Volume 74, Issue 9

1 September 2006

Browse Issues:

Prev Next

BRIEF REPORTS

Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects

Local lattice distortion of Ge-dilute Ge-Si alloy: Multiple-scattering EXAFS study

Zhihu Sun, Wensheng Yan, Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Zhiyu Pan, and Shiqiang Wei

Phys. Rev. B 74, 092101 (2006) - Published 21 September, 2006

Magnetism

Behavior of the electrical resistivity of $MnSi$ at the ferromagnetic phase transition

Alla E. Petrova, E. D. Bauer, Vladimir Krasnorussky, and Sergei M. Stishov

Phys. Rev. B 74, 092401 (2006) - Published 6 September, 2006

Large magnetic anisotropy in highly $c$ -axis-oriented ${RuEu}_{1.5} {Ce}_{0.5} {Sr}_{2} {Cu}_{2} O_{10 - δ}$ epitaxial films

W. Q. Lu, Y. Yamamoto, K. Itaka, V. V. Petrykin, M. Kakihana, Y. Matsumoto, T. Hasegawa, and H. Koinuma

Phys. Rev. B 74, 092402 (2006) - Published 8 September, 2006

${}^{17}O$ NMR as a conclusive probe of charge-ordering models in half-doped manganites

A. Trokiner, A. Yakubovskii, S. Verkhovskii, A. Gerashenko, and D. Khomskii

Phys. Rev. B 74, 092403 (2006) - Published 20 September, 2006

Magnetic frustration in the spinel compounds $Ge {Co}_{2} O_{4}$ and $Ge {Ni}_{2} O_{4}$

S. Diaz, S. de Brion, G. Chouteau, B. Canals, V. Simonet, and P. Strobel

Phys. Rev. B 74, 092404 (2006) - Published 25 September, 2006

Correlation between giant magnetoresistance and anomalous Hall effect: A realization of the existence of quantum wells in $Fe ∕ Cr$ multilayers

P. Khatua and A. K. Majumdar

Phys. Rev. B 74, 092405 (2006) - Published 27 September, 2006

Possible ferro-spin nematic order in $Ni {Ga}_{2} S_{4}$

Subhro Bhattacharjee, Vijay B. Shenoy, and T. Senthil

Phys. Rev. B 74, 092406 (2006) - Published 29 September, 2006

Formation of longitudinal patterns and dimensionality crossover of nonlinear spin waves in ferromagnetic stripes

V. E. Demidov, U.-F. Hansen, O. Dzyapko, N. Koulev, S. O. Demokritov, and A. N. Slavin

Phys. Rev. B 74, 092407 (2006) - Published 29 September, 2006

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Evidence for crossed Andreev reflections in bilayers of (100) ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$ and the itinerant ferromagnet ${SrRuO}_{3}$

Itay Asulin, Ofer Yuli, Gad Koren, and Oded Millo

Phys. Rev. B 74, 092501 (2006) - Published 1 September, 2006

Valence and Na content dependences of superconductivity in ${Na}_{x} Co O_{2} ∙ y H_{2} O$

Hiroya Sakurai, Naohito Tsujii, Osamu Suzuki, Hideaki Kitazawa, Giyuu Kido, Kazunori Takada, Takayoshi Sasaki, and Eiji Takayama-Muromachi

Phys. Rev. B 74, 092502 (2006) - Published 12 September, 2006

Spectral weights, $d$ -wave pairing amplitudes, and particle-hole tunneling asymmetry of a strongly correlated superconductor

Chung-Pin Chou, T. K. Lee, and Chang-Ming Ho

Phys. Rev. B 74, 092503 (2006) - Published 13 September, 2006

Electrodynamic response of ${Sr}_{2} {RuO}_{4}$

R. J. Ormeno, M. A. Hein, T. L. Barraclough, A. Sibley, C. E. Gough, Z. Q. Mao, S. Nishizaki, and Y. Maeno

Phys. Rev. B 74, 092504 (2006) - Published 28 September, 2006

Superconducting photonic crystals: Numerical calculations of the band structure

Oleg L. Berman, Yurii E. Lozovik, Sergey L. Eiderman, and Rob D. Coalson

Phys. Rev. B 74, 092505 (2006) - Published 28 September, 2006

ARTICLES

Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects

Comparative NMR study of hybridization effect and structural stability in $D 0_{22}$ -type $Nb {Al}_{3}$ and $Nb {Ga}_{3}$

C. S. Lue, T. H. Su, B. X. Xie, and C. Cheng

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094101 (2006) - Published 11 September, 2006

Lattice structure of mercury: Influence of electronic correlation

Nicola Gaston, Beate Paulus, Krzysztof Rosciszewski, Peter Schwerdtfeger, and Hermann Stoll

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094102 (2006) - Published 14 September, 2006

Influence of complex point defects in ordered alloys: An ab initio study of B2 Fe-Al-B

Rémy Besson, Alexandre Legris, and Joseph Morillo

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094103 (2006) - Published 18 September, 2006

Structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of $Sr Ru O_{3}$ under epitaxial strain

A. T. Zayak, X. Huang, J. B. Neaton, and Karin M. Rabe

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094104 (2006) - Published 20 September, 2006

Factors that affect Li mobility in layered lithium transition metal oxides

Kisuk Kang and Gerbrand Ceder

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094105 (2006) - Published 26 September, 2006

Low-dimensional sublattice melting by pressure: Superionic conduction in the phase interfaces of the fluorite-to-cotunnite transition of $Ca F_{2}$

Salah Eddine Boulfelfel, Dirk Zahn, Oliver Hochrein, Yuri Grin, and Stefano Leoni

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094106 (2006) - Published 28 September, 2006

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Structure of 2 molar NaOH in aqueous solution from neutron diffraction and empirical potential structure refinement

Sylvia E. McLain, Silvia Imberti, Alan K. Soper, Alberto Botti, Fabio Bruni, and Maria Antonietta Ricci

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094201 (2006) - Published 11 September, 2006

In situ observation of the formation, diffusion, and reactions of hydrogenous species in $F_{2}$ -laser-irradiated $Si O_{2}$ glass using a pump-and-probe technique

Koichi Kajihara, Linards Skuja, Masahiro Hirano, and Hideo Hosono

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094202 (2006) - Published 25 September, 2006

Relaxation times of nanoscale deformations on the surface of a polymer thin film near and below the glass transition

R. M. Papaléo, R. Leal, W. H. Carreira, L. G. Barbosa, I. Bello, and A. Bulla

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094203 (2006) - Published 28 September, 2006

Twist glass transition in regioregulated poly(3-alkylthiophene)

Koji Yazawa, Yoshio Inoue, Takakazu Yamamoto, and Naoki Asakawa

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094204 (2006) - Published 29 September, 2006

Dynamics, dynamical systems, lattice effects, quantum solids

Raman spectroscopy study of $α$ -, $β$ -, $γ − {Na}_{x} Co O_{2}$ and $γ − {(Ca, Sr)}_{x} Co O_{2}$

H. X. Yang, Y. Xia, Y. G. Shi, H. F. Tian, R. J. Xiao, X. Liu, Y. L. Liu, and J. Q. Li

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094301 (2006) - Published 14 September, 2006

Frustration in the coupled rattler system ${KOs}_{2} O_{6}$

J. Kuneš and W. E. Pickett

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094302 (2006) - Published 18 September, 2006

Phonon density of states of Sn in textured $SnO$ under high pressure: Comparison of nuclear inelastic x-ray scattering spectra to a shell model

H. Giefers, S. Koval, G. Wortmann, W. Sturhahn, E. E. Alp, and M. Y. Hu

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094303 (2006) - Published 29 September, 2006

Traveling solitons in one-dimensional quartic lattices

G. D. Mahan

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094304 (2006) - Published 29 September, 2006

Magnetism

Phase transitions in random magnetic bilayer with the mean-field approximation

P. N. Timonin and V. B. Shirokov

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094401 (2006) - Published 1 September, 2006

First-principles stabilization of an unconventional collinear magnetic ordering in distorted manganites

S. Picozzi, K. Yamauchi, G. Bihlmayer, and S. Blügel

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094402 (2006) - Published 1 September, 2006

Noncollinear magnetism of Cr clusters on Fe surfaces

R. Robles and L. Nordström

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094403 (2006) - Published 6 September, 2006

Short-range anisotropic ferromagnetic correlations in the paramagnetic and antiferromagnetic phases of ${Gd}_{5} {Ge}_{4}$

Z. W. Ouyang, V. K. Pecharsky, K. A. Gschneidner, Jr., D. L. Schlagel, and T. A. Lograsso

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094404 (2006) - Published 6 September, 2006

Magnetic reversal in two antiferromagnetically coupled $Co ∕ Pt$ multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy: Effect of competing interlayer coupling and interfacial biasing

Z. Y. Liu, J. L. He, D. L. Yu, Y. J. Tian, G. H. Yu, and Y. Jiang

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094405 (2006) - Published 6 September, 2006

Direct correlation between $1 ∕ f$ magnetonoise and magnetoresistance in ${La}_{0.7} {Sr}_{0.3} Mn O_{3}$ and $({La}_{0.5} \Pr_{0.2}) {Ba}_{0.3} Mn O_{3}$ manganites

D. S. Rana, M. Ziese, and S. K. Malik

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094406 (2006) - Published 6 September, 2006

Anisotropic x-ray magnetic linear dichroism at the Fe $L_{2, 3}$ edges in ${Fe}_{3} O_{4}$

Elke Arenholz, Gerrit van der Laan, Rajesh V. Chopdekar, and Yuri Suzuki

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094407 (2006) - Published 7 September, 2006

Phase diagram of uniaxial antiferromagnetic small particles: Monte Carlo calculations

V. S. Leite, B. C. S. Grandi, and W. Figueiredo

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094408 (2006) - Published 7 September, 2006

Magnetic instability and oxygen deficiency in Na-doped ${TbMnO}_{3}$

C. C. Yang, M. K. Chung, W.-H. Li, T. S. Chan, R. S. Liu, Y. H. Lien, C. Y. Huang, Y. Y. Chan, Y. D. Yao, and J. W. Lynn

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094409 (2006) - Published 11 September, 2006

Thermodynamic behavior of nanomagnets with a vortex configuration

R. Wieser, K. D. Usadel, and U. Nowak

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094410 (2006) - Published 12 September, 2006

Statics and dynamics of quantum $X Y$ and Heisenberg systems on graphs

Tobias J. Osborne

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094411 (2006) - Published 12 September, 2006

Magnetic x-ray scattering at the $M_{5}$ absorption edge of Ho

H. Ott, C. Schüßler-Langeheine, E. Schierle, A. Yu. Grigoriev, V. Leiner, H. Zabel, G. Kaindl, and E. Weschke

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094412 (2006) - Published 12 September, 2006

Magnetic-phase transition in the magnetic-polaron system studied with the Monte Carlo method: Anomalous specific heat of $Eu B_{6}$

Unjong Yu and B. I. Min

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094413 (2006) - Published 12 September, 2006

Bistable magnetization profiles in magnetic thin films driven in the allowed band

R. Khomeriki, J. Leon, and M. Manna

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094414 (2006) - Published 13 September, 2006

Quantum phase transitions of the diluted O(3) rotor model

Thomas Vojta and Rastko Sknepnek

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094415 (2006) - Published 13 September, 2006

Critical behavior of the ferromagnetic $q$ -state Potts model in fractal dimensions: Monte Carlo simulations on Sierpinski and Menger fractal structures

Pascal Monceau

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094416 (2006) - Published 14 September, 2006

Hole dynamics in canted antiferromagnets: Coexistence of many-body and free-like excitations

I. J. Hamad, L. O. Manuel, G. Martinez, and A. E. Trumper

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094417 (2006) - Published 15 September, 2006

Magnetic interactions in transition-metal-doped ZnO: An ab initio study

Priya Gopal and Nicola A. Spaldin

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094418 (2006) - Published 15 September, 2006

Crystal and magnetic structure investigation of $Tb {Ni}_{5 - x} {Cu}_{x}$ $(x = 0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0)$ : Experiment and theory

R. Lizárraga, A. Bergman, T. Björkman, H.-P. Liu, Y. Andersson, T. Gustafsson, A. G. Kuchin, A. S. Ermolenko, L. Nordström, and O. Eriksson

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094419 (2006) - Published 15 September, 2006

Growth, structure, and magnetism of single-crystalline ${Ni}_{x} {Mn}_{100 - x}$ films and $Ni Mn ∕ Co$ bilayers on Cu(001)

C. Tieg, W. Kuch, S. G. Wang, and J. Kirschner

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094420 (2006) - Published 18 September, 2006

Electronic transport in ferroelectric-ferromagnetic composites ${La}_{5 ∕ 8} (Ba, Ca)_{3 ∕ 8} {MnO}_{3} : {LuMnO}_{3}$

P. Mandal, P. Choudhury, and B. Ghosh

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094421 (2006) - Published 19 September, 2006

Static and dynamic critical properties of the quasi-two-dimensional antiferromagnet ${MnPS}_{3}$

A. R. Wildes, H. M. Rønnow, B. Roessli, M. J. Harris, and K. W. Godfrey

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094422 (2006) - Published 20 September, 2006

Strong-field magnetotransport of two-phase disordered media in two and three dimensions: Exact and approximate results

Ronen Magier and David J. Bergman

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094423 (2006) - Published 20 September, 2006

Theory of surface spin waves in a stacked triangular antiferromagnet with ferromagnetic interlayer coupling

E. Meloche, C. M. Pinciuc, and M. L. Plumer

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094424 (2006) - Published 21 September, 2006

Slow dynamics at the smeared phase transition of randomly layered magnets

Shellie Huether, Ryan Kinney, and Thomas Vojta

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094425 (2006) - Published 22 September, 2006

Specific heat of geometrically frustrated and multiferroic $R {Mn}_{1 - x} {Ga}_{x} O_{3}$ $(R = Ho, Y)$

H. D. Zhou, J. A. Janik, B. W. Vogt, Y. J. Jo, L. Balicas, M. J. Case, C. R. Wiebe, J. C. Denyszyn, J. B. Goodenough, and J. G. Cheng

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094426 (2006) - Published 25 September, 2006

Tuning the electrical properties of ${La}_{0.75} {Ca}_{0.25} Mn O_{3}$ thin films by ferroelectric polarization, ferroelectric-field effect, and converse piezoelectric effect

R. K. Zheng, Y. Wang, J. Wang, K. S. Wong, H. L. W. Chan, C. L. Choy, and H. S. Luo

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094427 (2006) - Published 26 September, 2006

Two-phonon spin-lattice relaxation of rigid atomic clusters

C. Calero, E. M. Chudnovsky, and D. A. Garanin

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094428 (2006) - Published 26 September, 2006

Mean-field theory for double perovskites: Coupling between itinerant electron spins and localized spins

L. Brey, M. J. Calderón, S. Das Sarma, and F. Guinea

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094429 (2006) - Published 27 September, 2006

Relation between decoherence and spontaneous symmetry breaking in many-particle qubits

Jasper van Wezel, Jan Zaanen, and Jeroen van den Brink

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094430 (2006) - Published 27 September, 2006

Temperature dependence of magnetization reversal and angular torque in $Co ∕ Co O$

T. Gredig, I. N. Krivorotov, and E. Dan Dahlberg

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094431 (2006) - Published 27 September, 2006

Ferromagnetic Potts model under an external magnetic field: An exact renormalization group approach

Sérgio Coutinho, Welles A. M. Morgado, Evaldo M. F. Curado, and Ladário da Silva

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094432 (2006) - Published 27 September, 2006

Magnetic ordering in ${}^{57}{Fe}$ -doped $Eu Ni O_{3}$ and $Nd Ni O_{3}$ studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy

A. Caytuero, H. Micklitz, F. J. Litterst, E. M. Baggio-Saitovitch, M. M. Abd-Elmeguid, and J. A. Alonso

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094433 (2006) - Published 28 September, 2006

Neutron scattering from a coordination polymer quantum paramagnet

T. Hong, M. Kenzelmann, M. M. Turnbull, C. P. Landee, B. D. Lewis, K. P. Schmidt, G. S. Uhrig, Y. Qiu, C. Broholm, and D. Reich

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094434 (2006) - Published 29 September, 2006

Magnetism and thermodynamics of defect-free Fe-Cr alloys

T. P. C. Klaver, R. Drautz, and M. W. Finnis

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094435 (2006) - Published 29 September, 2006

Dynamic approach for micromagnetics close to the Curie temperature

O. Chubykalo-Fesenko, U. Nowak, R. W. Chantrell, and D. Garanin

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094436 (2006) - Published 29 September, 2006

X-ray resonant magnetic scattering study of magnetic stripe domains in $a − Gd Fe$ thin films

J. Miguel, J. F. Peters, O. M. Toulemonde, S. S. Dhesi, N. B. Brookes, and J. B. Goedkoop

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094437 (2006) - Published 29 September, 2006

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Critical temperature of ${MgB}_{2}$ ultrathin superconducting films: BCS model calculations in the tight-binding approximation

Karol Szałowski

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094501 (2006) - Published 5 September, 2006

Effect of the Abrikosov vortex phase on spin and charge states in magnetic semiconductor-superconductor hybrids

Tatiana G. Rappoport, Mona Berciu, and Boldizsár Jankó

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094502 (2006) - Published 14 September, 2006

Enhancement of electronic inhomogeneities due to out-of-plane disorder in ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} Cu O_{6 + δ}$ superconductors observed by scanning tunneling spectroscopy

A. Sugimoto, S. Kashiwaya, H. Eisaki, H. Kashiwaya, H. Tsuchiura, Y. Tanaka, K. Fujita, and S. Uchida

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094503 (2006) - Published 14 September, 2006

Magnetic switching of the superconducting transition temperature in layered ferromagnetic/superconducting hybrids: Spin switch versus stray field effects

R. Steiner and P. Ziemann

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094504 (2006) - Published 14 September, 2006

Spin Hall effect in triplet chiral superconductors and graphene

K. Sengupta, Rahul Roy, and Moitri Maiti

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094505 (2006) - Published 18 September, 2006

Self field of ac current reveals voltage-current law in type-II superconductors

E. H. Brandt, G. P. Mikitik, and E. Zeldov

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094506 (2006) - Published 18 September, 2006

Possibility of superconductivity in graphite intercalated with alkaline earths investigated with density functional theory

Matteo Calandra and Francesco Mauri

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094507 (2006) - Published 18 September, 2006

Magnetic model of the tetragonal-orthorhombic transition in the cuprates

Chen Fang, Jiangping Hu, Steven Kivelson, and Stuart Brown

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094508 (2006) - Published 19 September, 2006

Impurity dimers in superconducting B-doped diamond: Experiment and first-principles calculations

E. Bourgeois, E. Bustarret, P. Achatz, F. Omnès, and X. Blase

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094509 (2006) - Published 20 September, 2006

Spectroscopy of a Cooper-pair box in the Autler-Townes configuration

E. J. Griffith, J. F. Ralph, Andrew D. Greentree, and T. D. Clark

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094510 (2006) - Published 20 September, 2006

From an insulating to a superfluid pair-bond liquid

M. Cuoco and J. Ranninger

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094511 (2006) - Published 20 September, 2006

Nature of oxygen dopant-induced states in high-temperature ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} Ca {Cu}_{2} O_{8 + x}$ superconductors: A photoemission investigation

P. Richard, Z.-H. Pan, M. Neupane, A. V. Fedorov, T. Valla, P. D. Johnson, G. D. Gu, W. Ku, Z. Wang, and H. Ding

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094512 (2006) - Published 26 September, 2006

Pairing interaction in the two-dimensional Hubbard model studied with a dynamic cluster quantum Monte Carlo approximation

Thomas A. Maier, M. Jarrell, and D. J. Scalapino

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094513 (2006) - Published 26 September, 2006

Coexistence of superconductivity and ferromagnetism in a dilute cobalt-doped ${La}_{1.89} {Ce}_{0.11} Cu O_{4 \pm δ}$ system

K. Jin, J. Yuan, L. Zhao, H. Wu, X. Y. Qi, B. Y. Zhu, L. X. Cao, X. G. Qiu, B. Xu, X. F. Duan, and B. R. Zhao

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094518 (2006) - Published 29 September, 2006

Linear response study of strong electron-phonon coupling in yttrium under pressure

Z. P. Yin, S. Y. Savrasov, and W. E. Pickett

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094519 (2006) - Published 29 September, 2006

Two bounds on the maximum phonon-mediated superconducting transition temperature

Jonathan E. Moussa and Marvin L. Cohen

Phys. Rev. B 74, 094520 (2006) - Published 29 September, 2006

ERRATA

Publisher's Note: Short-circuit boundary conditions in ferroelectric $Pb Ti O_{3}$ thin films [Phys. Rev. B 74, 054112 (2006)]

Alexie M. Kolpak, Na Sai, and Andrew M. Rappe

Phys. Rev. B 74, 099901 (2006) - Published 7 September, 2006