Volume 75, Issue 2

1 January 2007

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects

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Melting of incommensurate-ferroelectric phase with magnetic field in multiferroic ${TbMnO}_{3}$

D. N. Argyriou, N. Aliouane, J. Strempfer, I. Zegkinoglou, B. Bohnenbuck, K. Habicht, and M. v. Zimmermann

Phys. Rev. B 75, 020101(R) (2007) - Published 4 January, 2007

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Structural characterization of temperature- and pressure-induced inverse $\leftrightarrow$ normal spinel transformation in magnetite

G. Kh. Rozenberg, Y. Amiel, W. M. Xu, M. P. Pasternak, R. Jeanloz, M. Hanfland, and R. D. Taylor

Phys. Rev. B 75, 020102(R) (2007) - Published 11 January, 2007

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

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Transverse rectification of disorder-induced fluctuations in a driven system

Alejandro B. Kolton

Phys. Rev. B 75, 020201(R) (2007) - Published 3 January, 2007

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Inverse slow relaxation in granular hopping systems

N. Kurzweil and A. Frydman

Phys. Rev. B 75, 020202(R) (2007) - Published 12 January, 2007

Magnetism

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Theoretical evidence of the Berry-phase mechanism in anomalous Hall transport: First-principles studies of $Cu {Cr}_{2} {Se}_{4 - x} {Br}_{x}$

Yugui Yao, Yongcheng Liang, Di Xiao, Qian Niu, Shun-Qing Shen, X. Dai, and Zhong Fang

Phys. Rev. B 75, 020401(R) (2007) - Published 10 January, 2007

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Influence of the ground-state topology on domain-wall energy in the Edwards-Anderson $\pm J$ spin glass model

F. Romá, S. Risau-Gusman, A. J. Ramirez-Pastor, F. Nieto, and E. E. Vogel

Phys. Rev. B 75, 020402(R) (2007) - Published 10 January, 2007

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Momentum-dependent light scattering in insulating cuprates

F. H. Vernay, M. J. P. Gingras, and T. P. Devereaux

Phys. Rev. B 75, 020403(R) (2007) - Published 19 January, 2007

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${Sr}_{2} Cr Os O_{6}$ : End point of a spin-polarized metal-insulator transition by $5 d$ band filling

Y. Krockenberger, K. Mogare, M. Reehuis, M. Tovar, M. Jansen, G. Vaitheeswaran, V. Kanchana, F. Bultmark, A. Delin, F. Wilhelm, A. Rogalev, A. Winkler, and L. Alff

Phys. Rev. B 75, 020404(R) (2007) - Published 22 January, 2007

Superfluidity and superconductivity

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Magnetic switching of phase-slip dissipation in ${NbSe}_{2}$ nanoribbons

Abram Falk, Mandar M. Deshmukh, Amy L. Prieto, Jeffrey J. Urban, Andrea Jonas, and Hongkun Park

Phys. Rev. B 75, 020501(R) (2007) - Published 3 January, 2007

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Angular dependence of Josephson currents in unconventional superconducting junctions

T. Yokoyama, Y. Sawa, Y. Tanaka, and A. A. Golubov

Phys. Rev. B 75, 020502(R) (2007) - Published 3 January, 2007

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Oxygen-doped Mott-Hubbard cuprate superconductor ${La}_{1.85} Y_{0.15} Cu O_{4 - δ}$ from transport measurements

W. Yu, B. Liang, P. Li, S. Fujino, T. Murakami, I. Takeuchi, and R. L. Greene

Phys. Rev. B 75, 020503(R) (2007) - Published 3 January, 2007

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Magnetic-field-induced crossover from flux-flow to Josephson-junction behavior in a highly transparent weak link

T. Horide, K. Matsumoto, A. Ichinose, M. Mukaida, Y. Yoshida, and S. Horii

Phys. Rev. B 75, 020504(R) (2007) - Published 4 January, 2007

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Two-phonon contributions to the inelastic x-ray scattering spectra of ${MgB}_{2}$

A. Q. R. Baron, H. Uchiyama, R. Heid, K. P. Bohnen, Y. Tanaka, S. Tsutsui, D. Ishikawa, S. Lee, and S. Tajima

Phys. Rev. B 75, 020505(R) (2007) - Published 4 January, 2007

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Evidence for a quantum phase transition in electron-doped $\Pr_{2 - x} {Ce}_{x} Cu O_{4 - δ}$ from thermopower measurements

Pengcheng Li, K. Behnia, and R. L. Greene

Phys. Rev. B 75, 020506(R) (2007) - Published 4 January, 2007

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Nature of the superconducting state in the new phase in $(TMTSF)_{2} {PF}_{6}$ under pressure

L. P. Gor’kov and P. D. Grigoriev

Phys. Rev. B 75, 020507(R) (2007) - Published 8 January, 2007

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Dispersion anomalies induced by the low-energy plasmon in the cuprates

R. S. Markiewicz and A. Bansil

Phys. Rev. B 75, 020508(R) (2007) - Published 10 January, 2007

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Anharmonicity and self-energy effects of the $E_{2 g}$ phonon in $Mg B_{2}$

A. Mialitsin, B. S. Dennis, N. D. Zhigadlo, J. Karpinski, and G. Blumberg

Phys. Rev. B 75, 020509(R) (2007) - Published 11 January, 2007

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Spin-triplet superconductivity in $\Pr {Os}_{4} {Sb}_{12}$ probed by muon Knight shift

W. Higemoto, S. R. Saha, A. Koda, K. Ohishi, R. Kadono, Y. Aoki, H. Sugawara, and H. Sato

Phys. Rev. B 75, 020510(R) (2007) - Published 18 January, 2007

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Anisotropic gap of superconducting ${CaC}_{6}$ : A first-principles density functional calculation

A. Sanna, G. Profeta, A. Floris, A. Marini, E. K. U. Gross, and S. Massidda

Phys. Rev. B 75, 020511(R) (2007) - Published 30 January, 2007

ARTICLES

Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects

Lattice dynamics for fcc rare gas solids Ne, Ar, and Kr from ab initio potentials

Gloria E. Moyano, Peter Schwerdtfeger, and Krzysztof Rosciszewski

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024101 (2007) - Published 2 January, 2007

Multiple coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering due to phonon grating in $K Nb O_{3}$ induced by crossed beams of two-color femtosecond pulses

Hayato Matsuki, Kuon Inoue, and Eiichi Hanamura

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024102 (2007) - Published 4 January, 2007

Nonferroelectric aging in the relaxor $Pb {Mg}_{1 ∕ 3} {Nb}_{2 ∕ 3} O_{3}$

Eugene V. Colla, M. B. Weissman, P. M. Gehring, Guangyong Xu, Haosu Luo, P. Gemeiner, and Brahim Dkhil

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024103 (2007) - Published 4 January, 2007

Lattice orientation effect on the nanovoid growth in copper under shock loading

Wenjun Zhu, Zhengfei Song, Xiaoliang Deng, Hongliang He, and Xiaoyin Cheng

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024104 (2007) - Published 8 January, 2007

Pressure-induced self-insertion reaction in ${CoSb}_{3}$

A. C. Kraemer, M. R. Gallas, J. A. H. da Jornada, and C. A. Perottoni

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024105 (2007) - Published 8 January, 2007

Biased diffusive transport and solute trapping near a crack

P. Kansuwan, J. M. Rickman, and T. J. Delph

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024106 (2007) - Published 9 January, 2007

Compressional and shear-wave velocities of the polycrystalline $Ca Ge O_{3}$ perovskite to $10 GPa$

Wei Liu and Baosheng Li

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024107 (2007) - Published 10 January, 2007

Phase stability and shear softening in $Ca Si O_{3}$ perovskite at high pressure

Lars Stixrude, C. Lithgow-Bertelloni, B. Kiefer, and P. Fumagalli

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024108 (2007) - Published 12 January, 2007

Optical and EPR properties of point defects at a crystalline silica surface: Ab initio embedded-cluster calculations

L. Giordano, P. V. Sushko, G. Pacchioni, and A. L. Shluger

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024109 (2007) - Published 16 January, 2007

Converse piezoelectric control of the lattice strain and resistance in $\Pr_{0.5} {Ca}_{0.5} Mn O_{3} ∕ PMN − PT$ structures

R. K. Zheng, C. Chao, H. L. W. Chan, C. L. Choy, and H. S. Luo

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024110 (2007) - Published 17 January, 2007

Anti-isostructural phases and anomalous thermoelasticity in In-based alloys: Synchrotron x-ray diffraction experiments and unified phenomenological model

V. P. Dmitriev, D. Chernyshov, Y. E. Filinchuk, and V. F. Degtyareva

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024111 (2007) - Published 17 January, 2007

Ab initio study of tension-shear coupling in NiAl

P. Lazar and R. Podloucky

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024112 (2007) - Published 18 January, 2007

Spin-crossover structural transition in the layered perovskite ${Gd}_{2} Sr {Co}_{2} O_{7}$

Peter J. Hickey, Christopher S. Knee, Paul F. Henry, and Mark T. Weller

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024113 (2007) - Published 19 January, 2007

Polymerization of the rotor-stator compound $C_{60}$ -cubane under pressure

A. Iwasiewicz-Wabnig, B. Sundqvist, É. Kováts, I. Jalsovszky, and S. Pekker

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024114 (2007) - Published 19 January, 2007

Ruby, metals, and $MgO$ as alternative pressure scales: A semiempirical description of shock-wave, ultrasonic, x-ray, and thermochemical data at high temperatures and pressures

Peter I. Dorogokupets and Artem R. Oganov

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024115 (2007) - Published 25 January, 2007

Topologically induced semiconductivity in icosahedral Al-Pd-Re and its approximants

M. Krajčí and J. Hafner

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024116 (2007) - Published 30 January, 2007

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Boson peak and hybridization of acoustic modes with vibrations of nanometric heterogeneities in glasses

E. Duval, A. Mermet, and L. Saviot

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024201 (2007) - Published 2 January, 2007

Identification of material parameters for continuum modeling of phase transformations in multicomponent systems

Alex Umantsev

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024202 (2007) - Published 5 January, 2007

Strain accommodation in inelastic deformation of glasses

P. Murali, U. Ramamurty, and Vijay B. Shenoy

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024203 (2007) - Published 5 January, 2007

Large-scale molecular dynamics study of liquid K-Cs alloys: Structural, thermodynamic, and diffusion properties

J.-F. Wax and N. Jakse

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024204 (2007) - Published 8 January, 2007

Mechanical strength and coordination defects in compressed silica glass: Molecular dynamics simulations

Yunfeng Liang, Caetano R. Miranda, and Sandro Scandolo

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024205 (2007) - Published 11 January, 2007

Hydrogen-helium mixtures in the interiors of giant planets

J. Vorberger, I. Tamblyn, B. Militzer, and S. A. Bonev

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024206 (2007) - Published 11 January, 2007

Resonant susceptibility of dielectric glasses in magnetic field

Y. Sereda, I. Ya. Polishchuk, and A. L. Burin

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024207 (2007) - Published 17 January, 2007

Interaction corrections: Temperature and parallel field dependencies of the Lorentz number in two-dimensional disordered metals

G. Catelani

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024208 (2007) - Published 24 January, 2007

Universal non-near-field focus of acoustic waves through high-symmetry quasicrystals

Xiangdong Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024209 (2007) - Published 24 January, 2007

Dynamics, dynamical systems, lattice effects, quantum solids

Phonon engineering with acoustic nanocavities: Theoretical considerations on phonon molecules, band structures, and acoustic Bloch oscillations

N. D. Lanzillotti-Kimura, A. Fainstein, C. A. Balseiro, and B. Jusserand

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024301 (2007) - Published 4 January, 2007

First-principles calculations of phonon and thermodynamic properties in the boron-alkaline earth metal binary systems: B-Ca, B-Sr, and B-Ba

Shunli Shang, Yi Wang, and Zi-Kui Liu

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024302 (2007) - Published 16 January, 2007

Strongly localized plasmon oscillations in a cluster of two metallic nanospheres and their influence on spontaneous emission of an atom

V. V. Klimov and D. V. Guzatov

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024303 (2007) - Published 19 January, 2007

Three-dimensional nanotransmission lines at optical frequencies: A recipe for broadband negative-refraction optical metamaterials

Andrea Alù and Nader Engheta

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024304 (2007) - Published 19 January, 2007

Instability in nonautocatalytic ionization-recombination processes

Stefano Lagomarsino

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024305 (2007) - Published 22 January, 2007

Scattering of elastic waves by elastic spheres in a NaCl-type phononic crystal

Huanyang Chen, Xudong Luo, and Hongru Ma

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024306 (2007) - Published 30 January, 2007

Magnetism

Exact one- and two-particle excitation spectra of acute-angle helimagnets above their saturation magnetic field

R. O. Kuzian and S.-L. Drechsler

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024401 (2007) - Published 2 January, 2007

Quantum phase transition in the multimode Dicke model

Denis Tolkunov and Dmitry Solenov

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024402 (2007) - Published 2 January, 2007

Infrared and terahertz studies of polar phonons and magnetodielectric effect in multiferroic $Bi Fe O_{3}$ ceramics

S. Kamba, D. Nuzhnyy, M. Savinov, J. Šebek, J. Petzelt, J. Prokleška, R. Haumont, and J. Kreisel

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024403 (2007) - Published 3 January, 2007

Microscopic model for the frustrated $Cu II$ -spin tetrahedron-based ${Cu}_{4} {Te}_{5} O_{12} X_{4}$ ( $X = Cl$ , Br) systems

Badiur Rahaman, Harald O. Jeschke, Roser Valentí, and T. Saha-Dasgupta

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024404 (2007) - Published 5 January, 2007

Charge excitations in $SU (n)$ spin chains: Exact results for the $1 ∕ r^{2}$ model

Ronny Thomale, Dirk Schuricht, and Martin Greiter

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024405 (2007) - Published 5 January, 2007

General form of magnetization damping: Magnetization dynamics of a spin system evolving nonadiabatically and out of equilibrium

F. M. Saradzhev, F. C. Khanna, Sang Pyo Kim, and M. de Montigny

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024406 (2007) - Published 5 January, 2007

Dynamic configurational anisotropy in nanomagnets

V. V. Kruglyak, P. S. Keatley, R. J. Hicken, J. R. Childress, and J. A. Katine

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024407 (2007) - Published 5 January, 2007

Theoretical investigation of the magnetic structure in $Y {Ba}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{6}$

Ekkehard Krüger

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024408 (2007) - Published 8 January, 2007

Absence of a sliding Luttinger liquid phase in the planar pyrochlore

Marcelo Arlego and Wolfram Brenig

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024409 (2007) - Published 8 January, 2007

Free-energy variational approach for the classical anisotropic $X Y$ model in a crystal field

L. M. Castro, A. S. T. Pires, and J. A. Plascak

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024410 (2007) - Published 9 January, 2007

Simple model of current-induced spin torque in domain walls

A. Vanhaverbeke and M. Viret

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024411 (2007) - Published 10 January, 2007

Effect of diffusion and alloying on the magnetic and transport properties of $Fe ∕ V ∕ Fe$ trilayers

Diana Iuşan, M. Alouani, O. Bengone, and O. Eriksson

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024412 (2007) - Published 10 January, 2007

Effect of substitution of Cl and Br for Se in the ferromagnetic spinel $Cu {Cr}_{2} {Se}_{4}$ : A magnetic Compton profile study

Aniruddha Deb, M. Itou, V. Tsurkan, and Y. Sakurai

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024413 (2007) - Published 11 January, 2007

Anomalous volume expansion in $Ca {Ru}_{0.85} {Fe}_{0.15} O_{3}$ : Neutron powder diffraction and magnetic Compton scattering

T. Taniguchi, S. Mizusaki, N. Okada, Y. Nagata, K. Mori, T. Wuernisha, T. Kamiyama, N. Hiraoka, M. Itou, Y. Sakurai, T. C. Ozawa, Y. Noro, and H. Samata

Phys. Rev. B 75, 024414 (2007) - Published 11 January, 2007