JournalJPSJ
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NEWFerroaxial Order: Visualizing Domain States with Chirality Induced by an Applied Electric Field
2025-7-7
Ferroaxial domains were visualized in the glaserite-type compound Na2BaM(PO4)2 (M = divalent metal) using the linear electrogyration effect with polarization microscopy combined with a field-modulation imaging technique.
Dielectric, optical, and other properties in condensed matter
Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter
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NEWIs Quantum Turbulence Enhanced by Normal-Fluid Turbulence?
2025-7-1
The coupled dynamics between quantum turbulence and normal-fluid turbulence is investigated via advanced numerical simulations. Our simulations show that quantum turbulence can be enhanced by normal-fluid turbulence through internal mutual friction.
Electromagnetism, optics, acoustics, heat transfer, and classical and fluid mechanics
Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter
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NEWMetallising the Mott Insulator Ca2RuO4 Takes Time—Just Like Ageing Fine Whisky in a Cask
2025-6-24
Ion gating on the surface of the Mott insulator Ca2RuO4 induces the progression of metallisation into the bulk interior without the influence of the current flow.
Electronic transport in condensed matter
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NEWMagnetic Shape Memory Effect in a Heavy-Fermion System CeSb2
2025-6-16
A magnetic shape memory effect, easy magnetization axis switching accompanied by crystallographic axis conversion, has been discovered in a heavy electron system CeSb₂.
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
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Electrons and Phonons in Chiral Crystals: Angular Momentum along Twisting Paths in Helical Structures
2025-6-10
This study shows electrons interact with chiral phonons via crystal angular momentum, revealing a new angular momentum transfer mechanism and advancing quantum dynamics understanding in chiral materials.
Electron states in condensed matter
Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter
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Superconducting Diode Using Semiconductor Quantum Dots
2025-6-5
The superconducting diode effect is proposed for a three-terminal semiconductor double-quantum-dot device. This effect is considerably enhanced by the Dirac-point singularities in the superconducting phase space.
Electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces and nanostructures
Superconductivity
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Effect of Moiré Pattern on the Phonon Thermal Transport of Two-Dimensional Materials
2025-5-26
In bilayer materials, moiré patterns reduce the phonon velocity, thus reducing the overall thermal conductivity, with a characteristic temperature dependence, at low temperatures.
Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter
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Extreme Magnetoresistance Reveals Unexpected Insulating Phase in a Semimetal
2025-5-21
We discovered an anomalous quantum state in which electric conduction exhibits a gapped behavior exclusively in one direction, in the quantum limit of the BiSb alloy under strong magnetic fields.
Electronic transport in condensed matter
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Qualitative Changes in Kinetic Pathways Driven by Hydrodynamic Interactions in Dense Colloidal Suspensions
2025-4-18
Even in dense colloidal suspensions, where long-range hydrodynamic interactions are screened, near-field hydrodynamic interactions qualitatively influence the selection of kinetic pathways.
Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology
Statistical physics and thermodynamics
Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter
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Existence of Chiral Soliton Lattices (CSLs) in Chiral Helimagnet Yb(Ni1-xCux)3Al9
2025-4-1
Our study examines the magnetic structure of the monoaxial chiral helimagnet Yb(Ni1-xCux)3Al9, providing first direct evidence of the formation of chiral soliton lattice state.
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
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PICKUPOvercoming Phase Transitions for Faster Quantum Annealing
2025-3-27
This study presents an innovative method to address the problem of phase transitions in quantum annealing, resulting in an exponential speedup of the process.
Statistical physics and thermodynamics
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Fractional Vortex Array with Nontrivial Topological Structure Realized at Twin Boundary of Nematic Superconductor
2025-3-24
Analysis of the two-component Ginzburg-Landau theory suggests that a conventional vortex is transformed into two fractional vortices with the topological nature of core-down and core-up merons at the twin boundary of a nematic superconductor.
Superconductivity
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PICKUPExploring the Vibrant Interplay of Machine Learning and Physics
2025-3-13
This Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Special Topics edition explores how physics and machine learning complement each other and can solve unresolved problems in physics.
Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology
Electron states in condensed matter
Elementary particles, fields, and strings
Mathematical methods, classical and quantum physics, relativity, gravitation, numerical simulation, computational modeling
Statistical physics and thermodynamics
Superconductivity
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PICKUPUnderstanding Pressure-Induced Superconductivity in CrAs and MnP
2025-3-10
This study reviews existing research on the pressure-induced variation of magnetic properties of transition metal mono-pnictides like CrAS, MnP, and others, aiming to understand the unconventional superconductivity observed in CrAs and MnP.
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
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PICKUPA Unified Theory of Topological Hall Effect
2025-3-6
This paper presents a unified theoretical description for the topological Hall effect, covering the entire region from strong- to weak-coupling, extending its picture beyond the Berry phase.
Electronic transport in condensed matter
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PICKUPExcitonic Insulators: Challenges in Realizing a Theoretically Predicted State of Matter
2025-3-3
The realization of an excitonic insulator can help in the establishment of a new electronic state in condensed matter physics, one that has the potential to exhibit novel electric, magnetic, and optical responses beyond those of conventional materials.
Electron states in condensed matter
Electronic transport in condensed matter
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Traffic Signal Optimization using Quantum Annealing
2025-2-25
This paper introduces a QUBO model for traffic signal optimization on real-world maps. Using D-Wave quantum annealing and SUMO simulations, the model reduces vehicle waiting times, but underperforms classical solvers.
Mathematical methods, classical and quantum physics, relativity, gravitation, numerical simulation, computational modeling
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Symmetry and AI: Building the Future of Physics Simulations
2025-2-18
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has gained considerable attention in scientific fields. By embedding physical symmetry into AI before training, we created a faster and lighter model. Scaling improves the accuracy and unlocks the potential of physics research and applications.
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
Measurement, instrumentation, and techniques
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Bayesian Insights into X-ray Laue Oscillations: Quantitative Surface Roughness and Noise Modeling
2025-2-14
This study adopts Bayesian inference using the replica exchange Monte Carlo method to accurately estimate thin-film properties from X-ray Laue oscillation data, enabling quantitative analysis and appropriate noise modeling.
Measurement, instrumentation, and techniques
Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter
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Hyperuniform and Multifractal States in Bosonic Quasicrystalline Systems
2025-2-10
Quantum states can be categorized as hyperuniform or multifractal based on electronic characteristics. This study demonstrates that bosonic quasicrystalline systems exhibit hyperuniform or multifractal quantum states.
Statistical physics and thermodynamics
Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter
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Exploring Materials without Data Exposure: A Bayesian Optimizer using Secure Computation
2025-2-6
Secure computation allows the manipulation of material data without exposing them, thereby offering an alternative to traditional open/closed data management. We recently reported the development of an application that performs Bayesian optimization using secure computation.
Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology
Measurement, instrumentation, and techniques
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Triangular Lattice Magnet GdGa2: Spin Cycloids and Skyrmions
2025-2-3
Careful measurements were conducted on the hexagonal magnet GdGa2 to reveal the experimental signatures of ultrasmall spin cycloids and of a potential Néel-type skyrmion lattice phase induced by a magnetic field.
Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology
Electronic transport in condensed matter
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
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Development of a High-Power UV Laser for High-Fidelity Rydberg Excitation
2025-1-28
The development of a high-power, low-noise ultraviolet laser facilitates fast Rydberg excitation of single ytterbium atoms, which is a fundamental step towards achieving high-fidelity two-qubit gates.
Atomic and molecular physics
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Spin-Spin Interaction Mediated by Rotational Lattice Vibrations
2025-1-24
This study predicts the presence of spin-spin interactions mediated by the angular momentum of lattice vibrations, which can be long-range.
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter
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PICKUPShaping the Future of Materials Science with Tanabe–Sugano Diagrams
2025-1-21
This special collection published in the Journal of the Physical Society of Japan celebrates 70 Years of Tanabe–Sugano Diagrams, highlighting their continued role in advancing materials with transition metals.
Dielectric, optical, and other properties in condensed matter
Electron states in condensed matter
Electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces and nanostructures
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
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How to construct a 3D Dirac semimetal by stacking 2D massless Dirac fermion layers
2025-1-14
Interlayer spin–orbit coupling originating from the anion potential gives rise to a 3D Dirac semimetal state that preserves inversion symmetry in the multilayer organic massless Dirac fermion system α-(ET)2I3.
Electron states in condensed matter
Electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces and nanostructures
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PICKUPUnlocking Secrets of Novel Charge-Orbital States in Transition-Metal Compounds
2025-1-6
A new Special Topics edition of the Journal of the Physical Society of Japan features articles exploring special transition-metal compounds that exhibit novel charge-orbital states.
Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology
Electron states in condensed matter
Electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces and nanostructures
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter
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Large Thermoelectric Effect in High Mobility Semimetals
2024-12-23
This study clarifies that the high mobility semimetal Ta2PdSe6 generates large Seebeck and Nernst effects at low temperatures, providing insight for exploring good thermoelectric materials for low-temperature applications.Electronic transport in condensed matter
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A New Method for Probing Hidden Multipoles in Crystal Field Quartet Using Ultrasonic Waves
2024-12-16
A new method of acoustically driven resonance is proposed to unveil the multipole degrees of freedom of a crystal-field quartet and demonstrate the realization of spin acoustic control.
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
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Towards Next Generation Magnetic Storage: Magnetic Skyrmions in EuPtSi
2024-12-10
This study explores the magnetic behavior of rare-earth magnet EuPtSi using single-crystal neutron diffraction, potentially revealing magnetic skyrmion lattice formation.
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
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The Stiffness of Electronic Nematicity
2024-11-21
Using laser-excited photoelectron emission microscope (laser-PEEM) we found that the nematic stiffness in iron-based superconductors significantly increases as the systems become strange metals, suggesting that spin–orbital fluctuations enhance the stiffness of electronic nematicity.
Dielectric, optical, and other properties in condensed matter
Electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces and nanostructures
Electronic transport in condensed matter
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PICKUPRevival of JRR-3: A New Frontier in Neutron Scattering Research
2024-11-12
This Special Topics edition of JPSJ details the capabilities and upgrades made to the instruments at JRR-3, since its shutdown after the Great East Japan Earthquake and 2011.Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology
Elementary particles, fields, and strings
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
Measurement, instrumentation, and techniques
Nuclear physics
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Imaging Atomic Displacement in BaTiO3 with Neutron Holography
2024-11-7
Newly developed neutron holography was applied to ferroelectric BaTiO3 to evaluate oxygen displacement, providing important structural information for improving the ability of dielectric materials to store electricity.
Measurement, instrumentation, and techniques
Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter
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Chiral Gauge Field and Topological Magnetoelectric Response in Fully Spin-Polarized Magnetic Weyl Semimetal Co3Sn2S2
2024-11-1
This study clarifies the relationship between magnetic ordering and chiral gauge fields in the ferromagnetic Weyl semimetal Co3Sn2S2, highlighting its spintronic potential using the topological magnetoelectric responses of Weyl fermions.
Electronic transport in condensed matter
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
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Fermi Machine — Quantum Many-Body Solver Derived from Mapping between Noninteracting and Strongly Correlated Fermions
2024-10-29
Strongly interacting quantum many-body states can be mapped to noninteracting quantum states, enabling a new quantum neural network called the Fermi machine to solve strongly correlated electron problems.
Electron states in condensed matter
Measurement, instrumentation, and techniques
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Electricity Provides Cooling
2024-10-15
Electric cooling at low temperatures is successfully achieved using a ferroelectric ferromagnetic solid instead of refrigerant gases such as fluorocarbons.Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter
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Single-Crystal Growth of a Cuprate Superconductor with the Highest Critical Temperature
2024-5-20
Millimeter-sized single crystals of a trilayer cuprate superconductor (Hg,Re)Ba2Ca2Cu3O8+δ that exhibits the highest superconducting transition temperature under ambient pressure, were grown reproducibly and safely.Superconductivity
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A Neural Thermometer for Predicting Phase Transitions of Unknown Systems
2024-9-11
A novel convolutional neural network predicts phase transition temperatures from spin configurations without prior information about order parameters, paving the way for the discovery of new materials in condensed matter physics.
Measurement, instrumentation, and techniques
Statistical physics and thermodynamics
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Pressure-Tuned Classical–Quantum Crossover in Magnetic Field-Induced Quantum Phase Transitions of a Triangular-Lattice Antiferromagnet
2024-9-5
The correspondence principle states that as quantum numbers approach infinity, the nature of a system described by quantum mechanics should match that described by classical mechanics. Quantum phenomena, such as quantum superposition and quantum correlation, generally become unobservable when a system approaches this regime. Conversely, as quantum numbers decrease, classical descriptions give way to observable quantum effects. The external approach to classical–quantum crossover has attracted research interest. This study aims to demonstrate a method for achieving such control in materials.
Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology
Electron states in condensed matter
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
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Discovery of Light-Induced Mirror Symmetry Breaking
2024-9-2
The authors discovered the light-induced mirror symmetry breaking, paving the way for controlling mirror symmetries via light and for realizing various phenomena utilizing the mirror symmetry breaking.
Dielectric, optical, and other properties in condensed matter
Electronic transport in condensed matter
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PICKUPThe Mysterious Superconductivity of Sr2RuO4
2024-8-22
Researchers review the recent advancements made towards solving the mysteries of the unconventional superconductivity of Sr2RuO4, analyzing recent experiments and theoretical models and proposing approaches to resolve current challenges.
Superconductivity
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Discovery of Unconventional Pressure-Induced Superconductivity in CrAs
2024-8-13
A new study has discovered pressure-induced superconductivity in the helimagnet CrAs, originating in the vicinity of the helimagnetic ordering, representing the first example of superconductivity in Cr-based magnetic systems.
Electronic transport in condensed matter
Superconductivity
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Unification of Spin Helicity in the Magnetic Skyrmion Lattice of EuNiGe3
2024-8-7
In the magnetic skyrmion lattice of non-centrosymmetric EuNiGe3, the original magnetic helicity, determined by the antisymmetric exchange interaction, is reversed, resulting in a unified helicity.
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
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Having a Good Friend around Makes Life Better
2024-7-29
It is true that having a good friend around makes life better, and this idea is also true in the quantum world.Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology
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Antiferromagnetism Induces Dissipationless Transverse Conductivity
2024-7-24
An investigation using high-quality NbMnP crystals demonstrates that the anomalous Hall conductivity arising from antiferromagnetism is dissipationless, as expected from the intrinsic mechanism.
Electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces and nanostructures
Electronic transport in condensed matter
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
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d2 Trimer and d3 Tetramer in a Pyrochlore Lattice
2024-7-11
Based on the charge disproportionation of V3+ and V2+, the V3+(d2) trimers and V2+(d3) tetramers in the vanadium pyrochlore lattice of AlV2O4 are described by the orbitally-induced Peierls mechanism.
Dielectric, optical, and other properties in condensed matter
Electron states in condensed matter
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Structural Rotation and Falsely Chiral Antiferromagnetism: A New Combination Generating Ferrotoroidic State
2024-7-4
The ferrotoroidic state, an exotic state of matter with broken space inversion and time-reversal symmetries, was achieved by combining structural rotation and falsely chiral antiferromagnetism in PbMn2Ni6Te3O18.
Dielectric, optical, and other properties in condensed matter
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
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PICKUPUnderstanding Electronic Ordering and Cross Correlations with Multipole Representation
2024-6-12
This study reviews the recent advancements in research of multipole representations for understanding electronic orderings and cross-correlations in materials and presents future research directions.
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
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Evaluation of the Exchange Stiffness Constants of Itinerant Magnets from the First-Principles Calculations
2024-6-5
Using first-principles calculations, we evaluated the exchange stiffness constants of ferromagnetic metals at finite temperatures. The constants can be used as parameters in the Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert equation.
Electron states in condensed matter
Structure and mechanical and thermal properties in condensed matter
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Microscopic Exploration of Electronic States in Nickelate Superconductors
2024-5-31
The multilayered nickelates, La3Ni2O7 and La4Ni3O10 , were investigated using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) at ambient pressure. Metallic electronic states under the density wave order were observed microscopically for both compounds.
Magnetic properties in condensed matter
Superconductivity