Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

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. Unusual Hall Effect Anomaly in MnSi Under Pressure”
Authors: Minhyea Lee, W. Kang, Y. Onose, Y. Tokura, N. P. Ong,
arXiv:0811.3146

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

JCCM_Feb09_03

Authors: Gáspár Jékely, Julien Colombelli, Harald Hausen, Keren Guy, Ernst Stelzer, François Nédélec & Detlev Arendt

Nature 456, 395-399 (2008): doi:10.1038/nature07590

Recommended with commentary by Raymond E. Goldstein, DAMTP, University of Cambridge | View Commentary (pdf) |

JCCM_Jan09_01

“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 Commentary (pdf) |

JCCM_Jan09_03

Authors: Sung-Yoon Chung, Young-Min Kim, Jin-Gyu Kim, Youn-Joong Kim
Nature Physics (23 Nov 2008), doi: 10.1038/nphys1148
Recommended with commentary by Daan Frenkel, Dept of Chemistry, U. Cambridge | View Commentary (pdf) |

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-field-induced superconductivity in an insulator,
Authors: K. Ueno, S. Nakamura, H. Shimotani, A. Ohtomo, N. Kimura, T. No jima, H. Aoki, Y. Iwasa, and M. Kawasaki,
Nat. Mater. 7, 855 (2008).

3. Electric field control of the LaAlO3 /SrTiO3 interface ground state
Authors: A.D. Caviglia, S. Gariglio, N. Reyren, D. Jaccard, T. Schneider, M. Gabay, S. Thiel, G. Hammerl, J. Mannhart, and J.-M. Triscone,
arXiv:0807.0585.

4. Superconductor-normal and quantum superconductor-insulator transi-
tion at the LaAlO3 /SrTiO3 interface
Authors: T. Schneider, A.D. Caviglia, S. Gariglio, N. Reyren, D. Jaccard, and J.-M. Triscone,
arXiv:0807.0774.

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

JCCM_Dec08_02

1. Signatures of Electron Fractionalization in Ultraquantum Bismuth
Authors:  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 University | View Commentary (pdf) |

JCCM_Dec08_03

Authors: Andrea F. Young and Philip Kim
arXiv:0808.0855

Recommended with a Commentary by Francisco Guinea, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid | View Commentary (pdf) |

Dynamic Proteomics of Individual Cancer Cells in Response to a Drug
Authors: A.A. Cohen, N. GevaZatorsky, E. Eden, M. FrenkelMorgenstern, I. Issaeva, A. Sigal, R. Milo, C. CohenSaidon, Y. Liron, Z. Kam, L. Cohen, T. Danon, N. Perzov, and U. Alon.
Published online November 20 2008; 10.1126/science.1160165 (Science Express Research Articles)

Variability and Robustness in T Cell Activation from Regulated Heterogeneity in Protein Levels
Authors: O. Feinerman, J. Veiga, J.R. Dorfman, R.N. Germain, and G. AltanBonnet
Science 321 (5892), 1081 (22 August 2008).

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

JCCM_Nov08_2

Unconventional spin freezing and fluctuations in the frustrated antiferromagnet NiGa2S4
Authors: D. E. MacLaughlin, Y. Nambu, S. Nakatsuji, R. H. Heffner, Lei Shu, O. O. Bernal and K. Ishida
http://arxiv.org/abs/0811.1057

Spin disorder on a Triangular Lattice
Authors: S. Nakatsuji, Y. Nambu, H. Tonomura, O. Sakai, S. Jonas, C. Broholm, H. Tsunetsugu, Y. Qiu, Y. Maeno
Science 309 1697 (2005).

Recommended with a Commentary by Chandra Varma, University of California, Riverside | View Commentary (pdf) |

JCCM_Nov08_3

Authors: Max Hofheinz, E.M. Weig, M. Ansmann, Radoslaw C. Bialczak, Erik Lucero, M. Neeley, A.D. O’Connell, H. Wang, John M. Martinis, and A.N. Cleland

Nature 454, 310 (2008)

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

JCCM_Oct08_01

Authors: Fangyong Yan, Christopher Adam Hixson, and David J. Earl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101 (2008) 157801

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

JCCM_Oct08_02

1. Specific heat Measurements: “Fully gapped superconducting state based on a high
normal state quasiparticle density of states in Ba0.6 K0.4 Fe2 As2 single crystals,” G. Mu, H.
Luo, Z. Wang, L. Shan, C. Ren and H.H. Wen.
arXiv:0808.2941.

2. ARPES Measurements:“Observation of Fermi surface-dependent nodeless superconduct-
ing gaps in Ba0.6 K0.4 Fe2 As2 ,” H. Ding, P. Richard, K. Nakayama, K. Sugawara, T. Arakane,
Y. Sekiba, A. Takayama, S. Souma, T. Sato, T. Takahashi, Z. Wang, X. Dai, Z. Fang, G.F.
Chen, J.L. Luo, and N.L. Wang.
arXiv:0807.0419, Europhys. Lett. 83, 4701 (2008).

“Unexpected Fermi surface topology in the new pnictide superconductor,” V.B. Zabolot-
nyy, D.S. Inosov, D.V. Evtushinsky, A. Koitzsch, A.A. Kordyuk, J.T. Park, D. Haug, V.
Hinkov, A.V. Boris, D.L. Sun, G.L. Sun, C.T. Lin, B. Keimer, M. Knupfer, B. Buechner, A.
Varykhalov, R. Follath, and S.V. Borisenko, arXiv:0808.2454.

“Tightly-bound Cooper pair, quasiparticle kinks and clues on the pairing potential in a high
Tc FeAs Superconductor,” L. Wray, D. Qian, D. Hsieh, Y. Xia, L. Li, J.G. Checkelsky, A. Pasupathy, K.K. Gomes, A.V. Vedorov, G.F. Chen, J.L. Luo, A. Yazdani, N.P. Ong, N.L. Wang, and M.Z. Hasan.
arXiv:0808.2185.

3. NMR on LaFePO: “Spin dynamics in iron based layered superconductor
(La0.87 Ca0.13 )FePO revealed by 31 P and 139 La NMR studies,” Y. Nakai, K. Ishida, Y. Kamihara, M. Hirano, and H. Hosono.
arXiv:0808.2293.

Recommended with a Commentary by Patrick Lee, MIT | View Commentary (pdf) |

JCCM_Oct08_03

Authors: Brian P. Tighe, Adrianne R. T. van Eerd, and Thijs J. H. Vlugt

arXiv:0803.0907, Phys. Rev. Lett, 100, 238001 (2008)

Recommended with Commentary by R.P. Behringer, Duke University | View Commentary (pdf) |

JCCM_Sept08_01

Structure from Fleeting Illumination of Faint Spinning Objects in Flight with Application to Single Molecules

Authors: Russell Fung, Valentin Shneerson, Dilano K. Saldin, and Abbas Ourmazd

arXiv: 0806.2341v1 [physics.bio-ph] (2008)

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) |

1. Many-Body Physics with Ultracold Gases
Authors: Bloch, J. Dalibard and W. Zwerger,
arXiv:0704.3011; to be published in Rev. Mod. Phys.

2. A Mott insulator of fermionic atoms in an optical lattice
Authors: Robert Jördens, Niels Strohmaier, Kenneth Günter, Henning Moritz, and Tilman Esslinger,
arXiv:0804.4009v1, Nature 455 204 (2008).

3. Metallic and Insulating Phases of Repulsively Interacting Fermions in a 3D Optical Lattice
Authors: U. Schneider, L. Hackermüller, S. Will, Th. Best, and I. Bloch, T. A. Costi, R. W. Helmes, D. Rasch, and A. Rosch,
arXiv:0809.1464v1

4. Trapping and cooling fermionic atoms into the Mott and Neel states
Authors: L. De Leo, C. Kollath, A. Georges, M. Ferrero, and O. Parcollet,
arXiv:0807.0790v2

Recommended with a commentary by Thierry Giamarchi, University of Geneva
| View Commentary (pdf) |

JCCM_Sept08_03

Coupling of Spin and Orbital Motion of Electrons in Carbon Nanotubes

Authors: F. Kuemmeth, S. Ilani, D. C. Ralph, and P. L. McEuen

arXiv:0802.1351, Nature v. 452, 448-452 (27 March 2008)

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

Nonequilibrium Fluctuation Relation for Sheared Micellar Gel in a Jammed State

Authors: Sayantan Majumdar and A.K. Sood

Phys Rev Lett 101, 078301 (2008)

Recommended and with a commentary by Sriram Ramaswamy, IISc, Bangalore | View Commentary (pdf) |

JCCM_August08_2

(I) R.D. Schaller, M. Sykora, J.F. Pietryga, and V.I. Klimov: “Seven excitons at the cost of one: redefining the limits for conversion efficiency of photons into charge carriers”, Nano Letters, 6, 424 (2006).

(II) G. Nair and M.G. Bawendi: “Carrier Multiplication yields for CdSe and CdTe nanocrystals by transient photoluminescence spectroscopy”, arXiv.org :0708.3866, Phys. Rev. 76, 081304 (2007).

(III) M. Tuan Trinh, A.J. Houtepen, J.M. Schins, T. Hanrath, J. Piris, W. Knulst, A. Goossens, and L. Siebelles: “In spite of recent doubts Carrier Multiplication does occur in PbSe nanocrystals”, Nano Letters, 8, 1713 (2008).

Recommended with a Commentary by G.T. Zimanyi, U.C. Davis | View Commentary (pdf) |

JCCM_August08_ 3

Authors: Suchitra E. Sebastian, N. Harrison, P. Sengupta, C. D. Batista, S. Francoual, E. Palm, T. Murphy, N. Marcano, H. A. Dabkowska, and B. D. Gaulin

ArXiv.0707.2075

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

JCCM_July08_01