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Physical Review Letters – 15 February 1999
Volume 82, Issue 7

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.

Exotic Molecular States in 12Be
M. Freer et al.
pp. 1383-1386 [View PDF (143 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus

LETTERS

General Physics

Observation of Three-Photon Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger Entanglement
Dik Bouwmeester, Jian-Wei Pan, Matthew Daniell, Harald Weinfurter, and Anton Zeilinger
pp. 1345-1349 [View PDF (160 kB)]

Gravitation and Astrophysics

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Conformal “Thin-Sandwich” Data for the Initial-Value Problem of General Relativity
James W. York, Jr.
pp. 1350-1353 [View PDF (118 kB)]
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Possible Explanation for Star-Crushing Effect in Binary Neutron Star Simulations
Éanna É. Flanagan
pp. 1354-1357 [View PDF (155 kB)]
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Formation of a Rotating Black Hole from a Close-Limit Head-On Collision
William Krivan and Richard H. Price
pp. 1358-1361 [View PDF (190 kB)]
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Parametric Amplification of Gravitational Fluctuations during Reheating
F. Finelli and R. Brandenberger
pp. 1362-1365 [View PDF (116 kB)]

Elementary Particles and Fields

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Strongly Interacting Neutrinos and the Highest Energy Cosmic Rays
G. Domokos and S. Kovesi-Domokos
pp. 1366-1369 [View PDF (104 kB)]
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Elastic QCD Dipole Amplitude at One Loop
H. Navelet and R. Peschanski
pp. 1370-1373 [View PDF (125 kB)]

Nuclear Physics

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Measurements of the Deuteron Elastic Structure Function A(Q2) for 0.7 ≤ Q2 ≤ 6.0(GeV/c)2 at Jefferson Laboratory
L. C. Alexa et al. (The Jefferson Lab Hall A Collaboration)
pp. 1374-1378 [View PDF (265 kB)]
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Precise Measurement of the Deuteron Elastic Structure Function A(Q2)
D. Abbott et al. (The Jefferson Lab t20 Collaboration)
pp. 1379-1382 [View PDF (126 kB)]
Exotic Molecular States in 12Be
M. Freer et al.
pp. 1383-1386 [View PDF (143 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
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Dipole Polarizability in the Scattering of 11Li below the Coulomb Barrier
M. V. Andrés and J. Gómez-Camacho
pp. 1387-1390 [View PDF (185 kB)]
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Decay of Neutron-Rich Mn Nuclides and Deformation of Heavy Fe Isotopes
M. Hannawald, T. Kautzsch, A. Wöhr, W. B. Walters, K.-L. Kratz, V. N. Fedoseyev, V. I. Mishin, W. Böhmer, B. Pfeiffer, V. Sebastian, Y. Jading, U. Köster, J. Lettry, H. L. Ravn, and the ISOLDE Collaboration
pp. 1391-1394 [View PDF (123 kB)]
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Fusion versus Breakup: Observation of Large Fusion Suppression for 9Be+208Pb
M. Dasgupta, D. J. Hinde, R. D. Butt, R. M. Anjos, A. C. Berriman, N. Carlin, P. R. S. Gomes, C. R. Morton, J. O. Newton, A. Szanto de Toledo, and K. Hagino
pp. 1395-1398 [View PDF (365 kB)]
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Disappearance of the Isospin Dependence of Multifragment Production
M. L. Miller, O. Bjarki, D. J. Magestro, R. Pak, N. T. B. Stone, M. B. Tonjes, A. M. Vander Molen, G. D. Westfall, and W. A. Friedman
pp. 1399-1401 [View PDF (206 kB)]
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Critical Behavior in the Coexistence Region of Finite Systems
F. Gulminelli and Ph. Chomaz
pp. 1402-1405 [View PDF (373 kB)]

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

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Observation of Low-Field Feshbach Resonances in Collisions of Cesium Atoms
Vladan Vuletić, Andrew J. Kerman, Cheng Chin, and Steven Chu
pp. 1406-1409 [View PDF (113 kB)]
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Rotational Effects on Vibrational Excitation of H2 on Cu(100)
D. A. McCormack, G. J. Kroes, R. A. Olsen, E. J. Baerends, and R. C. Mowrey
pp. 1410-1413 [View PDF (119 kB)]
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Experimental Realization of a Quantum Measurement for Intensity Difference Fluctuation Using a Beam Splitter
Hai Wang, Yun Zhang, Qing Pan, Hong Su, A. Porzio, Changde Xie, and Kunchi Peng
pp. 1414-1417 [View PDF (136 kB)]

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

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Information Dynamics of Photorefractive Two-Beam Coupling
Dana Z. Anderson, Roger W. Brockett, and Nathan Nuttall
pp. 1418-1421 [View PDF (416 kB)]
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Highly Efficient, Phase-Matched High-Harmonic Generation by a Self-Guided Laser Beam
Yusuke Tamaki, Jiro Itatani, Yutaka Nagata, Minoru Obara, and Katsumi Midorikawa
pp. 1422-1425 [View PDF (107 kB)]
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Polarization State Controlled Multistability of a Nonlinear Magneto-optic Cavity
Fredrik Jonsson and Christos Flytzanis
pp. 1426-1429 [View PDF (225 kB)]
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Propagation Dynamics of Intense Femtosecond Pulses: Multiple Splittings, Coalescence, and Continuum Generation
Alex A. Zozulya, Scott A. Diddams, Amelia G. Van Engen, and Tracy S. Clement
pp. 1430-1433 [View PDF (134 kB)]
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Pattern Formation in the Transverse Section of a Laser with a Large Fresnel Number
S. P. Hegarty, G. Huyet, J. G. McInerney, and K. D. Choquette
pp. 1434-1437 [View PDF (731 kB)]
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Optically Written Waveguide in an Atomic Vapor
A. G. Truscott, M. E. J. Friese, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
pp. 1438-1441 [View PDF (219 kB)]
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Experimental Evidence of a Nonlinear Transition from Convective to Absolute Instability
P. Gondret, P. Ern, L. Meignin, and M. Rabaud
pp. 1442-1445 [View PDF (371 kB)]
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From Low- to High-Dimensional Dynamics in a Microscopic Fluid Flow
T. Peacock, D. J. Binks, and T. Mullin
pp. 1446-1449 [View PDF (250 kB)]
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Topological Structure of Chaotic Flows from Human Speech Data
Denisse Sciamarella and G. B. Mindlin
pp. 1450-1453 [View PDF (107 kB)]

Plasma and Beam Physics

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Fast Neutron Emission from a High-Energy Ion Beam Produced by a High-Intensity Subpicosecond Laser Pulse
L. Disdier, J-P. Garçonnet, G. Malka, and J-L. Miquel
pp. 1454-1457 [View PDF (146 kB)]
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Macroscopic Magnetic Islands and Plasma Energy Transport
F. Porcelli, E. Rossi, G. Cima, and A. Wootton
pp. 1458-1461 [View PDF (778 kB)]
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Core Transport Improvement during Poloidal Current Drive in the RFX Reversed Field Pinch
R. Bartiromo, P. Martin, S. Martini, T. Bolzonella, A. Canton, P. Innocente, L. Marrelli, A. Murari, and R. Pasqualotto
pp. 1462-1465 [View PDF (336 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

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Longitudinal Spontaneous Polarization and Longitudinal Electroclinic Effect in Achiral Smectic Phases with Bent-Shaped Molecules
Arun Roy, N. V. Madhusudana, P. Tolédano, and A. M. Figueiredo Neto
pp. 1466-1469 [View PDF (160 kB)]
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“Bucky Shuttle” Memory Device: Synthetic Approach and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Young-Kyun Kwon, David Tománek, and Sumio Iijima
pp. 1470-1473 [View PDF (692 kB)]
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Vortex on the Surface of a Very Small Crystal during Martensitic Transformation
Tetsuro Suzuki, Masato Shimono, and Shozo Takeno
pp. 1474-1477 [View PDF (155 kB)]
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Theory of Sound Attenuation in Glasses: The Role of Thermal Vibrations
Jaroslav Fabian and Philip B. Allen
pp. 1478-1481 [View PDF (342 kB)]
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Creation of High-Energy Phonons from Low-Energy Phonons in Liquid Helium
I. N. Adamenko, K. E. Nemchenko, A. V. Zhukov, M. A. H. Tucker, and A. F. G. Wyatt
pp. 1482-1485 [View PDF (137 kB)]
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Dispersion-Driven Morphology of Mechanically Confined Polymer Films
K. Dalnoki-Veress, B. G. Nickel, and J. R. Dutcher
pp. 1486-1489 [View PDF (235 kB)]
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Quantitative Determination of Dislocation-Induced Strain at the Surface of (001) Silicon-on-Insulator
P. Sutter and M. G. Lagally
pp. 1490-1493 [View PDF (267 kB)]
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Novel Mechanism for Diffusion of One-Dimensional Clusters: Pt/Pt(110)-(1×2)
T. R. Linderoth, S. Horch, L. Petersen, S. Helveg, E. Lægsgaard, I. Stensgaard, and F. Besenbacher
pp. 1494-1497 [View PDF (691 kB)]
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Leapfrog Diffusion Mechanism for One-Dimensional Chains on Missing-Row Reconstructed Surfaces
F. Montalenti and R. Ferrando
pp. 1498-1501 [View PDF (223 kB)]
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Exact Solution of the One-Dimensional Ballistic Aggregation
L. Frachebourg
pp. 1502-1505 [View PDF (163 kB)]
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Elastic Effects on the Kinetics of a Phase Transition
Efim A. Brener, S. V. Iordanskii, and V. I. Marchenko
pp. 1506-1509 [View PDF (131 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

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First-Principles Calculations of the Ideal Cleavage Energy of Bulk Niobium(111)/ α-Alumina(0001) Interfaces
I. G. Batirev, A. Alavi, M. W. Finnis, and T. Deutsch
pp. 1510-1513 [View PDF (473 kB)]
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Electron-Lattice Relaxation, and Soliton Structures and Their Interactions in Polyenes
Robert J. Bursill and William Barford
pp. 1514-1517 [View PDF (143 kB)]
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Morphology of Quench Condensed Pb Films near the Insulator to Metal Transition
K. L. Ekinci and J. M. Valles, Jr.
pp. 1518-1521 [View PDF (374 kB)]
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Theory of Coexisting Charge- and Spin-Density Waves in (TMTTF)2Br,(TMTSF)2PF6, and α-(BEDT-TTF)2MHg(SCN)4
S. Mazumdar, S. Ramasesha, R. Torsten Clay, and David K. Campbell
pp. 1522-1525 [View PDF (169 kB)]
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Quantum Suppression of Shot Noise in Atom-Size Metallic Contacts
H. E. van den Brom and J. M. van Ruitenbeek
pp. 1526-1529 [View PDF (133 kB)]
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Evidence for Saturation of Channel Transmission from Conductance Fluctuations in Atomic-Size Point Contacts
B. Ludoph, M. H. Devoret, D. Esteve, C. Urbina, and J. M. van Ruitenbeek
pp. 1530-1533 [View PDF (254 kB)]
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Bloch Particle in the Presence of dc and ac Fields: Statistics of the Wigner Delay Time
M. Glück, A. R. Kolovsky, and H. J. Korsch
pp. 1534-1537 [View PDF (388 kB)]
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Density Functional Simulation of a Breaking Nanowire
A. Nakamura, M. Brandbyge, L. B. Hansen, and K. W. Jacobsen
pp. 1538-1541 [View PDF (215 kB)]
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Reentrant Insulator-Metal-Insulator Transition at B = 0 in a Two-Dimensional Hole Gas
A. R. Hamilton, M. Y. Simmons, M. Pepper, E. H. Linfield, P. D. Rose, and D. A. Ritchie
pp. 1542-1545 [View PDF (423 kB)]
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Specific Heat of YBa2Cu3O7-δ, 0≤δ≤0.2: Concentrations of Paramagnetic Centers and Values of Other Parameters as Functions of δ
J. P. Emerson, D. A. Wright, B. F. Woodfield, J. E. Gordon, R. A. Fisher, and N. E. Phillips
pp. 1546-1549 [View PDF (179 kB)]
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Low-Temperature Specific Heat of YBa2Cu3O7-δ, 0 ≤ δ ≤ 0.2: Evidence for d-Wave Pairing
D. A. Wright, J. P. Emerson, B. F. Woodfield, J. E. Gordon, R. A. Fisher, and N. E. Phillips
pp. 1550-1553 [View PDF (187 kB)]
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Propagating Magnetic Vortex Rings in Ferromagnets
N. R. Cooper
pp. 1554-1557 [View PDF (297 kB)]
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Structural Tuning of Ferromagnetism in a 3D Cuprate Perovskite
M. A. Subramanian, A. P. Ramirez, and W. J. Marshall
pp. 1558-1561 [View PDF (237 kB)]
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Quantifying Magnetic Domain Correlations in Multilayer Films
Y. U. Idzerda, V. Chakarian, and J. W. Freeland
pp. 1562-1565 [View PDF (148 kB)]
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Magnetic Circular Dichroism in Resonant Raman Scattering in the Perpendicular Geometry at the L edge of 3d Transition Metal Systems
L. Braicovich, G. van der Laan, G. Ghiringhelli, A. Tagliaferri, M. A. van Veenendaal, N. B. Brookes, M. M. Chervinskii, C. Dallera, B. De Michelis, and H. A. Dürr
pp. 1566-1569 [View PDF (115 kB)]
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Ion Stimulated Desorption of Secondary Ions from Ionic Compound Surfaces
Ryutaro Souda
pp. 1570-1573 [View PDF (123 kB)]
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Laser Guidance and Trapping of Mesoscale Particles in Hollow-Core Optical Fibers
Michael J. Renn, Robert Pastel, and Heather J. Lewandowski
pp. 1574-1577 [View PDF (159 kB)]

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

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Exact Solution of the Reversible Diffusion-Influenced Reaction for an Isolated Pair in Three Dimensions
Hyojoon Kim and Kook Joe Shin
pp. 1578-1581 [View PDF (116 kB)]
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Frequency Control of an Oscillatory Reaction by Reversible Binding of an Autocatalyst
Milos Dolnik, Timothy S. Gardner, Irving R. Epstein, and James J. Collins
pp. 1582-1585 [View PDF (457 kB)]
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Anomalous Dispersion and Pulse Interaction in an Excitable Surface Reaction
J. Christoph, M. Eiswirth, N. Hartmann, R. Imbihl, I. Kevrekidis, and M. Bär
pp. 1586-1589 [View PDF (238 kB)]
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Self-Organized Beating and Swimming of Internally Driven Filaments
Sébastien Camalet, Frank Jülicher, and Jacques Prost
pp. 1590-1593 [View PDF (163 kB)]
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Dynamics of Self-Organized Delay Adaptation
Christian W. Eurich, Klaus Pawelzik, Udo Ernst, Jack D. Cowan, and John G. Milton
pp. 1594-1597 [View PDF (205 kB)]
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Electrostatic Edge Instability of Lipid Membranes
M. D. Betterton and Michael P. Brenner
pp. 1598-1601 [View PDF (270 kB)]
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Stripe Phases in Lipid Monolayers near a Miscibility Critical Point
Sarah L. Keller and Harden M. McConnell
pp. 1602-1605 [View PDF (488 kB)]
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Scaling of the Microrheology of Semidilute F-Actin Solutions
T. Gisler and D. A. Weitz
pp. 1606-1609 [View PDF (144 kB)]

ERRATA

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Erratum: Stability of Colloidal Quasicrystals [Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 469 (1998)]
A. R. Denton and H. Löwen
pp. 1610 [View PDF (17 kB)]
 
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