Néel spin-orbit torque in antiferromagnetic quantum spin and anomalous Hall insulators
Formalism We extend the Kane-Mele model by including a collinear AFM order which is exchange coupled to the…
Exoplanets suffering from a plague of dark matter could turn into black holes – Physics World
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Universal quantum gate set for Gottesman–Kitaev–Preskill logical qubits
GKP code Here we give some background on GKP codes, highlighting some of the more salient features in…
‘Eye of Sauron’ blazar is source of a powerful cosmic jet
The Eye of Sauron is a striking image of the plasma jet in the blazar PKS 1424+240, seen…
Physicists discover a new proton magic number – Physics World
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Are hidden variables real, and can they save quantum physics?
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
It’s official—Astrophysicist proposes sending a spacecraft to a black hole to reveal its hidden secrets—it would be the size of a postage stamp and would span several generations
At first sight, sending a spacecraft to a nearby black hole (20–25 light years) sounds like a wild…
Ultrabroadband air-dielectric double-chirped mirrors for laser frequency combs
Design of pump-DUT dimension and measurement procedure As shown in Fig. 2a in the main text, broadband illumination…
Optical resonator enables a new kind of microscope for ultra-sensitive samples
The new type of microscope makes light travel in a circle. That way it can interact multiple times…
Streams of gas might lead to the rapid formation of high-mass stars
The dust emission of the high-mass star forming region G336.018-00.827 ALMA1 at radio wavelengths. The star symbol indicates…
XRISM reveals slow-moving hot gas near black hole during faint X-ray phase
Conceptual illustration of a black hole X-ray binary. The strong gravity of the black hole (shown as a…
A lithography-free approach to polaritonic Luneburg lenses
Gradient indices from dielectric environment engineering The propagation of polaritons is significantly influenced by the surrounding dielectric environment,…