Understanding the nonlocality of multipartite quantum systems provides valuable insights into their behaviors and potential applications. In this Letter, assuming a quantum network inflated with multiple copies of genuine multipartite entangled states, we propose a novel noise-robust approach to tes…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 220201] Published Fri Jun 05, 2026

We present a novel method for extracting the energy spectrum of ultracold neutrons from magnetically induced spin depolarization measurements using the n2EDM apparatus. This method is also used to exploit sensitivity to the storage properties of the materials used to trap ultracold neutrons, specifi…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 221902] Published Fri Jun 05, 2026

We demonstrate deterministic preparation of arbitrary two-component product states of fermionic ${}^6\mathrm{Li}$ atoms in an $8\times 8$ optical tweezer array, achieving motional ground-state fidelities above 98.5%. Leveraging the large differential magnetic moments for spin-resolution, with parallelized site- and numbe…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 223402] Published Fri Jun 05, 2026

Sound wave scattering can be increased in one frequency range only by reducing scattering in another range, according to experiments—a discovery relevant for acoustic engineering.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 226902] Published Fri Jun 05, 2026

The Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition is an archetypal example of a topological phase transition, which is driven by the proliferation of vortices. In this Letter, we analyze the persistence of the BKT transition in the XY model under the influence of long-range algebraically decaying…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 227102] Published Fri Jun 05, 2026

We present a single-quench protocol that generates unitary $k$-designs with minimal control. A system first evolves under a random Hamiltonian $H_1$; at a switch time $t_s\ge t_{\mathrm{Th}}$ (the Thouless time), it is quenched to an independently drawn $H_2$ from the same ensemble and then evolves under $H_2$. This single quen…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 220403] Published Thu Jun 04, 2026

Periodic (Floquet) driving enables Hamiltonian engineering and nonequilibrium phases, but interacting systems eventually heat by absorbing energy from the drive. Disorder can greatly delay this process, yielding long-lived prethermal plateaus. Here, we show that this protection can fail when pulse-t…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 220801] Published Thu Jun 04, 2026

Higher dimensional topological phases in three-dimensional superconducting altermagnets characterized by zero-energy surface crossed flat bands indicate the interplay between altermagnetic and superconducting symmetries.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 226001] Published Thu Jun 04, 2026

The generation of spin magnetization by linear and nonlinear Edelstein effects has so far relied solely on electric fields. Here, we propose a distinct mechanism, the nonlinear magnetoelectric Edelstein effect (NMEE), in which electric and magnetic fields act cooperatively to produce spin magnetizat…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 226302] Published Thu Jun 04, 2026

Acoustic magnetochiral anisotropy is observed in a diamagnetic crystal of $\alpha$ quartz.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 226303] Published Thu Jun 04, 2026

A novel many-body bound state in the continuum induced entirely by uniform off-site 2-body interactions is observed by mapping a quantum 1D Bose-Hubbard model onto a 2D macroscopic phononic crystal.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 226501] Published Thu Jun 04, 2026

The ambiguity in associating gravitational waves with transverse-traceless components of the metric at second order in perturbation theory is resolved by computing the detector response to second order for the first time.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 221402] Published Wed Jun 03, 2026

For a quantum field of arbitrary mass and spin in the static patch of de Sitter spacetime, the Euclidean partition function receives contributions from edge modes localized on the horizon, expressible in terms of the Harish-Chandra character of the de Sitter group. Considering the flat limit and sum…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 221501] Published Wed Jun 03, 2026

We show that one-jettiness (${\tau }_1$) in color-singlet plus jet production suffers from superleading logarithms starting at order ${\alpha }_{\mathrm{s}}^4\ln (1/{\tau }_1{)}^6$ relative to the Born level. This is one logarithm more dominant than any previously identified superleading logarithms. The extra logarithm is not associated with …

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 221901] Published Wed Jun 03, 2026

A superfluid flows without friction below a critical velocity, exhibiting zero drag force on impurities. Above this threshold, superfluidity breaks down, and the internal energy is redistributed into incoherent excitations such as vortices. We demonstrate that a mobile, finite-mass impurity immersed…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 223401] Published Wed Jun 03, 2026

Optical skyrmions are topological textures of electromagnetic fields with promising applications in information processing, transport, and storage. Exquisitely tailoring the optical fields of diverse physical quantities has expanded the family of skyrmions, yet such skyrmions only exhibit a single-q…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 223803] Published Wed Jun 03, 2026

Accurate ionization balance of gold plasmas in nonlocal thermodynamic equilibrium is essential for understanding the physics involved in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) hohlraums, where the persistent “drive deficit” issue may stem from an overestimation of the emission and absorption opacity of g…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 225101] Published Wed Jun 03, 2026

Altermagnetism, a recently discovered collinear magnetic order with net zero magnetization but exhibiting spin-splitting band structure, has attracted much research interest due to the rich fundamental physics and possible applications. In this Letter, we investigate the optomagnetic response of $d$-w…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 226702] Published Wed Jun 03, 2026

Multiferroic materials, which simultaneously exhibit ferroelectric and magnetic orders, offer tremendous potential for next-generation electronic and spintronic devices. Here, we propose a novel design strategy toward a new type of multiferroics: the interlayer self-doping multiferroics. We show tha…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 226703] Published Wed Jun 03, 2026

Using a nonperturbative approach, the relaxation rate of orbital dipolar and quadrupolar moments is computed analytically for the $t_{2g}$ states. In the presence of short-range impurities and in the absence of spin-orbit coupling, the orbital relaxation emerges from the competition between momentum scat…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 226801] Published Wed Jun 03, 2026

Momentum-resolved EELS provides the first direct evidence that electrons impart measurable momentum to planar samples during mode excitation.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 226901] Published Wed Jun 03, 2026

Mechanical systems are pivotal in quantum technologies because of their long coherent time and versatile coupling to qubit systems. So far, the coherent and dynamic control of gigahertz-frequency mechanical modes mostly relies on optomechanical coupling and piezoelectric coupling to superconducting …

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 227001] Published Wed Jun 03, 2026

We provide evidence that dynamical slowdown in glass-forming liquids may follow different microscopic routes under cooling and compression, pointing to a previously unrecognized discrepancy between two dynamical landmarks: the Arrhenius–to–non-Arrhenius crossover associated with cooling and the infl…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 228001] Published Wed Jun 03, 2026

Size-dependent electrostatic barriers place an upper limit on droplet merging efficiency.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 228202] Published Wed Jun 03, 2026

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 229901] Published Wed Jun 03, 2026

Experimental observations of the low-lying states in ${}^{12}\mathrm{Be}$ and their accurate modeling play an essential role in understanding the disappearance of the $N=8$ magic number. Long-standing experimental ambiguities have been clarified using an one-neutron adding ($d$, $p$) reaction on ${}^{11}\mathrm{Be}$ using the ISOLDE Sol…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 222501] Published Tue Jun 02, 2026

Photodetachment spectroscopy of ${\mathrm{C}}_2^{-}$ anions across the thresholds to the two lowest electronic states of neutral ${\mathrm{C}}_2$ was carried out using rotationally cold trapped ions. The electron detachment was observed to follow $p$- and $s$-wave threshold behavior for transitions to the ${\mathrm{C}}_2{X}^1{\mathrm{\Sigma }}_g^{+}(v^{\prime }=0)$ and ${\mathrm{C}}_2{a}^3{\mathrm{\Pi }}_u(v^{\prime }=\mathrm{\dots }$

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 223001] Published Tue Jun 02, 2026

Mie scattering describes the linear interaction of electromagnetic waves with spheres of arbitrary composition and size. Here, we introduce and experimentally validate an analog circuit emulator of Mie scattering by temporally dispersive spheres. The emulator reconstructs the full scattering respons…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 223802] Published Tue Jun 02, 2026

A new experiment shows that spin-polarized currents conducted by helical organic molecules are not just a measurement artifact, as some researchers suspected.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 226201] Published Tue Jun 02, 2026

Conventional one-dimensional (1D) Brownian motion on surfaces relies on physical tracks such as prefabricated channels or grooves. Here, we demonstrate through molecular dynamics simulations that a monolayer polymeric ${\mathrm{C}}_{60}$ nanoflake can undergo persistent 1D Brownian motion on unpatterned, atomically…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 226202] Published Tue Jun 02, 2026

Neutron scattering measurements show that altermagnetic splitting of chiral magnons in the classical antiferromagnet FeF${}_2$ is small compared to the effects of long-range dipolar interactions.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 226701] Published Tue Jun 02, 2026

We propose a fast and general predecision scheme for Metropolis Monte Carlo simulation of $d$-dimensional long-range interacting lattice models with $N$ constituents. For potentials of the form $V(r)=r^{-d-\sigma }$, this reduces the computational complexity from $O(N^2)$ to $O(N^{2-\sigma /d})$ for $\sigma <d$ and to $O(N)$ for $\sigma >\dots$

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 227101] Published Tue Jun 02, 2026

Large-scale Brownian dynamics simulations of 3D semiflexible polymers show that activity modifies the classic picture of the isotropic–nematic transition which highlights a nontrivial interplay between activity, flexibility, and crowding in these systems.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 228101] Published Tue Jun 02, 2026

We investigate how structural ordering, i.e., crystallization, affects the flow of bidisperse granular materials in a quasi-two-dimensional silo. By systematically varying the mass fraction of two particle sizes, we finely tune the degree of local order. Using high-speed imaging and kinematic modeli…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 228201] Published Tue Jun 02, 2026

Discrete dynamics arise naturally in systems with broken temporal translation symmetry and are typically described by first-order recurrence relations representing classical or quantum Markov chains. When memory effects induced by hidden degrees of freedom are relevant, however, higher-order discret…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 220401] Published Mon Jun 01, 2026

We develop an effective field theory characterizing the impact of decoherence on states with Abelian topological order and on their capacity to protect quantum information. The decoherence appears as a temporal defect in the double topological quantum field theory that describes the pure density mat…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 220402] Published Mon Jun 01, 2026

In this Letter, we provide a novel test of general relativity based on ringdown analysis. The test is performed on agnostic models, where the postmerger signal is fitted with a superposition of damped sinusoids. If at least two modes are detected, one has to compute the ratio of the frequencies and …

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 221401] Published Mon Jun 01, 2026

The three-dimensional classical $\mathrm{O}(N)$ model with a boundary has received renewed interest due to the discovery of the extraordinary-log boundary universality class for $2\le N<N_c$. The critical value $N_c$ and the exponent of the boundary correlation function are related to certain amplitudes in the norma…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 221601] Published Mon Jun 01, 2026

The first measurements of the top- and antitop-quark differential production cross sections and the top-quark charge asymmetry in the forward region are presented, using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV corresponding to an integrated …

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 221801] Published Mon Jun 01, 2026

We study tunable, nanoscale, femtosecond coherent radiation based on a coupled nanowire pair structure, which is transversely excited by a strong, linearly polarized laser pulse. The structure can function as a nanoscale undulator: the electrons moving through the nanogap are driven by a spatially p…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 223801] Published Mon Jun 01, 2026

We develop a theory that predicts the equilibrium states of a fluid contained in a capillary that has corners. Each section of the tube can take three states: completely wet state where the tube section is completely occupied by the fluid, partially wet state where only the corners are occupied by t…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 224001] Published Mon Jun 01, 2026

The experimental observation of half-integer-quantized thermal Hall conductivity in the Kitaev candidate material $\alpha \text{−}{\mathrm{RuCl}}_3$ has served as a signature of non-Abelian anyons through an associated chiral Majorana edge mode. However, both the reproducibility of the quantized thermal Hall conductivity and …

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 226301] Published Mon Jun 01, 2026

Topological physics in classical systems, such as photonic and acoustic systems, is fast becoming an exciting field in fundamental and applied research. However, almost all existing topological acoustic materials are restricted to systems with conventional lattices and specific time-space symmetries…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 226601] Published Mon Jun 01, 2026

We investigate layer codes, a family of three-dimensional stabilizer codes that achieves optimal scaling of code parameters and energy barrier, as candidates for self-correcting quantum memories. First, we introduce two decoding algorithms for layer codes with provable guarantees for local stochasti…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 210601] Published Fri May 29, 2026

An index theorem on twistor space provides a simple first-principles derivation of the numerical factors in the one-loop QCD $\beta$ function.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 211601] Published Fri May 29, 2026

Entanglement generation is a cornerstone of quantum information science, yet its speed in Hermitian systems is fundamentally constrained by the coupling strength, a restriction known as the quantum speed limit. Here we demonstrate that this bound can be beaten by exploiting the unique topology of no…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 210201] Published Thu May 28, 2026

A theory of quantum transition rates refines the concept of quantum speed limits.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 210202] Published Thu May 28, 2026

Quantum Mpemba effect describes an anomalous phenomenon of accelerated relaxation, which is of fundamental interest in the field of nonequilibrium thermodynamics. Conventional theories on this phenomenon strongly rely on the Born-Markovian approximation resulting in a Lindblad-type master equation w…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 210402] Published Thu May 28, 2026

Randomness is a fundamental resource in quantum information, with crucial applications in cryptography, algorithms, and error correction. A central challenge is to construct unitary $k$ designs that closely approximate Haar-random unitaries while minimizing the costly use of non-Clifford operations. I…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 210802] Published Thu May 28, 2026

We present a combined experimental and numerical investigation of the transition from the classical to the ultimate regime of thermal turbulence in a supergravitational centrifugal convection system. The transition is found to be robust, with the critical Rayleigh number decreasing systematically as…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 214002] Published Thu May 28, 2026

A scaling framework unifying the markedly different and independently studied cylindrical and spherical shock convergence is presented. For ionizing argon, we show that the focal temperature becomes invariant to shock symmetry and initial shock conditions when scaled by the prefocus shock Mach numbe…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 215101] Published Thu May 28, 2026

If a symmetry is not onsiteable, must it be anomalous? In 1+1d lattice Hamiltonian systems, any finite, internal, anomaly-free symmetry can be disentangled into an onsite symmetry, whereas in two-dimensional lattice systems there exist finite-group symmetries that are not onsiteable but nevertheless anomaly-free.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 216602] Published Thu May 28, 2026

If a symmetry is not onsiteable, must it be anomalous? In 1+1d lattice Hamiltonian systems, any finite, internal, anomaly-free symmetry can be disentangled into an onsite symmetry, whereas in two-dimensional lattice systems there exist finite-group symmetries that are not onsiteable but nevertheless anomaly-free.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 216603] Published Thu May 28, 2026

Geometric responses give rise to novel phenomena in charge and spin transport, which have been extensively studied in the context of the quantum geometry of Bloch states in periodic solids. In contrast, the geometry of Hamiltonian eigenvalues is often considered trivial. Here, we demonstrate that th…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 216702] Published Thu May 28, 2026

We investigated the optical absorption spectra of the time-reversal-odd antiferromagnet ${\mathrm{ErCrO}}_3$ under an applied electric field ($\mathbf{E}$). This material, with its two distinct magnetic sites (${\mathrm{Er}}^{3+}$ and ${\mathrm{Cr}}^{3+}$), exhibits successive antiferromagnetic (AFM) transitions at $T_{\mathrm{N}}\approx 133\mathrm{K}$ and $T_{\text{SR}}\approx 10\mathrm{K}$. We observed non…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 216703] Published Thu May 28, 2026

Singlet fission and triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA) are spin-dependent phenomena critical to optoelectronics. The dynamics of spin populations during geminate triplet pair separation are crucial for controlling fission and TTA rates. We show that the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) induce…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 216903] Published Thu May 28, 2026

High-fidelity two-logical-qubit gates are essential for realizing fault-tolerant quantum computation with bosonic codes, yet experimentally reported fidelities have rarely exceeded 90%. Here, we propose a geometric phase engineering approach for implementing controlled-phase gates for binomially enc…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 210602] Published Wed May 27, 2026

Quantum sensing leverages quantum resources to surpass the standard quantum limit, yet many existing protocols rely on the preparation of complex entangled states and Hamiltonian engineering, posing challenges for universality and scalability. Here, we report an experimental implementation of a univ…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 210801] Published Wed May 27, 2026

Dark matter particles with sufficiently large interactions with ordinary matter can scatter in the Earth’s atmosphere and crust before reaching an underground detector. This Earth-shielding effect can induce a directional dependence in the dark matter flux, leading to a sidereal daily modulation in …

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 211001] Published Wed May 27, 2026

We explicitly construct the density matrix associated to the vacuum state of a large spherically symmetric causal diamond of area $A$ in four-dimensional asymptotically flat gravity. We achieve this using the soft effective action, which characterizes the low-energy gravitational degrees of freedom th…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 211501] Published Wed May 27, 2026

In the last decades, femtoscopic measurements from heavy-ion collisions have become a popular tool to investigate the strong interactions between hadrons. The key observables measured in such experiments are the two-hadron momentum correlations, which depend on the production mechanism of hadron pai…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 212301] Published Wed May 27, 2026

We introduce the $p_T$-differential radial flow $v_0(p_T)$ in the heavy-quark sector. Within an event-by-event Langevin framework, we show that this observable exhibits a strong sensitivity to the heavy quark-bulk interaction. It provides a powerful and novel tool to constrain the transport coefficients of…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 212302] Published Wed May 27, 2026

A new experiment settles a controversy over proton and neutron energies in light nuclei.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 212501] Published Wed May 27, 2026

The photodisintegration cross sections of the deuteron have been systematically measured over the photon energy range of 2.33–19.65 MeV at the Shanghai Laser Electron Gamma Source. By applying the well-established Baldin sum rule to the newly obtained data, the sum of the electric and magnetic dipol…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 212502] Published Wed May 27, 2026

High-harmonic generation (HHG) from liquids offers a potential pathway to attosecond spectroscopy in chemically complex and disordered environments, yet fundamental questions remain open: whether liquid harmonic emission preserves well-defined attosecond synchronization, and whether harmonic emissio…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 213201] Published Wed May 27, 2026

Ionization is one of the basic physical processes, occurring when charged particles penetrate atomic matter. Here, we predict a novel ionization mechanism, arising in collisions with very dense and compact beams of extreme relativistic electrons, in which a significant fraction of the beam electrons…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 213202] Published Wed May 27, 2026

Tracking how two nearly identical turbulent flows decorrelate over time links the dynamical origin of chaotic divergence in fully developed turbulence to intermittent strain-rate fluctuations, suggesting faster than expected mixing and transport in highly turbulent flows

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 214001] Published Wed May 27, 2026

Transition-metal perovskite oxides exhibit moderately correlated metallic phases, several of which exhibit a $T^2$ resistivity scaling up to temperatures far exceeding the regime where Fermi-liquid electron-electron scattering is expected to dominate. Some of these materials, such as ${\mathrm{SrMoO}}_3$, also exhib…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 216301] Published Wed May 27, 2026

A combination of ARPES, XAS, and DFT shows a dramatic eV-scale electronic restructuring in Fe${}_x$NbS${}_2$, similar to what happens in correlated oxides, and suggests electronic correlations play a central role in the magnetism of Fe-intercalated transition-metal dichalcogenides.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 216503] Published Wed May 27, 2026

Recent developments have revealed that symmetries need not form a group, but instead can be noninvertible. Here we use analytical arguments and numerical evidence to illuminate how spontaneous symmetry breaking of a noninvertible symmetry is similar yet distinct from ordinary, invertible, symmetry b…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 216601] Published Wed May 27, 2026

Topological singular lines in three-dimensional parameter space—nodal lines and exceptional lines—are fundamental to wave physics and hold promise for advanced photonic control. However, their observation, especially in the optical regime, has been hindered by the challenge of constructing the requi…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 216901] Published Wed May 27, 2026

High-harmonic generation (HHG) is an extreme form of frequency upconversion that facilitates light-source engineering and ultrafast materials spectroscopy. Here, we broaden the spectroscopic scope of HHG, by demonstrating polarization manipulation of harmonic light in a dielectric, using a two-color…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 216902] Published Wed May 27, 2026

We investigate the dynamics of the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou chain with long-wavelength random initial data. When the energy per particle is small, thermal equilibrium is not reached on a fast timescale, and the system enters prethermalization. The formation of the prethermal state is characterized b…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 217201] Published Wed May 27, 2026

We show that systematic particle rotations in a fluid composed of disk-shaped spinners can spontaneously lead to phase separation. The phenomenon arises out of a homogeneous and hydrostatic stationary state, due to a pressure feedback mechanism that increases local density fluctuations. We show how …

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 218301] Published Wed May 27, 2026

In the field of biomolecular condensates and synthetic systems, it is an open question whether liquid droplets can undergo self-sustained oscillations of formation and dissolution. To unravel the minimal physicochemical prerequisite for such droplet oscillations, we present a simple model composed o…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 218401] Published Wed May 27, 2026

We investigate universal features of measurement-and-feedback control of quantum chaotic dynamics by examining the quantum Arnold cat map, a paradigmatic model of quantum chaos. Inspired by probabilistic control of classical chaos, our protocol stochastically alternates between intrinsic instability…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 210401] Published Tue May 26, 2026

We construct a novel effective field theory for a compact body coupled to gravity, whose key feature is that the dynamics of gravitational perturbations is explicitly determined by known solutions in black hole perturbation theory in four dimensions. In this way, the physics of gravitational perturb…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 211401] Published Tue May 26, 2026

We investigate the interaction-induced resistivity of ultracold fermions in a three-dimensional optical lattice. In situ observations of transport dynamics enable the determination of real and imaginary resistivity. In the strongly interacting metallic regime, we observe a striking saturation of the…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 213401] Published Tue May 26, 2026

First-principles simulations combined with Eliashberg theory reveal that adjusting the two-level system surface density and characteristic frequency can either enhance or suppress the superconducting gap and critical temperature.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 216001] Published Tue May 26, 2026

A computational framework captures the influence of many-body effects on semiconductor band gaps.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 216401] Published Tue May 26, 2026

We probe the density-wave transition of the trilayer nickelate ${\mathrm{La}}_4{\text{Ni}}_3{\mathrm{O}}_{10}$ with polarization-resolved infrared spectroscopy. The low-energy electrodynamics is strongly anisotropic, with metallic in-plane and insulating out-of-plane character. In the ordered phase, the anisotropy grows more than an ord…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 216501] Published Tue May 26, 2026

We provide a theoretical framework to describe the nonequilibrium temporal dynamics of correlated electron systems for realistic system parameters and the consequent, often exponentially long timescales. It is based on an entirely integrodifferential formulation of time-dependent dynamical mean-fiel…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 216502] Published Tue May 26, 2026

In quantum science applications, ranging from many-body physics to quantum metrology, dipolar interactions in spin ensembles are often controlled via Floquet engineering. However, this technique typically reduces the interaction strength between spins and effectively weakens the coupling to a target…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 200802] Published Fri May 22, 2026

Quantum interference can produce pivotal effective photon-photon interactions, enabling the exploration of various quantum information technologies that are beyond the possibilities of classical physics. While this effective interaction is fundamentally limited to the bosonic nature of photons and t…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 203601] Published Fri May 22, 2026

A new energetic-particle mode exhibits similarities to drift–bounce resonances in Earth’s magnetosphere and has been observed in a field-reversed plasma configuration using the NORM fusion device.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 205101] Published Fri May 22, 2026

The newly discovered family of nonmagnetic kagome metals ${\mathrm{AV}}_3{\mathrm{Sb}}_5$ ($\mathrm{A}=\mathrm{K}$, Rb, or Cs) provides a unique platform for exploring the interplay between charge-density wave (CDW) order, superconductivity, nontrivial topology, and spontaneous time-reversal symmetry breaking. Although characterizing the CDW ph…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 206401] Published Fri May 22, 2026

The search for multiferroicity in two-dimensional (2D) systems has predominantly focused on spin-driven mechanisms, leaving the distinct physics of coupled spin-orbital orders largely unexplored. Here, we propose a theoretical mechanism for orbital multiferroicity on 2D triangular lattices, arising …

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 206703] Published Fri May 22, 2026

A first-principles formalism naturally describes exciton-polaritons within the highly successful GW plus Bethe-Salpeter equation framework at a negligible added computational cost.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 206904] Published Fri May 22, 2026

Achieving all-to-all coherent networks is critical for the advancement of large-scale coherent computing and communication protocols. By exploiting the resonant dipole-dipole interaction between distant spin ensembles coupled to a one-dimensional coplanar waveguide (CPW) terminated by a mirror, we s…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 206905] Published Fri May 22, 2026

Helical, backscattering-resistant acoustic transport in the bulk (not at edges) makes possible the fabrication of efficient, high-throughput on-chip phononic devices.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 207001] Published Fri May 22, 2026

Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) are highly transparent, cost-effective photovoltaic devices that convert sunlight into fluorescence, which is then concentrated on peripheral solar cells via total internal reflection (TIR). In this Letter, we systematically analyzed the influence of directiona…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 207002] Published Fri May 22, 2026

GW231123, the heaviest binary black hole merger detected by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration to date, lies in the pair-instability mass gap and exhibits unusually high component spins. In this Letter, we show that both merging black holes may have a primordial origin with smaller initial masses. T…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 201401] Published Thu May 21, 2026

The activation of ${\mathrm{O}}_2$ on Au surfaces is a fundamental step for heterogeneous catalysis and surface oxidation. Although Au is widely recognized for its selectivity in various oxidation reactions, its limited ability to dissociate ${\mathrm{O}}_2$ remains a challenge for Au-based catalysis. In this Letter, we show t…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 206203] Published Thu May 21, 2026

Chiral phonons, lattice vibrations carrying finite angular momentum, are at the forefront of a fast-developing field for exploring and controlling quantum materials in captivating ways. Phonon chirality originating from topological phonon bands is physically interesting but generally small and limit…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 206503] Published Thu May 21, 2026

We present a model for strongly interacting fermions with internal O(3) symmetry on the fuzzy sphere that (i) preserves the rotational symmetry of the fuzzy sphere and (ii) undergoes a quantum phase transition in the ($2+1$)-dimensional O(3) Wilson-Fisher universality class. Using exact diagonalizatio…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 206504] Published Thu May 21, 2026

Non-Hermitian extensions of the Aubry-André-Harper (AAH) model reveal a rich variety of phase transitions arising from the interplay of quasiperiodicity and nonhermiticity. Despite their theoretical significance, experimental explorations remain challenging due to intricacies in realizing controlled…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 206602] Published Thu May 21, 2026

Two-dimensional (2D) magnetism, particularly 2D altermagnetism (AM), has attracted considerable interest due to its exceptional physical properties and broad application potential. However, the classification of AM undergoes a fundamental paradigm shift when transitioning from three-dimensional (3D)…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 206701] Published Thu May 21, 2026

Nanoscale heating engineered through plasmonic excitation enables magnetic information processing and may provide a solution to the problem of heat waste, a major obstacle for green information technologies.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 206702] Published Thu May 21, 2026

We propose a novel coherent freeze-out mechanism where a weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) is quadratically coupled to a light axionlike particle (ALP). Although the coupling is too feeble to thermalize the ALP, coherent forward scattering induces medium-dependent mass shifts that significa…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 201004] Published Wed May 20, 2026

We study an $\mathrm{O}(N)$ scalar multiplet nonminimally coupled to gravity and follow its renormalization-group (RG) flow in the vicinity of an interacting, nonperturbatively UV-complete scaling regime of scalar-tensor theory. In the broken phase, the radial mode mediates a universal Yukawa correction to New…

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 201501] Published Wed May 20, 2026