1310.0391

Theory:

4. Dirac Semimetal in Three Dimensions
Authors: S. M. Young, S. Zaheer, J. C. Y. Teo, C. L. Kane, E. J. Mele, and A. M. Rappe
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 140405 (2012)

5. Dirac semimetal and topological phase transitions in A3Bi (A=Na, K, Rb)
Authors: Zhijun Wang, Yan Sun, Xingqiu Chen, Cesare Franchini, Gang Xu, Hongming Weng, Xi Dai, Zhong Fang
Phys. Rev. B 85, 195320 (2012)

6. Three-dimensional Dirac semimetal and quantum transport in Cd3As2
Authors: Zhijun Wang, Hongming Weng, Quansheng Wu, Xi Dai, and Zhong Fang
Phys. Rev. B 88, 125427 (2013)

Recommended with a commentary by Joel E. Moore, UC Berkeley and LBNL
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2013_02
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Defect Annihilation and proliferation in active nematics.
Authors : Luca Giomi, Mark J. Bowick, Xu Ma, and M. Cristina Marchetti
Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 228101 (2013)

Recommended with a commentary by Aparna Baskaran, Brandeis University
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_October_2013_01
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1. Divergent nematic susceptibility in an iron arsenide superconductor.
Authors: J.H. Chu, H.-H. Kuo, J. G. Analytis, I. R. Fisher
Science 337, 710 (2012), arXiv:1203.3239

2. Measurement of the elastoresistivity coefficients of the underdoped iron-arsenide Ba(Fe0.975Co0.025)2As2.
Authors: H.-H. Kuo, M. C. Shapiro, S. C. Riggs, I. R. Fisher
Phys. Rev. B 88, 085113 (2013), arXiv:1306.4377

3. Nematic susceptibility of hole- and electron-doped BaFe2As2 iron-based superconductors.
Authors: A. E. Böhmer, P. Burger, F. Hardy, T. Wolf, P. Schweiss, R. Fromknecht, M. Reinecker, W. Schranz, C. Meingast
arXiv:1305.3515

Recommended with a Commentary by Jörg Schmalian, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_October_2013_02
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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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