Extremal Kerr Black Holes as Amplifiers of New Physics
Gary T. Horowitz, Maciej Kolanowski, Grant N. Remmen, and Jorge E. Santos
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091402 (2023) – Published 31 August 2023
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First Observation of Electron Scattering from Online-Produced Radioactive Target
K. Tsukada, Y. Abe, A. Enokizono, T. Goke, M. Hara, Y. Honda, T. Hori, S. Ichikawa, Y. Ito, K. Kurita, C. Legris, Y. Maehara, T. Ohnishi, R. Ogawara, T. Suda, T. Tamae, M. Wakasugi, M. Watanabe, and H. Wauke
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 092502 (2023) – Published 30 August 2023
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Photocurrent Induced by a Bicircular Light Drive in Centrosymmetric Systems
Yuya Ikeda, Sota Kitamura, and Takahiro Morimoto
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096301 (2023) – Published 30 August 2023
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Structural Transformation between a Nematic Loose Packing and a Randomly Stacked Close Packing of Granular Disks
Yunhao Ding, Jing Yang, Chenyang Wang, Zhichao Wang, Jianqi Li, Bingwen Hu, and Chengjie Xia
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 098202 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023
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Measurement of the Time-Integrated 
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P
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0
→
K
−
K
+
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R. Aaij et al. (LHCb Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091802 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023

The measurement of time-integrated CP asymmetry in the Cabibbo-suppressed 
D
0
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K
−
K
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D
0
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Fast Particle Acceleration in 3D Hybrid Simulations of Quasiperpendicular Shocks
Luca Orusa and Damiano Caprioli
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 095201 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023

3D hybrid kinetic simulations show how ions can be spontaneously and efficiently accelerated by shock-drift acceleration at nonrelativistic quasiperpendicular shocks, ubiquitous in space and astrophysical environments.

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Atypical Sliding and Moiré Ferroelectricity in Pure Multilayer Graphene
Liu Yang, Shiping Ding, Jinhua Gao, and Menghao Wu
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096801 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023

First-principles calculations show that pure graphene multilayers with more than three layers exhibit atypical sliding ferroelectricity.

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Anchoring Effect of an Obstacle in the Silo Unclogging Process
Rodrigo Caitano, Angel Garcimartín, and Iker Zuriguel
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 098201 (2023) – Published 31 August 2023

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Quantum Information, Science, and Technology
Complete Characterization of Quantum Correlations by Randomized Measurements
Nikolai Wyderka, Andreas Ketterer, Satoya Imai, Jan Lennart Bönsel, Daniel E. Jones, Brian T. Kirby, Xiao-Dong Yu, and Otfried Gühne
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 090201 (2023) – Published 28 August 2023
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Universal Scaling Bounds on a Quantum Heat Current
Shunsuke Kamimura, Kyo Yoshida, Yasuhiro Tokura, and Yuichiro Matsuzaki
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 090401 (2023) – Published 31 August 2023
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Using Adaptiveness and Causal Superpositions Against Noise in Quantum Metrology
Stanisław Kurdziałek, Wojciech Górecki, Francesco Albarelli, and Rafał Demkowicz-Dobrzański
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 090801 (2023) – Published 30 August 2023
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Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Gravitation
Cosmological Bounces Induced by a Fermion Condensate
Giorgi Tukhashvili and Paul J. Steinhardt
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091001 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023
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New Limits on Exotic Spin-Dependent Interactions at Astronomical Distances
L. Y. Wu, K. Y. Zhang, M. Peng, J. Gong, and H. Yan
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091002 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023
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Cosmological Lithium Solution from Discrete Gauged 
B
−
L
Seth Koren
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091003 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023
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Can LIGO Detect Nonannihilating Dark Matter?
Sulagna Bhattacharya, Basudeb Dasgupta, Ranjan Laha, and Anupam Ray
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091401 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023
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Extremal Kerr Black Holes as Amplifiers of New Physics
Gary T. Horowitz, Maciej Kolanowski, Grant N. Remmen, and Jorge E. Santos
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091402 (2023) – Published 31 August 2023
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A theoretical analysis suggests that certain rotating black holes might be sensitive probes of quantum gravity.

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Particles and Fields
Generalized Cuts of Feynman Integrals in Parameter Space
Ruth Britto
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091601 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023
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First Measurement of the Nuclear-Recoil Ionization Yield in Silicon at 100 eV
M. F. Albakry et al. (SuperCDMS Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091801 (2023) – Published 28 August 2023
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Measurement of the Time-Integrated 
C
P
 Asymmetry in 
D
0
→
K
−
K
+
 Decays
R. Aaij et al. (LHCb Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091802 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023

The measurement of time-integrated CP asymmetry in the Cabibbo-suppressed 
D
0
→
K
−
K
+
 decay results in the first evidence for direct CP violation in a specific 
D
0
 decay mode.

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Observation of Same-Sign 
W
W
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√
s
=
13
 
 
TeV
A. Tumasyan et al. (CMS Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091803 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023
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Measurement of the Branching Fractions 
B
(
B
0
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p
¯
p
p
¯
p
)
 and 
B
(
B
0
s
→
p
¯
p
p
¯
p
)
R. Aaij et al. (LHCb Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091901 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023
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Deciphering the Long-Distance Penguin Contribution to 
¯
B
d
,
s
→
γ
γ
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Qin Qin, Yue-Long Shen, Chao Wang, and Yu-Ming Wang
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091902 (2023) – Published 31 August 2023
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Observation of the Rare Decay of the 
η
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A. Hayrapetyan et al. (CMS Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 091903 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023
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Nuclear Physics
N
=
16
 Magicity Revealed at the Proton Drip Line through the Study of 
35
Ca
L. Lalanne et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 092501 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023
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First Observation of Electron Scattering from Online-Produced Radioactive Target
K. Tsukada, Y. Abe, A. Enokizono, T. Goke, M. Hara, Y. Honda, T. Hori, S. Ichikawa, Y. Ito, K. Kurita, C. Legris, Y. Maehara, T. Ohnishi, R. Ogawara, T. Suda, T. Tamae, M. Wakasugi, M. Watanabe, and H. Wauke
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 092502 (2023) – Published 30 August 2023
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Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Absolute Frequency Measurements of the 
D
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9
Be
+
 Using a Single Trapped Ion
D. M. Fairbank, A. L. Banducci, R. W. Gunkelman, J. B. VanArsdale, M. L. Vildibill, and S. M. Brewer
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 093001 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023
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Molecular Dynamics in Rydberg Tweezer Arrays: Spin-Phonon Entanglement and Jahn-Teller Effect
Matteo Magoni, Radhika Joshi, and Igor Lesanovsky
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 093002 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023
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Penning-Trap Mass Measurement of Helium-4
S. Sasidharan, O. Bezrodnova, S. Rau, W. Quint, S. Sturm, and K. Blaum
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 093201 (2023) – Published 30 August 2023
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Array of Individual Circular Rydberg Atoms Trapped in Optical Tweezers
B. Ravon, P. Méhaignerie, Y. Machu, A. Durán Hernández, M. Favier, J. M. Raimond, M. Brune, and C. Sayrin
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 093401 (2023) – Published 30 August 2023
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Formation of Rogue Waves and Modulational Instability with Zero-Wavenumber Gain in Multicomponent Systems with Coherent Coupling
Lei Liu, Wen-Rong Sun, and Boris A. Malomed
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 093801 (2023) – Published 30 August 2023
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Plasma and Solar Physics, Accelerators and Beams
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Fast Particle Acceleration in 3D Hybrid Simulations of Quasiperpendicular Shocks
Luca Orusa and Damiano Caprioli
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 095201 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023

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Condensed Matter and Materials
Tunable Josephson Diode Effect on the Surface of Topological Insulators
Bo Lu, Satoshi Ikegaya, Pablo Burset, Yukio Tanaka, and Naoto Nagaosa
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096001 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023
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Dynamic Crack-Front Deformations in Cohesive Materials
Thibault Roch, Mathias Lebihain, and Jean-François Molinari
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096101 (2023) – Published 31 August 2023
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Structural Evolution Governs Reversible Heat Generation in Electrical Double Layers
Liang Zeng, Ming Chen, Zhenxiang Wang, Rui Qiao, and Guang Feng
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096201 (2023) – Published 28 August 2023
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Photocurrent Induced by a Bicircular Light Drive in Centrosymmetric Systems
Yuya Ikeda, Sota Kitamura, and Takahiro Morimoto
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096301 (2023) – Published 30 August 2023
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Electron Pairing of Interfering Interface-Based Edge Modes
Sourav Biswas, Hemanta Kumar Kundu, Vladimir Umansky, and Moty Heiblum
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096302 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023
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Untwisting Moiré Physics: Almost Ideal Bands and Fractional Chern Insulators in Periodically Strained Monolayer Graphene
Qiang Gao, Junkai Dong, Patrick Ledwith, Daniel Parker, and Eslam Khalaf
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096401 (2023) – Published 31 August 2023
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Coulomb Drag and Heat Transfer in Strange Metals
A. L. Chudnovskiy, Alex Levchenko, and Alex Kamenev
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096501 (2023) – Published 30 August 2023
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Empowering Control of Antiferromagnets by THz-Induced Spin Coherence
T. G. H. Blank, K. A. Grishunin, B. A. Ivanov, E. A. Mashkovich, D. Afanasiev, and A. V. Kimel
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096701 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023
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Abundance of Hard-Hexagon Crystals in the Quantum Pyrochlore Antiferromagnet
Robin Schäfer, Benedikt Placke, Owen Benton, and Roderich Moessner
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096702 (2023) – Published 30 August 2023
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Atypical Sliding and Moiré Ferroelectricity in Pure Multilayer Graphene
Liu Yang, Shiping Ding, Jinhua Gao, and Menghao Wu
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096801 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023

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Disentangling the Competing Mechanisms of Light-Induced Anomalous Hall Conductivity in Three-Dimensional Dirac Semimetal
Yuta Murotani, Natsuki Kanda, Tomohiro Fujimoto, Takuya Matsuda, Manik Goyal, Jun Yoshinobu, Yohei Kobayashi, Takashi Oka, Susanne Stemmer, and Ryusuke Matsunaga
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096901 (2023) – Published 29 August 2023
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Hyperbolic Polaritons in Topological Nodal Ring Semimetals
Ashutosh Singh, Maria Sebastian, Yuanping Chen, Po-Yao Chang, and Alexey Belyanin
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 096902 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023
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Spectroscopy of Spin-Split Andreev Levels in a Quantum Dot with Superconducting Leads
Arno Bargerbos, Marta Pita-Vidal, Rok Žitko, Lukas J. Splitthoff, Lukas Grünhaupt, Jaap J. Wesdorp, Yu Liu, Leo P. Kouwenhoven, Ramón Aguado, Christian Kraglund Andersen, Angela Kou, and Bernard van Heck
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 097001 (2023) – Published 31 August 2023
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Hole-Spin Driving by Strain-Induced Spin-Orbit Interactions
José Carlos Abadillo-Uriel, Esteban A. Rodríguez-Mena, Biel Martinez, and Yann-Michel Niquet
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 097002 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023
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Statistical Physics; Classical, Nonlinear, and Complex Systems
Optimal Time-Entropy Bounds and Speed Limits for Brownian Thermal Shortcuts
Luís Barbosa Pires, Rémi Goerlich, Arthur Luna da Fonseca, Maxime Debiossac, Paul-Antoine Hervieux, Giovanni Manfredi, and Cyriaque Genet
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 097101 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023
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Polymers, Chemical Physics, Soft Matter, and Biological Physics
Jetting and Droplet Formation Driven by Interfacial Electrohydrodynamic Effects Mediated by Solitons in Liquid Crystals
Soumik Das, Noe Atzin, Xingzhou Tang, Ali Mozaffari, Juan de Pablo, and Nicholas L. Abbott
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 098101 (2023) – Published 1 September 2023
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Anchoring Effect of an Obstacle in the Silo Unclogging Process
Rodrigo Caitano, Angel Garcimartín, and Iker Zuriguel
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 098201 (2023) – Published 31 August 2023

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Structural Transformation between a Nematic Loose Packing and a Randomly Stacked Close Packing of Granular Disks
Yunhao Ding, Jing Yang, Chenyang Wang, Zhichao Wang, Jianqi Li, Bingwen Hu, and Chengjie Xia
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