Robert Garisto
@robertgaristo.bsky.social
Physicist. Editor. Writer.
#PRLjournalclub
Please join us in a week, on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025 12p EST
for a live discussion with the authors of Lysak et al about
New Plasma Regime in Jupiter’s Auroral Zones
PRL: go.aps.org/4lpgnng #OpenAccess
Free registration: go.aps.org/4oZN8ZK
Please join us in a week, on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025 12p EST
for a live discussion with the authors of Lysak et al about
New Plasma Regime in Jupiter’s Auroral Zones
PRL: go.aps.org/4lpgnng #OpenAccess
Free registration: go.aps.org/4oZN8ZK
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
#PRLjournalclub
Please join us in a week, on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025 12p EST
for a live discussion with the authors of Lysak et al about
New Plasma Regime in Jupiter’s Auroral Zones
PRL: go.aps.org/4lpgnng #OpenAccess
Free registration: go.aps.org/4oZN8ZK
Please join us in a week, on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025 12p EST
for a live discussion with the authors of Lysak et al about
New Plasma Regime in Jupiter’s Auroral Zones
PRL: go.aps.org/4lpgnng #OpenAccess
Free registration: go.aps.org/4oZN8ZK
Job Opening: Full-Time Associate Editor, PRL
We seek a dynamic and personable individual with postdoctoral experience in gravitation, astrophysics, or cosmology, to join our close-knit team of editors running the world’s leading physics journal.
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We seek a dynamic and personable individual with postdoctoral experience in gravitation, astrophysics, or cosmology, to join our close-knit team of editors running the world’s leading physics journal.
aps.applicantstack.com/x/detail/a27...
October 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Job Opening: Full-Time Associate Editor, PRL
We seek a dynamic and personable individual with postdoctoral experience in gravitation, astrophysics, or cosmology, to join our close-knit team of editors running the world’s leading physics journal.
aps.applicantstack.com/x/detail/a27...
We seek a dynamic and personable individual with postdoctoral experience in gravitation, astrophysics, or cosmology, to join our close-knit team of editors running the world’s leading physics journal.
aps.applicantstack.com/x/detail/a27...
Congratulations to John Clarke, Michael Devoret, & John Martinis
Nobel in Physics "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling & energy quantization in an electric circuit" in 3 PRLs
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Nobel in Physics "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling & energy quantization in an electric circuit" in 3 PRLs
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October 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Congratulations to John Clarke, Michael Devoret, & John Martinis
Nobel in Physics "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling & energy quantization in an electric circuit" in 3 PRLs
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Nobel in Physics "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling & energy quantization in an electric circuit" in 3 PRLs
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30% of PRL authors use End Matter after just a year! I’ve seen it improve many a Letter. #PeerReviewWeek
September 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
30% of PRL authors use End Matter after just a year! I’ve seen it improve many a Letter. #PeerReviewWeek
I'd like to thank everyone who helped carefully & quickly vet this Letter & bring it to publication: authors, editors, other staff, and especially the referees.
(Received 13 August 2025; revised 25 August 2025; accepted 26 August 2025; published 10 September 2025)
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(Received 13 August 2025; revised 25 August 2025; accepted 26 August 2025; published 10 September 2025)
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September 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I'd like to thank everyone who helped carefully & quickly vet this Letter & bring it to publication: authors, editors, other staff, and especially the referees.
(Received 13 August 2025; revised 25 August 2025; accepted 26 August 2025; published 10 September 2025)
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
(Received 13 August 2025; revised 25 August 2025; accepted 26 August 2025; published 10 September 2025)
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Event GW250114, with signal-to-noise ratio of 80, shows
• mass & spin of the merged BH matches the Kerr spectrum
• horizon area of the final BH is greater than the sum of the horizon areas for the merging BHs, as predicted in 1971 by Stephen Hawking go.aps.org/4nkqZEr
• mass & spin of the merged BH matches the Kerr spectrum
• horizon area of the final BH is greater than the sum of the horizon areas for the merging BHs, as predicted in 1971 by Stephen Hawking go.aps.org/4nkqZEr
September 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Event GW250114, with signal-to-noise ratio of 80, shows
• mass & spin of the merged BH matches the Kerr spectrum
• horizon area of the final BH is greater than the sum of the horizon areas for the merging BHs, as predicted in 1971 by Stephen Hawking go.aps.org/4nkqZEr
• mass & spin of the merged BH matches the Kerr spectrum
• horizon area of the final BH is greater than the sum of the horizon areas for the merging BHs, as predicted in 1971 by Stephen Hawking go.aps.org/4nkqZEr
** STEPHEN HAWKING WAS RIGHT **
Using a very strong black-hole merger signal, the @LIGO-@ego_virgo-@KAGRA_PR Collaboration has shown the 2nd law of black hole mechanics, Hawking's area law (A_final > A_initial), to hold with high credibility.
PRL: go.aps.org/3VarXHA #open
Using a very strong black-hole merger signal, the @LIGO-@ego_virgo-@KAGRA_PR Collaboration has shown the 2nd law of black hole mechanics, Hawking's area law (A_final > A_initial), to hold with high credibility.
PRL: go.aps.org/3VarXHA #open
September 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
** STEPHEN HAWKING WAS RIGHT **
Using a very strong black-hole merger signal, the @LIGO-@ego_virgo-@KAGRA_PR Collaboration has shown the 2nd law of black hole mechanics, Hawking's area law (A_final > A_initial), to hold with high credibility.
PRL: go.aps.org/3VarXHA #open
Using a very strong black-hole merger signal, the @LIGO-@ego_virgo-@KAGRA_PR Collaboration has shown the 2nd law of black hole mechanics, Hawking's area law (A_final > A_initial), to hold with high credibility.
PRL: go.aps.org/3VarXHA #open
Fun PRL about chainmail:
"In this Letter, we propose a rigidity theory for a type of interlocked material system: the torus knot tessellation."
go.aps.org/3HsuObE 🧪⚛️
"In this Letter, we propose a rigidity theory for a type of interlocked material system: the torus knot tessellation."
go.aps.org/3HsuObE 🧪⚛️
August 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Fun PRL about chainmail:
"In this Letter, we propose a rigidity theory for a type of interlocked material system: the torus knot tessellation."
go.aps.org/3HsuObE 🧪⚛️
"In this Letter, we propose a rigidity theory for a type of interlocked material system: the torus knot tessellation."
go.aps.org/3HsuObE 🧪⚛️
Meet our new Lead Editor*: Rafael Fernandes @uofillinois.bsky.social
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*To avoid confusion, I'm not going anywhere. He will work with me as an advisor in my role as Chief Editor.
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*To avoid confusion, I'm not going anywhere. He will work with me as an advisor in my role as Chief Editor.
August 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Meet our new Lead Editor*: Rafael Fernandes @uofillinois.bsky.social
journals.aps.org/prl/edannoun...
*To avoid confusion, I'm not going anywhere. He will work with me as an advisor in my role as Chief Editor.
journals.aps.org/prl/edannoun...
*To avoid confusion, I'm not going anywhere. He will work with me as an advisor in my role as Chief Editor.
AI is used to quickly assemble ~2000 atoms without defects. As a fun demonstration of the technique, the authors created a #CatVideo about Schrödinger's cat—each pixel is an atom.
PRL: go.aps.org/40Sx1ne
PhysMag: go.aps.org/4fyNPps
PRL: go.aps.org/40Sx1ne
PhysMag: go.aps.org/4fyNPps
August 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
AI is used to quickly assemble ~2000 atoms without defects. As a fun demonstration of the technique, the authors created a #CatVideo about Schrödinger's cat—each pixel is an atom.
PRL: go.aps.org/40Sx1ne
PhysMag: go.aps.org/4fyNPps
PRL: go.aps.org/40Sx1ne
PhysMag: go.aps.org/4fyNPps
Photonic torons with 3D topology transitions and tunable spin monopoles
PRL: go.aps.org/4l9fLRH #CoolVideo 🧪⚛️
PRL: go.aps.org/4l9fLRH #CoolVideo 🧪⚛️
August 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Photonic torons with 3D topology transitions and tunable spin monopoles
PRL: go.aps.org/4l9fLRH #CoolVideo 🧪⚛️
PRL: go.aps.org/4l9fLRH #CoolVideo 🧪⚛️
#PRLjournalclub
Please join us on Thursday, July 24th, 9p EDT for a live discussion with the authors of:
"Establishing a New Benchmark in Quantum Computational Advantage with 105-qubit Zuchongzhi 3.0 Processor"
go.aps.org/44UlYeg
Free Registration: go.aps.org/45aKKYV
Please join us on Thursday, July 24th, 9p EDT for a live discussion with the authors of:
"Establishing a New Benchmark in Quantum Computational Advantage with 105-qubit Zuchongzhi 3.0 Processor"
go.aps.org/44UlYeg
Free Registration: go.aps.org/45aKKYV
July 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
#PRLjournalclub
Please join us on Thursday, July 24th, 9p EDT for a live discussion with the authors of:
"Establishing a New Benchmark in Quantum Computational Advantage with 105-qubit Zuchongzhi 3.0 Processor"
go.aps.org/44UlYeg
Free Registration: go.aps.org/45aKKYV
Please join us on Thursday, July 24th, 9p EDT for a live discussion with the authors of:
"Establishing a New Benchmark in Quantum Computational Advantage with 105-qubit Zuchongzhi 3.0 Processor"
go.aps.org/44UlYeg
Free Registration: go.aps.org/45aKKYV
Here are PRL's metrics journals.aps.org/prl/about
•PRL is large, so not buffeted by its highest-cited papers
•A PRL is cited almost once a minute
•PRL is 60x more influential than the average journal
•PRL's Google h5 index is 50 more than the next physics journal scholar.google.com/citations?vi...)
•PRL is large, so not buffeted by its highest-cited papers
•A PRL is cited almost once a minute
•PRL is 60x more influential than the average journal
•PRL's Google h5 index is 50 more than the next physics journal scholar.google.com/citations?vi...)
July 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Here are PRL's metrics journals.aps.org/prl/about
•PRL is large, so not buffeted by its highest-cited papers
•A PRL is cited almost once a minute
•PRL is 60x more influential than the average journal
•PRL's Google h5 index is 50 more than the next physics journal scholar.google.com/citations?vi...)
•PRL is large, so not buffeted by its highest-cited papers
•A PRL is cited almost once a minute
•PRL is 60x more influential than the average journal
•PRL's Google h5 index is 50 more than the next physics journal scholar.google.com/citations?vi...)
Using a bubble chamber, world-leading constraints are placed on the absorption of hypothetical fermionic dark matter, including the first limits on spin-dependent absorptive interactions go.aps.org/4eszJVQ
July 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Using a bubble chamber, world-leading constraints are placed on the absorption of hypothetical fermionic dark matter, including the first limits on spin-dependent absorptive interactions go.aps.org/4eszJVQ
Next in PRL's series of forward-looking Essays (see go.aps.org/3OOyTYP), Tadashi Takayanagi outlines prospects for understanding quantum gravity using holographic duality in the context of quantum information go.aps.org/4kRroxy #OpenAccess
June 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Next in PRL's series of forward-looking Essays (see go.aps.org/3OOyTYP), Tadashi Takayanagi outlines prospects for understanding quantum gravity using holographic duality in the context of quantum information go.aps.org/4kRroxy #OpenAccess
World-leading constraints are placed on dark-matter particles with mass between 100 keV and 1 GeV which could have been boosted to relativistic energies via collisions with cosmic rays go.aps.org/4kK20JR 🧪⚛️ #OpenAccess
June 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
World-leading constraints are placed on dark-matter particles with mass between 100 keV and 1 GeV which could have been boosted to relativistic energies via collisions with cosmic rays go.aps.org/4kK20JR 🧪⚛️ #OpenAccess
Nice interview with PRL's Lead Editor (chief scientific advisor) Hugues Chaté by Science & Technology Daily, and a testimonial about PRL by one of China's leading scientists, Jianwei Pan. digitalpaper.stdaily.com/http_www.kjr...
June 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Nice interview with PRL's Lead Editor (chief scientific advisor) Hugues Chaté by Science & Technology Daily, and a testimonial about PRL by one of China's leading scientists, Jianwei Pan. digitalpaper.stdaily.com/http_www.kjr...
Schrödinger's trilobites:
PRL Cover Caption: Two calculated Rydberg electron distributions for trilobite molecules.
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PRL Cover Caption: Two calculated Rydberg electron distributions for trilobite molecules.
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June 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Schrödinger's trilobites:
PRL Cover Caption: Two calculated Rydberg electron distributions for trilobite molecules.
journals.aps.org/prl/issues/1...
PRL Cover Caption: Two calculated Rydberg electron distributions for trilobite molecules.
journals.aps.org/prl/issues/1...
APS has posted a number of new metrics for journals, including decision times. PRL does quite well for a very selective journal (which can entail more review).
All: journals.aps.org/metrics
PRL: journals.aps.org/prl/about
All: journals.aps.org/metrics
PRL: journals.aps.org/prl/about
June 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
APS has posted a number of new metrics for journals, including decision times. PRL does quite well for a very selective journal (which can entail more review).
All: journals.aps.org/metrics
PRL: journals.aps.org/prl/about
All: journals.aps.org/metrics
PRL: journals.aps.org/prl/about
#RIP Joseph H. Eberly, leader in quantum optics.
Charles Hard Townes Medal
Frederic Ives Medal
Marian Smoluchowski Medal
OSA President
APS & OSA Fellow
APS Outstanding Referee
Obituary:
optica.org/about/newsro...
PR&PRLs: journals.aps.org/search/resul...
Charles Hard Townes Medal
Frederic Ives Medal
Marian Smoluchowski Medal
OSA President
APS & OSA Fellow
APS Outstanding Referee
Obituary:
optica.org/about/newsro...
PR&PRLs: journals.aps.org/search/resul...
May 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
#RIP Joseph H. Eberly, leader in quantum optics.
Charles Hard Townes Medal
Frederic Ives Medal
Marian Smoluchowski Medal
OSA President
APS & OSA Fellow
APS Outstanding Referee
Obituary:
optica.org/about/newsro...
PR&PRLs: journals.aps.org/search/resul...
Charles Hard Townes Medal
Frederic Ives Medal
Marian Smoluchowski Medal
OSA President
APS & OSA Fellow
APS Outstanding Referee
Obituary:
optica.org/about/newsro...
PR&PRLs: journals.aps.org/search/resul...
In celebration of #IYQ2025 the Phys. Rev. editors have curated a collection of seminal papers that laid the foundations of the field
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Editorial: Celebrating the First Century of Quantum Physics & Preparing for the Next One journals.aps.org/prl/abstract... 🧪⚛️
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Editorial: Celebrating the First Century of Quantum Physics & Preparing for the Next One journals.aps.org/prl/abstract... 🧪⚛️
April 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In celebration of #IYQ2025 the Phys. Rev. editors have curated a collection of seminal papers that laid the foundations of the field
promo.aps.org/quantum-foun...
Editorial: Celebrating the First Century of Quantum Physics & Preparing for the Next One journals.aps.org/prl/abstract... 🧪⚛️
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Editorial: Celebrating the First Century of Quantum Physics & Preparing for the Next One journals.aps.org/prl/abstract... 🧪⚛️
Three of the top 10 cited papers of all time (according to @nature.com) are physics papers, 1 in PRL, 2 in PRB:
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April 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Three of the top 10 cited papers of all time (according to @nature.com) are physics papers, 1 in PRL, 2 in PRB:
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Dwarf Galaxies Imply Dark Matter is Heavier than 2.2⨉10⁻²¹eV
"This lower limit is free of any assumptions pertaining to cosmology, microphysics (including spin), or dynamics of dark matter [just assumes a] single bosonic particle species."
PRL go.aps.org/42EbzCy #OpenAccess 🧪⚛️
"This lower limit is free of any assumptions pertaining to cosmology, microphysics (including spin), or dynamics of dark matter [just assumes a] single bosonic particle species."
PRL go.aps.org/42EbzCy #OpenAccess 🧪⚛️
April 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Dwarf Galaxies Imply Dark Matter is Heavier than 2.2⨉10⁻²¹eV
"This lower limit is free of any assumptions pertaining to cosmology, microphysics (including spin), or dynamics of dark matter [just assumes a] single bosonic particle species."
PRL go.aps.org/42EbzCy #OpenAccess 🧪⚛️
"This lower limit is free of any assumptions pertaining to cosmology, microphysics (including spin), or dynamics of dark matter [just assumes a] single bosonic particle species."
PRL go.aps.org/42EbzCy #OpenAccess 🧪⚛️
"@cern.bsky.social SCOAP3 Open Science Elements results for 2025. Physical Review journals have scored very highly, showcasing APS's ongoing commitment to Open Science initiatives in publishing. PIDs, Metadata, Data, Accessibility, more." [email protected]
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April 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"@cern.bsky.social SCOAP3 Open Science Elements results for 2025. Physical Review journals have scored very highly, showcasing APS's ongoing commitment to Open Science initiatives in publishing. PIDs, Metadata, Data, Accessibility, more." [email protected]
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Which Is Which? Identification of the Two Compact Objects in Gravitational-Wave Binaries
A semisupervised machine-learning approach
PRL: go.aps.org/41Rlndb 🧪⚛️
A semisupervised machine-learning approach
PRL: go.aps.org/41Rlndb 🧪⚛️
March 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Which Is Which? Identification of the Two Compact Objects in Gravitational-Wave Binaries
A semisupervised machine-learning approach
PRL: go.aps.org/41Rlndb 🧪⚛️
A semisupervised machine-learning approach
PRL: go.aps.org/41Rlndb 🧪⚛️