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Physical Review Letters – 22 January 2001
Volume 86, 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.

Superheating and Supercooling of Vortex Matter in a Nb Single Crystal: Direct Evidence for a Phase Transition at the Peak Effect from Neutron Diffraction
X. S. Ling, S. R. Park, B. A. McClain, S. M. Choi, D. C. Dender, and J. W. Lynn
pp. 712-715 [View PDF (199 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
Ultrafast Magnetization Reversal Dynamics Investigated by Time Domain Imaging
B. C. Choi, M. Belov, W. K. Hiebert, G. E. Ballentine, and M. R. Freeman
pp. 728-731 [View PDF (664 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus

LETTERS

General Physics

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Controlled Decoherence in Multiple Beam Ramsey Interference
Michael Mei and Martin Weitz
pp. 559-563 [View PDF (112 kB)]
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Anomalous Modes Drive Vortex Dynamics in Confined Bose-Einstein Condensates
David L. Feder, Anatoly A. Svidzinsky, Alexander L. Fetter, and Charles W. Clark
pp. 564-567 [View PDF (295 kB)]
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Bose-Einstein Condensates beyond Mean Field Theory: Quantum Backreaction as Decoherence
A. Vardi and J. R. Anglin
pp. 568-571 [View PDF (185 kB)]
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Probability-Changing Cluster Algorithm for Potts Models
Yusuke Tomita and Yutaka Okabe
pp. 572-575 [View PDF (139 kB)]

Gravitation and Astrophysics

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Causal Boundary Entropy from Horizon Conformal Field Theory
Ram Brustein
pp. 576-579 [View PDF (85 kB)]
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Limits on the Cosmological Abundance of Supermassive Compact Objects from a Millilensing Search in Gamma-Ray Burst Data
Robert J. Nemiroff, Gabriela F. Marani, Jay P. Norris, and Jerry T. Bonnell
pp. 580-583 [View PDF (173 kB)]
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Limits on the Cosmological Abundance of Supermassive Compact Objects from a Search for Multiple Imaging in Compact Radio Sources
P. N. Wilkinson, D. R. Henstock, I. W. A. Browne, A. G. Polatidis, P. Augusto, A. C. S. Readhead, T. J. Pearson, W. Xu, G. B. Taylor, and R. C. Vermeulen
pp. 584-587 [View PDF (90 kB)]

Elementary Particles and Fields

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Towards the Large N Limit of Pure N = 1 Super Yang-Mills Theory
Juan Maldacena and Carlos Nuñez
pp. 588-591 [View PDF (89 kB)]
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QCD at Finite Isospin Density
D. T. Son and M. A. Stephanov
pp. 592-595 [View PDF (92 kB)]
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Geometric Scaling for the Total γ*p Cross Section in the Low x Region
A. M. Staśto, K. Golec-Biernat, and J. Kwieciński
pp. 596-599 [View PDF (184 kB)]

Nuclear Physics

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Halo Structure of 14Be
M. Labiche et al.
pp. 600-603 [View PDF (114 kB)]
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Static Quadrupole Moment of the Five-Quasiparticle K=35/2 Isomer in 179W Studied with the Level-Mixing Spectroscopy Method
D. L. Balabanski, K. Vyvey, G. Neyens, N. Coulier, R. Coussement, G. Georgiev, A. Lèpine-Szily, S. Ternier, S. Teughels, M. Mineva, P. M. Walker, P. Blaha, D. Almehed, and S. Frauendorf
pp. 604-607 [View PDF (96 kB)]

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Magnetic Conveyor Belt for Transporting and Merging Trapped Atom Clouds
W. Hänsel, J. Reichel, P. Hommelhoff, and T. W. Hänsch
pp. 608-611 [View PDF (132 kB)]
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Electric Field Controlled, Pulsed Autoionization in Two Electron Wave Packets
J. G. Story and Heider N. Ereifej
pp. 612-615 [View PDF (80 kB)]
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Low-Energy State-Selective Charge Transfer by Multiply Charged Ions
G. Lubinski, Z. Juhász, R. Morgenstern, and R. Hoekstra
pp. 616-619 [View PDF (131 kB)]
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Deep-Core Dielectronic-Capture Resonances in the Electron-Impact Ionization of Heavy Atomic Ions
K. Aichele, D. Hathiramani, F. Scheuermann, A. Müller, E. Salzborn, D. Mitnik, J. Colgan, and M. S. Pindzola
pp. 620-623 [View PDF (95 kB)]
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Magnetic and Orbital Dichroism in ( e,2e) Ionization of Sodium
J. Lower, E. Weigold, J. Berakdar, and S. Mazevet
pp. 624-627 [View PDF (100 kB)]

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

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Stopping Light via Hot Atoms
Olga Kocharovskaya, Yuri Rostovtsev, and Marlan O. Scully
pp. 628-631 [View PDF (107 kB)]
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Contact Line Instabilities of Thin Liquid Films
Javier A. Diez and L. Kondic
pp. 632-635 [View PDF (284 kB)]

Plasma and Beam Physics

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Evidence for Highly Charged Ion Coulomb Crystallization in Multicomponent Strongly Coupled Plasmas
L. Gruber, J. P. Holder, J. Steiger, B. R. Beck, H. E. DeWitt, J. Glassman, J. W. McDonald, D. A. Church, and D. Schneider
pp. 636-639 [View PDF (131 kB)]
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Theory for Toroidal Momentum Pinch and Flow Reversal in Tokamaks
K. C. Shaing
pp. 640-643 [View PDF (94 kB)]
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Investigations of H-Mode Plasmas Triggered Directly by Pellet Injection in the DIII-D Tokamak
P. Gohil, L. R. Baylor, T. C. Jernigan, K. H. Burrell, and T. N. Carlstrom
pp. 644-647 [View PDF (200 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

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Debye-Waller Factor of Liquid Silica: Theory and Simulation
Francesco Sciortino and Walter Kob
pp. 648-651 [View PDF (140 kB)]
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Tetragonal Crystalline Carbon Nitrides: Theoretical Predictions
Eunja Kim, Changfeng Chen, Thomas Köhler, Marcus Elstner, and Thomas Frauenheim
pp. 652-655 [View PDF (102 kB)]
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Influence of Bulk Nematic Orientation on the Interface between a Liquid Crystalline Polymer and a Flexible Polymer
Xianfeng Li and Morton M. Denn
pp. 656-659 [View PDF (539 kB)]
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Role of Stress in Thin Film Alloy Thermodynamics: Competition between Alloying and Dislocation Formation
G. E. Thayer, V. Ozolins, A. K. Schmid, N. C. Bartelt, M. Asta, J. J. Hoyt, S. Chiang, and R. Q. Hwang
pp. 660-663 [View PDF (321 kB)]
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Theoretical Calculations of Dissociative Adsorption of CH4 on an Ir(111) Surface
Graeme Henkelman and Hannes Jónsson
pp. 664-667 [View PDF (206 kB)]
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Pressure-Induced Transformation Plasticity of H2O Ice
David C. Dunand, Christopher Schuh, and David L. Goldsby
pp. 668-671 [View PDF (398 kB)]
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Conformational Changes of Single Molecules Induced by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Manipulation: A Route to Molecular Switching
Francesca Moresco, Gerhard Meyer, Karl-Heinz Rieder, Hao Tang, André Gourdon, and Christian Joachim
pp. 672-675 [View PDF (399 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

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Two-Dimensional Anisotropic Non-Fermi-Liquid Phase of Coupled Luttinger Liquids
Ashvin Vishwanath and David Carpentier
pp. 676-679 [View PDF (168 kB)]
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Optical Conductivity of One-Dimensional Mott Insulators
D. Controzzi, F. H. L. Essler, and A. M. Tsvelik
pp. 680-683 [View PDF (113 kB)]
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Hybridization Gap in Heavy Fermion Compounds
S. V. Dordevic, D. N. Basov, N. R. Dilley, E. D. Bauer, and M. B. Maple
pp. 684-687 [View PDF (201 kB)]
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Structural Deformation and Intertube Conductance of Crossed Carbon Nanotube Junctions
Young-Gui Yoon, Mario S. C. Mazzoni, Hyoung Joon Choi, Jisoon Ihm, and Steven G. Louie
pp. 688-691 [View PDF (335 kB)]
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AlH3 and Al2H6: Magic Clusters with Unmagical Properties
B. K. Rao, P. Jena, S. Burkart, G. Ganteför, and G. Seifert
pp. 692-695 [View PDF (265 kB)]
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Tuning Fermi-Surface Properties through Quantum Confinement in Metallic Metalattices: New Metals from Old Atoms
J. E. Han and Vincent H. Crespi
pp. 696-699 [View PDF (309 kB)]
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Counting Statistics of Photons Produced by Electronic Shot Noise
C. W. J. Beenakker and H. Schomerus
pp. 700-703 [View PDF (90 kB)]
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Marginal Fermi Liquid Resonance Induced by a Quantum Magnetic Impurity in d-Wave Superconductors
Guang-Ming Zhang, Hui Hu, and Lu Yu
pp. 704-707 [View PDF (164 kB)]
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Effect of Equilibrium Fluctuations on Superfluid Density in Layered Superconductors
S. N. Artemenko and S. V. Remizov
pp. 708-711 [View PDF (88 kB)]
Superheating and Supercooling of Vortex Matter in a Nb Single Crystal: Direct Evidence for a Phase Transition at the Peak Effect from Neutron Diffraction
X. S. Ling, S. R. Park, B. A. McClain, S. M. Choi, D. C. Dender, and J. W. Lynn
pp. 712-715 [View PDF (199 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
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Suppression of Superconductivity in Mesoscopic Superconductors
M. B. Sobnack and F. V. Kusmartsev
pp. 716-719 [View PDF (78 kB)]
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Aging of the Zero-Field-Cooled Magnetization in Ising Spin Glasses: Experiment and Numerical Simulation
Lorenzo W. Bernardi, Hajime Yoshino, Koji Hukushima, Hajime Takayama, Aya Tobo, and Atsuko Ito
pp. 720-723 [View PDF (210 kB)]
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Nonlinear Magnetization Dynamics under Circularly Polarized Field
Giorgio Bertotti, Claudio Serpico, and Isaak D. Mayergoyz
pp. 724-727 [View PDF (201 kB)]
Ultrafast Magnetization Reversal Dynamics Investigated by Time Domain Imaging
B. C. Choi, M. Belov, W. K. Hiebert, G. E. Ballentine, and M. R. Freeman
pp. 728-731 [View PDF (664 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
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Ultrafast Formation of Nonemissive Species via Intermolecular Interaction in Single Crystals of Conjugated Molecules
M. A. Loi, A. Mura, G. Bongiovanni, Q. Cai, C. Martin, H. R. Chandrasekhar, M. Chandrasekhar, W. Graupner, and F. Garnier
pp. 732-735 [View PDF (95 kB)]
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Path-Dependent Neutralization of Multiply Charged Ar Ions Incident on Au(110)
V. A. Morozov and F. W. Meyer
pp. 736-739 [View PDF (189 kB)]

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

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Collective Dynamics in Fully Hydrated Phospholipid Bilayers Studied by Inelastic X-Ray Scattering
S. H. Chen, C. Y. Liao, H. W. Huang, T. M. Weiss, M. C. Bellisent-Funel, and F. Sette
pp. 740-743 [View PDF (104 kB)]

COMMENTS

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Comment on “Convective Nonlinearity in Non-Newtonian Fluids”
Antony N. Beris, Michael D. Graham, Iliya Karlin, and Hans Christian Öttinger
pp. 744 [View PDF (32 kB)]
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Temmen et al. Reply:
H. Temmen, H. Pleiner, M. Liu, and H. R. Brand
pp. 745 [View PDF (32 kB)]
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Comment on “Full Ambiguity-Free Quantum Treatment of D++H(1s) Charge Transfer Reactions at Low Energies”
A. V. Matveenko
pp. 746 [View PDF (46 kB)]
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Igarashi and Lin Reply:
Akinori Igarashi and C. D. Lin
pp. 747 [View PDF (35 kB)]
 
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