Abstract Electric dipole (E1) and spin-magnetic dipole (spin-M1) responses of nuclei have been studied by proton inelastic scattering experiments at forward angles, including zero degrees, at the Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP) by employing a proton beam 295 or 392 MeV and the high-resolution magnetic spectrometer Grand Raiden. The E1 response of nuclei is the most fundamental nuclear response to the external field and is relevant to photo-nuclear reactions. After introducing the rel

Abstract A molecular rotor is a molecule/molecular system that performs rotary motions under an external stimulus. Molecular rotors are promising for applications in medicine, optical usage, information science, etc. A molecular rotor is also a crucial component in constructing more sophisticated functional molecular machines. Anchoring molecular rotors on surfaces is regarded as a feasible way of building functional molecular rotor systems. Scanning tunneling microscope (STM) is a powerful too

Abstract We study the hadronic coupling constants in the two-body strong decays of the fully-charm tetraquark states with the \(J^{PC}=0^{++}\), \(1^{+-}\), and \(2^{++}\) via the QCD sum rules based on rigorous quark-hadron duality. Then we obtain the hadronic coupling constants and partial decay widths therefore total decay widths, which support assigning the X(6552) as the first radial excitation of the scalar tetraquark state. And other predictions can be used to diagnose exotic states in t

Abstract Gravitational waves induced by large primordial curvature fluctuations may result in a sizable stochastic gravitational wave background. Interestingly, curvature fluctuations are gradually generated by initial isocurvature fluctuations, which in turn induce gravitational waves. Initial isocurvature fluctuations commonly appear in multi-field models of inflation as well as in the formation of scattered compact objects in the very early universe, such as primordial black holes and solito

Abstract The real atomic scale details of molecular junctions would be of much complexity and can yield a plethora of “counterintuitive” results. Here, we provide an overview of four unconventional intentional or unintentional transport phenomena in molecular junctions, in particular, unconventional tunneling length-dependent transport behavior, deviation from Kirchhoff’s superposition law, dual roles of imperfect engineering, and masked quantum interference. These abnormal phenomena are not en

Abstract Flat bands arise in periodic media when symmetries or fine-tuning result in perfect wavepacket localisation. Flat band localisation is fragile and exhibits remarkably sharp sensitivity to perturbations including interactions and disorder, leading to a variety of interesting quantum and classical phenomena. Originally a theoretical curiosity, advances in fabrication methods have allowed flat band physics to be observed down to the nanoscale. This article briefly reviews progress in the

Abstract In this paper, molecular dynamics simulations have been employed to investigate the phonon thermal transport in bilayer polycrystalline graphene nanoribbon (pGNR/pGNR), compared with bilayer graphene nanoribbon (GNR/GNR) and pGNR/GNR heterostructure. The interfacial thermal resistance (ITR) of bilayer structures was also calculated using the heat dissipation method. The effects of interlayer interaction, grain size, and vacancy defects on ITR and in-plane phonon thermal conductivity of

8 2023 Nishina Memorial Prize Dr. Atsuko Ichikawa Professor, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University. 8.1 Constraining CP violating phase δ in neutrino oscillations The T2K experiment searches for a violation of the symmetry between particles and antiparticles, called CP violation, in the neutrino oscillation phenomena. In the experiment, the J-PARC 30-GeV, high-power proton accelerator located at Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, launches neutrinos and antineutrinos separ

7 The Physical Society of Japan: second (2024) AAPPS-JPS Award by JPS In order to promote research in physics in Japan, the Physical Society of Japan (JPS) and the Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies (AAPPS) shall jointly award the “AAPPS-JPS Award” for young JPS members who achieve outstanding research results. The 2024 winners of the second Association of Asia Pacific Physical Society (AAPPS)—the Physics-JPS Award, are listed below. Tatsuya Kobayashi National Institute for Fusion S

5 Indonesia-APCTP workshop on quantum computing and simulation by Ahmad Ridwan Tesna Nugraha The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), through its Research Center for Quantum Physics, successfully organized a workshop on quantum computing and simulation from December 6 to 8 2023. This workshop was organized jointly with the Department of Physics, University of Indonesia (UI), and sponsored by the Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP). The Center for Theoretical Physics o

4 Vigyan Pratibha — enhancing science and mathematics learning experiences in Indian high schools by Deepa Chari, Ankush Gupta, and Arnab Bhattacharya (Vigyan Pratibha HBCSE, and Apex coordinator team) Vigyan Pratibha is a Department of Atomic Energy, India, funded program aimed at increasing high school students’ scientific and mathematics proficiencies through capacity building of their teachers. The program is operational under the leadership of Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education and T

3 Congratulations to Prof. Qikun Xuen, AAPPS Council Secretary 2008–2010 for winning 2024 APS Oliver E. Buckley Prize by Gui-Lu Long On 24 October 2023, the American Physical Society announced that Prof. Qikun Xue, AAPPS Council Secretary 2008–2010, Professor at Tsinghua University, and President of Southern University of Science and Technology, and Prof. Ashvin Vishwanath, from Harvard University, are winners of the 2024 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize. Oliver Buckley Prize is

2 Honorary AAPPS fellow conferred to Prof. Jie Zhang, AAPPS President 2008–2010 by Gui-Lu Long Prof Jie Zhang, AAPPS President 2008–2010, was awarded the title of AAPPS Honorary Fellow during the 14th annual workshop on frontiers of optics in Xiong-an in September 2023. The certificate was presented to Jie by Prof. Guozhen Yang, former president of CPS. Prof. Gui-Lu Long, President of AAPPS 2017–2019, chaired the ceremony. In the introduction speech, Gui-Lu summarized the three major contributi