Volume 42, Issue 6

September 1990

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ARTICLES

General Methods of Statistical Physics

Escape-time distributions of a periodically modulated bistable system with noise

Ting Zhou, Frank Moss, and Peter Jung

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3161 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Quantum description of a pseudointegrable system: The π/3-rhombus billiard

Debabrata Biswas and Sudhir R. Jain

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3170 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Simulation technique for hard-disk models in two dimensions

Diane P. Fraser, Martin J. Zuckermann, and Ole G. Mouritsen

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3186 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Nonequilibrium free energy, coarse-graining, and the Liouville equation

Brad Lee Holian, Harald A. Posch, and William G. Hoover

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3196 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Geometry and dynamics of deterministic sand piles

S. H. Liu, Theodore Kaplan, and L. J. Gray

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3207 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Singular continuous quasienergy spectrum in the kicked rotator with separable perturbation: Possibility of the onset of quantum chaos

B. Milek and P. Seba

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3213 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Self-avoiding Lévy walk: A model for very stiff polymers

Jangnyeol Moon and Hisao Nakanishi

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3221 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Self-organization in an excitable reaction-diffusion system: Synchronization of oscillatory domains in one dimension

Takao Ohta, Aya Ito, and Ayako Tetsuka

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3225 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Statistical physics of intermittency: Phase transitions and fluctuations of scaling indices

Shinichi Sato and Katsuya Honda

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3233 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Effective-potential expansion method for the many-body problem at finite temperatures. I. Basic formalism

Yasutami Takada and Takafumi Kita

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3242 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Effective-potential expansion method for the many-body problem at finite temperatures. II. Application to a one-dimensional electron system with a repulsive δ-function interaction

Takafumi Kita and Yasutami Takada

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3251 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Low-temperature expansions of fractal Ising models

Nanzhi Zou, Dafang Zheng, and Youyan Liu

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3259 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Quantum-mechanical harmonic chain attached to heat baths. I. Equilibrium properties

U. Zürcher and P. Talkner

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3267 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Quantum-mechanical harmonic chain attached to heat baths. II. Nonequilibrium properties

U. Zürcher and P. Talkner

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3278 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Monte Carlo study of the escape of a minor species

A. R. Barakat and J. Lemaire

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3291 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Variational method for the quantum statistics of many-particle systems

M. D. Girardeau

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3303 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Bistability in a surface-reaction model

J. J. Luque

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3319 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Statistical mechanics of strongly nonideal systems

V. I. Yukalov

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3324 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Two kinds of singularities in planar differential systems and the response to external forces

Hu Gang and Bai-lin Hao

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3335 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Generic nonergodic behavior in locally interacting continuous systems

Yu He, C. Jayaprakash, and G. Grinstein

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3348 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Influence of random fluctuations on delayed bifurcations. II. The cases of white and colored additive and multiplicative noise

N. G. Stocks, R. Mannella, and P. V. E. McClintock

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3356 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Kinetic and Transport Theory, Fluid Structure

Computer-simulation study of conductivity in a two-dimensional binary fluid mixture

R. B. Pandey

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3363 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Dynamic cross correlation in isotopic two-component liquids: Molecular-dynamics calculation results compared with predictions of kinetic theory

H. P. van den Berg and C. Hoheisel

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3368 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Velocity distributions in nonlinear systems

S.-B. Zhu

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3374 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Free-energy density functional for the inhomogeneous hard-sphere fluid: Application to interfacial adsorption

E. Kierlik and M. L. Rosinberg

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3382 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Thermal Physics and Fluid Dynamics

Transition to turbulence via spatiotemporal intermittency in one-dimensional Rayleigh-Bénard convection

F. Daviaud, M. Bonetti, and M. Dubois

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3388 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov instabilities and mixing in stratified spherical shells

Karnig O. Mikaelian

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3400 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Complex Fluids

Viscoelastic behavior of dense microemulsions

C. Cametti, P. Codastefano, G. D’Arrigo, P. Tartaglia, J. Rouch, and S. H. Chen

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3421 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Mechanical instability of colloidal crystals under shear flow

Peter Harrowell

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3427 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Diffusion-limited-aggregation-like displacement structures in a three-dimensional porous medium

V. Frette, K. J. Målo/y, F. Boger, J. Feder, T. Jo/ssang, and Paul Meakin

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3432 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Nematic–smectic- $A_{d}$ phase transition at zero packing fraction

Robert Hol/yst

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3438 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Dynamics of blue-phase selective reflections in an electric field

H.-S. Kitzerow, P. P. Crooker, S. L. Kwok, J. Xu, and G. Heppke

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3442 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Light scattering and magnetic birefringence measurements at the isotropic-nematic and nematic–reentrant-isotropic transitions in a lyotropic nematic liquid crystal

J. P. McClymer, C. A. Oxborrow, and P. H. Keyes

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3449 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Spontaneous polarization in chiral biaxial liquid crystals

Lech Longa and Hans-Rainer Trebin

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3453 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Charged polymer in an electric field

Bernard Gaveau and L. S. Schulman

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3470 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Decay of multiparticle correlations in real liquids and gases

G. I. Salistra and I. M. Tkachenko

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3476 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Linear viscoelastic study of lipid vesicle dispersions: Hard-sphere behavior and bilayer surface dynamics

J. B. A. F. Smeulders, C. Blom, and J. Mellema

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3483 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Clusters

Statistical properties of fractal dendrites and anisotropic diffusion-limited aggregates

Y. Couder, F. Argoul, A. Arnéodo, J. Maurer, and M. Rabaud

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3499 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Microscopic theory for the diffusive evolution of an isoconcentration surface

S. Harris

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3504 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Sine-Gordon renormalization of the orientational roughening transition

Y. Levin and K. A. Dawson

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3507 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Phase transition and crossover in diffusion-limited aggregation with reaction times

Takashi Nagatani and H. Eugene Stanley

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3512 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Stability of dendritic arrays

James A. Warren and J. S. Langer

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3518 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Plasma Physics

Frequency shifts induced in laser pulses by plasma waves

E. Esarey, A. Ting, and P. Sprangle

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3526 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Reduction in bremsstrahlung emission from hot, dense binary-ionic-mixture plasmas

H. Furukawa and K. Nishihara

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3532 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Nonlinear theory of the slow-wave cyclotron amplifier

A. K. Ganguly and S. Ahn

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3544 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Satellite spectra for high-lying resonance states of heliumlike chromium and nickel

K. R. Karim and C. P. Bhalla

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3555 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Langmuir soliton stability and collapse in a weak magnetic field

Lj. R. Hadžievski, M. M. Škorić, A. M. Rubenchik, E. G. Shapiro, and S. K. Turitsin

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3561 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Plasma modeling in an electron-cyclotron-resonance ion source

S. Peić and M. Vuković

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3571 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Laser ablation studies of palladium electrolytically loaded with hydrogen and deuterium

M. J. Shea, R. N. Compton, and R. L. Hettich

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3579 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Nonlinear interaction of photons and phonons in electron-positron plasmas

T. Tajima and T. Taniuti

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3587 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Classical Physics

Quantum tunneling through Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser curves

Shau-Jin Chang and Kang-Jie Shi

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3603 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Information-theory approach to the variable-mass harmonic oscillator

G. Crespo, A. N. Proto, A. Plastino, and D. Otero

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3608 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

BRIEF REPORTS

General Methods of Statistical Physics

Low-temperature analysis of three-phase coexistence

Arjun Berera and Kenneth A. Dawson

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3618 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

From chaotic advection to chaotic Schrödinger-type equations

Rubén A. Pasmanter

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3622 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Thermal Physics and Fluid Dynamics

Transition to turbulence in a discrete Ginzburg-Landau model

Tomas Bohr, Anders W. Pedersen, and Mogens H. Jensen

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3626 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Complex Fluids

Dynamical behavior of thin ferroelectric liquid-crystal films in ac electric fields

W. S. Lo, Robert A. Pelcovits, R. Pindak, and G. Srajer

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3630 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Onset of light scattering by a solid-liquid interface during growth

J-M. Laherrère, R. Mellet, H. Savary, C. Licoppe, J. F. Scott, and J-C. Tolédano

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3634 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

COMMENTS

Solutions to the mean-field equations of branchless diffusion-limited aggregation

K. Kassner

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3637 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

ERRATA

Erratum: Calculation of liquid-crystal Frank constants by computer simulation [Phys. Rev. A 37, 1813 (1988)]

Michael P. Allen and Daan Frenkel

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3641 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Erratum: Spatial and temporal behavior of pattern formations and defect motions in the electrohydrodynamic instability of nematic liquid crystals

Shoichi Kai, Nobuyuki Chizumi, and Mitsuhiro Kohno

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3641 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Erratum: Velocity autocorrelation function of a two-dimensional classical electron fluid

B. Singla, K. Tankeshwar, and K. N. Pathak

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3642 (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

General Methods of Statistical Physics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Chen’s inversion formula

B. D. Hughes, N. E. Frankel, and B. W. Ninham

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3643(R) (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Quantum fluctuations in classical chaos

Wei-Min Zhang, Jian-Min Yuan, Da Hsuan Feng, Qi Pan, and John Tjon

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3646(R) (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Thermal Physics and Fluid Dynamics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Heat transport in high-Rayleigh-number convection

Boris I. Shraiman and Eric D. Siggia

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3650(R) (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Power spectra in two-dimensional turbulence

R. Benzi, G. Paladin, and A. Vulpiani

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3654(R) (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Complex Fluids

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Activation-energy landscape for metastable RNA folding

Ariel Fernández and Eugene I. Shakhnovich

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3657(R) (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Nonlinear spectroscopic study of coadsorbed liquid-crystal and surfactant monolayers: Conformation and interaction

J. Y. Huang, R. Superfine, and Y. R. Shen

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3660(R) (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Dynamics and rheology of diblock copolymers quenched into microphase-separated states

Kyozi Kawasaki and Akira Onuki

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3664(R) (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Constant molecular rotation at the smectic-A to smectic- $C^{*}$ transition in ferroelectric liquid crystals

F. Kremer, S. U. Vallerien, H. Kapitza, R. Zentel, and E. W. Fischer

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3667(R) (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Clusters

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Crossover between different growth regimes in crack formation

O. Pla, F. Guinea, E. Louis, G. Li, L. M. Sander, H. Yan, and P. Meakin

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3670(R) (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990

Plasma Physics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Influence of negative ions in rf glow discharges in ${SiH}_{4}$ at 13.56 MHz

Toshiaki Makabe, Fumiyoshi Tochikubo, and Motoho Nishimura

Phys. Rev. A 42, 3674(R) (1990) - Published 1 September, 1990