Nature Physics, Published online: 10 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02719-2
90 years after the first production of radioactive isotopes, it’s time for the next phase of discoveries.
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- Isotope facilities aim to complete the nuclear chart
- A spoonful of sugarNature Physics, Published online: 10 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02710-x When it comes to baking recipes, the quantities of ingredients are one of the pillars of success. Karen Mudryk explores the intricacies of measurements in the kitchen.
- Time-domain oscillations between distant spin qubits coupled via virtual photonsNature Physics, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02706-7 In a device comprising two double quantum dots separated by a 250-μm-long superconducting resonator, virtual photons in the resonator are shown to mediate the coupling of electron spins between the quantum dots. When the spin–spin coupling is activated for a controlled duration, oscillations between the spins are observed.
- Cavity-mediated iSWAP oscillations between distant spinsNature Physics, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02694-8 Coupling semiconductor spin qubits over long distances using a superconducting resonator makes different quantum architectures possible. Now, the coherent swapping of quantum states has been observed between qubits coupled using this design.
- Quantum critical metals and loss of quasiparticlesNature Physics, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02679-7 The strange-metal state that develops close to a quantum critical point in strongly correlated electron systems is not well understood. This Review summarizes how the notion of Kondo destruction can describe much of the experimental phenomenology.
- Signatures of two gaps in the spin susceptibility of a cuprate superconductorNature Physics, Published online: 05 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02692-w Measurements of the spin susceptibility in a model cuprate reveal the presence of two distinct gaps underlying the pseudogap behaviour. One gap is attributed to charge density waves and the other to the predicted formation of spin singlets.
- Observation of the Schmid–Bulgadaev dissipative quantum phase transitionNature Physics, Published online: 02 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02695-7 Josephson junctions are expected to transition from superconducting to insulating behaviour depending on the impedance of their environment. This Schmid–Bulgadaev transition has now been observed by probing the effect of a junction on its environment.
- Electronic dynamics created at conical intersections and its dephasing in aqueous solutionNature Physics, Published online: 27 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02703-w Tracking ultrafast electronic changes in molecules is challenging, especially in liquids. An X-ray spectroscopy study in pyrazine now shows electronic dynamics created at conical intersections that are rapidly suppressed when the molecule is in water.
