Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

1. Glass transition of hard spheres in high dimensions
Authors: Bernhard Schmid, Rolf Schilling
arXiv:1003.4559; Phys. Rev. E 81, 041502 (2010)

2. Mode-Coupling Theory as a Mean-Field Description of the Glass Transition
Authors: Atsushi Ikeda, Kunimasa Miyazaki
arXiv:1003.5472

3. A critical test of the mode-coupling theory of the glass transition
Authors: Ludovic Berthier, Gilles Tarjus
arXiv:1005.0914

Recommended with a commentary by Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, CFM, Paris | View Commentary (pdf) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2010_01
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_June_2010_01

2. Generation of Three-Qubit Entangled States using Superconducting Phase Qubits.
Authors:  M. Neeley, R. C. Bialczak, M. Lenander, E. Lucero, M. Mariantoni, A. D. OConnell, D. Sank, H. Wang, M. Weides, J. Wenner, Y. Yin, T. Yamamoto, A. N. Cleland, J. M. Martinis
arXiv:1004.4246

3. Quantum Non-demolition Detection of Single Microwave Photons in a Circuit.
Authors: B. R. Johnson, M. D. Reed, A. A. Houck, D. I. Schuster, Lev S. Bishop, E. Ginossar, J. M. Gambetta, L. DiCarlo, L. Frunzio, S. M. Girvin, R. J. Schoelkopf
arXiv:1003.2734

4. Quantum process tomography of a universal entangling gate implemented with Josephson phase qubits.
Authors: R. C. Bialczak, M. Ansmann, M. Hofheinz, E. Lucero, M. Neeley, A. D. O’Connell, D. Sank, H. Wang, J. Wenner, M. Steffen, A. N. Cleland, J. M. Martinis
arXiv:0910.1118; Nature Physics 6, 409 – 413 (2010)

Recommended with a Commentary by David DiVincenzo, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center | View Commentary (pdf) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2010_02
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_June_2010_02

Scaling theory of the Mott transition and breakdown of Gruneisen scaling near a finite-temperature critical end point
Authors: L. Bartosch,  M. de Souza,  M. Lang
arXiv:1004.4898; Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 245701 (2010)

Recommended with a commentary by Jorg Schmalian, Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University | View Commentary (pdf) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2010_03
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_June_2010_03

Atom-by-atom structural and chemical analysis by annular dark-field electron microscopy
Authors: Ondrej L. Krivanek, Matthew F. Chisholm, Valeria Nicolosi, Timothy J. Pennycook, George J. Corbin, Niklas Dellby, Matthew F. Murfitt, Christopher S. Own, Zoltan S. Szilagyi, Mark P. Oxley, Sokrates T. Pantelides and Stephen J. Pennycook
Nature 464, 571-574 (2010)

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_May_2010_01
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_May_2010_01

1. Recombination rate and selection strength in HIV intra-patient evolution
Authors : R.A. Neher & T. Leitner
PLoS Computational Biology, 6 (1), e10006600 (2010).

2. Rate of adaptation in large sexual populations
Authors : R.A. Neher, B.I. Shraiman & D. Fisher
Genetics, 184 (2), 467-81, (2009).

Recommended and commentary by Massimo Vergassola, CNRS/Institut Pasteur, Paris. Corresponding Member. | View Commentary (pdf) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2010_02
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_May_2010_02

Authors: S. Raghu. S. A. Kivelson and D. J. Scalapino
arXiv:1002591v1 [cond-mat.supr-con]

Recommended and Commentary by Peter Wöfle, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Germany. | View Commentary (pdf) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2010_03
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_May_2010_03

Authors: A. D. OConnell, M. Hofheinz, M. Ansmann, Radoslaw C. Bialczak, M. Lenander, Erik Lucero, M. Neeley, D. Sank, H. Wang, M. Weides,
J. Wenner, John M. Martinis, and A. N. Cleland

Nature 464, 697-703 (2010)

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

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2010_01
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_April_2010_01

Authors: Y.-J. Lin, R. L. Compton, K. Jimenez-Garcia, J. V. Porto, and  I. B. Spielman,

Nature, vol. 462, 628 December (2009)

Recommended with a Commentary by Tin-Lun Ho, Ohio State University. | View Commentary (pdf) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2010_02
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_April_2010_02

Authors: Francesco Sciortino, Achille Giacometti, and Giorgio Pastore

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 (2009) 237801.

Recommended and a commentary by Randall D. Kamien, University of Pennsylvania. |View Commentary (pdf)|

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2010_03
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_April_2010_03

1. Robust ecological pattern formation induced by demographic noise
Authors: Thomas Butler and Nigel Goldenfeld,
Phys. Rev. E 80, 030902(R) (2009)

2. Stochastic Turing patterns in the Brusselator model
Authors: Tommaso Biancalani, Duccio Fanelli and Francesca Di Patti
http://arxiv.org/abs/0910.4984 (2010)

Recommended with a commentary by Mehran Kardar, MIT | View Commentary (pdf) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_March_2010_01
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_March_2010_01

Quantum Criticality in an Ising Chain: Experimental Evidence for Emergent E8 Symmetry
Authors: R. Coldea, D. A. Tennant, E. M. Wheeler, E. Wawrzynska, D. Prabhakaran, M. Telling, K. Habicht, P. Smeibidl, K. Kiefer
Science 327, 177 (2010)

Recommended with a commentary by Ashvin Vishwanath, UC Berkeley | View Commentary (pdf) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_March_2010_02
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_March_2010_02

1. Tunable Rashba spin-orbit interaction at oxide interfaces
Authors: N. Reyren, S. Thiel, A.D. Caviglia, M. Gabay, S. Gariglio, N. Reyren, C. Cancellieri, and J.-M. Triscone,
http://arxiv.org/abs/0912.3731

2. Tuning spin-orbit coupling and superconductivity at the SrTiO3/LaAlO3 interface: a magneto-transport study
Authors:  M. Ben Shalom, M. Sachs, D. Rakhmilevitch, A. Palevski, and Y. Dagan,
http://arxiv.org/abs/1001.0781

Recommended with a Commentary by Atsushi Fujimori, University of Tokyo | View Commentary (pdf) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_March_2010_03
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_March_2010_03

1. Superconductivity in CuxBi2Se3 and its implication for pairing in the undoped topological insulator
Authors: Y.S. Hor, A.J. Williams, J.G. Checkelsky, P. Roushan, J. Seo, Q. Hu, H.W. Zandbergen, A. Yazdani, N.P. Ong and R.J. Cava,
arXiv:0909.2890, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 057001 (2010).

2. Observation of unconventional band topology in a superconducting doped topological insulator, CuxBi2Se3: Topological or non-Abelian superconductors?
Authors: L. Wray, S. Xu, J. Xiang, Y. Xia, D. Qian, H. Lin, A. Bansil, Y. Hor, R. Cava and M.Z. Hasan,
arXiv: 0912.3341.

3. Odd-parity topological superconductors: Theory and application to CuxBi2Se3
Authors: Liang Fu and Erez Berg,
arXiv: 0912.3294.

Recommended and a Commentary by Patrick A. Lee, MIT. | View Commentary (pdf) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_February_2010_01
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_February_2010_01

Authors: Erez Lieberman-Aiden, Nynke L. van Berkum, Louise Williams, Maxim Imakaev, Tobias Ragoczy, Agnes Telling, Ido Amit, Bryan R. Lajoie, Peter J. Sabo, Michael O. Dorschner, Richard Sandstrom, Bradley Bernstein, M. A. Bender, Mark Groudine, Andreas Gnirke, John Stamatoyannopoulos, Leonid A. Mirny, Eric S. Lander and Job Dekker

Science 326:289-293, 2009.

Recommended with a commentary by Yitzhak Rabin, Bar-Ilan University. | View Commentary (pdf) |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_February_2010_02
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_February_2010_02

1. Nonspecific DNA-Protein Interaction: Why Proteins Can Diffuse along DNA
Authors: V. Dahirel, F. Pailluson, M. Jardat, M. Barbi and J.-M. Victor,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 228101(2009)

2. Searching Fast for a Target on DNA without Falling to Traps
Authors: O. Bénichou, Y. Kafri, M. Sheinman and R. Voituriez,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 138102(2009)

Recommended with a commentary by Daan Frenkel, Dept. of Chemistry, U. Cambridge. | View Commentary |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_January_2010_01
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_January_2010_01

1) Fluxonium: single Cooper pair circuit free of charge offsets.
Authors: V. E. Manucharyan, J. Koch, L. I. Glazman, and M. H. Devoret
http://arxiv.org/abs/0906.0831 ; Science 326, 113-116 (2009).

2) Coherent oscillations between classically separable quantum states of a superconducting loop
Authors: V. E. Manucharyan, J. Koch, M. Brink, L. I. Glazman, and M. H. Devoret
http://arxiv.org/abs/0910.3039

Recommended with a Commentary by Bertrand I. Halperin, Harvard University.  | View Commentary |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_January_2010_02
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_January_2010_02

1) Large-Area Synthesis of High-Quality and Uniform Graphene Films on Copper Foils
Authors: X. Li, W. Cai, J. An, S. Kim, J. Nah, D. Yang, R. Piner, A. Velamakanni, I. Jung, E. Tutuc, S. K. Banerjee, L. Colombo, R. S. Ruoff
Science 324, 1312 (2009)

2) 30-Inch Roll-Based Production of High-Quality Graphene Films for Flexible Transparent Electrodes
Authors: S. Bae, H. K. Kim, X. Xu, J. Balakrishnan, T. Lei, Y. I. Song, Y. J. Kim, B. Ozyilmaz, J.-H. Ahn, B. H. Hong, S. Iijima
arXiv:0912.5485

3) Origin of spatial charge inhomogeneity in graphene
Authors: Y. Zhang, V. W. Brar, C. Girit, Alex Zettl, M. F. Crommie

Nature Physics 5, 722 (2009)

Recommended with a commentary by Roland Kawakami, University of California. Riverside. | View Commentary |

DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_January_2010_03
https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_January_2010_03

1) Magnetic monopoles in spin ice
Authors: C. Castelnovo, R. Moessner, and SL Sondhi
ArXiv:0710.5515, Nature, 451 (7174):42-45, 2008.

2) Signature of magnetic monopole and Dirac string dynamics in spin ice
Authors: LDC Jaubert and PCW Holdsworth
ArXiv:0903.1074, Nature Physics, 5(4):258-261, 2009.

3) Measurement of the charge and current of magnetic monopoles in spin ice
Authors: ST Bramwell, SR Giblin, S. Calder, R. Aldus, D. Prabhakaran, and T. Fennell
ArXiv:0907.0956, Nature, 461(7266):956-959, 2009.

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

JCCM_Dec09_01

1) Fractional quantum Hall effect and insulating phase of Dirac electrons in graphene
Authors: Xu Du, Ivan Skachko, Fabian Duerr, Adina Luican, Eva Y. Andrei
arXiv:0910.2532, Nature 462, 192 (2009)

2) Observation of the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect in Graphene
Authors:  Kirill I. Bolotin, Fereshte Ghahari, Michael D. Shulman, Horst L. Stormer, Philip Kim
arXiv: arXiv:0910.2518, Nature 462, 196 (2009)

Recommended and a Commentary by Francisco Guinea, Madrid | View Commentary (pdf) |

JCCM_Dec09_02

Authors: Homin Shin, Kirstin R. Purdy Drew, James R. Bartles, Gerard C. L. Wong, and Gregory M. Grason

Physical Review Letters 103, 238102 (2009)

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

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