Strings from Almost Nothing

Author(s): Clifford Cheung, Grant N. Remmen, Francesco Sciotti, and Michele Tarquini Using a “bootstrap” approach, researchers show that a small set of assumptions may naturally lead to a string-theory description of certain high-energy processes. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 251601] Published Mon Jun 22, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/cw4p-cqh7 link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 22

Generalized Gross-Pitaevskii Equation for 2D Bosons with Attractive Interactions

Author(s): Michał Suchorowski, Fabian Brauneis, Hans-Werner Hammer, Michał Tomza, and Artem G. Volosniev We introduce a generalized Gross-Pitaevskii equation that provides a nonlinear framework for studying 2D attractive Bose systems. Its defining feature is the logarithmic density dependence of the coupling constant, which breaks the scale invariance inherent in the standard mean-field equations. This… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 243402] Published Thu Jun 18, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/2831-t3jk link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 18

Nonstabilizerness and Error Resilience in Noisy Quantum Circuits

Author(s): Fabian Ballar Trigueros and José Antonio Marín Guzmán We investigate how noise impacts nonstabilizerness—a key resource for quantum advantage—in many-body qubit systems. While noise typically degrades quantum resources, we show that amplitude damping, a nonunital channel, can generate or enhance nonstabilizerness, whereas depolarizing noise provably ca… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 240602] Published Thu Jun 18, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/cbjz-x45n link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 18

Periodic Fracture of Active Tissues

Author(s): Yue Qian, Yue Li, and Bo Li Fracture typically signifies mechanical failure in engineering materials, whereas controlled cracking may actively sculpt tissues through precise biological regulation. Here, we establish a multiscale nonlinear peridynamic theory that accounts for cellular mechanosensing to decipher the spontaneous … [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 248402] Published Thu Jun 18, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/hw7t-kf32 link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 18

Mean First Passage Times of Higher-Dimensional Velocity Jump Processes

Author(s): Maria R. D’Orsogna, Alan E. Lindsay, and Thomas Hillen First passage phenomena arise across physics, biology, and finance when stochastic processes first reach a threshold, triggering downstream events. Examples include the irreversible exit from a domain, a biochemical reaction, and a financial selloff. While typical formulations involve diffusive moti… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 247102] Published Thu Jun 18, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/9hhg-2ddm link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 18

Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics of Waves in Inhomogeneous Moving Media

Author(s): Alexandre Tlili and Basile Gallet We adapt the microcanonical framework of equilibrium statistical mechanics to predict the statistics of short linear waves in inhomogeneous moving media. For steady inhomogeneities and background flow, we compute the wave spectrum at any location in the domain based on an ergodic prescription for th… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 244001] Published Thu Jun 18, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/qf5l-xnln link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 18

Engineering Correlated Dirac Fermions and Flat Bands on SiC with Transition-Metal Adatom Lattices

Author(s): Henri Menke, Niklas Enderlein, Roland Gillen, Yi-Ting Tseng, Michel Bockstedte, Janina Maultzsch, Giorgio Sangiovanni, and Philipp Hansmann We propose three transition-metal adatom systems on SiC surfaces as a versatile platform to realize massless Dirac fermions and flat bands with strong electronic correlations. Using density functional theory combined with the constrained random phase approximation and dynamical mean-field theory, we… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 246503] Published Thu Jun 18, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/yh3v-pwz9 link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 18

Superconducting Berry Curvature Dipole

Author(s): Oles Matsyshyn, Giovanni Vignale, and Justin C. W. Song Superconductivity and Bloch band Berry curvature responses represent two distinct paradigms of quantum coherent phenomena. The former relies on the collective motion of Cooper pairs while the latter proceeds from the momentum-space winding of Bloch wave functions. Here, we reveal a superconducting B… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 246902] Published Thu Jun 18, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/gbcm-l2qd link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 18

Momentum-Resolved X-Ray Thomson Scattering Benchmark of Electronic-Response Models in Warm Dense Aluminium

Author(s): Dmitrii S. Bespalov et al. The robust diagnosis of conditions generated in warm dense matter experiments remains a persistent challenge. Here, we describe the measurement of shock-compressed aluminium at 50 GPa with angle-resolved femtosecond x-ray Thomson scattering (XRTS) over a wide range of scattering wave vectors at the … [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 245102] Published Thu Jun 18, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/86cw-8wm5 link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 18

Standard Model Baryon Number Violation at Zero Temperature from Higgs Bubble Collisions

Author(s): Nabeen Bhusal, Simone Blasi, Martina Cataldi, Aleksandr Chatrchyan, Marco Gorghetto, and Géraldine Servant We compute for the first time baryon number violation at zero temperature from Higgs bubble collisions and find that it can be of the same order as that from thermal sphalerons in the symmetric phase at electroweak temperatures. We study the dependence of the rate of Chern-Simons number transitions … [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 241803] Published Thu Jun 18, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/fv7q-vsbn link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 18

Dynamical Spreading and Memory Retention of Particle Suspensions under Power Law Potential

Author(s): Ido Fanto, Yuval Rosenblum, Ori Harel, Matan Yah Ben Zion, and Naomi Oppenheimer We study the overdamped dynamic spreading of a suspension of particles under a repulsive power law potential. We predict that the suspension spreads in a self-similar form, with its radius growing in time with a power independent of the dimension. We confirm this prediction experimentally using magn… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 248202] Published Thu Jun 18, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/v1nk-pfzj link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 18

First Observation of Deuteron-$\mathrm{Λ}$ Correlations at RHIC

Author(s): B. E. Aboona et al. (STAR Collaboration) Precise experimental information on hyperon-nucleon interactions is scarce but of paramount importance to our understanding of the inner structure of compact stars. In this Letter, we report the first experimental results of correlation functions between deuterons ($d$) and $\mathrm{Λ}$ hyperons in … [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 242303] Published Thu Jun 18, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/3m26-5y83 link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 18

Observation of Spin-Singlet Butterfly Rydberg Molecules in an Ultracold Atomic Rb Gas

Author(s): Markus Exner, Rohan Srikumar, Richard Blättner, Peter Schmelcher, H. R. Sadeghpour, Matthew T. Eiles, and Herwig Ott We report the observation of spin-singlet ultralong-range Rydberg butterfly molecules consisting of a ground-state atom bound to a Rydberg atom by $P$-wave scattering of $^{87}\mathrm{Rb}$ Rydberg electrons from $^{87}\mathrm{Rb}(5\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{s})$ atoms. A three-photon excitation scheme … [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 243002] Published Thu Jun 18, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/q5r1-whjr link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 18

Universal Two-Excitation Scattering in Two-Dimensional Subwavelength Atomic Arrays

Author(s): Yidan Wang (王艺丹), Oriol Rubies-Bigorda, Valentin Walther, and Susanne F. Yelin Subwavelength atomic arrays are a leading platform for engineering strong light-matter interactions, presenting exciting opportunities for quantum science. However, a full understanding of their multiexcitation dynamics remains a significant challenge. In this Letter, we uncover a remarkable univers… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 243603] Published Thu Jun 18, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/2mvc-8tc4 link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 18

Quantum State Preparation without Coherent Arithmetic

Author(s): Sam McArdle, András Gilyén, and Mario Berta We introduce a versatile method for preparing a quantum state whose amplitudes are given by some known function. Unlike existing approaches, our method does not require handcrafted reversible arithmetic circuits, or quantum table reads, to encode the function values. Instead, we use a template quant… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 240603] Published Thu Jun 18, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/ntvs-c48s link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 18

Quantum Mechanics Based on Real Numbers: A Consistent Description

Author(s): Pedro Barrios Hita, Anton Trushechkin, Hermann Kampermann, Michael Epping, and Dagmar Bruß By exploiting a physically motivated principle, rather than a mathematical postulate, researchers offer a new perspective on how a real-valued quantum theory can be constructed. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 240202] Published Thu Jun 18, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/4k13-sdjh link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 18

Spectroscopy of $^{4}\mathrm{He}$ at 0.25 ppt Uncertainty and Improved Alpha-Helion Charge-Radius Difference Determination

Author(s): K. Steinebach, J. C. J. Koelemeij, H. L. Bethlem, and K. S. E. Eikema Improved measurements of an electronic transition in helium-4 atoms constrain the size difference between helium-4 and helium-3 nuclei. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 243001] Published Thu Jun 18, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/rwg9-my6x link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 18

Quantum Semiconductor Heterostructures for meV Axion Dark Matter Detection

Author(s): Jaanita Mehrani, Tao Xu, Andrey Baydin, Michael J. Manfra, Henry O. Everitt, Andrew J. Long, Kuver Sinha, Junichiro Kono, and Shengxi Huang We propose a novel strategy and a new class of detectors for the direct detection of axion dark matter in the meV mass range, based on resonantly enhanced axion-photon conversion through the inverse Primakoff effect in engineered radiometers composed of quantum semiconductor heterostructures. Semico… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 241001] Published Thu Jun 18, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/y7jl-gj2k link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 18

Mean-Field Approach to Finite-Size Fluctuations in the Kuramoto-Sakaguchi Model

Author(s): Oleh E. Omel’chenko and Georg A. Gottwald We develop an ab initio approach to describe the statistical behavior of finite-size fluctuations in the deterministic Kuramoto-Sakaguchi model. We obtain explicit expressions for the covariance function of fluctuations of the complex order parameter and determine the variance of its magnitude entir… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 247201] Published Wed Jun 17, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/95t3-rvxg link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 17

Erratum: Lifetime of the ${^{2}F}_{7/2}$ Level in ${\mathrm{Yb}}^{+}$ for Spontaneous Emission of Electric Octupole Radiation [Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 213001 (2021)]

Author(s): R. Lange, A. A. Peshkov, N. Huntemann, Chr. Tamm, A. Surzhykov, and E. Peik [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 249901] Published Wed Jun 17, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/6zt4-vgwj link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 17

Probing Scalar-Neutrino and Scalar-Dark-Matter Interactions with PandaX-4T

Author(s): Tao Li et al. (PandaX Collaboration) Scalar-mediated interactions may exist among neutrinos, dark matter particles, or between the two. Double $β$-decay experiments provide a powerful tool to probe such exotic interactions. Using $^{136}\mathrm{Xe}$ double $β$-decay data from PandaX-4T, we perform the first direct spectral search in th… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 241802] Published Wed Jun 17, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/pn9y-g5k7 link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 17

Exciton Steering via Potential Landscape Engineered by Excited Electron-Hole Phase Transition

Author(s): Yiling Yu, Yan Xu, Volodymyr Turkowski, Bo Liu, Sheng Liu, Yihan Xiang, Yaorong Liu, Chen Shen, Sheng Wang, Talat S. Rahman, Ting Yu, and Jun He Controlling exciton transport—especially intralayer excitons with strong light-matter interactions—is challenging due to the lack of efficient, tunable driving mechanisms, hindering practical excitonic device development. In this Letter, we demonstrate all-optical steering of intralayer excitons in … [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 246901] Published Wed Jun 17, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/sslb-bpc9 link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 17

Role of Spin-Isospin Symmetries in Nuclear $β$-Decays

Author(s): Simone Salvatore Li Muli, Tor R. Djärv, Christian Forssén, and Daniel R. Phillips A century ago, Wigner’s SU(4) symmetry was introduced to explain the properties of atomic nuclei. Despite recent revived interest, its impact on nuclear structure, transitions, and reactions has not been fully explored. Here, we show that a variety of high-fidelity nuclear interactions predict nucle… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 242501] Published Wed Jun 17, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/vk51-b476 link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 17

Ising Supercriticality and Universal Magnetocalorics in Spiral Antiferromagnet ${\mathrm{Nd}}_{3}{\mathrm{BWO}}_{9}$

Author(s): Xinyang Liu, Enze Lv, Xueling Cui, Han Ge, Fangyuan Song, Zhaoming Tian, Gang Su, Kan Zhao, Junsen Xiang, Peijie Sun, and Wei Li An emergent Ising supercritical regime in Nd3BWO9 with universal thermodynamic behavior extends the liquid-gas analogy to a rare-earth antiferromagnetic compound and shows its potential for sub-Kelvin refrigeration due to critical endpoint and topological excitations. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 246502] Published Wed Jun 17, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/nqcw-pz8v link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 17

Erratum: Spectroscopy and Ground-State Transfer of Ultracold Bosonic $^{39}\mathrm{K}^{133}\mathrm{Cs}$ Molecules [Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 203401 (2025)]

Author(s): Krzysztof P. Zamarski, Charly Beulenkamp, Yi Zeng, Manuele Landini, and Hanns-Christoph Nägerl [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 249902] Published Wed Jun 17, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/zsg7-r2cm link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 17

State- versus Reaction-Based Information Processing in Biochemical Networks

Author(s): Anne-Lena Moor, Age Tjalma, Manuel Reinhardt, Pieter Rein ten Wolde, and Christoph Zechner Trajectory mutual information is frequently used to quantify information transfer in biochemical systems. Tractable solutions of the trajectory mutual information can be obtained via the widely used linear-noise approximation (LNA) using Gaussian channel theory. This approach is expected to be accur… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 248401] Published Wed Jun 17, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/nfk6-8x5s link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 17

Bootstrapping Quantum Hamiltonians with Symmetry

Author(s): Michael G. Scheer We describe a semidefinite relaxation method which finds lower bounds to the ground state energy of a quantum Hamiltonian subject to Hermitian linear constraints along with approximations of ground state expectation values. We show that symmetry can be used to significantly reduce the computational … [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 246501] Published Wed Jun 17, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/1757-fx9c link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 17

Generalized Kramers-Wanier Duality from Bilinear Phase Map

Author(s): Linhao Li, Masaki Oshikawa, and Han Yan (闫寒) We present the bilinear phase map, a concept that generalizes the Kramers-Wannier transformation to investigate unconventional gapped phases of qudit spin chains. Encoding the transformation in a matrix, the bilinear phase map enables the exploration of a broader spectrum of generalized quantum phas… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 240403] Published Wed Jun 17, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/g1l7-bvtf link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 17

Memory-Assisted Nonlocal Interferometer toward Long-Baseline Telescopes

Author(s): Bin Wang, Xi-Yu Luo, Bo-Feng Gao, Jian-Long Liu, Chao-Yang Wang, Zi Yan, Qiao-Mu Ke, Da Teng, Ming-Yang Zheng, Yuan Cao, Jun Li, Cheng-Zhi Peng, Qiang Zhang, Xiao-Hui Bao, and Jian-Wei Pan A memory-assisted nonlocal optical interferometer leverages delocalized single-photon entanglement to extend interferometric baselines (up to 20 km) and compensate geometric delay. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 240801] Published Wed Jun 17, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/qpzn-h7p9 link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 17

Properties of Heavy Cosmic Nuclei Phosphorus, Chlorine, Argon, Potassium, and Calcium: Results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

Author(s): A. Aceituno et al. (AMS Collaboration) We report the unique properties of cosmic phosphorus (P), chlorine (Cl), argon (Ar), potassium (K), and calcium (Ca) fluxes in the GV to TV rigidity range collected by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the International Space Station. With a total of one million events collected over 13.5 yea… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 241002] Published Wed Jun 17, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/d2vf-fw3v link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 17

Evidence of Spin-Interference Effects in Exclusive $J/ψ→{e}^{+}{e}^{−}$ Photoproduction in Ultraperipheral Heavy-Ion Collisions

Author(s): B. E. Aboona et al. (STAR Collaboration) We report the first evidence of spin interference in exclusive $J/ψ→{e}^{+}{e}^{−}$ photoproduction in ultraperipheral heavy-ion collisions at STAR at $\sqrt{{s}_{NN}}=200\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}$. In $\mathrm{Au}+\mathrm{Au}$ collisions, a negative $\mathrm{cos}(2ϕ)$ modulation is found for ${p… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 242302] Published Wed Jun 17, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/tcdb-ldh8 link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 17

Repulsive-Interaction-Driven Topological Superconductivity in a Landau Level Coupled to an $s$-Wave Superconductor

Author(s): Koji Kudo, Ryota Nakai, Hiroki Isobe, J. K. Jain, and Kentaro Nomura A two-dimensional topologically nontrivial state of noninteracting electrons, such as the surface state of a three-dimensional topological insulator, is predicted to realize a topological superconductor when proximity-coupled to an ordinary $s$-wave superconductor. In contrast, noninteracting electr… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 246601] Published Tue Jun 16, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/gpyx-z281 link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 16

Spin–Boson Mapping of the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm

Author(s): Sami Boulebnane, Abid Khan, Minzhao Liu, Jeffrey Larson, Dylan Herman, Ruslan Shaydulin, and Marco Pistoia The quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA) achieves monotonically improving performance with circuit depth $p$, yet the study of the high-depth regime has been obstructed by the exponential in $p$ cost of existing exact evaluation techniques. In this Letter, we prove that, in the infinite… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 240601] Published Tue Jun 16, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/2w94-rymn link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 16

Laser-Plasma Based Seeded Free Electron Laser in the High-Gain Regime

Author(s): Marie Labat, Susanne Schöbel, Amin Ghaith, Franziska Marie Herrmann, Maxwell LaBerge, Eléonore Roussel, Ulrich Schramm, Patrick Ufer, Marie-Emmanuelle Couprie, and Arie Irman The realization of compact laser-plasma accelerator (LPA) driven free electron lasers (FELs) has been attempted for nearly two decades, yet, difficult to overcome electron beam quality and stability issues prevented FEL lasing until recently. LPA based FEL is now demonstrated in both the self-amplif… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 245001] Published Tue Jun 16, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/ndsf-kyr4 link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 16

Binarization-Loophole-Free Observation of High-Dimensional Quantum Nonlocality

Author(s): Jia-le Miao, Elna Svegborn, Zhuo Chen, Yu Guo, Xiao-Min Hu, Yun-Feng Huang, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo, Armin Tavakoli, and Bi-Heng Liu Bell inequality tests based on high-dimensional entanglement usually require measurements that can resolve multiple possible outcomes. However, the implementation of high-dimensional multioutcome measurements is often only emulated via a collection of “click or no-click” measurements. This reduction… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 240201] Published Tue Jun 16, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/ydch-vgmy link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 16

Compensating Random Transition-Detection Blackouts in Markov Networks

Author(s): Alexander M. Maier, Benjamin Häsler, and Udo Seifert In Markov networks, measurement blackouts with unknown frequency compromise observations such that thermodynamic quantities can no longer be inferred reliably. In particular, the observed currents neither discern equilibrium from nonequilibrium nor can they be used in extant estimators of entropy pr… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 247101] Published Tue Jun 16, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/p8yf-12yz link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 16

Observation of the Radiative Decay ${D}_{s0}^{*}(2317{)}^{+}→{D}_{s}^{*+}γ$

Author(s): M. Abumusabh et al. (Belle and Belle II Collaboration) An exotic meson’s photon-emitting decay opens a window into the particle’s long-debated structure. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 241901] Published Tue Jun 16, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/vcld-225s link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 16

Universal Phonon-Mediated Superconductivity in Compressed Metal Monochalcogenides beyond Anderson Localization

Author(s): Ertuğrul Karaca, Fang Hong, and Daniel Errandonea High-pressure superconductivity in metal monochalcogenides has been ascribed to disorder-driven Anderson localization [Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 196001 (2025)]. Using density-functional perturbation theory and Migdal-Eliashberg calculations, we show that superconductivity in BiSe, PbSe, PbS, and HgS is … [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 246001] Published Tue Jun 16, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/rbzb-km7n link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 16

Topological Friction: Insight from Dynamics of a Test Chain in a Fixed-Topology Polymer Network

Author(s): Zhenhua Wang, Yuyuan Lu, Lijia An, and Zhen-Gang Wang The tube model has long served as a cornerstone of entangled polymer dynamics and rheology. We test some of the key concepts of the tube model by investigating the equilibrium dynamics of a free chain in a fixed-topology polymer network using molecular dynamics simulation. Our results reveal signifi… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 248101] Published Tue Jun 16, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/cpp1-j6lc link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 16

Tangential Forces Govern the Viscous-Inertial Transition in Dense Frictional Suspensions

Author(s): Sudarshan Konidena, Franco Tapia, Alireza Khodabakhshi, Élisabeth Guazzelli, Pascale Aussillous, and Bernhard Vowinckel We present particle-resolved simulations of dense frictional suspensions undergoing the viscous-inertial transition using pressure-imposed rheology. By varying the fluid viscosity, shear rate, and granular pressure, we demonstrate that the transition occurs at a Stokes number of $≈8$ (close to the v… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 248201] Published Tue Jun 16, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/66pp-4rdj link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 16

Ablating Pellets for Areal Density Symmetry Control in Indirectly Driven Inertial Confinement Fusion Target Designs

Author(s): O. A. Hurricane, D. J. Strozzi, S. A. Maclaren, and C. Weber Asymmetry of the compressed fusion fuel configuration, as characterized by a variation in areal density, in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosions is a known performance limitation. While ignition has been achieved on the National Ignition Facility (NIF), implosion symmetry was not perfect, an… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 245101] Published Tue Jun 16, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/pvf9-6nrt link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 16

Leading Effective Field Theory Corrections to the Kerr Metric at All Spins

Author(s): Pedro G. S. Fernandes The leading corrections to general relativity can be parametrized by higher-derivative interactions in a low-energy effective field theory, in a way that is general and agnostic to the precise UV completion of gravity. Using numerical methods, we compute the leading-order corrections to the Kerr met… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 241401] Published Tue Jun 16, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/5rk7-zljb link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 16

Quantum Non-Gaussianity Criterion Based on Photon Correlations ${g}^{(2)}$ and ${g}^{(3)}$

Author(s): Christoph Hotter, Clara Henke, Cornelis Jacobus van Diepen, Peter Lodahl, and Anders Søndberg Sørensen Quantum non-Gaussian states, which cannot be written as mixtures of Gaussian states, are necessary to achieve a quantum advantage in continuous variable systems. They represent an important benchmark for the realization of an advanced quantum light source, as they cannot be made by simple means such… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 243601] Published Tue Jun 16, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/1t2q-qm97 link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 16

First Experimental Limit on the Permanent Electric Dipole Moment of the Deuteron

Author(s): A. Andres et al. (JEDI Collaboration) Permanent electric dipole moments (EDMs) provide a sensitive probe of physics beyond the standard model and are directly linked to additional sources of $CP$ violation that could explain the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the Universe. EDM measurements of charged particles in storage rings rely on d… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 241801] Published Tue Jun 16, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/ns3s-ld4k link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 16

Continuous Family of Conformal Field Theories and Exactly Marginal Operators

Author(s): Shota Komatsu, Yuya Kusuki, Marco Meineri, and Hirosi Ooguri Does a conformal manifold imply the existence of exactly marginal operators? We answer this question affirmatively under the assumption that there exists a conformal interface with certain properties connecting nearby conformal field theories. We show that the exactly marginal operator that connects… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 241603] Published Tue Jun 16, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/4759-7qj2 link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 16

Theory of Quantum Comb Enhanced Interferometry

Author(s): Haowei Shi and Quntao Zhuang Optical frequency combs, named for their comblike peaks in the spectrum, are essential for various sensing applications. As the technology develops, its performance has reached the standard quantum limit dictated by the quantum fluctuations of coherent light field. Quantum combs, with their quantum … [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 243602] Published Tue Jun 16, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/5qrd-28df link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 16

Probing Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer Pairing and Quasiparticle Formation in Ultracold Gases by Rydberg Atom Spectroscopy

Author(s): Emilio Ramos Rodríguez, Marcel Gievers, and Richard Schmidt Locally probing pairing in fermionic superfluids, ranging from micro- to macroscopic scales, has been a long-standing challenge. Here, we investigate a new approach that uses Rydberg impurities as a spectroscopic sensor of the surrounding strongly correlated state of ultracold paired fermions. The e… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 243401] Published Tue Jun 16, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/3js1-2zc1 link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 16

Geometric Bookkeeping Guide to Feynman Integral Reduction and $ϵ$-Factorized Differential Equations

Author(s): Iris Bree, Federico Gasparotto, Antonela Matijašić, Pouria Mazloumi, Dmytro Melnichenko, Sebastian Pögel, Toni Teschke, Xing Wang, Stefan Weinzierl, Konglong Wu, and Xiaofeng Xu (ϵ Collaboration) We report on three improvements in the context of Feynman integral reduction and $ϵ$-factorized differential equations. First, we show that with a specific choice of prefactors, we trivialize the $ϵ$ dependence of the integration-by-parts identities. Second, we observe that with a specific choice of… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 241602] Published Mon Jun 15, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/pyt8-d7rt link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 15

Nonlinear Hall Quantum Oscillations to Probe Topological Brown-Zak Fermions in Graphene Moiré Systems

Author(s): Jinrui Zhong, Huimin Peng, Yuqing Hu, Qi Feng, Qiuli Li, Shihao Zhang, Qinsheng Wang, Jinhai Mao, Junxi Duan, and Yugui Yao A new experiment probes the quantum geometry of electronic wave functions involved in a nonlinear Hall response. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 246301] Published Mon Jun 15, 2026

http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/ydym-5t5p link.aps.org

RSS Hunter • Jun 15

Momentum-Resolved Direct Observation of Chiral Phonons in Elemental Tellurium

Author(s): Qiyang Sun, Songrui Hou, Ayman H. Said, Yanzhong Pei, Jie Ma, Wei Tian, and Chen Li Chiral phonons carry finite phonon angular momentum, yet their momentum-resolved behavior in acoustic branches remains largely unexplored. Here, we report the direct detection of chiral acoustic phonons in elemental Te. Through a combination of high-energy-resolution inelastic x-ray scattering exper… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 246101] Published Mon Jun 15, 2026

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RSS Hunter • Jun 15