Volume 66, Issue 21

Amar Nath, Zoltán Klencsár, Erno Kuzmann, Zoltán Homonnay, Attila Vértes, Athanassios Simopoulos, Eamonn Devlin, George Kallias, Arthur P. Ramirez, and Robert J. Cava

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212401 (2002) - Published 11 December, 2002

Scaling of the entropy change at the magnetoelastic transition in ${Gd}_{5} ({Si}_{x} {Ge}_{1 - x})_{4}$

Fèlix Casanova, Xavier Batlle, Amílcar Labarta, Jordi Marcos, Lluís Mañosa, and Antoni Planes

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212402 (2002) - Published 12 December, 2002

Origin of spin-polarization decay in point-contact Andreev reflection

C. H. Kant, O. Kurnosikov, A. T. Filip, P. LeClair, H. J. M. Swagten, and W. J. M. de Jonge

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212403 (2002) - Published 12 December, 2002

Magnetic ordering and spin reorientation in ${ErGa}_{3}$

Y. Y. Chen, Y. D. Yao, C. R. Wang, S. H. Lin, A. Czopnik, M. R. Ali, and J. C. Ho

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212404 (2002) - Published 16 December, 2002

Spin reorientation transition in the incommensurate stripe-ordered phase of ${La}_{3 / 2} {Sr}_{1 / 2} {NiO}_{4}$

P. G. Freeman, A. T. Boothroyd, D. Prabhakaran, D. González, and M. Enderle

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212405 (2002) - Published 18 December, 2002

Behavior of magnetic domains in ${La}_{0.46} {Sr}_{0.54} {MnO}_{3}$ during the ferromagnetic phase transformation studied by electron holography

J. H. Yoo, Y. Murakami, D. Shindo, T. Atou, and M. Kikuchi

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212406 (2002) - Published 20 December, 2002

Aging and fluctuation-dissipation ratio for the dilute Ising model

Pasquale Calabrese and Andrea Gambassi

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212407 (2002) - Published 20 December, 2002

Internal localized eigenmodes on spin discrete breathers in antiferromagnetic chains with on-site easy-axis anisotropy

Sang Wook Kim and Seunghwan Kim

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212408 (2002) - Published 20 December, 2002

Oxygen stoichiometry and isotope effect in ${La}_{1 - x} {Ca}_{x} {MnO}_{3 + δ}$

K. Conder, Guo-meng Zhao, and R. Khasanov

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212409 (2002) - Published 27 December, 2002

Magnetization-dependent electronic transport in Eu-based hexaborides

G. A. Wigger, Ch. Wälti, H. R. Ott, A. D. Bianchi, and Z. Fisk

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212410 (2002) - Published 27 December, 2002

Observation of spectral evolution during the formation of a ${Ni}_{2}$ Kondo molecule

V. Madhavan, T. Jamneala, K. Nagaoka, W. Chen, Je-Luen Li, Steven G. Louie, and M. F. Crommie

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212411 (2002) - Published 30 December, 2002

Dielectric behavior of manganese(III) spin-crossover complex [Mn(taa)]

Motohiro Nakano, Gen-etsu Matsubayashi, and Takasuke Matsuo

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212412 (2002) - Published 31 December, 2002

Magnetochiral dichroism in ${Cr}_{2} O_{3}$

S. Di Matteo and C. R. Natoli

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212413 (2002) - Published 31 December, 2002

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Resonant tunneling through two symmetric centers

A. A. Abrikosov

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212501 (2002) - Published 5 December, 2002

Pressure-induced change in the magnetic modulation of ${CeRhIn}_{5}$

S. Majumdar, G. Balakrishnan, M. R. Lees, D. McK. Paul, and G. J. McIntyre

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212502 (2002) - Published 12 December, 2002

Anomalous phonon peak in the superconducting state of ${ErNi}_{2}^{11} B_{2} C$

H. Kawano-Furukawa, H. Yoshizawa, H. Takeya, and K. Kadowaki

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212503 (2002) - Published 17 December, 2002

SO(5) superconductor in a Zeeman magnetic field: Phase diagram and thermodynamic properties

T. A. Zaleski and T. K. Kopeć

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212504 (2002) - Published 18 December, 2002

Hybridization-induced superconductivity from electron repulsion on a tetramer lattice having a disconnected Fermi surface

Takashi Kimura, Yuji Zenitani, Kazuhiko Kuroki, Ryotaro Arita, and Hideo Aoki

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212505 (2002) - Published 19 December, 2002

Continuous melting of a partially pinned two-dimensional vortex lattice in a square array of pinning centers

Toby Joseph and Chandan Dasgupta

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212506 (2002) - Published 23 December, 2002

Superconducting transition and vortex pinning in Nb films patterned with nanoscale hole arrays

U. Welp, Z. L. Xiao, J. S. Jiang, V. K. Vlasko-Vlasov, S. D. Bader, G. W. Crabtree, J. Liang, H. Chik, and J. M. Xu

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212507 (2002) - Published 27 December, 2002

Peak in the far-infrared conductivity of strongly anisotropic cuprates

A. Pimenov, A. V. Pronin, A. Loidl, A. Tsukada, and M. Naito

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212508 (2002) - Published 31 December, 2002

Possible symmetries of the superconducting order parameter in a hexagonal ferromagnet

K. V. Samokhin

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212509 (2002) - Published 31 December, 2002

Magnetic behavior of ${PrNi}_{2} B_{2} C$ single crystals

A. Durán, S. Bernès, and R. Escudero

Phys. Rev. B 66, 212510 (2002) - Published 31 December, 2002

ARTICLES

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

Direct evidence of soft mode behavior near the Burns temperature in the ${PbMg}_{1 / 3} {Nb}_{2 / 3} O_{3}$ relaxor ferroelectric

S. B. Vakhrushev and S. M. Shapiro

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214101 (2002) - Published 6 December, 2002

Vacuum ultraviolet absorption and ion track effects in LiF crystals irradiated with swift ions

A. T. Davidson, K. Schwartz, J. D. Comins, A. G. Kozakiewicz, M. Toulemonde, and C. Trautmann

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214102 (2002) - Published 10 December, 2002

High-pressure behavior of $Ba (OH)_{2} :$ Phase transitions and bulk modulus

Alexandra Friedrich, Martin Kunz, Ronald Miletich, and Philip Pattison

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214103 (2002) - Published 11 December, 2002

Sensitization of ${Er}^{3 +}$ emission at $1.5 μ m$ by ${Yb}^{3 +}$ in $KYb ({WO}_{4})_{2}$ single crystals

X. Mateos, M. C. Pujol, F. Güell, R. Solé, Jna. Gavaldà, M. Aguiló, F. Díaz, and J. Massons

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214104 (2002) - Published 12 December, 2002

Disorder-induced symmetry lowering in the ${CsInMgF}_{6}$ pyrochlore crystal

A. P. Ayala, C. W. A. Paschoal, I. Guedes, W. Paraguassu, P. T. C. Freire, J. Mendes Filho, R. L. Moreira, and J.-Y. Gesland

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214105 (2002) - Published 17 December, 2002

Characteristic creep behavior of nanocrystalline metals found for high-density gold

S. Sakai, H. Tanimoto, E. Kita, and H. Mizubayashi

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214106 (2002) - Published 18 December, 2002

Performance of various Hamiltonians in the study of the piezoelectric properties of crystalline compounds: The case of BeO and ZnO

Yves Noel, Miquel Llunell, Roberto Orlando, Philippe D’Arco, and Roberto Dovesi

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214107 (2002) - Published 19 December, 2002

Effect of external stress on ferroelectricity in epitaxial thin films

A. Yu. Emelyanov, N. A. Pertsev, and A. L. Kholkin

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214108 (2002) - Published 20 December, 2002

Non-Kolmogorov-Avrami switching kinetics in ferroelectric thin films

Alexander K. Tagantsev, Igor Stolichnov, Nava Setter, Jeffrey S. Cross, and Mineharu Tsukada

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214109 (2002) - Published 23 December, 2002

Calculating the vacancy formation energy in metals: Pt, Pd, and Mo

Thomas R. Mattsson and Ann E. Mattsson

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214110 (2002) - Published 27 December, 2002

Structural phase transformation in InSb: A molecular dynamics simulation

S. C. Costa, P. S. Pizani, and J. P. Rino

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214111 (2002) - Published 27 December, 2002

Electronic and atomic structure of a dissociated dislocation in ${SrTiO}_{3}$

Zaoli Zhang, Wilfried Sigle, Wolfgang Kurtz, and Manfred Rühle

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214112 (2002) - Published 31 December, 2002

Experimental evidence for the high-temperature incommensurate structure in ${LiKSO}_{4}$

Daniel R. Ventura, Marcos A. Pimenta, and Nivaldo L. Speziali

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214113 (2002) - Published 31 December, 2002

Piezoelectric $Pb ({Zr}_{0.5} {Ti}_{0.5}) O_{3} :$ Interplay of atomic ordering, ferroelectric soft modes, and pressure

Huaxiang Fu and O. Gülseren

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214114 (2002) - Published 31 December, 2002

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Hysteresis in driven disordered systems: From plastic depinning to magnets

M. Cristina Marchetti and Karin A. Dahmen

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214201 (2002) - Published 6 December, 2002

Limited conductivity in an octagonal quasicrystal

E. S. Zijlstra

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214202 (2002) - Published 6 December, 2002

Quantum collective creep: A quasiclassical Langevin equation approach

Denis A. Gorokhov, Daniel S. Fisher, and Gianni Blatter

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214203 (2002) - Published 10 December, 2002

Resonant fluorescence line narrowing measurements in erbium-doped glasses for optical amplifiers

Laurent Bigot, Anne-Marie Jurdyc, Bernard Jacquier, Laurent Gasca, and Dominique Bayart

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214204 (2002) - Published 11 December, 2002

Isotropic photonic band gap and anisotropic structures in transmission spectra of two-dimensional fivefold and eightfold symmetric quasiperiodic photonic crystals

Masashi Hase, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Mitsuru Egashira, Norio Shinya, Kenji M. Kojima, and Shin-ichi Uchida

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214205 (2002) - Published 17 December, 2002

Phonons in random alloys: The itinerant coherent-potential approximation

Subhradip Ghosh, P. L. Leath, and Morrel H. Cohen

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214206 (2002) - Published 30 December, 2002

Boundary lubrication: Squeeze-out dynamics of a compressible two-dimensional liquid

U. Tartaglino, B. N. J. Persson, A. I. Volokitin, and E. Tosatti

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214207 (2002) - Published 31 December, 2002

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

Rotational and vibrational dynamics of interstitial molecular hydrogen

T. Yildirim and A. B. Harris

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214301 (2002) - Published 6 December, 2002

Effects of boundary scattering and optic phonon drag on thermal conductivity of a slab of rectangular cross-section

A. I. Chervanyov

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214302 (2002) - Published 6 December, 2002

Dynamics in the charge-density-wave system ${NbSe}_{3}$ using inelastic x-ray scattering with meV energy resolution

H. Requardt, J. E. Lorenzo, P. Monceau, R. Currat, and M. Krisch

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214303 (2002) - Published 12 December, 2002

Phonon density of states of γ-Fe precipitates in Cu

Y. Tsunoda, Y. Kurimoto, M. Seto, S. Kitao, and Y. Yoda

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214304 (2002) - Published 13 December, 2002

Theory of one-phonon-assisted energy transfer between rare-earth ions in crystals

Shangda Xia and Peter A. Tanner

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214305 (2002) - Published 19 December, 2002

Magnetism

Microstructure of the spin reorientation transition in second-order approximation of magnetic anisotropy

E. Y. Vedmedenko, H. P. Oepen, and J. Kirschner

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214401 (2002) - Published 4 December, 2002

Specific heat at low temperatures and magnetic measurements in ${Nd}_{0.5} {Sr}_{0.5} {MnO}_{3}$ and $R_{0.5} {Ca}_{0.5} {MnO}_{3}$ $(R = Nd,$ Sm, Dy, and Ho) samples

J. López, O. F. de Lima, P. N. Lisboa-Filho, and F. M. Araujo-Moreira

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214402 (2002) - Published 4 December, 2002

Effect of Cr and Fe doping on the transport and magnetic properties of the low-bandwidth bilayered manganite ${Sm}_{1.4} {Sr}_{1.6} {Mn}_{2} O_{7}$

Subhayan Biswas, Sandip Chatterjee, P. Chatterjee, P. Dutta, Amish G. Joshi, A. K. Nigam, S. K. De, and S. Chatterjee

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214403 (2002) - Published 4 December, 2002

Limitations of the two-media approach in calculating magneto-optical properties of layered systems

A. Vernes, L. Szunyogh, and P. Weinberger

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214404 (2002) - Published 5 December, 2002

Ordered phase and phase transitions in the three-dimensional generalized six-state clock model

Norikazu Todoroki, Yohtaro Ueno, and Seiji Miyashita

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214405 (2002) - Published 6 December, 2002

Linear and nonlinear superparamagnetic relaxation at high anisotropy barriers

Yu. L. Raikher and V. I. Stepanov

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214406 (2002) - Published 11 December, 2002

Role of the alloy structure in the magnetic behavior of granular systems

C. S. M. Bastos, M. Bahiana, W. C. Nunes, M. A. Novak, D. Altbir, P. Vargas, and M. Knobel

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214407 (2002) - Published 11 December, 2002

Spin dynamics of ${La}_{0.7} {Ba}_{0.3} {MnO}_{3}$

Tapan Chatterji, L. P. Regnault, and W. Schmidt

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214408 (2002) - Published 12 December, 2002

Resistivity extrema in double-exchange ferromagnetic nondegenerate semiconductors

E. L. Nagaev, A. I. Podel’shchikov, and V. E. Zil’bervarg

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214409 (2002) - Published 12 December, 2002

Magnetic structures and reorientation transitions in noncentrosymmetric uniaxial antiferromagnets

A. N. Bogdanov, U. K. Rößler, M. Wolf, and K.-H. Müller

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214410 (2002) - Published 12 December, 2002

Oxygen-isotope effects on local structure distortions and transport properties of epitaxial thin films of ${Nd}_{0.67} {Sr}_{0.33} {MnO}_{3}$

R. P. Sharma, Guo-meng Zhao, D. J. Kang, M. Robson, M. Rajeswari, H. Keller, H. D. Drew, and T. Venkatesan

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214411 (2002) - Published 13 December, 2002

Anomalous magnetic and transport behavior in the magnetic insulator ${Sr}_{3} {Ir}_{2} O_{7}$

G. Cao, Y. Xin, C. S. Alexander, J. E. Crow, P. Schlottmann, M. K. Crawford, R. L. Harlow, and W. Marshall

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214412 (2002) - Published 17 December, 2002

Structural and magnetic properties of ${Gd}_{5} {Si}_{x} {Sn}_{4 - x}$

H. B. Wang, Z. Altounian, and D. H. Ryan

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214413 (2002) - Published 18 December, 2002

Dipolar interaction between two-dimensional magnetic particles

Paolo Politi and Maria Gloria Pini

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214414 (2002) - Published 19 December, 2002

Coherent spin-valve phenomena and electrical spin injection in ferromagnetic/semiconductor/ferromagnetic junctions

Francisco Mireles and George Kirczenow

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214415 (2002) - Published 20 December, 2002

Role of electron scattering in the magnetization relaxation of thin ${Ni}_{81} {Fe}_{19}$ films

S. Ingvarsson, L. Ritchie, X. Y. Liu, Gang Xiao, J. C. Slonczewski, P. L. Trouilloud, and R. H. Koch

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214416 (2002) - Published 23 December, 2002

Lattice dynamics of ${CuGeO}_{3} :$ Inelastic neutron scattering and model calculations

M. Braden, W. Reichardt, B. Hennion, G. Dhalenne, and A. Revcolevschi

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214417 (2002) - Published 30 December, 2002

Magnetic susceptibility and spin-lattice interactions in $U_{1 - x} {Pu}_{x} O_{2}$ single crystals

D. Kolberg, F. Wastin, J. Rebizant, P. Boulet, G. H. Lander, and J. Schoenes

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214418 (2002) - Published 31 December, 2002

Spin glass behavior in rhombohedral $B_{12}$ cluster compounds

Takao Mori and Andreas Leithe-Jasper

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214419 (2002) - Published 31 December, 2002

Effect of deuterium absorption on the heavy-fermion compound UPdIn

P. Raj, A. Sathyamoorthy, S. K. Dhar, Z. Chu, W. B. Yelon, and S. K. Malik

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214420 (2002) - Published 31 December, 2002

Crystal field effects and thermoelectric properties of ${PrFe}_{4} {Sb}_{12}$ skutterudite

E. Bauer, St. Berger, Ch. Paul, M. Della Mea, G. Hilscher, H. Michor, M. Reissner, W. Steiner, A. Grytsiv, P. Rogl, and E. W. Scheidt

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214421 (2002) - Published 31 December, 2002

Charge ordered structure of magnetite ${Fe}_{3} O_{4}$ below the Verwey transition

Jon P. Wright, J. Paul Attfield, and Paolo G. Radaelli

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214422 (2002) - Published 31 December, 2002

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Magnetic pair breaking and weak ferromagnetism in single crystals of ${Er}_{1 - x} {Tb}_{x} {Ni}_{2} B_{2} C$

Chang-An Kim and B. K. Cho

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214501 (2002) - Published 6 December, 2002

Competition of superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in a d-wave vortex lattice

Amit Ghosal, Catherine Kallin, and A. John Berlinsky

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214502 (2002) - Published 6 December, 2002

Electronic thermal conductivity of multigap superconductors: Application to ${MgB}_{2}$

Hiroaki Kusunose, T. M. Rice, and Manfred Sigrist

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214503 (2002) - Published 6 December, 2002

Surface tension of liquid $^{4} He$ as measured using the vibration modes of a levitated drop

C. Vicente, W. Yao, H. J. Maris, and G. M. Seidel

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214504 (2002) - Published 6 December, 2002

Absence of singular superconducting fluctuation corrections to thermal conductivity

Douglas R. Niven and Robert A. Smith

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214505 (2002) - Published 6 December, 2002

Sublimated decoupling of the vortex lattice in extreme type-II layered superconductors

J. P. Rodriguez

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214506 (2002) - Published 6 December, 2002

Josephson effects between multigap and single-gap superconductors

D. F. Agterberg, Eugene Demler, and B. Janko

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214507 (2002) - Published 6 December, 2002

Theory of elastic properties of ${Sr}_{2} {RuO}_{4}$ at the superconducting transition temperature

M. B. Walker and Pedro Contreras

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214508 (2002) - Published 10 December, 2002

Anisotropy and reversible magnetization of the infinite-layer superconductor ${Sr}_{0.9} {La}_{0.1} {CuO}_{2}$

Mun-Seog Kim, Thomas R. Lemberger, C. U. Jung, Jae-Hyuk Choi, J. Y. Kim, Heon-Jung Kim, and Sung-Ik Lee

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214509 (2002) - Published 11 December, 2002

Evolution of pressure-induced heavy fermion state and superconductivity in ${CeRhIn}_{5} :$ A high-pressure Fermi surface study

H. Shishido, R. Settai, S. Araki, T. Ueda, Y. Inada, T. C. Kobayashi, T. Muramatsu, Y. Haga, and Y. Ōnuki

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214510 (2002) - Published 11 December, 2002

Possible reordering of vortex matter near the end point of the second peak line in the ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$ compound

D. Stamopoulos, M. Pissas, and A. Bondarenko

Phys. Rev. B 66, 214521 (2002) - Published 30 December, 2002

Volume 66, Issue 21

BRIEF REPORTS

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

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

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

Magnetism

Superfluidity and superconductivity

ARTICLES

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

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

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

Magnetism

Superfluidity and superconductivity

COMMENTS