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Physical Review Letters – 13 February 2004
Volume 92, Issue 6

The cubical structure shown is a Kitaoka model of a human subacinus, the terminal diffusion cell in the lung. This model reproduces the topological complexity of real subacini and is used in a numerical study of the concentration and diffusion of oxygen (red through blue areas) to show that only about 1/3 of the total alveolar surface is active in normal breathing. [M. Felici, M. Filoche, and B. Sapoval, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 068101 (2004)]

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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.

Nanotube Surface Arrays: Weaving, Bending, and Assembling on Patterned Silicon
Vladimir V. Tsukruk, Hyunhyub Ko, and Sergiy Peleshanko
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
065502 [View PDF (569 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus

LETTERS

General Physics

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Giant Vortex Lattice Deformations in Rapidly Rotating Bose-Einstein Condensates
T. P. Simula, A. A. Penckwitt, and R. J. Ballagh
Published 10 February 2004 (4 pages)
060401 [View PDF (699 kB)]
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Quantum Tensor Product Structures are Observable Induced
Paolo Zanardi, Daniel A. Lidar, and Seth Lloyd
Published 10 February 2004 (4 pages)
060402 [View PDF (109 kB)]
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Proposed Experiment to Test the Bounds of Quantum Correlations
Adán Cabello
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
060403 [View PDF (147 kB)]
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Experimental Evidence for Bounds on Quantum Correlations
F. A. Bovino, G. Castagnoli, I. P. Degiovanni, and S. Castelletto
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
060404 [View PDF (507 kB)]
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Dispersion Compensation for Atom Interferometry
Tony D. Roberts, Alexander D. Cronin, Martin V. Tiberg, and David E. Pritchard
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
060405 [View PDF (125 kB)]
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Optimal Topological Test for Degeneracies of Real Hamiltonians
Niklas Johansson and Erik Sjöqvist
Published 13 February 2004 (4 pages)
060406 [View PDF (115 kB)]
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Collective Oscillations of Vortex Lattices in Rotating Bose-Einstein Condensates
T. Mizushima, Y. Kawaguchi, K. Machida, T. Ohmi, T. Isoshima, and M. M. Salomaa
Published 13 February 2004 (4 pages)
060407 [View PDF (273 kB)]
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Theorem on the Origin of Phase Transitions
Roberto Franzosi and Marco Pettini
Published 10 February 2004 (4 pages)
060601 [View PDF (105 kB)]

Gravitation and Astrophysics

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On the “Causality Argument” in Bouncing Cosmologies
Jérôme Martin and Patrick Peter
Published 10 February 2004 (4 pages)
061301 [View PDF (108 kB)]
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Horizon State, Hawking Radiation, and Boundary Liouville Model
Sergey N. Solodukhin
Published 13 February 2004 (4 pages)
061302 [View PDF (94 kB)]
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Coherent Baryogenesis
Björn Garbrecht, Tomislav Prokopec, and Michael G. Schmidt
Published 13 February 2004 (4 pages)
061303 [View PDF (122 kB)]

Elementary Particles and Fields

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Observation of B0→ωK0, B+→ηπ+, and B+→ηK+ and Study of Related Decays
B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration)
Published 10 February 2004 (7 pages)
061801 [View PDF (347 kB)]

Nuclear Physics

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Azimuthal Anisotropy at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider: The First and Fourth Harmonics
J. Adams et al. (STAR Collaboration)
Published 12 February 2004 (6 pages)
062301 [View PDF (137 kB)]
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Anomalously Hindered E2 Strength B(E2;21+→0+) in 16C
N. Imai et al.
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
062501 [View PDF (171 kB)]
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Evidence for the Existence of the [2   0   2]3/2 Deformed Band in Mirror Nuclei 25Mg and 25Al
Y. Fujita, I. Hamamoto, H. Fujita, Y. Shimbara, T. Adachi, G. P. A. Berg, K. Fujita, K. Hatanaka, J. Kamiya, K. Nakanishi, Y. Sakemi, Y. Shimizu, M. Uchida, T. Wakasa, and M. Yosoi
Published 13 February 2004 (4 pages)
062502 [View PDF (121 kB)]
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Isospin Diffusion and the Nuclear Symmetry Energy in Heavy Ion Reactions
M. B. Tsang, T. X. Liu, L. Shi, P. Danielewicz, C. K. Gelbke, X. D. Liu, W. G. Lynch, W. P. Tan, G. Verde, A. Wagner, H. S. Xu, W. A. Friedman, L. Beaulieu, B. Davin, R. T. de Souza, Y. Larochelle, T. Lefort, R. Yanez, V. E. Viola, Jr., R. J. Charity, and L. G. Sobotka
Published 10 February 2004 (4 pages)
062701 [View PDF (157 kB)]

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

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Coulomb Explosion of Large Polyatomic Molecules Assisted by Nonadiabatic Charge Localization
Alexei N. Markevitch, Dmitri A. Romanov, Stanley M. Smith, and Robert J. Levis
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
063001 [View PDF (107 kB)]
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Nondipole Effects in Photo-Double-Ionization of He by a vuv Photon
Andrei Y. Istomin, N. L. Manakov, A. V. Meremianin, and Anthony F. Starace
Published 13 February 2004 (4 pages)
063002 [View PDF (120 kB)]
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Capacitive Coupling of Atomic Systems to Mesoscopic Conductors
Anders S. Sørensen, Caspar H. van der Wal, Lilian I. Childress, and Mikhail D. Lukin
Published 13 February 2004 (4 pages)
063601 [View PDF (178 kB)]

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

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Carrier Phase Dependence in the Ionization of Rydberg Atoms by Short Radio-Frequency Pulses: A Model System for High Order Harmonic Generation
A. Gürtler, F. Robicheaux, M. J. J. Vrakking, W. J. van der Zande, and L. D. Noordam
Published 10 February 2004 (4 pages)
063901 [View PDF (165 kB)]
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Relativistic Generation of Isolated Attosecond Pulses in a λ3 Focal Volume
N. M. Naumova, J. A. Nees, I. V. Sokolov, B. Hou, and G. A. Mourou
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
063902 [View PDF (208 kB)]
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Anomalous Dispersion Relations by Symmetry Breaking in Axially Uniform Waveguides
M. Ibanescu, S. G. Johnson, D. Roundy, C. Luo, Y. Fink, and J. D. Joannopoulos
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
063903 [View PDF (227 kB)]
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Anomalous Propagation Loss in Photonic Crystal Waveguides
Zhi-Yuan Li and Kai-Ming Ho
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
063904 [View PDF (241 kB)]
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Nonlinear Band Gap Transmission in Optical Waveguide Arrays
Ramaz Khomeriki
Published 13 February 2004 (4 pages)
063905 [View PDF (417 kB)]
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Self-Similar Turbulent Dynamo
Alexander A. Schekochihin, Steven C. Cowley, Jason L. Maron, and James C. McWilliams
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
064501 [View PDF (227 kB)]

Plasma and Beam Physics

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Two-Dimensional Yukawa Liquids: Correlation and Dynamics
G. J. Kalman, P. Hartmann, Z. Donkó, and M. Rosenberg
Published 10 February 2004 (4 pages)
065001 [View PDF (227 kB)]
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Complete Spectrum of Kinetic Eigenmodes for Plasma Oscillations in a Weakly Collisional Plasma
C. S. Ng, A. Bhattacharjee, and F. Skiff
Published 10 February 2004 (4 pages)
065002 [View PDF (95 kB)]
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Defect Turbulence in Quasi-2D Creeping Dusty-Plasma Liquids
Wei-Yen Woon and Lin I
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
065003 [View PDF (416 kB)]
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Radial Convection of Plasma Structures in a Turbulent Rotating Magnetized-Plasma Column
Th. Pierre, A. Escarguel, D. Guyomarc’h, R. Barni, and C. Riccardi
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
065004 [View PDF (252 kB)]
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Three-Dimensional Annihilation Imaging of Trapped Antiprotons
M. C. Fujiwara et al. (ATHENA Collaboration)
Published 13 February 2004 (5 pages)
065005 [View PDF (1,005 kB)]
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Connecting Shock Velocities to Electron-Injection Mechanisms
M. E. Dieckmann, B. Eliasson, A. Stathopoulos, and A. Ynnerman
Published 13 February 2004 (4 pages)
065006 [View PDF (165 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

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Metallic “Ferroelectricity” in the Pyrochlore Cd2Re2O7
I. A. Sergienko, V. Keppens, M. McGuire, R. Jin, J. He, S. H. Curnoe, B. C. Sales, P. Blaha, D. J. Singh, K. Schwarz, and D. Mandrus
Published 10 February 2004 (4 pages)
065501 [View PDF (159 kB)]
Nanotube Surface Arrays: Weaving, Bending, and Assembling on Patterned Silicon
Vladimir V. Tsukruk, Hyunhyub Ko, and Sergiy Peleshanko
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
065502 [View PDF (569 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
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Hugoniot Data for Carbon at Megabar Pressures
D. Batani, F. Strati, H. Stabile, M. Tomasini, G. Lucchini, A. Ravasio, M. Koenig, A. Benuzzi-Mounaix, H. Nishimura, Y. Ochi, J. Ullschmied, J. Skala, B. Kralikova, M. Pfeifer, Ch. Kadlec, T. Mocek, A. Präg, T. Hall, P. Milani, E. Barborini, and P. Piseri
Published 13 February 2004 (4 pages)
065503 [View PDF (668 kB)]
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Change from 3D-Ising to Random Field-Ising-Model Criticality in a Uniaxial Relaxor Ferroelectric
T. Granzow, Th. Woike, M. Wöhlecke, M. Imlau, and W. Kleemann
Published 10 February 2004 (4 pages)
065701 [View PDF (252 kB)]
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Electromagnetic Signature of Prefracture Criticality in Heterogeneous Media
P. G. Kapiris, K. A. Eftaxias, and T. L. Chelidze
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
065702 [View PDF (1,011 kB)]
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Induced-Charge Electrokinetic Phenomena: Theory and Microfluidic Applications
Martin Z. Bazant and Todd M. Squires
Published 10 February 2004 (4 pages)
066101 [View PDF (169 kB)]
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Vibration of H Atomic Chains on Ni(110) Measured by Scanning Tunneling Microscope Light Emission Spectroscopy
Y. Uehara and S. Ushioda
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
066102 [View PDF (296 kB)]
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Structure Determination of Surface Magic Clusters
H. H. Chang, M. Y. Lai, J. H. Wei, C. M. Wei, and Y. L. Wang
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
066103 [View PDF (444 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

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Pressure-Induced Magnetic Order in Golden SmS
A. Barla, J. P. Sanchez, Y. Haga, G. Lapertot, B. P. Doyle, O. Leupold, R. Rüffer, M. M. Abd-Elmeguid, R. Lengsdorf, and J. Flouquet
Published 13 February 2004 (4 pages)
066401 [View PDF (276 kB)]
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Anomalously Localized States in the Anderson Model
V. M. Apalkov, M. E. Raikh, and B. Shapiro
Published 13 February 2004 (4 pages)
066601 [View PDF (139 kB)]
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Stress Aging in the Electron Glass
V. Orlyanchik and Z. Ovadyahu
Published 10 February 2004 (4 pages)
066801 [View PDF (264 kB)]
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Nonequilibrium Quasiparticles and 2e Periodicity in Single-Cooper-Pair Transistors
J. Aumentado, Mark W. Keller, John M. Martinis, and M. H. Devoret
Published 13 February 2004 (4 pages)
066802 [View PDF (261 kB)]
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Magnetic Determination of Hc2 under Accurate Alignment in (TMTSF)2ClO4
J. I. Oh and M. J. Naughton
Published 10 February 2004 (4 pages)
067001 [View PDF (305 kB)]
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Incipient Order in the t-J Model at High Temperatures
Leonid P. Pryadko, Steven A. Kivelson, and Oron Zachar
Published 10 February 2004 (4 pages)
067002 [View PDF (169 kB)]
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Field-Induced Spin Mixing in Ultrathin Superconducting Al and Be Films in High Parallel Magnetic Fields
P. W. Adams
Published 10 February 2004 (4 pages)
067003 [View PDF (367 kB)]
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Triangular to Square Flux Lattice Phase Transition in YBa2Cu3O7
S. P. Brown, D. Charalambous, E. C. Jones, E. M. Forgan, P. G. Kealey, A. Erb, and J. Kohlbrecher
Published 10 February 2004 (4 pages)
067004 [View PDF (148 kB)]
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Evidence for a Percolation-Driven Transition to Coherent Surface Superconductivity
Jürgen Kötzler, Lars von Sawilski, and Sara Casalbuoni
Published 10 February 2004 (4 pages)
067005 [View PDF (194 kB)]
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Superfluid Density in the Underdoped YBa2Cu3O7-x: Evidence for d-Density-Wave Order of the Pseudogap
M. R. Trunin, Yu. A. Nefyodov, and A. F. Shevchun
Published 11 February 2004 (4 pages)
067006 [View PDF (283 kB)]
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Quantum Fluctuations in Thin Superconducting Wires of Finite Length
H. P. Büchler, V. B. Geshkenbein, and G. Blatter
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
067007 [View PDF (336 kB)]
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Delocalization in Two-Dimensional Disordered Bose Systems and Depinning Transition in the Vortex State in Superconductors
A. V. Lopatin and V. M. Vinokur
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
067008 [View PDF (97 kB)]
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Weak to Strong Pinning Crossover
G. Blatter, V. B. Geshkenbein, and J. A. G. Koopmann
Published 13 February 2004 (4 pages)
067009 [View PDF (158 kB)]
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Shape-Dependent Thermal Switching Behavior of Superparamagnetic Nanoislands
M. Bode, O. Pietzsch, A. Kubetzka, and R. Wiesendanger
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
067201 [View PDF (882 kB)]
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High Temperature Thermal Conductivity of Two-Leg Spin-1/2 Ladders
X. Zotos
Published 13 February 2004 (4 pages)
067202 [View PDF (249 kB)]
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Optical Evidence for a Spin-Filter Effect in the Charge Transport of Eu0.6Ca0.4B6
A. Perucchi, G. Caimi, H. R. Ott, L. Degiorgi, A. D. Bianchi, and Z. Fisk
Published 10 February 2004 (4 pages)
067401 [View PDF (227 kB)]
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Excitonic Photoluminescence in Semiconductor Quantum Wells: Plasma versus Excitons
S. Chatterjee, C. Ell, S. Mosor, G. Khitrova, H. M. Gibbs, W. Hoyer, M. Kira, S. W. Koch, J. P. Prineas, and H. Stolz
Published 13 February 2004 (4 pages)
067402 [View PDF (130 kB)]

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

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Contextual, Optimal, and Universal Realization of the Quantum Cloning Machine and of the NOT Gate
Francesco De Martini, Daniele Pelliccia, and Fabio Sciarrino
Published 10 February 2004 (4 pages)
067901 [View PDF (126 kB)]
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Locking Classical Correlations in Quantum States
David P. DiVincenzo, Michał Horodecki, Debbie W. Leung, John A. Smolin, and Barbara M. Terhal
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
067902 [View PDF (94 kB)]
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Renormalized Random Walk Study of Oxygen Absorption in the Human Lung
M. Felici, M. Filoche, and B. Sapoval
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
068101 [View PDF (784 kB)]
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Bond Breaking and Temporary Anion States in Uracil and Halouracils: Implications for the DNA Bases
A. M. Scheer, K. Aflatooni, G. A. Gallup, and P. D. Burrow
Published 12 February 2004 (4 pages)
068102 [View PDF (115 kB)]
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Phase Behavior of Ionic Microgels
D. Gottwald, C. N. Likos, G. Kahl, and H. Löwen
Published 9 February 2004 (4 pages)
068301 [View PDF (111 kB)]
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Phase Behavior and Selectivity of DNA-Linked Nanoparticle Assemblies
D. B. Lukatsky and Daan Frenkel
Published 10 February 2004 (4 pages)
068302 [View PDF (98 kB)]

COMMENTS

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Comment on “Drift-Wave Instability Excited by Field-Aligned Ion Flow Velocity Shear in the Absence of Electron Current”
G. Sorasio, P. K. Shukla, and L. Stenflo
Published 12 February 2004 (1 page)
069501 [View PDF (112 kB)]
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Kaneko et al. Reply:
T. Kaneko, H. Tsunoyama, R. Hatakeyama, and G. Ganguli
Published 12 February 2004 (1 page)
069502 [View PDF (45 kB)]
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Comment on “Ferromagnetism in Magnetically Doped III-V Semiconductors”
G. Bouzerar
Published 10 February 2004 (1 page)
069701 [View PDF (41 kB)]
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Litvinov and Dugaev Reply:
V. I. Litvinov and V. K. Dugaev
Published 10 February 2004 (1 page)
069702 [View PDF (37 kB)]
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Comment on “Anomalous Thermal Conductivity of Frustrated Heisenberg Spin Chains and Ladders”
F. Heidrich-Meisner, A. Honecker, D. C. Cabra, and W. Brenig
Published 11 February 2004 (1 page)
069703 [View PDF (50 kB)]
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Gros and Alvarez Reply:
Claudius Gros and J. V. Alvarez
Published 11 February 2004 (1 page)
069704 [View PDF (34 kB)]

ERRATA

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Publisher’s Note: Quantum and Classical Coincidence Imaging [Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 033601 (2004)]
Ryan S. Bennink, Sean J. Bentley, Robert W. Boyd, and John C. Howell
Published 11 February 2004 (1 page)
069901(E) [View PDF (22 kB)]
 
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