Volume 56, Issue 5

1 August 1997

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BRIEF REPORTS

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

Influence of pressure on structural and magnetic phase transitions in ${La}_{0.835} {Sr}_{0.165} {MnO}_{3}$

K. Kamenev, G. Balakrishnan, M. R. Lees, D. McK. Paul, Z. Arnold, and O. Mikulina

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2285 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Determination of molecular orientational angles in the low-temperature phase of $C_{60}$

O. Blaschko, G. Krexner, Ch. Maier, and R. Karawatzki

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2288 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Calculation of elastic Green’s functions for lattices with cavities

J. Schiøtz and A. E. Carlsson

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2292 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Structures of hydrogen at megabar pressures

Kazutaka Nagao, Hitose Nagara, and Satoshi Matsubara

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2295 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Individual pair displacements in ${Fe}_{46.5} {Ni}_{53.5}$ and ${Fe}_{22.5} {Ni}_{77.5}$

J. S. Faulkner

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2299 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Lattice instability in the solid-state amorphization of Fe(Al) solid solutions by mechanical alloying

H. W. Sheng, Y. H. Zhao, Z. Q. Hu, and K. Lu

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2302 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

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

Stimulated emission of phonons in a ruby fiber

P. A. Fokker, W. D. Koster, J. I. Dijkhuis, H. W. de Wijn, L. Lu, R. S. Meltzer, and W. M. Yen

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2306 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Linear Jahn-Teller effect: A connected-moments approach

Jay D. Mancini, Janice D. Prie, Yu Zhou, and Samuel P. Bowen

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2309 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Magnetism

${1 / r}^{2} t$ - $J$ model in a magnetic field

James T. Liu and D. F. Wang

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2312 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Charge ordering via electron-electron interactions in the colossal-magnetoresistive manganites

S. K. Mishra, Rahul Pandit, and Sashi Satpathy

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2316 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Low-temperature specific heat of a random Heisenberg chain in the large- $S$ limit

I. Avgin and D. L. Huber

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2320 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Anisotropic spin-glass behavior in La $_{1.96}$ Sr $_{0.04}$ CuO $_{4}$

Ravi Sachidanandam and Amnon Aharony

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2322 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Low- $T_{c}$ magnetically ordered phase of ${SrRuO}_{3}$

P. A. Joy, S. K. Date, and P. S. Anil Kumar

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2324 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Irreversibility crossover in the $H$ - $T$ phase diagram of a ${Cd}_{1 - x} {Mn}_{x} Te$ spin glass

F. Bernardot and C. Rigaux

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2328 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Exchange anisotropy and the antiferromagnetic surface order parameter

D. Lederman, J. Nogués, and Ivan K. Schuller

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2332 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Heat capacity as a probe of surface phase transitions in thin antiferromagnetic films

R. E. Camley

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2336 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Magnetism in one dimension: Fe on Cu(111)

J. Shen, R. Skomski, M. Klaua, H. Jenniches, S. Sundar Manoharan, and J. Kirschner

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2340 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Tunneling of electrons in conventional and half-metallic systems: Towards very large magnetoresistance

A. M. Bratkovsky

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2344 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

$^{14}$ N nuclear quadrupole double resonance at zero magnetic field in the smectic $C$ and nematic mesophases of HpAB

E. Anoardo and D. J. Pusiol

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2348 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Anomalous zero-field muon spin relaxation in highly disordered magnets

D. R. Noakes and G. M. Kalvius

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2352 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Fluctuational dissipation in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$ in tilted magnetic fields

S. Sarti, D. Neri, E. Silva, R. Fastampa, and M. Giura

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2356 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Extended impurity potential in a $d_{x^{2} - y^{2}}$ superconductor

A. P. Kampf and T. P. Devereaux

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2360 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Nucleation-controlled vortex entry in a square-columnar Josephson-junction array

D.-X. Chen, J. J. Moreno, and A. Hernando

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2364 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Frustration effects on supercurrents in annular arrays of superconductors

J. Yi and M. Y. Choi

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2368 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Giant oscillations of coupling strength in Mo/Si multilayers with constant semiconductor thickness

Nina Ya. Fogel, Oleg G. Turutanov, Anatoly S. Sidorenko, and Evgeny I. Buchstab

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2372 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Vortex lattice disorder in untwinned single-crystal ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$

W. J. Kossler, A. D. Goonewardene, A. J. Greer, D. Ll. Williams, E. Koster, D. R. Harshman, J. Z. Liu, and R. N. Shelton

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2376 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Dynamic transition near the peak effect in ${CeRu}_{2}$

N. R. Dilley, J. Herrmann, S. H. Han, and M. B. Maple

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2379 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Electron-phonon contribution to thermopower in Si-doped superconducting Bi compounds

J. Giraldo, J. E. Rodríguez, and A. Mariño

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2383 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Quasiparticle injection effect of a ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - y}$ film with double injector geometry

H. Arie, E. Kume, and I. Iguchi

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2387 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

ARTICLES

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

EPR study of ${Gd}^{3 +}$ -doped $Rb R {(S O}_{4})_{2} {\cdot 4 H}_{2} O$ ( $R = P r, N d, S m, Eu)$ single crystals: Phase transitions and spin-Hamiltonian parameters

Sushil K. Misra and Lucjan E. Misiak

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2391 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Quantum electrodynamics of the internal source x-ray holographies: Bremsstrahlung, fluorescence, and multiple-energy x-ray holography

Gerald A. Miller and Larry B. Sorensen

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2399 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Consequences of lattice expansive strain gradients on hydrogen loading in palladium

A. De Ninno, V. Violante, and A. La Barbera

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2417 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Point defect movement and annealing in collision cascades

K. Nordlund and R. S. Averback

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2421 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Equation of state of the hard-disc solid

E. Velasco and L. Mederos

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2432 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Evidence for subpicosecond thermal spikes in the formation of tetrahedral amorphous carbon

N. A. Marks

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2441 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Theoretical analysis of x-ray absorption near-edge structure of transition-metal aqueous complexes in solution at the metal $K$ edge

M. Benfatto, J. A. Solera, J. Chaboy, M. G. Proietti, and J. García

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2447 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Characterization of the thermoelastic martensitic transformation in a NiTi alloy driven by temperature variation and external stress

K. F. Liang, Z. C. Lin, P. C. W. Fung, and J. X. Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2453 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Piezoelectric effects in quasicrystals

Chengzheng Hu, Renhui Wang, Di-Hua Ding, and Wenge Yang

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2463 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Thermodynamically stable one-component quasicrystals: A density-functional survey of relative stabilities

A. R. Denton and J. Hafner

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2469 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Optical properties of chromium-doped fluoroindate glasses

C. R. Mendonça, B. J. Costa, Y. Messaddeq, and S. C. Zilio

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2483 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

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

Raman- and infrared-active phonons in hexagonal ${YMnO}_{3}$ : Experiment and lattice-dynamical calculations

M. N. Iliev, H.-G. Lee, V. N. Popov, M. V. Abrashev, A. Hamed, R. L. Meng, and C. W. Chu

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2488 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Influence of the crystal field on the Raman intensity of C $_{60}$ fullerites

V. G. Hadjiev, P. M. Rafailov, H. Jantoljak, C. Thomsen, and M. K. Kelly

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2495 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Subpicosecond dynamics of excitons and photoexcited intrinsic polarons in the quasi-one-dimensional solid PtCl

G. S. Kanner, G. F. Strouse, B. I. Swanson, M. Sinclair, J. P. Jiang, and N. Peyghambarian

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2501 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Magnetism

Hierarchy of equations of motion for nonlinear coherent excitations applied to magnetic vortices

F. G. Mertens, H. J. Schnitzer, and A. R. Bishop

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2510 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Order versus disorder in the quantum Heisenberg antiferromagnet on the kagomé lattice using exact spectra analysis

P. Lecheminant, B. Bernu, C. Lhuillier, L. Pierre, and P. Sindzingre

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2521 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Low-energy properties of regularly depleted spin ladders

Takahiro Fukui, Manfred Sigrist, and Norio Kawakami

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2530 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Photoemission spectra of the $t$ - $J$ model in one and two dimensions: Similarities and differences

R. Eder and Y. Ohta

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2542 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Raman scattering from frustrated quantum spin chains

Wolfram Brenig

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2551 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Electronic structure and magnetism in Ru-based perovskites

I. I. Mazin and D. J. Singh

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2556 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Phase transitions in the two-dimensional $XY$ model with random phases: A Monte Carlo study

J. Maucourt and D. R. Grempel

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2572 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Interplay of magnetic and hydrogen orders in the laves hydride ${YMn}_{2} H_{4.3}$

I. N. Goncharenko, I. Mirebeau, A. V. Irodova, and E. Suard

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2580 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Spin-density-wave state in ${(TMTSF)}_{2} {PF}_{6}$ : A $^{77}$ Se NMR study at high magnetic fields

S. Valfells, P. Kuhns, A. Kleinhammes, J. S. Brooks, W. Moulton, S. Takasaki, J. Yamada, and H. Anzai

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2585 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy of transition-metal thin films: A nonperturbative theory

A. Lessard, T. H. Moos, and W. Hübner

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2594 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Easy-axis distribution in disordered magnetic materials

R. Iglesias and H. Rubio

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2605 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

EPR studies of phase transitions in cadmium calcium acetate hexahydrate as a function of different paramagnetic impurity-ion concentrations

F. A. Oguama, H. Shields, and D. K. De

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2611 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Exchange and anisotropy effects on spin waves in epitaxial Co films

M. Grimsditch, Eric E. Fullerton, and R. L. Stamps

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2617 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Coupling between the ferroelectric and antiferromagnetic orders in ${YMnO}_{3}$

Z. J. Huang, Y. Cao, Y. Y. Sun, Y. Y. Xue, and C. W. Chu

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2623 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Magneto-optic constants of hcp and fcc Co films

R. M. Osgood, III,, K. T. Riggs, Amy E. Johnson, J. E. Mattson, C. H. Sowers, and S. D. Bader

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2627 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Magnetic and structural properties of erbium films

G. Helgesen, Y. Tanaka, J. P. Hill, P. Wochner, Doon Gibbs, C. P. Flynn, and M. B. Salamon

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2635 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Surface and interface phase transitions in thin magnetic films with frustrated exchange interactions

D. Spišák and J. Hafner

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2646 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Magnetic dichroism in uv photoemission from valence bands: Geometries where the three-step model of photoemission predicts null results

D. Venus

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2661 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Growth and magnetic properties of ${Co}_{x} {Ni}_{1 - x}$ and ${Fe}_{x} {Ni}_{1 - x}$ ultrathin films on Cu(100)

F. O. Schumann, S. Z. Wu, G. J. Mankey, and R. F. Willis

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2668 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Strong temperature dependence of the interlayer exchange coupling strength in Co/Cu/Co sandwiches

N. Persat and A. Dinia

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2676 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Theory of nonlinear magneto-optical imaging of magnetic domains and domain walls

A. V. Petukhov, I. L. Lyubchanskii, and Th. Rasing

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2680 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Bistable magnetic resonance of conduction electrons in InP

Laurent Binet and Didier Gourier

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2688 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Spreading of damage in the quantum $S =$ $\frac{1}{2}$ Heisenberg ferromagnet

I. V. Rojdestvenski, M. L. Lyra, and U. M. S. Costa

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2698 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Representation of the $t - J$ model via spin-charge variables

Evgueny Kochetov and Vladimir Yarunin

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2703 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Mesoscopic spin tunneling dynamics in an elastic medium

V. Yu. Golyshev and A. F. Popkov

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2712 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Spectroscopic study of bound magnetic polaron formation and the metal-semiconductor transition in ${EuB}_{6}$

P. Nyhus, S. Yoon, M. Kauffman, S. L. Cooper, Z. Fisk, and J. Sarrao

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2717 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Plasma waves in anisotropic superconducting films below and above the plasma frequency

Mauro M. Doria, Gilberto Hollauer, F. Parage, and O. Buisson

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2722 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Supercurrents through $SNS$ proximity-induced junctions

Herman J. Fink

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2732 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Effect of suppression of the inelastic scattering rate on the penetration depth and conductivity in a $d_{x^{2} - y^{2}}$ superconductor

E. Schachinger, J. P. Carbotte, and F. Marsiglio

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2738 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Nonequilibrium superconductivity in spin-polarized superconducting tunneling junctions

Claudio Grimaldi and Peter Fulde

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2751 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Current-carrying states in superconducting multilayers with Josephson interlayer coupling for temperatures close to $T_{c 0} :$ A microscopic theory

Sergey V. Kuplevakhsky and Sergey V. Naydenov

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2764 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Interface transparency of superconductor/ferromagnetic multilayers

J. Aarts, J. M. E. Geers, E. Brück, A. A. Golubov, and R. Coehoorn

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2779 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Universal phase diagram for vortex states of layered superconductors in strong magnetic fields

Jun Hu and A. H. MacDonald

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2788 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Phase transitions of the flux-line lattice in high-temperature superconductors with weak columnar and point disorder

Yadin Y. Goldschmidt

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2800 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Geometrical locking of the irreversible magnetic moment to the normal of a thin-plate superconductor

A. A. Zhukov, G. K. Perkins, Yu. V. Bugoslavsky, and A. D. Caplin

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2809 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Flux expulsion and reversible magnetization in the stripe phase superconductor ${La}_{1.45} {Nd}_{0.40} {Sr}_{0.15} {CuO}_{4}$

J. E. Ostenson, S. Bud’ko, M. Breitwisch, D. K. Finnemore, N. Ichikawa, and S. Uchida

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2820 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Neutron-diffraction studies and bond valence sums of charge neutrally doped ${Nd}_{1 - 2 x} {Ca}_{x} {Th}_{x} {Ba}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$

P. Lundqvist, Ö. Rapp, R. Tellgren, and I. Bryntse

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2824 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Synthesis, structure, and XPS characterization of the stoichiometric phase ${Sr}_{2} {CuO}_{2} F_{2}$

J. L. Kissick, C. Greaves, P. P. Edwards, V. M. Cherkashenko, E. Z. Kurmaev, S. Bartkowski, and M. Neumann

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2831 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Nontrivial infrared structure in (2+1)-dimensional quantum electrodynamics

I. J. R. Aitchison, G. Amelino-Camelia, M. Klein-Kreisler, N. E. Mavromatos, and D. McNeill

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2836 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Quasiparticle bands in the realistic bilayer cuprates

Wei-Guo Yin and Chang-De Gong

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2843 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Raman-active phonons in ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2 - x} {La}_{x} {CuO}_{6 + d} :$ Phonon assignment and charge-redistribution effects

Minoru Osada, Masato Kakihana, Mikael Käll, Lars Börjesson, Atsuyoshi Inoue, and Masatomo Yashima

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2847 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Surface and interface study on MBE-grown ${Nd}_{1.85} {Ce}_{0.15} {CuO}_{4}$ thin films by photoemission spectroscopy and tunnel spectroscopy

H. Yamamoto, M. Naito, and H. Sato

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2852 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Structural inhomogeneities observed in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$ crystals with optimal transport properties

V. M. Browning, E. F. Skelton, M. S. Osofsky, S. B. Qadri, J. Z. Hu, L. W. Finger, and P. Caubet

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2860 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Experimental test of theories describing the magnetic ac susceptibility of differently shaped superconducting films: Rectangles, squares, disks, and rings patterned from ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$ films

Th. Herzog, H. A. Radovan, P. Ziemann, and E. H. Brandt

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2871 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

COMMENTS

Comment on $“^{1} H$ NMR observation of the critical slowing down in ammonium chloride”

Roman Goc and J. Wąsicki

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2882 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

ERRATA

Erratum: Superheating fields of superconductors: Asymptotic analysis and numerical results [Phys. Rev. B 53, 5650 (1996)]

Andrew J. Dolgert, S. John Di Bartolo, and Alan T. Dorsey

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2883 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Erratum: Ab initio studies of high-pressure structural transformations in silica [Phys. Rev. B 55, 3465 (1997)]

B. B. Karki, M. C. Warren, L. Stixrude, G. J. Ackland, and J. Crain

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2884 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997