Physical Review Letters – 24 November 1997
(Volume 79, Issue 21)
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LETTERS
- General Physics
- Gravitation and Astrophysics
- Elementary Particles and Fields
- Nuclear Physics
- Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
- Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, Etc.
- Plasma and Beam Physics
- Condensed Matter: Structure, Etc.
- Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, Etc.
- Cross-Disciplinary Physics
- COMMENTS
- ERRATA
LETTERS
General Physics
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Multisoliton Solutions of the Complex Ginzburg-Landau EquationN. N. Akhmediev, A. Ankiewicz, and J. M. Soto-Crespo pp. 4047-4051 [View PDF (150 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Fake Instability in the Euclidean Formalism of Quantum TunnelingHideaki Aoyama, Toshiyuki Harano, Hisashi Kikuchi, Masatoshi Sato, and Shinya Wada pp. 4052-4055 [View PDF (132 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Theoretical Study of the Damping of Collective Excitations in a Bose-Einstein CondensateW. Vincent Liu pp. 4056-4059 [View PDF (169 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Optimal Path in Strong Disorder and Shortest Path in Invasion Percolation with TrappingMarkus Porto, Shlomo Havlin, Stefan Schwarzer, and Armin Bunde pp. 4060-4062 [View PDF (195 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Critical Behavior of Random-Bond Potts ModelsJohn Cardy and Jesper Lykke Jacobsen pp. 4063-4066 [View PDF (156 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Invariant Field Metrics and Dynamical Scalings on FractalsUmberto Mosco pp. 4067-4070 [View PDF (192 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
Gravitation and Astrophysics
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Spacetime Foam and the Cosmological ConstantS. Carlip pp. 4071-4074 [View PDF (129 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
Elementary Particles and Fields
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Fermilab Tevatron Constraints on Topcolor-Assisted TechnicolorYumian Su, Gian Franco Bonini, and Kenneth Lane pp. 4075-4078 [View PDF (180 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Observation of the Decay K+ → π+γγP. Kitching et al. pp. 4079-4082 [View PDF (124 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Search for Light Gluinos via the Spontaneous Appearance of π+π- Pairs with an 800 GeV/c Proton Beam at FermilabJ. Adams et al. (KTeV Collaboration) pp. 4083-4087 [View PDF (162 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Higher-Order Corrections to Sirlin's Theorem in O(p6) Chiral Perturbation TheoryP. Post and K. Schilcher pp. 4088-4091 [View PDF (140 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Chiral Sum Rules to Second Order in Quark MassEugene Golowich and Joachim Kambor pp. 4092-4095 [View PDF (149 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
Nuclear Physics
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Anisotropy of Subthreshold K+ Emission in Heavy Ion ReactionsZ. S. Wang, Amand Faessler, C. Fuchs, V. S. Uma Maheswari, and D. Kosov pp. 4096-4099 [View PDF (121 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Spins, Parity, Excitation Energies, and Octupole Structure of an Excited Superdeformed Band in 194Hg and Implications for Identical BandsG. Hackman, T. L. Khoo, M. P. Carpenter, T. Lauritsen, A. Lopez-Martens, I. J. Calderin, R. V. Janssens, D. Ackermann, I. Ahmad, S. Agarwala, D. J. Blumenthal, S. M. Fischer, D. Nisius, P. Reiter, J. Young, H. Amro, E. F. Moore, F. Hannachi, A. Korichi, I. Y. Lee, A. O. Macchiavelli, T. Døssing, and T. Nakatsukasa pp. 4100-4103 [View PDF (141 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
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Single- and Multiphoton Infrared Laser Spectroscopy of Sb-: A Case StudyMichael Scheer, Harold K. Haugen, and Donald R. Beck pp. 4104-4107 [View PDF (137 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Effect of Resonances on the Coherent Control of the Photoionization and Photodissociation of HI and DILangchi Zhu, Kunihiro Suto, Jeanette Allen Fiss, Ryuichi Wada, Tamar Seideman, and Robert J. Gordon pp. 4108-4111 [View PDF (163 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Absence of a ``Threshold Effect'' in the Energy Loss of Slow Protons Traversing Large-Band-Gap InsulatorsK. Eder, D. Semrad, P. Bauer, R. Golser, P. Maier-Komor, F. Aumayr, M. Peñalba, A. Arnau, J. M. Ugalde, and P. M. Echenique pp. 4112-4115 [View PDF (120 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Ab Initio Calculations of Vibrationally Resolved Resonances in Electron Collisions with H2, HD, and D2Darian T. Stibbe and Jonathan Tennyson pp. 4116-4119 [View PDF (88 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Recoil Effects in Positronium Energy Levels to Order α6Krzysztof Pachucki pp. 4120-4123 [View PDF (149 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Positronic Lithium, an Electronically Stable Li-e+ Ground StateG. G. Ryzhikh and J. Mitroy pp. 4124-4126 [View PDF (89 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, Etc.
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Intermittency Route to Strange Nonchaotic AttractorsAwadhesh Prasad, Vishal Mehra, and Ramakrishna Ramaswamy pp. 4127-4130 [View PDF (163 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Exponentially Rapid Decoherence of Quantum Chaotic SystemsArjendu K. Pattanayak and Paul Brumer pp. 4131-4134 [View PDF (134 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Evidence of X-Shaped Propagation-Invariant Localized Light WavesPeeter Saari and Kaido Reivelt pp. 4135-4138 [View PDF (2580 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Modulational Instability Induced by Cavity Boundary Conditions in a Normally Dispersive Optical FiberS. Coen and M. Haelterman pp. 4139-4142 [View PDF (155 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Phase Transitions and the Internal Noise Structure of Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation SolitonsM. J. Werner and S. R. Friberg pp. 4143-4146 [View PDF (172 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Quantitative Measurement of Transmission, Reflection, and Diffraction of Two-Dimensional Photonic Band Gap Structures at Near-Infrared WavelengthsD. Labilloy, H. Benisty, C. Weisbuch, T. F. Krauss, R. M. De La Rue, V. Bardinal, R. Houdré, U. Oesterle, D. Cassagne, and C. Jouanin pp. 4147-4150 [View PDF (143 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Experimental Detection of Forces Produced by the Flow of HeatC. Albanese, P. Dell'Aversana, and F. S. Gaeta pp. 4151-4154 [View PDF (126 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Long-Wave Instability in Marginally Stable Shear FlowsN. J. Balmforth and W. R. Young pp. 4155-4158 [View PDF (133 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Single-Point Velocity Distribution in TurbulenceG. Falkovich and V. Lebedev pp. 4159-4161 [View PDF (123 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Experimental Observation of the Two-Dimensional Inverse Energy CascadeJérôme Paret and Patrick Tabeling pp. 4162-4165 [View PDF (235 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Direct Numerical Simulations of the Kraichnan Model: Scaling Exponents and Fusion RulesAdrienne L. Fairhall, Barak Galanti, Victor S. L'vov, and Itamar Procaccia pp. 4166-4169 [View PDF (144 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Variational Bound on Energy Dissipation in Turbulent Shear FlowRolf Nicodemus, Siegfried Grossmann, and Martin Holthaus pp. 4170-4173 [View PDF (177 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Instability and Stretching of Vortex Lines in the Three-Dimensional Complex Ginzburg-Landau EquationI. S. Aranson and A. R. Bishop pp. 4174-4177 [View PDF (1765 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Surface Gravity Waves due to a Moving Body: Onset of Wave Resistance as a Critical PhenomenonMark I. Shliomis and Victor Steinberg pp. 4178-4181 [View PDF (185 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
Plasma and Beam Physics
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Deflection and Extraction of Pb Ions up to 33 TeV/c by a Bent Silicon CrystalG. Arduini, C. Biino, M. Clément, K. Cornelis, N. Doble, K. Elsener, G. Ferioli, G. Fidecaro, L. Gatignon, P. Grafström, M. Gyr, W. Herr, J. Klem, U. Mikkelsen, E. Weisse, S. P. Møller, E. Uggerhøj, A. Taratin, A. Freund, P. Keppler, and J. Major pp. 4182-4185 [View PDF (131 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Observation of Toroidicity-Induced Alfvén Eigenmodes in Ohmically Heated Plasmas by Drift Wave ExcitationM. Maraschek, S. Günter, T. Kass, B. Scott, H. Zohm, and ASDEX Upgrade Team pp. 4186-4189 [View PDF (526 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Gyro-Bohm Scaling of Ion Thermal Transport from Global Numerical Simulations of Ion-Temperature-Gradient-Driven TurbulenceG. Manfredi and M. Ottaviani pp. 4190-4193 [View PDF (205 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Radiation from Cerenkov Wakes in a Magnetized PlasmaJ. Yoshii, C. H. Lai, T. Katsouleas, C. Joshi, and W. B. Mori pp. 4194-4197 [View PDF (131 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
Condensed Matter: Structure, Etc.
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Nanocontacts: Probing Electronic Structure under Extreme Uniaxial StrainsDaniel Sánchez-Portal, Carlos Untiedt, José M. Soler, Juan J. Sáenz, and Nicolás Agraït pp. 4198-4201 [View PDF (112 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Atom-Resolved Image of the TiO2(110) Surface by Noncontact Atomic Force MicroscopyKen-ichi Fukui, Hiroshi Onishi, and Yasuhiro Iwasawa pp. 4202-4205 [View PDF (1314 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Breakdown of Dynamic Scaling of Disclination Loop Decay Biased by Electrohydrodynamic Convection in a Nematic Liquid CrystalH. M. Shehadeh and J. P. McClymer pp. 4206-4209 [View PDF (294 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Photodilatation Effect of Undoped a-Si:H FilmsKong Guanglin, Zhang Dianlin, Yue Guozhen, and Liao Xianbo pp. 4210-4213 [View PDF (136 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Nematic–to–Smectic- A Transition in AerogelLeo Radzihovsky and John Toner pp. 4214-4217 [View PDF (195 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Wigner Solid on the Free Surface of Superfluid 3HeKeiya Shirahama, Oleg I. Kirichek, and Kimitoshi Kono pp. 4218-4221 [View PDF (315 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Defect Structure of Nonstoichiometric CeO2(111) Surfaces Studied by Scanning Tunneling MicroscopyH. Nörenberg and G. A. Briggs pp. 4222-4225 [View PDF (965 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Step Faceting at the (001) Surface of Boron Doped SiliconJ. B. Hannon, N. C. Bartelt, B. S. Swartzentruber, J. C. Hamilton, and G. L. Kellogg pp. 4226-4229 [View PDF (305 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Faceting Induced by Ultrathin Metal Films: A First Principles StudyJ. G. Che, C. T. Chan, C. H. Kuo, and T. C. Leung pp. 4230-4233 [View PDF (106 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Diffusion of Large Surface Clusters: Direct Observations on Ir(111)S. C. Wang and Gert Ehrlich pp. 4234-4237 [View PDF (4935 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Selection of the Scaling Solution in a Cluster Coalescence ModelDaniel Kandel pp. 4238-4241 [View PDF (121 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, Etc.
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Tunneling Anomaly in a Superconductor above the Paramagnetic LimitI. L. Aleiner and B. L. Altshuler pp. 4242-4245 [View PDF (161 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Fractional Quantum Hall Effect Measurements at Zero g FactorD. R. Leadley, R. J. Nicholas, D. K. Maude, A. N. Utjuzh, J. C. Portal, J. J. Harris, and C. T. Foxon pp. 4246-4249 [View PDF (140 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Phonon Anomalies Induced by SuperconductivityHae-Young Kee and C. M. Varma pp. 4250-4253 [View PDF (219 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Disorder Driven Destruction of a Phase Transition in the Vortex System of a SuperconductorN. K. Wilkin and Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen pp. 4254-4257 [View PDF (108 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Forced Entanglement vs Anisotropic Dissipation in a Vortex Line LiquidD. López, L. Krusin-Elbaum, H. Safar, V. M. Vinokur, A. D. Marwick, J. Z. Sun, and C. Feild pp. 4258-4261 [View PDF (513 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Superconducting Tc and Electron-Phonon Coupling in Nb to 132 GPa: Magnetic Susceptibility at Megabar PressuresViktor V. Struzhkin, Yuri A. Timofeev, Russell J. Hemley, and Ho-kwang Mao pp. 4262-4265 [View PDF (149 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Nonlinear Response in Quantum Spin GlassesT. K. Kopeć pp. 4266-4269 [View PDF (166 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Long-Range Exchange Bias across a Spacer LayerN. J. Gökemeijer, T. Ambrose, and C. L. Chien pp. 4270-4273 [View PDF (116 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Intrinsic EPR in La2-xSrxCuO4: Manifestation of Three-Spin PolaronsB. I. Kochelaev, J. Sichelschmidt, B. Elschner, W. Lemor, and A. Loidl pp. 4274-4277 [View PDF (172 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Temperature Dependence of 55Mn NMR in Pr0.7Ca0.15Sr0.15MnO3 and Pr0.7Ba0.3MnO3 Ferromagnetic ManganitesM. M. Savosta, P. Novák, Z. Jirák, J. Hejtmánek, and M. Maryško pp. 4278-4281 [View PDF (137 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
Cross-Disciplinary Physics
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Atomic Structure of the Passive Oxide Film Formed on IronMichael F. Toney, Alison J. Davenport, Lucy J. Oblonsky, Mary P. Ryan, and Carissima M. Vitus pp. 4282-4285 [View PDF (182 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Fractal Morphogenesis and Interacting Processes in GelationM. Manno and M. U. Palma pp. 4286-4289 [View PDF (96 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Unicellular Algal Growth: A Biomechanical Approach to Cell Wall DynamicsRoyce Kam and Herbert Levine pp. 4290-4293 [View PDF (153 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
COMMENTS
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Comment on ``Scaling Laws, Shell Effects, and Transient Times in Fission Probabilities''B. B. Back, D. J. Hofman, and V. Nanal pp. 4294 [View PDF (70 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
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Moretto et al. Reply:L. G. Moretto, K. X. Jing, R. Gatti, Th. Rubehn, G. J. Wozniak, and R. P. Schmitt pp. 4295 [View PDF (51 kB) or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ] |
ERRATA
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Induced Parity-Breaking Term at Finite Temperature [Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 1980 (1997)]C. D. Fosco, G. L. Rossini, and F. A. Schaposnik pp. 4296 [View PDF (12 kB) ] |



