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Physical Review Letters – 30 July 2001
Volume 87, Issue 5

Carrier-wave Rabi flopping in GaAs using 5 fs, 1012 W/cm2 pulses. [O. D. Mücke, T. Tritschler, M. Wegener, U. Morgner, and F. X. Kärtner, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 057401 (2001)]

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HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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Quantum State Reconstruction of the Single-Photon Fock State
A. I. Lvovsky, H. Hansen, T. Aichele, O. Benson, J. Mlynek, and S. Schiller
Published 11 July 2001 (4 pages)
050402 [View PDF (525 kB)]
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Ion Motion Synchronization in an Ion-Trap Resonator
H. B. Pedersen, D. Strasser, S. Ring, O. Heber, M. L. Rappaport, Y. Rudich, I. Sagi, and D. Zajfman
Published 12 July 2001 (4 pages)
055001 [View PDF (149 kB)]
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Two-Dimensional Nucleation of Ice from Supercooled Water
L. H. Seeley and G. T. Seidler
Published 12 July 2001 (4 pages)
055702 [View PDF (100 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus

LETTERS

General Physics

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Subsystem Purity as an Enforcer of Entanglement
S. Bose, I. Fuentes-Guridi, P. L. Knight, and V. Vedral
Published 11 July 2001 (4 pages)
050401 [View PDF (94 kB)]
Quantum State Reconstruction of the Single-Photon Fock State
A. I. Lvovsky, H. Hansen, T. Aichele, O. Benson, J. Mlynek, and S. Schiller
Published 11 July 2001 (4 pages)
050402 [View PDF (525 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
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Measurement of One-Particle Correlations and Momentum Distributions for Trapped 1D Gases
M. D. Girardeau and E. M. Wright
Published 11 July 2001 (4 pages)
050403 [View PDF (94 kB)]
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Phase-Fluctuating 3D Bose-Einstein Condensates in Elongated Traps
D. S. Petrov, G. V. Shlyapnikov, and J. T. M. Walraven
Published 16 July 2001 (4 pages)
050404 [View PDF (101 kB)]

Gravitation and Astrophysics

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Angular Momentum Transport in Thin Accretion Disks and Intermittent Accretion
B. Coppi and P. S. Coppi
Published 12 July 2001 (4 pages)
051101 [View PDF (86 kB)]
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New Supernova Limit on Large Extra Dimensions: Bounds on Kaluza-Klein Graviton Production
Steen Hannestad and Georg G. Raffelt
Published 11 July 2001 (4 pages)
051301 [View PDF (96 kB)]
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Nonthermal Production of Gravitinos and Inflatinos
H. P. Nilles, M. Peloso, and L. Sorbo
Published 11 July 2001 (4 pages)
051302 [View PDF (176 kB)]

Elementary Particles and Fields

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Relativistic Corrections to the Electric Polarizability of Compound Systems
R. N. Lee, A. I. Milstein, and M. Schumacher
Published 12 July 2001 (4 pages)
051601 [View PDF (83 kB)]
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Direct Observation of a ρ Decay of the D13(1520) Baryon Resonance
W. Langgärtner, J. Ahrens, R. Beck, V. Hejny, M. Kotulla, B. Krusche, V. Kuhr, R. Leukel, J. D. McGregor, J. G. Messchendorp, V. Metag, R. Novotny, V. Olmos de Léon, R. O. Owens, F. Rambo, S. Schadmand, A. Schmidt, U. Siodlaczek, H. Ströher, J. Weiß, F. Wissmann, and M. Wolf
Published 11 July 2001 (4 pages)
052001 [View PDF (192 kB)]
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Transport Theory for a Two-Flavor Color Superconductor
Daniel F. Litim and Cristina Manuel
Published 12 July 2001 (4 pages)
052002 [View PDF (86 kB)]

Nuclear Physics

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Measurement of the Midrapidity Transverse Energy Distribution from √sNN = 130GeV Au+Au Collisions at RHIC
K. Adcox et al. (PHENIX Collaboration)
Published 17 July 2001 (6 pages)
052301 [View PDF (135 kB)]
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Ambiguities in the Implementation of the Impulse Approximation for the Response of Many-Fermion Systems
Omar Benhar, Adelchi Fabrocini, and Stefano Fantoni
Published 11 July 2001 (4 pages)
052501 [View PDF (96 kB)]
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Analytic Description of Critical Point Nuclei in a Spherical-Axially Deformed Shape Phase Transition
F. Iachello
Published 12 July 2001 (4 pages)
052502 [View PDF (106 kB)]
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Empirical Realization of a Critical Point Description in Atomic Nuclei
R. F. Casten and N. V. Zamfir
Published 12 July 2001 (4 pages)
052503 [View PDF (106 kB)]
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Microscopic Structure of Fundamental Excitations in N = Z Nuclei
Wojciech Satuła and Ramon Wyss
Published 17 July 2001 (4 pages)
052504 [View PDF (137 kB)]
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Gamma-Ray Multiplicities and Fission Modes in 208Pb(18O,f)
G. G. Chubarian, M. G. Itkis, N. A. Kondratiev, E. M. Kozulin, V. V. Pashkevich, I. V. Pokrovsky, A. Ya. Rusanov, V. S. Salamatin, and R. P. Schmitt
Published 10 July 2001 (4 pages)
052701 [View PDF (155 kB)]

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

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Dynamics and Post-Collision Interaction Effects in Two Electron Decay from the Xenon 4d Hole
P. Lablanquie, S. Sheinerman, F. Penent, R. I. Hall, M. Ahmad, Y. Hikosaka, and K. Ito
Published 12 July 2001 (4 pages)
053001 [View PDF (141 kB)]
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Photoelectron Spectra from Multiple Ionization of Atoms in Ultra-Intense Laser Pulses
Richard Taïeb, Valérie Véniard, and Alfred Maquet
Published 17 July 2001 (4 pages)
053002 [View PDF (276 kB)]
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Photoabsorption Spectra of Nan+ Clusters: Thermal Line-Broadening Mechanisms
M. Moseler, H. Häkkinen, and Uzi Landman
Published 13 July 2001 (4 pages)
053401 [View PDF (184 kB)]

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

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Interferometric Pump-Probe Study of Intense Field Excitation of Sapphire
Jennifer Tate and Douglass Schumacher
Published 12 July 2001 (4 pages)
053901 [View PDF (114 kB)]
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Effect of Noise on the Relaxation to an Invariant Probability Measure of Nonhyperbolic Chaotic Attractors
Vadim S. Anishchenko, Tatjana E. Vadivasova, Andrey S. Kopeikin, Jürgen Kurths, and Galina I. Strelkova
Published 11 July 2001 (4 pages)
054101 [View PDF (187 kB)]
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Coherent Structures and Entropy in Constrained, Modulationally Unstable, Nonintegrable Systems
Benno Rumpf and Alan C. Newell
Published 13 July 2001 (4 pages)
054102 [View PDF (332 kB)]
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Coherent Vortex Extraction in 3D Turbulent Flows Using Orthogonal Wavelets
Marie Farge, Giulio Pellegrino, and Kai Schneider
Published 11 July 2001 (4 pages)
054501 [View PDF (881 kB)]
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Fingering of Chemical Fronts in Porous Media
A. De Wit
Published 11 July 2001 (4 pages)
054502 [View PDF (99 kB)]
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Giant Deformations of a Liquid-Liquid Interface Induced by the Optical Radiation Pressure
Alexis Casner and Jean-Pierre Delville
Published 16 July 2001 (4 pages)
054503 [View PDF (262 kB)]
Shear-Dependent Boundary Slip in an Aqueous Newtonian Liquid
Vincent S. J. Craig, Chiara Neto, and David R. M. Williams
Published 17 July 2001 (4 pages)
054504 [View PDF (209 kB)]

Plasma and Beam Physics

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First Measurements of the Unique Influence of Spin on the Energy Loss of Ultrarelativistic Electrons in Strong Electromagnetic Fields
K. Kirsebom, U. Mikkelsen, E. Uggerhøj, K. Elsener, S. Ballestrero, P. Sona, and Z. Z. Vilakazi
Published 17 July 2001 (4 pages)
054801 [View PDF (112 kB)]
Ion Motion Synchronization in an Ion-Trap Resonator
H. B. Pedersen, D. Strasser, S. Ring, O. Heber, M. L. Rappaport, Y. Rudich, I. Sagi, and D. Zajfman
Published 12 July 2001 (4 pages)
055001 [View PDF (149 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
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Neoclassical Radial Electric Field and Transport with Finite Orbits
W. X. Wang, F. L. Hinton, and S. K. Wong
Published 13 July 2001 (4 pages)
055002 [View PDF (108 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

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Pressure Dependent Incommensuration in Rb-IV
M. I. McMahon, S. Rekhi, and R. J. Nelmes
Published 12 July 2001 (4 pages)
055501 [View PDF (249 kB)]
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Topological Description of the Aging Dynamics in Simple Glasses
L. Angelani, R. Di Leonardo, G. Parisi, and G. Ruocco
Published 16 July 2001 (4 pages)
055502 [View PDF (121 kB)]
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Capillary Condensation in Disordered Porous Materials: Hysteresis versus Equilibrium Behavior
E. Kierlik, P. A. Monson, M. L. Rosinberg, L. Sarkisov, and G. Tarjus
Published 11 July 2001 (4 pages)
055701 [View PDF (275 kB)]
Two-Dimensional Nucleation of Ice from Supercooled Water
L. H. Seeley and G. T. Seidler
Published 12 July 2001 (4 pages)
055702 [View PDF (100 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
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Melting Mechanisms at the Limit of Superheating
Z. H. Jin, P. Gumbsch, K. Lu, and E. Ma
Published 12 July 2001 (4 pages)
055703 [View PDF (214 kB)]
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Three-Dimensional Elastic Compatibility and Varieties of Twins in Martensites
K. Ø. Rasmussen, T. Lookman, A. Saxena, A. R. Bishop, R. C. Albers, and S. R. Shenoy
Published 16 July 2001 (4 pages)
055704 [View PDF (540 kB)]
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Role of Tilt Order in the Asymmetric Ripple Phase of Phospholipid Bilayers
Kheya Sengupta, V. A. Raghunathan, and Yashodhan Hatwalne
Published 16 July 2001 (4 pages)
055705 [View PDF (522 kB)]
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Molecular Origin of Thermal Diffusion in Benzene+Cyclohexane Mixtures
C. Debuschewitz and W. Köhler
Published 12 July 2001 (4 pages)
055901 [View PDF (171 kB)]
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Surface-Reconstruction-Switched Adsorbate Photofragmentation Dynamics
Nicholas Camillone, III, Khalid A. Khan, Jory A. Yarmoff, and Richard M. Osgood, Jr.
Published 11 July 2001 (4 pages)
056101 [View PDF (326 kB)]
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Spatiotemporal Distribution of Nucleation Events during Crystal Growth
Claudio Castellano and Paolo Politi
Published 12 July 2001 (4 pages)
056102 [View PDF (287 kB)]
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Oxygen Dissociation at Pt Steps
P. Gambardella, Ž. Šljivančanin, B. Hammer, M. Blanc, K. Kuhnke, and K. Kern
Published 12 July 2001 (4 pages)
056103 [View PDF (151 kB)]
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Structure of the Ba-Induced Si(111)- (3 × 2) Reconstruction
Geunseop Lee, Suklyun Hong, Hanchul Kim, Dongsoo Shin, Ja-Yong Koo, Hyung-Ik Lee, and Dae Won Moon
Published 16 July 2001 (4 pages)
056104 [View PDF (665 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

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Anomalous Isotopic Effect Near the Charge-Ordering Quantum Criticality
S. Andergassen, S. Caprara, C. Di Castro, and M. Grilli
Published 13 July 2001 (4 pages)
056401 [View PDF (113 kB)]
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Microwave ac Conductivity Spectrum of a Coulomb Glass
Mark Lee and M. L. Stutzmann
Published 16 July 2001 (4 pages)
056402 [View PDF (107 kB)]
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Anomalously Large Critical Regions in Power-Law Random Matrix Ensembles
E. Cuevas, V. Gasparian, and M. Ortuño
Published 11 July 2001 (4 pages)
056601 [View PDF (138 kB)]
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Confinement-Enhanced Electron Transport across a Metal-Semiconductor Interface
I. B. Altfeder, J. A. Golovchenko, and V. Narayanamurti
Published 11 July 2001 (4 pages)
056801 [View PDF (478 kB)]
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Dipolar Excitons, Spontaneous Phase Coherence, and Superfluid-Insulator Transition in Bilayer Quantum Hall Systems at ν = 1
Kun Yang
Published 17 July 2001 (4 pages)
056802 [View PDF (88 kB)]
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Interband Proximity Effect and Nodes of Superconducting Gap in Sr2RuO4
M. E. Zhitomirsky and T. M. Rice
Published 11 July 2001 (4 pages)
057001 [View PDF (113 kB)]
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Angular Position of Nodes in the Superconducting Gap of Quasi-2D Heavy-Fermion Superconductor CeCoIn5
K. Izawa, H. Yamaguchi, Yuji Matsuda, H. Shishido, R. Settai, and Y. Onuki
Published 12 July 2001 (4 pages)
057002 [View PDF (165 kB)]
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Vortex Softening: Origin of the Second Peak Effect in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ
V. F. Correa, G. Nieva, and F. de la Cruz
Published 13 July 2001 (4 pages)
057003 [View PDF (108 kB)]
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Bicritical and Tetracritical Phenomena and Scaling Properties of the SO(5) Theory
Xiao Hu
Published 16 July 2001 (4 pages)
057004 [View PDF (167 kB)]
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X-Ray Resonant Scattering Study of the Quadrupolar Order in UPd3
D. F. McMorrow, K. A. McEwen, U. Steigenberger, H. M. Rønnow, and F. Yakhou
Published 17 July 2001 (4 pages)
057201 [View PDF (143 kB)]
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Magnetostatic Effects in the Nucleation of Rare Earth Ferromagnetic Phases
C. S. Durfee and C. P. Flynn
Published 17 July 2001 (4 pages)
057202 [View PDF (80 kB)]
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Nuclear Spin Driven Quantum Relaxation in LiY0.998Ho0.002F4
R. Giraud, W. Wernsdorfer, A. M. Tkachuk, D. Mailly, and B. Barbara
Published 17 July 2001 (4 pages)
057203 [View PDF (219 kB)]
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Signatures of Carrier-Wave Rabi Flopping in GaAs
O. D. Mücke, T. Tritschler, M. Wegener, U. Morgner, and F. X. Kärtner
Published 12 July 2001 (4 pages)
057401 [View PDF (320 kB)]

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

Statistical Mechanics of Prion Diseases
A. Slepoy, R. R. P. Singh, F. Pázmándi, R. V. Kulkarni, and D. L. Cox
Published 12 July 2001 (4 pages)
058101 [View PDF (90 kB)]
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Characterization of the Branching Structure of the Lung from “Macroscopic” Pressure-Volume Measurements
A. Majumdar, A. M. Alencar, S. V. Buldyrev, Z. Hantos, H. E. Stanley, and B. Suki
Published 12 July 2001 (4 pages)
058102 [View PDF (223 kB)]

COMMENTS

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Comment on “Observation of Superluminal Behaviors in Wave Propagation”
N. P. Bigelow and C. R. Hagen
Published 16 July 2001 (1 page)
059401 [View PDF (43 kB)]
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Comment on “Observation of Superluminal Behaviors in Wave Propagation”
Harry Ringermacher and Lawrence R. Mead
Published 16 July 2001 (1 page)
059402 [View PDF (30 kB)]
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Comment on “Repetitive Single Vortex-Loop Creation by a Vibrating Wire in Superfluid 3He-B”
M. Niemetz, W. Schoepe, and M. Krusius
Published 11 July 2001 (1 page)
059601 [View PDF (38 kB)]
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Bradley and Pickett Reply:
D. I. Bradley and G. R. Pickett
Published 11 July 2001 (1 page)
059602 [View PDF (50 kB)]
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Comment on “Phase Diagram of an Impurity in the Spin-1 /2 Chain: Two-Channel Kondo Effect versus Curie Law”
A. A. Zvyagin
Published 12 July 2001 (1 page)
059701 [View PDF (48 kB)]
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Eggert, Gustafsson, and Rommer Reply:
S. Eggert, D. P. Gustafsson, and S. Rommer
Published 12 July 2001 (1 page)
059702 [View PDF (57 kB)]
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Comment on “Novel Convective Instabilities in a Magnetic Fluid”
Mark I. Shliomis
Published 17 July 2001 (1 page)
059801 [View PDF (49 kB)]
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Luo, Du, and Huang Reply:
Weili Luo, Tengda Du, and Jie Huang
Published 17 July 2001 (1 page)
059802 [View PDF (80 kB)]

ERRATA

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Erratum: Short Time Scales in the Kramers Problem: A Stepwise Growth of the Escape Flux [Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1665 (2001)]
S. M. Soskin, V. I. Sheka, T. L. Linnik, and R. Mannella
Published 11 July 2001 (1 page)
059901(E) [View PDF (38 kB)]
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Erratum: Attraction between Nanoparticles Induced by End-Grafted Homopolymers in Good Solvent [Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1027 (2001)]
Jiunn-Ren Roan
Published 12 July 2001 (2 pages)
059902(E) [View PDF (133 kB)]
 
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