Volume 49, Issue 6

1 February 1994

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ARTICLES

Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects, etc.

Near-edge sodium and fluorine K-shell photoabsorption of alkali halides

E. Hudson, E. Moler, Y. Zheng, S. Kellar, P. Heimann, Z. Hussain, and D. A. Shirley

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3701 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Charge redistribution in AuZn: An x-ray-absorption near-edge-structure study

D. T. Jiang, T. K. Sham, P. R. Norton, and S. M. Heald

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3709 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Analytic relations between the elastic constants and the group velocity in an arbitrary direction of symmetry planes of media with orthorhombic or higher symmetry

Kwang Yul Kim

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3713 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Optical, x-ray, and band-structure studies of iodine at pressures of several megabars

Robin Reichlin, Andrew K. McMahan, Marvin Ross, Sue Martin, Jingzhu Hu, Russell J. Hemley, Ho-kwang Mao, and Yan Wu

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3725 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Compression and pressure-induced amorphization of Co(OH $)_{2}$ characterized by infrared vibrational spectroscopy

Jeffrey H. Nguyen, Michael B. Kruger, and Raymond Jeanloz

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3734 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Neutron-scattering study of metallic sodium

H. Abe, K. Ohshima, T. Suzuki, S. Hoshino, and K. Kakurai

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3739 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Derivation and application of ab initio ${Nb}^{5 +}$ – $O^{2 -}$ short-range effective pair potentials in shell-model simulations of ${KNbO}_{3}$ and ${KTaO}_{3}$

H. Donnerberg and M. Exner

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3746 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Fano antiresonances in the optical-absorption spectra of ${Cr}^{3 +}$ -doped ${La}_{3}$ ${Ga}_{5.5}$ ${Nb}_{0.5}$ $O_{14}$ and ${La}_{3}$ ${Ga}_{5.5}$ ${Ta}_{0.5}$ $O_{14}$ crystals

M. Voda, J. García Solé, F. Jaque, I. Vergara, A. Kaminskii, B. Mill, and A. Butashin

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3755 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Luminescence quenching by iron in barium aluminoborate glasses

Sheila Maria Del Nery, Walter Maigon Pontuschka, Sadao Isotani, and Colin Graham Rouse

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3760 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

First-principles simulations of intrinsic collision cascades of 23-eV/amu Si and 5-eV/amu Ti atoms in single-crystal Si and Ti

A. Kuronen, J. Keinonen, and K. Kask

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3766 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Thermodynamics of the one-dimensional six-vertex ferroelectric model with proton tunneling

V. E. Zubkus, V. A. Onischuk, E. E. Tornau, and A. Rosengren

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3774 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Optical spectroscopy of ${La}_{3}$ ${Ga}_{5}$ ${SiO}_{14}$ : ${Cr}^{3 +}$ crystals

M. Casalboni, A. Luci, U. M. Grassano, B. V. Mill, and A. A. Kaminskii

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3781 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Thermodynamics and kinetics of order-disorder processes derived from the cluster-activation method and microscopic diffusion theory

Long-Qing Chen

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3791 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Propagation of classical waves in random media

C. M. Soukoulis, S. Datta, and E. N. Economou

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3800 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Neutron diffraction from liquid hydrogen bromide: Study of the orientational correlations

C. Andreani, F. Menzinger, M. A. Ricci, A. K. Soper, and J. Dreyer

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3811 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Dynamics, dynamical systems, lattice effects, quantum solids, etc.

Multiple-phonon nonradiative relaxation: Experimental rates in fluoride crystals doped with ${Er}^{3 +}$ and ${Nd}^{3 +}$ ions and a theoretical model

Yurii V. Orlovskii, Roger J. Reeves, Richard C. Powell, Tasoltan T. Basiev, and Konstantin K. Pukhov

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3821 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Simple model for dry friction

J. S. Helman, W. Baltensperger, and J. A. Hol/yst

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3831 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Exciton trapping in one-dimensional systems with correlated disorder

Francisco Domínguez-Adame, Bianchi Méndez, Angel Sánchez, and Enrique Maciá

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3839 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Solid $H_{2}$ and $D_{2}$ : Remarkable differences in some NMR properties

A. B. Harris, H. Meyer, and X. Qin

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3844 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

NMR frequency shift in solid $D_{2}$

X. Qin and H. Meyer

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3857 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Magnetism

Ferromagnetic-mictomagnetic transition in ${LaFe}_{7}$ ${Al}_{6}$

Tang Weihua, Liang Jingkui, Yan Xiaohua, Rao Guanghui, and Xie Sishen

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3864 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Computer-simulation study of magnetic relaxation in anisotropic magnetic systems

J. M. González-Miranda and J. Tejada

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3867 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Nature of antiferromagnetic coupling at the rare-earth-metal surface on the basis of its band structure

A. V. Anisimov, V. D. Borman, and A. P. Popov

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3874 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Spin excitations of a model itinerant ferromagnetic film: Spin waves, Stoner excitations, and spin-polarized electron-energy-loss spectroscopy

M. P. Gokhale and D. L. Mills

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3880 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Effect of pressure on the reentrant superconductor–normal-metal phase boundaries of the ( ${La}_{1 - n}$ ${Ce}_{n}$ ) ${Al}_{2}$ and ( ${La}_{1 - x}$ ${Th}_{x}$ $)_{1 - n}$ ${Ce}_{n}$ Kondo systems

P. H. Ansari, J. B. Bulman, J. G. Huber, L. E. DeLong, and M. B. Maple

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3894 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Transport in magnetic multilayers from the quantum Boltzmann equation

P. B. Visscher

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3907 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Theoretical model and numerical calculations for a quasi-one-dimensional organic ferromagnet

Z. Fang, Z. L. Liu, and K. L. Yao

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3916 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Magnetic properties and interface delocalization in the three-dimensional Ising model with defect-plane amorphization

A. Benyoussef, Y. El Amraoui, A. El Kenz, and T. Kaneyoshi

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3920 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Quantum tunneling across a domain-wall junction

Leon Gunther and Bernard Barbara

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3926 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Magnetotransport and Fermi-surface topology of β’’-(BEDT-TTF $)_{2}$ ${AuBr}_{2}$ : The effects of spin-density-wave formation

M. Doporto, J. Singleton, F. L. Pratt, J. Caulfield, W. Hayes, J. A. A. J. Perenboom, I. Deckers, G. Pitsi, M. Kurmoo, and P. Day

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3934 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Magnetic-domain structure of ${Ni}_{1 - x}$ ${Mn}_{x}$ films inferred from resistance fluctuations

C. D. Keener and M. B. Weissman

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3944 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

High-pressure study of the anomalous ferromagnet ${CeRh}_{3}$ $B_{2}$ to 7 GPa: Comparison with substitutional experiments

A. L. Cornelius and J. S. Schilling

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3955 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Magnetism in the few-monolayers limit: A surface magneto-optic Kerr-effect study of the magnetic behavior of ultrathin films of Co, Ni, and Co-Ni alloys on Cu(100) and Cu(111)

F. Huang, M. T. Kief, G. J. Mankey, and R. F. Willis

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3962 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Magnetoresistance behavior of ternary rare-earth compounds near the Néel temperature

I. Das and E. V. Sampathkumaran

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3972 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Variable magnetic interactions in an organic radical system of (m-N-methylpyridinium α-nitronyl nitroxide)⋅ $X^{-}$ : A possible kagomé antiferromagnet

Kunio Awaga, Tsunehisa Okuno, Akira Yamaguchi, Morikuni Hasegawa, Tamotsu Inabe, Yusei Maruyama, and Nobuo Wada

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3975 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Transition-metal granular solids: Microstructure, magnetic properties, and giant magnetoresistance

Jian-Qing Wang and Gang Xiao

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3982 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Frustrated honeycomb Heisenberg antiferromagnet: A Schwinger-boson approach

Ann Mattsson, Per Fröjdh, and Torbjörn Einarsson

Phys. Rev. B 49, 3997 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Circular magnetic x-ray dichroism of 3d impurities in Ni

T. Böske, W. Clemens, C. Carbone, and W. Eberhardt

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4003 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Coherence-length dependence of fluctuations in the conductance of normal-superconducting interfaces

J. Bruun, V. C. Hui, and C. J. Lambert

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4010 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Simulation of below-gap photoresponse of thin-film superconductors by Josephson-junction arrays

Y. Cai, P. L. Leath, and Z. Yu

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4015 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Flux creep and scaling of the critical current with field in the quantum regime for a κ-(BEDT-TTF $)_{2}$ Cu(NCN $)_{2}$ Br single crystal

D. Prost, C. Lenoir, P. Batail, I. A. Campbell, and L. Fruchter

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4023 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Dimensional effects in V/Cu superconducting superlattices

V. I. Dediu, V. V. Kabanov, and A. S. Sidorenko

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4027 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Macroscopic quantum tunneling in a dc SQUID: Instanton splitting

C. Morais Smith, B. Ivlev, and G. Blatter

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4033 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Large-N renormalization-group study of the commensurate dirty-boson problem

Yong Baek Kim and Xiao-Gang Wen

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4043 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Superconductivity in layered Nb/Gd films

C. Strunk, C. Sürgers, U. Paschen, and H. v. Löhneysen

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4053 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Thermodynamic scaling functions in the critical region of type-II superconductors

Zlatko Tešanović and A. V. Andreev

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4064 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Josephson effect in low-capacitance superconductor–normal-metal–superconductor systems

R. Bauernschmitt, J. Siewert, Yu. V. Nazarov, and A. A. Odintsov

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4076 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Two-dimensional Bose plasma in a magnetic field

D. C. Bardos, D. F. Hines, and N. E. Frankel

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4082 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Two-dimensional Fermi plasma in a magnetic field

D. C. Bardos and N. E. Frankel

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4096 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Comparisons between Monte Carlo simulations and a simple crossing-symmetric approach to the Hubbard model at low density

Anne-Marie Daré, Liang Chen, and A.-M. S. Tremblay

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4106 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Exact-diagonalization demonstration of incommensurability and the associated Fermi surface for N holes in the t-J model

R. J. Gooding, K. J. E. Vos, and P. W. Leung

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4119 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Analytical solution for the Fermi-sea energy of two-dimensional electrons in a magnetic field: Lattice path-integral approach and quantum interference

Franco Nori and Yeong-Lieh Lin

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4131 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Phase transitions and vortex-line entanglement in a model high-temperature superconductor

Ying-Hong Li and S. Teitel

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4136 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Plane dimpling and saddle-point bifurcation in the band structures of optimally doped high-temperature superconductors: A tight-binding model

O. K. Andersen, O. Jepsen, A. I. Liechtenstein, and I. I. Mazin

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4145 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

${}^{63}{Cu}$ nuclear transverse relaxation rate and spin correlations in ${YBa}_{2}$ ${Cu}_{3}$ $O_{6.63}$

M. Takigawa

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4158 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Structural and superconducting properties of ${La}_{2 - x}$ ${Sr}_{x}$ ${CuO}_{4}$ as a function of Sr content

P. G. Radaelli, D. G. Hinks, A. W. Mitchell, B. A. Hunter, J. L. Wagner, B. Dabrowski, K. G. Vandervoort, H. K. Viswanathan, and J. D. Jorgensen

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4163 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Properties of a two-dimensional D-wave superconductor from phenomenological susceptibility

St. Lenck and J. P. Carbotte

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4176 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Transport and structural properties of $\Pr_{1 - x}$ ${Ca}_{x}$ ${Ba}_{2}$ ${Cu}_{3}$ $O_{7 - δ}$ thin films grown by pulsed-laser deposition

David P. Norton, D. H. Lowndes, B. C. Sales, J. D. Budai, E. C. Jones, and B. C. Chakoumakos

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4182 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Thermal conductivity of polycrystalline ${YBa}_{2}$ ${Cu}_{4}$ $O_{8}$

Britt M. Andersson, Bertil Sundqvist, John Niska, and Bengt Loberg

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4189 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Microwave properties of ${YBa}_{2}$ ${Cu}_{3}$ $O_{7 - x}$ films at 35 GHz from magnetotransmission and magnetoreflection measurements

E. K. Moser, W. J. Tomasch, M. J. McClorey, J. K. Furdyna, M. W. Coffey, C. L. Pettiette-Hall, and S. M. Schwarzbek

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4199 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Paraconductivity and excess Hall effect in epitaxial ${YBa}_{2}$ ${Cu}_{3}$ $O_{7}$ films induced by superconducting fluctuations

W. Lang, G. Heine, P. Schwab, X. Z. Wang, and D. Bäuerle

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4209 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Irreversibility line of the ${HgBa}_{2}$ ${CaCu}_{2}$ $O_{6 + δ}$ high-temperature superconductors

Z. J. Huang, Y. Y. Xue, R. L. Meng, and C. W. Chu

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4218 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Optimization of superconductor–normal-metal–superconductor Josephson junctions for high critical-current density

A. Golub and B. Horovitz

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4222 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Spin excitations of two-dimensional-lattice electrons: Discussion of neutron-scattering and NMR experiments in high- $T_{c}$ superconductors

M. Lavagna and G. Stemmann

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4235 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Jahn-Teller mechanism of the half width of the intramolecular vibrational spectrum in doped $C_{60}$ : Coupling with $H_{g}$ , $T_{1 u}$ , and $H_{u}$ modes

Y. Asai

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4289 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

BRIEF REPORTS

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Anharmonic correction to the sound velocity of amorphous and disordered solids above 4 K resulting from low-energy modes

R. Nava

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4295 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Dynamics, dynamical systems, lattice effects, quantum solids, etc.

Infrared-active phonons in R ${TiO}_{3}$ perovskites (R=La,Ce,Pr,Nd,Sm,Gd)

D. A. Crandles, T. Timusk, J. D. Garrett, and J. E. Greedan

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4299 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

COMMENTS

Comment on ‘‘Magnetic susceptibility of the two-dimensional Hubbard model’’

Liang Chen and A.-M. S. Tremblay

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4338 (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Dynamics, dynamical systems, lattice effects, quantum solids, etc.

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Chaotic overlap of cyclotron resonances in the Azbel’-Kaner effect

A. Iomin

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4341(R) (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Magnetism

RAPID COMMUNICATION

High-excitation-emission spectra of one-dimensional Frenkel excitons

Hidekatsu Suzuura, Tetsuji Tokihiro, and Yasuhiro Ohta

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4344(R) (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Magnetic structures of hcp bulk gadolinium

Martina Heinemann and Walter M. Temmerman

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4348(R) (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Two-magnon light scattering in the layered antiferromagnet ${NiPS}_{3}$ : Spin-1/2-like anomalies in a spin-1 system

S. Rosenblum, A. H. Francis, and R. Merlin

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4352(R) (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Critical behavior of thermal diffusivity and thermal conductivity of ${Cr}_{2}$ $O_{3}$ at the Néel transition

M. Marinelli, F. Mercuri, U. Zammit, R. Pizzoferrato, F. Scudieri, and D. Dadarlat

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4356(R) (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Exact expression of the t-J model in terms of local spin and fermionic holon operators

Y. R. Wang and M. J. Rice

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4360(R) (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Ferromagnetic behavior and magnetic excitations in a molecular-based alternating-spin chain: Decamethylchromocenium tetracyanoethanide

P. Zhou, M. Makivic, F. Zuo, S. Zane, Joel S. Miller, and A. J. Epstein

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4364(R) (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Quantum antiferromagnet at finite temperature: A gauge-field approach

Oleg A. Starykh and George Reiter

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4368(R) (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

Superfluidity and superconductivity

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Electronic Raman scattering in filling-controlled metals: ${Sr}_{1 - x}$ ${La}_{x}$ ${TiO}_{3}$

T. Katsufuji and Y. Tokura

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4372(R) (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Logarithmic ac response in the heavy-fermion superconductor ${URu}_{2}$ ${Si}_{2}$

P. Visani, Y. Dalichaouch, M. A. Lopez de la Torre, B. W. Lee, C. L. Seaman, and M. B. Maple

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4376(R) (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Vortex viscosity in ${YBa}_{2}$ ${Cu}_{3}$ $O_{7 - δ}$ at low temperatures

Y. Matsuda, N. P. Ong, Y. F. Yan, J. M. Harris, and J. B. Peterson

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4380(R) (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Critical scaling of frequency-dependent magnetic susceptibility in ${YBa}_{2}$ ${Cu}_{3}$ $O_{7}$ single crystals near the vortex-glass transition

D. S. Reed, N.-C. Yeh, W. Jiang, U. Kriplani, D. A. Beam, and F. Holtzberg

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4384(R) (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Elastic softening in superconducting ${La}_{2 - x}$ ${Sr}_{x}$ ${CuO}_{4}$

Tae Song Kwon, Jong Chul Park, Kyun Nahm, Hyun Sik Noh, and Chul Koo Kim

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4388(R) (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Raman-scattering study of crystal-field excitations in $\Pr_{2}$ ${CuO}_{4}$

J. A. Sanjurjo, C. Rettori, S. Oseroff, and Z. Fisk

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4391(R) (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Influence of strong electron correlations on the electron-phonon coupling in high- $T_{c}$ oxides

Miodrag L. Kulić and Roland Zeyher

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4395(R) (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Out-of-plane transport properties of ${Bi}_{2}$ ${Sr}_{2}$ ${CaCu}_{2}$ $O_{8}$ single crystals in normal and mixed states

K.-H. Yoo, D. H. Ha, Y. K. Park, and J. C. Park

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4399(R) (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Peak effect and scaling of irreversible properties in untwinned Y-Ba-Cu-O crystals

L. Klein, E. R. Yacoby, Y. Yeshurun, A. Erb, G. Müller-Vogt, V. Breit, and H. Wühl

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4403(R) (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Low-energy excitations of neutral $C_{60}$

M. I. Salkola

Phys. Rev. B 49, 4407(R) (1994) - Published 1 February, 1994