Volume 127, Issue 2

9 July 2021
On the Cover

Density plot of conductance in a higher-order topological insulator against the strength (vertical axis) and angle (horizontal axis) of the magnetic field.

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Higher-Order Fabry-Pérot Interferometer from Topological Hinge States
Chang-An Li, Song-Bo Zhang, Jian Li, and Björn Trauzettel
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 026803 (2021)

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LETTERS

General Physics: Statistical and Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, etc.

Nonlocality, Steering, and Quantum State Tomography in a Single Experiment
Chang-Jiang Huang, Guo-Yong Xiang, Yu Guo, Kang-Da Wu, Bi-Heng Liu, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo, and Armin Tavakoli
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 020401 (2021) – Published 8 July 2021
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Entangling Power and Quantum Circuit Complexity
J. Eisert
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 020501 (2021) – Published 7 July 2021
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Continuous-Variable Assisted Thermal Quantum Simulation
Dan-Bo Zhang, Guo-Qing Zhang, Zheng-Yuan Xue, Shi-Liang Zhu, and Z. D. Wang
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 020502 (2021) – Published 8 July 2021
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Radial Two-Dimensional Ion Crystals in a Linear Paul Trap
Marissa D’Onofrio, Yuanheng Xie, A. J. Rasmusson, Evangeline Wolanski, Jiafeng Cui, and Philip Richerme
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 020503 (2021) – Published 9 July 2021
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Experimental Simulation of Open Quantum System Dynamics via Trotterization
J. Han, W. Cai, L. Hu, X. Mu, Y. Ma, Y. Xu, W. Wang, H. Wang, Y. P. Song, C.-L. Zou, and L. Sun
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 020504 (2021) – Published 9 July 2021
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Spatial Bloch Oscillations of a Quantum Gas in a “Beat-Note” Superlattice
L. Masi, T. Petrucciani, G. Ferioli, G. Semeghini, G. Modugno, M. Inguscio, and M. Fattori
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 020601 (2021) – Published 7 July 2021
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Observation of Strong and Weak Thermalization in a Superconducting Quantum Processor
Fusheng Chen, Zheng-Hang Sun, Ming Gong, Qingling Zhu, Yu-Ran Zhang, Yulin Wu, Yangsen Ye, Chen Zha, Shaowei Li, Shaojun Guo, Haoran Qian, He-Liang Huang, Jiale Yu, Hui Deng, Hao Rong, Jin Lin, Yu Xu, Lihua Sun, Cheng Guo, Na Li, Futian Liang, Cheng-Zhi Peng, Heng Fan, Xiaobo Zhu, and Jian-Wei Pan
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 020602 (2021) – Published 9 July 2021
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Gravitation and Astrophysics

Properties of a New Group of Cosmic Nuclei: Results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on Sodium, Aluminum, and Nitrogen
M. Aguilar et al. (AMS Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 021101 (2021) – Published 7 July 2021
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Elementary Particles and Fields

Chaos in the Quantum Field Theory S-Matrix
Vladimir Rosenhaus
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 021601 (2021) – Published 9 July 2021
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Correlating h→μ+μ− to the Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon via Leptoquarks
Andreas Crivellin, Dario Müller, and Francesco Saturnino
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 021801 (2021) – Published 7 July 2021
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Nuclear Physics

Variational Monte Carlo Calculations of A≤4 Nuclei with an Artificial Neural-Network Correlator Ansatz
Corey Adams, Giuseppe Carleo, Alessandro Lovato, and Noemi Rocco
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 022502 (2021) – Published 7 July 2021
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Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Ensemble Reduced Density Matrix Functional Theory for Excited States and Hierarchical Generalization of Pauli’s Exclusion Principle
Christian Schilling and Stefano Pittalis
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 023001 (2021) – Published 7 July 2021
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Dynamical Fermionization in One-Dimensional Spinor Quantum Gases
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Synthetic Dimension-Induced Conical Intersections in Rydberg Molecules
Frederic Hummel, Matthew T. Eiles, and Peter Schmelcher
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 023003 (2021) – Published 9 July 2021
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Optical Excitation and Trapping of Kr81
J. S. Wang, F. Ritterbusch, X.-Z. Dong, C. Gao, H. Li, W. Jiang, S.-Y. Liu, Z.-T. Lu, W.-H. Wang, G.-M. Yang, Y.-S. Zhang, and Z.-Y. Zhang
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 023201 (2021) – Published 6 July 2021
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Autoionizing Polaritons in Attosecond Atomic Ionization
N. Harkema, C. Cariker, E. Lindroth, L. Argenti, and A. Sandhu
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 023202 (2021) – Published 9 July 2021
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Measurement of the Static Structure Factor in a Paraxial Fluid of Light Using Bragg-like Spectroscopy
Clara Piekarski, Wei Liu, Jeff Steinhauer, Elisabeth Giacobino, Alberto Bramati, and Quentin Glorieux
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 023401 (2021) – Published 7 July 2021
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Large Quantum Delocalization of a Levitated Nanoparticle Using Optimal Control: Applications for Force Sensing and Entangling via Weak Forces
T. Weiss, M. Roda-Llordes, E. Torrontegui, M. Aspelmeyer, and O. Romero-Isart
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 023601 (2021) – Published 7 July 2021
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Single Photon Frequency Conversion for Frequency Multiplexed Quantum Networks in the Telecom Band
Paul Fisher, Robert Cernansky, Ben Haylock, and Mirko Lobino
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 023602 (2021) – Published 7 July 2021
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Realization of a Townes Soliton in a Two-Component Planar Bose Gas
B. Bakkali-Hassani, C. Maury, Y.-Q. Zou, É. Le Cerf, R. Saint-Jalm, P. C. M. Castilho, S. Nascimbene, J. Dalibard, and J. Beugnon
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 023603 (2021) – Published 9 July 2021
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Observation of Scale Invariance in Two-Dimensional Matter-Wave Townes Solitons
Cheng-An Chen and Chen-Lung Hung
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 023604 (2021) – Published 9 July 2021
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Point-Defect-Localized Bound States in the Continuum in Photonic Crystals and Structured Fibers
Sachin Vaidya, Wladimir A. Benalcazar, Alexander Cerjan, and Mikael C. Rechtsman
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 023605 (2021) – Published 9 July 2021
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Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

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Thermal Marangoni Flow Impacts the Shape of Single Component Volatile Droplets on Thin, Completely Wetting Substrates
Samira Shiri, Shayandev Sinha, Dieter A. Baumgartner, and Nate J. Cira
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 024502 (2021) – Published 8 July 2021
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Plasma and Beam Physics

Multiscale Chirping Modes Driven by Thermal Ions in a Plasma with Reactor-Relevant Ion Temperature
X. D. Du, R. J. Hong, W. W. Heidbrink, X. Jian, H. Wang, N. W. Eidietis, M. A. Van Zeeland, M. E. Austin, Y. Liu, N. A. Crocker, T. L. Rhodes, K. Särkimäki, A. Snicker, W. Wu, and M. Knolker
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Nonresonant Diffusion in Alpha Channeling
Ian E. Ochs and Nathaniel J. Fisch
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 025003 (2021) – Published 8 July 2021
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Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Pairing and Pair Superfluid Density in One-Dimensional Two-Species Fermionic and Bosonic Hubbard Models
B. Grémaud and G. G. Batrouni
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 025301 (2021) – Published 7 July 2021
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Spectral Denoising for Accelerated Analysis of Correlated Ionic Transport
Nicola Molinari, Yu Xie, Ian Leifer, Aris Marcolongo, Mordechai Kornbluth, and Boris Kozinsky
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 025901 (2021) – Published 7 July 2021
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Ultrahigh Convergent Thermal Conductivity of Carbon Nanotubes from Comprehensive Atomistic Modeling
Giuseppe Barbalinardo, Zekun Chen, Haikuan Dong, Zheyong Fan, and Davide Donadio
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 025902 (2021) – Published 9 July 2021
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Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Emulating Heavy Fermions in Twisted Trilayer Graphene
Aline Ramires and Jose L. Lado
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 026401 (2021) – Published 7 July 2021
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Supersymmetric Boundaries of One-Dimensional Phases of Fermions beyond Symmetry-Protected Topological States
Alex Turzillo and Minyoung You
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 026402 (2021) – Published 9 July 2021
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Real-Frequency Response Functions at Finite Temperature
I. S. Tupitsyn, A. M. Tsvelik, R. M. Konik, and N. V. Prokof’ev
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 026403 (2021) – Published 9 July 2021
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Simulating Exceptional Non-Hermitian Metals with Single-Photon Interferometry
Kunkun Wang, Lei Xiao, Jan Carl Budich, Wei Yi, and Peng Xue
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 026404 (2021) – Published 9 July 2021
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Dissipative Hot-Spot-Enabled Shock and Bounce Dynamics via Terahertz Quantum Quenches in Helical Edge States
Xinghai Zhang and Matthew S. Foster
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 026801 (2021) – Published 7 July 2021
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Many-Body Delocalization as Symmetry Breaking
S. J. Garratt and J. T. Chalker
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 026802 (2021) – Published 8 July 2021
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Higher-Order Fabry-Pérot Interferometer from Topological Hinge States
Chang-An Li, Song-Bo Zhang, Jian Li, and Björn Trauzettel
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 026803 (2021) – Published 8 July 2021
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Strain-Induced Quantum Phase Transitions in Magic-Angle Graphene
Daniel E. Parker, Tomohiro Soejima (副島智大), Johannes Hauschild, Michael P. Zaletel, and Nick Bultinck
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 027601 (2021) – Published 6 July 2021
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Multiple Charge Density Waves and Superconductivity Nucleation at Antiphase Domain Walls in the Nematic Pnictide Ba1−xSrxNi2As2
Sangjun Lee, John Collini, Stella X.-L. Sun, Matteo Mitrano, Xuefei Guo, Chris Eckberg, Johnpierre Paglione, Eduardo Fradkin, and Peter Abbamonte
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 027602 (2021) – Published 6 July 2021
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Polymer, Soft Matter, Biological, Climate, and Interdisciplinary Physics

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Pinning-Induced Folding-Unfolding Asymmetry in Adhesive Creases
Michiel A. J. van Limbeek, Martin H. Essink, Anupam Pandey, Jacco H. Snoeijer, and Stefan Karpitschka
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 028001 (2021) – Published 9 July 2021
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Torsional Stiffness of Extended and Plectonemic DNA
Xiang Gao, Yifeng Hong, Fan Ye, James T. Inman, and Michelle D. Wang
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COMMENTS

Comment on “Fluctuations in Extractable Work Bound the Charging Power of Quantum Batteries”
Stefano Cusumano and Łukasz Rudnicki
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 028901 (2021) – Published 9 July 2021
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García-Pintos, Hamma, and del Campo Reply:
Luis Pedro García-Pintos, Alioscia Hamma, and Adolfo del Campo
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 028902 (2021) – Published 9 July 2021
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ERRATA

Erratum: Improved Isotope-Shift-Based Bounds on Bosons beyond the Standard Model through Measurements of the D3/22−D25/2 Interval in Ca+ [Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 123003 (2020)]
Cyrille Solaro, Steffen Meyer, Karin Fisher, Julian C. Berengut, Elina Fuchs, and Michael Drewsen
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 029901 (2021) – Published 7 July 2021
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Erratum: Bending Rigidity of 2D Silica [Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 226101 (2018)]
C. Büchner, S. D. Eder, T. Nesse, D. Kuhness, P. Schlexer, G. Pacchioni, J. R. Manson, M. Heyde, B. Holst, and H.-J. Freund
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 029902 (2021) – Published 7 July 2021
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