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A disorder operator defined on the boundary of a two-dimensional Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki model reveals the connection between the gapless boundary mode and bulk criticality in the surface critical behavior.
Zenan Liu et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 206502 (2024)
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Quantum Monte Carlo simulations of Rydberg atom arrays with kinetic constraints reveal a quantum slush state: a heterogeneous liquid and glass mixture with quasi-long-range order.
Tengzhou Zhang and Zi Cai
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 206503 (2024)
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Active Brownian particles can be described by a Boltzmann–Enskog-like kinetic theory in which a motility-induced phase separation could arise from a reduced effective velocity of particles.
Rodrigo Soto, Martín Pinto, and Ricardo Brito
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 208301 (2024)
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Clusters containing a mixture of the hydrogen isotopes para-H and D remain liquid at a temperature of 2 K and exhibit phase separation, a hallmark of quantum fluids.
Russell Sliter, Kim Hyeon-Deuk, and Andrey F. Vilesov
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 206001 (2024)
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The structural and segmental relaxation times in a deformed polymer glass are similar, indicating a connection between segmental mobility and structural relaxation.
Pradip K. Bera, Grigori A. Medvedev, James M. Caruthers, and Mark D. Ediger
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 208101 (2024)
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A scheme utilizing tunable gate voltages in a Kitaev spin liquid and a monolayer semiconductor is proposed as a method for both generating and detecting individual Ising anyons.
Gábor B. Halász
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 206501 (2024)
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Quantum fully homomorphic encryption is shown to be feasible on a compact silicon photonic chip, improving the prospects of a scalable, programmable, and stable quantum network infrastructure.
Yuan Li et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 200801 (2024)