Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

1. Local stabilizer codes in three dimensions without string logical operators
Author: Jeongwan Haah
Phys. Rev. A 83, 042330 (2011)

2. On the energy landscape of 3D spin Hamiltonians with topological order
Authors: Sergey Bravyi and Jeongwan Haah
arXiv:1105:4159

Recommended with a commentary by David DiVincenzo,
RWTH, Aachen and Forschungszentrum, Juelich, Germany |View Commentary (PDF)|

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_July_2011_01
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_July_2011_01

1. Growing interfaces uncover universal fluctuations behind scale invariance
Authors: Kazumasa A. Takeuchi, Masaki Sano, Tomohiro Sasamoto and Herbert Spohn
Scientic Reports 1, 34 (2011)

2. Universal fluctuations of growing interfaces: evidence in turbulent liquid crystals
Authors: Kazumasa A. Takeuchi and Masaki Sano
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 230601 (2010)

3. One-dimensional Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation: an exact solution and its universality
Authors: Tomohiro Sasamoto and Herbert Spohn
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 230602 (2010)

Recommended with a Commentary by Mehran Kardar, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA |View Commentary (PDF)|

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_July_2011_02
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_July_2011_02

1. Superconductivity in the iron selenide KxFe2Se2 (0<=x<=1.0) Authors: J. G. Guo, S. F. Jin, G. Wang, S. Wang, K. Zhu, T. Zhou, M. He, and X. L. Chen arXiv:1012.2924, Phys. Rev. B 82, 180520(R) (2010)

2. Fe-based high temperature superconductivity
with Tc=31K bordering an insulating antiferromagnet in (Tl,K)FexSe2 crystals
Authors: Ming-Hu Fang, Hang-DongWang, Chi-Heng Dong, Zu-Juan Li, Chun-Mu Feng, Jian Chen and H. Q. Yuan
arXiv:1012.5236, EPL94, 27009 (2011)

Recommended with a Commentary by Qimiao Si, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA |View Commentary (PDF)|

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_July_2011_03
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_July_2011_03

Hard X-ray lasers take their first steps towards nanostructure solution

1. Single mimivirus particles intercepted and imaged with an X-ray laser
Authors: M. Marvin Seibert, et al.
Nature 470, 78-81 (2011) doi:10.1038/nature09748

2. Femtosecond X-ray protein nanocrystallography
Authors: Henry N. Chapman, et al.
Nature 470, 73-77 (2011) doi:10.1038/nature09750

Recommended with a commentary by Simon J. L. Billinge, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, and Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory | View commentary (pdf) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2011_01
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_June_2011_01

1. Hall viscosity from effective field theory
Authors: A.Nicolis & Dam Thanh Son,
arXiv:cond-mat/1103.2137

Recommended with a Commentary by David Khmelnitskii, Trinity College, Cambridge | View Commentary (pdf) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2011_02
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1. Undulatory swimming in viscoelastic fluids
Authors: Xiaoning Shen and P. E. Arratia
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106 (2011) 208101

Recommended with a commentary by Thomas R. Powers, Brown University | View Commentary (pdf) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2011_03
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_June_2011_03

1. Experimental Spin Ratchet
Authors:Marius V. Costache and Sergio O. Valenzuela
Science 330, 1645 (2010)

Recommended with a commentary by Roland Kawakami,
University of California at Riverside, USA. |View Commentary (PDF)|

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2011_01
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_May_2011_01

1. Magnetically Driven Superconductivity in CeCu2Si2
Authors: O. Stockert, J. Arndt, E. Faulhaber, C. Geibel, H. S. Jeevan,
S. Kirchner, M. Loewenhaupt, K. Schmalzl, W. Schmidt, Q. Si, and F. Steglich
Nature Phys. 7, 119 (2011)

Recommended with a commentary by Peter Wölfe,
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. |View Commentary (PDF)|

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2011_02
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_May_2011_02

1. Quantum Hall effect from the topological surface states of strained bulk HgTe
Authors: C. Brune, C.X. Liu, E.G. Novik, E.M. Hankiewicz, H. Buhmann, Y.L. Chen, X.L. Qi, Z.X. Shen, S.C. Zhang and L.W. Molenkamp
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 126803 (2011)

2. Gate-tuned normal and superconducting transport at the surface of a topological insulator,
Authors: B. Sacepe, J.B. Oostinga, J. Li, A. Ubaldini, N.J.G. Couto, E. Giannini and A.F. Morpurgo,
arXiv:1101.2352

Recommended with a commentary by Carlo Beenakker, Leiden University | View Commentary (pdf) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2011_01
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_April_2011_01

1. Magnetic and non-magnetic phases of a quantum spin liquid
Authors: F.L. Pratt, P.J. Baker, S.J. Blundell, T. Lancaster, S. Ohira-Kawamura, C. Baines, Y. Shimizu, K. Kanoda, I. Watanabe and G. Saito
Nature 471, 612 (31 March 2011)

Recommended with a Commentary by Catherine Kallin, McMaster University | View Commentary (pdf) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2011_02
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_April_2011_02

1. A modular gradient-sensing network for chemotaxis in Escherichia coli revealed by responses to time-varying stimuli.
Authors: T.S. Shimizu, Y. Tu, H.C. Berg.
Molecular Systems Biology 6, 382, 2010.

2. Thermal Robustness of Signaling in Bacterial Chemotaxis.
Authors: O. Oleksiuk, V. Jakovlievic, N. Vladimirov, R. Carvalho, E. Paster, W.S. Ryu, Y. Meir, N.S. Wingreen, M. Kollmann, V. Sourjik.
Cell 145, 312-321, April 2011.

Recommended with a commentary by M. Vergassola, Inst. Pasteur & CNRS, Paris  | View Commentary (pdf) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2011_03
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_April_2011_03

1. Probing the relaxation towards equilibrium in an isolated strongly
correlated 1D Bose gas
Authors: Stefan Trotzky, Yu-Ao Chen, Andreas Flesch, Ian P. McCulloch, Ulrich Schollwock, Jens Eisert, Immanuel Bloch
arXiv:1101.2659 (2011)

Recommended with a commentary by Leonid Glazman, Yale University | View Commentary (PDF) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_March_2011_01
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_March_2011_01

1. Spin-orbit coupled Bose-Einstein condensate
Authors: Y.-J. Lin, K. Jiménez-García; & I. B. Spielman
arXiv.org:1103.3522 (2011)
Nature 471, 83-86 (2011)

Recommended and with a commentary by Tin-Lun Ho, The Ohio State University | View Commentary (PDF) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_March_2011_02
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_March_2011_02

1. Elastic Building Blocks for Confined Sheets
Authors: R. D. Schroll, E. Katifori, and B. Davidovitch
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 074301 (2011)

2. Wrinkling hierarchy in constrained thin sheets from suspended graphene to curtains
Authors: M. P. H. Vandeparre, F. Brau, B. Roman, J. Bico, C. Gay, W. Bao, C. Ning Lau, P. M. Reis, P. Damman
arXiv:1012.4325v1 (2010)

Recommended with a commentary by Eran Sharon, The Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University | View Commentary (PDF) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_March_2011_03
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1. Pseudogap of metallic layered nickelate R2-xSrxNiO4 (R=Nd, Eu) crystals measured using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
Authors: M. Uchida, K. Ishizaka, P. Hansmann, Y. Kaneko, Y. Ishida, X. Yang, R. Kumai, A. Toschi, Y. Onose, R. Arita, K. Hel, O. K. Andersen, S.Shin, Y. Tokura
arXiv:1012.5516

2. Phase-Sensitive Observation of a Spin-Orbital Mott State in Sr2IrO4
Authors: B. J Kim, H. Ohsumi, T. Komesu, S. Sakai, T. Morita, H. Takagi, T. Arima
Science, 323 1329, 2009

3. Twisted Hubbard Model for Sr2IrO4: Magnetism and Possible High Temperature Superconductivity
Authors: Fa Wang and T. Senthil
arXiv:1011.3500

Recommendation and Commentary by Leon Balents, KITP, UCSB | View Commentary (PDF) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_February_2011_01
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_February_2011_01

1. A window on the future of spintronics.
Authors: H. Ohno,
Nature Materials 9 952 (2010)

2. Role of adiabatic and nonadiabatic spin transfer torqes on magnetic domain wall motion.
Authors: Jae-Chui Lee et al.,
arXiv:1006.1216

Recommendation and Commentary by Thierry Giamarchi,
University of Geneva | View Commentary (PDF) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_February_2011_02
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Fluidization of tissues by cell division and apoptosis
Authors: Jonas Ranft, Markus Basan, Jens Elgeti, Jean-Francois Joanny, Jacques Prost and
Frank J¨ulicher,
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 107, 49 20863 (2010)

Recommended with a commentary by M. Cristina Marchetti, Syracuse University | View Commentary (PDF) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_February_2011_03
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1. Quantum spin-liquid emerging in two-dimensional correlated Dirac fermions
Authors: Z. Y. Meng, T. C. Lang, S. Wessel, F. F. Assaad, and A. Muramatsu
Nature 464, 847 (2010)

2. Spin liquid ground state of the S=1/2 Kagome Heisenberg Model
Authors: S. Yan, D. A. Huse, and S. R. White
arXiv:1011.6114

Recommended with a commentary by S. A. Kivelson Department of Physics, Stanford University | View Commentary (PDF) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_January_2011_01
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_January_2011_01

Thermodynamically Stable Blue Phases
Authors: F. Castles, S. M. Morris, E. M. Terentjev, and H. J. Coles
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 157801 (2010)

Recommended with a commentary by Jonathan V. Selinger, Kent State University | View Commentary (PDF) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_January_2011_02
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_January_2011_02

Observation of half-height magnetization steps in Sr2 RuO4
Authors: J. Jang, D.G. Ferguson, V. Vakaryuk, R. Budakian, S.B. Chung, P.M. Goldbart and Y. Maeno
Science 331, 186 (2011)
arXiv:1101.3611

Recommended with a commentary by Manfred Sigrist, ETH Zurich, Switzerland | View Commentary (PDF) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_January_2011_03
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_January_2011_03