Relativistic electron beams are deflected and guided over curved paths by means of the magnetic field generated in a plasma-discharge capillary.

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Next in the PRL series of forward-looking Essays, Jun Ye and Peter Zoller envision exciting research paths at the intersection of AMO physics, quantum technologies, and fundamental physics.

Coupling the charger and battery to a common reservoir induces a direct flow of energy into the battery.

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B. Ahmadi, P. Mazurek, P. Horodecki, and S. Barzanjeh
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 210402 (2024)

Reminiscent of multiscale flow patterns in turbulence, mesoscale flows and chaotic advection can develop in dense active suspensions resulting from a competition between crowding effects and propulsion.

A class of strongly coupled two-level systems is revealed in experiments with compact microwave resonators fabricated from granular aluminum thin films.

New solar observations indicate that plasma waves are responsible for the Sun’s outer atmosphere having different abundances of chemical elements than the Sun’s other layers.

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Mariarita Murabito et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 215201 (2024)

A secure method for cloud-based quantum computing harnesses the power of quantum physics to keep data confidential.

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P. Drmota et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 150604 (2024)

An experiment at CERN seeks signs of dark matter by looking for missing energy and momentum in the debris of particle collisions.

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Yu. M. Andreev et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 211803 (2024)

Measurements of the temperature distribution of quasiparticles in superconducting circuits reveal behavior that could inform strategies for mitigating quasiparticle-induced errors in superconducting qubits.

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Thomas Connolly et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 217001 (2024)

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.

Measurements related to the production of lanthanum in stars where elements are thought to form via the “i process” indicate that less of the element is produced than models predict.

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A. Spyrou et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 202701 (2024)

A new liquid-jet technology enabled researchers to test the theory for liquid freezing more stringently than was possible in previous experiments, but uncertainties remain.

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Johannes Möller et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 206102 (2024)

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.

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