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Physical Review Letters – 12 February 2001
Volume 86, Issue 7

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.

Attraction of Minute Particles to Invariant Regions of Volume Preserving Flows by Transients
T. Shinbrot, M. M. Alvarez, J. M. Zalc, and F. J. Muzzio
pp. 1207-1210 [View PDF (458 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
Simple Microscopic Theory of Amontons's Laws for Static Friction
Martin H. Müser, Ludgar Wenning, and Mark O. Robbins
pp. 1295-1298 [View PDF (101 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus

LETTERS

General Physics

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Reducing the Linewidth of an Atom Laser by Feedback
H. M. Wiseman and L. K. Thomsen
pp. 1143-1147 [View PDF (98 kB)]

Gravitation and Astrophysics

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Nonlinear r-Modes in Rapidly Rotating Relativistic Stars
N. Stergioulas and José A. Font
pp. 1148-1151 [View PDF (92 kB)]
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Nonlinear Evolution of the r-Modes in Neutron Stars
Lee Lindblom, Joel E. Tohline, and Michele Vallisneri
pp. 1152-1155 [View PDF (179 kB)]

Elementary Particles and Fields

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Search for Large Extra Dimensions in Dielectron and Diphoton Production
B. Abbott et al. ((D0 Collaboration))
pp. 1156-1161 [View PDF (155 kB)]
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Improved Direct Measurement of Leptonic Coupling Asymmetries with Polarized Z Bosons
Koya Abe et al. ((The SLD Collaboration))
pp. 1162-1166 [View PDF (115 kB)]
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First Observation of the Σc*+ Baryon and a New Measurement of the Σc*+ Mass
R. Ammar et al. ((CLEO Collaboration))
pp. 1167-1170 [View PDF (84 kB)]

Nuclear Physics

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Transition from Spherical to Deformed Shapes of Nuclei in the Monte Carlo Shell Model
Noritaka Shimizu, Takaharu Otsuka, Takahiro Mizusaki, and Michio Honma
pp. 1171-1174 [View PDF (84 kB)]

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

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Rabi-Lorentzian Profile of an Atomic Resonance Obtained with Gaussian Beams
Hervé Gilles, Bernard Cheron, Olivier Emile, Fabien Bretenaker, and Albert Le Floch
pp. 1175-1178 [View PDF (137 kB)]
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Quantum Phase Retrieval of a Rydberg Wave Packet Using a Half-Cycle Pulse
J. Ahn, D. N. Hutchinson, C. Rangan, and P. H. Bucksbaum
pp. 1179-1182 [View PDF (307 kB)]
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Bound Ro-Vibronic States of Triplet H3+
Oliver Friedrich, Alexander Alijah, ZongRong Xu, and António J. C. Varandas
pp. 1183-1186 [View PDF (94 kB)]
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Asymmetry in Photoelectron Emission from Chiral Molecules Induced by Circularly Polarized Light
N. Böwering, T. Lischke, B. Schmidtke, N. Müller, T. Khalil, and U. Heinzmann
pp. 1187-1190 [View PDF (105 kB)]
Negative Heat Capacity for a Cluster of 147 Sodium Atoms
Martin Schmidt, Robert Kusche, Thomas Hippler, Jörn Donges, Werner Kronmüller, Bernd von Issendorff, and Hellmut Haberland
pp. 1191-1194 [View PDF (390 kB)]
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Two-Dimensional Atom Trapping in Field-Induced Adiabatic Potentials
O. Zobay and B. M. Garraway
pp. 1195-1198 [View PDF (247 kB)]

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

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Irregular Scattering of Acoustic Rays by Vortices
V. Pagneux and A. Maurel
pp. 1199-1202 [View PDF (928 kB)]
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Suppression of Dripping from a Ceiling
John M. Burgess, Anne Juel, W. D. McCormick, J. B. Swift, and Harry L. Swinney
pp. 1203-1206 [View PDF (538 kB)]
Attraction of Minute Particles to Invariant Regions of Volume Preserving Flows by Transients
T. Shinbrot, M. M. Alvarez, J. M. Zalc, and F. J. Muzzio
pp. 1207-1210 [View PDF (458 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
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Couette Flow of Two Immiscible Liquids between Two Concentric Cylinders: The Formation of Toroidal Drops and Liquid Sheaths
W. G. P. Mietus, O. K. Matar, G. Seevaratnam, A. Wong, B. J. Briscoe, and C. J. Lawrence
pp. 1211-1214 [View PDF (250 kB)]

Plasma and Beam Physics

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Shear Viscosity of Strongly Coupled Yukawa Systems on Finite Length Scales
K. Y. Sanbonmatsu and M. S. Murillo
pp. 1215-1218 [View PDF (157 kB)]
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Experimental Observation of Vertically Polarized Transverse Dust-Lattice Wave Propagating in a One-Dimensional Strongly Coupled Dust Chain
T. Misawa, N. Ohno, K. Asano, M. Sawai, S. Takamura, and P. K. Kaw
pp. 1219-1222 [View PDF (220 kB)]
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Transport Control by Coherent Zonal Flows in the Core/Edge Transitional Regime
K. Hallatschek and D. Biskamp
pp. 1223-1226 [View PDF (452 kB)]
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Observation of a Hot High-Current Electron Beam from a Self-Modulated Laser Wakefield Accelerator
M. I. K. Santala, Z. Najmudin, E. L. Clark, M. Tatarakis, K. Krushelnick, A. E. Dangor, V. Malka, J. Faure, R. Allott, and R. J. Clarke
pp. 1227-1230 [View PDF (118 kB)]
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Study of the Ion-Distribution Dynamics of an Aluminum Laser-Produced Plasma with Picosecond Resolution
M. Fajardo, P. Audebert, P. Renaudin, H. Yashiro, R. Shepherd, J. C. Gauthier, and C. Chenais-Popovics
pp. 1231-1234 [View PDF (136 kB)]
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Electrostatic Mode Excitation in Electron Holes due to Wave Bounce Resonances
Georgios Vetoulis and Meers Oppenheim
pp. 1235-1238 [View PDF (121 kB)]
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Dynamics and Instability of Electron Phase-Space Tubes
D. L. Newman, M. V. Goldman, M. Spector, and F. Perez
pp. 1239-1242 [View PDF (278 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

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Colloidal Aggregation with Sedimentation: Computer Simulations
Agustín E. González
pp. 1243-1246 [View PDF (181 kB)]
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Unexpected Dynamics for Self-Interstitial Clusters in Silicon
S. K. Estreicher, M. Gharaibeh, P. A. Fedders, and Pablo Ordejón
pp. 1247-1250 [View PDF (367 kB)]
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Anomalous High Pressure Dependence of the Jahn-Teller Phonon in La0.75Ca0.25MnO3
A. Congeduti, P. Postorino, E. Caramagno, M. Nardone, A. Kumar, and D. D. Sarma
pp. 1251-1254 [View PDF (453 kB)]
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Origin of the Boson Peak in Systems with Lattice Disorder
S. N. Taraskin, Y. L. Loh, G. Natarajan, and S. R. Elliott
pp. 1255-1258 [View PDF (865 kB)]
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Dynamics of Late-Stage Phase Separation in Crystalline Solids
K. Thornton, Norio Akaiwa, and P. W. Voorhees
pp. 1259-1262 [View PDF (108 kB)]
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Direct Observation of Shear-Induced Orientational Phase Coexistence in a Lyotropic System Using a Modified X-Ray Surface Forces Apparatus
Yuval Golan, Ana Martin-Herranz, Youli Li, Cyrus R. Safinya, and Jacob Israelachvili
pp. 1263-1266 [View PDF (208 kB)]
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Experimental Evidence of the Halperin-Lubensky-Ma Effect in Liquid Crystals
Ioannis Lelidis
pp. 1267-1270 [View PDF (90 kB)]
Time-Temperature Superposition in Viscous Liquids
Niels Boye Olsen, Tage Christensen, and Jeppe C. Dyre
pp. 1271-1274 [View PDF (82 kB)]
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Effect of Diffusion on Lithium Intercalation in Titanium Dioxide
Marina V. Koudriachova, Nicholas M. Harrison, and Simon W. de Leeuw
pp. 1275-1278 [View PDF (75 kB)]
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Origin of Constant Loss in Ionic Conductors
C. León, A. Rivera, A. Várez, J. Sanz, J. Santamaria, and K. L. Ngai
pp. 1279-1282 [View PDF (102 kB)]
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End-to-End Distance on Contour Loops of Random Gaussian Surfaces
Moshe Schwartz
pp. 1283-1286 [View PDF (75 kB)]
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Can Atomic Force Microscopy Achieve Atomic Resolution in Contact Mode?
M. R. Jarvis, Rubén Pérez, and M. C. Payne
pp. 1287-1290 [View PDF (357 kB)]
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Coarsening of Cracks in a Uniaxially Strained Solid
Efim A. Brener, H. Müller-Krumbhaar, and R. Spatschek
pp. 1291-1294 [View PDF (98 kB)]
Simple Microscopic Theory of Amontons's Laws for Static Friction
Martin H. Müser, Ludgar Wenning, and Mark O. Robbins
pp. 1295-1298 [View PDF (101 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

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Charge-Density Waves in Self-Assembled Halogen-Bridged Metal Chains
K. Swamy, A. Menzel, R. Beer, and E. Bertel
pp. 1299-1302 [View PDF (638 kB)]
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Tuning Dimensionality by Nanowire Adsorption on Layered Materials
R. Adelung, J. Brandt, K. Rossnagel, O. Seifarth, L. Kipp, M. Skibowski, C. Ramírez, T. Strasser, and W. Schattke
pp. 1303-1306 [View PDF (398 kB)]
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Field-Induced Delocalization and Zener Breakdown in Semiconductor Superlattices
B. Rosam, D. Meinhold, F. Löser, V. G. Lyssenko, S. Glutsch, F. Bechstedt, F. Rossi, K. Köhler, and K. Leo
pp. 1307-1310 [View PDF (381 kB)]
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Half-Polarized Quantum Hall States
V. M. Apalkov, T. Chakraborty, P. Pietiläinen, and K. Niemelä
pp. 1311-1314 [View PDF (87 kB)]
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Conductivity of Doped Two-Leg Ladders
Eugene H. Kim
pp. 1315-1318 [View PDF (114 kB)]
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Chiral Nonlinear σ Models as Models for Topological Superconductivity
A. G. Abanov and P. B. Wiegmann
pp. 1319-1322 [View PDF (91 kB)]
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Vortex Entry and Nucleation of Antivortices in a Mesoscopic Superconducting Triangle
L. F. Chibotaru, A. Ceulemans, V. Bruyndoncx, and V. V. Moshchalkov
pp. 1323-1326 [View PDF (398 kB)]
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Low Energy Quasiparticle Excitation in the Vortex State of Borocarbide Superconductor YNi2B2C
K. Izawa, A. Shibata, Yuji Matsuda, Y. Kato, H. Takeya, K. Hirata, C. J. van der Beek, and M. Konczykowski
pp. 1327-1330 [View PDF (173 kB)]
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Quasiperiodic Hubbard Chains
Kazuo Hida
pp. 1331-1334 [View PDF (200 kB)]
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Experimental Realization of a 2D Fractional Quantum Spin Liquid
R. Coldea, D. A. Tennant, A. M. Tsvelik, and Z. Tylczynski
pp. 1335-1338 [View PDF (294 kB)]
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Aging Effect in Ceramic Superconductors
Mai Suan Li, Per Nordblad, and Hikaru Kawamura
pp. 1339-1342 [View PDF (164 kB)]
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Griffiths-McCoy Singularities in Random Quantum Spin Chains: Exact Results through Renormalization
Ferenc Iglói, Róbert Juhász, and Péter Lajkó
pp. 1343-1346 [View PDF (108 kB)]
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Modified Magnetism at a Buried Co/Pd Interface Resolved with X-Ray Standing Waves
Sang-Koog Kim and J. B. Kortright
pp. 1347-1350 [View PDF (308 kB)]
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Anisotropic Nuclear Inelastic Scattering of an Iron(II) Molecular Crystal
H. Paulsen, R. Benda, C. Herta, V. Schünemann, A. I. Chumakov, L. Duelund, H. Winkler, H. Toftlund, and A. X. Trautwein
pp. 1351-1354 [View PDF (119 kB)]
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Quantum Confinement in Amorphous Silicon Quantum Dots Embedded in Silicon Nitride
Nae-Man Park, Chel-Jong Choi, Tae-Yeon Seong, and Seong-Ju Park
pp. 1355-1357 [View PDF (189 kB)]
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Triplet Energies of π-Conjugated Polymers
A. P. Monkman, H. D. Burrows, L. J. Hartwell, L. E. Horsburgh, I. Hamblett, and S. Navaratnam
pp. 1358-1361 [View PDF (85 kB)]
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Complete Screening and Quasiatomic MVV Auger Line Shapes due to Double Core Ionization
A. de Siervo, R. Landers, and G. G. Kleiman
pp. 1362-1365 [View PDF (92 kB)]

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

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Fidelity Balance in Quantum Operations
Konrad Banaszek
pp. 1366-1369 [View PDF (85 kB)]
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Quantum Teleportation of a Polarization State with a Complete Bell State Measurement
Yoon-Ho Kim, Sergei P. Kulik, and Yanhua Shih
pp. 1370-1373 [View PDF (374 kB)]
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Oscillating Viscosity in a Lyotropic Lamellar Phase under Shear Flow
A. S. Wunenburger, A. Colin, J. Leng, A. Arnéodo, and D. Roux
pp. 1374-1377 [View PDF (376 kB)]
Near-Field Scanner for Moving Molecules
Jonas O. Tegenfeldt, Olgica Bakajin, Chia-Fu Chou, Shirley S. Chan, Robert Austin, Wunshain Fann, Lim Liou, Eugene Chan, Thomas Duke, and Edward C. Cox
pp. 1378-1381 [View PDF (336 kB)]

COMMENTS

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Comment on “Glassy Transition in a Disordered Model for the RNA Secondary Structure”
A. K. Hartmann
pp. 1382 [View PDF (44 kB)]
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Pagnani, Parisi, and Ricci-Tersenghi Reply:
A. Pagnani, G. Parisi, and F. Ricci-Tersenghi
pp. 1383 [View PDF (35 kB)]
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Comment on “Gravitational Radiation Instability in Hot Young Neutron Stars”
P. B. Jones
pp. 1384 [View PDF (43 kB)]
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Origin of the Slow Wave in a Magnetorheological Slurry
Helmut R. Brand and Harald Pleiner
pp. 1385 [View PDF (41 kB)]
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Comment on “Isotope Enrichment in Laser-Ablation Plumes and Commensurately Deposited Thin Films”
P. D. Gupta and P. A. Naik
pp. 1386 [View PDF (32 kB)]
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Pronko et al. Reply:
Peter P. Pronko, Paul A. VanRompay, Zhiyu Zhang, and John A. Nees
pp. 1387 [View PDF (36 kB)]
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Comment on “Melting of Isolated Tin Nanoparticles”
R. Kofman, P. Cheyssac, and F. Celestini
pp. 1388 [View PDF (37 kB)]
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Comment on “Quantum Interferometric Optical Lithography: Exploiting Entanglement to Beat the Diffraction Limit”
Girish S. Agarwal, Robert W. Boyd, Elna M. Nagasako, and Sean J. Bentley
pp. 1389 [View PDF (41 kB)]
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Comment on “Noise Probe of the Dynamic Phase Separation in La2/3Ca1/3MnO3”
M. B. Weissman
pp. 1390 [View PDF (34 kB)]
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Anane and von Molnár Reply:
A. Anane and S. von Molnár
pp. 1391 [View PDF (34 kB)]
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Comment on “Pulsed Energy-Time Entangled Twin-Photon Source for Quantum Communication”
T. Durt
pp. 1392 [View PDF (42 kB)]
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Gisin, Tittel, and Zbinden Reply:
N. Gisin, W. Tittel, and H. Zbinden
pp. 1393 [View PDF (24 kB)]

ERRATA

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Erratum: Entropic Trapping and Escape of Long DNA Molecules at Submicron Size Constriction [Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 1688 (1999)]
J. Han, S. W. Turner, and H. G. Craighead
pp. 1394 [View PDF (24 kB)]
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Erratum: Laser Probing of Atomic Cooper Pairs [Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 487 (2000)]
P. Törmä and P. Zoller
pp. 1395 [View PDF (20 kB)]
 
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