http://prl.aps.org/ Physical Review Letters Editors' Suggestions (by suggesting a few manuscripts each week, we hope to promote reading across fields of physics) en-us Copyright (c) 2009 The American Physical Society 2009-07-03T20:25:27-04:00 assocpub@aps.org rss@aps.org hourly 4 2009-07-03T20:25:27-04:00 rss@aps.org http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.017204 Author(s): S. Mark, C. Gould, K. Pappert, J. Wenisch, K. Brunner, G. Schmidt, and L. W. Molenkamp<br/>We report the discovery of an effect where two ferromagnetic materials, one semiconductor [(Ga,Mn)As] and one metal (Permalloy), can be directly deposited on each other and still switch their magnetization independently. We use this independent magnetization behavior to create various resistance sta...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 017204] Published Thu Jul 02, 2009 S. Mark, C. Gould, K. Pappert, J. Wenisch, K. Brunner, G. Schmidt, and L. W. Molenkamp 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.017204 Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 017204 text/html article Physical Review Letters 103 1 2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00 017204 Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc. Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc. http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.018701 Author(s): Jia Shao, Shlomo Havlin, and H. Eugene Stanley<br/>We propose a “nonconsensus” opinion model that allows for stable coexistence of two opinions by forming clusters of agents holding the same opinion. We study this nonconsensus model on lattices, several model complex networks, and a real-life social network. We find that the model displays a pha...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 018701] Published Wed Jul 01, 2009 Jia Shao, Shlomo Havlin, and H. Eugene Stanley 2009-07-01T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.018701 Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 018701 text/html article Physical Review Letters 103 1 2009-07-01T00:00:00-04:00 018701 Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.013001 Author(s): Ph. Wernet, M. Odelius, K. Godehusen, J. Gaudin, O. Schwarzkopf, and W. Eberhardt<br/>Time-resolved valence band photoelectron spectroscopy with a temporal resolution of 135 fs is used to map the entire occupied valence electronic structure of photoexcited gas-phase Br_{2} molecules during dissociation. The observed shifting and mixing of valence energy levels defines a transition p...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 013001] Published Mon Jun 29, 2009 Ph. Wernet, M. Odelius, K. Godehusen, J. Gaudin, O. Schwarzkopf, and W. Eberhardt 2009-06-29T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.013001 Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 013001 text/html article Physical Review Letters 103 1 2009-06-29T00:00:00-04:00 013001 Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.011101 Author(s): A. Bauswein, H.-T. Janka, R. Oechslin, G. Pagliara, I. Sagert, J. Schaffner-Bielich, M. M. Hohle, and R. Neuhäuser<br/>We determine the Galactic production rate of strangelets as a canonical input to calculations of the measurable cosmic ray flux of strangelets by performing simulations of strange star mergers and combining the results with recent estimates of stellar binary populations. We find that the flux depend...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 011101] Published Mon Jun 29, 2009 A. Bauswein, H.-T. Janka, R. Oechslin, G. Pagliara, I. Sagert, J. Schaffner-Bielich, M. M. Hohle, and R. Neuhäuser 2009-06-29T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.011101 Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 011101 text/html article Physical Review Letters 103 1 2009-06-29T00:00:00-04:00 011101 Gravitation and Astrophysics Gravitation and Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.250602 Author(s): Takahiro Sagawa and Masahito Ueda<br/>The fundamental lower bounds on the thermodynamic energy cost of measurement and information erasure are determined. The lower bound on the erasure validates Landauer’s principle for a symmetric memory; for other cases, the bound indicates the breakdown of the principle. Our results constitute the...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 250602] Published Wed Jun 24, 2009 Takahiro Sagawa and Masahito Ueda 2009-06-24T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.250602 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 250602 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 25 2009-06-24T00:00:00-04:00 250602 General Physics: Statistical and Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, etc. General Physics: Statistical and Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, etc. http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.253902 Author(s): Yun Lai, Jack Ng, HuanYang Chen, DeZhuan Han, JunJun Xiao, Zhao-Qing Zhang, and C. T. Chan<br/>We propose to use transformation optics to generate a general illusion such that an arbitrary object appears to be like some other object of our choice. This is achieved by using a remote device that can transform the scattered light outside a virtual boundary into that of the object chosen for the ...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 253902] Published Mon Jun 22, 2009 Yun Lai, Jack Ng, HuanYang Chen, DeZhuan Han, JunJun Xiao, Zhao-Qing Zhang, and C. T. Chan 2009-06-22T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.253902 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 253902 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 25 2009-06-22T00:00:00-04:00 253902 Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc. Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc. http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.253601 Author(s): Mankei Tsang<br/>I propose a quantum imaging method that can beat the Rayleigh-Abbe diffraction limit and achieve de Broglie resolution without requiring a multiphoton absorber or coincidence detection. Using the same nonclassical states of light as those for quantum lithography, the proposed method requires only o...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 253601] Published Mon Jun 22, 2009 Mankei Tsang 2009-06-22T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.253601 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 253601 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 25 2009-06-22T00:00:00-04:00 253601 Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.253001 Author(s): Matthias Roth, Laurent Guyon, Jonathan Roslund, Véronique Boutou, Francois Courvoisier, Jean-Pierre Wolf, and Herschel Rabitz<br/>Fundamental selectivity limits of quantum control are pushed by introducing laser driven optimal dynamic discrimination to create distinguishing excitations on two nearly identical flavin molecules. Even with modest spectral resources, significant specificity is achieved with optimal pulse shapes, w...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 253001] Published Mon Jun 22, 2009 Matthias Roth, Laurent Guyon, Jonathan Roslund, Véronique Boutou, Francois Courvoisier, Jean-Pierre Wolf, and Herschel Rabitz 2009-06-22T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.253001 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 253001 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 25 2009-06-22T00:00:00-04:00 253001 Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.248303 Author(s): David R. Barbero and Ullrich Steiner<br/>A new experimental approach is introduced to probe the rheology of ≳100  nm-thick liquid polymer films. As-cast films were found to have a substantially reduced effective viscosity compared to annealed films. The reduced viscosity is explained in terms of nonequilibrium chain conformations giv...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 248303] Published Thu Jun 18, 2009 David R. Barbero and Ullrich Steiner 2009-06-18T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.248303 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 248303 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 24 2009-06-18T00:00:00-04:00 248303 Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.248301 Author(s): Alexei P. Sokolov and Kenneth S. Schweizer<br/>We propose an explanation for the long-standing puzzles of the microscopic mechanism of chain friction and the failure of time-temperature superposition in polymer melts based on decoupling of macromolecular scale diffusion from local structural relaxation due to spatially heterogeneous dynamics. Th...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 248301] Published Mon Jun 15, 2009 Alexei P. Sokolov and Kenneth S. Schweizer 2009-06-15T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.248301 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 248301 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 24 2009-06-15T00:00:00-04:00 248301 Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.240601 Author(s): Massimo Campostrini and Ettore Vicari<br/>We study the scaling properties of critical particle systems confined by a potential. Using renormalization-group arguments, we show that their critical behavior can be cast in the form of a trap-size scaling, resembling finite-size scaling theory, with a nontrivial trap critical exponent θ, which ...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 240601] Published Mon Jun 15, 2009 Massimo Campostrini and Ettore Vicari 2009-06-15T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.240601 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 240601 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 24 2009-06-15T00:00:00-04:00 240601 General Physics: Statistical and Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, etc. General Physics: Statistical and Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, etc. http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.231102 Author(s): F. Sahraoui, M. L. Goldstein, P. Robert, and Yu. V. Khotyaintsev<br/>We report the first direct determination of the dissipation range of magnetofluid turbulence in the solar wind at the electron scales. Combining high resolution magnetic and electric field data of the Cluster spacecraft, we computed the spectrum of turbulence and found two distinct breakpoints in th...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 231102] Published Wed Jun 10, 2009 F. Sahraoui, M. L. Goldstein, P. Robert, and Yu. V. Khotyaintsev 2009-06-10T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.231102 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 231102 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 23 2009-06-10T00:00:00-04:00 231102 Gravitation and Astrophysics Gravitation and Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.233901 Author(s): Andrea Alù and Nader Engheta<br/>We propose the general concept of cloaking a sensor without affecting its capability to receive, measure, and observe an incoming signal. This may be obtained by using a plasmonic sensor, based on cloaking, made of materials available in nature at infrared and optical frequencies, or realizable as a...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 233901] Published Mon Jun 08, 2009 Andrea Alù and Nader Engheta 2009-06-08T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.233901 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 233901 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 23 2009-06-08T00:00:00-04:00 233901 Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc. Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc. http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.230402 Author(s): André Schirotzek, Cheng-Hsun Wu, Ariel Sommer, and Martin W. Zwierlein<br/>We have observed Fermi polarons, dressed spin-down impurities in a spin-up Fermi sea of ultracold atoms. The polaron manifests itself as a narrow peak in the impurities’ rf spectrum that emerges from a broad incoherent background. We determine the polaron energy and the quasiparticle residue for v...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 230402] Published Mon Jun 08, 2009 André Schirotzek, Cheng-Hsun Wu, Ariel Sommer, and Martin W. Zwierlein 2009-06-08T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.230402 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 230402 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 23 2009-06-08T00:00:00-04:00 230402 General Physics: Statistical and Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, etc. General Physics: Statistical and Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, etc. http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.228101 Author(s): Vincent Dahirel, Fabien Paillusson, Marie Jardat, Maria Barbi, and Jean-Marc Victor<br/>Recent single molecule experiments have reported that DNA binding proteins (DNA-BPs) can diffuse along DNA. This suggests that interactions between proteins and DNA play a role during the target search even far from their specific site on DNA. Here we show by means of Monte Carlo simulations and an...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 228101] Published Tue Jun 02, 2009 Vincent Dahirel, Fabien Paillusson, Marie Jardat, Maria Barbi, and Jean-Marc Victor 2009-06-02T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.228101 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 228101 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 22 2009-06-02T00:00:00-04:00 228101 Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.226801 Author(s): Y. Niimi, Y. Baines, T. Capron, D. Mailly, F.-Y. Lo, A. D. Wieck, T. Meunier, L. Saminadayar, and C. Bäuerle<br/>We present phase coherence time measurements in quasi-one-dimensional mesoscopic wires made from high mobility two-dimensional electron gas. By implanting gallium ions into a GaAs/AlGaAs heterojunction we are able to vary the diffusion coefficient over 2 orders of magnitude. We show that in the dif...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 226801] Published Mon Jun 01, 2009 Y. Niimi, Y. Baines, T. Capron, D. Mailly, F.-Y. Lo, A. D. Wieck, T. Meunier, L. Saminadayar, and C. Bäuerle 2009-06-01T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.226801 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 226801 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 22 2009-06-01T00:00:00-04:00 226801 Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc. Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc. http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.226101 Author(s): J. Matthiesen, J. Ø. Hansen, S. Wendt, E. Lira, R. Schaub, E. Lægsgaard, F. Besenbacher, and B. Hammer<br/>From an interplay of time-lapsed high resolution scanning tunneling microscopy and density functional theory calculations we reveal the formation and diffusion of water dimers on hydrated rutile TiO_{2} (110)-(1×1) surfaces, i.e., surfaces containing OH_{br} groups. At temperatures between ∼150 a...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 226101] Published Mon Jun 01, 2009 J. Matthiesen, J. Ø. Hansen, S. Wendt, E. Lira, R. Schaub, E. Lægsgaard, F. Besenbacher, and B. Hammer 2009-06-01T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.226101 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 226101 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 22 2009-06-01T00:00:00-04:00 226101 Condensed Matter: Structure, etc. Condensed Matter: Structure, etc. http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.217003 Author(s): T. Herrmannsdörfer, V. Heera, O. Ignatchik, M. Uhlarz, A. Mücklich, M. Posselt, H. Reuther, B. Schmidt, K.-H. Heinig, W. Skorupa, M. Voelskow, C. Wündisch, R. Skrotzki, M. Helm, and J. Wosnitza<br/>We demonstrate that the third elemental group-IV semiconductor, germanium, exhibits superconductivity at ambient pressure. Using advanced doping and annealing techniques of state-of-the-art semiconductor processing, we have fabricated a highly Ga-doped Ge (Ge∶Ga) layer in near-intrinsic Ge. Depend...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 217003] Published Wed May 27, 2009 T. Herrmannsdörfer, V. Heera, O. Ignatchik, M. Uhlarz, A. Mücklich, M. Posselt, H. Reuther, B. Schmidt, K.-H. Heinig, W. Skorupa, M. Voelskow, C. Wündisch, R. Skrotzki, M. Helm, and J. Wosnitza 2009-05-27T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.217003 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 217003 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 21 2009-05-27T00:00:00-04:00 217003 Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc. Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc. http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.213001 Author(s): Peter Reckenthaeler, Martin Centurion, Werner Fuß, Sergei A. Trushin, Ferenc Krausz, and Ernst E. Fill<br/>We experimentally demonstrate ultrafast electron diffraction from transiently aligned molecules in the absence of external (aligning) fields. A sample of aligned molecules is generated through photodissociation with femtosecond laser pulses, and the diffraction pattern is captured by probing the sam...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 213001] Published Wed May 27, 2009 Peter Reckenthaeler, Martin Centurion, Werner Fuß, Sergei A. Trushin, Ferenc Krausz, and Ernst E. Fill 2009-05-27T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.213001 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 213001 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 21 2009-05-27T00:00:00-04:00 213001 Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.210401 Author(s): Michele Campisi, Peter Talkner, and Peter Hänggi<br/>Based on the observation that the thermodynamic equilibrium free energy of an open quantum system in contact with a thermal environment is the difference between the free energy of the total system and that of the bare environment, the validity of the Crooks theorem and of the Jarzynski equality is ...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 210401] Published Tue May 26, 2009 Michele Campisi, Peter Talkner, and Peter Hänggi 2009-05-26T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.210401 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 210401 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 21 2009-05-26T00:00:00-04:00 210401 General Physics: Statistical and Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, etc. General Physics: Statistical and Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, etc. http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.205503 Author(s): X.-D. Ma, D. I. Bazhanov, O. Fruchart, F. Yildiz, T. Yokoyama, M. Przybylski, V. S. Stepanyuk, W. Hergert, and J. Kirschner<br/>A self-corrugated Cu_{3} N-Cu(110) molecular network shows the potential to overcome the element dependence barrier as demonstrated by epitaxial growth of atomic nanowires (∼1  nm in width) among various 3d, 4d, and 5d elements. Scanning tunneling microscopy shows that all of the investigated ...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 205503] Published Wed May 20, 2009 X.-D. Ma, D. I. Bazhanov, O. Fruchart, F. Yildiz, T. Yokoyama, M. Przybylski, V. S. Stepanyuk, W. Hergert, and J. Kirschner 2009-05-20T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.205503 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 205503 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 20 2009-05-20T00:00:00-04:00 205503 Condensed Matter: Structure, etc. Condensed Matter: Structure, etc. http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.205501 Author(s): Chuanhong Jin, Haiping Lan, Lianmao Peng, Kazu Suenaga, and Sumio Iijima<br/>Stable and rigid carbon atomic chains were experimentally realized by removing carbon atoms row by row from graphene through the controlled energetic electron irradiation inside a transmission electron microscope. The observed structural dynamics of carbon atomic chains such as formation, migration,...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 205501] Published Mon May 18, 2009 Chuanhong Jin, Haiping Lan, Lianmao Peng, Kazu Suenaga, and Sumio Iijima 2009-05-18T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.205501 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 205501 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 20 2009-05-18T00:00:00-04:00 205501 Condensed Matter: Structure, etc. Condensed Matter: Structure, etc. http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.203902 Author(s): M. Bajcsy, S. Hofferberth, V. Balic, T. Peyronel, M. Hafezi, A. S. Zibrov, V. Vuletic, and M. D. Lukin<br/>We demonstrate a fiber-optical switch that is activated at tiny energies corresponding to a few hundred optical photons per pulse. This is achieved by simultaneously confining both photons and a small laser-cooled ensemble of atoms inside the microscopic hollow core of a single-mode photonic-crystal...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 203902] Published Mon May 18, 2009 M. Bajcsy, S. Hofferberth, V. Balic, T. Peyronel, M. Hafezi, A. S. Zibrov, V. Vuletic, and M. D. Lukin 2009-05-18T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.203902 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 203902 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 20 2009-05-18T00:00:00-04:00 203902 Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc. Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc. http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.197802 Author(s): Lena M. Lopatina and Jonathan V. Selinger<br/>Recent experiments have reported that ferroelectric nanoparticles have drastic effects on nematic liquid crystals—increasing the isotropic-nematic transition temperature by about 5 K, and greatly increasing the sensitivity to applied electric fields. To understand these effects, we develop a theo...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 197802] Published Fri May 15, 2009 Lena M. Lopatina and Jonathan V. Selinger 2009-05-15T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.197802 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 197802 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 19 2009-05-15T00:00:00-04:00 197802 Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.194801 Author(s): K. Quinn, P. A. Wilson, C. A. Cecchetti, B. Ramakrishna, L. Romagnani, G. Sarri, L. Lancia, J. Fuchs, A. Pipahl, T. Toncian, O. Willi, R. J. Clarke, D. Neely, M. Notley, P. Gallegos, D. C. Carroll, M. N. Quinn, X. H. Yuan, P. McKenna, T. V. Liseykina, A. Macchi, and M. Borghesi<br/>The interaction of a 3×10^{19}   W/cm^{2} laser pulse with a metallic wire has been investigated using proton radiography. The pulse is observed to drive the propagation of a highly transient field along the wire at the speed of light. Within a temporal window of 20 ps, the current driven by t...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 194801] Published Thu May 14, 2009 K. Quinn, P. A. Wilson, C. A. Cecchetti, B. Ramakrishna, L. Romagnani, G. Sarri, L. Lancia, J. Fuchs, A. Pipahl, T. Toncian, O. Willi, R. J. Clarke, D. Neely, M. Notley, P. Gallegos, D. C. Carroll, M. N. Quinn, X. H. Yuan, P. McKenna, T. V. Liseykina, A. Macchi, and M. Borghesi 2009-05-14T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.194801 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 194801 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 19 2009-05-14T00:00:00-04:00 194801 Plasma and Beam Physics Plasma and Beam Physics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.197002 Author(s): M. Debessai, T. Matsuoka, J. J. Hamlin, J. S. Schilling, and K. Shimizu<br/>Divalent Eu (4f^{7} , J=7/2) possesses a strong local magnetic moment which suppresses superconductivity. Under sufficient pressure it is anticipated that Eu will become trivalent (4f^{6} , J=0) and a weak Van Vleck paramagnet, thus opening the door for a possible superconducting state, in analogy...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 197002] Published Wed May 13, 2009 M. Debessai, T. Matsuoka, J. J. Hamlin, J. S. Schilling, and K. Shimizu 2009-05-13T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.197002 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 197002 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 19 2009-05-13T00:00:00-04:00 197002 Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc. Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc. http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.191102 Author(s): C. J. Horowitz and Kai Kadau<br/>Mountains on rapidly rotating neutron stars efficiently radiate gravitational waves. The maximum possible size of these mountains depends on the breaking strain of the neutron star crust. With multimillion ion molecular dynamics simulations of Coulomb solids representing the crust, we show that the ...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 191102] Published Wed May 13, 2009 C. J. Horowitz and Kai Kadau 2009-05-13T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.191102 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 191102 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 19 2009-05-13T00:00:00-04:00 191102 Gravitation and Astrophysics Gravitation and Astrophysics http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.187205 Author(s): A. V. Chumak, G. A. Melkov, V. E. Demidov, O. Dzyapko, V. L. Safonov, and S. O. Demokritov<br/>Bose-Einstein condensation in a gas of magnons pumped by an incoherent pumping source is experimentally studied at room temperature. We demonstrate that the condensation can be achieved in a gas of bosons under conditions of incoherent pumping. The critical transition point is shown to be almost ind...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 187205] Published Thu May 07, 2009 A. V. Chumak, G. A. Melkov, V. E. Demidov, O. Dzyapko, V. L. Safonov, and S. O. Demokritov 2009-05-07T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.187205 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 187205 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 18 2009-05-07T00:00:00-04:00 187205 Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc. Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc. http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.186802 Author(s): Robert S. Whitney, P. Marconcini, and M. Macucci<br/>We predict a huge interference effect contributing to the conductance through large ultraclean quantum dots of chaotic shape. When a double-dot structure is made such that the dots are the mirror image of each other, constructive interference can make a tunnel barrier located on the symmetry axis ef...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 186802] Published Thu May 07, 2009 Robert S. Whitney, P. Marconcini, and M. Macucci 2009-05-07T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.186802 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 186802 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 18 2009-05-07T00:00:00-04:00 186802 Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc. Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc. http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.180402 Author(s): G. Della Valle, M. Savoini, M. Ornigotti, P. Laporta, V. Foglietti, M. Finazzi, L. Duò, and S. Longhi<br/>An optical analogue of a quantum particle bouncing on a hard surface under the influence of gravity (a quantum bouncer) is experimentally demonstrated using a circularly curved optical waveguide. Spatially resolved tunneling optical microscopy measurements of multiple beam reflections at the wavegui...<br/><img src="http://prola.aps.org/graphics/prlsugg30x30.gif" width="30" height="30" alt="PRL Editors' Suggestion"/><br/>[Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 180402] Published Thu May 07, 2009 G. Della Valle, M. Savoini, M. Ornigotti, P. Laporta, V. Foglietti, M. Finazzi, L. Duò, and S. Longhi 2009-05-07T00:00:00-04:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.180402 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 180402 text/html article Physical Review Letters 102 18 2009-05-07T00:00:00-04:00 180402 General Physics: Statistical and Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, etc. General Physics: Statistical and Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, etc.