Volume 42, Issue 2

July 1990

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ARTICLES

General Methods of Statistical Physics

Size of an inflated vesicle in two dimensions

Anthony C. Maggs, Stanislas Leibler, Michael E. Fisher, and Carlos J. Camacho

Phys. Rev. A 42, 691 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Passage times for the decay of a time-dependent unstable state

Manuel O. Caceres and Andreas Becker

Phys. Rev. A 42, 696 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Holes in the two-dimensional probability density of bistable systems driven by strongly colored noise

G. Debnath, Frank Moss, Th. Leiber, H. Risken, and F. Marchesoni

Phys. Rev. A 42, 703 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Disorder-induced roughening of diverse manifolds

Timothy Halpin-Healy

Phys. Rev. A 42, 711 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Biased random walk on a deterministic fractal

Juan M. R. Parrondo, Hernan L. Martinez, Ryoichi Kawai, and Katja Lindenberg

Phys. Rev. A 42, 723 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

One-dimensional lattice gas with second-neighbor interaction

J. K. Percus and Guihua Zhang

Phys. Rev. A 42, 731 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Dependence of the steady state of a nonlinear degenerate molecular dimer on the character of dissipative coupling

V. Szöcs, P. Baacký, and A. Zajac

Phys. Rev. A 42, 737 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Two balls in one dimension with gravity

N. D. Whelan, D. A. Goodings, and J. K. Cannizzo

Phys. Rev. A 42, 742 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Suppressed fluctuations and incipient instabilities

Kurt Wiesenfeld and J. Scott McCarley

Phys. Rev. A 42, 755 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Boltzmann equation and the conservation of particle number

Zhang Banggu

Phys. Rev. A 42, 761 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Calculation of the entropy from master equations with time-dependent transition probabilities

J. J. Brey and A. Prados

Phys. Rev. A 42, 765 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Effect of anisotropy on the self-organized critical state

Imre M. Jánosi

Phys. Rev. A 42, 769 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Breakup of Kolmogorov-Arnol’d-Moser tori of arbitrary frequency in a two-parameter system

Jukka A. Ketoja

Phys. Rev. A 42, 775 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Maximum entropy production far from equilibrium: The example of strong shock waves

E. Rebhan

Phys. Rev. A 42, 781 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Kinetic and Transport Theory, Fluid Structure

Exact molecular dynamics and kinetic theory results for thermal transport coefficients of the Lennard-Jones argon fluid in a wide region of states

P. Borgelt, C. Hoheisel, and G. Stell

Phys. Rev. A 42, 789 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Time-dependent aspects of electron degradation. V. Ar- $H_{2}$ mixtures

Ken-ichi Kowari, Mitio Inokuti, and Mineo Kimura

Phys. Rev. A 42, 795 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Electron macrokinetics in partially ionized gases: The hydrodynamic regime

E. E. Kunhardt

Phys. Rev. A 42, 803 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Method of moments of Grad

S. Reinecke and G. M. Kremer

Phys. Rev. A 42, 815 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Thermal Physics and Fluid Dynamics

Scaling exponents in thermally driven turbulence

Itamar Procaccia and Reuven Zeitak

Phys. Rev. A 42, 821 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Convective versus absolute instability in flow between counterrotating cylinders

Randall Tagg, W. Stuart Edwards, and Harry L. Swinney

Phys. Rev. A 42, 831 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Langmuir oscillations against a single-ion pulse or cavity background

E. Infeld and G. Rowlands

Phys. Rev. A 42, 838 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Complex Fluids

Gravity in the segregation phenomenon observed near the gelation threshold

C. Allain and C. Amiel

Phys. Rev. A 42, 843 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Three-particle contribution to the configurational entropy of simple fluids

András Baranyai and Denis J. Evans

Phys. Rev. A 42, 849 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Anisotropic reorientation in 4-n-alkyloxybenzylidene-4’-n-alkylanilines by deuterium NMR relaxation

Ronald Y. Dong

Phys. Rev. A 42, 858 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Experimental study of the micellar nematic phase of tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide

Panos Photinos, Shou Yi Xu, and Alfred Saupe

Phys. Rev. A 42, 865 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Percolation and critical exponents for the viscosity of microemulsions

Z. Saidi, C. Mathew, J. Peyrelasse, and C. Boned

Phys. Rev. A 42, 872 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Theoretical model of the frequency and temperature dependence of the complex dielectric constant of ferroelectric liquid crystals near the smectic- $C^{*}$ –smectic-A phase transition

T. Carlsson, B. Žekš, C. Filipič, and A. Levstik

Phys. Rev. A 42, 877 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Clusters

Diffusion-limited A+B→0 reaction: Correlated initial condition

Katja Lindenberg, Bruce J. West, and Raoul Kopelman

Phys. Rev. A 42, 890 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Generic features of late-stage crystal growth

Fong Liu and Nigel Goldenfeld

Phys. Rev. A 42, 895 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Péclet number and crystal growth in a channel

P. Molho, A. J. Simon, and A. Libchaber

Phys. Rev. A 42, 904 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Pair annihilation of pointlike topological defects in the ordering process of quenched systems

Hiroyasu Toyoki

Phys. Rev. A 42, 911 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Plasma Physics

Quasistationary model for determination of ablation parameters in soft-x-ray-driven low- to medium-Z plasma ablation

T. Endo, H. Shiraga, and Y. Kato

Phys. Rev. A 42, 918 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Interaction of ultrashort laser pulses at relativistic intensities with solid targets: Relativistic skin effect

E. G. Gamaliy and R. Dragila

Phys. Rev. A 42, 929 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Collective mechanisms for atomic transitions in dense plasmas: Representation and screened Coulomb-Born approximation for plasmonic recombination cross sections

F. A. Gutierrez and M. D. Girardeau

Phys. Rev. A 42, 936 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Diffusion theory of electrons in a uniform electric field: Time-of-flight analysis

J. H. Ingold

Phys. Rev. A 42, 950 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Ultrarelativistic envelope solitons in a magnetized electron-positron plasma

U. A. Mofiz

Phys. Rev. A 42, 960 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Time evolution of plasmas using the exact solution of the Boltzmann equation in the presence of an intense laser field

Shahid Rashid

Phys. Rev. A 42, 964 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Ion-ion two-streaming instability in a two-temperature expanding plasma

M. K. Srivastava, S. V. Lawande, and B. K. Sinha

Phys. Rev. A 42, 970 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Boltzmann-equation analysis of electron kinetics in a positive column of low-pressure Hg–rare-gas discharges

M. Yousfi, G. Zissis, A. Alkaa, and J. J. Damelincourt

Phys. Rev. A 42, 978 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Electron-cyclotron heating and associated parallel cooling

C. da C. Rapozo, A. S. de Assis, and J. Busnardo-Neto

Phys. Rev. A 42, 989 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

BRIEF REPORTS

General Methods of Statistical Physics

Critical volume in diffusion through random media

R. Tao

Phys. Rev. A 42, 994 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Complex Fluids

Surface effect on the field-induced structural change near the isotropic-cholesteric transition

Sin-Doo Lee and J. S. Patel

Phys. Rev. A 42, 997 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Laser-induced thermal, orientational, and density nonlinear optical effects in nematic liquid crystals

I. C. Khoo, J. Y. Hou, G. L. Din, Y. L. He, and D. F. Shi

Phys. Rev. A 42, 1001 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Plasma Physics

Instability of self-focused optical beams in plasmas

E. Infeld and G. Rowlands

Phys. Rev. A 42, 1005 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Biological Physics

Analysis of a nonlinear model for the DNA double helix: Energy transfer in an inhomogeneous chain

Mario Techera, L. L. Daemen, and E. W. Prohofsky

Phys. Rev. A 42, 1008 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

ERRATA

Erratum: Uniform distribution of initial states: The physical basis of probability

Zhang Kechen

Phys. Rev. A 42, 1012 (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

General Methods of Statistical Physics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Random-matrix theory and eigenmodes of dynamical systems

Fritz Haake and Karol Życzkowski

Phys. Rev. A 42, 1013(R) (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Thermal Physics and Fluid Dynamics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Cellular automata models of granular flow

G. William Baxter and R. P. Behringer

Phys. Rev. A 42, 1017(R) (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990

Plasma Physics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Tokamak βaB/I limit and its dependence on the safety factor

J. J. Ramos

Phys. Rev. A 42, 1021(R) (1990) - Published 1 July, 1990