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Physical Review Letters – 12 June 2000
Volume 84, Issue 24

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.

Observation of Phase-Matched Relativistic Harmonic Generation
S.-Y. Chen, A. Maksimchuk, E. Esarey, and D. Umstadter
pp. 5528-5531 [View PDF (104 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
Tensile Loading of Ropes of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes and their Mechanical Properties
Min-Feng Yu, Bradley S. Files, Sivaram Arepalli, and Rodney S. Ruoff
pp. 5552-5555 [View PDF (209 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus

LETTERS

General Physics

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Experiments towards Falsification of Noncontextual Hidden Variable Theories
Markus Michler, Harald Weinfurter, and Marek Żukowski
pp. 5457-5461 [View PDF (130 kB)]
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Elastic Scattering Loss of Atoms from Colliding Bose-Einstein Condensate Wave Packets
Y. B. Band, Marek Trippenbach, J. P. Burke, Jr., and P. S. Julienne
pp. 5462-5465 [View PDF (112 kB)]
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Stochastic Resonance and Nonlinear Response using NMR Spectroscopy
L. Viola, E. M. Fortunato, S. Lloyd, C.-H. Tseng, and D. G. Cory
pp. 5466-5469 [View PDF (73 kB)]
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Symmetry Breaking of Fluctuation Dynamics by Noise Color
M. Arrayás, M. I. Dykman, R. Mannella, P. V. E. McClintock, and N. D. Stein
pp. 5470-5473 [View PDF (89 kB)]

Elementary Particles and Fields

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Symmetries of Excited Heavy Baryons in the Heavy-Quark and Large- Nc Limit
Chi-Keung Chow and Thomas D. Cohen
pp. 5474-5477 [View PDF (70 kB)]
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Small-Angle Muon and Bottom-Quark Production in pp̅ Collisions at √s = 1.8TeV
B. Abbott et al. ((D0 Collaboration))
pp. 5478-5483 [View PDF (102 kB)]

Nuclear Physics

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Morphing the Shell Model into an Effective Theory
W. C. Haxton and C.-L. Song
pp. 5484-5487 [View PDF (88 kB)]
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Sideward Flow in Au+Au Collisions between 2A and 8A GeV
H. Liu et al. (E895 Collaboration)
pp. 5488-5492 [View PDF (132 kB)]
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New Magic Number, N = 16, near the Neutron Drip Line
A. Ozawa, T. Kobayashi, T. Suzuki, K. Yoshida, and I. Tanihata
pp. 5493-5495 [View PDF (124 kB)]

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

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Measurement of the Hydrogen 1S- 2S Transition Frequency by Phase Coherent Comparison with a Microwave Cesium Fountain Clock
M. Niering, R. Holzwarth, J. Reichert, P. Pokasov, Th. Udem, M. Weitz, T. W. Hänsch, P. Lemonde, G. Santarelli, M. Abgrall, P. Laurent, C. Salomon, and A. Clairon
pp. 5496-5499 [View PDF (129 kB)]
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Anisotropic Vacuum-Induced Interference in Decay Channels
G. S. Agarwal
pp. 5500-5503 [View PDF (62 kB)]

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

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Quantum Transport through Ballistic Cavities: Soft vs Hard Quantum Chaos
Bodo Huckestein, Roland Ketzmerick, and Caio H. Lewenkopf
pp. 5504-5507 [View PDF (231 kB)]
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fs-Pulse Synthesis Using Phase Modulation by Impulsively Excited Molecular Vibrations
M. Wittmann, A. Nazarkin, and G. Korn
pp. 5508-5511 [View PDF (71 kB)]
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Quasilinear Theory of the 2D Euler Equation
Pierre-Henri Chavanis
pp. 5512-5515 [View PDF (64 kB)]

Plasma and Beam Physics

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First Observation of Simultaneous Alpha Buckets in a Quasi-Isochronous Storage Ring
J. B. Murphy and S. L. Kramer
pp. 5516-5519 [View PDF (240 kB)]
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Experimental Measurement of Neoclassical Mobility in an Annular Malmberg-Penning Trap
Joe Espejo, Qudsia Quraishi, and Scott Robertson
pp. 5520-5523 [View PDF (75 kB)]
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Intermediate Shocks in Three-Dimensional Magnetohydrodynamic Bow-Shock Flows with Multiple Interacting Shock Fronts
H. De Sterck and S. Poedts
pp. 5524-5527 [View PDF (203 kB)]
Observation of Phase-Matched Relativistic Harmonic Generation
S.-Y. Chen, A. Maksimchuk, E. Esarey, and D. Umstadter
pp. 5528-5531 [View PDF (104 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
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Investigation of Electron-Distribution Function and Dynamo Mechanisms in a Reversed-Field Pinch by Analysis of Hydrogen-Pellet Deflection
L. Garzotti, B. Pégourié, R. Bartiromo, P. Innocente, and S. Martini
pp. 5532-5535 [View PDF (163 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

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Structure of Liquid PEO-LiTFSI Electrolyte
Guomin Mao, Marie-Louise Saboungi, David L. Price, Michel B. Armand, and W. S. Howells
pp. 5536-5539 [View PDF (278 kB)]
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Analogy between Unconventional Superconductivity and Unconventional States of Liquid Crystals
Pierre Tolédano and Antonio M. Figueiredo Neto
pp. 5540-5543 [View PDF (66 kB)]
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Reentrant Morphology Transition in the Growth of Free Silver Nanoclusters
F. Baletto, C. Mottet, and R. Ferrando
pp. 5544-5547 [View PDF (158 kB)]
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Mechanism for Negative Poisson Ratios over the α- β Transition of Cristobalite, SiO2: A Molecular-Dynamics Study
Hajime Kimizuka, Hideo Kaburaki, and Yoshiaki Kogure
pp. 5548-5551 [View PDF (101 kB)]
Tensile Loading of Ropes of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes and their Mechanical Properties
Min-Feng Yu, Bradley S. Files, Sivaram Arepalli, and Rodney S. Ruoff
pp. 5552-5555 [View PDF (209 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
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Study of Phonon Dispersion in Silicon and Germanium at Long Wavelengths Using Picosecond Ultrasonics
H.-Y. Hao and H. J. Maris
pp. 5556-5559 [View PDF (60 kB)]
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Excess Wing in the Dielectric Loss of Glass Formers: A Johari-Goldstein β Relaxation?
U. Schneider, R. Brand, P. Lunkenheimer, and A. Loidl
pp. 5560-5563 [View PDF (84 kB)]
Shock-Induced Transformation of Liquid Deuterium into a Metallic Fluid
P. M. Celliers, G. W. Collins, L. B. Da Silva, D. M. Gold, R. Cauble, R. J. Wallace, M. E. Foord, and B. A. Hammel
pp. 5564-5567 [View PDF (629 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

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Giant Cluster Coexistence in Doped Manganites and Other Compounds
Adriana Moreo, Matthias Mayr, Adrian Feiguin, Seiji Yunoki, and Elbio Dagotto
pp. 5568-5571 [View PDF (208 kB)]
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Ground States of the One-Dimensional Anisotropic Extended Hubbard Model
Hiromi Otsuka
pp. 5572-5575 [View PDF (81 kB)]
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Two-Roton Bound State in the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
K. Park and J. K. Jain
pp. 5576-5579 [View PDF (134 kB)]
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Theoretical and Computational Study of High-Pressure Structures in Barium
Stewart K. Reed and Graeme J. Ackland
pp. 5580-5583 [View PDF (91 kB)]
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Spatial Confinement of Laser Light in Active Random Media
H. Cao, J. Y. Xu, D. Z. Zhang, S.-H. Chang, S. T. Ho, E. W. Seelig, X. Liu, and R. P. H. Chang
pp. 5584-5587 [View PDF (613 kB)]
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Spatial Fluctuations of the Density of States in Magnetic Fields Observed with Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
M. Morgenstern, Chr. Wittneven, R. Dombrowski, and R. Wiesendanger
pp. 5588-5591 [View PDF (272 kB)]
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Anisotropic Magnetoresistance of Two-Dimensional Holes in GaAs
S. J. Papadakis, E. P. De Poortere, M. Shayegan, and R. Winkler
pp. 5592-5595 [View PDF (113 kB)]
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Parallel Magnetic Field Induced Giant Magnetoresistance in Low Density Quasi-Two-Dimensional Layers
S. Das Sarma and E. H. Hwang
pp. 5596-5599 [View PDF (77 kB)]
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Localization-Delocalization Transition in Non-Hermitian Disordered Systems
A. V. Kolesnikov and K. B. Efetov
pp. 5600-5603 [View PDF (70 kB)]
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Intrinsic Electrical Properties of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Small Band Gaps
Chongwu Zhou, Jing Kong, and Hongjie Dai
pp. 5604-5607 [View PDF (308 kB)]
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Spin-Fermion Model near the Quantum Critical Point: One-Loop Renormalization Group Results
Ar. Abanov and Andrey V. Chubukov
pp. 5608-5611 [View PDF (78 kB)]
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Depression of Quasiparticle Density of States at Zero Energy in La1.9Sr0.1Cu1-xZnxO4
C. F. Chang, J.-Y. Lin, and H. D. Yang
pp. 5612-5615 [View PDF (81 kB)]
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Spectroscopic Evidence for Unconventional Superconductivity in UBe13
Ch. Wälti, H. R. Ott, Z. Fisk, and J. L. Smith
pp. 5616-5619 [View PDF (66 kB)]
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Determination of the Magnetic Symmetry of Hexagonal Manganites by Second Harmonic Generation
M. Fiebig, D. Fröhlich, K. Kohn, St. Leute, Th. Lottermoser, V. V. Pavlov, and R. V. Pisarev
pp. 5620-5623 [View PDF (262 kB)]
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Magnetic Splitting of Valence States in Ferromagnetic and Antiferromagnetic Lanthanide Metals
C. Schüßler-Langeheine, E. Weschke, Chandan Mazumdar, R. Meier, A. Yu. Grigoriev, G. Kaindl, C. Sutter, D. Abernathy, G. Grübel, and Manuel Richter
pp. 5624-5627 [View PDF (78 kB)]
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Theory of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Ferromagnetism
Jürgen König, Hsiu-Hau Lin, and Allan H. MacDonald
pp. 5628-5631 [View PDF (85 kB)]
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Magnetic Phase in the Near-Surface Region of an FeBO3 Single Crystal
B. Stahl, E. Kankeleit, R. Gellert, M. Müller, and A. Kamzin
pp. 5632-5635 [View PDF (84 kB)]
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Compositional Inversion Symmetry Breaking in Ferroelectric Perovskites
Na Sai, B. Meyer, and David Vanderbilt
pp. 5636-5639 [View PDF (82 kB)]
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Multibubble Sonoluminescence Spectra of Water which Resemble Single-Bubble Sonoluminescence
Y. T. Didenko and T. V. Gordeychuk
pp. 5640-5643 [View PDF (56 kB)]
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Decay Times of Surface Plasmon Excitation in Metal Nanoparticles by Persistent Spectral Hole Burning
F. Stietz, J. Bosbach, T. Wenzel, T. Vartanyan, A. Goldmann, and F. Träger
pp. 5644-5647 [View PDF (170 kB)]
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Few-Particle Effects in Semiconductor Quantum Dots: Observation of Multicharged Excitons
Arno Hartmann, Yann Ducommun, Eli Kapon, Ulrich Hohenester, and Elisa Molinari
pp. 5648-5651 [View PDF (148 kB)]

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

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Daylight Quantum Key Distribution over 1.6 km
W. T. Buttler, R. J. Hughes, S. K. Lamoreaux, G. L. Morgan, J. E. Nordholt, and C. G. Peterson
pp. 5652-5655 [View PDF (56 kB)]
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Power Laws, Highly Optimized Tolerance, and Generalized Source Coding
John Doyle and J. M. Carlson
pp. 5656-5659 [View PDF (70 kB)]
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Dynamics of Complex Systems: Scaling Laws for the Period of Boolean Networks
Réka Albert and Albert-László Barabási
pp. 5660-5663 [View PDF (96 kB)]
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Discrete Stochastic Modeling of Calcium Channel Dynamics
Markus Bär, Martin Falcke, Herbert Levine, and Lev S. Tsimring
pp. 5664-5667 [View PDF (233 kB)]
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Theory of Arachnid Prey Localization
W. Stürzl, R. Kempter, and J. L. van Hemmen
pp. 5668-5671 [View PDF (279 kB)]

COMMENTS

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Comment on “Demonstration of the Casimir Force in the 0.6 to 6 μm Range”
Astrid Lambrecht and Serge Reynaud
pp. 5672 [View PDF (28 kB)]
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Lamoreaux Replies:
S. K. Lamoreaux
pp. 5673 [View PDF (8 kB)]
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Comment on “Predominantly Superconducting Origin of Large Energy Gaps in Underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ from Tunneling Spectroscopy”
R. S. Markiewicz and C. Kusko
pp. 5674 [View PDF (35 kB)]
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Zasadzinski and Miyakawa Reply:
John Zasadzinski and Nobuaki Miyakawa
pp. 5675 [View PDF (22 kB)]
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Square-Root Time Relaxation in Molecular Nanomagnets
E. M. Chudnovsky
pp. 5676 [View PDF (25 kB)]
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Prokof'ev and Stamp Reply:
N. V. Prokof'ev and P. C. E. Stamp
pp. 5677 [View PDF (26 kB)]
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Wernsdorfer, Paulsen, and Sessoli Reply:
W. Wernsdorfer, C. Paulsen, and R. Sessoli
pp. 5678 [View PDF (25 kB)]
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Comment on “Quantum Confinement Effect in Diamond Nanocrystals Studied by X-Ray-Absorption Spectroscopy”
L. Ley, J. Ristein, and R. Graupner
pp. 5679 [View PDF (28 kB)]
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Pong, Tsai, and Chang Reply:
W. F. Pong, M.-H. Tsai, and Y. K. Chang
pp. 5680 [View PDF (14 kB)]

ERRATA

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Erratum: Electric Dipole Moments and the Mass Scale of New T-Violating, P-Conserving Interactions [Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3997 (1999)]
M. J. Ramsey-Musolf
pp. 5681 [View PDF (11 kB)]
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Erratum: Relativistic Resonances in Combined Magnetic and Laser Fields [Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 3282 (2000)]
R. E. Wagner, Q. Su, and R. Grobe
pp. 5682 [View PDF (11 kB)]
 
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