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Nature Physics offers news and reviews alongside top-quality research papers in a monthly publication, covering the entire spectrum of physics. Physics addresses the properties and interactions of matter and energy, and plays a key role in the development of a broad range of technologies. To reflect this, Nature Physics covers all areas of pure and applied physics research. The journal focuses on core physics disciplines, but is also open to a broad range of topics whose central theme falls within the bounds of physics.
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Non-reciprocity forces nanoparticles into lockstep
Nature Physics, Published online: 25 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02588-9
Tuneable optical control enables the investigation of collective phases of motion in a pair of coupled levitated mechanical oscillators.
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Onwards and upwards
Nature Physics, Published online: 25 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02593-y
Experiments show that the shape of a biofilm, not just its cell doubling time, significantly impacts its expansion rate. This insight could guide new strategies for controlling biofilm growth.
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Non-Hermitian dynamics and non-reciprocity of optically coupled nanoparticles
Nature Physics, Published online: 25 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02589-8
The tuneable and nonlinear nature of the interactions between two optically levitated nanoparticles allows the observation of the system’s non-Hermitian dynamics and a mechanical lasing transition.
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PT-like phase transition and limit cycle oscillations in non-reciprocally coupled optomechanical oscillators levitated in vacuum
Nature Physics, Published online: 25 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02590-1
Non-reciprocal interactions between two optically levitated nanoparticles allow the observation of non-Hermitian dynamics and a mechanical lasing transition, and suggest applications in optomechanical sensing.
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Exponentially tighter bounds on limitations of quantum error mitigation
Nature Physics, Published online: 25 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02536-7
Error mitigation has helped improve the performance of current quantum computing devices. Now, a mathematical analysis of the technique suggests its benefits may not extend to larger systems.
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Collective motion of electrons captured at the atomic scale
Nature Physics, Published online: 22 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02553-6
Many 2D or 1D materials feature fascinating collective behaviour of electrons that competes with highly localized interactions at atomic defects. By combining terahertz spectroscopy with scanning tunnelling microscopy, the ultrafast motion of these collective states can be captured with atomic spatial resolution, enabling the observation of electron dynamics at their intrinsic length and time scale.
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Transverse emittance reduction in muon beams by ionization cooling
Nature Physics, Published online: 17 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02547-4
Current muon beams have a phase-space volume that is too large for applications in muon colliders. Now, the reduction in the beam’s transverse emittance when passed through different absorbers in ionization cooling experiments is quantified.
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Water dropped in the deep end
Nature Physics, Published online: 16 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02596-9
Water dropped in the deep end
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Polar rain
Nature Physics, Published online: 16 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02595-w
Polar rain
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Bosons reach a century
Nature Physics, Published online: 16 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02598-7
This year marks the hundredth anniversary of Satyendra Nath Bose’s paper that stimulated the study of quantum statistics. We take this opportunity to celebrate the physics of bosons.
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The kernel of thermodynamics
Nature Physics, Published online: 16 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02580-3
The kernel of thermodynamics
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Cool as muons
Nature Physics, Published online: 16 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02571-4
The volume of muon beams in position–momentum space is too large to be used in a collider. A clear reduction in this volume has now been demonstrated, which brings particle physics closer to a practical muon collider for exploring the energy frontier.
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Petawatt pulse pushes protons
Nature Physics, Published online: 15 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02559-0
Laser-driven acceleration is a promising path towards more compact machines. Now, proton beams with energies up to 150 MeV have been achieved with a repetitive petawatt laser.
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Anyons go universal
Nature Physics, Published online: 15 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02578-x
Topological quantum computers are predicted to perform calculations by manipulating quasiparticles known as non-Abelian anyons. A type of non-Abelian anyon that supports universal quantum gates has now been simulated using superconducting qubits.
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Electronic excitations at the plasmon–molecule interface
Nature Physics, Published online: 15 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02537-6
Plasmonic excitations can enhance the interaction between a metal and molecules adsorbed onto its surface. This Review summarizes the different effects involved in this process and places them into a framework based on electron scattering.
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Terahertz spectroscopy of collective charge density wave dynamics at the atomic scale
Nature Physics, Published online: 15 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02552-7
The observation of phase modes of charge density wave has been a long-standing challenge. Such low-energy phase excitations have now been seen in a transition metal dichalcogenide.
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On the limitations of the semi-classical picture in high harmonic generation
Nature Physics, Published online: 11 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02579-w
High harmonic generation has long been successfully described using the semi-classical three-step model. However, recent progress has introduced a quantum optical formulation, exposing the limitations of the semi-classical picture.
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A way to cross the Andreev bridge
Nature Physics, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02575-0
Inducing superconductivity in quantum anomalous Hall insulators is crucial to realize topological superconductors. Now a study shows superconducting correlations in the quantum anomalous Hall state, which can convert electrons on its one-way path into holes.
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Induced superconducting correlations in a quantum anomalous Hall insulator
Nature Physics, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02574-1
The superconducting proximity effect has not been experimentally demonstrated in a quantum anomalous Hall insulator. Now this effect is observed in the chiral edge state of a ferromagnetic topological insulator.
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Efficient optimization of deep neural quantum states
Nature Physics, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02567-0
An improved optimization algorithm enables the training of large-scale neural quantum states in which the enormous number of neuron connections capture the intricate complexity of quantum many-body wavefunctions. This advance leads to unprecedented accuracy in paradigmatic quantum models, opening up new avenues for simulating and understanding complex quantum phenomena.
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