Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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1. Circuit cavity electromechanics in the strong coupling regime
Authors: J.D. Teufel, D. Li, M.S. Allman, K. Cicak, A.J. Sirois, J.D. Whittaker, and R.W. Simmonds
arXiv:1011.3067

2. Optomechanically Induced Transparency
Authors: Stefan Weis, Remi Riviere, Samuel Deleglise, Emanuel Gavartin, Olivier Arcizet, Albert Schliesser, and Tobias J. Kippenberg
Science 330, 1520 (2010)

Recommended and Commentary by Steven M. Girvin, Yale University | View Commentary (pdf) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_December_2010_01
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1. Nanoscale Dynamical Mean-Field Theory for Molecules and Mesoscopic Devices in the Strong-Correlation Regime
Author: S. Florens,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 046402 (2007) (arXiv:cond-mat/0701725).

2. Dynamical Vertex Approximation for Nanoscopic Systems
Authors: A. Valli, G. Sangiovanni, O. Gunnarsson, A. Toschi, and K. Held
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104 246402 (2010) ( arXiv:1003.2630).

3. A DFT+ DMFT approach for nanosystems
Authors: Volodymyr Turkowski, Alamgir Kabir, Neha Nayyar and Talat S Rahman
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 22 462202 (2010).

4. Dynamical mean-field theory for molecular electronics: Electronic structure and transport properties
Authors: D. Jacob, K. Haule, and G. Kotliar
Phys. Rev. B82, 195115 (2010) (arXiv:1009.0523).

Recommended with a Commentary by A. J. Millis, Department of Physics, Columbia University | View Commentary (pdf) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_December_2010_02
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1. Universality in the Evolution of Orientation Columns in the Visual Cortex
Authors: Matthias Kaschube, Michael Schnabel, Siegrid Löwel, David M. Coppola, Leonard E. White, and Fred Wolf
Science 1194869 Published online 4 November 2010 [DOI:10.1126/science.1194869]

Recommended with a Commentary by Elisha Moses, Weizmann Institute | View Commentary (pdf) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_December_2010_03
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1. Low-energy effective theory of Fermi surface coupled with U (1) gauge field in 2+1 dimensions
Author: Sung-Sik Lee
Phys. Rev. B 80, 165102 (2009)
2. Quantum phase transition of metals in two spatial dimensions. I. Ising-nematic order
Authors: Max Metlitski and Subir Sachdev
Phys. Rev. B 82, 075127 (2010)
3. A Controlled Expansion for Certain non-Fermi Liquid Metals
Authors: David Mross, John McGreevy, Hong Liu and T. Senthil
Phys. Rev. B 82, 045121 (2010)

Recommended with a commentary by Patrick Lee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | View Commentary (PDF) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2010_01
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1. Maximum and Minimum Stable Random Packings of Platonic Solids
Authors: Jessica Baker and Arshad Kudrolli
arXiv:1008.1728 (2010)

Recommended with a commentary by Salvatore Torquato, Princeton University | View Commentary (PDF) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2010_02
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1. Highly Mobile Gapless Excitations in a Two-Dimensional Candidate Quantum Spin Liquid
Authors: M. Yamashita, N. Nakata, Y. Senshu, M. Nagata, H. M. Yamamoto,
R. Kato, T. Shibauchi and Y. Matsuda
Science 328, 1246 (2010)

Recommended with a commentary by Ashvin Vishwanath, University of California at Berkeley, | View Commentary (PDF) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2010_03
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_November_2010_03