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Physical Review Letters – 5 October 1998
Volume 81, Issue 14

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

Gathered here for your convenience are articles that have been highlighted in Physics, selected as an Editors' Suggestion, or are of special interest for other reasons.

Size Dependent Thermopower in Mesoscopic AuFe Wires
C. Strunk, M. Henny, C. Schönenberger, G. Neuttiens, and C. Van Haesendonck
pp. 2982-2985 [View PDF (215 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus

LETTERS

General Physics

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Entangled Mixed States and Local Purification
Adrian Kent
pp. 2839-2841 [View PDF (102 kB)]
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Amplification of Quantum Entanglement
Francesco De Martini
pp. 2842-2845 [View PDF (429 kB)]
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Coupling Classical and Quantum Variables using Continuous Quantum Measurement Theory
Lajos Diósi and Jonathan J. Halliwell
pp. 2846-2849 [View PDF (109 kB)]
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Information-Theoretic Distance Measures and a Generalization of Stochastic Resonance
J. W. C. Robinson, D. E. Asraf, A. R. Bulsara, and M. E. Inchiosa
pp. 2850-2853 [View PDF (242 kB)]
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Noise Induced Pattern Transition and Spatiotemporal Stochastic Resonance
Hou Zhonghuai, Yang Lingfa, Xiaobin Zuo, and Xin Houwen
pp. 2854-2857 [View PDF (140 kB)]

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Indication, from Pioneer 10/11, Galileo, and Ulysses Data, of an Apparent Anomalous, Weak, Long-Range Acceleration
John D. Anderson, Philip A. Laing, Eunice L. Lau, Anthony S. Liu, Michael Martin Nieto, and Slava G. Turyshev
pp. 2858-2861 [View PDF (103 kB)]

Elementary Particles and Fields

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Theta Dependence in the Large N Limit of Four-Dimensional Gauge Theories
Edward Witten
pp. 2862-2865 [View PDF (131 kB)]
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Matrix Theory S Matrix
Jan C. Plefka, Marco Serone, and Andrew K. Waldron
pp. 2866-2869 [View PDF (182 kB)]

Nuclear Physics

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q and pm Dependence of the 3He(e,e′d)p Reaction
C. M. Spaltro et al.
pp. 2870-2873 [View PDF (119 kB)]

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

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Series of Doubly Excited Quartet States of He-
I. Yu. Kiyan, U. Berzinsh, D. Hanstorp, and D. J. Pegg
pp. 2874-2877 [View PDF (379 kB)]
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Large Ion Crystals in a Linear Paul Trap
M. Drewsen, C. Brodersen, L. Hornekær, J. S. Hangst, and J. P. Schifffer
pp. 2878-2881 [View PDF (165 kB)]
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Signature of Relativistic Effects in Atom-Laser Interactions at Ultrahigh Intensities
Richard Taïeb, Valérie Véniard, and Alfred Maquet
pp. 2882-2885 [View PDF (232 kB)]
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Evidence of Initial-State Two-Center Effects for (e,2e) Reactions
S. Jones and D. H. Madison
pp. 2886-2889 [View PDF (236 kB)]

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

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Probability Amplitude Fluctuations in Experimental Wave Chaotic Eigenmodes with and Without Time-Reversal Symmetry
Dong Ho Wu, Jesse S. A. Bridgewater, Ali Gokirmak, and Steven M. Anlage
pp. 2890-2893 [View PDF (249 kB)]
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Subfemtosecond Pulse Generation by Molecular Modulation
S. E. Harris and A. V. Sokolov
pp. 2894-2897 [View PDF (157 kB)]
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Dynamics of Particles Advected by Fast Rotating Turbulent Fluid Flow: Fluctuations and Large-Scale Structures
Tov Elperin, Nathan Kleeorin, and Igor Rogachevskii
pp. 2898-2901 [View PDF (171 kB)]
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Wavelength Doubling Cascade to Möbius Defect Turbulence in a 3D Anisotropic Liquid
Cécile Fradin, P. L. Finn, Helmut R. Brand, and P. E. Cladis
pp. 2902-2905 [View PDF (661 kB)]

Plasma and Beam Physics

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Spin Flipping in the Presence of a Full Siberian Snake
B. B. Blinov, V. A. Anferov, Ya. S. Derbenev, T. Kageya, A. D. Krisch, W. Lorenzon, L. G. Ratner, D. W. Sivers, K. V. Sourkont, V. K. Wong, C. M. Chu, S. Y. Lee, T. Rinckel, P. Schwandt, F. Sperisen, B. von Przewoski, and H. Sato
pp. 2906-2909 [View PDF (209 kB)]
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Six-Wave Forward Scattering of Short-Pulse Laser Light at Relativistic Intensities
H. C. Barr, S. J. Berwick, and P. Mason
pp. 2910-2913 [View PDF (162 kB)]
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Electron Thermal Conduction Waves in a Two-Temperature, Dense Plasma
A. Ng, A. Forsman, and G. Chiu
pp. 2914-2917 [View PDF (124 kB)]
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Experimental and Theoretical Stability Limits of Highly Elongated Tokamak Plasmas
F. Hofmann, O. Sauter, H. Reimerdes, I. Furno, and A. Pochelon
pp. 2918-2921 [View PDF (144 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

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Conformational Entropy of Compact Polymers
Jané Kondev and Jesper Lykke Jacobsen
pp. 2922-2925 [View PDF (134 kB)]
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Driven Interfaces in Disordered Media: Determination of Universality Classes from Experimental Data
Réka Albert, Albert-László Barabási, Nathan Carle, and Andrew Dougherty
pp. 2926-2929 [View PDF (136 kB)]
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First Stage of Oxygen Aggregation in Silicon: The Oxygen Dimer
S. Öberg, C. P. Ewels, R. Jones, T. Hallberg, J. L. Lindström, L. I. Murin, and P. R. Briddon
pp. 2930-2933 [View PDF (133 kB)]
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Mode-Coupling Theory for the Pasty Rheology of Soft Glassy Materials
P. Hébraud and F. Lequeux
pp. 2934-2937 [View PDF (130 kB)]
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Real-Time Observation of a Metastable State during the Phase Transition in Shocked Cadmium Sulfide
M. D. Knudson and Y. M. Gupta
pp. 2938-2941 [View PDF (136 kB)]
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Phase Transitions in Confined Gallium Droplets
Andrea Di Cicco
pp. 2942-2945 [View PDF (273 kB)]
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Observation of a Frustrated Phase in Mixtures of Ferroelectric and Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals
E. Gorecka, D. Pociecha, M. Glogarova, and J. Mieczkowski
pp. 2946-2949 [View PDF (125 kB)]
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Evolution of Far-From-Equilibrium Nanostructures Formed by Cluster-Step and Cluster-Cluster Coalescence in Metal Films
C. R. Stoldt, A. M. Cadilhe, C. J. Jenks, J.-M. Wen, J. W. Evans, and P. A. Thiel
pp. 2950-2953 [View PDF (231 kB)]
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Structure and Energetics of Water Adsorbed at TiO2 Anatase \(101\) and \(001\) Surfaces
A. Vittadini, A. Selloni, F. P. Rotzinger, and M. Grätzel
pp. 2954-2957 [View PDF (198 kB)]
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Properties of the Phonon Gas in Ultrathin Membranes at Low Temperature
D. V. Anghel, J. P. Pekola, M. M. Leivo, J. K. Suoknuuti, and M. Manninen
pp. 2958-2961 [View PDF (127 kB)]
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Mechanisms of Self-Ordering of Quantum Nanostructures Grown on Nonplanar Surfaces
Giorgio Biasiol and Eli Kapon
pp. 2962-2965 [View PDF (304 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

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Violation of Luttinger's Theorem in the Two-Dimensional t- J Model
W. O. Putikka, M. U. Luchini, and R. R. P. Singh
pp. 2966-2969 [View PDF (179 kB)]
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Giant Magnetic Moments and Magnetic Bistability of Stoichiomatric MnO Clusters
S. K. Nayak and P. Jena
pp. 2970-2973 [View PDF (196 kB)]
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Band Mapping and Quasiparticle Suppression in the One-Dimensional Organic Conductor TTF-TCNQ
F. Zwick, D. Jérome, G. Margaritondo, M. Onellion, J. Voit, and M. Grioni
pp. 2974-2977 [View PDF (232 kB)]
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Theoretical Aspects of the Charge Density Wave in Uranium
Lars Fast, Olle Eriksson, Börje Johansson, J. M. Wills, G. Straub, H. Roeder, and Lars Nordström
pp. 2978-2981 [View PDF (145 kB)]
Size Dependent Thermopower in Mesoscopic AuFe Wires
C. Strunk, M. Henny, C. Schönenberger, G. Neuttiens, and C. Van Haesendonck
pp. 2982-2985 [View PDF (215 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
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Random Telegraph Noise in Microstructures
Sh. Kogan
pp. 2986-2989 [View PDF (148 kB)]
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Evolution of Conducting Channels in Metallic Atomic Contacts under Elastic Deformation
J. C. Cuevas, A. Levy Yeyati, A. Martín-Rodero, G. Rubio Bollinger, C. Untiedt, and N. Agraït
pp. 2990-2993 [View PDF (141 kB)]
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Intrinsic Flux-Flow Resistance Steps in the Cuprate Superconductor Nd2-xCexCuOy
O. M. Stoll, S. Kaiser, R. P. Huebener, and M. Naito
pp. 2994-2997 [View PDF (147 kB)]
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Stabilizing Role of Itinerant Ferromagnetism in Intergranular Cohesion in Iron
D. Yeşilleten, M. Nastar, T. A. Arias, A. T. Paxton, and S. Yip
pp. 2998-3001 [View PDF (136 kB)]
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Ferromagnetism and Its Stability in the Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor (In, Mn)As
H. Akai
pp. 3002-3005 [View PDF (140 kB)]
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17O NMR Evidence for Orbital Dependent Ferromagnetic Correlations in Sr2RuO4
T. Imai, A. W. Hunt, K. R. Thurber, and F. C. Chou
pp. 3006-3009 [View PDF (297 kB)]
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Site-Specific Excited-State Solute-Solvent Interactions Probed by Femtosecond Vibrational Spectroscopy
C. Chudoba, E. T. J. Nibbering, and T. Elsaesser
pp. 3010-3013 [View PDF (205 kB)]
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Crystalline Oxides on Silicon: The First Five Monolayers
R. A. McKee, F. J. Walker, and M. F. Chisholm
pp. 3014-3017 [View PDF (641 kB)]

Cross-Disciplinary Physics

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Optimal Eavesdropping in Quantum Cryptography with Six States
Dagmar Bruß
pp. 3018-3021 [View PDF (121 kB)]
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Rapid Granular Flows as Mesoscopic Systems
M-L. Tan and I. Goldhirsch
pp. 3022-3025 [View PDF (148 kB)]
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Magnetron Instability in the Low-Space-Charge Limit
Spilios Riyopoulos
pp. 3026-3029 [View PDF (386 kB)]
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High-Power Operation of a Three-Cavity X-Band Coaxial Gyroklystron
W. Lawson, J. Cheng, J. P. Calame, M. Castle, B. Hogan, V. L. Granatstein, M. Reiser, and G. P. Saraph
pp. 3030-3033 [View PDF (165 kB)]
Immunization and Aging: A Learning Process in the Immune Network
Rita Maria Zorzenon dos Santos and Américo T. Bernardes
pp. 3034-3037 [View PDF (107 kB)]
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Exponential Distribution of Locomotion Activity in Cell Cultures
András Czirók, Katalin Schlett, Emília Madarász, and Tamás Vicsek
pp. 3038-3041 [View PDF (173 kB)]
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Gas-Kinetic-Based Traffic Model Explaining Observed Hysteretic Phase Transition
Dirk Helbing and Martin Treiber
pp. 3042-3045 [View PDF (450 kB)]

COMMENTS

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Comment on “A New Type of Evaporative Cooling for Neutral Atoms”
A. P. Mosk, M. W. Reynolds, and T. W. Hijmans
pp. 3046 [View PDF (38 kB)]
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Stoop Replies:
H. Stoop
pp. 3047 [View PDF (13 kB)]
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Comment on “Critical Behavior in Disordered Quantum Systems Modified by Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry”
Martin Janssen, Boris Shapiro, and Imre Varga
pp. 3048 [View PDF (62 kB)]
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Hussein and Pato Reply:
M. S. Hussein and M. P. Pato
pp. 3049 [View PDF (60 kB)]

ERRATA

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Erratum: Measurement of the Amplitude and Phase of a Sculpted Rydberg Wave Packet [Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 5508 (1998)]
T. C. Weinacht, J. Ahn, and P. H. Bucksbaum
pp. 3050 [View PDF (240 kB)]
 
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