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Co-owned by the Institute of Physics and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, New Journal of Physics is an open-access, electronic-only research journal covering the whole of physics. The editorial scope encompasses pure, applied, theoretical and experimental research, as well as interdisciplinary topics related to the subject.
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First-principles studies of the three-dimensional strong topological insulators Bi2Te3, Bi2Se3 and Sb2Te3

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 01:00
Author(s): Wei Zhang, Rui Yu, Hai-Jun Zhang, Xi Dai and Zhong Fang
Affiliation(s): Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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Fingerprint of different spin–orbit terms for spin transport in HgTe quantum wells

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 01:00
Author(s): D G Rothe, R W Reinthaler, C-X Liu, L W Molenkamp, S-C Zhang and E M Hankiewicz
Affiliation(s): Institut fur Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Universitat Wurzburg, 97074 Wurzburg, Germany; Physikalisches Institut (EP3), Universitat Wurzburg, 97074 Wurzburg, Germany; Department of Physics, McCullough Building, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4045, USA
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Spin-polarized surface bands of a three-dimensional topological insulator studied by high-resolution spin- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 01:00
Author(s): Akinori Nishide, Yasuo Takeichi, Taichi Okuda, Alexey A Taskin, Toru Hirahara, Kan Nakatsuji, Fumio Komori, Akito Kakizaki, Yoichi Ando and Iwao Matsuda
Affiliation(s): Institute for Solid State Physics, the University of Tokyo, Japan; Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-0046, Japan; Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan; Department of Physics, School of Science, the University of Tokyo, Japan
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Topological insulators and superconductors: tenfold way and dimensional hierarchy

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 01:00
Author(s): Shinsei Ryu, Andreas P Schnyder, Akira Furusaki and Andreas W W Ludwig
Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA; Max-Planck-Institut fur Festkorperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany; Condensed Matter Theory Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan; Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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Characterization of three-dimensional topological insulators by two-dimensional invariants

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 01:00
Author(s): Rahul Roy
Affiliation(s): Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, 1 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP, UK
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Disordered topological quantum critical points in three-dimensional systems

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 01:00
Author(s): Ryuichi Shindou, Ryota Nakai and Shuichi Murakami
Affiliation(s): Condensed Matter Theory Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan; Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan; PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Equivalent topological invariants of topological insulators

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 01:00
Author(s): Zhong Wang, Xiao-Liang Qi and Shou-Cheng Zhang
Affiliation(s): Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, People's Republic of China; Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Microsoft Research, Station Q, Elings Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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Surface- and edge-states in ultrathin Bi–Sb films

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 01:00
Author(s): G Bihlmayer, Yu M Koroteev, E V Chulkov and S Blugel
Affiliation(s): Institut fur Festkorperforschung and Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Julich, D-52425 Julich, Germany; Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), 20018 San Sebastian/Donostia, Spain; Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science, RAS, 634021 Tomsk, Russia; Departamento de Fisica de Materiales, UPV/EHU, Apartado 1072, 20080 SanSebastian/Donostia, Spain
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The network model for the quantum spin Hall effect: two-dimensional Dirac fermions, topological quantum numbers and corner multifractality

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 01:00
Author(s): Shinsei Ryu, Christopher Mudry, Hideaki Obuse and Akira Furusaki
Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Condensed Matter Theory Group, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland; Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan; Condensed Matter Theory Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Symmetry-protected -quantization and quaternionic Berry connection with Kramers degeneracy

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 01:00
Author(s): Yasuhiro Hatsugai
Affiliation(s): Institute of Physics, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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Non-commutative tools for topological insulators

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 01:00
Author(s): Emil Prodan
Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, Yeshiva University, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Effect of information transmission on cooperative behavior

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 01:00
Author(s): Jin-Tu Sun, Sheng-Jun Wang, Zi-Gang Huang, Lei Yang, Younghae Do and Ying-Hai Wang
Affiliation(s): Institute of Theoretical Physics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou Gansu 730000, People's Republic of China; Institute of Computational Physics and Complex Systems, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou Gansu 730000, People's Republic of China; Department of Physics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong; Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China; Department of Mathematics, Kyungpook National University, 1370 Sangyeok-Dong, Buk-Gu, Daegu 702-701, Korea
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Zone-plate focusing of Bose–Einstein condensates for atom optics and erasable high-speed lithography of quantum electronic components

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 01:00
Author(s): T E Judd, R G Scott, G Sinuco, T W A Montgomery, A M Martin, P Kruger and T M Fromhold
Affiliation(s): Midlands Ultracold Atom Research Centre, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK; Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard-Karls-Universitat Tubingen, CQ Center for Collective Quantum Phenomena and their Applications, Auf der Morgenstelle 14, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany; School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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Theory of giant saturation magnetization in α''-Fe16N2: role of partial localization in ferromagnetism of 3d transition metals

Thu, 06/17/2010 - 01:00
Author(s): N Ji, X Liu and J-P Wang
Affiliation(s): The Center for Micromagnetics and Information Technologies (MINT), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Department of Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Absolute frequency measurements of 85RbnF7/2 Rydberg states using purely optical detection

Tue, 06/15/2010 - 01:00
Author(s): L A M Johnson, H O Majeed, B Sanguinetti, Th Becker and B T H Varcoe
Affiliation(s): School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK; Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Hans Kopfermann Strasse 1 85748 Garching, Germany
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Quantum key distribution and 1 Gbps data encryption over a single fibre

Tue, 06/15/2010 - 01:00
Author(s): P Eraerds, N Walenta, M Legre, N Gisin and H Zbinden
Affiliation(s): Group of Applied Physics-Optique, University of Geneva, Rue de l'Ecole-de-Medecine 20, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland; idQuantique SA, Chemin de la Marbrerie 3, 1227, Geneva, Switzerland
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Diffusion of particles subject to nonlinear friction and a colored noise

Tue, 06/15/2010 - 01:00
Author(s): Benjamin Lindner
Affiliation(s): Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nothnitzer Str. 38 01187 Dresden, Germany
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Particle dynamics of a cartoon dune

Tue, 06/15/2010 - 01:00
Author(s): Christopher Groh, Ingo Rehberg and Christof A Kruelle
Affiliation(s): Experimentalphysik V, Universitat Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany; Maschinenbau und Mechatronik, Hochschule Karlsruhe-Technik und Wirtschaft, D-76133 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Single photons made-to-measure

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 01:00
Author(s): Genko S Vasilev, Daniel Ljunggren and Axel Kuhn
Affiliation(s): University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK
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Patterns of cooperation: fairness and coordination in networks of interacting agents

Mon, 06/14/2010 - 01:00
Author(s): Anne-Ly Do, Lars Rudolf and Thilo Gross
Affiliation(s): Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany
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