http://rmp.aps.org/ Accepted Papers for Reviews of Modern Physics hourly 1 2012-02-09T21:06:24-05:00 rss@aps.org assocpub@aps.org 2012-02-09T21:06:24-05:00 en Copyright © 2012 the American Physical Society. Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Copyright © 2012 the American Physical Society assocpub@aps.org http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/4307dEbeA4eE0a1380d60f06c94d24900c67bd927 Experimental advances with laser intensities above 1 terawatt/cm2, with pulse durations between roughly 50 fs and 5 fs, have led to the discovery of new atomic effects that include examples of startlingly high electron correlation. These phenomena have presented an unexpected theoretical challenge a... Theories of high-field nonsequential double ionization 2012-02-06T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/4307dEbeA4eE0a1380d60f06c94d24900c67bd927 Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Atomic, molecular, and optical physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/8d078E15G5cE751e903004a19b55d81ff5a2b1b6f This colloquium addresses the issue of the shape of hadrons and in particular that of the proton. The concept of shape in the microcosm is critically examined. Special attention is devoted to properly define the meaning of shape for bound-state systems of near massless quarks. The ideas that lead to... Colloquium: The shape of hadrons 2012-01-17T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/8d078E15G5cE751e903004a19b55d81ff5a2b1b6f Colloquia Colloquia http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/9307eEa1Kba1dd0420a31b25bd8e75c57ffc3ad94 Aiming at non-experts, we explain the key mechanisms of higher-spin extensions of ordinary gravities in four dimensions and higher. We first overview various no-go theorems for low-energy scattering of massless particles in flat spacetime. In doing so we dress a dictionary between the S-matrix and t... How higher-spin gravity surpasses the spin two barrier 2012-01-17T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/9307eEa1Kba1dd0420a31b25bd8e75c57ffc3ad94 Mathematical physics Mathematical physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/5a07eE45Ta8E161810861a6068d366defbfc163e3 The ongoing experimental and theoretical effort aimed at understanding non-classical rotational inertia in solid helium, has sparked renewed interest in the supersolid phase of matter, its microscopic origin and character, and its experimental detection. The purpose of this colloquium is a) to provi... Colloquium: Supersolids: What and where are they? 2012-01-10T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/5a07eE45Ta8E161810861a6068d366defbfc163e3 Colloquia Colloquia http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/4507fE5aIaa1330a20bb19030eba05b96a8f3011f Massive gravity has seen a resurgence of interest due to recent progress which has overcome its traditional problems, yielding an avenue for addressing important open questions such as the cosmological constant naturalness problem. The possibility of a massive graviton has been studied on and off fo... Theoretical aspects of massive gravity 2012-01-04T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/4507fE5aIaa1330a20bb19030eba05b96a8f3011f Mathematical physics Mathematical physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/ec073E28Q401ed09f0552b83c25c2d5ce24ce437e Most metallic elements have a crystal structure that is either body centered cubic (bcc), face centered close-packed (fcc) or hexagonal close-packed (hcp). If the bcc lattice is the thermodynamically most stable structure, the close-packed structures usually are dynamically unstable, i.e., have elas... Lattice instabilities in metallic elements 2011-12-20T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/ec073E28Q401ed09f0552b83c25c2d5ce24ce437e Condensed matter Condensed matter http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/40079E5bP131e80120d058c465b9738aefdb68ece We look ahead from the frontiers of research on ice dynamics in its broadest sense; on the structures of ice, the patterns or morphologies it may assume, and the physical and chemical processes in which it is involved. We highlight open questions in the various fields of ice research in nature; rang... Ice structures, patterns, and processes: A view across the icefields 2011-12-15T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/40079E5bP131e80120d058c465b9738aefdb68ece Astrophysics Astrophysics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/f2071E12IdfEce1bd0ed0115936f2c696978413a9 The homotopy theory of topological defects is a powerful tool for organizing and unifying many ideas across a broad range of physical systems. Recently, experimental progress has been made in controlling and measuring colloidal inclusions in liquid crystalline phases. The topological structure of th... Colloquium: Disclination loops, point defects, and all that in nematic liquid crystals 2011-12-13T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/f2071E12IdfEce1bd0ed0115936f2c696978413a9 Colloquia Colloquia http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/0f070E26X231ea0f20bf2819244bee849ea64eaf9 This article reviews lattice QCD results for the light hadron spectrum. We give an overview of different formulations of lattice QCD, with discussions on the fermion doubling problem and improvement programs. We summarize recent developments in algorithms and analysis techniques, that render calcula... Light hadron masses from lattice QCD 2011-11-30T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/0f070E26X231ea0f20bf2819244bee849ea64eaf9 High-energy phenomenology High-energy phenomenology http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/0907dEb6G4b1580fb0692283395a185ef9b422051 We review the present status of our research and understanding regarding the dynamics and the statistical properties of earthquakes, mainly from a statistical physical viewpoint. Emphasis is put both on the physics of friction and fracture, which provides a "microscopic" basis of our understanding o... Statistical physics of fracture, friction, and earthquakes 2011-11-30T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/0907dEb6G4b1580fb0692283395a185ef9b422051 General physics General physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/e4076Ee0Cc318703505b3422a86a0cb10be3c912f We review several topics on CP violation in the lepton sector. A few theoretical aspects concerning neutrino masses, leptonic mixing and CP violation will be covered, with special emphasis on seesaw models. A discussion is provided on observable effects which are manifest in the presence of CP viola... Leptonic $CP$ violation 2011-11-11T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/e4076Ee0Cc318703505b3422a86a0cb10be3c912f High-energy particles and fields High-energy particles and fields http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/7e071E79Z331a70fb0e621007eda0f196822837c8 The science of quantum information has arisen over the last two decades centered on the manipulation of individual quanta of information, known as quantum bits or qubits. Quantum computers, quantum cryptography and quantum teleportation are among the most celebrated ideas that have emerged from this... Gaussian quantum information 2011-10-26T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/7e071E79Z331a70fb0e621007eda0f196822837c8 Quantum optics Quantum optics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/27074Ee2Wdb1b80f90c32f486b0ddf23ea13f7d26 The last decades brought an impressive progress in synthesizing and studying properties of nuclides located very far from the beta stability line. Among the most fundamental properties of such exotic nuclides, usually established first, is the half-life, possible radioactive decay modes, and their r... Radioactive decays at limits of nuclear stability 2011-10-24T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/27074Ee2Wdb1b80f90c32f486b0ddf23ea13f7d26 Nuclear physics Nuclear physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/9607aE35A5113908000a3590674413a48911b5dd3 We review experimental work on cold, trapped metastable noble gases. We emphasize the aspects which distinguish work with these atoms from the large body of work on cold, trapped atoms in general. These aspects include detection techniques and collision processes unique to metastable atoms. We descr... Cold and trapped metastable noble gases 2011-09-22T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/9607aE35A5113908000a3590674413a48911b5dd3 Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Atomic, molecular, and optical physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/90073E18W461210b80be18d6e6730d5cb8c3ca064 Multi-photon interference reveals strictly non-classical phenomena. Its applications range from fundamental tests of quantum mechanics to photonic quantum information processing, where a significant fraction of key experiments achieved so far comes from multi-photon state manipulation. We review the... Multiphoton entanglement and interferometry 2011-09-20T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/90073E18W461210b80be18d6e6730d5cb8c3ca064 Quantum optics Quantum optics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/ba070E0eSbb1d70d90174ee0df8ee16201549e308 We review the field of top-quark physics using  events with an emphasis on experimental techniques. The role of the top quark in the Standard Model of particle physics is summarized and the basic phenomenology of top-quark production and decay is introduced. We discuss how contributions from ph... Top quark physics at the Tevatron using $t\bar{t}$ events 2011-09-20T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/ba070E0eSbb1d70d90174ee0df8ee16201549e308 High-energy particles and fields High-energy particles and fields http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/cc072E1eD4f13502707a28f8d74b94a97c171e907 Numerous correlated electron systems exhibit a strongly scale-dependent behavior. Upon lowering the energy scale, collective phenomena, bound states, and new effective degrees of freedom emerge. Typical examples include (i) competing magnetic, charge, and pairing instabilities in two-dimensional ele... Functional renormalization group approach to correlated fermion systems 2011-08-23T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/cc072E1eD4f13502707a28f8d74b94a97c171e907 Condensed matter Condensed matter http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/2e07dEf6P1d1c30d10bd4c55e65915c5c2ece0d56 SrRuO3 is endowed with three remarkable features. First, it is a moderately correlated material that exhibits several novel physical properties; second, it permits the epitaxial growth of essentially single crystal films; and third, because it is a good conductor, it has attracted interest as a cond... Structure, physical properties, and applications of SrRuO$_3$ thin films 2011-08-17T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/2e07dEf6P1d1c30d10bd4c55e65915c5c2ece0d56 Condensed matter Condensed matter http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/28078E36Wca1c20f80cf3b702dd270c7bf6a2bbe4 A comprehensive overview of kaon decays is presented. The Standard Model predictions are discussed in detail, covering both the underlying short-distance electroweak dynamics and the important interplay of QCD at long distances. Chiral perturbation theory provides a universal framework for treating ... Kaon decays in the standard model 2011-08-05T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/28078E36Wca1c20f80cf3b702dd270c7bf6a2bbe4 High-energy phenomenology High-energy phenomenology http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/4b07fE16L8d14807a00822483be9899cf4702241f This article reviews many manifestations and applications of dual representations of pairs of groups primarily in atomic and nuclear physics. Examples are given to show how such paired representations are powerful aids in understanding the dynamics associated with shell-model coupling schemes and in... Dual pairing of symmetry and dynamical groups in physics 2011-07-28T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/4b07fE16L8d14807a00822483be9899cf4702241f Nuclear physics Nuclear physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/b6074Ee1J4711904e0f91da96fda5594e3158513f We review the problem of electron-electron interactions in graphene. Starting from the screening of long range interactions in these systems, we discuss the existence of an emerging Dirac liquid of Lorentz invariant quasi-particles in the weak coupling regime, and strongly correlated electronic stat... Electron-electron interactions in graphene: Current status and perspectives 2011-07-26T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/b6074Ee1J4711904e0f91da96fda5594e3158513f Condensed matter Condensed matter http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/2f07eE12Zc919203f0cf2b67d1f0f0e2b5ddf5418 Nuclear reaction cross sections are important for a variety of applications in the areas of astrophysics, nuclear energy, and national security. When these cross sections cannot be measured directly or predicted reliably, it becomes necessary to develop indirect methods for determining the relevant ... Compound-nuclear reaction cross sections from surrogate measurements 2011-07-19T10:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Rev. Mod. Phys. article Reviews of Modern Physics http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/2f07eE12Zc919203f0cf2b67d1f0f0e2b5ddf5418 Nuclear physics Nuclear physics