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Physical Review Letters – 27 March 2000
Volume 84, Issue 13

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.

Spatial Mapping of Mobility and Density of the Conduction Electrons in (FA)2PF6
G. Alexandrowicz, T. Tashma, A. Feintuch, A. Grayevsky, E. Dormann, and N. Kaplan
pp. 2973-2976 [View PDF (709 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus

LETTERS

General Physics

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Incompatibility of Macroscopic Local Realism with Quantum Mechanics in Measurements with Macroscopic Uncertainties
M. D. Reid
pp. 2765-2769 [View PDF (67 kB)]
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Interpretation of the Nonextensivity Parameter q in Some Applications of Tsallis Statistics and Lévy Distributions
G. Wilk and Z. Włodarczyk
pp. 2770-2773 [View PDF (58 kB)]
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Topology and Phase Transitions: Paradigmatic Evidence
Roberto Franzosi, Marco Pettini, and Lionel Spinelli
pp. 2774-2777 [View PDF (100 kB)]

Gravitation and Astrophysics

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Gravity in the Randall-Sundrum Brane World
Jaume Garriga and Takahiro Tanaka
pp. 2778-2781 [View PDF (91 kB)]

Elementary Particles and Fields

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The Pinch Technique at Two Loops
Joannis Papavassiliou
pp. 2782-2785 [View PDF (104 kB)]
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Isolated Photon Cross Section in pp̅ Collisions at √s = 1.8TeV
B. Abbott et al. ((D0 Collaboration))
pp. 2786-2791 [View PDF (120 kB)]
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Differential Production Cross Section of Z Bosons as a Function of Transverse Momentum at √s = 1.8TeV TeV
B. Abbott et al. ((D0 Collaboration))
pp. 2792-2797 [View PDF (104 kB)]

Nuclear Physics

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Bombarding Energy Dependence of π- Interferometry at the Brookhaven AGS
M. A. Lisa et al. ((E895 Collaboration))
pp. 2798-2802 [View PDF (80 kB)]
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Novel Rapidity Dependence of Directed Flow in High-Energy Heavy-Ion Collisions
R. J. M. Snellings, H. Sorge, S. A. Voloshin, F. Q. Wang, and N. Xu
pp. 2803-2805 [View PDF (160 kB)]

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

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Enhanced Cooling of Hydrogen Atoms by Lithium Atoms
R. Côté, M. J. Jamieson, Z-C. Yan, N. Geum, G.-H. Jeung, and A. Dalgarno
pp. 2806-2809 [View PDF (64 kB)]
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Autoionization of Triply Excited Rydberg Series
Gilles Verbockhaven and Jørgen E. Hansen
pp. 2810-2813 [View PDF (53 kB)]
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Cold Rubidium Molecules Formed in a Magneto-Optical Trap
C. Gabbanini, A. Fioretti, A. Lucchesini, S. Gozzini, and M. Mazzoni
pp. 2814-2817 [View PDF (146 kB)]
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Quantum Entanglement via Optical Control of Atom-Atom Interactions
M. D. Lukin and P. R. Hemmer
pp. 2818-2821 [View PDF (71 kB)]
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Strong Species Dependence of High Order Photoelectron Production in Alkali Metal Atoms
M. B. Gaarde, K. J. Schafer, K. C. Kulander, B. Sheehy, Dalwoo Kim, and L. F. DiMauro
pp. 2822-2825 [View PDF (84 kB)]
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Doppler Splitting of In-Flight Auger Decay of Dissociating Oxygen Molecules: The Localization of Delocalized Core Holes
O. Björneholm, M. Bässler, A. Ausmees, I. Hjelte, R. Feifel, H. Wang, C. Miron, M. N. Piancastelli, S. Svensson, S. L. Sorensen, F. Gel'mukhanov, and H. Ågren
pp. 2826-2829 [View PDF (117 kB)]
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Photoinduced Polarization Inversion in a Polymeric Molecule
X. Sun, R. L. Fu, K. Yonemitsu, and K. Nasu
pp. 2830-2832 [View PDF (74 kB)]

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

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Ergodicity of Random-Matrix Theories: The Unitary Case
Z. Pluhař and H. A. Weidenmüller
pp. 2833-2836 [View PDF (71 kB)]
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Relaxation and Diffusion for the Kicked Rotor
Maxim Khodas and Shmuel Fishman
pp. 2837-2840 [View PDF (76 kB)]
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Unification of Perturbation Theory, Random Matrix Theory, and Semiclassical Considerations in the Study of Parametrically Dependent Eigenstates
Doron Cohen and Eric J. Heller
pp. 2841-2844 [View PDF (75 kB)]
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Brewster's Scattering Angle in Scattered Waves from Slightly Rough Metal Surfaces
Tetsuya Kawanishi
pp. 2845-2848 [View PDF (98 kB)]
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Observation of a cw Dark-Field Signal in an Absorption Spectroscopic Experiment Using a Phase Locked Free-Electron Laser
Eric B. Szarmes, John M. J. Madey, and Karl D. Straub
pp. 2849-2852 [View PDF (380 kB)]
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Robust Photonic Band Gap from Tunable Scatterers
W. Y. Zhang, X. Y. Lei, Z. L. Wang, D. G. Zheng, W. Y. Tam, C. T. Chan, and Ping Sheng
pp. 2853-2856 [View PDF (201 kB)]
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Momentum Conservation Implies Anomalous Energy Transport in 1D Classical Lattices
Tomaž Prosen and David K. Campbell
pp. 2857-2860 [View PDF (75 kB)]

Plasma and Beam Physics

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Two-Color Operation in High-Gain Free-Electron Lasers
H. P. Freund and P. G. O'Shea
pp. 2861-2864 [View PDF (96 kB)]
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New Alfvén Continuum Gaps and Global Modes Induced by Toroidal Flow
B. van der Holst, A. J. C. Beliën, and J. P. Goedbloed
pp. 2865-2868 [View PDF (1,663 kB)]
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First Observation of Ion Acoustic Waves Produced by the Langmuir Decay Instability
S. Depierreux, J. Fuchs, C. Labaune, A. Michard, H. A. Baldis, D. Pesme, S. Hüller, and G. Laval
pp. 2869-2872 [View PDF (564 kB)]
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Dynamics of Fast Electrons Driven by the Lower Hybrid Wave in Giant Sawtoothing Plasmas
Frédéric Imbeaux and Yves Peysson
pp. 2873-2876 [View PDF (205 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

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Correlations between the Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Imaged Configurations and the Electronic Structure on Stepped Si(111)-( 7×7) Surfaces
M. Hupalo, B. J. Min, C. Z. Wang, K. M. Ho, and M. C. Tringides
pp. 2877-2880 [View PDF (562 kB)]
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Structures of High-Density and Low-Density Water
Alan K. Soper and Maria Antonietta Ricci
pp. 2881-2884 [View PDF (678 kB)]
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Compositional Patterning in Systems Driven by Competing Dynamics Of Different Length Scale
Raúl A. Enrique and Pascal Bellon
pp. 2885-2888 [View PDF (80 kB)]
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Nanocrystalline versus Microcrystalline Li2O:B2O3 Composites: Anomalous Ionic Conductivities and Percolation Theory
Sylvio Indris, Paul Heitjans, H. Eduardo Roman, and Armin Bunde
pp. 2889-2892 [View PDF (88 kB)]
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Molecular Traffic Control in a Nanoscale System
Louis A. Clark, George T. Ye, and Randall Q. Snurr
pp. 2893-2896 [View PDF (280 kB)]
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Atomic Structure of the Polar NiO(111)- p(2×2) Surface
A. Barbier, C. Mocuta, H. Kuhlenbeck, K. F. Peters, B. Richter, and G. Renaud
pp. 2897-2900 [View PDF (98 kB)]
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Microstructure Controlled Shear Band Pattern Formation and Enhanced Plasticity of Bulk Metallic Glasses Containing in situ Formed Ductile Phase Dendrite Dispersions
C. C. Hays, C. P. Kim, and W. L. Johnson
pp. 2901-2904 [View PDF (1,031 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

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A Nearly Universal Critical Conductivity for Semiconductor-Metal Alloys
T. G. Castner
pp. 2905-2908 [View PDF (102 kB)]
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Metallic Low-Temperature Resistivity in a 2D Electron System Over an Extended Temperature Range
S. V. Kravchenko and T. M. Klapwijk
pp. 2909-2912 [View PDF (78 kB)]
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Density of States in Coupled Chains with Off-Diagonal Disorder
P. W. Brouwer, C. Mudry, and A. Furusaki
pp. 2913-2916 [View PDF (76 kB)]
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Defects, Quasibound States, and Quantum Conductance in Metallic Carbon Nanotubes
Hyoung Joon Choi, Jisoon Ihm, Steven G. Louie, and Marvin L. Cohen
pp. 2917-2920 [View PDF (290 kB)]
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Dynamic Conductance of Carbon Nanotubes
Christopher Roland, Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, Jian Wang, and Hong Guo
pp. 2921-2924 [View PDF (71 kB)]
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Coupling Between Adsorbate Vibrations and an Electronic Surface State
Eli Rotenberg, J. Schaefer, and S. D. Kevan
pp. 2925-2928 [View PDF (224 kB)]
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Bloch Electrons in a Magnetic Field: Why Does Chaos Send Electrons the Hard Way?
R. Ketzmerick, K. Kruse, D. Springsguth, and T. Geisel
pp. 2929-2932 [View PDF (284 kB)]
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Apparent Spin Polarization Decay in Cu-Dusted Co/Al2O3/Co Tunnel Junctions
P. LeClair, H. J. M. Swagten, J. T. Kohlhepp, R. J. M. van de Veerdonk, and W. J. M. de Jonge
pp. 2933-2936 [View PDF (107 kB)]
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Conductivity Tensor of Striped Quantum Hall Phases
Felix von Oppen, Bertrand I. Halperin, and Ady Stern
pp. 2937-2940 [View PDF (161 kB)]
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High-Field Electrical Transport in Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes
Zhen Yao, Charles L. Kane, and Cees Dekker
pp. 2941-2944 [View PDF (367 kB)]
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Abrupt Change of Josephson Plasma Frequency at the Phase Boundary of the Bragg Glass in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ
M. B. Gaifullin, Yuji Matsuda, N. Chikumoto, J. Shimoyama, and K. Kishio
pp. 2945-2948 [View PDF (108 kB)]
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Cu NQR Study of the Stripe Phase Local Structure in the Lanthanum Cuprates
G. B. Teitel'baum, B. Büchner, and H. de Gronckel
pp. 2949-2952 [View PDF (76 kB)]
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Magnetothermodynamics of the Spin- 1/2 Kagomé Antiferromagnet
P. Sindzingre, G. Misguich, C. Lhuillier, B. Bernu, L. Pierre, Ch. Waldtmann, and H.-U. Everts
pp. 2953-2956 [View PDF (87 kB)]
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Entropy Balance and Evidence for Local Spin Singlets in a Kagomé-Like Magnet
A. P. Ramirez, B. Hessen, and M. Winklemann
pp. 2957-2960 [View PDF (113 kB)]
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Thermal and Electronic Transport Properties and Two-Phase Mixtures in La5/8-xPrxCa3/8MnO3
K. H. Kim, M. Uehara, C. Hess, P. A. Sharma, and S-W. Cheong
pp. 2961-2964 [View PDF (108 kB)]
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Effects of Nuclear Spins on the Quantum Relaxation of the Magnetization for the Molecular Nanomagnet Fe8
W. Wernsdorfer, A. Caneschi, R. Sessoli, D. Gatteschi, A. Cornia, V. Villar, and C. Paulsen
pp. 2965-2968 [View PDF (254 kB)]
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Low to High Spin-State Transition Induced by Charge Ordering in Antiferromagnetic YBaCo2O5
T. Vogt, P. M. Woodward, P. Karen, B. A. Hunter, P. Henning, and A. R. Moodenbaugh
pp. 2969-2972 [View PDF (113 kB)]
Spatial Mapping of Mobility and Density of the Conduction Electrons in (FA)2PF6
G. Alexandrowicz, T. Tashma, A. Feintuch, A. Grayevsky, E. Dormann, and N. Kaplan
pp. 2973-2976 [View PDF (709 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
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Measurement of the Relaxation Rate of the Magnetization in Mn12O12-Acetate Using Proton NMR Echo
Z. H. Jang, A. Lascialfari, F. Borsa, and D. Gatteschi
pp. 2977-2980 [View PDF (77 kB)]
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Impulsive Excitation of Phonon-Pair Combination States by Second-Order Raman Scattering
Albrecht Bartels, Thomas Dekorsy, and Heinrich Kurz
pp. 2981-2984 [View PDF (123 kB)]
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Observation of Vibrational Excitation and Deexcitation for NO (v = 2) Scattering from Au(111): Evidence for Electron-Hole-Pair Mediated Energy Transfer
Y. Huang, A. M. Wodtke, H. Hou, C. T. Rettner, and D. J. Auerbach
pp. 2985-2988 [View PDF (73 kB)]

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

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Scheme for Total Quantum Teleportation
E. DelRe, B. Crosignani, and P. Di Porto
pp. 2989-2992 [View PDF (75 kB)]
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Optimal Quantum Cloning via Stimulated Emission
Christoph Simon, Gregor Weihs, and Anton Zeilinger
pp. 2993-2996 [View PDF (68 kB)]
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Patterned Colloidal Deposition Controlled by Electrostatic and Capillary Forces
Joanna Aizenberg, Paul V. Braun, and Pierre Wiltzius
pp. 2997-3000 [View PDF (860 kB)]
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Instabilities in a Liquid-Fluidized Bed of Gas Bubbles
M. U. Vera, A. Saint-Jalmes, and D. J. Durian
pp. 3001-3004 [View PDF (713 kB)]
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Thermodynamics of Heat-Shock Response
Kristine Bourke Arnvig, Steen Pedersen, and Kim Sneppen
pp. 3005-3008 [View PDF (57 kB)]
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Role of Secondary Motifs in Fast Folding Polymers: A Dynamical Variational Principle
Amos Maritan, Cristian Micheletti, and Jayanth R. Banavar
pp. 3009-3012 [View PDF (176 kB)]
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Beyond Hebb: Exclusive-OR and Biological Learning
Konstantin Klemm, Stefan Bornholdt, and Heinz Georg Schuster
pp. 3013-3016 [View PDF (91 kB)]
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Particle Diffusion in a Quasi-Two-Dimensional Bacterial Bath
Xiao-Lun Wu and Albert Libchaber
pp. 3017-3020 [View PDF (662 kB)]

COMMENTS

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Comment on “Stripes and the t-J Model”
Steven R. White and D. J. Scalapino
pp. 3021 [View PDF (23 kB)]
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Hellberg and Manousakis Reply:
C. Stephen Hellberg and E. Manousakis
pp. 3022 [View PDF (23 kB)]

ERRATA

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Erratum: Core Level Analysis of the Surface Charge Density Wave Transition in Sn /Ge(111) [Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 2789 (1999)]
T. E. Kidd, T. Miller, and T.-C. Chiang
pp. 3023 [View PDF (19 kB)]
 
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