Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics

1. Superconducting qubit in waveguide cavity with coherence time approaching 0.1ms Authors: Chad Rigetti, Stefano Poletto, Jay M. Gambetta, B.L.T. Plourde, Jerry M. Chow, A.D. Corcoles, John A. Smolin, Seth T. Merkel, J.R. Rozen, George A. Keefe, Mary B. Rothwell, Mark B. Ketchen, M. Steffen arXiv:1202.5533 Recommended with a commentary by Steven M. Girvin, Yale […]

1. Femtosecond dynamics of the collinear-to-spiral antiferromagnetic phase transition in CuO Authors: S. L. Johnson, R. A. de Souza, U. Staub, P. Beaud, E. Mohr-Vorobeva, G. Ingold, A. Caviezel, V. Scagnoli, W. F. Schlotter, J. J. Turner, O. Krupin, W.-S. Lee,Y.-D. Chuang, L. Patthey, R. G. Moore, D. Lu, M. Yi, P. S. Kirchmann, M. […]

Sampling rare events in nonequilibrium and nonstationary systems, Authors: J. T. Berryman and T. Schilling, J. Chem. Phys. 133, 244101 (2010) Recommended and a commentary by Mike Allen, University of Warwick |View Commentary (pdf)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_February_2012_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_February_2012_01

Time-reversal symmetry breaking and spontaneous Hall effect without magnetic order Authors: Yo Machida, Saturo Nakatsuji, Shigeki Onoda, Takashi Tayama, and Toshiro Sakakibara Nature, 463, 210, 2010. Recommendation and Commentary by Leon Balents, KITP, UCSB |View Commentary (pdf)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_February_2012_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_February_2012_02

1. Braiding of Abelian and non-Abelian anyons in the fractional quantum Hall effect Authors: S. An, P. Jiang, H. Choi, W. Kang, S.H. Simon, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West, and K.W. Baldwin arXiv:1112.3400 2. Telegraph noise and the Fabry-Perot quantum Hall interferometer Authors: B. Rosenow and S.H. Simon arXiv:1111.6475 Recommended with a commentary by Carlo Beenakker, […]

1. Macroscopic Torsional Strain and Induced Molecular Conformational Deracemization Authors: R. Basu, J. S. Pendery, R. G. Petschek, R. P. Lemieux, and C. Rosenblatt Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 237804 (2011) Recommended with a commentary by Jonathan V. Selinger, Kent State University |View Commentary (PDF)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_January_2012_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_January_2012_02

1. Quantum Ripples in Strongly Correlated Metals Authors: E. C. Andrade, E. Miranda, and V. Dobrosavljevic Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 236401 (2010) 2. Energy-Resolved Spatial Inhomogeneity of Disordered Mott Systems Authors: E. C. Andrade, E. Miranda, and V. Dobrosavljevic Physica B 404, 3167 (2009) 3. Electronic Griffiths Phase of the d = 2 Mott Transition […]

Vacancy-stabilized crystalline order in hard cubes Authors: F. Smallenburg, L. Filion, M. Marechal, M. Dijkstra, arXiv:1111.3466v2. Recommended and a commentary by Daan Frenkel, University of Cambridge. | View Commentary (pdf)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_December_2011_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_December_2011_01

1. The role of attractive forces in viscous liquids Authors: L. Berthier and Gilles Tarjus, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 214503 (2011). 2. Testing “microscopic” theories of glass-forming liquids Authors: L. Berthier and Gilles Tarjus, Eur. Phys. E 34, 96 (2011). Recommended and a commentary by S. A. Kivelson, Stanford University. | View Commentary (pdf) | […]

1. Non-mean-eld theory of anomalously large double-layer capacitance. Authors: M. S. Loth, Brian Skinner and B. I. Shklovskii, Phys. Rev. E 82, 016107 (2010). 2. Model of large volumetric capacitance in graphene supercapacitors based on ion clustering Authors: Brian Skinner, M. M. Fogler and B. I. Shklovskii, Phys. Rev. B 84, 235133 (2011) . Recommended […]

1. Inherited adaptation of genome-rewired cells in response to a challenging environment Authors: Lior David, Elad Stolovicki, Efrat Haziz and Erez Braun HFSP J. 4, 131 (2010) Recommended and a Commentary by Yitzhak Rabin, Bar-Ilan University |View Commentary(PDF)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2011_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_November_2011_01

1. Extremely strong-coupling superconductivity in artificial two-dimensional Kondo lattices Authors: Y. Mizukami, H. Shishido, T. Shibauchi, M. Shimozawa, S. Yasumoto, D. Watanabe, M.Yamashita, H. Ikeda, T. Terashima, H. Kontani and Y. Matsuda Nature Physics 7, 849–853 (2011) Recommended and a Commentary by Manfred Sigrist, ETH Zurich, Switzerland |View Commentary(PDF)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_November_2011_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_November_2011_02

Sediments of soft spheres arranged by effective density Authors: César Gonzáles Serrano, Joseph J. McDermott, and Darrell Velegol Nature Materials 10, 716 (2011) Recommended with a Commentary by Marjolein Dijkstra, Utrecht University |View Commentary (pdf)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_October_2011_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_October_2011_01

1. Superconductor-insulator transition in La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_{4} at the pair quantum resistance Authors: A. T. Bollinger, G. Dubuis, J. Yoon, D. Pavuna, J. Misewich, and I. Bozovic Nature 472, 458-460 (2011) 2. Electrostatic control of the evolution from a superconducting phase to an insulating phase in ultrathin YBa_{2}Cu_{3}O_{7-x} films Authors: X. Leng, J. Garcia-Barriocanal, S. Bose, Y. […]

Electrically tunable surface-to-bulk coherent coupling in topological insulator thin films. Authors: H. Steinberg, J.-B. Laloo, V. Fatemi, J. S. Moodera, P. Jarillo-Herrero arXiv:1104.1404 (2011) Tunable surface conductivity in Bi2Se3 revealed in diffusive electron transport Authors: J. Chen, X. Y. He, K. H. Wu, Z. Q. Ji, L. Lu, J. R. Shi, J. H. Smet, and […]

1. Broken Symmetry States and Divergent Resistance in Suspended Bilayer Graphene Authors: Benjamin E. Feldman, Jens Martin, and, Amir Yacoby arXiv:0909.2883, Nature Physics 5, 889 (2009) 2. Local Compressibility Measurements of Correlated States in Suspended Bilayer Graphene Authors: Jens Martin, Benjamin E. Feldman, R. Thomas Weitz, Monica T. Allen, and Amir Yacoby arXiv:1009.2069, Phys. Rev. […]

1. Computational Topology for Configuration Spaces of Hard Disks Authors: Gunnar Carlsson, Jackson Gorham, Matthew Kahle, and Jeremy Mason arXiv:1108.5719 Recommended with a Commentary by Randall D. Kamien, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA. |View Commentary (PDF)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_September_2011_02 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_September_2011_02

1. Electronic Phase Separation at the LaAlO(3)/SrTiO(3) Interface Authors: Ariando, X. Wang, G. Baskaran, Z. Q. Liu, J. Huijben, J. B. Yi, A. Annadi, A. Roy Barman, A. Rusydi, S. Dhar, Y. P. Feng, J. Ding, H. Hilgenkamp, and T. Venkatesan Nature Communications 2, 188 (2011). 2. Coexistence of Superconductivity and Ferromagnetism in Two Dimensions […]

Static Friction Coefficient Is Not a Material Constant Authors: Oded Ben-David and Jay Fineberg PRL 106, 254301 (2011) Recommended with a commentary by Robert W. Carpick, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA | View Commentary (PDF) | DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2011_01 https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2011_01

Strain-Induced PseudoMagnetic Fields Greater Than 300 Tesla in Graphene Nanobubbles, Authors: N. Levy, S. A. Burke, K. L. Meaker, M. Panlasigui, A. Zettl, F. Guinea, A. H. Castro Neto and M. F. Crommie, Science 30 July 2010: Vol. 329 no. 5991 pp. 544-547 Recommended with a Commentary by Ashvin Vishwanath, UC Berkeley, CA |View Commentary […]