Volume 68, Issue 1

J. -S. Kang, J. H. Kim, A. Sekiyama, S. Kasai, S. Suga, S. W. Han, K. H. Kim, E. J. Choi, T. Kimura, T. Muro, Y. Saitoh, C. G. Olson, J. H. Shim, and B. I. Min

Phys. Rev. B 68, 012410 (2003) - Published 28 July, 2003

Long-range magnetic ordering in the spin-chain compound ${Ca}_{3} {CuMnO}_{6}$ with multiple bond distances

Kausik Sengupta, S. Rayaprol, Kartik K. Iyer, and E. V. Sampathkumaran

Phys. Rev. B 68, 012411 (2003) - Published 28 July, 2003

Effect of band filling and structural distortions on the Curie temperature of Fe-Mo double perovskites

Carlos Frontera, Diego Rubi, José Navarro, José Luis García-Muñoz, Josep Fontcuberta, and Clemens Ritter

Phys. Rev. B 68, 012412 (2003) - Published 30 July, 2003

ac susceptibility and magnetic relaxation of $R_{2} {PdSi}_{3}$ $(R = N d,$ Tb, and Dy)

D. X. Li, S. Nimori, Y. Shiokawa, Y. Haga, E. Yamamoto, and Y. Onuki

Phys. Rev. B 68, 012413 (2003) - Published 30 July, 2003

Thermal stability of exchange-coupled magnetic grains

F. C. S. da Silva and J. P. Nibarger

Phys. Rev. B 68, 012414 (2003) - Published 31 July, 2003

Experimental evidence for a glass forming stripe liquid in the magnetic ground state of ${La}_{1.65} {Eu}_{0.2} {Sr}_{0.15} {CuO}_{4}$

B. Simovič, P. C. Hammel, M. Hücker, B. Büchner, and A. Revcolevschi

Phys. Rev. B 68, 012415 (2003) - Published 31 July, 2003

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Frequency resonance in Josephson-junction arrays driven by high alternating currents

Jong Soo Lim, M. Y. Choi, and Beom Jun Kim

Phys. Rev. B 68, 012501 (2003) - Published 2 July, 2003

Annealing of transient vortex states near the order-disorder phase transition in ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8 + δ}$

B. Kalisky, A. Shaulov, and Y. Yeshurun

Phys. Rev. B 68, 012502 (2003) - Published 9 July, 2003

Interaction between two structural blocks and superconductivity in ${La}_{2 - x} M_{x} {CuO}_{4} (M = B a, S r)$

S. X. Wang and H. Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 68, 012503 (2003) - Published 11 July, 2003

Anisotropic low-field behavior and the observation of flux jumps in ${CeCoIn}_{5}$

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

Phys. Rev. B 68, 012504 (2003) - Published 15 July, 2003

Defect and anisotropic gap-induced quasi-one-dimensional modulation of the local density of states of ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$

Khee-Kyun Voo, Hong-Yi Chen, and W. C. Wu

Phys. Rev. B 68, 012505 (2003) - Published 22 July, 2003

Evidence for the coupling between γ-band carriers and the incommensurate spin fluctuations in ${Sr}_{2} {RuO}_{4}$

Ping Lou, Ming-Che Chang, and Wen-Chin Wu

Phys. Rev. B 68, 012506 (2003) - Published 25 July, 2003

Common energy scale for magnetism and superconductivity in cuprates

Amit Keren and Amit Kanigel

Phys. Rev. B 68, 012507 (2003) - Published 28 July, 2003

Theoretical analysis of continuously driven dissipative solid-state qubits

M. C. Goorden and F. K. Wilhelm

Phys. Rev. B 68, 012508 (2003) - Published 28 July, 2003

Electronic states around a vortex core in high- $T_{c}$ superconductors based on the $t$ - $J$ model

Hiroki Tsuchiura, Masao Ogata, Yukio Tanaka, and Satoshi Kashiwaya

Phys. Rev. B 68, 012509 (2003) - Published 28 July, 2003

Electron-hole asymmetry and superconductivity

J. E. Hirsch

Phys. Rev. B 68, 012510 (2003) - Published 31 July, 2003

ARTICLES

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

Laser site-selective excitation spectroscopy of ${Eu}^{3 +}$ -doped yttrium aluminum garnet

YongRong Shen, ChunMao Li, Vilma C. Costa, and Kevin L. Bray

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014101 (2003) - Published 3 July, 2003

X-ray photoemission spectroscopy characterization of the electrode-ferroelectric interfaces in ${P t / B i}_{4} {Ti}_{3} O_{12} / Pt$ and ${P t / B i}_{3.25} {La}_{0.75} {Ti}_{3} O_{12} / Pt$ capacitors: Possible influence of defect structure on fatigue properties

M.-W. Chu, M. Ganne, M. T. Caldes, E. Gautier, and L. Brohan

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014102 (2003) - Published 8 July, 2003

High-pressure form of pyrite-type germanium dioxide

Shigeaki Ono, Taku Tsuchiya, Kei Hirose, and Yasuo Ohishi

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014103 (2003) - Published 9 July, 2003

Ab initio and finite-temperature molecular dynamics studies of lattice resistance in tantalum

D. E. Segall, Alejandro Strachan, William A. Goddard, III, Sohrab Ismail-Beigi, and T. A. Arias

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014104 (2003) - Published 10 July, 2003

Raman spectroscopy of ${La}_{2} @ C_{80}$ and ${Ti}_{2} @ C_{80}$ dimetallofullerenes

R. Jaffiol, A. Débarre, C. Julien, D. Nutarelli, P. Tchénio, A. Taninaka, B. Cao, T. Okazaki, and H. Shinohara

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014105 (2003) - Published 10 July, 2003

Infrared investigation on ice VIII and the phase diagram of dense ices

M. Song, H. Yamawaki, H. Fujihisa, M. Sakashita, and K. Aoki

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014106 (2003) - Published 16 July, 2003

Crystal structure of bent carbon dioxide phase IV

J.-H. Park, C. S. Yoo, V. Iota, H. Cynn, M. F. Nicol, and T. Le Bihan

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014107 (2003) - Published 18 July, 2003

Evidence of a splitting of the Mn-O distance and of a large lattice disorder in the charge-ordered phase of ${LiMn}_{2} O_{4}$ obtained by EXAFS

A. Paolone, C. Castellano, R. Cantelli, G. Rousse, and C. Masquelier

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014108 (2003) - Published 18 July, 2003

Dynamical mechanism of the ferroelectric phase transition of ${SrTi}^{18} O_{3}$ studied by light scattering

Hiroki Hasebe, Yuhji Tsujimi, Ruiping Wang, Mitsuru Itoh, and Toshirou Yagi

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014109 (2003) - Published 22 July, 2003

Role of polarization effects in the prediction of an orthorhombic pressure-induced phase in alkali halides

M. Marqués, M. Flórez, M. A. Blanco, and J. M. Recio

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014110 (2003) - Published 28 July, 2003

Optical response of solid ${CO}_{2}$ as a tool for the determination of the high-pressure phase

S. Sharma, J. K. Dewhurst, and C. Ambrosch-Draxl

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014111 (2003) - Published 28 July, 2003

First-principles calculations of piezoelectricity and polarization rotation in $Pb ({Zr}_{0.5} {Ti}_{0.5}) O_{3}$

Zhigang Wu and Henry Krakauer

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014112 (2003) - Published 29 July, 2003

High-pressure x-ray scattering of oxides with a nanoscale local structure: Application to ${Na}_{1 / 2} {Bi}_{1 / 2} {TiO}_{3}$

J. Kreisel, P. Bouvier, B. Dkhil, P. A. Thomas, A. M. Glazer, T. R. Welberry, B. Chaabane, and M. Mezouar

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014113 (2003) - Published 29 July, 2003

Cationic-competition-induced monoclinic phase in high piezoelectric $({PbSc}_{1 / 2} {Nb}_{1 / 2} O_{3})_{1 - x} - ({PbTiO}_{3})_{x}$ compounds

R. Haumont, B. Dkhil, J. M. Kiat, A. Al-Barakaty, H. Dammak, and L. Bellaiche

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014114 (2003) - Published 30 July, 2003

Dislocations in diamond: Dissociation into partials and their glide motion

A. T. Blumenau, R. Jones, T. Frauenheim, B. Willems, O. I. Lebedev, G. Van Tendeloo, D. Fisher, and P. M. Martineau

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014115 (2003) - Published 30 July, 2003

Applicability of O(N)-like density functional study on the structural properties of nitrogen defects in SiC

David Raczkowski and C. Y. Fong

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014116 (2003) - Published 30 July, 2003

Nature of the superionic transition in ${Ag}^{+}$ and ${Cu}^{+}$ halides

D. A. Keen, S. Hull, A. C. Barnes, P. Berastegui, W. A. Crichton, P. A. Madden, M. G. Tucker, and M. Wilson

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014117 (2003) - Published 30 July, 2003

Electronic transport in single crystals and polycrystalline ${Al}_{3} Zr :$ Effect of disorder upon resistivity

B. Fisher, K. B. Chashka, L. Patlagan, G. Bazalitsky, and G. M. Reisner

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014118 (2003) - Published 30 July, 2003

First-principles determination of the relative stability of the $α$ and $Cmcm$ structures of ${AlPO}_{4}$

Lavanya M. Ramaniah, Surinder M. Sharma, Karel Kunc, Nandini Garg, and Mohini Laghate

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014119 (2003) - Published 31 July, 2003

Energetics of Li atom displacements in $K_{1 - x} {Li}_{x} {TaO}_{3} :$ First-principles calculations

S. A. Prosandeev, E. Cockayne, and B. P. Burton

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014120 (2003) - Published 31 July, 2003

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Connection between the high-frequency crossover of the temperature dependence of the relaxation time and the change of intermolecular coupling in glass-forming liquids

R. Casalini, K. L. Ngai, and C. M. Roland

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014201 (2003) - Published 3 July, 2003

Current-density functional for disordered systems

Janos Polonyi

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014202 (2003) - Published 24 July, 2003

Energy relaxation in a tail at zero temperature in the hopping regime

E. Haba, O. Bleibaum, H. Böttger, and V. V. Bryksin

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014203 (2003) - Published 29 July, 2003

Optical transitions of self-trapped holes in amorphous ${SiO}_{2}$

Y. Sasajima and K. Tanimura

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014204 (2003) - Published 30 July, 2003

Covalent bonds and their crucial effects on pseudogap formation in $α - Al (M n, R e) Si$ icosahedral quasicrystalline approximant

K. Kirihara, T. Nagata, K. Kimura, K. Kato, M. Takata, E. Nishibori, and M. Sakata

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014205 (2003) - Published 31 July, 2003

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

Phonon entropy of alloying and ordering of Cu-Au

P. D. Bogdanoff, T. L. Swan-Wood, and B. Fultz

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014301 (2003) - Published 11 July, 2003

Anharmonic scattering of longitudinal acoustic phonons: Herring processes in tetragonal ${TeO}_{2}$ crystals

S. Tamura, A. Sangu, and H. J. Maris

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014302 (2003) - Published 11 July, 2003

Correlated atomic motions in the negative thermal expansion material ${ZrW}_{2} O_{8} :$ A local structure study

D. Cao, F. Bridges, G. R. Kowach, and A. P. Ramirez

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014303 (2003) - Published 11 July, 2003

Quantum and classical diffusion on small-world networks

Beom Jun Kim, H. Hong, and M. Y. Choi

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014304 (2003) - Published 29 July, 2003

Modulation instability in two-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger lattice models with dispersion and long-range interactions

Ljupčo Hadžievski, Milutin Stepić, and Miloš M. Škorić

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014305 (2003) - Published 30 July, 2003

Magnetism

Magnetic ordering and spin dynamics in the quasi-one-dimensional $s p i n - \frac{1}{2}$ chains of ${CuNb}_{2} O_{6}$ observed by muon spin rotation and relaxation

V. V. Krishnamurthy, K. Nagamine, K. Nishiyama, M. Ishikawa, M. Yamaguchi, I. Watanabe, T. Ishikawa, and T. P. Das

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014401 (2003) - Published 1 July, 2003

Fe foils with single-crystal-like texture for hyperfine interaction studies: Anisotropy of the hyperfine field in Fe

G. Seewald, E. Zech, E. Hagn, and H.-J. Körner

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014402 (2003) - Published 3 July, 2003

Evolution of the magnetic ground state in the electron-doped antiferromagnet ${CaMnO}_{3}$

A. L. Cornelius, B. E. Light, and J. J. Neumeier

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014403 (2003) - Published 7 July, 2003

Magnetic phase diagram for a nonextensive system: Experimental connection with manganites

M. S. Reis, V. S. Amaral, J. P. Araújo, and I. S. Oliveira

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014404 (2003) - Published 7 July, 2003

Neutron diffraction and magnetization studies of $U_{2} {Pd}_{2} In$ single crystals in high magnetic fields

K. Prokeš, H. Nakotte, M. I. Bartashevich, M. Doerr, and V. Sechovský

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014405 (2003) - Published 7 July, 2003

Effects of disorder on the dynamics of the $XY$ chain

Maria Eugenia Silva Nunes and João Florencio

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014406 (2003) - Published 7 July, 2003

Understanding the complex metallic element Mn. I. Crystalline and noncollinear magnetic structure of α-Mn

D. Hobbs, J. Hafner, and D. Spišák

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014407 (2003) - Published 8 July, 2003

Understanding the complex metallic element Mn. II. Geometric frustration in β-Mn, phase stability, and phase transitions

J. Hafner and D. Hobbs

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014408 (2003) - Published 8 July, 2003

Perturbed angular correlation study of the magnetic phase transitions in the rare-earth cobalt Laves phases $R {Co}_{2}$

M. Forker, S. Müller, P. de la Presa, and A. F. Pasquevich

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014409 (2003) - Published 9 July, 2003

Spectral theorem of many-body Green’s function theory when there are zero eigenvalues of the matrix governing the equations of motion

P. Fröbrich and P. J. Kuntz

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014410 (2003) - Published 9 July, 2003

Griffiths singularities and magnetoresistive manganites

M. B. Salamon and S. H. Chun

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014411 (2003) - Published 9 July, 2003

Oscillatory spin-polarized conductance in carbon atom wires

R. Pati, M. Mailman, L. Senapati, P. M. Ajayan, S. D. Mahanti, and S. K. Nayak

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014412 (2003) - Published 10 July, 2003

$^{166} Er$ Mössbauer study of magnetic ordering in ${Er}_{3} {Ge}_{4}$

D. H. Ryan, J. M. Cadogan, and R. Gagnon

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014413 (2003) - Published 10 July, 2003

Landau-Zener-Stueckelberg effect in a model of interacting tunneling systems

D. A. Garanin

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014414 (2003) - Published 11 July, 2003

Anisotropic release of the residual zero-point entropy in the spin ice compound ${Dy}_{2} {Ti}_{2} O_{7} :$ Kagome ice behavior

Ryuji Higashinaka, Hideto Fukazawa, and Yoshiteru Maeno

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014415 (2003) - Published 14 July, 2003

Specific heat and magnetization study on single crystals of the frustrated quasi-one-dimensional oxide ${Ca}_{3} {Co}_{2} O_{6}$

V. Hardy, S. Lambert, M. R. Lees, and D. McK. Paul

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014424 (2003) - Published 24 July, 2003

Ion pairs and spontaneous break of symmetry in the valence-fluctuating compound ${YbB}_{12}$

T. S. Altshuler, Yu. V. Goryunov, M. S. Bresler, F. Iga, and T. Takabatake

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014425 (2003) - Published 24 July, 2003

Colossal magnetoresistance behavior and ESR studies of ${La}_{1 - x} {Te}_{x} {MnO}_{3}$ $(0.04 <~ x <~ 0.2)$

G. T. Tan, S. Dai, P. Duan, Y. L. Zhou, H. B. Lu, and Z. H. Chen

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014426 (2003) - Published 24 July, 2003

Soft-x-ray magnetic-circular-dichroism study of the colossal-magnetoresistance spinel ${Fe}_{0.5} {Cu}_{0.5} {Cr}_{2} S_{4}$

Aniruddha Deb, M. Mizumaki, T. Muro, Y. Sakurai, and V. Tsurkan

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014427 (2003) - Published 25 July, 2003

Diffusive motion of antiphase domain boundaries in ${Fe}_{3} O_{4}$ films

W. Eerenstein, T. T. M. Palstra, T. Hibma, and S. Celotto

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014428 (2003) - Published 25 July, 2003

Electronic structure of ${La}_{1 - x} {Ca}_{x} {MnO}_{3}$ determined by spin-polarized x-ray absorption spectroscopy: Comparison of experiments with band-structure computations

Q. Qian, T. A. Tyson, S. Savrassov, C.-C. Kao, and M. Croft

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014429 (2003) - Published 25 July, 2003

Evolution of ferromagnetic order in ${LaMnO}_{3.05}$ single crystals: Common origin of both pressure and self-doping effects

I. M. Fita, R. Szymczak, M. Baran, V. Markovich, R. Puzniak, A. Wisniewski, S. V. Shiryaev, V. N. Varyukhin, and H. Szymczak

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014436 (2003) - Published 30 July, 2003

Mechanism of the exchange-bias field in ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic bilayers

C. Mitsumata, A. Sakuma, and K. Fukamichi

Phys. Rev. B 68, 014437 (2003) - Published 31 July, 2003

COMMENTS

Comment on “Possible observation of a glassy ferroelectric: ${Bi}_{1.8} {Pb}_{0.3} {Sr}_{2} {Ca}_{2} {Cu}_{2.8} K_{0.2} O_{z}$ ”

Soma Mukherjee, B. K. Chaudhuri, and H. Sakata

Phys. Rev. B 68, 016101 (2003) - Published 7 July, 2003

Comment on “BCS-type mean-field theory for the $t - J$ model in the $SU (2 | 1)$ superalgebra representation”

N. M. Plakida and V. Yu. Yushankhai

Phys. Rev. B 68, 016501 (2003) - Published 7 July, 2003

Reply to “Comment on ‘BCS-type mean-field theory for the $t - J$ model in the $SU (2 | 1)$ superalgebra representation’ ”

Evgueny Kochetov and Marcin Mierzejewski

Phys. Rev. B 68, 016502 (2003) - Published 7 July, 2003

ERRATA

Erratum: First-principles investigation of the damping of fast magnetization precession in ferromagnetic $3 d$ metals [Phys. Rev. B 65, 212411 (2002)]

J. Kuneš and V. Kamberský

Phys. Rev. B 68, 019901 (2003) - Published 14 July, 2003

Erratum: Formation and mobility of oxygen vacancies in ${RuSr}_{2} {GdCu}_{2} O_{8}$ [Phys. Rev. B 67, 144519 (2003)]

F. Cordero, M. Ferretti, M. R. Cimberle, and R. Masini

Phys. Rev. B 68, 019902 (2003) - Published 29 July, 2003

Erratum: Phonons in random alloys: The itinerant coherent-potential approximation [Phys. Rev. B 66, 214206 (2002)]

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

Phys. Rev. B 68, 019903 (2003) - Published 29 July, 2003