Volume 64, Issue 18

1 November 2001

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

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

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Generalized Ramsauer-Townsend effect in extended x-ray-absorption fine structure

M. L. Hanham and R. F. Pettifer

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180101(R) (2001) - Published 22 October, 2001

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Enhanced plastic strain in Zr-based bulk amorphous alloys

L.-Q. Xing, Y. Li, K. T. Ramesh, J. Li, and T. C. Hufnagel

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180201(R) (2001) - Published 1 October, 2001

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Persistent hole burning in multiple-scattering optical media

Makoto Tomita, Tetsu Ito, and Satoshi Hattori

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180202(R) (2001) - Published 22 October, 2001

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Liquid-liquid phase transition in Pb-Sn melts

F. Q. Zu, Z. G. Zhu, L. J. Guo, B. Zhang, J. P. Shui, and C. S. Liu

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180203(R) (2001) - Published 23 October, 2001

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

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Coherent phonon generation mechanism in solids

Ahmed I. Lobad and Antoinette J. Taylor

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180301(R) (2001) - Published 19 October, 2001

Magnetism

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Effect of GGA on the half-metallicity of the itinerant ferromagnet ${CoS}_{2}$

Tatsuya Shishidou, A. J. Freeman, and Ryoji Asahi

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180401(R) (2001) - Published 1 October, 2001

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Localized f electrons in ${Ce}_{x} {La}_{1 - x} {RhIn}_{5} :$ de Haas–van Alphen measurements

U. Alver, R. G. Goodrich, N. Harrison, D. W. Hall, E. C. Palm, T. P. Murphy, S. W. Tozer, P. G. Pagliuso, N. O. Moreno, J. L. Sarrao, and Z. Fisk

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180402(R) (2001) - Published 1 October, 2001

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Structural effect on colossal magnetoresistivity in manganites: Bond versus band

Despina Louca, T. Egami, W. Dmowski, and J. F. Mitchell

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180403(R) (2001) - Published 3 October, 2001

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Lower critical dimension of Ising spin glasses

A. K. Hartmann and A. P. Young

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180404(R) (2001) - Published 5 October, 2001

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Resistivity anomaly in the vicinity of a structural phase transition in ${La}_{1 - x} {Sr}_{x} {MnO}_{3}$

P. Mandal, B. Bandyopadhyay, and B. Ghosh

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180405(R) (2001) - Published 16 October, 2001

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Oxygen-induced grain boundary effects on magnetotransport properties of ${Sr}_{2} {FeMoO}_{6 + δ}$

D. Niebieskikwiat, A. Caneiro, R. D. Sánchez, and J. Fontcuberta

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180406(R) (2001) - Published 19 October, 2001

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Induced V and reduced Fe moments at the interface of Fe/V(001) superlattices

A. Scherz, H. Wende, P. Poulopoulos, J. Lindner, K. Baberschke, P. Blomquist, R. Wäppling, F. Wilhelm, and N. B. Brookes

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180407(R) (2001) - Published 22 October, 2001

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Near-complete spin polarization in atomically-smooth chromium-dioxide epitaxial films prepared using a CVD liquid precursor

A. Anguelouch, A. Gupta, Gang Xiao, D. W. Abraham, Y. Ji, S. Ingvarsson, and C. L. Chien

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180408(R) (2001) - Published 23 October, 2001

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Charge dynamics in the colossal magnetoresistance pyrochlore ${Tl}_{2} {Mn}_{2} O_{7}$

H. Okamura, T. Koretsune, M. Matsunami, S. Kimura, T. Nanba, H. Imai, Y. Shimakawa, and Y. Kubo

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180409(R) (2001) - Published 25 October, 2001

Superfluidity and superconductivity

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Energy gap and proximity effect in ${MgB}_{2}$ superconducting wires

R. Prozorov, R. W. Giannetta, S. L. Bud’ko, and P. C. Canfield

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180501(R) (2001) - Published 1 October, 2001

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Surface electronic structure of ${Sr}_{2} {RuO}_{4}$

K. M. Shen, A. Damascelli, D. H. Lu, N. P. Armitage, F. Ronning, D. L. Feng, C. Kim, Z.-X. Shen, D. J. Singh, I. I. Mazin, S. Nakatsuji, Z. Q. Mao, Y. Maeno, T. Kimura, and Y. Tokura

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180502(R) (2001) - Published 2 October, 2001

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Superconductivity in the correlated pyrochlore ${Cd}_{2} {Re}_{2} O_{7}$

R. Jin, J. He, S. McCall, C. S. Alexander, F. Drymiotis, and D. Mandrus

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180503(R) (2001) - Published 2 October, 2001

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Nonlinear backreaction in a quantum mechanical SQUID

J. F. Ralph, T. D. Clark, M. J. Everitt, and P. Stiffell

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180504(R) (2001) - Published 3 October, 2001

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Photoemission study of Pb doped ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8} :$ A Fermi surface picture

P. V. Bogdanov, A. Lanzara, X. J. Zhou, S. A. Kellar, D. L. Feng, E. D. Lu, H. Eisaki, J.-I. Shimoyama, K. Kishio, Z. Hussain, and Z. X. Shen

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180505(R) (2001) - Published 4 October, 2001

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Determination of superconducting anisotropy from magnetization data on random powders as applied to ${LuNi}_{2} B_{2} C,$ ${YNi}_{2} B_{2} C,$ and ${MgB}_{2}$

S. L. Bud’ko, V. G. Kogan, and P. C. Canfield

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180506(R) (2001) - Published 12 October, 2001

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Dielectric functions and collective excitations in ${MgB}_{2}$

V. P. Zhukov, V. M. Silkin, E. V. Chulkov, and P. M. Echenique

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180507(R) (2001) - Published 15 October, 2001

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Quantum partition noise in a superconducting tunnel junction

K. Segall and D. E. Prober

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180508(R) (2001) - Published 18 October, 2001

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Electron-phonon coupling induced pseudogap and the superconducting transition in ${Ba}_{0.67} K_{0.33} {BiO}_{3}$

A. Chainani, T. Yokoya, T. Kiss, S. Shin, T. Nishio, and H. Uwe

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180509(R) (2001) - Published 18 October, 2001

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Electronic structures of antiperovskite superconductors $Mg X {Ni}_{3}$ $(X = B,$ C, and N)

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

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180510(R) (2001) - Published 19 October, 2001

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Cu nuclear quadrupole resonance study of site disorder and chemical pressure effects on $Y ({Ba}_{1 - x} {Sr}_{x})_{2} {Cu}_{4} O_{8}$

Y. Itoh, S. Adachi, T. Machi, and N. Koshizuka

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180511(R) (2001) - Published 19 October, 2001

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Depinning of a superfluid vortex line by Kelvin waves

L. A. K. Donev, L. Hough, and R. J. Zieve

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180512(R) (2001) - Published 19 October, 2001

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Qualitative understanding of the sign of $t^{'}$ asymmetry in the extended $t - J$ model and relevance for pairing properties

G. B. Martins, J. C. Xavier, L. Arrachea, and E. Dagotto

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180513(R) (2001) - Published 22 October, 2001

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Anomalous NMR magnetic shifts in ${CeCoIn}_{5}$

N. J. Curro, B. Simovic, P. C. Hammel, P. G. Pagliuso, J. L. Sarrao, J. D. Thompson, and G. B. Martins

Phys. Rev. B 64, 180514(R) (2001) - Published 23 October, 2001

ARTICLES

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

Vibrational line broadening in the mixed solid $N_{2} - Kr : A$ high-pressure Raman study of the phase diagram

H. T. Lotz and J. A. Schouten

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184101 (2001) - Published 1 October, 2001

Second nearest-neighbor modified embedded atom method potentials for bcc transition metals

Byeong-Joo Lee, M.I. Baskes, Hanchul Kim, and Yang Koo Cho

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184102 (2001) - Published 15 October, 2001

Molecular dynamics simulation of the structure of yttria $Y_{2} O_{3}$ phases using pairwise interactions

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

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184103 (2001) - Published 16 October, 2001

Dielectric behavior of paraelectric ${KTaO}_{3},$ ${CaTiO}_{3},$ and ${(L n}_{1 / 2} {Na}_{1 / 2}) {TiO}_{3}$ under a dc electric field

Chen Ang, A. S. Bhalla, and L. E. Cross

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184104 (2001) - Published 17 October, 2001

Atomic structures and energetics of ${LaNi}_{5} - H$ solid solution and hydrides

Kazuyoshi Tatsumi, Isao Tanaka, Haruyuki Inui, Katsushi Tanaka, Masaharu Yamaguchi, and Hirohiko Adachi

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184105 (2001) - Published 18 October, 2001

Phase transitions in the quantum Ising and rotor models with a long-range interaction

Amit Dutta and J. K. Bhattacharjee

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184106 (2001) - Published 18 October, 2001

Nucleation of $c - BN$ on hexagonal boron nitride

B. Mårlid, K. Larsson, and J.-O. Carlsson

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184107 (2001) - Published 18 October, 2001

Correlated insulating ground state of ${Ce}_{3} {Bi}_{4} {Pt}_{3}$

S. H. Liu

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184108 (2001) - Published 18 October, 2001

Calorimetric and x-ray diffraction studies of α-to-β structural phase transitions in ${HfW}_{2} O_{8}$ and ${ZrW}_{2} O_{8}$

Y. Yamamura, N. Nakajima, and T. Tsuji

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184109 (2001) - Published 19 October, 2001

Structural and chemical effects on $EELS$ $L_{3, 2}$ ionization edges in $N i - b a s e d$ intermetallic compounds

P. L. Potapov, S. E. Kulkova, D. Schryvers, and J. Verbeeck

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184110 (2001) - Published 22 October, 2001

Dielectric, infrared, and Raman response of undoped ${SrTiO}_{3}$ ceramics: Evidence of polar grain boundaries

J. Petzelt, T. Ostapchuk, I. Gregora, I. Rychetský, S. Hoffmann-Eifert, A. V. Pronin, Y. Yuzyuk, B. P. Gorshunov, S. Kamba, V. Bovtun, J. Pokorný, M. Savinov, V. Porokhonskyy, D. Rafaja, P. Vaněk, A. Almeida, M. R. Chaves, A. A. Volkov, M. Dressel, and R. Waser

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184111 (2001) - Published 22 October, 2001

X-ray diffuse scattering study on ionic-pair displacement correlations in relaxor lead magnesium niobate

Naohisa Takesue, Yasuhiko Fujii, and Hoydoo You

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184112 (2001) - Published 22 October, 2001

Quantum-mechanical analysis of the equation of state of anatase ${TiO}_{2}$

M. Calatayud, P. Mori-Sánchez, A. Beltrán, A. Martín Pendás, E. Francisco, J. Andrés, and J. M. Recio

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184113 (2001) - Published 23 October, 2001

Monoclinic phase in the relaxor-based piezoelectric/ferroelectric ${P b (M g}_{1 / 3} {Nb}_{2 / 3} {) O}_{3} {- P b T i O}_{3}$ system

Z.-G. Ye, B. Noheda, M. Dong, D. Cox, and G. Shirane

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184114 (2001) - Published 24 October, 2001

Tracks of swift heavy ions in graphite studied by scanning tunneling microscopy

J. Liu, R. Neumann, C. Trautmann, and C. Müller

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184115 (2001) - Published 25 October, 2001

Structural study of a ${Ag}_{3.4} {In}_{3.7} {Sb}_{76.4} {Te}_{16.5}$ quadruple compound utilized for phase-change optical disks

Toshiyuki Matsunaga, Yukihiro Umetani, and Noboru Yamada

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184116 (2001) - Published 25 October, 2001

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Crystals of binary Lennard-Jones solids

Thomas F. Middleton, Javier Hernández-Rojas, Paul N. Mortenson, and David J. Wales

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184201 (2001) - Published 16 October, 2001

Continuous distribution of thermodynamic microprocesses in complex metastable systems

K. Krištiaková and P. Švec

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184202 (2001) - Published 19 October, 2001

Diffraction study of solid oxygen embedded in porous glasses

D. Wallacher, R. Ackermann, P. Huber, M. Enderle, and K. Knorr

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184203 (2001) - Published 24 October, 2001

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

Collective dynamics of one-dimensional charge density waves

Andreas Glatz, Sanjay Kumar, and Mai Suan Li

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184301 (2001) - Published 9 October, 2001

Neutron spectroscopy of ${ReH}_{0.09}$

V. E. Antonov, V. K. Fedotov, A. I. Harkunov, A. I. Kolesnikov, N. I. Novokhatskaya, G. Grosse, F. E. Wagner, T. Hansen, and A. S. Ivanov

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184302 (2001) - Published 15 October, 2001

Large contribution of long-wave phonon modes to nonradiative transitions from a bound soliton-antisoliton pair to the ground state in one-dimensional charge-density-wave models

K. Iwano

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184303 (2001) - Published 18 October, 2001

Test of universal scaling of ac conductivity in ionic conductors

C. León, P. Lunkenheimer, and K. L. Ngai

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184304 (2001) - Published 18 October, 2001

Magnon heat transport in $(Sr, Ca, La)_{14} {Cu}_{24} O_{41}$

C. Hess, C. Baumann, U. Ammerahl, B. Büchner, F. Heidrich-Meisner, W. Brenig, and A. Revcolevschi

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184305 (2001) - Published 19 October, 2001

Phonons and electron-phonon interaction by linear-response theory within the LAPW method

R. Kouba, A. Taga, C. Ambrosch-Draxl, L. Nordström, and B. Johansson

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184306 (2001) - Published 23 October, 2001

First-principles theory of ionic diffusion with nondilute carriers

A. Van der Ven, G. Ceder, M. Asta, and P. D. Tepesch

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184307 (2001) - Published 25 October, 2001

Magnetism

Surface magnetic phase diagram for a semi-infinite ferromagnet

A. P. Popov and D. P. Pappas

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184401 (2001) - Published 12 October, 2001

Constrained-path quantum Monte Carlo simulations of the zero-temperature disordered two-dimensional Hubbard model

M. Enjalran, F. Hébert, G. G. Batrouni, R. T. Scalettar, and Shiwei Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184402 (2001) - Published 12 October, 2001

Critical dimension of the transition from single switching to an exchange spring process in hard/soft exchange-coupled bilayers

Shi-shen Yan, J. A. Barnard, Feng-ting Xu, J. L. Weston, and G. Zangari

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184403 (2001) - Published 12 October, 2001

Strain effect and the phase diagram of ${La}_{1 - x} {Ba}_{x} {MnO}_{3}$ thin films

Jun Zhang, Hidekazu Tanaka, Teruo Kanki, Jae-Hyoung Choi, and Tomoji Kawai

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184404 (2001) - Published 12 October, 2001

Step-induced in-plane orbital anisotropy in FeNi films on Cu(111) probed by magnetic circular x-ray dichroism

S. Cherifi, C. Boeglin, S. Stanescu, J. P. Deville, C. Mocuta, H. Magnan, P. Le Fèvre, P. Ohresser, and N. B. Brookes

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184405 (2001) - Published 15 October, 2001

Analysis of disordered stripe magnetic domains in strained epitaxial Ni(001) films

S. Hameed, P. Talagala, R. Naik, L. E. Wenger, V. M. Naik, and R. Proksch

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184406 (2001) - Published 16 October, 2001

Spin and orbital magnetic moments of $3 d$ and $4 d$ impurities in and on the (001) surface of bcc Fe

V. Popescu, H. Ebert, B. Nonas, and P. H. Dederichs

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184407 (2001) - Published 17 October, 2001

Critical behavior of two-dimensional frustrated spin models with noncollinear order

Pasquale Calabrese and Pietro Parruccini

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184408 (2001) - Published 17 October, 2001

Local distortions in ${La}_{0.7} {Ca}_{0.3} {Mn}_{1 - b} A_{b} O_{3}$ $(A = Ti$ and Ga) colossal magnetoresistance samples: Correlations with magnetization and evidence for cluster formation

D. Cao, F. Bridges, M. Anderson, A. P. Ramirez, M. Olapinski, M. A. Subramanian, C. H. Booth, and G. H. Kwei

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184409 (2001) - Published 17 October, 2001

Finite-element modeling of extraordinary magnetoresistance in thin film semiconductors with metallic inclusions

J. Moussa, L. R. Ram-Mohan, J. Sullivan, T. Zhou, D. R. Hines, and S. A. Solin

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184410 (2001) - Published 17 October, 2001

Angular dependence of the exchange bias obtained from magnetization and ferromagnetic resonance measurements in exchange-coupled bilayers

J. Geshev, L. G. Pereira, and J. E. Schmidt

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184411 (2001) - Published 17 October, 2001

Shift of geometrically localized magnetic walls in thin films under a magnetic field

N. García, V. V. Osipov, and E. V. Ponizovskaya

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184412 (2001) - Published 18 October, 2001

Equilibrium valleys in spin glasses at low temperature

E. Marinari, O. C. Martin, and F. Zuliani

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184413 (2001) - Published 18 October, 2001

Thermoelectric behavior near the magnetic quantum critical point

Indranil Paul and Gabriel Kotliar

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184414 (2001) - Published 18 October, 2001

Quantum jumps in the magnetization of a magnet with antiferromagnetic impurities

A. S. Lagutin, A. Semeno, J. Vanacken, and Y. Bruynseraede

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184415 (2001) - Published 18 October, 2001

Low-frequency dynamic hysteresis in exchange-coupled ${Ni}_{81} {Fe}_{19} {/ I r}_{22} {Mn}_{78}$ bilayers

Haiwen Xi, Robert M. White, Sining Mao, Zheng Gao, Zhijun Yang, and Edward Murdock

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184416 (2001) - Published 18 October, 2001

Magnetovolume effects and the $p$ - $T$ magnetic phase diagram of ${UNi}_{2} {Si}_{2}$

Fuminori Honda, Vladimir Sechovský, Gendo Oomi, Alexander V. Andreev, and Alois A. Menovsky

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184417 (2001) - Published 19 October, 2001

Antiferromagnetic integer-spin chains in a staggered magnetic field: Approaching the thermodynamic limit through the infinite-size density-matrix renormalization group

Massimo Capone and Sergio Caprara

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184418 (2001) - Published 19 October, 2001

Power-law relaxation decay in two-dimensional arrays of magnetic dots interacting by long-range dipole-dipole interactions

L. C. Sampaio, R. Hyndman, F. S. de Menezes, J. P. Jamet, P. Meyer, J. Gierak, C. Chappert, V. Mathet, and J. Ferré

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184440 (2001) - Published 25 October, 2001

Thermodynamics of the one-dimensional half-filled-band Falicov-Kimball model

C. A. Macêdo, L. G. Azevedo, and A. M. C. de Souza

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184441 (2001) - Published 25 October, 2001

Electric transport in Fe/ZnSe/Fe heterostructures

H. C. Herper, P. Weinberger, A. Vernes, L. Szunyogh, and C. Sommers

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184442 (2001) - Published 25 October, 2001

Bond-operator theory of doped antiferromagnets: From Mott insulators with bond-centered charge order to superconductors with nodal fermions

Kwon Park and Subir Sachdev

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184510 (2001) - Published 18 October, 2001

Peak effect, vortex-lattice melting line, and order-disorder transition in conventional and high- $T_{c}$ superconductors

Grigorii P. Mikitik and Ernst Helmut Brandt

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184514 (2001) - Published 19 October, 2001

Subgrain boundary structure in melt-textured $R {Ba}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7}$ $(R = Y, Nd) :$ Limitation of critical currents versus flux pinning

F. Sandiumenge, N. Vilalta, J. Rabier, and X. Obradors

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184515 (2001) - Published 19 October, 2001

Quasiparticle contribution to heat carriers relaxation time in ${DyBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - x}$ from heat diffusivity measurements

S. Dorbolo and M. Ausloos

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184521 (2001) - Published 22 October, 2001

Antiferromagnetism in Zn-doped ${La}_{2} {CuO}_{4}$ as observed by muon spin resonance spectroscopy

M. Ekström, O. Hartmann, E. Karlsson, E. Lidström, P. Granberg, and M. Nygren

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184522 (2001) - Published 23 October, 2001

Vortex pinning by natural linear defects in thin films of ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$

F. C. Klaassen, G. Doornbos, J. M. Huijbregtse, R. C. F. van der Geest, B. Dam, and R. Griessen

Phys. Rev. B 64, 184523 (2001) - Published 25 October, 2001

ERRATA

Erratum: Model quantum magnet: The effect of hyperfine interactions on the phase diagram and dynamic susceptibility [Phys. Rev. B 64, 024427 (2001)]

Varsha Banerjee and Sushanta Dattagupta

Phys. Rev. B 64, 189901 (2001) - Published 25 October, 2001