A monthly correspondence of exciting material in the field of Condensed Matter Physics
Authors: Peter Wochner, Christian Gutt, Tina Autenrieth, Thomas Demmer, Volodymyr Bugaev, Alejandro DÃaz Ortiz, Agnès Duri, Federico Zontone, Gerhard Grübel, Helmut Dosch PNAS published online before print June 29, 2009, doi:10.1073/pnas.0905337106 Recommended, with a commentary by Sunil Sinha, University of California San Diego. View Commentary | JCCM_July09_01
1) Simulation of interacting fermions with entanglement renormalization Authors: P. Corboz, G. Evenbly, F. Verstraete, and G. Vidal arXiv:0904.415 2) Fermionic Projected Entangled Pair States Authors: C.V. Kraus, N. Schuch, F. Verstraete, J.I. Cirac arXiv:0904.4667 3) Fermionic multi-scale entanglement renormalization ansatz Authors: P. Corboz and G. Vidal arXiv:0907.3184 Recommended with a Commentary by Matthias Troyer, […]
Theory of Ferroelectric Nanoparticles in Nematic Liquid Crystals Authors: Lena M. Lopatina and Jonathan V. Selinger http://arxiv.org/abs/0902.3270, Physical Review Letters 102, 197802 (2009) Recommended with a Commentary by Slobodan Zumer, University of Ljubljana | View Commentary | JCCM_July09_03
(1) Energetics of a strongly correlated Fermi gas, Authors: Shina Tan arXiv:0505200, Annals of Physics 323, 2952-2970 (2008) (2) Large Momentum part of fermions with large scattering length Authors: Shina Tan arXiv:0508320, Annals of Physics 323, 2971-2986 (2008) (3) Exact Relations for a Strongly Interacting Fermi Gas from the Operator Product Expansion Authors: Eric Braaten […]
1) Evolution of the Kondo state of Y bRh2Si2 probed by high field ESR Authors: U. Schaufuß, V. Kataev, A. A. Zvyagin, B. Büchner, J. Sichelschmidt, J. Wykho , C. Krellner, C. Geibel, and F. Steglich. arXiv.org:0804.4105v2, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 076405 (2009) 2) Electron spin resonance in Kondo systems Authors: Elihu Abrahams and Peter Wölfle […]
1. The zero-energy state in graphene in a high magnetic field Authors: Joseph G. Checkelsky, Lu Li, N. P. Ong http://www.arxiv.org/abs/0708.1959, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 206801 (2008) 2. Divergent resistance at the Dirac point in graphene: Evidence for a transition in a high magnetic field Authors: Joseph G. Checkelsky, Lu Li, N. P. Ong http://www.arxiv.org/abs/0808.0906, […]
“Measurement of lling factor 5/2 quasiparticle interference with observation of charge e/4 and e/2 period oscillations” Authors: R. L. Willett, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West arXiv:0807.0221; PNAS online doi.10.1073 Recommended with a commentary by Steve Kivelson (Stanford) and Chetan Nayak (Microsoft Station Q and UCSB) |Â View Commentary | JCCM_May09_02
Authors: Ambarish Ghosh and Peer Fischer Nano Lett., Article ASAP, May 4, 2009; DOI: 10.1021/nl900186w Recommended with a commentary by Thomas R. Powers, Brown University | View Commentary | JCCM_May09_03
Three-dimensional visualization of a human chromosome using coherent x-ray diffraction Authors: Yoshinori Nishino, Yukio Takahashi, Naoko Imamoto, Tetsuya Ishikawa and Kazuhiro Maeshima Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 018101 (2009) 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 […]
Authors: M. Skarabot, M. Ravnik, S. Zumer, U. Tkalec, I. Poberaj, D. Babic, and I. Musevic Phys. Rev. E 77 (2008) 061706. Recommended and a commentary by Randall D. Kamien, University of Pennsylvania |Â View Commentary | JCCM_April09_03
Authors: B. Hunt, E. Pratt, V. Gadagkar, M. Yamashita, A. V. Balatsky, and J.C. Davis arXiv:0904.4914v1 | Science 324, 632 (1 May 2009) Recommended with a commentary by Tony Leggett, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |View Commentary | JCCM_April09_03
Broadband Ground-Plane Cloak Authors: R. Liu, C. Ji, J. J. Mock, J. Y. Chin, T. J. Cui, and D. R. Smith. Science 16 January 2009 323: 366-369 Recommended with a Commentary by Stephen Berry, University of Chicago. | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_March09_01
Authors: J. D. Koralek, C. Weber, J. Orenstein, A. Bernevig, S. Zhang, S. Mack, and D. Awschalom. http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.4709v2 . To appear in Nature, April 2, 2009. Recommended with a Commentary by Bertrand I. Halperin, Harvard University. | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_March09_02
1. Direct measurement of critical Casimir forces Authors: C. Hertlein, L. Helden, A. Gambassi, S. Dietrich, and C. Bechinger, Nature 451, 172 (2008) 2. Critical Casimir Forces in Colloidal Suspensions on Chemically Patterned Surfaces Authors: Florin Soyka, Olga Zvyagolskaya, Christopher Hertlein, Laurent Helden, and Clemens Bechinger, arXiv:0810.1866 Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 208301 (2008) Recommended with […]
1. Modeling the selective partitioning of cations into negatively charged nanopores water Authors: L. Yang, S. Garde J. Chem. Phys. 126, 084706 (2007) 2. Anomalous Increase in Carbon Capacitance at Pore Sizes Less Than 1 Nanometer Authors: J. Chmiola, G. Yushin, Y. Gogotsi, C. Portet, P. Simon, P. L. Taberna Science, 313, 1760 (2006) 3. […]
1. Skyrmion Lattice in a Chiral Magnet †Authors: S. Mhlbauer, B. Binz, F. Jonietz, C. Pfleiderer, A. Rosch, A. Neubauer, Georgii, P. Boni arXiv:0902.1968 [Science 323, 915 (2009)] 2. Topological Hall effect in the A-phase of MnSi†Authors: A. Neubauer, C. Pfleiderer, B. Binz, A. Rosch, R. Ritz, P. G. Niklowitz, Boni, arXiv:0902.1933 3. […]
“Observation of the Spin Seebeck Effect,†Authors: K. Uchida, S. Takahashi, K. Harii, J. Ieda, W. Koshibae, K. Ando, S. Maekawa, and E. Saitoh Nature 455, 778 (2008) Recommended with a Commentary by Roland Kawakami, University of California, Riverside | View Commentary (pdf) | JCCM_Jan09_02
1. The Statistics of the Work Done on a Quantum Critical System by Quenching a Control Parameter Author: Alessandro Silva arXiv:0806.4301; Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 120603 (2008) and 2. On quenches in quantum many-body systems: the one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model revisited Author: Guillaume Roux arXiv:0810.3720 Recommended with a Commentary by Anatoly Polkovnikov, Boston University  | View […]
1. Superconducting interfaces between insulating oxides Authors: N. Reyren, S. Thiel, A. D. Caviglia, L. F. Kourkoutis, G. Hammerl, C. Richter, C. W. Schneider, T. Kopp, A.-S. Ruetschi, D. Jaccard, M. Gabay, D. A. Muller, J.-M. Triscone, and J. Mannhart, Science 317, 1196 (2007). 2. Electric-ï¬eld-induced superconductivity in an insulator, Authors: K. Ueno, S. Nakamura, […]
1. Signatures of Electron Fractionalization in Ultraquantum Bismuth Authors:Â K. Behnia, L. Balicas and Y. Kopelevich, arXiv:0802.1993, Science 317, 1729 (2007). 2. Phase Transitions of Dirac Electrons in Bismuth Authors: L. Li, J.G. Checkelsky, Y.S. Uher, A.F. Hebard, R.J. Cava and N.P. Ong, Science 321, 547 (2008). Recommended with a commentary by Catherine Kallin, McMaster […]