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Physical Review B

Volume 61, Issue 18

1 May 2000

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

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

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Propagation of photons by hopping: A waveguiding mechanism through localized coupled cavities in three-dimensional photonic crystals

Mehmet Bayindir, B. Temelkuran, and E. Ozbay

Phys. Rev. B 61, R11855(R) (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Critical statistics in a power-law random-banded matrix ensemble

Imre Varga and Daniel Braun

Phys. Rev. B 61, R11859(R) (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

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

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Classical mean-field approach for thermodynamics: Ab initio thermophysical properties of cerium

Yi Wang

Phys. Rev. B 61, R11863(R) (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Magnetism

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Neutron-scattering study of the magnetic response in the heavy-fermion superconductor ${UNi}_{2} {Al}_{3}$

N. Aso, B. Roessli, N. Bernhoeft, R. Calemczuk, N. K. Sato, Y. Endoh, T. Komatsubara, A. Hiess, G. H. Lander, and H. Kadowaki

Phys. Rev. B 61, R11867(R) (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

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Charge ordering in the layered Co-based perovskite ${HoBaCo}_{2} O_{5}$

E. Suard, F. Fauth, V. Caignaert, I. Mirebeau, and G. Baldinozzi

Phys. Rev. B 61, R11871(R) (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

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Fe magnon dispersion curve calculated with the frozen spin-wave method

D. M. Bylander, Qian Niu, and Leonard Kleinman

Phys. Rev. B 61, R11875(R) (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

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Competition between ferromagnetic and charge-orbital ordered phases in $\Pr_{1 - x} {Ca}_{x} {MnO}_{3}$ for $x = \frac{1}{4},$ $\frac{3}{8},$ and $\frac{1}{2}$

Takashi Hotta and Elbio Dagotto

Phys. Rev. B 61, R11879(R) (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

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Macroscopic magnetic measurements on the nonferromagnetic modification of TDAE- $C_{60}$

A. Omerzu, D. Mihailovic, and M. Tokumoto

Phys. Rev. B 61, R11883(R) (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Superfluidity and superconductivity

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Conductivity sum rule: Comparison of coherent and incoherent c-axis coupling

Wonkee Kim and J. P. Carbotte

Phys. Rev. B 61, R11886(R) (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

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Exact study of the effect of level statistics in ultrasmall superconducting grains

G. Sierra, J. Dukelsky, G. G. Dussel, Jan von Delft, and Fabian Braun

Phys. Rev. B 61, R11890(R) (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

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From antiferromagnetism to d-wave superconductivity in the two-dimensional t-J model

Matteo Calandra and Sandro Sorella

Phys. Rev. B 61, R11894(R) (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

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Frequency evolution of neutron peaks below $T_{c} :$ Commensurate and incommensurate structure in ${La}_{0.85} {Sr}_{0.15} {CuO}_{4}$ and ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{6.6}$

Ying-Jer Kao, Qimiao Si, and K. Levin

Phys. Rev. B 61, R11898(R) (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

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Interface effects on the shot noise in normal-metal–d-wave superconductor junctions

Y. Tanaka, T. Asai, N. Yoshida, J. Inoue, and S. Kashiwaya

Phys. Rev. B 61, R11902(R) (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

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Dynamical transverse Meissner effect and transition in moving Bose glass

Pascal Chauve, Pierre Le Doussal, and Thierry Giamarchi

Phys. Rev. B 61, R11906(R) (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

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Evolution of the vortex phase diagram in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$ with random point disorder

L. M. Paulius, W.-K. Kwok, R. J. Olsson, A. M. Petrean, V. Tobos, J. A. Fendrich, G. W. Crabtree, C. A. Burns, and S. Ferguson

Phys. Rev. B 61, R11910(R) (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

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Phase-locking of vortex lattices interacting with periodic pinning

Charles Reichhardt, Richard T. Scalettar, Gergely T. Zimányi, and Niels Grønbech-Jensen

Phys. Rev. B 61, R11914(R) (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

ARTICLES

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

Cluster-variation-method studies on the atomic ordering in complex perovskite alloys

Zhi-Rong Liu, Jian-She Liu, Bing-Lin Gu, and Xiao-Wen Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 61, 11918 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Direct observation of dynamic local structure in ${La}_{2 - x} {Sr}_{x} {CuO}_{4}$ around $x = 0.12$

Y. Horibe, Y. Inoue, and Y. Koyama

Phys. Rev. B 61, 11922 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Molecular dynamics of LiF melting

A. B. Belonoshko, R. Ahuja, and B. Johansson

Phys. Rev. B 61, 11928 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Spectroscopic study of pressure-polymerized phases of $C_{60}$

V. A. Davydov, L. S. Kashevarova, A. V. Rakhmanina, V. M. Senyavin, R. Céolin, H. Szwarc, H. Allouchi, and V. Agafonov

Phys. Rev. B 61, 11936 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Distinguishing between the bi-stripe and Wigner-crystal model: A crystallographic study of charge-ordered ${La}_{0.33} {Ca}_{0.67} {MnO}_{3}$

Renhui Wang, Jianian Gui, Yimei Zhu, and A. R. Moodenbaugh

Phys. Rev. B 61, 11946 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Statistical mechanics treatment of the evolution of dislocation distributions in single crystals

A. El-Azab

Phys. Rev. B 61, 11956 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Modified strong-dipole proton-coupling model for hydrogen-bonded ferroelectrics

D. Merunka and B. Rakvin

Phys. Rev. B 61, 11967 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Electron-lattice coupling parameters and oscillator strengths of cerium-doped lutetium oxyorthosilicate

D. W. Cooke, B. L. Bennett, K. J. McClellan, J. M. Roper, M. T. Whittaker, and A. M. Portis

Phys. Rev. B 61, 11973 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Theoretical study of $β - {Ge}_{3} N_{4}$ and its high-pressure spinel $γ$ phase

Jianjun Dong, Otto F. Sankey, Sudip K. Deb, George Wolf, and Paul F. McMillan

Phys. Rev. B 61, 11979 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Structure of a metallic solution of lithium in ammonia

Jonathan C. Wasse, Shusaku Hayama, Neal T. Skipper, and Henry E. Fischer

Phys. Rev. B 61, 11993 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

First-principles molecular-dynamics study of glassy ${As}_{2} {Se}_{3}$

Jun Li and D. A. Drabold

Phys. Rev. B 61, 11998 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Calculating properties with the polymorphous coherent-potential approximation

B. Ujfalussy, J. S. Faulkner, N. Y. Moghadam, G. M. Stocks, and Yang Wang

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12005 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Propagation of plane-wave vibrational excitations in disordered systems

S. N. Taraskin and S. R. Elliott

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12017 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Ioffe-Regel crossover for plane-wave vibrational excitations in vitreous silica

S. N. Taraskin and S. R. Elliott

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12031 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Nickel diffusion in $B 2 - NiGa$ studied with quasielastic neutron scattering

M. Kaisermayr, J. Combet, H. Ipser, H. Schicketanz, B. Sepiol, and G. Vogl

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12038 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Time-delayed charge-injection effects on photocurrent shape in a double layer

A. Picos-Vega, O. Zelaya-Angel, and R. Ramirez-Bon

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12045 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Ultrasonic study of the charge-fluctuation compound ${Sm}_{3} {Te}_{4}$

Yuichi Nemoto, Terutaka Goto, Akira Ochiai, and Takashi Suzuki

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12050 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

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

Anomalous lattice dynamics of ruthenium

R. Heid, L. Pintschovius, W. Reichardt, and K.-P. Bohnen

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12059 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Optical spectroscopy of pure and doped ${CuGeO}_{3}$

A. Damascelli, D. van der Marel, G. Dhalenne, and A. Revcolevschi

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12063 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Localized folded acoustic phonon modes in coupled superlattices with structural defects

Ke-Qiu Chen, Xue-Hua Wang, and Ben-Yuan Gu

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12075 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Rotational dynamics in the plastic-crystal phase of ethanol: Relevance for understanding the dynamics during the structural glass transition

A. Criado, M. Jiménez-Ruiz, C. Cabrillo, F. J. Bermejo, R. Fernández-Perea, H. E. Fischer, and F. R. Trouw

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12082 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Debye-Waller factor in solid $^{3} He$ and $^{4} He$

E. W. Draeger and D. M. Ceperley

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12094 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Electronic phase conversion by photoinjection of excitations

Kazuki Koshino and Tetsuo Ogawa

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12101 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Magnetism

Effect of symmetry-breaking perturbations in the one-dimensional $SU (4)$ spin-orbital model

P. Azaria, E. Boulat, and P. Lecheminant

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12112 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Hidden Goldstone mechanism in the kagomélattice antiferromagnet

R. Shankar and D. Shubashree

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12126 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Spin-1 ladder: A bosonization study

D. Allen and D. Sénéchal

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12134 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Spin-glass overlap barriers in three and four dimensions

Bernd A. Berg, Alain Billoire, and Wolfhard Janke

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12143 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

${Ce}_{2} {CuGe}_{3} :$ A nonmagnetic atom-disorder spin glass

Cheng Tien, Chung Hsing Feng, Ching Shui Wur, and Jenq Jong Lu

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12151 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Structural and magnetic phase transitions in Mn-Ni alloys

R. S. Fishman, W.-T. Lee, S. H. Liu, D. Mandrus, J. L. Robertson, K. J. Song, and J. R. Thompson

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12159 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Magnetoresistance and low-temperature specific heat of the Yb compounds YbRhSn, YbPdBi, and YbPtSn

R. Pietri, B. Andraka, D. Kaczorowski, A. Leithe-Jasper, and P. Rogl

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12169 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Dynamic magnetic hysteresis and anomalous viscosity in exchange bias systems

R. L. Stamps

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12174 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Magnetic structure of the kagomé lattice antiferromagnet potassium jarosite ${KFe}_{3} {(OH)}_{6} {(S O}_{4})_{2}$

T. Inami, M. Nishiyama, S. Maegawa, and Y. Oka

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12181 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

${La}_{1 - x} {Sr}_{x} {MnO}_{3}$ superlattices composed of ferromagnetic $x = 0.4$ and antiferromagnetic $x = 0.55$ layers

M. Izumi, T. Manako, Y. Konishi, M. Kawasaki, and Y. Tokura

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12187 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

NMR study of the critical behavior near the ordering point in a Zn-doped spin ladder ${SrCu}_{2} O_{3}$

Naoki Fujiwara, Takashi Saito, Masaki Azuma, and Mikio Takano

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12196 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Incoherent Zener tunneling and its application to molecular magnets

Michael N. Leuenberger and Daniel Loss

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12200 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Tunneling of a large spin via hyperfine interactions

D. A. Garanin, E. M. Chudnovsky, and R. Schilling

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12204 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Theory for the bound magnetic polaron in diluted magnetic semiconductors by a modified molecular-field approximation

Masakatsu Umehara

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12209 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Spin-dependent scattering of a domain wall of controlled size

J.-E. Wegrowe, A. Comment, Y. Jaccard, J.-Ph. Ansermet, N. M. Dempsey, and J.-P. Nozières

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12216 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Coherent rotation of magnetization in three dimensions: A geometrical approach

André Thiaville

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12221 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

$^{55} Mn$ NMR and NQR study of the cubic Laves-phase compound ${UMn}_{2}$

Saurav Giri, Hiroyuki Nakamura, and Masayuki Shiga

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12233 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Spin fluctuations in the spin-Peierls compound ${MEM (TCNQ)}_{2}$ studied using muon spin relaxation

B. W. Lovett, S. J. Blundell, F. L. Pratt, Th. Jestädt, W. Hayes, S. Tagaki, and M. Kurmoo

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12241 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Angle-dependent Mössbauer spectroscopy in the ground and metastable electronic states in ${Na}_{2} [Fe (CN)_{5} NO] \cdot 2 H_{2} O$ single crystals

Th. Woike, M. Imlau, V. Angelov, J. Schefer, and B. Delley

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12249 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Relationship between spiral and ferromagnetic states in the Hubbard model in the thermodynamic limit

Ryotaro Arita and Hideo Aoki

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12261 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Magnetic and magnetotransport properties in the Ni-doped ${La}_{0.7} {Sr}_{0.3} {MnO}_{3}$ system

Ji-Wen Feng, C. Ye, and Lian-Pin Hwang

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12271 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

On-site Coulomb interaction and exchange splitting in Ni $2 p$ photoemission of ferromagnetic nickel

G. van der Laan, S. S. Dhesi, and E. Dudzik

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12277 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Localized modes in finite and phase-inhomogeneous Josephson tunnel junctions

A. K. Setty and Gabriele F. Giuliani

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12285 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Ginzburg-Landau calculations for a superconducting cylinder in a magnetic field

G. F. Zharkov, V. G. Zharkov, and A. Yu. Zvetkov

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12293 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Crossover from bulk to few-electron limit in ultrasmall metallic grains

J. Dukelsky and G. Sierra

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12302 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Polaron dynamics and bipolaron condensation in cuprates

A. S. Alexandrov

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12315 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Nature of spin-charge separation in the $t - J$ model

Z. Y. Weng, D. N. Sheng, and C. S. Ting

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12328 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Spin-lattice relaxation in the mixed state of ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$ and Doppler-shifted $d - wave$ quasiparticles

R. Wortis, A. J. Berlinsky, and C. Kallin

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12342 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Systematic low-temperature expansion in the Ginzburg-Landau model

H. C. Kao, B. Rosenstein, and J. C. Lee

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12352 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Keldysh action for disordered superconductors

M. V. Feigel’man, A. I. Larkin, and M. A. Skvortsov

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12361 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Transition radiation of moving Abrikosov vortices

O. V. Dolgov and N. Schopohl

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12389 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Stepwise amorphization of the flux-line lattice in ${Ca}_{3} {Rh}_{4} {Sn}_{13} :$ A peak-effect study

S. Sarkar, D. Pal, S. S. Banerjee, S. Ramakrishnan, A. K. Grover, C. V. Tomy, G. Ravikumar, P. K. Mishra, V. C. Sahni, G. Balakrishnan, D. McK. Paul, and S. Bhattacharya

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12394 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Effect of praseodymium on the normal-state and superconducting properties of $R {Ba}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{y} :$ A comparative study of the role of the Pr ion on R and Ba sites

V. E. Gasumyants, M. V. Elizarova, and R. Suryanarayanan

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12404 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Superconductivity-induced effects on phononic and electronic Raman scattering in twin-free ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - x}$ single crystals

M. F. Limonov, A. I. Rykov, S. Tajima, and A. Yamanaka

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12412 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Superconducting fluctuations and anomalous diamagnetism in underdoped ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{6 + x}$ from magnetization and $^{63} Cu$ NMR-NQR relaxation measurements

P. Carretta, A. Lascialfari, A. Rigamonti, A. Rosso, and A. Varlamov

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12420 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

First-order phase transition of the vortex lattice in twinned ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7}$ single crystals in tilted magnetic fields

B. Maiorov, G. Nieva, and E. Osquiguil

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12427 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Pinning mechanism of vortices at antiphase boundaries in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$

Ch. Jooss, R. Warthmann, and H. Kronmüller

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12433 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

${La}_{2 - x} {Sr}_{x} {CuO}_{y}$ epitaxial thin films $(x = 0$ to 2): Structure, strain, and superconductivity

H. Sato, A. Tsukada, M. Naito, and A. Matsuda

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12447 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Pairing transition, coherence transition, and the irreversibility line in granular ${GdBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$

J. Roa-Rojas, R. Menegotto Costa, P. Pureur, and P. Prieto

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12457 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Splitting of the subgap resistance peak in superconductor/two-dimensional electron gas contacts at high magnetic fields

D. Uhlisch, S. G. Lachenmann, Th. Schäpers, A. I. Braginski, H. Lüth, J. Appenzeller, A. A. Golubov, and A. V. Ustinov

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12463 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Finite temperature ordering in the three-dimensional gauge glass

T. Olson and A. P. Young

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12467 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

One-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model with nearest-neighbor interaction

Till D. Kühner, Steven R. White, and H. Monien

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12474 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Supercooling of the disordered vortex phase via minor hysteresis loops in $2 H - {NbSe}_{2}$

G. Ravikumar, P. K. Mishra, V. C. Sahni, S. S. Banerjee, A. K. Grover, S. Ramakrishnan, P. L. Gammel, D. J. Bishop, E. Bucher, M. J. Higgins, and S. Bhattacharya

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12490 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Pseudogaps in one-dimensional models with quasi-long-range order

A. J. Millis and H. Monien

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12496 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Holons on a meandering stripe: Quantum numbers

Oleg Tchernyshyov and Leonid P. Pryadko

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12503 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

COMMENTS

Comment on “Electrical transport in junctions between unconventional superconductors: Application of the Green’s-function formalism”

Yu. S. Barash and A. A. Svidzinsky

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12516 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000

Reply to “Comment on ‘Electrical transport in junctions between unconventional superconductors: Application of the Green’s-function formalism’ ”

Manoj P. Samanta and Supriyo Datta

Phys. Rev. B 61, 12519 (2000) - Published 1 May, 2000