Volume 68, Issue 18

1 November 2003

Browse Issues:

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

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

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Long-term correlations distinguish coarsening mechanisms in alloys

Lorenz-M. Stadler, Bogdan Sepiol, Richard Weinkamer, Markus Hartmann, Peter Fratzl, Jan W. Kantelhardt, Federico Zontone, Gerhard Grübel, and Gero Vogl

Phys. Rev. B 68, 180101(R) (2003) - Published 3 November, 2003

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Dislocation cross slip and formation of terraces around nanoindentations in Au(001)

E. Carrasco, O. Rodríguez de la Fuente, M. A. González, and J. M. Rojo

Phys. Rev. B 68, 180102(R) (2003) - Published 21 November, 2003

Magnetism

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Dynamic frustrated magnetism in ${Tb}_{2} {Ti}_{2} O_{7}$ at 50 mK

J. S. Gardner, A. Keren, G. Ehlers, C. Stock, Eva Segal, J. M. Roper, B. Fåk, M. B. Stone, P. R. Hammar, D. H. Reich, and B. D. Gaulin

Phys. Rev. B 68, 180401(R) (2003) - Published 3 November, 2003

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Size dependence of the internal energy in Ising and vector spin glasses

Helmut G. Katzgraber and I. A. Campbell

Phys. Rev. B 68, 180402(R) (2003) - Published 5 November, 2003

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Microscopic model for the magnetization plateaus in ${NH}_{4} {CuCl}_{3}$

Masashige Matsumoto

Phys. Rev. B 68, 180403(R) (2003) - Published 14 November, 2003

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Curling spin density and orbital structures in a magnetic vortex core of an Fe quantum dot

Kohji Nakamura, Tomonori Ito, and A. J. Freeman

Phys. Rev. B 68, 180404(R) (2003) - Published 14 November, 2003

RAPID COMMUNICATION

$^{57} Fe - NMR$ determination of the local magnetic structure of the molecular nanomagnet Fe8

Y. Furukawa, S. Kawakami, K. Kumagai, S-H. Baek, and F. Borsa

Phys. Rev. B 68, 180405(R) (2003) - Published 19 November, 2003

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Magnetism in Mn clusters: Role of correlation effects

Florentino López-Urías and Alejandro Díaz-Ortiz

Phys. Rev. B 68, 180406(R) (2003) - Published 21 November, 2003

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Photoinduced spin dynamics in ${La}_{0.6} {Sr}_{0.4} {MnO}_{3}$ observed by time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr spectroscopy

T. Ogasawara, M. Matsubara, Y. Tomioka, M. Kuwata-Gonokami, H. Okamoto, and Y. Tokura

Phys. Rev. B 68, 180407(R) (2003) - Published 25 November, 2003

Superfluidity and superconductivity

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Superfluid density in cuprate high- $T_{c}$ superconductors: A new paradigm

J. L. Tallon, J. W. Loram, J. R. Cooper, C. Panagopoulos, and C. Bernhard

Phys. Rev. B 68, 180501(R) (2003) - Published 10 November, 2003

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Evidence for unconventional superconductivity in the nonoxide perovskite ${MgCNi}_{3}$ from penetration depth measurements

R. Prozorov, A. Snezhko, T. He, and R. J. Cava

Phys. Rev. B 68, 180502(R) (2003) - Published 13 November, 2003

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Optimal inhomogeneity for superconductivity

E. Arrigoni and S. A. Kivelson

Phys. Rev. B 68, 180503(R) (2003) - Published 14 November, 2003

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Tunneling spectroscopy of ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8 + δ} :$ Eliashberg analysis of the spectral dip feature

J. F. Zasadzinski, L. Coffey, P. Romano, and Z. Yusof

Phys. Rev. B 68, 180504(R) (2003) - Published 14 November, 2003

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Synthesis and high-pressure behavior of ${Na}_{0.3} {CoO}_{2} \cdot 1.3 H_{2} O$ and related phases

Sangmoon Park, Yongjae Lee, Arnie Moodenbaugh, and Thomas Vogt

Phys. Rev. B 68, 180505(R) (2003) - Published 19 November, 2003

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Theory of quasiparticle interference patterns in the pseudogap phase of the cuprate superconductors

T. Pereg-Barnea and M. Franz

Phys. Rev. B 68, 180506(R) (2003) - Published 21 November, 2003

ARTICLES

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

Ab initio study of the ideal tensile strength and mechanical stability of transition-metal disilicides

M. Friák, M. Šob, and V. Vitek

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184101 (2003) - Published 3 November, 2003

Ab initio determination of the ground-state properties of ${Ca}_{2} {MgSi}_{2} O_{7}$ åkermanite

Razvan Caracas and Xavier Gonze

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184102 (2003) - Published 6 November, 2003

Ab initio study on divacancy binding energies in aluminum and magnesium

Tokuteru Uesugi, Masanori Kohyama, and Kenji Higashi

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184103 (2003) - Published 7 November, 2003

Molecular dynamics study of damage accumulation in GaN during ion beam irradiation

J. Nord, K. Nordlund, and J. Keinonen

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184104 (2003) - Published 7 November, 2003

Effect of pressure on nucleation and growth in the ${Zr}_{46.75} {Ti}_{8.25} {Cu}_{7.5} {Ni}_{10} {Be}_{27.5}$ bulk glass-forming alloy investigated using in situ x-ray diffraction

W. H. Wang, T. Okada, P. Wen, X.-L. Wang, M. X. Pan, D. Q. Zhao, and W. Utsumi

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184105 (2003) - Published 11 November, 2003

Effect of stress on the energy levels of the vacancy-oxygen-hydrogen complex in Si

J. Coutinho, O. Andersen, L. Dobaczewski, K. Bonde Nielsen, A. R. Peaker, R. Jones, S. Öberg, and P. R. Briddon

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184106 (2003) - Published 18 November, 2003

Ultraviolet-excited radiative decay channels of defect states in high-density sixfold-coordinated ${SiO}_{2}$

A. Paleari, N. Chiodini, D. Di Martino, F. Meinardi, and P. Fumagalli

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184107 (2003) - Published 18 November, 2003

Cubic ${Hf}_{3} N_{4}$ and ${Zr}_{3} N_{4} :$ A class of hard materials

M. Mattesini, R. Ahuja, and B. Johansson

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184108 (2003) - Published 18 November, 2003

Ferroquadrupole ordering and $Γ_{5}$ rattling motion in the clathrate compound ${Ce}_{3} {Pd}_{20} {Ge}_{6}$

Yuichi Nemoto, Takashi Yamaguchi, Takenobu Horino, Mitsuhiro Akatsu, Tatsuya Yanagisawa, Terutaka Goto, Osamu Suzuki, Andreas Dönni, and Takemi Komatsubara

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184109 (2003) - Published 20 November, 2003

Direct structural measurements of relaxation processes during transformations in amorphous ice

Malcolm Guthrie, Jacob Urquidi, Chris A. Tulk, Chris J. Benmore, Dennis D. Klug, and Jeorg Neuefeind

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184110 (2003) - Published 20 November, 2003

Structural and dielectric properties of ${Sr}_{2} {TiO}_{4}$ from first principles

Craig J. Fennie and Karin M. Rabe

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184111 (2003) - Published 21 November, 2003

First-principles calculations of boron-related defects in ${SiO}_{2}$

Minoru Otani, Kenji Shiraishi, and Atsushi Oshiyama

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184112 (2003) - Published 21 November, 2003

Point defects in NiAl: The effect of lattice vibrations

A. Y. Lozovoi and Y. Mishin

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184113 (2003) - Published 26 November, 2003

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Resistivity of the liquid gallium-lead miscibility gap system

A. Ben Abdellah, J. G. Gasser, A. Makradi, B. Grosdidier, and J. Hugel

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184201 (2003) - Published 3 November, 2003

Signature of small rings in the Raman spectra of normal and compressed amorphous silica: A combined classical and ab initio study

Abdelali Rahmani, Magali Benoit, and Claude Benoit

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184202 (2003) - Published 7 November, 2003

Contribution of local atomic arrangements and electronic structure to high electrical resistivity in the ${Al}_{82.6 - x} {Re}_{17.4} {Si}_{x}$ $(7 <~ x <~ 12)$ 1/1-1/1-1/1 approximant

T. Takeuchi, T. Onogi, T. Otagiri, U. Mizutani, H. Sato, K. Kato, and T. Kamiyama

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184203 (2003) - Published 11 November, 2003

History-dependent relaxation and the energy scale of correlation in the electron glass

Z. Ovadyahu and M. Pollak

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184204 (2003) - Published 12 November, 2003

Long-time relaxation of interacting electrons in the regime of hopping conduction

D. N. Tsigankov, E. Pazy, B. D. Laikhtman, and A. L. Efros

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184205 (2003) - Published 20 November, 2003

Multifractality of Hamiltonians with power-law transfer terms

E. Cuevas

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184206 (2003) - Published 21 November, 2003

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

Complex lithium ion dynamics in simulated ${LiPO}_{3}$ glass studied by means of multitime correlation functions

Michael Vogel

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184301 (2003) - Published 7 November, 2003

Electrons on hexagonal lattices and applications to nanotubes

Betti Hartmann and Wojtek J. Zakrzewski

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184302 (2003) - Published 12 November, 2003

Absorption intensities of the multipole-field-induced double transitions involving a homonuclear-heteronuclear pair of hydrogen molecules in condensed phase

Adya P. Mishra and Robert W. Field

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184303 (2003) - Published 18 November, 2003

Spectral function of electron-phonon models by cluster perturbation theory

Martin Hohenadler, Markus Aichhorn, and Wolfgang von der Linden

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184304 (2003) - Published 19 November, 2003

Magnetism

Low-temperature magnetic order and spin dynamics in ${YbRh}_{2} {Si}_{2}$

K. Ishida, D. E. MacLaughlin, Ben-Li Young, K. Okamoto, Y. Kawasaki, Y. Kitaoka, G. J. Nieuwenhuys, R. H. Heffner, O. O. Bernal, W. Higemoto, A. Koda, R. Kadono, O. Trovarelli, C. Geibel, and F. Steglich

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184401 (2003) - Published 3 November, 2003

Theory for spin and orbital orderings in high-temperature phases in ${YVO}_{3}$

Theja. N. De Silva, Anuvrat Joshi, Michael Ma, and Fu Chun Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184402 (2003) - Published 3 November, 2003

Magnetic ground state of electron-doped ${La}_{1 - x} {Ce}_{x} {CoO}_{3}$ compounds

Qinfang Zhang and Weiyi Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184403 (2003) - Published 3 November, 2003

Magnetic origin of enhanced top exchange biasing in Py/IrMn/Py multilayers

G. Malinowski, M. Hehn, S. Robert, O. Lenoble, A. Schuhl, and P. Panissod

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184404 (2003) - Published 3 November, 2003

Magnetic and thermal properties of $4 f - 3 d$ ladder-type molecular compounds

M. Evangelisti, M. L. Kahn, J. Bartolomé, L. J. de Jongh, C. Meyers, J. Leandri, Y. Leroyer, and C. Mathonière

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184405 (2003) - Published 6 November, 2003

Polarization of Fe(001) covered by MgO analyzed by spin-resolved x-ray photoemission spectroscopy

M. Sicot, S. Andrieu, P. Turban, Y. Fagot-Revurat, H. Cercellier, A. Tagliaferri, C. De Nadai, N. B. Brookes, F. Bertran, and F. Fortuna

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184406 (2003) - Published 6 November, 2003

Magnetic behavior in the $Er (M n, A l)_{2}$ system: Neutron diffraction study

I. V. Golosovsky, A. I. Kurbakov, I. Mirebeau, A. S. Markosyan, and I. Yu. Gaidukova

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184407 (2003) - Published 6 November, 2003

Characterization of the $S = 9$ excited state in ${Fe}_{8} {Br}_{8}$ by electron paramagnetic resonance

D. Zipse, J. M. North, N. S. Dalal, S. Hill, and R. S. Edwards

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184408 (2003) - Published 7 November, 2003

Brillouin light scattering investigation of dynamic spin modes confined in cylindrical Permalloy dots

G. Gubbiotti, G. Carlotti, T. Okuno, T. Shinjo, F. Nizzoli, and R. Zivieri

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184409 (2003) - Published 10 November, 2003

Dipolar field and energy anisotropy in magnetic thin films

E. Estevez-Rams, J. Martinez-Garcia, J. Martinez-Garcia, J. Hiram-Espina, and H. Fuess

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184410 (2003) - Published 11 November, 2003

Vortex-vacancy interactions in two-dimensional easy-plane magnets

G. M. Wysin

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184411 (2003) - Published 12 November, 2003

Observation of polarization-dependent x-ray absorption spectra arising from $Cu 3 d - F 2 p$ hybridization in the two-dimensional ferromagnets $A_{2} {CuF}_{4} (A = K, Cs)$

H. Manaka, T. Koide, T. Shidara, and I. Yamada

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184412 (2003) - Published 14 November, 2003

Carrier-density-dependent momentum shift of the coherent peak and the LO phonon mode in p-type high- $T_{c}$ superconductors

S. Sugai, H. Suzuki, Y. Takayanagi, T. Hosokawa, and N. Hayamizu

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184504 (2003) - Published 6 November, 2003

Potential and current distribution in strongly anisotropic ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8}$ single crystals at current breakdown

I. Pethes, A. Pomar, B. Sas, G. Kriza, K. Vad, Á. Pallinger, F. Portier, and F. I. B. Williams

Phys. Rev. B 68, 184509 (2003) - Published 14 November, 2003

COMMENTS

Comment on “Evidence for the immobile bipolaron formation in the paramagnetic state of the magnetoresistive manganites”

Aritra Banerjee, S. Bhattacharya, S. Mollah, H. Sakata, H. D. Yang, and B. K. Chaudhuri

Phys. Rev. B 68, 186401 (2003) - Published 18 November, 2003

ERRATA

Publisher’s Note: Zero-frequency transport properties of one-dimensional spin- $\frac{1}{2}$ systems [Phys. Rev. B 68, 134436 (2003)]

F. Heidrich-Meisner, A. Honecker, D. C. Cabra, and W. Brenig

Phys. Rev. B 68, 189901 (2003) - Published 3 November, 2003