Volume 62, Issue 22

1 December 2000

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

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Percolative growth of photodarkening in amorphous ${As}_{2} S_{3}$ films

Ashtosh Ganjoo, K. Shimakawa, H. Kamiya, E. A. Davis, and Jai Singh

Phys. Rev. B 62, R14601(R) (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

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Stable icosahedral quasicrystals in binary Cd-Ca and Cd-Yb systems

J. Q. Guo, E. Abe, and A. P. Tsai

Phys. Rev. B 62, R14605(R) (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Magnetism

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Giant orbital moments of Fe and Co in alkali metals Cs, Rb, and K

G. Y. Guo

Phys. Rev. B 62, R14609(R) (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

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Spin-cluster model for the low-temperature phase of $α^{'} - {NaV}_{2} O_{5}$

Simon Trebst and Anirvan Sengupta

Phys. Rev. B 62, R14613(R) (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

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Test of the frustrated spin-cluster model to describe the low-temperature physics of ${NaV}_{2} O_{5}$

Claudius Gros, Roser Valentí, J. V. Alvarez, Kay Hamacher, and Wolfgang Wenzel

Phys. Rev. B 62, R14617(R) (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

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Incommensurate magnetic structure of ${CeRhIn}_{5}$

Wei Bao, P. G. Pagliuso, J. L. Sarrao, J. D. Thompson, Z. Fisk, J. W. Lynn, and R. W. Erwin

Phys. Rev. B 62, R14621(R) (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

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Unusual magnetic behavior in ${Gd}_{5} {(S i}_{1.5} {Ge}_{2.5})$ and ${Gd}_{5} {(S i}_{2} {Ge}_{2})$

E. M. Levin, V. K. Pecharsky, and K. A. Gschneidner, Jr.

Phys. Rev. B 62, R14625(R) (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

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Surface segregation and restructuring of colossal-magnetoresistant manganese perovskites ${La}_{0.65} {Sr}_{0.35} {MnO}_{3}$

Hani Dulli, P. A. Dowben, S.-H. Liou, and E. W. Plummer

Phys. Rev. B 62, R14629(R) (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

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Evolution of the spin gap upon doping a 2-leg ladder

D. Poilblanc, O. Chiappa, J. Riera, S. R. White, and D. J. Scalapino

Phys. Rev. B 62, R14633(R) (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

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Charge and orbital ordering and spin-state transition driven by structural distortion in ${YBaCo}_{2} O_{5}$

S. K. Kwon, J. H. Park, and B. I. Min

Phys. Rev. B 62, R14637(R) (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Superfluidity and superconductivity

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Orbital fluctuation-induced triplet superconductivity: Mechanism of superconductivity in ${Sr}_{2} {RuO}_{4}$

Tetsuya Takimoto

Phys. Rev. B 62, R14641(R) (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

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Supercurrent-phase relation of an ${N b / A l O}_{x} / {A l / A l O}_{x} / Nb$ -based Josephson junction at the superconducting transition of the Al Interlayer

M. Götz, M. Grajcar, E. Il’ichev, V. V. Khanin, A. B. Zorin, J. Niemeyer, and H.-G. Meyer

Phys. Rev. B 62, R14645(R) (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

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Josephson effects in a superconductor–normal-metal mesoscopic structure with a dangling superconducting arm

R. Shaikhaidarov, A. F. Volkov, H. Takayanagi, V. T. Petrashov, and P. Delsing

Phys. Rev. B 62, R14649(R) (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

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Time-reversal symmetry breaking at Josephson tunnel junctions of purely d-wave superconductors

T. Löfwander, V. S. Shumeiko, and G. Wendin

Phys. Rev. B 62, R14653(R) (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

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Driven vortices in three-dimensional layered superconductors: Dynamical ordering along the c axis

Alejandro B. Kolton, Daniel Domínguez, Cynthia J. Olson, and Niels Grønbech-Jensen

Phys. Rev. B 62, R14657(R) (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

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Dynamical phases of driven vortices interacting with periodic pinning

Gilson Carneiro

Phys. Rev. B 62, R14661(R) (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

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Tilt modulus and angle-dependent flux lattice melting in the lowest Landau level approximation

G. Mohler and D. Stroud

Phys. Rev. B 62, R14665(R) (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

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Exceeding the Pauli paramagnetic limit in the critical field of ${(TMTSF)}_{2} {PF}_{6}$

I. J. Lee, P. M. Chaikin, and M. J. Naughton

Phys. Rev. B 62, R14669(R) (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

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Correlation gap in the optical spectra of the two-dimensional organic metal $(BEDT - TTF)_{4} [{Ni (dto)}_{2}]$

P. Haas, E. Griesshaber, B. Gorshunov, D. Schweitzer, M. Dressel, T. Klausa, W. Strunz, and F. F. Assaad

Phys. Rev. B 62, R14673(R) (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

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Enhancement of static antiferromagnetic correlations by magnetic field in a superconductor ${La}_{2 - x} {Sr}_{x} {CuO}_{4}$ with $x = 0.12$

Susumu Katano, Masugu Sato, Kazuyoshi Yamada, Takao Suzuki, and Tetsuo Fukase

Phys. Rev. B 62, R14677(R) (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

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Quasiparticle and Cooper pair tunneling in the vortex state of ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8 + δ}$

N. Morozov, L. N. Bulaevskii, M. P. Maley, Yu. I. Latyshev, and T. Yamashita

Phys. Rev. B 62, R14681(R) (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

ARTICLES

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

Investigation of hardness in tetrahedrally bonded nonmolecular ${CO}_{2}$ solids by density-functional theory

Jianjun Dong, John K. Tomfohr, Otto F. Sankey, Kurt Leinenweber, Maddury Somayazulu, and Paul F. McMillan

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14685 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Thermodynamics and kinetics of homogeneous crystal nucleation studied by computer simulation

H. E. A. Huitema, J. P. van der Eerden, J. J. M. Janssen, and H. Human

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14690 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Electronic and structural properties of germania polymorphs

Diane M. Christie and James R. Chelikowsky

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14703 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Modulated phases in BCCD and water molecule vibrations

Yu. I. Yuzyuk, A. Almeida, M. R. Chaves, Filipa Pinto, M. L. Santos, L. M. Rabkin, and A. Klöpperpieper

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14712 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Adjusting the melting point of a model system via Gibbs-Duhem integration: Application to a model of aluminum

Jess B. Sturgeon and Brian B. Laird

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14720 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Effect of relaxation on the oxygen K-edge electron energy-loss near-edge structure in yttria-stabilized zirconia

S. Ostanin, A. J. Craven, D. W. McComb, D. Vlachos, A. Alavi, M. W. Finnis, and A. T. Paxton

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14728 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Pretransitional diffuse neutron scattering in the mixed perovskite relaxor $K_{1 - x} {Li}_{x} {TaO}_{3}$

Grace Yong, Jean Toulouse, Ross Erwin, Stephen M. Shapiro, and Bernard Hennion

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14736 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Spectroscopy and calculations for ${4 f}^{N} \to {4 f}^{N - 1} 5 d$ transitions of lanthanide ions in ${LiYF}_{4}$

M. F. Reid, L. van Pieterson, R. T. Wegh, and A. Meijerink

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14744 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Ab initio lattice dynamics of ${MgSiO}_{3}$ perovskite at high pressure

B. B. Karki, R. M. Wentzcovitch, S. de Gironcoli, and S. Baroni

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14750 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Two-dimensional thermodynamic theory of epitaxial $Pb (Zr, Ti) O_{3}$ thin films

S. Hoon Oh and Hyun M. Jang

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14757 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Aging and domain growth in $K_{1 - x} {Li}_{x} {TaO}_{3} (x <~ 0.05)$

F. Alberici-Kious, J.-P. Bouchaud, L. F. Cugliandolo, P. Doussineau, and A. Levelut

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14766 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Localization-delocalization transition of electron states in a disordered quantum small-world network

Chen-Ping Zhu and Shi-Jie Xiong

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14780 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

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

Lattice dynamics and thermodynamic properties of the $β$ -Sn phase in Si

Mathias Ekman, Kristin Persson, and Göran Grimvall

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14784 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Temperature-dependent Raman scattering studies in nanocrystalline silicon and finite-size effects

Puspashree Mishra and K. P. Jain

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14790 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Dynamical model for spin-crossover solids. I. Relaxation effects in the mean-field approach

Kamel Boukheddaden, Isidor Shteto, Benoit Hôo, and François Varret

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14796 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Dynamical model for spin-crossover solids. II. Static and dynamic effects of light in the mean-field approach

Kamel Boukheddaden, Isidor Shteto, Benoit Hôo, and François Varret

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14806 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Structural and dynamical properties of liquid alkaline-earth metals near the melting point

J.-F. Wax, R. Albaki, and J.-L. Bretonnet

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14818 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Magnetism

Colossal magnetoresistance using the small polaron picture with finite bandwidth effects

Sudhakar Yarlagadda

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14828 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Extension to order $β^{23}$ of the high-temperature expansions for the spin- $\frac{1}{2}$ Ising model on simple cubic and body-centered cubic lattices

P. Butera and M. Comi

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14837 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Incorporation of density-matrix wave functions in Monte Carlo simulations: Application to the frustrated Heisenberg model

M. S. L. du Croo de Jongh, J. M. J. van Leeuwen, and W. van Saarloos

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14844 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Properties of the first excited state of nonbipartite Heisenberg spin rings

J. Schnack

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14855 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Spin-1 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chains in an external staggered field

E. Ercolessi, G. Morandi, P. Pieri, and M. Roncaglia

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14860 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Line-shape predictions via Bethe ansatz for the one-dimensional spin- $\frac{1}{2}$ Heisenberg antiferromagnet in a magnetic field

Michael Karbach and Gerhard Müller

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14871 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Effects of magnetic field on the two-dimensional systems of antiferromagnetically correlated electrons based on the Hubbard model Hamiltonian with easy axis: Aharonov-Bohm and Zeeman effects

Seung-Pyo Hong, Sung-Sik Lee, and Sung-Ho Suck Salk

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14880 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Mesoscopic magnetization fluctuations for metallic grains close to the Stoner instability

I. L. Kurland, I. L. Aleiner, and B. L. Altshuler

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14886 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Magnetic fluctuations in two-dimensional metals close to the Stoner instability

B. N. Narozhny, I. L. Aleiner, and A. I. Larkin

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14898 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Thermal-transport properties of CeNiSn

S. Paschen, B. Wand, G. Sparn, F. Steglich, Y. Echizen, and T. Takabatake

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14912 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Evolution of magnetic structures in ${NpAs}_{1 - x} {Se}_{x}$ solid solutions

A. Bombardi, F. Bourdarot, P. Burlet, J. P. Sanchez, P. Vulliet, E. Colineau, J. Rebizant, F. Wastin, G. H. Lander, O. Vogt, and K. Mattenberger

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14920 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Phase separation over an extended compositional range: Studies of the ${Ca}_{1 - x} {Bi}_{x} {MnO}_{3}$ $(x <~ 0.25)$ phase diagram

P. N. Santhosh, J. Goldberger, P. M. Woodward, T. Vogt, W. P. Lee, and A. J. Epstein

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14928 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Magnetic phase diagram of ${Ho}_{x} {Tm}_{1 - x}$ alloys

R. S. Sarthour, R. A. Cowley, R. C. C. Ward, M. R. Wells, D. F. McMorrow, and J. Jensen

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14943 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Acoustical and optical spin modes of multilayers with ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic coupling

R. Zivieri, L. Giovannini, and F. Nizzoli

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14950 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Nonlinear self-localized surface waves in a ferroelastic medium

I. E. Dikshtein and S. A. Nikitov

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14956 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Phase transitions between topologically distinct gapped phases in isotropic spin ladders

Eugene H. Kim, G. Fáth, J. Sólyom, and D. J. Scalapino

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14965 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Non-Fermi-liquid behavior in U and Ce alloys: Criticality, disorder, dissipation, and Griffiths-McCoy singularities

A. H. Castro Neto and B. A. Jones

Phys. Rev. B 62, 14975 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Quadrupolar effect in the perovskite manganite ${La}_{1 - x} {Sr}_{x} {MnO}_{3}$

Hirofumi Hazama, Terutaka Goto, Yuichi Nemoto, Yasuhide Tomioka, Atsushi Asamitsu, and Yoshinori Tokura

Phys. Rev. B 62, 15012 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Variation of charge-orbital correlation with Cr doping in manganites

T. Kimura, R. Kumai, Y. Okimoto, Y. Tomioka, and Y. Tokura

Phys. Rev. B 62, 15021 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Spin dynamics of ${Mn}_{12}$ -acetate in the thermally activated tunneling regime: ac susceptibility and magnetization relaxation

Teemu Pohjola and Herbert Schoeller

Phys. Rev. B 62, 15026 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Magnetization plateaus of the Shastry-Sutherland model for ${SrCu}_{2} ({BO}_{3})_{2} :$ Spin-density wave, supersolid, and bound states

Tsutomu Momoi and Keisuke Totsuka

Phys. Rev. B 62, 15067 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Effect of sputtering pressure-induced roughness on the microstructure and the perpendicular giant magnetoresistance of Fe/Cr superlattices

M. C. Cyrille, S. Kim, M. E. Gomez, J. Santamaria, C. Leighton, Kannan M. Krishnan, and Ivan K. Schuller

Phys. Rev. B 62, 15079 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Ab initio theory of perpendicular magnetotransport in metallic multilayers

J. Kudrnovský, V. Drchal, C. Blaas, P. Weinberger, I. Turek, and P. Bruno

Phys. Rev. B 62, 15084 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Interplay of spin and orbital ordering in the layered colossal magnetoresistance manganite ${La}_{2 - 2 x} {Sr}_{1 + 2 x} {Mn}_{2} O_{7} (0.5 <~ x <~ 1.0)$

C. D. Ling, J. E. Millburn, J. F. Mitchell, D. N. Argyriou, J. Linton, and H. N. Bordallo

Phys. Rev. B 62, 15096 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Effect of Ti dopant on the carrier density collapse in colossal magnetoresistance material ${La}_{0.7} {Ca}_{0.3} {Mn}_{1 - y} {Ti}_{y} O_{3}$

Xianming Liu, Xiaojun Xu, and Yuheng Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 62, 15112 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Korringa ratio of ferromagnetically correlated impure metals

Han-Oh Lee and Han-Yong Choi

Phys. Rev. B 62, 15120 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000

Anomalous transport properties of $R {Fe}_{4} P_{12}$ (R= La, Ce, Pr, and Nd)

H. Sato, Y. Abe, H. Okada, T. D. Matsuda, K. Abe, H. Sugawara, and Y. Aoki

Phys. Rev. B 62, 15125 (2000) - Published 1 December, 2000