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Physical Review Letters – 5 February 2001
Volume 86, 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.

Chiral Doublet Structures in Odd-Odd N = 75 Isotones: Chiral Vibrations
K. Starosta, T. Koike, C. J. Chiara, D. B. Fossan, D. R. LaFosse, A. A. Hecht, C. W. Beausang, M. A. Caprio, J. R. Cooper, R. Krücken, J. R. Novak, N. V. Zamfir, K. E. Zyromski, D. J. Hartley, D. L. Balabanski, Jing-ye Zhang, S. Frauendorf, and V. I. Dimitrov
pp. 971-974 [View PDF (132 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
Specular Reflection of Very Slow Metastable Neon Atoms from a Solid Surface
Fujio Shimizu
pp. 987-990 [View PDF (127 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus

LETTERS

General Physics

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Weakly Interacting Bose-Einstein Condensates under Rotation: Mean-Field versus Exact Solutions
A. D. Jackson, G. M. Kavoulakis, B. Mottelson, and S. M. Reimann
pp. 945-949 [View PDF (83 kB)]
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Noise Suppression by Noise
J. M. G. Vilar and J. M. Rubí
pp. 950-953 [View PDF (111 kB)]

Gravitation and Astrophysics

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Nonthermal Production of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles and the Subgalactic Structure of the Universe
W. B. Lin, D. H. Huang, X. Zhang, and R. Brandenberger
pp. 954-957 [View PDF (88 kB)]

Elementary Particles and Fields

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Critical Exponents of the Gross-Neveu Model from the Effective Average Action
L. Rosa, P. Vitale, and C. Wetterich
pp. 958-961 [View PDF (91 kB)]
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First Symmetry Tests in Polarized Z0 Decays to bb̅ g
Koya Abe et al. ((The SLD Collaboration))
pp. 962-966 [View PDF (117 kB)]

Nuclear Physics

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Evidence for a Three-Nucleon-Force Effect in Proton-Deuteron Elastic Scattering
R. V. Cadman et al.
pp. 967-970 [View PDF (115 kB)]
Chiral Doublet Structures in Odd-Odd N = 75 Isotones: Chiral Vibrations
K. Starosta, T. Koike, C. J. Chiara, D. B. Fossan, D. R. LaFosse, A. A. Hecht, C. W. Beausang, M. A. Caprio, J. R. Cooper, R. Krücken, J. R. Novak, N. V. Zamfir, K. E. Zyromski, D. J. Hartley, D. L. Balabanski, Jing-ye Zhang, S. Frauendorf, and V. I. Dimitrov
pp. 971-974 [View PDF (132 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
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Nuclear Stopping as a Probe for In-Medium Nucleon-Nucleon Cross Sections in Intermediate Energy Heavy Ion Collisions
Jian-Ye Liu, Wen-Jun Guo, Shun-Jin Wang, Wei Zuo, Qiang Zhao, and Yan-Fang Yang
pp. 975-978 [View PDF (175 kB)]

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

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Quantifying Relativistic Interactions from Angular Momentum Partitioning Measurements during Photoionization
O. Yenen, K. W. McLaughlin, D. H. Jaecks, M. M. Sant'Anna, and E. A. Seddon
pp. 979-982 [View PDF (106 kB)]
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Near-Threshold Photoionization of Hydrogenlike Uranium Studied in Ion-Atom Collisions via the Time-Reversed Process
Th. Stöhlker, X. Ma, T. Ludziejewski, H. F. Beyer, F. Bosch, O. Brinzanescu, R. W. Dunford, J. Eichler, S. Hagmann, A. Ichihara, C. Kozhuharov, A. Krämer, D. Liesen, P. H. Mokler, Z. Stachura, P. Swiat, and A. Warczak
pp. 983-986 [View PDF (128 kB)]
Specular Reflection of Very Slow Metastable Neon Atoms from a Solid Surface
Fujio Shimizu
pp. 987-990 [View PDF (127 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
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Strong Evidence for Enhanced Multiple Electron Capture from Surfaces in 46MeV/u Pb81+ Collisions with Thin Carbon Foils
H. Bräuning, P. H. Mokler, D. Liesen, F. Bosch, B. Franzke, A. Krämer, C. Kozhuharov, T. Ludziejewski, X. Ma, F. Nolden, M. Steck, Th. Stöhlker, R. W. Dunford, E. P. Kanter, G. Bednarz, A. Warczak, Z. Stachura, L. Tribedi, T. Kambara, D. Dauvergne, R. Kirsch, and C. Cohen
pp. 991-994 [View PDF (94 kB)]
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Exciton Coherence and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy of Conjugated Molecules
V. Chernyak, S. N. Volkov, and S. Mukamel
pp. 995-998 [View PDF (234 kB)]
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Effect of Potential Energy Distribution on the Melting of Clusters
Young Joo Lee, Eok-Kyun Lee, Sehun Kim, and R. M. Nieminen
pp. 999-1002 [View PDF (204 kB)]

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

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Gas-Induced Solitons
L. Bergé and A. Couairon
pp. 1003-1006 [View PDF (204 kB)]
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Fluctuations in Finite Critical and Turbulent Systems
Vivek Aji and Nigel Goldenfeld
pp. 1007-1010 [View PDF (99 kB)]

Plasma and Beam Physics

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Plasma Electron Trapping and Acceleration in a Plasma Wake Field Using a Density Transition
H. Suk, N. Barov, J. B. Rosenzweig, and E. Esarey
pp. 1011-1014 [View PDF (118 kB)]
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Fast Ignition without Hole Boring
S. Hain and P. Mulser
pp. 1015-1018 [View PDF (203 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

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Neutron Brillouin Scattering Study of Collective Dynamics in a Dense He-Ne Gaseous Mixture
Ubaldo Bafile, Peter Verkerk, Eleonora Guarini, and Fabrizio Barocchi
pp. 1019-1022 [View PDF (93 kB)]
String Formation in Sheared Polymer Blends: Coalescence, Breakup, and Finite Size Effects
Kalman B. Migler
pp. 1023-1026 [View PDF (314 kB)]
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Attraction between Nanoparticles Induced by End-Grafted Homopolymers in Good Solvent
Jiunn-Ren Roan
pp. 1027-1030 [View PDF (252 kB)]
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Hydrogen Bonds in Polymer Folding
Jesper Borg, Mogens H. Jensen, Kim Sneppen, and Guido Tiana
pp. 1031-1033 [View PDF (89 kB)]
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Phase Transitions in Liquid 3He
Markus Kindermann and Christof Wetterich
pp. 1034-1037 [View PDF (92 kB)]
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Direct Determination of Metastable Phase Diagram by Synchrotron Radiation Experiments on Undercooled Metallic Melts
C. Notthoff, B. Feuerbacher, H. Franz, D. M. Herlach, and D. Holland-Moritz
pp. 1038-1041 [View PDF (97 kB)]
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Observation of Higher Order Facets on 3He Crystals
V. Tsepelin, H. Alles, A. Babkin, J. P. H. Härme, R. Jochemsen, A. Ya. Parshin, and G. Tvalashvili
pp. 1042-1045 [View PDF (538 kB)]
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Role of Interdimer Interactions in NH3 Dissociation on Si(100)-(2×1)
K. T. Queeney, Y. J. Chabal, and Krishnan Raghavachari
pp. 1046-1049 [View PDF (316 kB)]
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Adsorbate-Substrate Vibrational Modes of Benzene on Ag(110) Resolved with Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
J. I. Pascual, J. J. Jackiw, Z. Song, P. S. Weiss, H. Conrad, and H.-P. Rust
pp. 1050-1053 [View PDF (301 kB)]
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Electron Spin Resonance Observation of the Si(111)- (7×7) Surface and Its Oxidation Process
Takahide Umeda, Masayasu Nishizawa, Tetsuji Yasuda, Junichi Isoya, Satoshi Yamasaki, and Kazunobu Tanaka
pp. 1054-1057 [View PDF (411 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

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Oscillatory Spin-Filtering due to Gate Control of Spin-Dependent Interface Conductance
Dirk Grundler
pp. 1058-1061 [View PDF (118 kB)]
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Hofstadter Butterfly and Integer Quantum Hall Effect in Three Dimensions
M. Koshino, H. Aoki, K. Kuroki, S. Kagoshima, and T. Osada
pp. 1062-1065 [View PDF (232 kB)]
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Interfacial Density of States in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions
P. LeClair, J. T. Kohlhepp, H. J. M. Swagten, and W. J. M. de Jonge
pp. 1066-1069 [View PDF (162 kB)]
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Renormalization of Spectral Line Shape and Dispersion below Tc in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ
A. Kaminski, M. Randeria, J. C. Campuzano, M. R. Norman, H. Fretwell, J. Mesot, T. Sato, T. Takahashi, and K. Kadowaki
pp. 1070-1073 [View PDF (453 kB)]
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Evidence for Surface Andreev Bound States in Cuprate Superconductors from Penetration Depth Measurements
A. Carrington, F. Manzano, R. Prozorov, R. W. Giannetta, N. Kameda, and T. Tamegai
pp. 1074-1077 [View PDF (406 kB)]
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Multiple Andreev Reflections Revealed by the Energy Distribution of Quasiparticles
F. Pierre, A. Anthore, H. Pothier, C. Urbina, and D. Esteve
pp. 1078-1081 [View PDF (118 kB)]
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Generalized Jordan-Wigner Transformations
C. D. Batista and G. Ortiz
pp. 1082-1085 [View PDF (106 kB)]
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Order by Disorder from Nonmagnetic Impurities in a Two-Dimensional Quantum Spin Liquid
Stefan Wessel, B. Normand, M. Sigrist, and Stephan Haas
pp. 1086-1089 [View PDF (269 kB)]
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Specific Heat of Ce0.8La0.2Al3 in Magnetic Fields: A Test of the Anisotropic Kondo Picture
R. Pietri, K. Ingersent, and B. Andraka
pp. 1090-1093 [View PDF (118 kB)]
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Edge Electron States for Quasi-One-Dimensional Organic Conductors in the Magnetic-Field-Induced Spin-Density-Wave Phases
K. Sengupta, Hyok-Jon Kwon, and Victor M. Yakovenko
pp. 1094-1097 [View PDF (92 kB)]
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Observation of a Bi-Domain State and Nucleation Free Switching in Mesoscopic Ring Magnets
J. Rothman, M. Kläui, L. Lopez-Diaz, C. A. F. Vaz, A. Bleloch, J. A. C. Bland, Z. Cui, and R. Speaks
pp. 1098-1101 [View PDF (828 kB)]
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Flux Closure Structures in Cobalt Rings
S. P. Li, D. Peyrade, M. Natali, A. Lebib, Y. Chen, U. Ebels, L. D. Buda, and K. Ounadjela
pp. 1102-1105 [View PDF (384 kB)]
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Three-Dimensional Spin Structure on a Two-Dimensional Lattice: Mn /Cu(111)
Ph. Kurz, G. Bihlmayer, K. Hirai, and S. Blügel
pp. 1106-1109 [View PDF (141 kB)]
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Near-Field Distribution of Optical Transmission of Periodic Subwavelength Holes in a Metal Film
Laurent Salomon, Frédéric Grillot, Anatoly V. Zayats, and Frédérique de Fornel
pp. 1110-1113 [View PDF (183 kB)]
Theory of Extraordinary Optical Transmission through Subwavelength Hole Arrays
L. Martín-Moreno, F. J. García-Vidal, H. J. Lezec, K. M. Pellerin, T. Thio, J. B. Pendry, and T. W. Ebbesen
pp. 1114-1117 [View PDF (187 kB)]
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Structural ( n,m) Determination of Isolated Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes by Resonant Raman Scattering
A. Jorio, R. Saito, J. H. Hafner, C. M. Lieber, M. Hunter, T. McClure, G. Dresselhaus, and M. S. Dresselhaus
pp. 1118-1121 [View PDF (389 kB)]
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Ultrafast Dynamics of Intersubband Excitations in a Quasi-Two-Dimensional Hole Gas
Robert A. Kaindl, Matthias Wurm, Klaus Reimann, Michael Woerner, Thomas Elsaesser, Christian Miesner, Karl Brunner, and Gerhard Abstreiter
pp. 1122-1125 [View PDF (100 kB)]
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Superconducting Gap Anisotropy in Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4: Results from Photoemission
N. P. Armitage, D. H. Lu, D. L. Feng, C. Kim, A. Damascelli, K. M. Shen, F. Ronning, Z.-X. Shen, Y. Onose, Y. Taguchi, and Y. Tokura
pp. 1126-1129 [View PDF (187 kB)]

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

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Frequency Locking in Spatially Extended Systems
Hwa-Kyun Park
pp. 1130-1133 [View PDF (508 kB)]
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Force Dependence of the Michaelis Constant in a Two-State Ratchet Model for Molecular Motors
G. Lattanzi and A. Maritan
pp. 1134-1137 [View PDF (140 kB)]
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Pearling Instabilities of Membrane Tubes with Anchored Polymers
Ilan Tsafrir, Dror Sagi, Tamar Arzi, Marie-Alice Guedeau-Boudeville, Vidar Frette, Daniel Kandel, and Joel Stavans
pp. 1138-1141 [View PDF (180 kB)]

ERRATA

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Erratum: Electronic Fine Structure in the Electron-Hole Plasma in SrB6 [Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 3903 (2000)]
C. O. Rodriguez, Ruben Weht, and W. E. Pickett
pp. 1142 [View PDF (61 kB)]
 
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