Volume 63, Issue 6

1 February 2001

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

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

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Atomic displacements at a $Σ 3 (111)$ grain boundary in ${BaTiO}_{3} :$ A first-principles determination

W. T. Geng, Yu-Jun Zhao, A. J. Freeman, and B. Delley

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060101(R) (2000) - Published 27 December, 2000

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Fast growth at low temperature in vacancy-mediated phase separation

Claudio Castellano and Federico Corberi

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060102(R) (2001) - Published 19 January, 2001

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Critical behavior in spallation failure of metals

Alejandro Strachan, Tahir Çağın, and William A. Goddard, III

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060103(R) (2001) - Published 23 January, 2001

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Methyl group dynamics in glassy systems: Crossover from quantum to classical regime

A. J. Moreno, A. Alegría, and J. Colmenero

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060201(R) (2001) - Published 3 January, 2001

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Energetics and geometry of excitations in random systems

A. Alan Middleton

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060202(R) (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

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

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Additivity of vibrational density of states in two-dimensional mesoscopic systems

B. Sapoval, S. B. Santra, and J. S. Andrade, Jr.

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060301(R) (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Magnetism

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Coercivity of a percolative magnetic system

José Mejía-López, Ricardo Ramírez, Miguel Kiwi, Michael J. Pechan, J. Zachary Hilt, S. Kim, Harry Suhl, and Ivan K. Schuller

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060401(R) (2000) - Published 27 December, 2000

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Strong oxygen-isotope effect on the intrinsic resistivity in the ferromagnetic state of manganites

Guo-meng Zhao, D. J. Kang, W. Prellier, M. Rajeswari, H. Keller, T. Venkatesan, and R. L. Greene

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060402(R) (2000) - Published 29 December, 2000

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Tailoring exchange bias with magnetic nanostructures

Kai Liu, Shenda M. Baker, Mark Tuominen, Thomas P. Russell, and Ivan K. Schuller

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060403(R) (2001) - Published 17 January, 2001

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Influence of interface coupling on spin-flop critical fields in ferromagnet-antiferromagnet coupled systems

N. Cramer and R. E. Camley

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060404(R) (2001) - Published 18 January, 2001

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Charge and canted spin order in ${La}_{2 - x} {Sr}_{x} {NiO}_{4}$ $(x = 0.275$ and $\frac{1}{3})$

S.-H. Lee, S.-W. Cheong, K. Yamada, and C. F. Majkrzak

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060405(R) (2001) - Published 18 January, 2001

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Spin-density enhancement in a $^{119} Sn$ implanted (110)Cr single crystal as evidenced by Mössbauer spectroscopy

S. M. Dubiel, J. Cieślak, J. Żukrowski, and H. Reuther

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060406(R) (2001) - Published 19 January, 2001

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Nanometer-sized regions of charge ordering and charge melting in ${La}_{2 / 3} {Ca}_{1 / 3} {MnO}_{3}$ revealed by electron microdiffraction

J. M. Zuo and J. Tao

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060407(R) (2001) - Published 19 January, 2001

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Ab initio calculation of resonant x-ray scattering in manganites

Patrizia Benedetti, Jeroen van den Brink, Eva Pavarini, Assunta Vigliante, and Peter Wochner

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060408(R) (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

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Local manipulation and reversal of the exchange bias field by ion irradiation in FeNi/FeMn double layers

A. Mougin, T. Mewes, M. Jung, D. Engel, A. Ehresmann, H. Schmoranzer, J. Fassbender, and B. Hillebrands

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060409(R) (2001) - Published 23 January, 2001

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Picosecond dynamics of the spin-lattice relaxation in ${La}_{0.7} {Ca}_{0.2} {MnO}_{3} :$ Magnetic-field dependence

Ahmed I. Lobad, Richard D. Averitt, and Antoinette J. Taylor

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060410(R) (2001) - Published 23 January, 2001

Superfluidity and superconductivity

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Vortex pinning by magnetic order in ${ErNi}_{2} B_{2} C$

C. D. Dewhurst, S. S. James, R. A. Doyle, Y. Paltiel, H. Shtrikman, E. Zeldov, and D. McK. Paul

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060501(R) (2000) - Published 29 December, 2000

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Anomalies in the infrared spectra of underdoped ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} Ca {Cu}_{2} O_{z}$ as evidence for the intrabilayer Josephson effect

V. Železný, S. Tajima, D. Munzar, T. Motohashi, J. Shimoyama, and K. Kishio

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060502(R) (2001) - Published 16 January, 2001

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Quasi-two-dimensional Fermi surfaces of the heavy fermion superconductor ${CeIrIn}_{5}$

Yoshinori Haga, Yoshihiko Inada, Hisatomo Harima, Kenichi Oikawa, Masao Murakawa, Hirokazu Nakawaki, Yoshihumi Tokiwa, Dai Aoki, Hiroaki Shishido, Shuugo Ikeda, Narumi Watanabe, and Yoshichika Ōnuki

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060503(R) (2001) - Published 17 January, 2001

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Quasiparticles and c-axis coherent hopping in high- $T_{c}$ superconductors

P. S. Cornaglia, K. Hallberg, and C. A. Balseiro

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060504(R) (2001) - Published 19 January, 2001

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Ultrasonic studies of the spin-triplet order parameter and the collective mode in ${Sr}_{2} {RuO}_{4}$

H. Matsui, Y. Yoshida, A. Mukai, R. Settai, Y. Ōnuki, H. Takei, N. Kimura, H. Aoki, and N. Toyota

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060505(R) (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

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Crib-shaped triplet-pairing gap function for an orthogonal pair of quasi-one-dimensional Fermi surfaces in ${Sr}_{2} {RuO}_{4}$

Kazuhiko Kuroki, Masao Ogata, Ryotaro Arita, and Hideo Aoki

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060506(R) (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

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Ru NMR probe of spin susceptibility in the superconducting state of ${Sr}_{2} {RuO}_{4}$

K. Ishida, H. Mukuda, Y. Kitaoka, Z. Q. Mao, H. Fukazawa, and Y. Maeno

Phys. Rev. B 63, 060507(R) (2001) - Published 23 January, 2001

ARTICLES

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

Range study of Eu implanted into Si channeling directions: Evidence for the $Z_{1}$ effect

G. de M. Azevedo, M. Behar, P. L. Grande, and I. Borges, Jr.

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064101 (2001) - Published 10 January, 2001

Prediction of spinel structure and properties of single and double nitrides

W. Y. Ching, Shang-Di Mo, Isao Tanaka, and Masato Yoshiya

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064102 (2001) - Published 17 January, 2001

Instability of plastic deformation as a self-organizing fractal

A. M. Avdeenko and E. I. Kuzko

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064103 (2001) - Published 19 January, 2001

Thermally activated ferroelectric domain growth due to random defects

V. Likodimos, M. Labardi, X. K. Orlik, L. Pardi, M. Allegrini, S. Emonin, and O. Marti

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064104 (2001) - Published 19 January, 2001

Coherent quasielastic neutron scattering: A theorem about total neutron scattering functions for rotational jump diffusion of molecules on a lattice

Gerrit Coddens

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064105 (2001) - Published 23 January, 2001

Pressure-induced phase transitions in chromium thiospinels

P. Vaqueiro, A. V. Powell, S. Hull, and D. A. Keen

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064106 (2001) - Published 23 January, 2001

High-temperature phase transitions of ${LiRbSO}_{4}$ studied by magic angle spinning and multiple quantum magic angle spinning NMR of $^{87} Rb$

H. J. Kim, M. Pruski, J. W. Wiench, D. Y. Jeong, and S. H. Choh

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064107 (2001) - Published 24 January, 2001

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Frequency dependent response of a Thue-Morse aperiodic lattice

Samar Chattopadhyay, Anathnath Ghosh, and Arunava Chakrabarti

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064201 (2001) - Published 19 January, 2001

Amorphization by mechanical alloying in metallic systems with positive Gibbs energy of formation

Hai Yang Bai, C. Michaelsen, C. Gente, and R. Bormann

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064202 (2001) - Published 19 January, 2001

Low-temperature lattice excitation of icosahedral Al-Mn-Pd quasicrystals

Cuilian Li and Youyan Liu

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064203 (2001) - Published 19 January, 2001

Positronium formation in a polymer blend of polyethylene and chlorinated polyethylene

C. L. Wang, Y. Kobayashi, W. Zheng, C. Zhang, Y. Nagai, and M. Hasegawa

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064204 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

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

Gamma echo interpreted as a phase-shift-induced transparency

Gilbert R. Hoy and Jos Odeurs

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064301 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Excess modes in the vibrational spectrum of disordered systems and the boson peak

Jan W. Kantelhardt, Stefanie Russ, and Armin Bunde

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064302 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Interaction of collinear transverse acoustic waves in cubic crystals

J.-Y. Duquesne and B. Perrin

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064303 (2001) - Published 23 January, 2001

Low-frequency Raman excitations in phase I of solid $H_{2} :$ Role of crystal fields

Alexander F. Goncharov, Mikhail A. Strzhemechny, Ho-kwang Mao, and Russell J. Hemley

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064304 (2001) - Published 23 January, 2001

Ab initio thermodynamics of metals: Al and W

A. Debernardi, M. Alouani, and H. Dreyssé

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064305 (2001) - Published 23 January, 2001

Magnetism

Thermally induced variable-range-hopping crossover and ferromagnetism in the layered cobalt oxide ${Sr}_{2} Y_{0.5} {Ca}_{0.5} {Co}_{2} O_{7}$

K. Yamaura, D. P. Young, and R. J. Cava

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064401 (2001) - Published 10 January, 2001

Superexchange in the quarter-filled two-leg ladder system ${NaV}_{2} O_{5}$

V. Yushankhai and P. Thalmeier

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064402 (2001) - Published 18 January, 2001

Nonlinear conductivity in weakly insulating ${La}_{0.7} {Sr}_{0.3} {Mn}_{1 - y} {Fe}_{y} O_{3}$ $(y = 0.16 - 0.18)$ governed by inelastic tunneling across weak links

K. B. Chashka, B. Fisher, J. Genossar, L. Patlagan, G. M. Reisner, and E. Shimshoni

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064403 (2001) - Published 18 January, 2001

Effects of phase separation on the magnetization, x-ray diffraction, and Raman scattering of $({La}_{1 - y} {Nd}_{y})_{1 - x} {Ca}_{x} Mn O_{3}$ $(y = 0, 0.5, 1.0; x = \frac{1}{3})$

E. Granado, A. García, J. A. Sanjurjo, C. Rettori, and I. Torriani

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064404 (2001) - Published 18 January, 2001

Coercivity in exchange-bias bilayers

M. D. Stiles and R. D. McMichael

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064405 (2001) - Published 18 January, 2001

Mössbauer spectra of single-domain fine particle systems described using a multiple-level relaxation model for superparamagnets

J. van Lierop and D. H. Ryan

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064406 (2001) - Published 18 January, 2001

Interface resistance of disordered magnetic multilayers

K. Xia, P. J. Kelly, G. E. W. Bauer, I. Turek, J. Kudrnovský, and V. Drchal

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064407 (2001) - Published 19 January, 2001

Renormalization-group approach to surface critical behavior in the semi-infinite spin- $\frac{3}{2}$ Blume-Emery-Griffiths model

A. Bakchich and M. El Bouziani

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064408 (2001) - Published 19 January, 2001

Magnetic Compton scattering study of the ${Co}_{2} FeGa$ Heusler alloy: Experiment and theory

Aniruddha Deb, M. Itou, Y. Sakurai, N. Hiraoka, and N. Sakai

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064409 (2001) - Published 19 January, 2001

Temperature dependence of the conductance and magnetoresistance of $Cr O_{2}$ powder compacts

Jianbiao Dai and Jinke Tang

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064410 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Low-energy magnetic response and Yb valence in the Kondo insulator ${YbB}_{12}$

P. A. Alekseev, E. V. Nefeodova, U. Staub, J.-M. Mignot, V. N. Lazukov, I. P. Sadikov, L. Soderholm, S. R. Wassermann, Yu. B. Paderno, N. Yu. Shitsevalova, and A. Murani

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064411 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Critical dynamics of singlet excitations in a frustrated spin system

Valeri N. Kotov, Michael E. Zhitomirsky, and Oleg P. Sushkov

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064412 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

First-principles study of the electronic structure and magnetic properties of $3 d$ single or multilayers on a Cu(001) substrate: ${Ni}_{1} (or$ ${Ni}_{4}) / Cu (001),$ ${Cu}_{2} / {Ni}_{4} / Cu (001),$ and $Co / {Cu}_{2} / {Ni}_{4} / Cu (001)$

Zongxian Yang and Ruqian Wu

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064413 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Dynamically induced multichannel Kondo effect

Tatsuya Fujii and Norio Kawakami

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064414 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

High-temperature orbital and charge ordering in ${Bi}_{1 / 2} {Sr}_{1 / 2} {MnO}_{3}$

J. L. García-Muñoz, C. Frontera, M. A. G. Aranda, A. Llobet, and C. Ritter

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064415 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Discontinuous transitions in double-exchange materials

J. L. Alonso, L. A. Fernández, F. Guinea, V. Laliena, and V. Martín-Mayor

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064416 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Itinerant to localized electronic transition in ${Sr}_{2} Fe {Mo}_{1 - x} W_{x} O_{6}$

R. I. Dass and J. B. Goodenough

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064417 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Elementary excitations in one-dimensional spin-orbit models: Neutral and charged solitons and their bound states

A. K. Kolezhuk, H.-J. Mikeska, and U. Schollwöck

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064418 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Green’s function approach to the neutron-inelastic-scattering determination of magnon dispersion relations for isotropic disordered magnets

Andrzej Czachor and Housni Al-Wahsh

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064419 (2001) - Published 23 January, 2001

Field-induced long-range ordering in an $S = 1$ quasi-one-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet

Z. Honda, K. Katsumata, Y. Nishiyama, and I. Harada

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064420 (2001) - Published 23 January, 2001

Two-dimensional surface ordered Mn-Co alloys on Co(001)

S. Meza-Aguilar, O. Elmouhssine, H. Dreyssé, and C. Demangeat

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064421 (2001) - Published 23 January, 2001

Diabolical points in magnetic molecules: An exactly solvable model

Ersin Keçecioğlu and Anupam Garg

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064422 (2001) - Published 23 January, 2001

Magnetization densities in UCoAl studied by polarized neutron diffraction

P. Javorský, V. Sechovský, J. Schweizer, F. Bourdarot, E. Lelièvre-Berna, A. V. Andreev, and Y. Shiokawa

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064423 (2001) - Published 23 January, 2001

Current-driven switching of magnetic layers

C. Heide, P. E. Zilberman, and R. J. Elliott

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064424 (2001) - Published 23 January, 2001

Local spin correlations in Heisenberg antiferromagnets

Weihong Zheng and J. Oitmaa

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064425 (2001) - Published 23 January, 2001

Transformations in the ${Gd}_{5} {(S i}_{1.95} {Ge}_{2.05})$ alloy induced by the temperature and magnetic-field cycling through the first-order magnetic-martensitic phase transition

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

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064426 (2001) - Published 23 January, 2001

Magnetism at high-index transition-metal surfaces and the effect of metalloid impurities: Ni(210)

W. T. Geng, A. J. Freeman, and R. Q. Wu

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064427 (2001) - Published 23 January, 2001

Magnetic anisotropy of disordered Mn-Pt layered surface compounds on Pt(111)

S. Gallego, M. C. Muñoz, J. Zabloudil, L. Szunyogh, and P. Weinberger

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064428 (2001) - Published 23 January, 2001

Resonant spin-dependent tunneling in spin-valve junctions in the presence of paramagnetic impurities

A. Vedyayev, D. Bagrets, A. Bagrets, and B. Dieny

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064429 (2001) - Published 24 January, 2001

Long-range ordering and representational analysis of the jarosites

A. S. Wills

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064430 (2001) - Published 24 January, 2001

Magnetic phases of electron-doped manganites

G. Venketeswara Pai

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064431 (2001) - Published 24 January, 2001

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Critical transverse forces in weakly pinned driven vortex systems

Hans Fangohr, Peter A. J. de Groot, and Simon J. Cox

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064501 (2001) - Published 10 January, 2001

Josephson critical current in a long mesoscopic S-N-S junction

P. Dubos, H. Courtois, B. Pannetier, F. K. Wilhelm, A. D. Zaikin, and G. Schön

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064502 (2001) - Published 18 January, 2001

Vortex liquid entanglement in irradiated ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7}$ thin films

Z. Sefrioui, D. Arias, E. M. González, C. León, J. Santamaria, and J. L. Vicent

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064503 (2001) - Published 18 January, 2001

Capacitance-matrix and geometrical effects on the ground-state properties of quantum Josephson-junction arrays

T. K. Kopeć and J. V. José

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064504 (2001) - Published 18 January, 2001

Thermal conductivity of superconducting ${Sr}_{2} {RuO}_{4}$ in oriented magnetic fields

M. A. Tanatar, S. Nagai, Z. Q. Mao, Y. Maeno, and T. Ishiguro

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064505 (2001) - Published 19 January, 2001

Transport properties and specific heat of $Ru {Sr}_{2} Gd {Cu}_{2} O_{8}$ and $Ru {Sr}_{2} {Gd}_{1.4} {Ce}_{0.6} {Cu}_{2} O_{y}$ in magnetic fields

X. H. Chen, Z. Sun, K. Q. Wang, S. Y. Li, Y. M. Xiong, M. Yu, and L. Z. Cao

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064506 (2001) - Published 19 January, 2001

Quasiparticle bound state induced by a single impurity in a d-wave superconductor

C. H. Choi

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064507 (2001) - Published 19 January, 2001

Tl valence change and $T_{c}$ enhancement $(> 130 K)$ in ${(C u, T l) Ba}_{2} {Ca}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{y}$ due to nitrogen annealing

K. Tanaka, A. Iyo, N. Terada, K. Tokiwa, S. Miyashita, Y. Tanaka, T. Tsukamoto, S. K. Agarwal, T. Watanabe, and H. Ihara

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064508 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

NMR and NQR fluctuation effects in layered superconductors

D. Fay, J. Appel, C. Timm, and A. Zabel

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064509 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

$d$ -wave superconductors near surfaces and interfaces: A scattering matrix approach within the quasiclassical technique

T. Lück, U. Eckern, and A. Shelankov

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064510 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Enhancement of $T_{c}$ in ${HgBa}_{2} {Ca}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{8 + δ}$ by fluorination

K. A. Lokshin, D. A. Pavlov, S. N. Putilin, E. V. Antipov, D. V. Sheptyakov, and A. M. Balagurov

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064511 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Reversible magnetization and superconducting-state thermodynamic parameters for underdoped ${La}_{1.90} {Sr}_{0.10} {CuO}_{4}$

Yung M. Huh, J. E. Ostenson, F. Borsa, V. G. Kogan, D. K. Finnemore, A. Vietkin, A. Revcolevschi, and M.-H. Julien

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064512 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Magnetic field independence of Cu(2) NMR spin-lattice relaxation rate in the normal state of optimally doped ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$

K. R. Gorny, O. M. Vyaselev, C. H. Pennington, P. C. Hammel, W. L. Hults, J. L. Smith, J. Baumgartner, T. R. Lemberger, P. Klamut, and B. Dabrowski

Phys. Rev. B 63, 064513 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

ERRATA

Erratum: Static and dynamic properties of stacked Josephson junctions: Analytic solution [Phys. Rev. B 56, 9106 (1997)]

V. M. Krasnov and D. Winkler

Phys. Rev. B 63, 069901 (2001) - Published 19 January, 2001

Erratum: Carrier concentrations in ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2 - z} {La}_{z} {CuO}_{6 + δ}$ single crystals and their relation to the Hall coefficient and thermopower [Phys. Rev. B 61, R14 956 (2000)]

Yoichi Ando, Y. Hanaki, S. Ono, T. Murayama, Kouji Segawa, N. Miyamoto, and Seiki Komiya

Phys. Rev. B 63, 069902 (2001) - Published 23 January, 2001