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- Observation of chiral edge transport in a rapidly rotating quantum gasNature Physics, Published online: 06 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02617-7 Edge modes are a key feature of topological materials, but their propagation is difficult to directly observe in condensed matter systems. The controlled injection and propagation of chiral edge modes has now been shown in a rotating ultracold gas.
- Dimensional crossover in a quantum gas of lightNature Physics, Published online: 06 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02641-7 The dimensionality of a many-body system strongly impacts its physical behaviour. Now, a crossover from 1D to 2D has been observed in the Bose–Einstein condensate of a photon gas.
- Complexity and order in approximate quantum error-correcting codesNature Physics, Published online: 03 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02621-x Approximate—rather than exact—quantum error correction is a useful but relatively unexplored idea in quantum computing and many-body physics. A theoretical framework has now been established based on connections with quantum circuit complexity.
- Opportunities in nanoscale probing of laser-driven phase transitionsNature Physics, Published online: 28 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02603-z Optical near-field microscopy has facilitated our understanding of nanophotonics. This Perspective explores the opportunities that near-field studies of terahertz fields provide for ultrafast phase transitions in condensed matter systems.
- Dimensionality crossover to a two-dimensional vestigial nematic state from a three-dimensional antiferromagnet in a honeycomb van der Waals magnetNature Physics, Published online: 26 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02618-6 Magnetic phases that are stabilized by quantum fluctuations in low dimensions are rare. A thickness-dependent crossover from three-dimensional antiferromagnetism to a two-dimensional vestigial nematic state that is driven by fluctuations has now been observed.
- Nematic proteins on the treadmillNature Physics, Published online: 21 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02615-9 Understanding the mechanism of bacterial cell division is important in both fundamental and applied biology. Now, researchers have investigated the self-organization of cytoskeletal filaments and the role nematic ordering plays in cell division.
- Universal symmetry breaking passes the superfluid testNature Physics, Published online: 21 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02609-7 The Kibble–Zurek mechanism is a key framework for describing the dynamics of continuous phase transitions. Recent experiments with ultracold gases, employing alternative methods to create a superfluid, highlight its universality.
- Quantum-enhanced metrology with large Fock statesNature Physics, Published online: 20 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02619-5 Non-classical states with a large, definite number of photons can now be produced in a superconducting cavity and used for quantum-enhanced sensing.
