Volume 69, Issue 21

A. Kaminski, S. Rosenkranz, H. M. Fretwell, J. Mesot, M. Randeria, J. C. Campuzano, M. R. Norman, Z. Z. Li, H. Raffy, T. Sato, T. Takahashi, and K. Kadowaki

Phys. Rev. B 69, 212509 (2004) - Published 30 June, 2004

Alkali and alkali-earth ions in ${}^{4}{He}$ systems

M. Rossi, M. Verona, D. E. Galli, and L. Reatto

Phys. Rev. B 69, 212510 (2004) - Published 30 June, 2004

ARTICLES

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

Correlations between the structure and dielectric properties of $Pb ({Sc}_{2 / 3} W_{1 / 3}) O_{3} - Pb (T i / Z r) O_{3}$ relaxors

Pavol Juhas, Ilya Grinberg, Andrew M. Rappe, Wojtek Dmowski, Takeshi Egami, and Peter K. Davies

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214101 (2004) - Published 4 June, 2004

Molecular dissociation and two low-temperature high-pressure phases of $H_{2} S$

Hiroshi Fujihisa, Hiroshi Yamawaki, Mami Sakashita, Atsuko Nakayama, Takahiro Yamada, and Katsutoshi Aoki

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214102 (2004) - Published 7 June, 2004

Depinning transition of dislocation assemblies: Pileups and low-angle grain boundaries

Paolo Moretti, M.-Carmen Miguel, Michael Zaiser, and Stefano Zapperi

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214103 (2004) - Published 8 June, 2004

Matching conditions in the quasicontinuum method: Removal of the error introduced at the interface between the coarse-grained and fully atomistic region

T. Shimokawa, J. J. Mortensen, J. Schiøtz, and K. W. Jacobsen

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214104 (2004) - Published 15 June, 2004

Reversible scaling simulations of the melting transition in silicon

M. Kaczmarski, R. Rurali, and E. Hernández

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214105 (2004) - Published 18 June, 2004

Grain-size-induced relaxor properties in nanocrystalline perovskite films

C. Ziebert, H. Schmitt, J. K. Krüger, A. Sternberg, and K.-H. Ehses

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214106 (2004) - Published 18 June, 2004

EELS near-edge structure in the Laves-phase compounds $Ti {Cr}_{2}$ and $Ti {Co}_{2}$ : Theoretical and experimental studies

J. Sun, B. Jiang, and David J. Smith

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214107 (2004) - Published 23 June, 2004

High-pressure luminescence study of ${Eu}^{3 +}$ in lithium borate glass

C. K. Jayasankar, K. Ramanjaneya Setty, P. Babu, Th. Tröster, and W. B. Holzapfel

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214108 (2004) - Published 23 June, 2004

Bismuth manganite: A multiferroic with a large nonlinear optical response

Alok Sharan, James Lettieri, Yunfa Jia, Wei Tian, Xiaoqing Pan, Darrell G. Schlom, and Venkatraman Gopalan

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214109 (2004) - Published 25 June, 2004

Electronic states and doping effect of carbon in the edge-dislocation core of bcc iron

Jia-An Yan, Chong-Yu Wang, Wen-Hui Duan, and Shan-Ying Wang

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214110 (2004) - Published 28 June, 2004

Dependence of elastic stiffness on electronic band structure of nanolaminate $M_{2} AlC$ ( $M = Ti, V, Nb$ , and $Cr$ ) ceramics

Jingyang Wang and Yanchun Zhou

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214111 (2004) - Published 30 June, 2004

Phosphorus under pressure: Ba-IV-type structure as a candidate for P-IV

F. J. H. Ehlers and N. E. Christensen

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214112 (2004) - Published 30 June, 2004

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Freezing of a Lennard-Jones system in an open-ended and finite-length nanopore: A molecular-dynamics study

Kengo Nishio, Junichiro Kōga, Toshio Yamaguchi, and Fumiko Yonezawa

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214201 (2004) - Published 3 June, 2004

First-principles study of binary bcc alloys using special quasirandom structures

Chao Jiang, C. Wolverton, Jorge Sofo, Long-Qing Chen, and Zi-Kui Liu

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214202 (2004) - Published 28 June, 2004

Hopping conduction in polydiacetylene single crystals

A. N. Aleshin, J. Y. Lee, S. W. Chu, S. W. Lee, B. Kim, S. J. Ahn, and Y. W. Park

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214203 (2004) - Published 30 June, 2004

Appearance of carrier propagations in the one-dimensional Anderson model with long-range hopping

P. E. de Brito, E. S. Rodrigues, and H. N. Nazareno

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214204 (2004) - Published 30 June, 2004

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

Spectral response of crystalline acetanilide and $N$ -methylacetamide: Vibrational self-trapping in hydrogen-bonded crystals

Julian Edler and Peter Hamm

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214301 (2004) - Published 28 June, 2004

Magnetism

Spiral-like continuous spin-reorientation transition of Fe/Ni bilayers on Cu(100)

R. Ramchal, A. K. Schmid, M. Farle, and H. Poppa

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214401 (2004) - Published 2 June, 2004

Nano-oxide-layer insertion and specular effects in spin valves: Experiment and theory

L. Wang, J. J. Qiu, W. J. McMahon, K. B. Li, and Y. H. Wu

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214402 (2004) - Published 3 June, 2004

Interface or bulk scattering in the semiclassical theory for spin valves

L. Wang, W. J. McMahon, B. Liu, Y. H. Wu, and C. T. Chong

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214403 (2004) - Published 3 June, 2004

Magnetization reversal via single and double vortex states in submicron Permalloy ellipses

P. Vavassori, N. Zaluzec, V. Metlushko, V. Novosad, B. Ilic, and M. Grimsditch

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214404 (2004) - Published 3 June, 2004

Effect of Ba content on initial magnetization of ${Sr}_{2 - x} {Ba}_{x} {FeMoO}_{6}$ and the structural stability under high pressure

R. C. Yu, P. Zhao, F. Y. Li, Z. X. Liu, J. Liu, and C. Q. Jin

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214405 (2004) - Published 3 June, 2004

Antiferromagnetic sawtooth chain with spin- $\frac{1}{2}$ and spin- $1$ sites

V. Ravi Chandra, Diptiman Sen, N. B. Ivanov, and J. Richter

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214406 (2004) - Published 3 June, 2004

Proximity effect in normal metal–multiband superconductor hybrid structures

A. Brinkman, A. A. Golubov, and M. Yu. Kupriyanov

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214407 (2004) - Published 4 June, 2004

Probing the phase diagram of $Ce {Ru}_{2} {Ge}_{2}$ by thermopower at high pressure

Heribert Wilhelm and Didier Jaccard

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214408 (2004) - Published 8 June, 2004

Large-angle, gigahertz-rate random telegraph switching induced by spin-momentum transfer

M. R. Pufall, W. H. Rippard, Shehzaad Kaka, S. E. Russek, T. J. Silva, Jordan Katine, and Matt Carey

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214409 (2004) - Published 8 June, 2004

Checkerboard pattern of the interlayer coupling between two Co films across $Fe ∕ Cu$ and $Cu ∕ Co ∕ Cu$ spacer layers grown on $Cu (100)$

Y. Z. Wu, C. Y. Won, E. Rotenberg, H. W. Zhao, N. V. Smith, and Z. Q. Qiu

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214410 (2004) - Published 8 June, 2004

Phase diagrams and universality classes of random antiferromagnetic spin ladders

J. A. Hoyos and E. Miranda

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214411 (2004) - Published 9 June, 2004

Ferromagnetism and temperature-dependent electronic structure of hcp gadolinium

C. Santos, W. Nolting, and V. Eyert

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214412 (2004) - Published 16 June, 2004

Quantum phase transition of Ising-coupled Kondo impurities

M. Garst, S. Kehrein, T. Pruschke, A. Rosch, and M. Vojta

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214413 (2004) - Published 18 June, 2004

Abrupt field-induced transition triggered by magnetocaloric effect in phase-separated manganites

L. Ghivelder, R. S. Freitas, M. G. das Virgens, M. A. Continentino, H. Martinho, L. Granja, M. Quintero, G. Leyva, P. Levy, and F. Parisi

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214414 (2004) - Published 18 June, 2004

Random spin freezing in ${Ce}_{2} M {In}_{8}$ ( $M = Co$ , $Rh$ , $Ir$ ) heavy-fermion materials

G. D. Morris, R. H. Heffner, N. O. Moreno, P. G. Pagliuso, J. L. Sarrao, S. R. Dunsiger, G. J. Nieuwenhuys, D. E. MacLaughlin, and O. O. Bernal

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214415 (2004) - Published 18 June, 2004

Exchange bias and enhancement of the Néel temperature in thin ${NiF}_{2}$ films

Hongtao Shi, D. Lederman, K. V. O’Donovan, and J. A. Borchers

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214416 (2004) - Published 21 June, 2004

Correlation between the extraordinary Hall constant and electrical resistivity minima in Co-rich metallic glasses

A. K. Majumdar, P. K. Khatua, K. D. D. Rathnayaka, and D. G. Naugle

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214417 (2004) - Published 21 June, 2004

Quantum critical point in the spin glass–Kondo transition in heavy-fermion systems

Alba Theumann and B. Coqblin

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214418 (2004) - Published 21 June, 2004

Unoccupied electronic states in ${CaB}_{6}$ studied by density functional theory and EELS measurements

Shang-Peng Gao, Jun Jiang, Minghe Cao, Jing Zhu, and Jun Yuan

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214419 (2004) - Published 22 June, 2004

Phase diagram of a frustrated mixed-spin ladder with diagonal exchange bonds

N. B. Ivanov and J. Richter

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214420 (2004) - Published 23 June, 2004

Invar effect in fcc- $FeCu$ solid solutions

Pedro Gorria, David Martínez-Blanco, Jesús A. Blanco, Antonio Hernando, José S. Garitaonandia, Luis Fernández Barquín, Javier Campo, and Ronald I. Smith

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214421 (2004) - Published 23 June, 2004

Ferromagnetism in Cr-doped GaN: A first-principles calculation

G. P. Das, B. K. Rao, and P. Jena

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214422 (2004) - Published 24 June, 2004

Electron correlation in the two-dimensional triangle lattice of ${Na}_{x} {CoO}_{2}$

J. Sugiyama, J. H. Brewer, E. J. Ansaldo, B. Hitti, M. Mikami, Y. Mori, and T. Sasaki

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214423 (2004) - Published 24 June, 2004

Excitations and quantum fluctuations in site-diluted two-dimensional antiferromagnets

Eduardo R. Mucciolo, A. H. Castro Neto, and Claudio Chamon

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214424 (2004) - Published 24 June, 2004

Spin polarization of the transport current at the free surface of bulk $NiMnSb$

S. K. Clowes, Y. Miyoshi, Y. Bugoslavsky, W. R. Branford, C. Grigorescu, S. A. Manea, O. Monnereau, and L. F. Cohen

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214425 (2004) - Published 24 June, 2004

Neutron diffraction study of the lattice distortion related to charge ordering in ${Sr}_{14} {Cu}_{24} O_{41}$

M. Braden, J. Etrillard, A. Gukasov, U. Ammerahl, and A. Revcolevschi

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214426 (2004) - Published 24 June, 2004

Planar pyrochlore antiferromagnet: A large- $N$ analysis

Jean-Sébastien Bernier, Chung-Hou Chung, Yong Baek Kim, and Subir Sachdev

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214427 (2004) - Published 25 June, 2004

Strong spin-phonon coupling in the geometrically frustrated pyrochlore $Y_{2} {Ru}_{2} O_{7}$

J. S. Lee, T. W. Noh, J. S. Bae, In-Sang Yang, T. Takeda, and R. Kanno

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214428 (2004) - Published 28 June, 2004

Digital magnetic moment of tetrahedrally bonded half-metallic nanoclusters

Masao Nakao

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214429 (2004) - Published 28 June, 2004

Bethe-ansatz study of the low-temperature thermodynamics of an open Heisenberg chain

A. A. Zvyagin and A. V. Makarova

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214430 (2004) - Published 28 June, 2004

Training effect of exchange bias in $γ − {Fe}_{2} O_{3}$ coated $Fe$ nanoparticles

R. K. Zheng, G. H. Wen, K. K. Fung, and X. X. Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214431 (2004) - Published 28 June, 2004

Fully self-consistent determination of transport properties in $Eu$ -rich $EuO$

P. Sinjukow and W. Nolting

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214432 (2004) - Published 29 June, 2004

Band structure of charge-ordered doped antiferromagnets

Mats Granath

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214433 (2004) - Published 30 June, 2004

Electronic-cluster model of yttrium iron garnets

R. J. Wojciechowski, A. Lehmann-Szweykowska, R. Micnas, G. A. Gehring, and P. E. Wigen

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214434 (2004) - Published 30 June, 2004

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Discrete non-Abelian gauge theories in Josephson-junction arrays and quantum computation

Benoit Douçot, Lev B. Ioffe, and Julien Vidal

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214501 (2004) - Published 3 June, 2004

Entanglement between two superconducting qubits via interaction with nonclassical radiation

Mauro Paternostro, Giuseppe Falci, Myungshik Kim, and G. Massimo Palma

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214502 (2004) - Published 4 June, 2004

BRIEF REPORTS

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Effects of local oxygen distortions on the electronic structure of ${Na}_{x} {CoO}_{2}$

Jun Ni and Guang-Ming Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214503 (2004) - Published 8 June, 2004

ARTICLES

BRIEF REPORTS

Superfluidity and superconductivity

In-plane conductivity anisotropy in the underdoped cuprates using the spin-charge gauge approach

P. A. Marchetti, G. Orso, Z. B. Su, and L. Yu

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214514 (2004) - Published 23 June, 2004

ARTICLES

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Electrodynamics of superconductors

J. E. Hirsch

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214515 (2004) - Published 24 June, 2004

Possible effects of charge frustration in ${Na}_{x} {CoO}_{2}$ : Bandwidth suppression, charge orders, and resurrected resonating valence bond superconductivity

O. I. Motrunich and Patrick A. Lee

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214516 (2004) - Published 25 June, 2004

Zero-field superconducting phase transition obscured by finite-size effects in thick ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$ films

M. C. Sullivan, D. R. Strachan, T. Frederiksen, R. A. Ott, M. Lilly, and C. J. Lobb

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214524 (2004) - Published 29 June, 2004

Spin dynamics in lightly doped ${La}_{2 - x} {Sr}_{x} {CuO}_{4}$ : Relaxation function within the $t − J$ model

Igor A. Larionov

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214525 (2004) - Published 30 June, 2004

Discrete transverse superconducting modes in nanocylinders

J. E. Han and Vincent H. Crespi

Phys. Rev. B 69, 214526 (2004) - Published 30 June, 2004

ERRATA

Publisher’s Note: Dipole moment of a Pb-O vacancy pair in ${PbTiO}_{3}$ [Phys. Rev. B 69, 144116 (2004)]

Eric Cockayne and Benjamin P. Burton

Phys. Rev. B 69, 219901 (2004) - Published 7 June, 2004

Erratum: Critical behaviors of photoinduced giant permittivity in potassium tantalate [Phys. Rev. B 67, 100102(R) (2003)]

Ikufumi Katayama, Yuki Ichikawa, and Koichiro Tanaka

Phys. Rev. B 69, 219902 (2004) - Published 10 June, 2004

Erratum: First-principles elastic constants for the hcp transition metals Fe, Co, and Re at high pressure [Phys. Rev. B 60, 791 (1999)]

Gerd Steinle-Neumann, Lars Stixrude, and Ronald E. Cohen

Phys. Rev. B 69, 219903 (2004) - Published 10 June, 2004

Publisher's Note: dc electric-field dependence of the dielectric constant in polar dielectrics: Multipolarization mechanism model [Phys. Rev. B 69, 174109 (2004)]

Chen Ang and Zhi Yu

Phys. Rev. B 69, 219904 (2004) - Published 18 June, 2004