Volume 71, Issue 3

H. Wadati, D. Kobayashi, H. Kumigashira, K. Okazaki, T. Mizokawa, A. Fujimori, K. Horiba, M. Oshima, N. Hamada, M. Lippmaa, M. Kawasaki, and H. Koinuma

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035108 (2005) - Published 20 January, 2005

Real-space grid implementation of the projector augmented wave method

J. J. Mortensen, L. B. Hansen, and K. W. Jacobsen

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035109 (2005) - Published 21 January, 2005

Analysis of resonant inelastic x-ray scattering in ${La}_{2} Cu O_{4}$

Takuji Nomura and Jun-ichi Igarashi

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035110 (2005) - Published 21 January, 2005

Quantum replica approach to the underscreened Kondo model

P. Coleman and I. Paul

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035111 (2005) - Published 24 January, 2005

Stationary and dynamical descriptions of strong correlated systems

E. C. Goldberg, F. Flores, and R. C. Monreal

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035112 (2005) - Published 25 January, 2005

Gaussian finite-element mixed-basis method for electronic structure calculations

Shunsuke Yamakawa and Shi-aki Hyodo

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035113 (2005) - Published 26 January, 2005

Temperature-dependent NMR study of the impurity state in heavily doped Si:P

Ernesta M. Meintjes, Jeremy Danielson, and William W. Warren, Jr.

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035114 (2005) - Published 26 January, 2005

${}^{31}P$ Knight shifts and spin dynamics in Si:P at temperatures comparable to the Fermi temperature

M. J. R. Hoch and D. F. Holcomb

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035115 (2005) - Published 26 January, 2005

Exchange-correlation energy functional and virial theorem in the extended constrained-search theory

Katsuhiko Higuchi and Masahiko Higuchi

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035116 (2005) - Published 27 January, 2005

Metric tensor formulation of strain in density-functional perturbation theory

D. R. Hamann, Xifan Wu, Karin M. Rabe, and David Vanderbilt

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035117 (2005) - Published 27 January, 2005

Physical interpretation of orthogonal Hilbert space transformations in tight-binding systems with nonorthogonal bases

S. T. Rittenhouse and B. L. Johnson

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035118 (2005) - Published 31 January, 2005

Second-order optical effects in organometallic nanocomposites induced by an acoustic field

A. Migalska-Zalas, B. Sahraoui, I. V. Kityk, S. Tkaczyk, V. Yuvshenko, J.-L. Fillaut, J. Perruchon, and T. J. J. Muller

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035119 (2005) - Published 31 January, 2005

Macroscopic conductivity tensor of a three-dimensional composite with a one- or two-dimensional microstructure

David J. Bergman, Xiangting Li, and Yakov M. Strelniker

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035120 (2005) - Published 31 January, 2005

Semiconductors I: bulk

First-principles investigation of transition-metal-doped group-IV semiconductors: $R_{x} Y_{1 - x}$ $(R = Cr, Mn, Fe; Y = Si, Ge)$

Hongming Weng and Jinming Dong

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035201 (2005) - Published 4 January, 2005

Lattice relaxation in many-electron states of the diamond vacancy

M. Heidari Saani, M. A. Vesaghi, K. Esfarjani, T. Ghods Elahi, M. Sayari, H. Hashemi, and N. Gorjizadeh

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035202 (2005) - Published 5 January, 2005

Fe-doped ${CuInSe}_{2}$ : An ab initio study of magnetic defects in a photovoltaic material

Jean-Marc Raulot, Christophe Domain, and Jean-François Guillemoles

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035203 (2005) - Published 7 January, 2005

Bandlike transport in pentacene and functionalized pentacene thin films revealed by subpicosecond transient photoconductivity measurements

O. Ostroverkhova, D. G. Cooke, S. Shcherbyna, R. F. Egerton, F. A. Hegmann, R. R. Tykwinski, and J. E. Anthony

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035204 (2005) - Published 12 January, 2005

Dominant hydrogen-oxygen complex in hydrothermally grown ZnO

E. V. Lavrov, F. Börrnert, and J. Weber

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035205 (2005) - Published 13 January, 2005

Density-functional calculations of defect formation energies using supercell methods: Defects in diamond

Jihye Shim, Eok-Kyun Lee, Y. J. Lee, and R. M. Nieminen

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035206 (2005) - Published 13 January, 2005

Atomic and electronic structure of the $(4 \times 1)$ and $(8 \times 2)$ $In ∕ Si (111)$ surfaces

Shiow-Fon Tsay

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035207 (2005) - Published 13 January, 2005

Thermoelectric power of $Cd {Cr}_{2 - x} {Ga}_{x} {Se}_{4}$ $p$ -type spinel semiconductors

T. Groń, A. Krajewski, J. Kusz, E. Malicka, I. Okońska-Kozłowska, and A. Waśkowska

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035208 (2005) - Published 13 January, 2005

Two-photon spin injection in semiconductors

R. D. R. Bhat, P. Nemec, Y. Kerachian, H. M. van Driel, J. E. Sipe, and Arthur L. Smirl

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035209 (2005) - Published 18 January, 2005

High-pressure phase diagram of $Zn {Se}_{x} {Te}_{1 - x}$ alloys

J. Pellicer-Porres, D. Martínez-García, Ch. Ferrer-Roca, A. Segura, V. Muñoz-Sanjosé, J. P. Itié, A. Polian, and P. Munsch

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035210 (2005) - Published 19 January, 2005

Analytical potential for atomistic simulations of silicon, carbon, and silicon carbide

Paul Erhart and Karsten Albe

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035211 (2005) - Published 19 January, 2005

Vacancy complexes with oversized impurities in Si and Ge

H. Höhler, N. Atodiresei, K. Schroeder, R. Zeller, and P. H. Dederichs

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035212 (2005) - Published 21 January, 2005

Possibility for the electrical activation of the carbon antisite by hydrogen in $SiC$

A. Gali, P. Deák, N. T. Son, and E. Janzén

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035213 (2005) - Published 26 January, 2005

Charge carrier mobility in regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) probed by transient conductivity techniques: A comparative study

Attila J. Mozer, Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci, Almantas Pivrikas, Ronald Österbacka, Gytis Juška, Lutz Brassat, and Heinz Bässler

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035214 (2005) - Published 27 January, 2005

Formation and decay of electron-hole droplets in diamond

J. H. Jiang, M. W. Wu, M. Nagai, and M. Kuwata-Gonokami

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035215 (2005) - Published 28 January, 2005

Polarization effect on $p$ -type doping efficiency in $Mg - Si$ codoped wurtzite GaN from first-principles calculations

Jinchai Li and Junyong Kang

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035216 (2005) - Published 28 January, 2005

Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics

Analysis of charge separation dynamics in a semiconductor junction

W. K. Metzger, R. K. Ahrenkiel, J. Dashdorj, and D. J. Friedman

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035301 (2005) - Published 3 January, 2005

Transition from a fractional quantum Hall liquid to an electron solid at Landau level filling $ν = \frac{1}{3}$ in tilted magnetic fields

W. Pan, G. A. Csáthy, D. C. Tsui, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035302 (2005) - Published 4 January, 2005

Holonomic quantum computing based on the Stark effect

B. A. Bernevig and Shou-Cheng Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035303 (2005) - Published 4 January, 2005

Effect of nonideal statistics on electron diffusion in sensitized nanocrystalline $Ti O_{2}$

Jao van de Lagemaat, Nikos Kopidakis, Nathan R. Neale, and Arthur J. Frank

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035304 (2005) - Published 4 January, 2005

Detection of light-induced band gaps by ultrafast femtosecond pump and probe spectroscopy

Q. T. Vu and H. Haug

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035305 (2005) - Published 6 January, 2005

Transistor behavior via Au clusters etched from electrodes in an acidic gating solution: Metal nanoparticles mimicking conducting polymers

Jacob E. Grose, Abhay N. Pasupathy, D. C. Ralph, Burak Ulgut, and Héctor D. Abruña

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035306 (2005) - Published 7 January, 2005

Ferromagnetic resonance study of the free-hole contribution to magnetization and magnetic anisotropy in modulation-doped ${Ga}_{1 - x} {Mn}_{x} As ∕ {Ga}_{1 - y} {Al}_{y} As : Be$

X. Liu, W. L. Lim, M. Dobrowolska, J. K. Furdyna, and T. Wojtowicz

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035307 (2005) - Published 7 January, 2005

Excitonic and quasiparticle lifetime effects on silicon electron energy loss spectra from first principles

B. Arnaud, S. Lebègue, and M. Alouani

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035308 (2005) - Published 10 January, 2005

Atomic vibrational density of states of crystalline $β − Fe {Si}_{2}$ and amorphous $Fe {Si}_{2}$ thin films

M. Walterfang, W. Keune, E. Schuster, A. T. Zayak, P. Entel, W. Sturhahn, T. S. Toellner, E. E. Alp, P. T. Jochym, and K. Parlinski

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035309 (2005) - Published 11 January, 2005

Diffusion of Ag adatom on the H-terminated and clean Si(111) surfaces: A first-principles study

Hojin Jeong and Sukmin Jeong

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035310 (2005) - Published 11 January, 2005

Magnetosubbands of semiconductor quantum wires with Rashba spin-orbit coupling

J. Knobbe and Th. Schäpers

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035311 (2005) - Published 12 January, 2005

Growth of thallium overlayers on a Si(100) surface

A. A. Saranin, A. V. Zotov, V. G. Kotlyar, I. A. Kuyanov, T. V. Kasyanova, A. Nishida, M. Kishida, Y. Murata, H. Okado, M. Katayama, and K. Oura

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035312 (2005) - Published 12 January, 2005

Mechanics of lithographically defined break junctions

S. A. G. Vrouwe, E. van der Giessen, S. J. van der Molen, D. Dulic, M. L. Trouwborst, and B. J. van Wees

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035313 (2005) - Published 12 January, 2005

Chemically ordered ${Al}_{x} {Ga}_{1 - x} N$ alloys: Spontaneous formation of natural quantum wells

M. Albrecht, L. Lymperakis, J. Neugebauer, J. E. Northrup, L. Kirste, M. Leroux, I. Grzegory, S. Porowski, and H. P. Strunk

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035314 (2005) - Published 13 January, 2005

Three-terminal transport through a quantum dot in the Kondo regime: Conductance, dephasing, and current-current correlations

David Sánchez and Rosa López

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035315 (2005) - Published 13 January, 2005

Multiband theory of multi-exciton complexes in self-assembled quantum dots

Weidong Sheng, Shun-Jen Cheng, and Pawel Hawrylak

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035316 (2005) - Published 13 January, 2005

Optical bistability and laserlike emission in a semiconductor microcavity

Lucia Cavigli and Massimo Gurioli

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035317 (2005) - Published 13 January, 2005

Rigorous Born approximation and beyond for the spin-boson model

David P. DiVincenzo and Daniel Loss

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035318 (2005) - Published 14 January, 2005

Spin susceptibilities, spin densities, and their connection to spin currents

Sigurdur I. Erlingsson, John Schliemann, and Daniel Loss

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035319 (2005) - Published 14 January, 2005

Microwave response of a two-dimensional electron stripe

S. A. Mikhailov and N. A. Savostianova

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035320 (2005) - Published 18 January, 2005

Spin relaxation of two-dimensional holes in strained asymmetric SiGe quantum wells

B. A. Glavin and K. W. Kim

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035321 (2005) - Published 18 January, 2005

Tunneling time of long-wavelength phonons through semiconductor heterostructures

Diosdado Villegas, Fernando de León-Pérez, and Rolando Pérez-Alvarez

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035322 (2005) - Published 19 January, 2005

Disorder-driven coherence-incoherence crossover in random GaAs/ ${Al}_{0.3} {Ga}_{0.7} As$ superlattices

Yu. A. Pusep, M. B. Ribeiro, H. Arakaki, C. A. de Souza, S. Malzer, and G. H. Döhler

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035323 (2005) - Published 19 January, 2005

Long-wavelength interface modes in semiconductor layer structures

M. Schubert, T. Hofmann, and Jan Šik

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035324 (2005) - Published 19 January, 2005

Collective excitations spectrum of a density modulated quasi-one-dimensional electron gas in a magnetic field

K. Sabeeh and M. Tahir

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035325 (2005) - Published 19 January, 2005

Influence of growth temperature on interdiffusion in uncapped SiGe-islands on Si(001) determined by anomalous x-ray diffraction and reciprocal space mapping

T. U. Schülli, M. Stoffel, A. Hesse, J. Stangl, R. T. Lechner, E. Wintersberger, M. Sztucki, T. H. Metzger, O. G. Schmidt, and G. Bauer

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035326 (2005) - Published 19 January, 2005

Effect of self-interference of an electron in motion: Analysis of nonlocality of an electron through a resonant tunneling diode

Masato Morifuji and Jun’ichi Nishie

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035334 (2005) - Published 24 January, 2005

Ab initio study on oxidized silicon clusters and silicon nanocrystals embedded in $Si O_{2}$ : Beyond the quantum confinement effect

Marcello Luppi and Stefano Ossicini

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035340 (2005) - Published 27 January, 2005

Bloch gain for terahertz radiation in semiconductor superlattices of different miniband widths mediated by acoustic and optical phonons

N. V. Demarina and K. F. Renk

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035341 (2005) - Published 27 January, 2005

Surface physics, low-dimensional systems, and related topics

Atomic and electronic structures of neutral and cation ${Sn}_{n} (n = 2 - 20)$ clusters: A comparative theoretical study with different exchange-correlation functionals

Chiranjib Majumder, Vijay Kumar, Hiroshi Mizuseki, and Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035401 (2005) - Published 3 January, 2005

Transmission coefficient for a point scatterer at specific energies is affected by the presence of the scatterer but independent of the scatterer’s characteristics

Er’el Granot

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035407 (2005) - Published 13 January, 2005

ARTICLES

Superlattice properties of carbon nanotubes in a transverse electric field

O. V. Kibis, D. G. W. Parfitt, and M. E. Portnoi

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035411 (2005) - Published 19 January, 2005

ARTICLES

Surface physics, low-dimensional systems, and related topics

Electronic states of AgCl nanocrystals embedded in crystalline KCl studied by $95 − GHz$ optically detected magnetic resonance spectroscopy

G. Janssen, A. Bouwen, and E. Goovaerts

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035415 (2005) - Published 19 January, 2005

Elastic scattering effects in the electron mean free path in a graphite overlayer studied by photoelectron spectroscopy and LEED

N. Barrett, E. E. Krasovskii, J.-M. Themlin, and V. N. Strocov

Phys. Rev. B 71, 035427 (2005) - Published 31 January, 2005

COMMENTS

Comment on “Cluster methods for strongly correlated electron systems”

K. Aryanpour, Th. A. Maier, and M. Jarrell

Phys. Rev. B 71, 037101 (2005) - Published 7 January, 2005

Reply to “Comment on ‘Cluster methods for strongly correlated electron systems’ ”

G. Biroli and G. Kotliar

Phys. Rev. B 71, 037102 (2005) - Published 7 January, 2005