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Author(s): N. P. Dover, O. Tresca, N. Cook, O. C. Ettlinger, R. J. Kingham, C. Maharjan, M. N. Polyanskiy, P. Shkolnikov, I. Pogorelsky, and Z. Najmudin A parametric study of fast electrons penetrating into an overcritical density plasma finds an experimental threshold for the development of the Weibel-like beam-driven filamentation instability and reveals the importance of observed strong collisionless background heating. [Phys. Rev. Lett...

Author(s): Amir Hajibabaei, William J. Baldwin, Gábor Csányi, and Stephen J. Cox Simulations of superionic silver iodide show the importance of probing long time scales for this kind of material and reveal a new intermediate phase primarily characterized by a broken cation distribution that gives a mechanism for its observed memory effect. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 026306] Published Fri Jan 17, 2025

Author(s): Yanbin Wu, Thomas Pähtz, Zixiao Guo, Lu Jing, Zhao Duan, and Zhiguo He Measurements of grains flowing down an inclined plane have uncovered general principles that may help researchers model rockslides and other granular flows. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 028201] Published Fri Jan 17, 2025

Author(s): H. N. Hausser, J. Keller, T. Nordmann, N. M. Bhatt, J. Kiethe, H. Liu, I. M. Richter, M. von Boehn, J. Rahm, S. Weyers, E. Benkler, B. Lipphardt, S. Dörscher, K. Stahl, J. Klose, C. Lisdat, M. Filzinger, N. Huntemann, E. Peik, and T. E. Mehlstäubler Researchers have built an optical clock using an array of trapped ions—an architecture that can be scaled up to boost the clock’s precision. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 023201] Published Thu...

Author(s): Xiaobai Ning, A. Pezo, Kyoung-Whan Kim, Weisheng Zhao, Kyung-Jin Lee, and Aurélien Manchon A theory of charge, spin, and orbital diffusion applied to multiband materials and heterostructures suggests that the diffusivity of orbital angular momentum in metals is typically much lower than that of spin or charge. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 026303] Published Thu Jan 16, 2025

Author(s): Zhuda Yang, Junhao Liang, and Changsong Zhou A new model reveals that bursts of neural activity known as critical avalanches underlie the brain’s ability to respond consistently to stimuli. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 028401] Published Wed Jan 15, 2025

Author(s): J. Khuyagbaatar, P. Mosat, J. Ballof, R. A. Cantemir, Ch. E. Düllmann, K. Hermainski, F. P. Heßberger, E. Jäger, B. Kindler, J. Krier, N. Kurz, S. Löchner, B. Lommel, B. Schausten, Y. Wei, P. Wieczorek, and A. Yakushev The discovery of an isotope, rutherfordium-252, whose ground state forestalls fission for just 60 nanoseconds, could help theorists understand the cosmic synthesis of superheavy elements. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 022501...