Condensed Matter

Authors and titles for April 2015

[1201] arXiv:1504.03356 (cross-list from quant-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Quantum theory of light emission from quantum dots coupled to structured photonic reservoirs and acoustic phonons

Kaushik Roy-Choudhury, Stephen Hughes

Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)

[1202] arXiv:1504.03393 (cross-list from quant-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Universal holonomic quantum gates in decoherence-free subspace on superconducting circuits

Zheng-Yuan Xue, Jian Zhou, Z. D. Wang

Comments: V4: published version; V1: submitted on April 1

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. A 92, 022320 (2015)

Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall); Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)

[1203] arXiv:1504.03526 (cross-list from math-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: A unified fluctuation formula for one-cut $\beta$-ensembles of random matrices

Fabio Deelan Cunden, Francesco Mezzadri, Pierpaolo Vivo

Comments: 16 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables. Revised version where references have been added and typos corrected

Journal-ref: J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 48, 315204 (2015)

Subjects: Mathematical Physics (math-ph); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)

[1204] arXiv:1504.03532 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Matter fields in triangle-hinge models

Masafumi Fukuma, Sotaro Sugishita, Naoya Umeda

Comments: 21 pages, 14 figures. v2: discussions in section 4 improved. v3: title changed, introduction enlarged

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); Mathematical Physics (math-ph)

[1205] arXiv:1504.03572 (cross-list from quant-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Practical Entanglement Estimation for Spin-System Quantum Simulators

O. Marty, M. Cramer, M.B. Plenio

Comments: 9 pages, 3 figures

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 105301 (2016)

Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall); Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas); Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)

[1206] arXiv:1504.03635 (cross-list from physics.atom-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Direct observation of ultrafast many-body electron dynamics in an ultracold Rydberg gas

Nobuyuki Takei, Christian Sommer, Claudiu Genes, Guido Pupillo, Haruka Goto, Kuniaki Koyasu, Hisashi Chiba, Matthias Weidemüller, Kenji Ohmori

Journal-ref: Nature Communications 7, 13449 (2016)

Subjects: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph); Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas); Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph); Quantum Physics (quant-ph)

[1207] arXiv:1504.03639 (cross-list from physics.chem-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Efficient "on-the-fly" calculation of Raman spectra from \textit{ab-initio} molecular dynamics: Application to hydrophobic/hydrophilic solutes in bulk water

Pouya Partovi-Azar, Thomas D. Kühne

Comments: 4 pages, 4 figures

Subjects: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph); Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci); Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft); Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph); Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)

[1208] arXiv:1504.03767 (cross-list from physics.optics) [pdf, other]

Title: $\mathcal{PT}$-breaking threshold in spatially asymmetric Aubry-Andre Harper models: hidden symmetry and topological states

Andrew K. Harter, Tony E. Lee, Yogesh N. Joglekar

Comments: 8 pages, 5 figures

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. A 93, 062101 (2016)

Subjects: Optics (physics.optics); Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas); Quantum Physics (quant-ph)

[1209] arXiv:1504.03769 (cross-list from nlin.CD) [pdf, other]

Title: Causation Entropy Identifies Indirect Influences, Dominance of Neighbors and Anticipatory Couplings

Jie Sun, Erik M. Bollt

Journal-ref: Physica D 267, 49--57 (2014)

Subjects: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech); Dynamical Systems (math.DS)

[1210] arXiv:1504.04002 (cross-list from quant-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Fast quantum non-demolition readout from longitudinal qubit-oscillator interaction

Nicolas Didier, Jérôme Bourassa, Alexandre Blais

Comments: 5 pages, 3 figures, Supplemental Material

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 203601 (2015)

Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)

[1211] arXiv:1504.04127 (cross-list from physics.comp-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Metastable Fractal Aggregates as a Result of Competition Between Diffusion-Limited Aggregation and Dissociation

Yuriy G. Gordienko, Elena E. Zasimchuk

Comments: 4 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables. Proceedings of the 8th Joint EPS-APS International Conference on Physics Computing: PC'96: September 17-21, 1996, Krakow, Poland, p.293-296. ISBN 83-902363-3-8

Subjects: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech); Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases (nlin.CG)

[1212] arXiv:1504.04160 (cross-list from nlin.CD) [pdf, other]

Title: Quantum and Wave Dynamical Chaos in Superconducting Microwave Billiards

B. Dietz, A. Richter

Journal-ref: Chaos 25, 097601 (2015)

Subjects: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)

[1213] arXiv:1504.04194 (cross-list from quant-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Continuous matrix product state tomography of quantum transport experiments

G. Haack, A. Steffens, J. Eisert, R. Hübener

Comments: 11 pages, 4 figures

Journal-ref: New J. Phys. 17, 113024 (2015)

Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)

[1214] arXiv:1504.04260 (cross-list from quant-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Robust quantum correlations in out-of-equilibrium matter-light systems

O. L. Acevedo, L. Quiroga, F. J. Rodríguez, N. F. Johnson

Comments: 14 pages, 6 figures

Journal-ref: New J. Phys. 17 (2015) 093005

Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)

[1215] arXiv:1504.04280 (cross-list from physics.chem-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Ferrogels cross-linked by magnetic particles: Field-driven deformation and elasticity studied using computer simulations

Rudolf Weeber, Sofia Kantorovich, Christian Holm

Subjects: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph); Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)

[1216] arXiv:1504.04284 (cross-list from physics.chem-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Vapor-like liquid coexistence densities affect the extension of the critical point's influence zone

Jose Luis Rivera, Homero Nicanor-Guzman, Roberto Guerra-Gonzalez

Comments: 25 pages, 9 figures

Subjects: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph); Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)

[1217] arXiv:1504.04285 (cross-list from quant-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Interferometry with Atoms

J.-F. Schaff, T. Langen, J. Schmiedmayer

Comments: 96 pages, 238 references, Proceedings of the International School of Physics 'Enrico Fermi', Course 188, 'Atom Interferometry'; edited by G.M. Tino and M.A. Kasevich

Journal-ref: Rivista del Nuovo Cimento, 37, 509 (2014)

Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)

[1218] arXiv:1504.04344 (cross-list from nlin.PS) [pdf, other]

Title: Attenuation of short strongly nonlinear stress pulses in dissipative granular chains

S. Y. Wang, V. F. Nesterenko

Comments: 49 pages, 19 figures, 39 references

Subjects: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS); Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)

[1219] arXiv:1504.04384 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Self-similar Evaporation and Collapse in the Quantum Portrait of Black Holes

Valentino F. Foit, Nico Wintergerst

Comments: 12 pages, 8 figures

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. D 92, 064043 (2015)

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

[1220] arXiv:1504.04399 (cross-list from physics.optics) [pdf, other]

Title: Experimental Observation of Large Chern numbers in Photonic Crystals

Scott A. Skirlo, Ling Lu, Qinghui Yan, Yuichi Igarashi, John Joannopoulos, Marin Soljacic

Comments: This experimental work was accepted to PRL on Oct. 13, 2015. Our theoretical work from PRL this http URL

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 253901 (2015)

Subjects: Optics (physics.optics); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)

[1221] arXiv:1504.04409 (cross-list from physics.optics) [pdf, other]

Title: Quantum Noise of Free-Carrier Dispersion in Semiconductor Optical Cavities

Ryan Hamerly, Hideo Mabuchi

Comments: 19 pages, 15 figures. To appear in Phys. Rev. A

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. A 92, 023819 (2015)

Subjects: Optics (physics.optics); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall); Quantum Physics (quant-ph)

[1222] arXiv:1504.04410 (cross-list from physics.optics) [pdf, other]

Title: Optical Devices based on Limit Cycles and Amplification in Semiconductor Optical Cavities

Ryan Hamerly, Hideo Mabuchi

Comments: 17 pages, 18 figures. To appear in Phys. Rev. Applied

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. Applied 4, 024016 (2015)

Subjects: Optics (physics.optics); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall); Quantum Physics (quant-ph)

[1223] arXiv:1504.04501 (cross-list from math-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Algebraic Bethe ansatz for Q-operators: The Heisenberg spin chain

Rouven Frassek

Comments: 20 pages; v2: typo fixed

Subjects: Mathematical Physics (math-ph); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)

[1224] arXiv:1504.04702 (cross-list from physics.optics) [pdf, other]

Title: Coherent optical control of polarization with a critical metasurface

Ming Kang, Y.D. Chong

Journal-ref: PhysRevA.92.043826(2015)

Subjects: Optics (physics.optics); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)

[1225] arXiv:1504.04705 (cross-list from math.DS) [pdf, other]

Title: On Bertelson-Gromov Dynamical Morse Entropy

Artur O. Lopes, Marcos Sebastiani

Subjects: Dynamical Systems (math.DS); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech); Mathematical Physics (math-ph); Algebraic Topology (math.AT)

[1226] arXiv:1504.04713 (cross-list from physics.optics) [pdf, other]

Title: Dark counts of superconducting nanowire single-photon detector under illumination

Sijing Chen, Lixing You, Weijun Zhang, Xiaoyan Yang, Hao Li, Lu Zhang, Zhen Wang, Xiaoming Xie

Comments: 10 pages, 5 figures

Journal-ref: Optics Express 23(8): 10786-10793. (2015)

Subjects: Optics (physics.optics); Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con); Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)

[1227] arXiv:1504.04756 (cross-list from q-bio.NC) [pdf, other]

Title: Time Resolution Dependence of Information Measures for Spiking Neurons: Atoms, Scaling, and Universality

Sarah E. Marzen, Michael R. DeWeese, James P. Crutchfield

Comments: 20 pages, 6 figures; this http URL

Subjects: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC); Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn); Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE); Probability (math.PR); Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)

[1228] arXiv:1504.04809 (cross-list from quant-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Observation of noise-assisted transport in an all-optical cavity-based network

Silvia Viciani, Manuela Lima, Marco Bellini, Filippo Caruso

Comments: 5 pages, 3 figures, new version accepted in PRL

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 083601 (2015)

Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn); Optics (physics.optics)

[1229] arXiv:1504.04939 (cross-list from physics.chem-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Isotopic fractionation in proteins as a measure of hydrogen bond length

Ross H. McKenzie, Bijyalaxmi Athokpam, Sai Ramesh

Comments: Final version, accepted for publication in Journal of Chemical Physics. Minor changes, including more extensive discussion of relevant of model to proteins

Journal-ref: J. Chem. Phys. 143, 044309 (2015)

Subjects: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph); Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci); Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)

[1230] arXiv:1504.04987 (cross-list from quant-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Experimental Observation of Two-Dimensional Anderson Localization with the Atomic Kicked Rotor

Isam Manai (PhLAM), Jean-François Clément (PhLAM), Radu Chicireanu (PhLAM), Clément Hainaut (PhLAM), Jean Claude Garreau (PhLAM), Pascal Szriftgiser (PhLAM), Dominique Delande (LKB (Jussieu))

Comments: Published : Physical Review Letters 115, 240603 (2015)

Journal-ref: Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society, 2015, 115 (24), pp.240603

Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)

[1231] arXiv:1504.05028 (cross-list from astro-ph.GA) [pdf, other]

Title: Secular diffusion in discrete self-gravitating tepid discs I : analytic solution in the tightly wound limit

Jean-Baptiste Fouvry, Christophe Pichon, Pierre-Henri Chavanis

Comments: 22 pages, 12 figures

Journal-ref: A&A 581, A139 (2015)

Subjects: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)

[1232] arXiv:1504.05056 (cross-list from quant-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Thermodynamic work from operational principles

R. Gallego, J. Eisert, H. Wilming

Comments: 22 pages, 4 figures, axioms significantly simplified, more comprehensive discussion of relationship to previous approaches

Journal-ref: New J. Phys. 18, 103017 (2016)

Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech); Mathematical Physics (math-ph)

[1233] arXiv:1504.05061 (cross-list from quant-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: From single-shot towards general work extraction in a quantum thermodynamic framework

J. Gemmer, J. Anders

Comments: 3 figures, added a discussion of bringing in new baths, minor changes throughout, accepted in NJP

Journal-ref: New J. Phys. 17 085006 (2015)

Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)

[1234] arXiv:1504.05096 (cross-list from math.PR) [pdf, other]

Title: Self-Duality for the Two-Component Asymmetric Simple Exclusion Process

V. Belitsky, G.M.Schütz

Comments: 27 pages

Journal-ref: Journal of Mathematical Physics 56, 083302 (2015)

Subjects: Probability (math.PR); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)

[1235] arXiv:1504.05097 (cross-list from math.PR) [pdf, other]

Title: The glassy phase of the complex branching Brownian motion energy model

Lisa Hartung, Anton Klimovsky

Comments: 15 pages; 1 figure

Subjects: Probability (math.PR); Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)

[1236] arXiv:1504.05127 (cross-list from quant-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Universal Quantum Transducers based on Surface Acoustic Waves

Martin J. A. Schuetz, Eric M. Kessler, Geza Giedke, Lieven M. K. Vandersypen, Mikhail D. Lukin, J. Ignacio Cirac

Comments: Manuscript: 8 pages, 3 figures. Appendices: 17 pages, 12 figures. v2: version as published, Journal-Ref added

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. X 5, 031031 (2015)

Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)

[1237] arXiv:1504.05152 (cross-list from quant-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Entropic equality for worst-case work at any protocol speed

Oscar Dahlsten, Mahn-Soo Choi, Daniel Braun, Andrew J.P. Garner, Nicole Yunger Halpern, Vlatko Vedral

Comments: 4 page + 14 page appendix; 8 figures; AAM

Journal-ref: New Journal of Physics (2017) 19 043013

Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)

[1238] arXiv:1504.05176 (cross-list from math-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Dimers on Rail Yard Graphs

Cédric Boutillier, Jérémie Bouttier, Guillaume Chapuy, Sylvie Corteel, Sanjay Ramassamy

Comments: 44 pages, 17 figures, improved the discussion of the case of the Aztec diamond in new section 6

Journal-ref: Ann. Inst. Henri Poincar\'e Comb. Phys. Interact. 4 (2017), 479-539

Subjects: Mathematical Physics (math-ph); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech); Combinatorics (math.CO); Probability (math.PR)

[1239] arXiv:1504.05307 (cross-list from quant-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: The effect of noise correlations on randomized benchmarking

Harrison Ball, Thomas M. Stace, Steven T. Flammia, Michael J. Biercuk

Comments: Updated and expanded to include full derivation. Related papers available from this http URL

Journal-ref: Physical Review A 93, 022303 (2016)

Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)

[1240] arXiv:1504.05357 (cross-list from nlin.CD) [pdf, other]

Title: Strong anomalous diffusion of the phase of a chaotic pendulum

Francesco Cagnetta, Giuseppe Gonnella, Alessandro Mossa, Stefano Ruffo

Comments: 6 pages, 6 figures

Journal-ref: Europhys. Lett., 111 (2015) 10002

Subjects: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)

[1241] arXiv:1504.05424 (cross-list from physics.comp-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Numerical computations of the dynamics of fluidic membranes and vesicles

John W. Barrett, Harald Garcke, Robert Nürnberg

Comments: Minor corrections; 15 pages, 26 figures

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. E 92 (2015) 052704

Subjects: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph); Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft); Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)

[1242] arXiv:1504.05449 (cross-list from nlin.PS) [pdf, other]

Title: Localized States and Dynamics in the Nonlinear Schroedinger / Gross-Pitaevskii Equation

Michael I. Weinstein

Comments: To appear in Frontiers in Applied Dynamics: Reviews and Tutorials, Volume 3 (Springer, 2015) 40 pages, 9 figures

Subjects: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall); Mathematical Physics (math-ph); Analysis of PDEs (math.AP); Quantum Physics (quant-ph)

[1243] arXiv:1504.05490 (cross-list from quant-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Phase transition of light in circuit QED lattices coupled to nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond

Jia-Bin You, W. L. Yang, Zhen-Yu Xu, A. H. Chan, C. H. Oh

Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall); Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)

[1244] arXiv:1504.05525 (cross-list from nlin.CD) [pdf, other]

Title: Delocalization of Phase Disturbances and the Stability of AC Electricity Grids

S. Kettemann

Comments: 4 pages, 4 figures

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. E 94, 062311 (2016)

Subjects: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD); Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)

[1245] arXiv:1504.05561 (cross-list from hep-th) [pdf, other]

Title: Phases of holographic superconductors with broken translational symmetry

Matteo Baggioli, Mikhail Goykhman

Comments: Minor revisions, interpretation clarified, version published in JHEP

Journal-ref: Journal of High Energy Physics , 2015:35

Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el); Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)

[1246] arXiv:1504.05567 (cross-list from physics.soc-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Multilayer networks: metrics and spectral properties

Emanuele Cozzo, Guilherme Ferraz de Arruda, Francisco A. Rodrigues, Yamir Moreno

Comments: Chapter contribution to the book "Interconnected networks", edited by F. Schweitzer and A. Garas

Subjects: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech); Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)

[1247] arXiv:1504.05570 (cross-list from math-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Logarithmic Coefficients and Generalized Multifractality of Whole-Plane SLE

Bertrand Duplantier, Xuan Hieu Ho, Thanh Binh Le, Michel Zinsmeister

Comments: 51 pages, 11 figures; considerably revised and extended version. Sections 4 and 5 fused, Section 7 deleted. Complete proof of Theorem 1.7 given. New Figures 2, 6 and 7

Subjects: Mathematical Physics (math-ph); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech); Complex Variables (math.CV); Probability (math.PR)

[1248] arXiv:1504.05641 (cross-list from q-bio.CB) [pdf, other]

Title: Surface deformation and shear flow in ligand mediated cell adhesion

Sarthok Sircar, Anthony J. Roberts

Comments: 23 pages, 11 figures

Subjects: Cell Behavior (q-bio.CB); Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft); Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)

[1249] arXiv:1504.05643 (cross-list from physics.optics) [pdf, other]

Title: Microwave band gap and cavity mode in spoof-insulator-spoof waveguide with multiscale structured surface

Qiang Zhang, Jun Jun Xiao, Dezhuan Han, Fei Fei Qin, Xiao Ming Zhang, Yong Yao

Subjects: Optics (physics.optics); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)

[1250] arXiv:1504.05686 (cross-list from quant-ph) [pdf, other]

Title: Simulation and Detection of Photonic Chern Insulators in One-Dimensional Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics Lattice

Feng Mei, Jia-Bin You, Wei Nie, R. Fazio, Shi-Liang Zhu, L. C. Kwek

Comments: 5 pages, 3 figures

Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. A 92, 041805 (2015)

Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)