Physical Review Letters

The first fully kinetic collisionless model of a rotating plasma accreting into a black hole reveals the role of pair creation and the plasma loading of the jet funnel.

At an even filling, a rhombohedral octalayer graphene moiré superlattice with electric-field-tunable chirality hosts a robust Chern insulating state.

Recovery of planar extensional viscosity from data obtained via steady shear measurements alone illustrates the equivalence between the two flows and offers a route to overcome experimental challenges associated with planar extensional flow measurements.

Errors in multiround time-reversed dynamics accumulate with different scalings depending on whether they are coherent or incoherent.

Heat flow in the Chern Insulator states of the Hofstadter butterfly is obtained in a graphene/hBN moiré for the first time.

Temperature-dependent high-resolution synchrotron X-ray diffraction reveals structural Bragg peak splits in FeGe at the charge-density-wave transition temperature suggesting that its quantum states may be manipulated with strain.

The ATLAS collaboration has observed a spin-1 partner of the bottom-charm meson $B_c^{+}$ lying just 64.5 MeV above it, consistent with the predicted excited state in which the quark spins are aligned.

High-fidelity atom–photon entanglement using single cesium atom trapped in an optical tweezer acts as a new interface for heterogeneous quantum networks.

Several realizations of $d$-wave superconductivity on the Lieb and kagome lattices exhibit remarkably weak T${}_c$-suppression, resembling the behavior of conventional s-wave superconductors.

A delicate topological insulator realized in a silicon phononic metamaterial shows ring states induced by strong local impurities which are a signature of its underlying topology.

First combination of searches for Higgs boson pair production from two CERN collaborations on this important standard model process provides information about the crucial Higgs self coupling.

Using multiple antennae and their resonance harmonics, the changes in the electron spin resonance signal across the quantum critical point provide a measurement of the g-factor of the electrons.

A hallmark property of unconventional superconductivity has been discovered in a type-I superconductor, whereas it’s normally observed only in type-II materials.

A method to compute thermodynamic properties of spin systems is demonstrated in quantum hardware.

Shot-noise measurements through a quantum point contact reveal e/4-charged quasiparticles in the fractional quantum Hall state at ν=1/2, providing evidence consistent with the non-Abelian topological order sought for topological quantum computing.

A charge-balanced quantum Hall trilayer at $\nu$ = 1/3 per layer could host an anyon-exciton condensate where superfluidity coexists with topological order at intermediate layer separation.

Researchers demonstrate a new quantum memory device that will enable faraway nodes in a network to coordinate in time, a key ingredient for a future quantum Internet.

Contrary to expectations, the magnetization dynamics of a ferromagnet can be accelerated by increasing temperature, laser excitation, or magnetic field—a behavior that holds promise for high-speed spintronics.

Oxygen defects suppress superconductivity in the bilayer nickelate La${}_3$Ni${}_2$O${}_{7+\delta }$ via a dual mechanism, revealed through density functional theory, dynamical mean-field theory, and functional renormalization group analysis.

Berry curvature in twisted molybdenum ditelluride drives the oppositely charged particles in an exciton in opposite transverse directions, producing a dipole moment of approximately 150 Debye.

The observation of a binary pulsar system characterized by low neutron star masses with short orbital period enables tests of relativity, and may enable a measurement of Lens-Thirring precession with future observations.

In this new PRL foward-looking Essay, Pascale Senellart presents her vision of a new generation of devices that combine the precision of atomic physics with the scalability of semiconductor technology, with transformative potential for quantum technologies, quantum sensing, and the exploration of fundamental quantum phenomena.

A new model shows how cells could optimize biochemical sensing by balancing information gained against energy spent.

Optical second harmonic generation detects ferroic octupolar order in altermagnetic CoF${}_2$, establishing nonlinear interactions as signatures of altermagnetism in experiments.

A minimal model of population dynamics provides an organic pathway to hyperuniformity that relies on natural competition rather than fine-tuned dynamics and rigid conservation laws.

A coplanar superconducting resonator makes possible the direct observation of the real-time entry of individual Abrikosov vortices.

A nanomechanical resonator provides a simple way to directly measure the torque generated by electron vortices.

The circular photogalvanic effect in topological heterostructures offers a controllable route to enhanced, field-free terahertz emission, distinct from conventional spin-to-charge conversion.

A universal scaling exponent $\kappa \approx 0.42$ corresponds to a dynamic exponent $z=1$ in the integer quantum Hall regime in a bilayer GaAs quantum well device.

Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy measurements on twisted bilayer and double-bilayer MoTe₂, combined with theory, reveal remote electronic bands that follow twist-induced lattice relaxation, establishing a direct link between atomic reconstruction and electronic structure in moiré semiconductors.

Two intermingled species of active matter can exhibit coherent rotation or disorderly scrambling depending on their mutual interactions.

The electronic properties of materials exhibiting giant thermopower with a thermopower that exceeds 2000 μV/K, such as EuCd${}_2$P${}_2$, are strongly temperature dependent.

A direct spectroscopic probe of the 4$f$ states across a pressure-induced phase transition in EuO reveals the absence of spectral changes, confirming the stability of the Eu valence in agreement with the DFT calculations.

The first search for production of a Higgs boson along with a pair of vector bosons yields constraints on Higgs self-coupling constants.

Strain-gradient engineering provides a doping-free route to modulate broadband optical emission in microfabricated diamond.

Tuning the electronic structure of the excitonic insulator candidate Ta${}_2$NiSe${}_5$ via sulfur substitution reveals that its highly directional phonon transport anomaly is directly driven by electronic fluctuations, suggesting that electronic interactions and lattice effects cooperatively contribute to its phase transition.

Exact diagonalization provides strong numerical evidence that the Higgs transition between a Kalmeyer-Laughlin chiral spin liquid and a trivially gapped phase is continuous and governed by a conformal field theory.

Matching the cavity resonance lifetime to the driving laser pulse yields significantly greater near-field enhancement in ultrafast nanophotonics than maximizing the cavity quality factor alone.

Within the self-consistent Hartree-Fock approximation, the orbital magnetization for interacting electrons takes a form similar to the noninteracting case, while the orbital magnetic susceptibility acquires an additional interaction-dependent term.