Volume 43, Issue 6

March 1991

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ARTICLES

General Methods of Statistical Physics

Single effective neuron

W. C. Schieve, A. R. Bulsara, and G. M. Davis

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2613 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Statistical mechanics of a nonlinear relaxation process: Equilibrium properties

Luca Bonci, Paolo Grigolini, Riccardo Mannella, György Trefán, and David Vitali

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2624 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Structure of correlation functions

P. Carruthers

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2632 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Clustering behavior of oscillator arrays

Larry Fabiny and Kurt Wiesenfeld

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2640 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Second-order algorithm for the numerical integration of colored-noise problems

Ronald F. Fox

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2649 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Effects of pairwise versus many-body forces on high-stress plastic deformation

B. L. Holian, A. F. Voter, N. J. Wagner, R. J. Ravelo, S. P. Chen, W. G. Hoover, C. G. Hoover, J. E. Hammerberg, and T. D. Dontje

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2655 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Effects of lattice anisotropy and temperature on domain growth in the two-dimensional Potts model

Elizabeth A. Holm, James A. Glazier, David J. Srolovitz, and Gary S. Grest

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2662 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Analytical approach to critical phenomena for dynamical properties of type-I intermittent chaos

Katsuya Honda, Shinichi Sato, and Hiroya Kodama

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2669 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Time-dependent statistical properties of the electric microfield seen by a neutral radiator

Angel Alastuey, Joel L. Lebowitz, and Dominique Levesque

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2673 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Probabilities of structures in Poissonian distributions

Juan Betancort-Rijo

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2694 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Universal behavior of coupled nonlinear systems

H. Kook, F. H. Ling, and George Schmidt

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2700 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Reduced Renyi information: Generalization and application to a devil’s staircase

Mária Markosová and Péter Szépfalusy

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2709 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Diffusion-controlled reactions in lamellar systems

I. M. Sokolov and A. Blumen

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2714 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Analysis of the statistics of sandpile avalanches using soil-mechanics results and concepts

Pierre Evesque

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2720 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Random-volume scattering: Boundary effects, cross sections, and enhanced backscattering

K. Furutsu

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2741 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Statistical thermodynamics of a two-dimensional cellular system

J. R. Iglesias and Rita M. C. de Almeida

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2763 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Velocity drift of a Brownian particle in a random environment

S. Stepanow

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2771 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Intermittency, ergodicity, and spectral analysis in classical Hamiltonian dynamics

G. Stolovitzky and J. A. Hernando

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2774 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Computing the Lyapunov spectrum of a dynamical system from an observed time series

Reggie Brown, Paul Bryant, and Henry D. I. Abarbanel

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2787 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Field thermodynamic potentials and geometric thermodynamics with heat transfer and fluid flow

Stanislaw Sieniutycz and R. Stephen Berry

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2807 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Consistent approximations in generalized-master-equation theories: Application to the asymptotic-time symmetry-breaking problem

Vladislav C;wápek and Petr Chvosta

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2819 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Thermal Physics and Fluid Dynamics

Stable and unstable pulses of traveling-wave convection

Paul Kolodner

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2827 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Non-Boussinesq effects in free thermal convection

Xiao-Zhong Wu and Albert Libchaber

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2833 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Complex Fluids

Amphiphilic platelets at a liquid interface

David H. Boal and Mark Blair

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2840 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Magnetic-field-induced Fréedericksz transition and the dynamic response of nematic liquid-crystal films with a free surface

Shyu-Mou Chen, Ting-Chiang Hsieh, and Ru-Pin Pan

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2848 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Experiments and simulation of the growth of droplets on a surface (breath figures)

Daniela Fritter, Charles M. Knobler, and Daniel A. Beysens

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2858 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Density-functional theory of surface melting

R. Ohnesorge, H. Löwen, and H. Wagner

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2870 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

First-principles models and thermodynamic properties of liquid simple metals: A numerical comparison

F. Perrot and G. Chabrier

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2879 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Measurements of electric conductivity and reorientation times for the cesium perfluorooctanoate– $D_{2}$ O micellar system

Panos Photinos and Alfred Saupe

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2890 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Algebraic dependence of the structure factor and possible anharmonicity in a high-resolution x-ray study of a side-group polymeric liquid crystal

E. Nachaliel, E. N. Keller, D. Davidov, and C. Boeffel

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2897 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Saddle-splay modulus and the stability of spherical microemulsions

S. A. Safran

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2903 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Resistor networks with distributed breakdown voltages

D. Y. C. Chan, B. D. Hughes, L. Paterson, and C. Sirakoff

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2905 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Hexagonal and nematic phases of chains. I. Correlation functions

Jonathan V. Selinger and Robijn F. Bruinsma

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2910 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Hexagonal and nematic phases of chains. II. Phase transitions

Jonathan V. Selinger and Robijn F. Bruinsma

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2922 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Wetting and drying transitions at a fluid-wall interface. Density-functional theory versus computer simulation. II

Frank van Swol and J. R. Henderson

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2932 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Nematic-isotropic phase transition in a liquid-crystal droplet

S. Kralj, S. Žumer, and D. W. Allender

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2943 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Continuum electrostatic interactions between planar lattices of dipoles and the possible relevance to the hydration force

Phil Attard and G. N. Patey

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2953 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Clusters

Viscous fingering near the percolation threshold: Double-crossover phenomena

Takashi Nagatani and H. Eugene Stanley

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2963 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Morphological changes in convection-diffusion-limited deposition

Takashi Nagatani and Francesc Sagués

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2970 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Growth morphologies of crystal surfaces

Rong-Fu Xiao, J. Iwan D. Alexander, and Franz Rosenberger

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2977 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Random-walk simulation of the response of irregular or fractal interfaces and membranes

P. Meakin and B. Sapoval

Phys. Rev. A 43, 2993 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Plasma Physics

Changing fluorescence in a streaming barium plasma due to an axial magnetic field

Keith D. Bonin and Thomas G. Mason

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3005 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Ionization-enhanced currents to an anode in a magnetic field

R. G. Greaves and D. A. Boyd

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3015 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Preheating in the laser-driven compression of thermonuclear targets

A. V. Rode, S. Yu. Gus’kov, and R. Dragila

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3024 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Photoabsorption in hot plasmas based on the ion-sphere and ion-correlation models

Balazs F. Rozsnyai

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3035 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Excitation by fast atoms at very high electric field to gas-density ratios in argon

D. A. Scott and A. V. Phelps

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3043 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Strong-coupling theory of hydrogen plasmas

Xin-Zhong Yan, Shih-tung Tsai, and Setsuo Ichimaru

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3057 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Collective effect in an electron plasma system catalyzed by a localized electromagnetic wave

Richard W. Ziolkowski and Michael K. Tippett

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3066 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

X-ray emission and transport in gold plasmas generated by 351-nm laser irradiation

H. Nishimura, H. Takabe, K. Kondo, T. Endo, H. Shiraga, K. Sugimoto, T. Nishikawa, Y. Kato, and S. Nakai

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3073 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Electron drift equilibrium in a steady, uniform electric field

J. H. Ingold

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3086 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Ambipolar diffusion theory of the hot-cathode negative glow

J. H. Ingold

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3093 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Residual energy in plasmas produced by intense subpicosecond lasers

B. M. Penetrante and J. N. Bardsley

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3100 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Classical Physics

Radiative losses in soliton-soliton collisions in an optical fiber with the third-order dispersion

Boris A. Malomed

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3114 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Soliton scattering by impurities in hydrogen-bonded chains

Yuri S. Kivshar

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3117 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Dynamical disorder in cords: A diffusive behavior in the velocity

J. C. Flores

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3124 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Biological Physics

Lattice-dynamical model of crystalline DNA: Intermolecular bonds and the A to B transition

N. Lavalle, S. A. Lee, and L. S. Flox

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3126 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Reducing neuron gain to eliminate fixed-point attractors in an analog associative memory

F. R. Waugh, C. M. Marcus, and R. M. Westervelt

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3131 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

BRIEF REPORTS

General Methods of Statistical Physics

Cumulant sum rule for the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation

Ronald F. Fox

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3143 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Statistical properties of dynamically generated anomalous diffusion

Arkady S. Pikovsky

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3146 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Kinetic and Transport Theory, Fluid Structure

Random sequential filling of a finite line

M. C. Bartelt

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3149 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Thermal Physics and Fluid Dynamics

Instability generated by acceleration due to rarefaction waves

Chiping Li and David L. Book

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3153 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Complex Fluids

Interfacial properties of amphiphilic systems: The approach to Lifshitz points

G. Gompper, Robert Hołyst, and M. Schick

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3157 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Vegard’s law

A. R. Denton and N. W. Ashcroft

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3161 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Clusters

Fractal transitions in diffusion-limited cluster formation

R. W. Bower and S. D. Collins

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3165 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Classical Physics

Coherent backscattering and localization in a single-mode fiber with random imperfections

B. Crosignani, A. Sa’ar, and A. Yariv

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3168 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

COMMENTS

Comment on ‘‘Boltzmann equation and the conservation of particle number’’

Gerald D. Quinlan

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3172 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Comment on ‘‘Modified nonlocal heat-transport formula for steep temperature gradients’’

Jacques Delettrez and Eduardo Epperlein

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3174 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Comment on ‘‘Relationship between Fröhlich and Davydov models of biological order’’

Roger E. Mills

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3176 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Reply to ‘‘Comment on ‘Relationship between Fröhlich and Davydov models of biological order’ ’’

J. A. Tuszyński and R. Paul

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3179 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

ERRATA

Erratum: Noise effects in a nonlinear dynamic system: The rf superconducting quantum interference device

A. R. Bulsara, E. W. Jacobs, and W. C. Schieve

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3182 (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

General Methods of Statistical Physics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Classical and quantal morphology of a piecewise-linear standard map

Rainer Scharf and Bala Sundaram

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3183(R) (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Universality class of a one-dimensional cellular automaton

Iwan Jensen

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3187(R) (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Determinism and thermodynamics: Ising cellular automata

A. B. MacIsaac, D. L. Hunter, M. J. Corsten, and Naeem Jan

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3190(R) (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Complex Fluids

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Collapse transition of directed polymers: Exact results

Ferenc Iglói

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3194(R) (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Clusters

RAPID COMMUNICATION

First-passage-time calculation of the conductivity of continuum models of multiphase composites

In Chan Kim and S. Torquato

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3198(R) (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

Plasma Physics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Space- and time-resolved Kα absorption spectroscopy of a laser-produced plasma

J. P. Geindre, C. Chenais-Popovics, P. Audebert, C. A. Back, J. C. Gauthier, H. Pépin, and M. Chaker

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3202(R) (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Effective density matrix for free-electron-laser radiation

I. Gjaja and A. Bhattacharjee

Phys. Rev. A 43, 3206(R) (1991) - Published 1 March, 1991