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Physical Review Letters – 7 August 2000
Volume 85, Issue 6

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.

Fuzzy Cold Dark Matter: The Wave Properties of Ultralight Particles
Wayne Hu, Rennan Barkana, and Andrei Gruzinov
pp. 1158-1161 [View PDF (120 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus

LETTERS

General Physics

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Geometric Phase, Hannay's Angle, and an Exact Action Variable
Dae-Yup Song
pp. 1141-1145 [View PDF (84 kB)]
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Low-Dimensional Bose Liquids: Beyond the Gross-Pitaevskii Approximation
Eugene B. Kolomeisky, T. J. Newman, Joseph P. Straley, and Xiaoya Qi
pp. 1146-1149 [View PDF (100 kB)]

Gravitation and Astrophysics

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Lower Limit on Radius as a Function of Mass for Neutron Stars
Norman K. Glendenning
pp. 1150-1153 [View PDF (88 kB)]
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Statistics of Clustering of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays and the Number of Their Sources
S. L. Dubovsky, P. G. Tinyakov, and I. I. Tkachev
pp. 1154-1157 [View PDF (82 kB)]
Fuzzy Cold Dark Matter: The Wave Properties of Ultralight Particles
Wayne Hu, Rennan Barkana, and Andrei Gruzinov
pp. 1158-1161 [View PDF (120 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
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Reconstructing the Cosmic Equation of State from Supernova Distances
Tarun Deep Saini, Somak Raychaudhury, Varun Sahni, and A. A. Starobinsky
pp. 1162-1165 [View PDF (151 kB)]

Elementary Particles and Fields

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Probing Possible Decoherence Effects in Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations
E. Lisi, A. Marrone, and D. Montanino
pp. 1166-1169 [View PDF (141 kB)]
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Mass Relation for Neutrinos
K. S. Babu and S. M. Barr
pp. 1170-1173 [View PDF (90 kB)]
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Spectra of Massive and Massless QCD Dirac Operators: A Novel Link
G. Akemann and E. Kanzieper
pp. 1174-1177 [View PDF (105 kB)]
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Mesino-Antimesino Oscillations
Uri Sarid and Scott Thomas
pp. 1178-1181 [View PDF (98 kB)]
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Evidence for Valencelike Quark-Hadron Duality
I. Niculescu et al.
pp. 1182-1185 [View PDF (197 kB)]
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Experimental Verification of Quark-Hadron Duality
I. Niculescu et al.
pp. 1186-1189 [View PDF (187 kB)]

Nuclear Physics

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New Attempt to Determine the n-n Scattering Length with the 2H(n,np)n Reaction
V. Huhn, L. Wätzold, Ch. Weber, A. Siepe, W. von Witsch, H. Witała, and W. Glöckle
pp. 1190-1193 [View PDF (123 kB)]
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Nuclear Multifragmentation, Percolation, and the Fisher Droplet Model: Common Features of Reducibility and Thermal Scaling
J. B. Elliott et al.
pp. 1194-1197 [View PDF (234 kB)]
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Fission Barriers at High Angular Momentum and the Ground State Rotational Band of the Nucleus 254No
J. L. Egido and L. M. Robledo
pp. 1198-1201 [View PDF (125 kB)]

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

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Radiative and Relativistic Effects in the Decay of Highly Excited States in Helium
Thomas Ward Gorczyca, Jan-Erik Rubensson, Conny Såthe, Magnus Ström, Marcus Agåker, Dajun Ding, Stefano Stranges, Robert Richter, and Michele Alagia
pp. 1202-1205 [View PDF (172 kB)]
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Resonance-Mediated Chemical Reaction: F+HD→HF+D
Rex T. Skodje, Dimitris Skouteris, David E. Manolopoulos, Shih-Huang Lee, Feng Dong, and Kopin Liu
pp. 1206-1209 [View PDF (259 kB)]
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Order α3ln(1/α) Corrections to Positronium Decays
Bernd A. Kniehl and Alexander A. Penin
pp. 1210-1213 [View PDF (82 kB)]

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

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New Class of Eigenstates in Generic Hamiltonian Systems
R. Ketzmerick, L. Hufnagel, F. Steinbach, and M. Weiss
pp. 1214-1217 [View PDF (473 kB)]
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Physical Limits on Electronic Nonlinear Molecular Susceptibilities
Mark G. Kuzyk
pp. 1218-1221 [View PDF (118 kB)]
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Coherent Rayleigh Scattering
Jay H. Grinstead and Peter F. Barker
pp. 1222-1225 [View PDF (99 kB)]
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Phase Relations, Quasicontinuous Spectra and Subfemtosecond Pulses in High-Order Stimulated Raman Scattering with Short-Pulse Excitation
V. P. Kalosha and J. Herrmann
pp. 1226-1229 [View PDF (118 kB)]
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Thermal Convection in Fluidized Granular Systems
Rosa Ramírez, Dino Risso, and Patricio Cordero
pp. 1230-1233 [View PDF (133 kB)]
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Singularity during the Onset of an Electrohydrodynamic Spout
Lene Oddershede and Sidney R. Nagel
pp. 1234-1237 [View PDF (113 kB)]
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Pipe Network Model for Scaling of Dynamic Interfaces in Porous Media
Chi-Hang Lam and Viktor K. Horváth
pp. 1238-1241 [View PDF (135 kB)]

Plasma and Beam Physics

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Complete Suppression of Neoclassical Tearing Modes with Current Drive at the Electron-Cyclotron-Resonance Frequency in ASDEX Upgrade Tokamak
G. Gantenbein, H. Zohm, G. Giruzzi, S. Günter, F. Leuterer, M. Maraschek, J. Meskat, Q. Yu, ASDEX Upgrade Team, and ECRH-Group (AUG)
pp. 1242-1245 [View PDF (190 kB)]
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Observation of the Alpha Particle “Knock-On” Neutron Emission from Magnetically Confined DT Fusion Plasmas
J. Källne, L. Ballabio, J. Frenje, S. Conroy, G. Ericsson, M. Tardocchi, E. Traneus, and G. Gorini
pp. 1246-1249 [View PDF (94 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

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Melting of Isolated Tin Nanoparticles
Thomas Bachels, Hans-Joachim Güntherodt, and Rolf Schäfer
pp. 1250-1253 [View PDF (84 kB)]
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Ab initio Simulation of Phase Transitions and Dissociation of H2S at High Pressure
Roger Rousseau, Mauro Boero, Marco Bernasconi, Michele Parrinello, and Kiyoyuki Terakura
pp. 1254-1257 [View PDF (575 kB)]
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Theoretical Investigation of High Pressure Phases of Carbon Dioxide
Bengt Holm, Rajeev Ahuja, Anatoli Belonoshko, and Börje Johansson
pp. 1258-1261 [View PDF (218 kB)]
Optical Evidence for a Nonmolecular Phase of Nitrogen above 150 GPa
Alexander F. Goncharov, Eugene Gregoryanz, Ho-kwang Mao, Zhenxian Liu, and Russell J. Hemley
pp. 1262-1265 [View PDF (294 kB)]
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Experimental Evidence of the Acousticlike Character of the High Frequency Excitations in Glasses
C. Masciovecchio, A. Mermet, G. Ruocco, and F. Sette
pp. 1266-1269 [View PDF (91 kB)]
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Clusters and Fluctuations at Mean-Field Critical Points and Spinodals
W. Klein, Harvey Gould, J. Tobochnik, F. J. Alexander, M. Anghel, and Gregory Johnson
pp. 1270-1273 [View PDF (92 kB)]
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Nonuniversal Features of the ac Conductivity in Ion Conducting Glasses
B. Roling and C. Martiny
pp. 1274-1277 [View PDF (105 kB)]
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Polarization Decreases the Specific Heat of Liquid 3He
O. Buu, L. Puech, and P. E. Wolf
pp. 1278-1281 [View PDF (122 kB)]
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First-Order and Critical Wetting of Alkanes on Water
Emanuel Bertrand, Harvey Dobbs, Daniel Broseta, Joseph Indekeu, Daniel Bonn, and Jacques Meunier
pp. 1282-1285 [View PDF (169 kB)]
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Wetting Layer Thickness and Early Evolution of Epitaxially Strained Thin Films
Helen R. Eisenberg and Daniel Kandel
pp. 1286-1289 [View PDF (86 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

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Generalized Drude Formula for the Optical Conductivity of Quasicrystals
Didier Mayou
pp. 1290-1293 [View PDF (90 kB)]
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Counting Statistics of an Adiabatic Pump
Anton Andreev and Alex Kamenev
pp. 1294-1297 [View PDF (81 kB)]
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Electronic Properties of the Si/SiO2 Interface from First Principles
J. B. Neaton, D. A. Muller, and N. W. Ashcroft
pp. 1298-1301 [View PDF (161 kB)]
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Absolute Negative Conductivity and Spontaneous Current Generation in Semiconductor Superlattices with Hot Electrons
Ethan H. Cannon, Feodor V. Kusmartsev, Kirill N. Alekseev, and David K. Campbell
pp. 1302-1305 [View PDF (89 kB)]
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Enhancement of Kondo Effect in Quantum Dots with an Even Number of Electrons
Mikio Eto and Yuli V. Nazarov
pp. 1306-1309 [View PDF (106 kB)]
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In-Plane Charge Modulation below Tc and Charge-Density-Wave Correlations in the Chain Layer in YBa2Cu3O7
B. Grévin, Y. Berthier, and G. Collin
pp. 1310-1313 [View PDF (119 kB)]
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Mean Free Path Effects on the Current Perpendicular to the Plane Magnetoresistance of Magnetic Multilayers
Didier Bozec, M. A. Howson, B. J. Hickey, Smadar Shatz, Nathan Wiser, E. Y. Tsymbal, and D. G. Pettifor
pp. 1314-1317 [View PDF (162 kB)]
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Li2VO(Si,Ge)O4, a Prototype of a Two-Dimensional Frustrated Quantum Heisenberg Antiferromagnet
R. Melzi, P. Carretta, A. Lascialfari, M. Mambrini, M. Troyer, P. Millet, and F. Mila
pp. 1318-1321 [View PDF (172 kB)]
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Two Distinct Raman Profiles of Glassy Dilute LiCl Solution
Yoshiharu Suzuki and Osamu Mishima
pp. 1322-1325 [View PDF (90 kB)]
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Spectra of Sonoluminescent Rare-Gas Bubbles
Dominik Hammer and Lothar Frommhold
pp. 1326-1329 [View PDF (95 kB)]

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

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Limitations on Practical Quantum Cryptography
Gilles Brassard, Norbert Lütkenhaus, Tal Mor, and Barry C. Sanders
pp. 1330-1333 [View PDF (82 kB)]
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Synthesis of Quantum Superpositions by Quantum Computation
Lov K. Grover
pp. 1334-1337 [View PDF (82 kB)]
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Simulation Method of Colloidal Suspensions with Hydrodynamic Interactions: Fluid Particle Dynamics
Hajime Tanaka and Takeaki Araki
pp. 1338-1341 [View PDF (378 kB)]
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Finding Borders between Coding and Noncoding DNA Regions by an Entropic Segmentation Method
Pedro Bernaola-Galván, Ivo Grosse, Pedro Carpena, José L. Oliver, Ramón Román-Roldán, and H. Eugene Stanley
pp. 1342-1345 [View PDF (118 kB)]

COMMENTS

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Comment on “The Bright Side of Dark Matter”
J. D. Bekenstein, M. Milgrom, and R. H. Sanders
pp. 1346 [View PDF (34 kB)]

ERRATA

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Erratum: Evidence for Changing of Cosmic Ray Composition between 1017 and 1018eV from Multicomponent Measurements [Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4276 (2000)]
T. Abu-Zayyad et al.
pp. 1347 [View PDF (20 kB)]
 
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