Volume 69, Issue 9

B. Wolf, S. Zherlitsyn, B. Lüthi, N. Harrison, U. Löw, V. Pashchenko, M. Lang, G. Margraf, H.-W. Lerner, E. Dahlmann, F. Ritter, W. Assmus, and M. Wagner

Phys. Rev. B 69, 092403 (2004) - Published 15 March, 2004

Spiral order induced by distortion in a frustrated square-lattice antiferromagnet

I. A. Zaliznyak

Phys. Rev. B 69, 092404 (2004) - Published 16 March, 2004

Effect of oxygen stoichiometry on spin, charge, and orbital ordering in manganites

R. Vidya, P. Ravindran, P. Vajeeston, A. Kjekshus, and H. Fjellvåg

Phys. Rev. B 69, 092405 (2004) - Published 18 March, 2004

Origin of the negative giant magnetoresistance effect in ${Co}_{1 - x} {Cr}_{x} / C u / C o$ (111) trilayers

O. Bengone, O. Eriksson, S. Mirbt, I. Turek, J. Kudrnovský, and V. Drchal

Phys. Rev. B 69, 092406 (2004) - Published 22 March, 2004

Nonmonotonic angular magnetoresistance in asymmetric spin valves

Jan Manschot, Arne Brataas, and Gerrit E. W. Bauer

Phys. Rev. B 69, 092407 (2004) - Published 25 March, 2004

Susceptibilities and spin gaps of weakly coupled spin ladders

S. Larochelle and M. Greven

Phys. Rev. B 69, 092408 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

Stripe-tetragonal first-order phase transition in ultrathin magnetic films

Sergio A. Cannas, Daniel A. Stariolo, and Francisco A. Tamarit

Phys. Rev. B 69, 092409 (2004) - Published 30 March, 2004

Absence of Néel order in Heisenberg chains: Long-range antiferromagnetic interactions

J. T. M. Pacobahyba, Wagner Nunes, and J. Ricardo de Sousa

Phys. Rev. B 69, 092410 (2004) - Published 31 March, 2004

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Breakup of a Stoner model for the two-dimensional ferromagnetic quantum critical point

M. Dzero and L. P. Gor’kov

Phys. Rev. B 69, 092501 (2004) - Published 8 March, 2004

Impurity and interface bound states in $d_{x^{2} - y^{2}} {+ i d}_{xy}$ and $p_{x} {+ i p}_{y}$ superconductors

Qiang-Hua Wang and Z. D. Wang

Phys. Rev. B 69, 092502 (2004) - Published 10 March, 2004

Magnetic field influence on the proximity effect in semiconductor-superconductor hybrid structures and their thermal conductance

Grygoriy Tkachov and Vladimir I. Fal’ko

Phys. Rev. B 69, 092503 (2004) - Published 10 March, 2004

Doped $t - J$ model on a triangular lattice: Possible application to ${Na}_{x} {CoO}_{2} \cdot y H_{2} O$ and ${Na}_{1 - x} {TiO}_{2}$

Qiang-Hua Wang, Dung-Hai Lee, and Patrick A. Lee

Phys. Rev. B 69, 092504 (2004) - Published 12 March, 2004

Superconducting three-dimensional networks in a magnetic field: Frustrated systems

Osamu Sato, Suminobu Takamori, and Masaru Kato

Phys. Rev. B 69, 092505 (2004) - Published 16 March, 2004

Andreev bound states for a superconducting-ferromagnetic box

J. Koltai, J. Cserti, and C. J. Lambert

Phys. Rev. B 69, 092506 (2004) - Published 16 March, 2004

Instability of a lattice semifluxon in a current-biased $0 - π$ array of Josephson junctions

H. Susanto and S. A. van Gils

Phys. Rev. B 69, 092507 (2004) - Published 18 March, 2004

Pairing in Cu-O models: Joint electron-phonon and electron-electron interactions

Enrico Perfetto and Michele Cini

Phys. Rev. B 69, 092508 (2004) - Published 18 March, 2004

Paramagnetic Meissner effect in Pb nanowire arrays

Shijun Yuan, Liyuan Ren, and Fashen Li

Phys. Rev. B 69, 092509 (2004) - Published 19 March, 2004

Flux-flow instabilities in amorphous ${Nb}_{0.7} {Ge}_{0.3}$ microbridges

D. Babić, J. Bentner, C. Sürgers, and C. Strunk

Phys. Rev. B 69, 092510 (2004) - Published 23 March, 2004

Phonon spectrum and soft-mode behavior of ${MgCNi}_{3}$

R. Heid, B. Renker, H. Schober, P. Adelmann, D. Ernst, and K.-P. Bohnen

Phys. Rev. B 69, 092511 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

Measuring the Josephson plasma resonance in ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8}$ using intense coherent THz synchrotron radiation

E. J. Singley, M. Abo-Bakr, D. N. Basov, J. Feikes, P. Guptasarma, K. Holldack, H. W. Hübers, P. Kuske, Michael C. Martin, W. B. Peatman, U. Schade, and G. Wüstefeld

Phys. Rev. B 69, 092512 (2004) - Published 30 March, 2004

ARTICLES

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

Local elastic properties of carbon nanotubes in the presence of Stone-Wales defects

N. Chandra, S. Namilae, and C. Shet

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094101 (2004) - Published 2 March, 2004

Low-temperature superstructure and charge-ordering effect in $η - {Na}_{1.286} V_{2} O_{5}$

F. Duc, P. Millet, S. Ravy, A. Thiollet, F. Chabre, A. M. Ghorayeb, F. Mila, and A. Stepanov

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094102 (2004) - Published 3 March, 2004

Modeling of chromium precipitation in Fe-Cr alloys

J. Wallenius, P. Olsson, C. Lagerstedt, N. Sandberg, R. Chakarova, and V. Pontikis

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094103 (2004) - Published 5 March, 2004

Universal static and dynamic properties of the structural transition in $Pb ({Zn}_{1 / 3} {Nb}_{2 / 3}) O_{3}$

C. Stock, R. J. Birgeneau, S. Wakimoto, J. S. Gardner, W. Chen, Z.-G. Ye, and G. Shirane

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094104 (2004) - Published 8 March, 2004

Influence of defect-impurity complexes on slow positron yield of a tungsten moderator: Positron annihilation, Auger, and SIMS study

G. Amarendra, R. Rajaraman, S. Rajagopalan, R. Suzuki, and T. Ohdaira

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094105 (2004) - Published 8 March, 2004

Pressure-induced melting of charge-order in the self-doped Mott insulator ${YNiO}_{3}$

J. L. García-Muñoz, M. Amboage, M. Hanfland, J. A. Alonso, M. J. Martínez-Lope, and R. Mortimer

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094106 (2004) - Published 10 March, 2004

Nanoregions of rocksalt AgI in AgBr microcrystals

A. P. Marchetti, J. C. Hansen, S. Chen, M. Irving, R. Baetzold, and B. R. Sever

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094107 (2004) - Published 11 March, 2004

Formation of stacking-fault tetrahedra in aluminum irradiated with high-energy particles at low-temperatures

Y. Satoh, T. Yoshiie, H. Mori, and M. Kiritani

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094108 (2004) - Published 11 March, 2004

Multiscale Green’s-function method for modeling point defects and extended defects in anisotropic solids: Application to a vacancy and free surface in copper

V. K. Tewary

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094109 (2004) - Published 12 March, 2004

Nondestructive monitoring of fatigue damage evolution in austenitic stainless steel by positron-lifetime measurements

Uwe Holzwarth and Petra Schaaff

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094110 (2004) - Published 12 March, 2004

Pressure-induced structural transformations in the molybdate ${Sc}_{2} ({MoO}_{4})_{3}$

W. Paraguassu, M. Maczka, A. G. Souza Filho, P. T. C. Freire, J. Mendes Filho, F. E. A. Melo, L. Macalik, L. Gerward, J. Staun Olsen, A. Waskowska, and J. Hanuza

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094111 (2004) - Published 16 March, 2004

Crystal structure and properties of ${YSiO}_{2} N$

Lizhi Ouyang, Hongzhi Yao, Scott Richey, Yong-Nian Xu, and W. Y. Ching

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094112 (2004) - Published 18 March, 2004

Hardness estimation of complex oxide materials

Faming Gao

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094113 (2004) - Published 23 March, 2004

Monte Carlo simulation of the dielectric susceptibility of Ginzburg-Landau mode relaxors

J.-M. Liu, X. Wang, H. L. W. Chan, and C. L. Choy

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094114 (2004) - Published 24 March, 2004

Bond-order potential for molybdenum: Application to dislocation behavior

M. Mrovec, D. Nguyen-Manh, D. G. Pettifor, and V. Vitek

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094115 (2004) - Published 24 March, 2004

Tight-binding calculations of stacking energies and twinnability in fcc metals

N. Bernstein and E. B. Tadmor

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094116 (2004) - Published 29 March, 2004

Thermal stabilization of the hcp phase in titanium

Sven P. Rudin, M. D. Jones, and R. C. Albers

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094117 (2004) - Published 30 March, 2004

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Microscopic structure of Fe-Ni and Fe-Ni-S molten alloys of geophysical interest

G. J. Cuello, R. Fernández-Perea, C. Cabrillo, F. J. Bermejo, and G. Román-Ross

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094201 (2004) - Published 12 March, 2004

Excess wing in the dielectric loss spectra of propylene glycol oligomers at elevated pressure

R. Casalini and C. M. Roland

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094202 (2004) - Published 16 March, 2004

Small-angle x-ray scattering study of the structural evolution of the drying of sonogels with the liquid phase exchanged by acetone

D. R. Vollet, D. A. Donatti, A. Ibañez Ruiz, and H. Maceti

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094203 (2004) - Published 22 March, 2004

Absence of localization in a model with correlation measure as a random lattice

Lars Kroon and Rolf Riklund

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094204 (2004) - Published 23 March, 2004

Influence of selected alloying elements on the stability of magnesium dihydride for hydrogen storage applications: A first-principles investigation

Y. Song, Z. X. Guo, and R. Yang

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094205 (2004) - Published 25 March, 2004

Structure, electronic density of states and electric field gradients of icosahedral AlCuFe: An ab initio study of the original and a modified Cockayne model

E. S. Zijlstra, J. Kortus, M. Krajčí, Z. M. Stadnik, and S. K. Bose

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094206 (2004) - Published 30 March, 2004

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

Surface and bulk acoustic waves in two-dimensional phononic crystal consisting of materials with general anisotropy

Tsung-Tsong Wu, Zi-Gui Huang, and S. Lin

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094301 (2004) - Published 10 March, 2004

Origin of nonexponential relaxation in a crystalline ionic conductor: A multidimensional $^{109} Ag$ NMR study

M. Vogel, C. Brinkmann, H. Eckert, and A. Heuer

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094302 (2004) - Published 16 March, 2004

Quantitative validation of the Boltzmann transport equation phonon thermal conductivity model under the single-mode relaxation time approximation

A. J. H. McGaughey and M. Kaviany

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094303 (2004) - Published 16 March, 2004

Universality, marginal operators, and limit cycles

Stanisław D. Głazek and Kenneth G. Wilson

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094304 (2004) - Published 24 March, 2004

Phonons in an inhomogeneous continuum: Vibrations of an embedded nanoparticle

Daniel B. Murray and Lucien Saviot

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094305 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

Pressure dependence of the lattice dynamics of ZnO: An ab initio approach

J. Serrano, A. H. Romero, F. J. Manjón, R. Lauck, M. Cardona, and A. Rubio

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094306 (2004) - Published 30 March, 2004

Magnetism

Magnetic behavior of superparamagnetic Fe nanocrystals confined inside submicron-sized spherical silica particles

P. Tartaj, T. González-Carreño, O. Bomatí-Miguel, C. J. Serna, and P. Bonville

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094401 (2004) - Published 8 March, 2004

Magnetic behavior of exchange-coupled ${Fe}_{30} {Au}_{70} / {Fe}_{65} {Au}_{35}$ bilayers

F. Canet, C. Bellouard, L. Joly, and S. Mangin

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094402 (2004) - Published 9 March, 2004

Dynamical study of the disordered quantum $p = 2$ spherical model

Michal Rokni and Premala Chandra

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094403 (2004) - Published 10 March, 2004

Electronic structure and magneto-optical Kerr effect in La monochalcogenides

V. N. Antonov, B. N. Harmon, and A. N. Yaresko

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094404 (2004) - Published 11 March, 2004

Magnetic states and reorientation transitions in antiferromagnetic superlattices

U. K. Rößler and A. N. Bogdanov

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094405 (2004) - Published 11 March, 2004

Magnetotransport properties of ${LaMnO}_{3}$

Ibha Chatterjee

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094406 (2004) - Published 12 March, 2004

Orbital antiferromagnetism in coupled planar systems

D. F. Schroeter and S. Doniach

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094407 (2004) - Published 12 March, 2004

Interplay between shape and magnetocrystalline anisotropies in patterned bcc Fe/Co(001) multilayers

O. Kazakova, M. Hanson, P. Blomqvist, and R. Wäppling

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094408 (2004) - Published 15 March, 2004

Landau expansion for the Kugel-Khomskii $t_{2 g}$ Hamiltonian

A. B. Harris, Amnon Aharony, O. Entin-Wohlman, I. Ya. Korenblit, and Taner Yildirim

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094409 (2004) - Published 16 March, 2004

Microscopic wave functions of spin-singlet and nematic Mott states of spin-one bosons in high-dimensional bipartite lattices

Michiel Snoek and Fei Zhou

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094410 (2004) - Published 16 March, 2004

Critical susceptibility exponent measured from Fe/W(110) bilayers

M. J. Dunlavy and D. Venus

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094411 (2004) - Published 16 March, 2004

Spin-dependent band structure effects and measurement of the spin polarization in the candidate half-metal ${CoS}_{2}$

L. Wang, T. Y. Chen, and C. Leighton

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094412 (2004) - Published 16 March, 2004

Critical properties of the three- and four-dimensional gauge glass

Helmut G. Katzgraber and I. A. Campbell

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094413 (2004) - Published 16 March, 2004

Modal oscillation control in internally patterned ${Ni}_{80} {Fe}_{20}$ thin film microstructures

M. Belov, Z. Liu, R. D. Sydora, and M. R. Freeman

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094414 (2004) - Published 17 March, 2004

Manganites at quarter filling: Role of Jahn-Teller interactions

Jan Bała, Peter Horsch, and Frank Mack

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094415 (2004) - Published 17 March, 2004

Ruthenium double perovskites: Transport and magnetic properties

R. I. Dass, J.-Q. Yan, and J. B. Goodenough

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094416 (2004) - Published 17 March, 2004

Structure, magnetization, and resistivity of ${La}_{1 - x} M_{x} {CoO}_{3}$ $(M = Ca,$ Sr, and Ba)

M. Kriener, C. Zobel, A. Reichl, J. Baier, M. Cwik, K. Berggold, H. Kierspel, O. Zabara, A. Freimuth, and T. Lorenz

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094417 (2004) - Published 18 March, 2004

Spin-1/2 frustrated antiferromagnet on a spatially anisotropic square lattice: Contribution of exact diagonalizations

P. Sindzingre

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094418 (2004) - Published 19 March, 2004

Lightly doped dimerized spin chain in the one-dimensional ${t - J - J}^{'}$ model

Alexander Seidel and Patrick A. Lee

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094419 (2004) - Published 19 March, 2004

Monte Carlo simulation of tunneling magnetoresistance in nanostructured materials

Zhigao Huang, Zhigao Chen, Kun Peng, Dunhui Wang, Fengming Zhang, Weiyi Zhang, and Youwei Du

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094420 (2004) - Published 19 March, 2004

Current-induced magnetization switching in small domains of different anisotropies

Ya. B. Bazaliy, B. A. Jones, and Shou-Cheng Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094421 (2004) - Published 22 March, 2004

Magnetic and electron transport properties of single-crystal UPtGe

R. Troć, J. Stȩpień-Damm, C. Sułkowski, and A. M. Strydom

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094422 (2004) - Published 22 March, 2004

Role of structural defects on the half-metallic character of ${Co}_{2} MnGe$ and ${Co}_{2} MnSi$ Heusler alloys

S. Picozzi, A. Continenza, and A. J. Freeman

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094423 (2004) - Published 22 March, 2004

Spin-glass behavior in $La ({Fe}_{1 - x} {Mn}_{x})_{11.4} {Si}_{1.6}$ compounds

Fang Wang, Jian Zhang, Yuan-fu Chen, Guang-jun Wang, Ji-rong Sun, Shao-ying Zhang, and Bao-gen Shen

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094424 (2004) - Published 23 March, 2004

Domain-wall resistance in metal nanocontacts

Julian Velev and William H. Butler

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094425 (2004) - Published 23 March, 2004

Magnetic resonance force microscopy: Nonlinear processes and influence of relaxation times

L. Lenci, D. Bertolini, D. Friselli, M. Martinelli, and G. Scalari

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094426 (2004) - Published 24 March, 2004

$^{27} Al$ NMR study in grain-aligned ${PrNiAl}_{4}$

K. Ghoshray, B. Bandyopadhyay, and A. Ghoshray

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094427 (2004) - Published 24 March, 2004

Size-driven dimensional crossover in the quasi-one-dimensional Heisenberg model

Kyu Won Lee and Cheol Eui Lee

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094428 (2004) - Published 24 March, 2004

Boundary contributions to specific heat and susceptibility in the spin- $\frac{1}{2} XXZ$ chain

A. Furusaki and T. Hikihara

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094429 (2004) - Published 24 March, 2004

Magnetic phase transitions in $\Pr_{5} {Ge}_{4}$

G. H. Rao, Q. Huang, H. F. Yang, D. L. Ho, J. W. Lynn, and J. K. Liang

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094430 (2004) - Published 25 March, 2004

Phase diagram of the Heisenberg spin ladder with ring exchange

V. Gritsev, B. Normand, and D. Baeriswyl

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094431 (2004) - Published 25 March, 2004

Magnetic properties of Co-Cu metastable solid solution alloys

Xu Fan, Tsutomu Mashimo, Xinsheng Huang, Tomoko Kagayama, Akira Chiba, Keiichi Koyama, and Mitsuhiro Motokawa

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094432 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

Dynamical domain walls and spin-Peierls order in doped antiferromagnets: Evidence from exact diagonalization of small clusters

R. Eder and Y. Ohta

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094433 (2004) - Published 29 March, 2004

Control of antisite disorder, magnetism, and asymmetric doping effects in $({La}_{1 + x} {Ca}_{1 - x}) {CoRuO}_{6}$ double perovskites

Jan-Willem G. Bos and J. Paul Attfield

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094434 (2004) - Published 29 March, 2004

Origin and evaluation of the four-spin operators in magnetic lattices

Carmen J. Calzado and Jean-Paul Malrieu

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094435 (2004) - Published 30 March, 2004

Magnetic susceptibility and spin dynamics of a polyoxovanadate cluster: A proton NMR study of a model spin tetramer

D. Procissi, A. Shastri, I. Rousochatzakis, M. Al Rifai, P. Kögerler, M. Luban, B. J. Suh, and F. Borsa

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094436 (2004) - Published 30 March, 2004

Electron magnetic resonance study in a single crystal of the colossal magnetoresistance manganite ${Nd}_{0.5} {Sr}_{0.5} {MnO}_{3}$

S. Angappane, M. Pattabiraman, G. Rangarajan, K. Sethupathi, and V. S. Sastry

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094437 (2004) - Published 30 March, 2004

Direct observation of vortices trapped at stacking fault dislocations in ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8}$ by a low-temperature magnetic force microscope

U. H. Pi, Z. G. Khim, D. H. Kim, A. Schwarz, M. Liebmann, and R. Wiesendanger

Phys. Rev. B 69, 094518 (2004) - Published 24 March, 2004

ERRATA

Erratum: Elastic stiffness and ultrasonic attenuation of superconductor ${MgB}_{2}$ at low temperatures [Phys. Rev. B 66, 052514 (2002)]

T. Ichitsubo, H. Ogi, S. Nishimura, T. Seto, M. Hirao, and H. Inui

Phys. Rev. B 69, 099901 (2004) - Published 3 March, 2004

Erratum: Low-temperature dielectric relaxation peaks involving proton tunneling in ${Ba}_{1 - x} {Nd}_{x} {CeO}_{3}$ [Phys. Rev. B 60, R3713 (1999)]

I. Kuskovsky, B. S. Lim, and A. S. Nowick

Phys. Rev. B 69, 099902 (2004) - Published 17 March, 2004

Erratum: Domain wall superconductivity in hybrid superconductor – ferromagnetic structures [Phys. Rev. B 68, 184508 (2003)]

A. Yu. Aladyshkin, A. I. Buzdin, A. A. Fraerman, A. S. Mel’nikov, D. A. Ryzhov, and A. V. Sokolov

Phys. Rev. B 69, 099903 (2004) - Published 17 March, 2004