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Physical Review Letters – 31 May 1999
Volume 82, Issue 22

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.

Probing Hot-Electron Dynamics at Surfaces with a Cold Scanning Tunneling Microscope
L. Bürgi, O. Jeandupeux, H. Brune, and K. Kern
pp. 4516-4519 [View PDF (245 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
Thermodynamics of the Superconducting Phase Transition in Ba0.6K0.4BiO3
P. Kumar, Donavan Hall, and R. G. Goodrich
pp. 4532-4535 [View PDF (116 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus

LETTERS

General Physics

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Phase Diagram of Quantized Vortices in a Trapped Bose-Einstein Condensed Gas
S. Stringari
pp. 4371-4375 [View PDF (154 kB)]
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Fluctuations of the Weakly Interacting Bose-Einstein Condensate
Zbigniew Idziaszek, Mariusz Gajda, Patrick Navez, Martin Wilkens, and Kazimierz Rza̧żewski
pp. 4376-4379 [View PDF (148 kB)]
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Demonstration of the Nontrivial Boundary Dependence of the Casimir Force
Anushree Roy and U. Mohideen
pp. 4380-4383 [View PDF (153 kB)]

Gravitation and Astrophysics

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Fixing Einstein's Equations
Arlen Anderson and James W. York, Jr.
pp. 4384-4387 [View PDF (141 kB)]
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Late-Time Decay of Scalar Perturbations Outside Rotating Black Holes
Leor Barack and Amos Ori
pp. 4388-4391 [View PDF (144 kB)]

Elementary Particles and Fields

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Nonperturbative Determination of Quark Masses in Quenched Lattice QCD with the Kogut-Susskind Fermion Action
S. Aoki, M. Fukugita, S. Hashimoto, K-I. Ishikawa, N. Ishizuka, Y. Iwasaki, K. Kanaya, T. Kaneda, S. Kaya, Y. Kuramashi, M. Okawa, T. Onogi, S. Tominaga, N. Tsutsui, A. Ukawa, N. Yamada, and T. Yoshié ((JLQCD Collaboration))
pp. 4392-4395 [View PDF (199 kB)]
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Hybrid Quarkonia on Asymmetric Lattices
T. Manke, H. P. Shanahan, A. Ali Khan, S. Aoki, R. Burkhalter, S. Ejiri, M. Fukugita, S. Hashimoto, N. Ishizuka, Y. Iwasaki, K. Kanaya, T. Kaneko, Y. Kuramashi, K. Nagai, M. Okawa, A. Ukawa, and T. Yoshié ((CP-PACS Collaboration))
pp. 4396-4399 [View PDF (145 kB)]
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Ab Initio Study of Hybrid b̅ gb Mesons
K. J. Juge, J. Kuti, and C. J. Morningstar
pp. 4400-4403 [View PDF (223 kB)]

Nuclear Physics

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Nuclear Structure Studies with the 7Li(e,e′p) Reaction
L. Lapikás, J. Wesseling, and R. B. Wiringa
pp. 4404-4407 [View PDF (142 kB)]
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First Evidence of Magnetic Rotation in the A  = 80 Region
H. Schnare, R. Schwengner, S. Frauendorf, F. Dönau, L. Käubler, H. Prade, A. Jungclaus, K. P. Lieb, C. Lingk, S. Skoda, J. Eberth, G. de Angelis, A. Gadea, E. Farnea, D. R. Napoli, C. A. Ur, and G. Lo Bianco
pp. 4408-4411 [View PDF (141 kB)]
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Spallation Neutron Production by 0.8, 1.2, and 1.6 GeV Protons on Pb Targets
X. Ledoux et al.
pp. 4412-4415 [View PDF (339 kB)]

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

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Exchange and Correlation Kernels at the Resonance Frequency: Implications for Excitation Energies in Density-Functional Theory
X. Gonze and M. Scheffler
pp. 4416-4419 [View PDF (120 kB)]
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Omnidirectional Superfluorescence
A. I. Lvovsky, S. R. Hartmann, and F. Moshary
pp. 4420-4423 [View PDF (340 kB)]

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

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Noiseless Collective Motion out of Noisy Chaos
Tatsuo Shibata, Tsuyoshi Chawanya, and Kunihiko Kaneko
pp. 4424-4427 [View PDF (524 kB)]
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Turbulence in Mode-Locked Lasers
F. X. Kärtner, D. M. Zumbühl, and N. Matuschek
pp. 4428-4431 [View PDF (686 kB)]
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Parametric Control of Soliton Light Traffic by cw Traffic Light
Q-Han Park and H. J. Shin
pp. 4432-4435 [View PDF (744 kB)]
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Plume and Finger Regimes Driven by an Exothermic Interfacial Reaction
Kerstin Eckert and Alexander Grahn
pp. 4436-4439 [View PDF (235 kB)]
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Dispersive Stabilization of the Inverse Cascade for the Kolmogorov Flow
B. Legras, B. Villone, and U. Frisch
pp. 4440-4443 [View PDF (183 kB)]

Plasma and Beam Physics

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Autoresonant (Nonstationary) Excitation of the Diocotron Mode in Non-neutral Plasmas
J. Fajans, E. Gilson, and L. Friedland
pp. 4444-4447 [View PDF (203 kB)]
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Fast Compression of Laser Beams to Highly Overcritical Powers
V. M. Malkin, G. Shvets, and N. J. Fisch
pp. 4448-4451 [View PDF (142 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

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Peculiar Covalent Bonds in α-Rhombohedral Boron
M. Fujimori, T. Nakata, T. Nakayama, E. Nishibori, K. Kimura, M. Takata, and M. Sakata
pp. 4452-4455 [View PDF (456 kB)]
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Collapse of Stiff Polyelectrolytes due to Counterion Fluctuations
Ramin Golestanian, Mehran Kardar, and Tanniemola B. Liverpool
pp. 4456-4459 [View PDF (439 kB)]
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Energetics of Self-Interstitial Clusters in Si
N. E. B. Cowern, G. Mannino, P. A. Stolk, F. Roozeboom, H. G. A. Huizing, J. G. M. van Berkum, F. Cristiano, A. Claverie, and M. Jaraíz
pp. 4460-4463 [View PDF (156 kB)]
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Electrically Active and Inactive B Lattice Sites in Ultrahighly B Doped Si(001): An X-Ray Near-Edge Absorption Fine-Structure and High-Resolution Diffraction Study
A. Vailionis, G. Glass, P. Desjardins, David G. Cahill, and J. E. Greene
pp. 4464-4467 [View PDF (129 kB)]
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Role of Crack Blunting in Ductile Versus Brittle Response of Crystalline Materials
Glenn E. Beltz, Don M. Lipkin, and Lisa L. Fischer
pp. 4468-4471 [View PDF (142 kB)]
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Phase Stability and Electronic Structure of K-Ag Intermetallics at High Pressure
J. S. Tse, G. Frapper, A. Ker, R. Rousseau, and D. D. Klug
pp. 4472-4475 [View PDF (571 kB)]
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q Dependence of Low-Frequency Raman Scattering in Silica Glass
N. V. Surovtsev, J. Wiedersich, V. N. Novikov, E. Rössler, and E. Duval
pp. 4476-4479 [View PDF (167 kB)]
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Stark Spectroscopy of Polar Molecules Solvated in Liquid Helium Droplets
K. Nauta and R. E. Miller
pp. 4480-4483 [View PDF (114 kB)]
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Persistent Coherent Spin Precession in Superfluid 3He-B Driven by Off-Resonant Excitation
D. J. Cousins, S. N. Fisher, A. I. Gregory, G. R. Pickett, and N. S. Shaw
pp. 4484-4487 [View PDF (279 kB)]
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Dislocation Structures of Submonolayer Films near the Commensurate-Incommensurate Phase Transition: Ag on Pt(111)
J. C. Hamilton, R. Stumpf, Karsten Bromann, Marcella Giovannini, Klaus Kern, and Harald Brune
pp. 4488-4491 [View PDF (198 kB)]
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Anomalous Reconstructions of the (001) Surfaces of AgBr and NaCl
Alexei L. Glebov, J. Peter Toennies, and Franziska Traeger
pp. 4492-4495 [View PDF (473 kB)]
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Crossover Scaling in Dendritic Evolution at Low Undercooling
Nikolas Provatas, Nigel Goldenfeld, Jonathan Dantzig, Jeffrey C. LaCombe, Afina Lupulescu, Matthew B. Koss, Martin E. Glicksman, and Robert Almgren
pp. 4496-4499 [View PDF (224 kB)]
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Observation of the First-Order Raman Scattering in SrTiO3 Thin Films
A. A. Sirenko, I. A. Akimov, J. R. Fox, A. M. Clark, Hong-Cheng Li, Weidong Si, and X. X. Xi
pp. 4500-4503 [View PDF (106 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

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Charge-Density-Wave Mechanism in 2H-NbSe2: Photoemission Results
Th. Straub, Th. Finteis, R. Claessen, P. Steiner, S. Hüfner, P. Blaha, C. S. Oglesby, and E. Bucher
pp. 4504-4507 [View PDF (263 kB)]
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Intergrain Magnetoresistance via Second-Order Tunneling in Perovskite Manganites
S. Lee, H. Y. Hwang, Boris I. Shraiman, W. D. Ratcliff, II, and S-W. Cheong
pp. 4508-4511 [View PDF (136 kB)]
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Persistent Currents on Networks
M. Pascaud and G. Montambaux
pp. 4512-4515 [View PDF (174 kB)]
Probing Hot-Electron Dynamics at Surfaces with a Cold Scanning Tunneling Microscope
L. Bürgi, O. Jeandupeux, H. Brune, and K. Kern
pp. 4516-4519 [View PDF (245 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
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Experimental Observation of Localized Optical Excitations in Random Metal-Dielectric Films
S. Grésillon, L. Aigouy, A. C. Boccara, J. C. Rivoal, X. Quelin, C. Desmarest, P. Gadenne, V. A. Shubin, A. K. Sarychev, and V. M. Shalaev
pp. 4520-4523 [View PDF (271 kB)]
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Exact Exponents for the Spin Quantum Hall Transition
Ilya A. Gruzberg, Andreas W. W. Ludwig, and N. Read
pp. 4524-4527 [View PDF (172 kB)]
Superconductivity of Compacted Platinum Powder at Very Low Temperatures
R. König, A. Schindler, and T. Herrmannsdörfer
pp. 4528-4531 [View PDF (237 kB)]
Thermodynamics of the Superconducting Phase Transition in Ba0.6K0.4BiO3
P. Kumar, Donavan Hall, and R. G. Goodrich
pp. 4532-4535 [View PDF (116 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
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Instability of Antiferromagnetic Magnons in Strong Fields
M. E. Zhitomirsky and A. L. Chernyshev
pp. 4536-4539 [View PDF (188 kB)]
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Strong-Coupling Resistivity in the Kondo Model
F. Lesage and H. Saleur
pp. 4540-4543 [View PDF (158 kB)]
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Spin Density Waves in Thin Chromium Films
A. M. N. Niklasson, Börje Johansson, and Lars Nordström
pp. 4544-4547 [View PDF (152 kB)]
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Solitary Magnetic Excitations in the Low-Carrier Density, One-Dimensional S = 1/2 Antiferromagnet Yb4As3
M. Köppen, M. Lang, R. Helfrich, F. Steglich, P. Thalmeier, B. Schmidt, B. Wand, D. Pankert, H. Benner, H. Aoki, and A. Ochiai
pp. 4548-4551 [View PDF (213 kB)]
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Interaction Time Dependence of Electron Tunneling Processes between an Atom and a Surface
L. Guillemot and V. A. Esaulov
pp. 4552-4555 [View PDF (142 kB)]

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

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Concatenating Decoherence-Free Subspaces with Quantum Error Correcting Codes
D. A. Lidar, D. Bacon, and K. B. Whaley
pp. 4556-4559 [View PDF (169 kB)]
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Bending and Base-Stacking Interactions in Double-Stranded DNA
Zhou Haijun, Zhang Yang, and Ou-Yang Zhong-can
pp. 4560-4563 [View PDF (207 kB)]

COMMENTS

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Comment on “Identification of the Si 2p Surface Core Level Shifts on the Sb/Si(001)-(2×1) Interface”
Jun-Hyung Cho and S. B. Zhang
pp. 4564 [View PDF (72 kB)]
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De Padova et al. Reply:
P. De Padova, R. Larciprete, C. Quaresima, C. Ottaviani, B. Ressel, and P. Perfetti
pp. 4565 [View PDF (52 kB)]
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Comment on “Rapid Granular Flows as Mesoscopic Systems”
James W. Dufty and J. Javier Brey
pp. 4566 [View PDF (70 kB)]
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Tan and Goldhirsch Reply:
M-L. Tan and I. Goldhirsch
pp. 4567 [View PDF (42 kB)]
 
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