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Accepted Papers for Reviews of Modern Physicsen-usCopyright (c) 2009 The American Physical Society2009-11-07T10:05:06-05:00assocpub@aps.orgrss@aps.orghourly42009-11-07T10:05:06-05:00rss@aps.orgAxions and the strong CP problem
http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/10071E2bA891f10b501313a4d92846c6c73e5cfe0
Current upper bounds of the neutron electric dipole moment constrain the physically observable quantum chromodynamic (QCD) vacuum angle |[`(q)]| <~10-11. Since QCD explains vast experimental data from the 100 MeV scale to the TeV scale, it is better to explain this smallness of |[`(q)]| in the QCD framework, which is the strong problem. Now, there exist two plausible solutions to this problem, one of which leads to the existence of the very light axion. The axion decay constant window, 109 \gev <~Fa <~1012 \gev for a O(1) initial misalignment angle q1, has been obtained by astrophysical and cosmological data. For Fa >~1012 GeV with q1 < O(1), axions may constitute a significant fraction of dark matter of the universe. The supersymmetrized axion solution of the strong problem introduces its superpartner the axino which might have affected the universe evolution significantly. Here, we review the very light axion (theory, supersymmetrization, and models) with the most recent particle, astrophysical and cosmological data, and present prospects for its discovery. Jihn E. Kim and Gianpaolo Carosi2009-11-05T00:00:00-05:00Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibitedarticleReviews of Modern PhysicsHigh-energy phenomenologyHigh-energy phenomenologyInfluence of global cosmological expansion on local dynamics and kinematics
http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/0c075E77P0f15e03306c24f9a16ab6d285fa8bb63
We review attempts to estimate the influence of global cosmological expansion on local systems. Here `local' is taken to mean that the sizes of the considered systems are much smaller than cosmologically relevant scales. For example, such influences can affect orbital motions as well as configuratio...Matteo Carrera and Domenico Giulini2009-10-28T00:00:00-04:00Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibitedarticleReviews of Modern PhysicsAstrophysicsAstrophysicsOptical excitations in electron microscopy
http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/15070E12C111230400bc074777efb1c71223aaafa
This review discusses how low-energy, valence excitations created by swift electrons can render information on the optical response of structured materials with unmatched spatial resolution. Electron microscopes are capable of focusing electron beams on sub-nanometer spots and probing the target res...F.J Garcia de Abajo.2009-10-26T00:00:00-04:00Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibitedarticleReviews of Modern PhysicsCondensed matterCondensed matterColloquium: Statistical mechanics of money, wealth, and income
http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/47073E88Z37E8f14a0d807932ac60e8e4b69dad96
The paper reviews statistical models for money, wealth, and income distributions developed in the econophysics literature since the late 1990s. By analogy with the Boltzmann-Gibbs distribution of energy in physics, it is shown that the probability distribution of money is exponential for certain cla...Victor M. Yakovenko and J.B Rosser Jr.arkley2009-10-08T00:00:00-04:00Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibitedarticleReviews of Modern PhysicsColloquiaColloquiaPublisher's Note: The physics of the intergalactic medium [Rev. Mod. Phys. \textbf{81}, 1405 (2009)]
http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/e5078E99Xa9R451ef0ab056287dc12d29c0d74aeb
Avery A. Meiksin2009-10-07T00:00:00-04:00Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibitedarticleReviews of Modern PhysicsErrataErrataColloquium: Star branched polyelectrolytes: The physics of their conformations and interactions
http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/6107eEa0X0dE9013b0aa0ed8cfde1b86a8715411f
We review recent progress in the field of a versatile and common system in soft matter physics, namely star-shaped polyelectrolytes. These charged macromolecules combine in their properties aspects of polymer physics, colloidal science and the rich physics of charged matter, rendering them into vers...Arben Jusufi and Christos N. Likos2009-09-28T00:00:00-04:00Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibitedarticleReviews of Modern PhysicsColloquiaColloquiaThe Casimir force between real materials: Experiment and theory
http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/2107eE71Ra01fc0120ee1544e2d1c2145fe915019
The physical origin of the Casimir force is connected with the existence of zero-point and thermal fluctuations. The Casimir effect is very general and finds applications in various fields of physics. This review is limited to the rapid progress at the intersection of experiment and theory that has ...G. L. Klimchitskaya, U. Mohideen and V. M. Mostepanenko2009-09-22T00:00:00-04:00Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibitedarticleReviews of Modern PhysicsCondensed matterCondensed matterModern theory of nuclear forces
http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/5707fEebO8d1580bd0061611a427dd34cc6e40381
Effective field theory allows for a systematic and model-independent derivation of the forces between nucleons in harmony with the symmetries of Quantum Chromodynamics. We review the foundations of this approach and discuss its application for light nuclei at various resolution scales. The extension...E. Epelbaum, H. W. Hammer and Ulf G. Meissner2009-09-11T00:00:00-04:00Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibitedarticleReviews of Modern PhysicsNuclear physicsNuclear physicsMagnetic pyrochlore oxides
http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/3607cE5eK7511701d0230bf33d93736377bc607e5
Within the past 20 years or so, there has occurred an explosion of interest in the magnetic behavior of pyrochlore oxides of the type A23+B24+O7 where A is a rare-earth ion and B is usually a transition metal. Both the A and B sites form a network of corner-sharing tetrahedra which is the quintessen...Jason S. Gardner, Michel J. P. Gingras and John E. Greedan2009-09-04T00:00:00-04:00Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibitedarticleReviews of Modern PhysicsCondensed matterCondensed matterColloquium: The Einstein Podolsky-Rosen paradox: From concepts to applications
http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/ef07eEe9P3cEd51860b70306a3c901a77fcbd2bd6
This Colloquium examines the field of the EPR Gedankenexperiment, from the original paper of Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen, through to modern theoretical proposals of how to realize both the continuous-variable and discrete versions of the EPR paradox. We analyze the relationship with entanglement an...M. D. Reid, P. D. Drummond, W. P. Bowen, E. G. Cavalcanti, P. K. Lam, H. A. Bachor, U. L. Andersen and G. Leuchs2009-08-28T00:00:00-04:00Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibitedarticleReviews of Modern PhysicsColloquiaColloquiaQuantum algorithms for algebraic problems
http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/bb077E08G831c90af0a10e27485fa2d014aab8e99
Quantum computers can execute algorithms that dramatically outperform classical computation. As the best-known example, Shor discovered an efficient quantum algorithm for factoring integers, whereas factoring appears to be difficult for classical computers. Understanding what other computational pro...Andrew M. Childs and Wim van Dam2009-08-14T00:00:00-04:00Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibitedarticleReviews of Modern PhysicsQuantum opticsQuantum opticsNonequilibrium fluctuations, fluctuation theorems, and counting statistics in quantum systems
http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/78074Ec2E371d500900d18d9a6414c9b69fc4fdd1
Fluctuation theorems (FTs), which describe some universal properties of nonequilibrium fluctuations, are examined from a quantum perspective and derived by introducing a two-point measurement on the system. FTs for closed and open systems driven out of equilibrium by an external time-dependent force...Massimiliano Esposito, Upendra Harbola and Shaul Mukamel2009-08-04T00:00:00-04:00Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibitedarticleReviews of Modern PhysicsGeneral physicsGeneral physicsSuperconducting phases of f-electron compounds
http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/f6072EbaWcf1250bd0221b7442deab56eac3fed4e
Intermetallic compounds containing f-electron elements display a wealth of superconducting phases, that are prime candidates for unconventional pairing with complex order parameter symmetries. For instance, superconductivity has been found at the border of magnetic order as well as deep within ferro...Christian Pfleiderer2009-07-24T00:00:00-04:00Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibitedarticleReviews of Modern PhysicsCondensed matterCondensed matterNew physics at a Super Flavor Factory
http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/ee079Ef7D3a17302b07411c0dbe786814a7d13251
The potential of a Super Flavor Factory (SFF) for searches of New Physics is reviewed. While very high luminosity B physics is assumed to be at the core of the program, its scope for extensive charm and t studies are also emphasized. The possibility to run at the U(5S) is also very briefly discussed...Thomas E. Browder, Tim Gershon, Dan Pirjol, Amarjit Soni and Jure Zupan2009-07-06T00:00:00-04:00Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibitedarticleReviews of Modern PhysicsHigh-energy phenomenologyHigh-energy phenomenologyX-ray Thomson scattering in high energy density plasmas
http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/8507eEc9P781230e5003201671445fdcc0f5e9420
Accurate x-ray scattering techniques to measure the physical properties of dense plasmas have been developed for applications in high-energy density physics. This class of experiments produces short-lived hot dense states of matter with electron densities in the range of solid density and higher whe...Siegfried H. Glenzer and Ronald Redmer2009-06-29T00:00:00-04:00Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibitedarticleReviews of Modern PhysicsPlasma physics, fusionPlasma physics, fusionSpin mapping at the nanoscale and atomic scale
http://rmp.aps.org/accepted/R/1a07aEe1Xac1a20d10be1b30e8a7110bc82ed5aa4
Roland Wiesendanger2009-06-15T00:00:00-04:00Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibitedarticleReviews of Modern PhysicsCondensed matterCondensed matter