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Physical Review B – 1 March 2001
Volume 63, Issue 10

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects, etc.

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Ion-beam irradiation of Cu and a Cu-Ni alloy single-crystal specimens: Proposed atom movement mechanism
Y. Fujino, Y. Igarashi, and S. Nagata
Published 6 February 2001 (4 pages)
100101(R) [View PDF (62 kB)]
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Interplay between structural, electronic, and magnetic instabilities in EuT2P2 (T=Fe, Co) under high pressure
B. Ni, M. M. Abd-Elmeguid, H. Micklitz, J. P. Sanchez, P. Vulliet, and D. Johrendt
Published 21 February 2001 (4 pages)
100102(R) [View PDF (76 kB)]

Dynamics, dynamical systems, lattice effects, quantum solids, etc.

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Phonon spectrum of YH3: Evidence for a broken symmetry structure
P. van Gelderen, P. J. Kelly, and G. Brocks
Published 13 February 2001 (4 pages)
100301(R) [View PDF (50 kB)]
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13C NMR evidence for dynamics of nanotubes in ropes
C. Goze Bac, S. Latil, L. Vaccarini, P. Bernier, P. Gaveau, S. Tahir, V. Micholet, R. Aznar, A. Rubio, K. Metenier, and F. Beguin
Published 15 February 2001 (4 pages)
100302(R) [View PDF (52 kB)]
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Charge-ordering phase transition and order-disorder effects in the Raman spectra of NaV2O5
M. J. Konstantinović, M. Isobe, and Y. Ueda
Published 20 February 2001 (4 pages)
100303(R) [View PDF (189 kB)]

Magnetism

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Fast ab initio methods for the calculation of adiabatic spin wave spectra in complex systems
O. Grotheer, C. Ederer, and M. Fähnle
Published 6 February 2001 (4 pages)
100401(R) [View PDF (68 kB)]
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Magnetic properties of a molecular-based spin-ladder system: (5IAP)2CuBr4⋅2H2O
C. P. Landee, M. M. Turnbull, C. Galeriu, J. Giantsidis, and F. M. Woodward
Published 6 February 2001 (4 pages)
100402(R) [View PDF (73 kB)]
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Evolution and stability of a magnetic vortex in a small cylindrical ferromagnetic particle under applied field
Konstantin Yu. Guslienko and Konstantin L. Metlov
Published 8 February 2001 (4 pages)
100403(R) [View PDF (74 kB)]
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Thermally assisted oscillatory interlayer exchange bias coupling
Minn-Tsong Lin, C. H. Ho, Ching-Ray Chang, and Y. D. Yao
Published 9 February 2001 (4 pages)
100404(R) [View PDF (55 kB)]
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Interlayer exchange coupling in fine-layered Fe/Au superlattices
A. Yoshihara, J. T. Wang, K. Takanashi, K. Himi, Y. Kawazoe, H. Fujimori, and P. Grünberg
Published 14 February 2001 (4 pages)
100405(R) [View PDF (69 kB)]
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Electron doping in CaMnO3 induced by Mo for Mn substitution: An efficient route to orbital and charge ordering
C. Martin, A. Maignan, M. Hervieu, B. Raveau, and J. Hejtmanek
Published 21 February 2001 (4 pages)
100406(R) [View PDF (180 kB)]
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Exact ground state properties of the classical Heisenberg model for giant magnetic molecules
Maria Axenovich and Marshall Luban
Published 21 February 2001 (4 pages)
100407(R) [View PDF (155 kB)]

Superfluidity and superconductivity

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Current noise in long diffusive SNS junctions in the incoherent multiple Andreev reflections regime
E. V. Bezuglyi, E. N. Bratus’, V. S. Shumeiko, and G. Wendin
Published 9 February 2001 (4 pages)
100501(R) [View PDF (60 kB)]
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Anisotropic magnetoconductance in quench-condensed ultrathin beryllium films
E. Bielejec, J. Ruan, and Wenhao Wu
Published 9 February 2001 (4 pages)
100502(R) [View PDF (70 kB)]
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Density of states for dirty d-wave superconductors: A unified and dual approach for different types of disorder
Claudio Chamon and Christopher Mudry
Published 14 February 2001 (4 pages)
100503(R) [View PDF (80 kB)]
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Fine-structure in the low-energy excitation spectrum of a high-Tc superconductor by polarization-dependent photoemission
R. Manzke, R. Müller, C. Janowitz, M. Schneider, A. Krapf, and H. Dwelk
Published 14 February 2001 (4 pages)
100504(R) [View PDF (70 kB)]
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Scaling properties of the magnetic-field-induced specific heat of superconducting UBe13
Ch. Wälti, E. Felder, H. R. Ott, Z. Fisk, and J. L. Smith
Published 15 February 2001 (4 pages)
100505(R) [View PDF (71 kB)]
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Enhanced bound-state formation in two dimensions via stripelike hopping anisotropies
Saurabh Basu, R. J. Gooding, and P. W. Leung
Published 20 February 2001 (4 pages)
100506(R) [View PDF (58 kB)]
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Possible pseudogap behavior of electron-doped high-temperature superconductors
S. Kleefisch, B. Welter, A. Marx, L. Alff, R. Gross, and M. Naito
Published 20 February 2001 (4 pages)
100507(R) [View PDF (71 kB)]
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Observations of a pseudogap in the c-axis electronic Raman continuum of YBa2Cu4O8 single crystals
J. W. Quilty, S. Tajima, S. Adachi, and A. Yamanaka
Published 21 February 2001 (4 pages)
100508(R) [View PDF (202 kB)]

ARTICLES

Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects, etc.

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Elastic instabilities at a sliding interface
B. N. J. Persson
Published 6 February 2001 (7 pages)
104101 [View PDF (103 kB)]
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Effect of modulated antiparallel domain patterns on the dielectric permittivity in epitaxial Bi2Ti4O11-Bi4Ti3O12 films
A. Q. Jiang, Z. H. Chen, F. Chen, Y. L. Zhou, M. He, and G. Z. Yang
Published 14 February 2001 (4 pages)
104102 [View PDF (126 kB)]
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Theoretical study of the relative stability of wurtzite and rocksalt phases in MgO and GaN
Sukit Limpijumnong and Walter R. L. Lambrecht
Published 14 February 2001 (11 pages)
104103 [View PDF (701 kB)]
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Force fluctuation in a driven elastic chain
Frédéric Lacombe, Stefano Zapperi, and Hans J. Herrmann
Published 14 February 2001 (7 pages)
104104 [View PDF (175 kB)]
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Microscopic theory of quadrupolar ordering in TmTe
A. V. Nikolaev and K. H. Michel
Published 15 February 2001 (10 pages)
104105 [View PDF (144 kB)]
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Ab initio molecular dynamics study of the pressure-induced phase transformations in cristobalite
D. D. Klug, R. Rousseau, K. Uehara, M. Bernasconi, Y. Le Page, and J. S. Tse
Published 15 February 2001 (5 pages)
104106 [View PDF (278 kB)]
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Structural phase transition and anharmonic effects in crystals
Katsuhiko Fujii, Yutaka Aikawa, and Kazuya Ohoka
Published 20 February 2001 (4 pages)
104107 [View PDF (63 kB)]
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Cratering and plastic deformation in polystyrene induced by MeV heavy ions: Dependence on the molecular weight
L. S. Farenzena, R. P. Livi, M. A. de Araújo, G. Garcia Bermudez, and R. M. Papaléo
Published 20 February 2001 (7 pages)
104108 [View PDF (338 kB)]
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Irradiation-induced amorphization of Cd2Nb2O7 pyrochlore
A. Meldrum, C. W. White, V. Keppens, L. A. Boatner, and R. C. Ewing
Published 20 February 2001 (11 pages)
104109 [View PDF (529 kB)]
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Spectroscopic study of the ε phase of solid oxygen
Federico A. Gorelli, Lorenzo Ulivi, Mario Santoro, and Roberto Bini
Published 20 February 2001 (11 pages)
104110 [View PDF (173 kB)]
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Ab initio study of structural and thermal properties of ScAlO3 perovskite
B. Magyari-Köpe, L. Vitos, and J. Kollár
Published 20 February 2001 (5 pages)
104111 [View PDF (64 kB)]

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

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Photoinduced effect in glassy crystalline As4Se3: Negative photoinduced anisotropy
P. Krecmer, A. Sklenar, M. Vlcek, and S. R. Elliott
Published 6 February 2001 (5 pages)
104201 [View PDF (86 kB)]
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Melting and freezing of Ar in nanopores
D. Wallacher and K. Knorr
Published 14 February 2001 (9 pages)
104202 [View PDF (327 kB)]
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Mechanical relaxation in glasses and at the glass transition
U. Buchenau
Published 14 February 2001 (13 pages)
104203 [View PDF (159 kB)]
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Frequency-dependent specific heat of viscous silica
Peter Scheidler, Walter Kob, Arnulf Latz, Jürgen Horbach, and Kurt Binder
Published 15 February 2001 (14 pages)
104204 [View PDF (203 kB)]
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Room-temperature persistent spectral hole burning of Eu3+ coupling with Al3+ in glass
Masayuki Nogami and Tomotaka Ishikawa
Published 20 February 2001 (6 pages)
104205 [View PDF (102 kB)]
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Ion-induced mixing and demixing in the immiscible Ni-Ag system
Thomas J. Colla, Herbert M. Urbassek, Kai Nordlund, and Robert S. Averback
Published 20 February 2001 (7 pages)
104206 [View PDF (971 kB)]

Dynamics, dynamical systems, lattice effects, quantum solids, etc.

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Ultrafast processes in Ag and Au: A Monte Carlo study
P. J. van Hall
Published 15 February 2001 (10 pages)
104301 [View PDF (156 kB)]
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Ultrafast electron relaxation via breathing vibration of gold nanocrystals embedded in a dielectric medium
Y. Hamanaka, J. Kuwabata, I. Tanahashi, S. Omi, and A. Nakamura
Published 15 February 2001 (5 pages)
104302 [View PDF (72 kB)]
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Boson peak in the room-temperature molten salt tetra(n-butyl)ammonium croconate
Mauro C. C. Ribeiro, Luiz F. C. de Oliveira, and N. S. Gonçalves
Published 15 February 2001 (8 pages)
104303 [View PDF (127 kB)]
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Frequency and temperature dependence of the TO phonon-polariton decay in GaP
A. G. Stepanov, J. Hebling, and J. Kuhl
Published 20 February 2001 (5 pages)
104304 [View PDF (111 kB)]
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First-principles study of structural, electronic, dynamical, and dielectric properties of zircon
G.-M. Rignanese, X. Gonze, and Alfredo Pasquarello
Published 20 February 2001 (7 pages)
104305 [View PDF (82 kB)]

Magnetism

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Orbital structure and magnetic ordering in layered manganites: Universal correlation and its mechanism
S. Okamoto, S. Ishihara, and S. Maekawa
Published 6 February 2001 (6 pages)
104401 [View PDF (310 kB)]
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Electronic and magnetic properties of La2FeCrO6: Superexchange interaction for a d5-d3 system
K. Miura and K. Terakura
Published 7 February 2001 (7 pages)
104402 [View PDF (204 kB)]
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Deuterium NMR in YMn2Dx compounds
H. Figiel, A. Budziak, P. Mietniowski, M. T. Kelemen, and E. Dormann
Published 8 February 2001 (5 pages)
104403 [View PDF (80 kB)]
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First-order phase transition in UO2: 235U and 17O NMR study
K. Ikushima, S. Tsutsui, Y. Haga, H. Yasuoka, R. E. Walstedt, N. M. Masaki, A. Nakamura, S. Nasu, and Y. Ōnuki
Published 9 February 2001 (11 pages)
104404 [View PDF (306 kB)]
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Theory of Brillouin cross section for scattering from magnetic multilayers: Second-order magneto-optic effect in Ni/Cu bilayers and trilayers
L. Giovannini, R. Zivieri, G. Gubbiotti, G. Carlotti, L. Pareti, and G. Turilli
Published 13 February 2001 (9 pages)
104405 [View PDF (131 kB)]
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Dependence of exchange coupling on magnetization in Co-Ni/FeMn bilayers
S. M. Zhou and C. L. Chien
Published 13 February 2001 (4 pages)
104406 [View PDF (58 kB)]
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Fe /Cr interface magnetism: Correlation between hyperfine fields and magnetic moments
V. M. Uzdin, W. Keune, H. Schrör, and M. Walterfang
Published 14 February 2001 (15 pages)
104407 [View PDF (225 kB)]
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Appearance of a gapless phase over the intermediate region between the Haldane phase and the singlet dimer phase in random alternating Heisenberg chains (CH3)2CHNH3Cu(ClxBr1-x)3
H. Manaka, I. Yamada, and H. Aruga Katori
Published 14 February 2001 (6 pages)
104408 [View PDF (173 kB)]
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Dipolar induced magnetic anisotropy and magnetic topological defects in ultrathin films
J.-C. S. Lévy
Published 14 February 2001 (7 pages)
104409 [View PDF (81 kB)]
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Haldane-gap excitations in the low-Hc one-dimensional quantum antiferromagnet Ni(C5D14N2)2N3(PF6)
A. Zheludev, Y. Chen, C. L. Broholm, Z. Honda, and K. Katsumata
Published 15 February 2001 (5 pages)
104410 [View PDF (480 kB)]
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Temperature-dependent paramagnetic susceptibilities of Cu2+ and Co2+ as dilute impurities in ZnO
William H. Brumage, C. Franklin Dorman, and C. Richard Quade
Published 15 February 2001 (4 pages)
104411 [View PDF (56 kB)]
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c(2×2) interface alloys in Co/Cu multilayers: Influence on interlayer exchange coupling and giant magnetoresistance
Peter Zahn and Ingrid Mertig
Published 15 February 2001 (6 pages)
104412 [View PDF (315 kB)]
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Magnetism and interlayer coupling in fcc Fe/Co films
A. Dallmeyer, K. Maiti, O. Rader, L. Pasquali, C. Carbone, and W. Eberhardt
Published 15 February 2001 (5 pages)
104413 [View PDF (150 kB)]
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Phase diagram of quantum systems: Heisenberg antiferromagnets
Pietro Gianinetti and Alberto Parola
Published 15 February 2001 (15 pages)
104414 [View PDF (183 kB)]
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Dipolar interactions in arrays of nickel nanowires studied by ferromagnetic resonance
A. Encinas-Oropesa, M. Demand, L. Piraux, I. Huynen, and U. Ebels
Published 15 February 2001 (6 pages)
104415 [View PDF (100 kB)]
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Anomalous magnetic properties of heavily Tb-doped glasses
K. Sato, K. Yamaguchi, F. Maruyama, and N. Nishi
Published 15 February 2001 (6 pages)
104416 [View PDF (96 kB)]
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Spin density waves in Cr/Mo films
Anders M. N. Niklasson, John M. Wills, and Lars Nordström
Published 20 February 2001 (5 pages)
104417 [View PDF (74 kB)]
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Large coercivity and surface anisotropy in MgO/Co multilayer films
Jian-Wang Cai, Satoshi Okamoto, Osamu Kitakami, and Yutaka Shimada
Published 20 February 2001 (7 pages)
104418 [View PDF (305 kB)]
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Enhanced interface perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in electrodeposited Co/Au(111) layers
L. Cagnon, T. Devolder, R. Cortes, A. Morrone, J. E. Schmidt, C. Chappert, and P. Allongue
Published 20 February 2001 (12 pages)
104419 [View PDF (960 kB)]
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Quantum phase transitions in the two-dimensional J1-J2 model
O. P. Sushkov, J. Oitmaa, and Zheng Weihong
Published 20 February 2001 (4 pages)
104420 [View PDF (68 kB)]
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Calculated magnetocrystalline anisotropy of a FePd ordered alloy: Electron-density dependence on the direction of magnetization
D. García, R. Casero, M. Vázquez, and A. Hernando
Published 20 February 2001 (5 pages)
104421 [View PDF (161 kB)]
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Random-bond Ising model in two dimensions: The Nishimori line and supersymmetry
Ilya A. Gruzberg, N. Read, and Andreas W. W. Ludwig
Published 20 February 2001 (27 pages)
104422 [View PDF (310 kB)]
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Electronic theory of Bloch walls in ferromagnets
J. Schwitalla, B. L. Györffy, and L. Szunyogh
Published 20 February 2001 (11 pages)
104423 [View PDF (140 kB)]
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Magnetization profile and magnetocrystalline anisotropy of ferromagnet-semiconductor heterostructure systems
I. Cabria, A. Ya. Perlov, and H. Ebert
Published 20 February 2001 (12 pages)
104424 [View PDF (258 kB)]
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Spin-polarized electron transport in ferromagnet/semiconductor hybrid structures induced by photon excitation
A. Hirohata, Y. B. Xu, C. M. Guertler, J. A. C. Bland, and S. N. Holmes
Published 20 February 2001 (4 pages)
104425 [View PDF (324 kB)]
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Magnetic order of UPt3 under uniaxial pressure
N. H. van Dijk, P. Rodière, F. Yakhou, M.-T. Fernández-Díaz, B. Fåk, A. Huxley, and J. Flouquet
Published 20 February 2001 (7 pages)
104426 [View PDF (88 kB)]
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Extensive eigenvalues in spin-spin correlations: A tool for counting pure states in Ising spin glasses
Jairo Sinova, Geoff Canright, Horacio E. Castillo, and Allan H. MacDonald
Published 20 February 2001 (13 pages)
104427 [View PDF (175 kB)]
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Ballistic versus diffusive magnetoresistance of a magnetic point contact
L. R. Tagirov, B. P. Vodopyanov, and K. B. Efetov
Published 20 February 2001 (4 pages)
104428 [View PDF (70 kB)]
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Integrable sigma models with θ=π
Paul Fendley
Published 21 February 2001 (19 pages)
104429 [View PDF (227 kB)]
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Structural and chemical analysis of colossal magnetoresistance manganites by Raman spectrometry
V. A. Amelitchev, B. Güttler, O. Yu. Gorbenko, A. R. Kaul, A. A. Bosak, and A. Yu. Ganin
Published 21 February 2001 (7 pages)
104430 [View PDF (105 kB)]
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Influence of the deposition angle on the magnetic anisotropy in thin Co films on Cu(001)
Sebastiaan van Dijken, Giovanni Di Santo, and Bene Poelsema
Published 21 February 2001 (10 pages)
104431 [View PDF (245 kB)]

Superfluidity and superconductivity

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Tunneling of vortices through a weak link in an insulating Josephson array
A. Vourdas, T. P. Spiller, T. D. Clark, and D. Poulton
Published 5 February 2001 (8 pages)
104501 [View PDF (96 kB)]
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Possible robust insulator-superconductor transition on solid inert gas and other substrates
K. Das Gupta, G. Sambandamurthy, Swati S. Soman, and N. Chandrasekhar
Published 7 February 2001 (5 pages)
104502 [View PDF (92 kB)]
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Possibility of a π Josephson junction and switch in superconductors with spiral magnetic order
Miodrag L. Kulić and Igor M. Kulić
Published 13 February 2001 (6 pages)
104503 [View PDF (97 kB)]
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Satellite flux-flow steps in a long Josephson junction
Marek Jaworski
Published 13 February 2001 (8 pages)
104504 [View PDF (104 kB)]
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Ground-state properties of the two-dimensional charged Bose gas
B. Davoudi, E. Strepparola, B. Tanatar, and M. P. Tosi
Published 13 February 2001 (6 pages)
104505 [View PDF (74 kB)]
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Spatiotemporal stochastic resonance in fully frustrated Josephson ladders
Beom Jun Kim, Mahn-Soo Choi, Petter Minnhagen, Gun Sang Jeon, H. J. Kim, and M. Y. Choi
Published 13 February 2001 (7 pages)
104506 [View PDF (123 kB)]
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High-resolution resonant magnetic x-ray scattering on TbNi2B2C: Determination of the modulation wave vector in the orthorhombic phase
C. Song, D. Wermeille, A. I. Goldman, P. C. Canfield, J. Y. Rhee, and B. N. Harmon
Published 14 February 2001 (4 pages)
104507 [View PDF (125 kB)]
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Superconducting properties of YxLu1-xNi2B2C and La3Ni2B2N3-δ: A comparison between experiment and Eliashberg theory
S. Manalo, H. Michor, M. El-Hagary, G. Hilscher, and E. Schachinger
Published 14 February 2001 (12 pages)
104508 [View PDF (248 kB)]
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Quasicondensate and superfluid fraction in the two-dimensional charged boson gas at finite temperature
E. Strepparola, A. Minguzzi, and M. P. Tosi
Published 14 February 2001 (6 pages)
104509 [View PDF (94 kB)]
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Andreev reflections at metal/superconductor point contacts: Measurement and analysis
G. J. Strijkers, Y. Ji, F. Y. Yang, C. L. Chien, and J. M. Byers
Published 15 February 2001 (6 pages)
104510 [View PDF (93 kB)]
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Berry phase modification of the current drive in a restricted class of large annular Josephson junctions at low temperature
Frank Gaitan
Published 20 February 2001 (10 pages)
104511 [View PDF (335 kB)]
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Dynamic interplay of Berry’s phase and spectral flow in the current-voltage characteristics of a restricted class of large SNS annular Josephson junctions
Vasiliki Plerou and Frank Gaitan
Published 20 February 2001 (10 pages)
104512 [View PDF (401 kB)]
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Spin-triplet superconducting pairing due to local Hund’s rule and Dirac exchange
Jozef Spałek
Published 20 February 2001 (9 pages)
104513 [View PDF (113 kB)]
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Nuclear-quadrupole-resonance study of overdoped Y1-xCaxBa2Cu3O7
G. V. M. Williams, S. Krämer, and M. Mehring
Published 20 February 2001 (5 pages)
104514 [View PDF (75 kB)]
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Magnetoconductivity due to quantum interference in strongly underdoped YBa2Cu3Ox
E. Cimpoiasu, G. A. Levin, C. C. Almasan, Hong Zheng, and B. W. Veal
Published 20 February 2001 (8 pages)
104515 [View PDF (135 kB)]
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Structural and superconducting transition in selenium at high pressure
M. Otani and N. Suzuki
Published 20 February 2001 (8 pages)
104516 [View PDF (234 kB)]
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Antiferromagnetic alignment and relaxation rate of Gd spins in the high temperature superconductor GdBa2Cu3O7-δ
R. J. Ormeno, C. E. Gough, and Guang Yang
Published 20 February 2001 (4 pages)
104517 [View PDF (79 kB)]
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Tunneling spectroscopy on the organic superconductor κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 using STM
T. Arai, K. Ichimura, K. Nomura, S. Takasaki, J. Yamada, S. Nakatsuji, and H. Anzai
Published 20 February 2001 (5 pages)
104518 [View PDF (111 kB)]
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Determination of magnetic penetration depth from the reversible magnetization in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ: Dependence on weak disorder and interlayer coupling
Alexandre I. Rykov and Tsuyoshi Tamegai
Published 21 February 2001 (9 pages)
104519 [View PDF (344 kB)]
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Raman intensity of A1g phonons in dx2-y2 superconductors
E. Ya. Sherman and O. V. Misochko
Published 21 February 2001 (6 pages)
104520 [View PDF (136 kB)]

COMMENTS

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Comment on “Analytical expressions for zero-field splittings of 3d5 ions in low-symmetry fields and their applications”
Czeslaw Rudowicz
Published 14 February 2001 (7 pages)
106401 [View PDF (85 kB)]

ERRATA

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Erratum: High-spin and charge-ordering state of YBaCo2O5 [Phys. Rev. B 62, R11 953 (2000)]
Hua Wu
Published 6 February 2001 (1 page)
109901(E) [View PDF (10 kB)]
 
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