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April 29, 2024
A laser excites a low energy isomeric state in a nucleus of thorium-229 embedded in a crystal of calcium fluoride. Selected for a Viewpoint in Physics and an Editors’ Suggestion.
J. Tiedau et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 182501 (2024)
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The Drude peak displacements in the optical conductivity of strange metals are a consequence of a strong electron-phonon interaction.
Joonas Keski-Rahkonen et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 186303 (2024)
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Bounds on fluctuations for nonequilibrium conditions provide performance limitations of heat engines at the nanoscale.
Ludovico Tesser and Janine Splettstoesser
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 186304 (2024)
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A reexamination of the X(2370) state using high-precision decay data uncovers its quantum number as , which is consistent with it being a pseudoscalar glueball candidate.
M. Ablikim et al. (BESIII Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 181901 (2024)
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Dual-rail erasure qubits are characterized in a superconducting cavity architecture that allows for an improved error correction.
Akshay Koottandavida et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 180601 (2024)
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To describe the electron beam attenuation lengths in solids, in addition to a single-exponential law, momentum relaxation must also be taken into account.
Wolfgang S. M. Werner et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 186203 (2024)
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To better understand diffusion in complex materials, a computational method separating out uncorrelated individual contributions makes it possible to construct new analytic forms for diffusivity.
Soham Chattopadhyay and Dallas R. Trinkle
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 186301 (2024)
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The interaction of Doppler-boosted light with matter at intensities approaching the Schwinger limit is explored in numerical simulations showing the creation of electron-positron pairs forming high-density relativistic attosecond jets.
Neïl Zaïm et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 175002 (2024)
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Landau theory adapted to the zero spin-orbit coupling limit captures features of altermagnets, a class of colinear magnets with spin-split bands.
Paul A. McClarty and Jeffrey G. Rau
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 176702 (2024)