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Physical Review Letters – 24 July 2000
Volume 85, Issue 4

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.

New Mechanism for Electron Emission from Planar Cold Cathodes: The Solid-State Field-Controlled Electron Emitter
Vu Thien Binh and Ch. Adessi
pp. 864-867 [View PDF (122 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus

LETTERS

General Physics

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Three Dimensional Diffusion Delay Time Tomography
Shimon Coen
pp. 683-687 [View PDF (93 kB)]
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Robustness of Wave Functions of Interacting Many Bosons in a Leaky Box
Akira Shimizu and Takayuki Miyadera
pp. 688-691 [View PDF (91 kB)]
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Observation of Harmonic Generation and Nonlinear Coupling in the Collective Dynamics of a Bose-Einstein Condensate
G. Hechenblaikner, O. M. Maragò, E. Hodby, J. Arlt, S. Hopkins, and C. J. Foot
pp. 692-695 [View PDF (202 kB)]
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The Yang-Yang Anomaly in Fluid Criticality: Experiment and Scaling Theory
Michael E. Fisher and G. Orkoulas
pp. 696-699 [View PDF (109 kB)]

Gravitation and Astrophysics

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Limit on Primordial Small-Scale Magnetic Fields from Cosmic Microwave Background Distortions
Karsten Jedamzik, Višnja Katalinić, and Angela V. Olinto
pp. 700-703 [View PDF (84 kB)]

Elementary Particles and Fields

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Computation of the Vortex Free Energy in SU(2) Gauge Theory
Tamás G. Kovács and E. T. Tomboulis
pp. 704-707 [View PDF (77 kB)]
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First Determination of Generalized Polarizabilities of the Proton by a Virtual Compton Scattering Experiment
J. Roche et al.
pp. 708-711 [View PDF (218 kB)]
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Bounds on Transverse Momentum Dependent Distribution and Fragmentation Functions
A. Bacchetta, M. Boglione, A. Henneman, and P. J. Mulders
pp. 712-715 [View PDF (94 kB)]

Nuclear Physics

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Isospin Fractionation in Nuclear Multifragmentation
H. S. Xu, M. B. Tsang, T. X. Liu, X. D. Liu, W. G. Lynch, W. P. Tan, A. Vander Molen, G. Verde, A. Wagner, H. F. Xi, C. K. Gelbke, L. Beaulieu, B. Davin, Y. Larochelle, T. Lefort, R. T. de Souza, R. Yanez, V. E. Viola, R. J. Charity, and L. G. Sobotka
pp. 716-719 [View PDF (106 kB)]
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Generalization of the NpNn Scheme and the Structure of the Valence Space
Y. M. Zhao, R. F. Casten, and A. Arima
pp. 720-723 [View PDF (87 kB)]

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

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3D Raman Sideband Cooling of Cesium Atoms at High Density
Dian-Jiun Han, Steffen Wolf, Steven Oliver, Colin McCormick, Marshall T. DePue, and David S. Weiss
pp. 724-727 [View PDF (88 kB)]
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Magnetic Field Dependence of Ultracold Inelastic Collisions near a Feshbach Resonance
J. L. Roberts, N. R. Claussen, S. L. Cornish, and C. E. Wieman
pp. 728-731 [View PDF (91 kB)]
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Static-Electric-Field-Induced Polarization Effects in Harmonic Generation
Bogdan Borca, A. V. Flegel, M. V. Frolov, N. L. Manakov, Dejan B. Milošević, and Anthony F. Starace
pp. 732-735 [View PDF (100 kB)]

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

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Instabilities of Waves in Nonlinear Disordered Media
S. E. Skipetrov and R. Maynard
pp. 736-739 [View PDF (104 kB)]
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Controlling the Phase Evolution of Few-Cycle Light Pulses
A. Apolonski, A. Poppe, G. Tempea, Ch. Spielmann, Th. Udem, R. Holzwarth, T. W. Hänsch, and F. Krausz
pp. 740-743 [View PDF (186 kB)]
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Dynamics of Localized Structures in Vectorial Waves
Emilio Hernández-García, Miguel Hoyuelos, Pere Colet, and Maxi San Miguel
pp. 744-747 [View PDF (394 kB)]
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Interaction of Localized Structures in an Optical Pattern-Forming System
B. Schäpers, M. Feldmann, T. Ackemann, and W. Lange
pp. 748-751 [View PDF (382 kB)]
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Vortex Statistics for Turbulence in a Container with Rigid Boundaries
H. J. H. Clercx and A. H. Nielsen
pp. 752-755 [View PDF (361 kB)]
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Temporally Harmonic Oscillons in Newtonian Fluids
H. Arbell and J. Fineberg
pp. 756-759 [View PDF (928 kB)]

Plasma and Beam Physics

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Formulas for Transverse Ionization Cooling in Solenoidal Focusing Channels
Kwang-Je Kim and Chun-xi Wang
pp. 760-763 [View PDF (88 kB)]
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Beam Envelope Equations for Cooling of Muons in Solenoid Fields
G. Penn and J. S. Wurtele
pp. 764-767 [View PDF (133 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

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Effects of Ion Atmosphere on Hydrogen-Bond Dynamics in Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions
Amalendu Chandra
pp. 768-771 [View PDF (89 kB)]
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Origin of Dynamic Heterogeneities in Miscible Polymer Blends: A Quasielastic Neutron Scattering Study
S. Hoffmann, L. Willner, D. Richter, A. Arbe, J. Colmenero, and B. Farago
pp. 772-775 [View PDF (181 kB)]
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Bridging the Pressure and Materials Gaps: High Pressure Sum Frequency Generation Study on Supported Pd Nanoparticles
T. Dellwig, G. Rupprechter, H. Unterhalt, and H.-J. Freund
pp. 776-779 [View PDF (423 kB)]
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Preferential Sputtering Induced Stress Domains and Mesoscopic Phase Separation on CaF2(111)
M. Batzill, F. Bardou, and K. J. Snowdon
pp. 780-783 [View PDF (133 kB)]
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Theory of Strain Relaxation for Epitaxial Layers Grown on Substrate of a Finite Dimension
F. Y. Huang
pp. 784-787 [View PDF (120 kB)]
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Energy Dissipation and Path Instabilities in Dynamic Fracture of Silicon Single Crystals
T. Cramer, A. Wanner, and P. Gumbsch
pp. 788-791 [View PDF (177 kB)]
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Observation of Hot-Electron Pressure in the Vibration Dynamics of Metal Nanoparticles
M. Perner, S. Gresillon, J. März, G. von Plessen, J. Feldmann, J. Porstendorfer, K.-J. Berg, and G. Berg
pp. 792-795 [View PDF (180 kB)]
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First-Order Transition in the Ginzburg-Landau Model
Philippe Curty and Hans Beck
pp. 796-799 [View PDF (96 kB)]
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Using Temperature to Tune Film Roughness: Nonintuitive Behavior in a Simple System
C. R. Stoldt, K. J. Caspersen, M. C. Bartelt, C. J. Jenks, J. W. Evans, and P. A. Thiel
pp. 800-803 [View PDF (262 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

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Two-Scale Analysis of the SU(N) Kondo Model
D. Villani, E. Lange, A. Avella, and G. Kotliar
pp. 804-807 [View PDF (87 kB)]
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Continuous Transition from Two- to One-Dimensional States in Si(111)-( 5×2)–Au
R. Losio, K. N. Altmann, and F. J. Himpsel
pp. 808-811 [View PDF (225 kB)]
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Delocalization in the Anderson Model due to a Local Measurement
S. A. Gurvitz
pp. 812-815 [View PDF (109 kB)]
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Effect of Time Reversal Symmetry Breaking on the Density of States in Small Superconducting Grains
I. S. Beloborodov, B. N. Narozhny, and I. L. Aleiner
pp. 816-819 [View PDF (88 kB)]
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Prospecting for the Superfluid Transition in Electron-Hole Coupled Quantum Wells Using Coulomb Drag
Ben Yu-Kuang Hu
pp. 820-823 [View PDF (91 kB)]
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Interrelation of Superconducting and Antiferromagnetic Gaps in High- Tc Compounds: A Test Case for the SO(5) Theory
Marc G. Zacher, Werner Hanke, Enrico Arrigoni, and Shou-Cheng Zhang
pp. 824-827 [View PDF (97 kB)]
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Temperature Dependent Scattering Rates at the Fermi Surface of Optimally Doped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ
T. Valla, A. V. Fedorov, P. D. Johnson, Q. Li, G. D. Gu, and N. Koshizuka
pp. 828-831 [View PDF (223 kB)]
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Novel Longitudinal Mode in the Coupled Quantum Chain Compound KCuF3
B. Lake, D. A. Tennant, and S. E. Nagler
pp. 832-835 [View PDF (250 kB)]
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Stripe Glasses: Self-Generated Randomness in a Uniformly Frustrated System
Jörg Schmalian and Peter G. Wolynes
pp. 836-839 [View PDF (104 kB)]
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Mean Field Theory of a Quantum Heisenberg Spin Glass
Antoine Georges, Olivier Parcollet, and Subir Sachdev
pp. 840-843 [View PDF (95 kB)]
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Ultrafast Magneto-Optics in Nickel: Magnetism or Optics?
B. Koopmans, M. van Kampen, J. T. Kohlhepp, and W. J. M. de Jonge
pp. 844-847 [View PDF (265 kB)]
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Density of States of Amorphous GdxSi1-x at the Metal-Insulator Transition
W. Teizer, F. Hellman, and R. C. Dynes
pp. 848-851 [View PDF (534 kB)]
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Fermi-Edge Singularities in AlxGa1-xAs Quantum Wells: Extrinsic versus Many-Body Scattering Processes
T. Mélin and F. Laruelle
pp. 852-855 [View PDF (220 kB)]

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

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Automatic Quantum Error Correction
Jeff P. Barnes and Warren S. Warren
pp. 856-859 [View PDF (89 kB)]
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Strong Coupling Theory for Driven Tunneling and Vibrational Relaxation
M. Thorwart, M. Grifoni, and P. Hänggi
pp. 860-863 [View PDF (138 kB)]
New Mechanism for Electron Emission from Planar Cold Cathodes: The Solid-State Field-Controlled Electron Emitter
Vu Thien Binh and Ch. Adessi
pp. 864-867 [View PDF (122 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
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Excitation Fronts on a Periodically Modulated Curved Surface
V. A. Davydov, N. Manz, O. Steinbock, V. S. Zykov, and S. C. Müller
pp. 868-871 [View PDF (493 kB)]
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Strong Attraction between Charged Spheres due to Metastable Ionized States
René Messina, Christian Holm, and Kurt Kremer
pp. 872-875 [View PDF (154 kB)]
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Tunneling Phenomena as a Probe to Investigate Atomic Scale Fluctuations in Metal/Oxide/Metal Magnetic Tunnel Junctions
V. Da Costa, C. Tiusan, T. Dimopoulos, and K. Ounadjela
pp. 876-879 [View PDF (341 kB)]
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Scanning Probe-Based Frequency-Dependent Microrheology of Polymer Gels and Biological Cells
R. E. Mahaffy, C. K. Shih, F. C. MacKintosh, and J. Käs
pp. 880-883 [View PDF (325 kB)]
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Modeling the Dynamics of Cardiac Action Potentials
Graham Duckett and Dwight Barkley
pp. 884-887 [View PDF (150 kB)]
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Two-Point Microrheology of Inhomogeneous Soft Materials
John C. Crocker, M. T. Valentine, Eric R. Weeks, T. Gisler, P. D. Kaplan, A. G. Yodh, and D. A. Weitz
pp. 888-891 [View PDF (146 kB)]

COMMENTS

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Comment on “Solution of Classical Stochastic One-Dimensional Many-Body Systems”
Su-Chan Park, Jeong-Man Park, and Doochul Kim
pp. 892 [View PDF (43 kB)]
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Bares and Mobilia Reply:
P.-A. Bares and M. Mobilia
pp. 893 [View PDF (44 kB)]
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Comment on “Quantum Wave Packet Dynamics with Trajectories”
Jordi Suñé and Xavier Oriols
pp. 894 [View PDF (46 kB)]
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Lopreore and Wyatt Reply:
Courtney L. Lopreore and Robert E. Wyatt
pp. 895 [View PDF (34 kB)]
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How Many “Arrows of Time” Do We Really Need to Comprehend Statistical Laws?
G. Casati, B. V. Chirikov, and O. V. Zhirov
pp. 896 [View PDF (32 kB)]
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Schulman Replies:
L. S. Schulman
pp. 897 [View PDF (31 kB)]
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Comment on “Suppression of Angular-Momentum Mixing in Photoexcitation of Rydberg States by Multistate Off-Resonant Quantum Coherence”
Lars Bojer Madsen
pp. 898 [View PDF (37 kB)]
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Muller and Noordam Reply:
H. G. Muller and L. D. Noordam
pp. 899 [View PDF (33 kB)]
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Comment on “Nonequilibrium Diffusion in Zeolites due to Deterministic Hamiltonian Chaos”
S. Yu. Krylov
pp. 900 [View PDF (40 kB)]
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Kopelevich and Chang Reply:
Dmitry I. Kopelevich and Hsueh-Chia Chang
pp. 901 [View PDF (33 kB)]

ERRATA

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Erratum: Dynamics on Microcomposite Catalytic Surfaces: The Effect of Active Boundaries [Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 2857 (1999)]
Stanislav Y. Shvartsman, Eckart Schütz, Ronald Imbihl, and Ioannis G. Kevrekidis
pp. 902 [View PDF (44 kB)]
 
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