Advanced Science News
Physics
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Localization and Chaos in a Quantum Spin Glass Model
Many-body localized systems are central to the functioning of modern quantum computing devices. Yet, many-body localization is not completely understood.
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Localization Properties of the Disordered XY Spin Chain
Disorder effects on interacting quantum many-body systems have recently seen rapidly rising interest.
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Twisted Optical Funfair for Atoms
Intense optical vortices work together to fling neutral atoms with accelerations trillions of times that of the earth.
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Novel Advances in the Quantum Gravity Theory
Scientists have shown that the Landau Lifshitz gravitational energy momentum pseudo-tensor can be generalized to metric theories of gravity, where the terms...
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PSS Showcase 2017
The showcase presents a free-to-read selection of physica status solidi articles published in 2016/17. The focus of this year’s edition is on...
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Classical and Quantum Systems: Transport Due to Rare Events
Possible mechanisms for energy transfer based on ‘rare’ or ‘non-perturbative’ effects, in physical systems that present a many-body localized phenomenology are reviewed.
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Monolayer PbS: A Novel Topological Dual-Valley Material
A PbS monolayer is demonstrated to be a novel platform for topological, valleytronic, and optical phenomena.
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Models for a Multimode Bosonic Tunneling Junction
Decoherence plays an important role in quantum mechanics. In general, uncontrolled interaction of a quantum system with its environment will cause it...
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Articulation and Exploitation of Frustrated Lewis Pairs – A Case of Rediscovery in Science?
The importance of revisiting and rediscovering old work: The exploitation of frustrated Lewis pairs.
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LIGO’s First Gravitational-Wave Detection
Understanding the physics of LIGO's first gravitational-wave detection GW150914.
