Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

1. Orientation Dependent Handedness and Chiral Design Authors: Efi Efrati and William T. M. Irvine arXiv:1301.4460 Recommended with a Commentary by Jonathan V. Selinger, Kent State University |View Commentary (PDF)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_June_2013_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_June_2013_03

1. Evidence of Non-Mean-Field Low-Temperature Behavior in the Edwards-Anderson Spin-Glass Model. Authors: Burcu Yucesoy, Helmut G. Katzgraber, and Jon Machta. Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 177204 (2012) Recommended with a commentary by A. Alan Middleton, Syracuse University |View Commentary (PDF)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2013_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_May_2013_01

1. Ferromagnetic Quantum Critical Point in the Heavy-Fermion Metal YbNi4(P1-xAsx)2. Authors: A. Steppke, R. Kuchler, S. Lausberg, E. Lengyel, L. Steinke, R. Borth, T. Luhmann, C. Krellner, M. Nicklas, C. Geibel, F. Steglich, and M. Brando. Science 339, 933 (2013) Recommended and a Commentary by Qimiao Si, Rice University |View Commentary (PDF)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2013_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_May_2013_02

1. Designer Dirac fermions and topological phases in molecular graphene. Authors: Kenjiro K. Gomes, Warren Mar, Wonhee Ko, Francisco Guinea, Hari C. Manoharan. Nature 483, 306 (2012) Recommended with a commentary by Felix von Oppen, Freie Universität Berlin |View Commentary (PDF)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_May_2013_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_May_2013_03

1. Helical edge resistance introduced by charge puddles. Authors: Jukka I. Vayrynen, Moshe Goldstein and Leonid I. Glazman. arXiv:1303.1766 Recommended with a commentary by Jason Alicea, Caltech |View Commentary (PDF)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2013_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_April_2013_01

1. Thermal conductivity of supercooled water. Authors: John W. Biddle, Vincent Holten, Jan V. Sengers and Mikhail A. Anisimov. Phys. Rev. E 87, 042302 (2013), arXiv:1302.6280. Recommended with a commentary by Marivi Fernandez-Serra, Stony Brook University |View Commentary (PDF)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2013_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_April_2013_02

1. Nonlinearity of a voltage-gated potassium channel revealed by the mechanical susceptibility. Authors: Amila Ariyaratne and Giovanni Zocchi. Physical Review X 3, 011010 (2013). Recommended with a commentary by Elisha Moses, Weizmann Institute |View Commentary (PDF)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_April_2013_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_April_2013_03

1. Gate-tuning of graphene plasmons revealed by infrared nano-imaging Authors: Z. Fei, A. S. Rodin, G. O. Andreev, W. Bao, A. S. McLeod, M. Wagner, L. M. Zhang, Z. Zhao, G. Dominguez, M. Thiemens, M. M. Fogler, A. H. Castro-Neto, C. N. Lau, F. Keilmann, D. N. Basov, Nature 487, 82 (2012). 2. Optical nano-imaging […]

Generic Indicators for Loss of Resilience Before a Tipping Point Leading to Population Collapse. Authors: L. Dai, D. Vorselen, K.S. Korolev, J. Gore, Science 336, 1175 (2012). Recommended with a commentary by Mehran Kardar, MIT | View Commentary (pdf) |. DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_March_2013_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_March_2013_03

1. Physics of three dimensional bosonic topological insulators: Surface Deconfined Criticality and Quantized Magnetoelectric Effect. Authors: Ashvin Vishwanath, T. Senthil, arXiv:1209.3058. 2. Three dimensional Symmetry Protected Topological Phase close to Antiferromagnetic Neel order. Author: Cenke Xu, arXiv:1209.4399. Recommended and a Commentary by M.P.A. Fisher, UC Santa Barbara | View Commentary (pdf) |. DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_February_2013_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_February_2013_01

Conduction of Ultracold Fermions Through a Mesoscopic Channel. Authors: Jean-Philippe Brantut, Jakob Meineke, David Stadler, Sebastian Krinner, Tilman Esslinger, Science 337, 1069 (2012). Recommended with a Commentary by Thierry Giamarchi, University of Geneva, | View Commentary (pdf) |. DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_February_2013_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_February_2013_02

Vacancy-stabilized crystalline order in hard cubes. Authors: Frank Smallenburg, Laura Filion, Matthieu Marechal, Marjolein Dijkstra, PNAS 109 (2012) 17886. Recommended and a commentary by Randall D. Kamien, University of Pennsylvania, | View Commentary (pdf) |. DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_February_2013_03 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_February_2013_03

Phase Transformations and Metallization of Magnesium Oxide at High Pressure and Temperature. Authors: R. S. McWilliams, D. K. Spaulding, J. H. Eggert, P. M. Celliers, D. G. Hicks, R. F. Smith, G. W. Collins and R. Jeanloz, Science 338, 1330-1333 (2012). Recommended with a Commentary by Steve Berry, University of Chicago | View Commentary (pdf) […]

Colloidal Aggregation in Microgravity by Critical Casimir Forces. Authors: S.J. Veen, O. Antoniuk, B. Weber, M.A.C. Potenza, S. Mazzoni, P. Schall, and G.H. Wegdam, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 248302 (2012). Recommended and a commentary by Marjolein Dijkstra, Utrecht University | View Commentary (pdf) |. DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_January_2013_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_January_2013_02

1. Orbital selectivity in Hund’s metals: The iron chalcogenides. Authors: N. Lanatà, H. U. R. Strand, G. Giovannetti, B. Hellsing, L. de’ Medici, and M. Capone, Phys. Rev. B 87, 045122 (2013). 2. Strong electronic correlations from Hund’s coupling. Authors: A. Georges, L. de’ Medici, and J. Mravlje, arXiv:1207.3033 ; to appear in Annu. Rev. […]

1. Tetrahedral colloidal clusters from random aggregation of bidisperse spheres. Authors: Nicholas B. Schade, Miranda C. Holmes-Cerfon, Elizabeth R. Chen, Dina Aronzon, Jesse W. Collins, Jonathan A. Fan, Federico Capasso, Vinothan N. Manoharan. arXiv:1201.3952. Recommended with a commentary by M. E. Cates, SUPA, School of Physics, University of Edinburgh | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: […]

1. Statistical-Physics-Based Reconstruction in Compressed Sensing. Authors: F. Krzakala, M. Mézard, F. Sausset, Y. F. Sun, and L. Zdeborová. Phys. Rev. X 2, 021005 (2012). 2. Probabilistic reconstruction in compressed sensing: algorithms, phase diagrams, and threshold achieving matrices. Authors: Florent Krzakala, Marc Mézard, Francois Sausset, Yifan Sun and Lenka Zdeborová. J. Stat. Mech. (2012) P08009. […]

1. Discovery of the First Topological Kondo Insulator: SmB6. Authors: S. Wolgast, C. Kurdak, K. Sun, J. W. Allen, D-J. Kim and Z. Fisk. ArXiv.org/1211.5104. 2. Robust Surface Hall Effect and Non-local Transport in SmB6: Indication for an ideal Topological Insulator. Authors: J. Botimer, D-J. Kim, S. Thomas, T. Grant, Z. Fisk and X. Jia. […]

1. What buoyancy really is. A generalized Archimedes’ principle for sedimentation and ultracentrifugation. Authors: Roberto Piazza, Stefano Buzzaccaro, Eleonora Secchi and Alberto Parola. Soft Matter, 8, 7112 (2012). Recommended with a commentary by M. Cristina Marchetti, Syracuse University | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2012_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_November_2012_01

1. Resonating Valence Bond States in the PEPS Formalism. Authors: Norbert Schuch, Didier Poilblanc, J. Ignacio Cirac, and David Perez-Garcia. Phys. Rev. B 86, 115108 (2012). Recommeded and a Commentary by David DiVincenzo, RWTH Aachen | View Commentary (pdf) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2012_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_November_2012_02