Volume 75, Issue 21

1 June 2007

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EDITORIALS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Announcement: New Prices and Payment for Color Figures in the Print Journal

Phys. Rev. B 75, 210001 (2007) - Published 26 June, 2007

BRIEF REPORTS

Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects

Field-induced orientational percolation to a ferroelectric phase in relaxor $Pb {({In}_{1 ∕ 2} {Nb}_{1 ∕ 2})}_{1 - x} {Ti}_{x} O_{3}$

C.-S. Tu, R. R. Chien, C.-M. Hung, V. Hugo Schmidt, F.-T. Wang, and C.-T. Tseng

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212101 (2007) - Published 5 June, 2007

Determination of the strain dependence of resistance in ${La}_{0.7} {Sr}_{0.3} Mn O_{3} ∕ PMN − PT$ using the converse piezoelectric effect

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

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212102 (2007) - Published 5 June, 2007

Two relations between elastic constants and optical phonon frequencies in hcp crystals with not too extended interatomic interactions

V. G. Vaks and K. Yu. Khromov

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212103 (2007) - Published 20 June, 2007

Repulsive force between screw dislocation and coherent twin boundary in aluminum and copper

Zhiming Chen, Zhaohui Jin, and Huajian Gao

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212104 (2007) - Published 21 June, 2007

Preferential segregation of Pd atoms in the Ag-Pd bimetallic cluster: Density functional theory and molecular dynamics simulation

Hyun You Kim, Hyoung Gyu Kim, Ji Hoon Ryu, and Hyuck Mo Lee

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212105 (2007) - Published 21 June, 2007

Shifting intrinsic bistability states in a ferroelectric resonant tunneling diode

M. K. Li, N. M. Kim, S. J. Lee, J. W. Kim, and T. W. Kang

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212106 (2007) - Published 28 June, 2007

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Slow dynamics and stress relaxation in a liquid as an elastic medium

Kostya Trachenko

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212201 (2007) - Published 19 June, 2007

Slowdown of self-diffusion induced by partial freezing in confined liquid indium

E. V. Charnaya, Cheng Tien, M. K. Lee, and Yu. A. Kumzerov

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212202 (2007) - Published 21 June, 2007

Dynamics, dynamical systems, lattice effects, quantum solids

Theory of confinement effects in finite one-dimensional phononic crystals

Shang Yuan Ren and Yia-Chung Chang

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212301 (2007) - Published 8 June, 2007

Magnetism

Strain state evolution and thickness-dependent properties of epitaxial ${Nd}_{0.7} {Sr}_{0.3} Mn O_{3}$ films

S. W. Jin, G. Y. Gao, Z. Z. Yin, Z. Huang, X. Y. Zhou, and W. B. Wu

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212401 (2007) - Published 5 June, 2007

Absence of commensurate ordering at the polarization flop transition in multiferroic $Dy Mn O_{3}$

J. Strempfer, B. Bohnenbuck, M. Mostovoy, N. Aliouane, D. N. Argyriou, F. Schrettle, J. Hemberger, A. Krimmel, and M. v. Zimmermann

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212402 (2007) - Published 5 June, 2007

Spin-charge-lattice coupling near the metal-insulator transition in ${Ca}_{3} {Ru}_{2} O_{7}$

C. S. Nelson, H. Mo, B. Bohnenbuck, J. Strempfer, N. Kikugawa, S. I. Ikeda, and Y. Yoshida

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212403 (2007) - Published 6 June, 2007

Quantum spin configurations in ${Tb}_{2} {Ti}_{2} O_{7}$

S. H. Curnoe

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212404 (2007) - Published 7 June, 2007

Ferromagnetic quantum critical point in URhGe doped with Ru

N. T. Huy, A. Gasparini, J. C. P. Klaasse, A. de Visser, S. Sakarya, and N. H. van Dijk

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212405 (2007) - Published 8 June, 2007

First-principles studies of the interlayer exchange coupling in fine-layered $Fe ∕ Au$ multilayers

M. Sternik and K. Parlinski

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212406 (2007) - Published 8 June, 2007

Penrose quantum antiferromagnet

A. Jagannathan, A. Szallas, Stefan Wessel, and Michel Duneau

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212407 (2007) - Published 29 June, 2007

Electronic structure of the zigzag spin-chain compound ${In}_{2} V O_{5}$

U. Schwingenschlögl

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212408 (2007) - Published 29 June, 2007

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Effect of quantum fluctuations on even-odd energy difference in a Cooper-pair box

R. M. Lutchyn

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212501 (2007) - Published 5 June, 2007

Collision of a tracer particle and a quantized vortex in superfluid helium: Self-consistent calculations

Demosthenes Kivotides, Carlo F. Barenghi, and Yuri A. Sergeev

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212502 (2007) - Published 7 June, 2007

Oxygen isotope effect on the superconductivity and stripe phase in ${La}_{1.6 - x} {Nd}_{0.4} {Sr}_{x} Cu O_{4}$

G. Y. Wang, J. D. Zhang, R. L. Yang, and X. H. Chen

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212503 (2007) - Published 8 June, 2007

Dissipation peak as an indicator of inhomogeneity in solid ${}^{4}{He}$ oscillator experiments

David A. Huse and Zuhair U. Khandker

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212504 (2007) - Published 14 June, 2007

Effect of a dc magnetic field on the microwave losses in $Mg B_{2}$ thin films

A. G. Zaitsev, R. Schneider, R. Hott, Th. Schwarz, and J. Geerk

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212505 (2007) - Published 14 June, 2007

Quantum critical behavior in superconducting ${Na}_{x} {(H_{3} O)}_{z} Co O_{2} ∙ y H_{2} O$ observed in a high-field Co NMR experiment

Y. Ihara, H. Takeya, K. Ishida, C. Michioka, K. Yoshimura, K. Takada, T. Sasaki, H. Sakurai, and E. Takayama-Muromachi

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212506 (2007) - Published 19 June, 2007

$4 a \times 4 a$ electronic charge order enhanced in the inhomogeneous pseudogap state of ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} Ca {Cu}_{2} O_{8 + δ}$

Y. H. Liu, K. Takeyama, T. Kurosawa, N. Momono, M. Oda, and M. Ido

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212507 (2007) - Published 21 June, 2007

Magnetic-flux-driven quantum phase transition in superconducting qubits coupled with a nanomechanical resonator

Gang Chen, Zidong Chen, Junqi Li, and Jiuqing Liang

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212508 (2007) - Published 27 June, 2007

Zero modes of two-dimensional chiral $p$ -wave superconductors

V. Gurarie and L. Radzihovsky

Phys. Rev. B 75, 212509 (2007) - Published 28 June, 2007

ARTICLES

Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects

Combination method for the calculation of elastic constants

Zhiwei Cui, Yi Sun, Jun Li, and Jianmin Qu

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214101 (2007) - Published 1 June, 2007

Coarsening model of cavity nucleation and thin film delamination from single-crystal $Ba Ti O_{3}$ with proton implantation

Jung-Wuk Hong, Jae-Ho Pyeon, Joseph W. Tedesco, and Young-Bae Park

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214102 (2007) - Published 5 June, 2007

Melting curve of tantalum from first principles

S. Taioli, C. Cazorla, M. J. Gillan, and D. Alfè

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214103 (2007) - Published 5 June, 2007

Equation of state of cubic boron nitride at high pressures and temperatures

F. Datchi, A. Dewaele, Y. Le Godec, and P. Loubeyre

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214104 (2007) - Published 6 June, 2007

Heat capacity and high-resolution Brillouin scattering studies of phase transitions in $K_{2} Mg W O_{2} {(P O_{4})}_{2}$ : Observation of the coupled soft optic and acoustic mode

M. Mączka, J. Hanuza, A. Majchrowski, and S. Kojima

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214105 (2007) - Published 7 June, 2007

Unstable polar mode and minimum of the dielectric constant in cubic $Ba Sn O_{3}$ under hydrostatic pressure

Émile Bévillon and Grégory Geneste

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214106 (2007) - Published 11 June, 2007

Femtosecond dynamics of the laser-induced solid-to-liquid phase transition in aluminum

M. Kandyla, T. Shih, and E. Mazur

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214107 (2007) - Published 13 June, 2007

Ab initio and classical molecular dynamics of neon melting at high pressure

L. Koči, R. Ahuja, and A. B. Belonoshko

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214108 (2007) - Published 15 June, 2007

Structural properties of the multilayer graphene/ $4 H − Si C (000 \bar{1})$ system as determined by surface x-ray diffraction

J. Hass, R. Feng, J. E. Millán-Otoya, X. Li, M. Sprinkle, P. N. First, W. A. de Heer, E. H. Conrad, and C. Berger

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214109 (2007) - Published 18 June, 2007

Role of the intermediate state in the photoinduced process of $Co − Fe$ cyanide

Y. Moritomo, F. Nakada, H. Kamioka, T. Hozumi, and S. Ohkoshi

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214110 (2007) - Published 18 June, 2007

Ferroelectric domain structures around the morphotropic phase boundary of the piezoelectric material $Pb {Zr}_{1 - x} {Ti}_{x} O_{3}$

Toshihiro Asada and Yasumasa Koyama

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214111 (2007) - Published 20 June, 2007

Compressive stress effects on nanoparticle modulus and fracture

W. M. Mook, J. D. Nowak, C. R. Perrey, C. B. Carter, R. Mukherjee, S. L. Girshick, P. H. McMurry, and W. W. Gerberich

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214112 (2007) - Published 22 June, 2007

Substitutional NaCl hydration in ice

Peter J. Feibelman

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214113 (2007) - Published 27 June, 2007

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Stability of glassy and ferroelectric states in the relaxors $Pb {Mg}_{1 ∕ 3} {Nb}_{2 ∕ 3} O_{3}$ and $Pb {Mg}_{1 ∕ 3} {Nb}_{2 ∕ 3} O_{3} − 12 %$ $Pb Ti O_{3}$

Eugene V. Colla, Derek Vigil, John Timmerwilke, M. B. Weissman, D. D. Viehland, and Brahim Dkhil

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214201 (2007) - Published 5 June, 2007

Morphology of amorphous ${Fe}_{91} {Zr}_{9} ∕ {Al}_{2} O_{3}$ multilayers: Dewetting and crystallization

A. Liebig, P. T. Korelis, H. Lidbaum, G. Andersson, K. Leifer, and B. Hjörvarsson

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214202 (2007) - Published 5 June, 2007

Nonsaturating magnetoresistance of inhomogeneous conductors: Comparison of experiment and simulation

Jingshi Hu, Meera M. Parish, and T. F. Rosenbaum

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214203 (2007) - Published 6 June, 2007

Anomaly in temperature dependence of thermal transport of two hydrogen-bonded glass-forming liquids

A. I. Krivchikov, A. N. Yushchenko, O. A. Korolyuk, F. J. Bermejo, C. Cabrillo, and M. A. González

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214204 (2007) - Published 14 June, 2007

Modeling photoelectron currents through gases

A. F. G. Wyatt

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214205 (2007) - Published 19 June, 2007

Dynamics, dynamical systems, lattice effects, quantum solids

Phonon dynamics of lanthanum manganite $La Mn O_{3}$ using an interatomic shell model potential

E. G. Rini, Mala N. Rao, S. L. Chaplot, N. K. Gaur, and R. K. Singh

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214301 (2007) - Published 1 June, 2007

Vibrational spectra and thermal rectification in three-dimensional anharmonic lattices

Jinghua Lan and Baowen Li

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214302 (2007) - Published 13 June, 2007

Quantum $q$ -breathers in a finite Bose-Hubbard chain: The case of two interacting bosons

Jean Pierre Nguenang, R. A. Pinto, and Sergej Flach

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214303 (2007) - Published 14 June, 2007

Entropy and efficiency in laser cooling of solids

X. L. Ruan, S. C. Rand, and M. Kaviany

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214304 (2007) - Published 18 June, 2007

Thermal conductivity of a classical one-dimensional spin-phonon system

A. V. Savin, G. P. Tsironis, and X. Zotos

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214305 (2007) - Published 19 June, 2007

Vibrational spectroscopy of polyatomic materials: Semiempirical calculations of anharmonic couplings and infrared and Raman linewidths in naphthalene and PETN crystals

Andrei Piryatinski, Sergei Tretiak, Thomas D. Sewell, and Shawn D. McGrane

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214306 (2007) - Published 21 June, 2007

Heat capacity and lattice dynamics of cubic and hexagonal $Sr Mn O_{3}$ : Calorimetry and density functional theory simulations

Rune Søndenå, Svein Stølen, P. Ravindran, and Tor Grande

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214307 (2007) - Published 22 June, 2007

Dissipative Landau-Zener transitions of a qubit: Bath-specific and universal behavior

Keiji Saito, Martijn Wubs, Sigmund Kohler, Yosuke Kayanuma, and Peter Hänggi

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214308 (2007) - Published 29 June, 2007

Magnetism

Green function theory versus quantum Monte Carlo calculations for thin magnetic films

S. Henning, F. Körmann, J. Kienert, W. Nolting, and S. Schwieger

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214401 (2007) - Published 1 June, 2007

Exchange bias through a Cu interlayer in an $Ir Mn ∕ Co$ system

J. Geshev, S. Nicolodi, L. G. Pereira, L. C. C. M. Nagamine, J. E. Schmidt, C. Deranlot, F. Petroff, R. L. Rodríguez-Suárez, and A. Azevedo

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214402 (2007) - Published 1 June, 2007

Spin transport in Heisenberg antiferromagnets in two and three dimensions

M. Sentef, M. Kollar, and A. P. Kampf

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214403 (2007) - Published 1 June, 2007

Dipole-exchange spin waves in perpendicularly magnetized discs: Role of the Oersted field

R. E. Arias and D. L. Mills

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214404 (2007) - Published 4 June, 2007

Systematic low-energy effective field theory for electron-doped antiferromagnets

C. Brügger, C. P. Hofmann, F. Kämpfer, M. Moser, M. Pepe, and U.-J. Wiese

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214405 (2007) - Published 4 June, 2007

Anisotropic $X Y$ model on the inhomogeneous periodic chain

J. P. de Lima, L. L. Gonçalves, and T. F. A. Alves

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214406 (2007) - Published 5 June, 2007

Topological entanglement entropy in the quantum dimer model on the triangular lattice

Shunsuke Furukawa and Grégoire Misguich

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214407 (2007) - Published 5 June, 2007

Interplay of spin, orbital, and charge degrees of freedom in half-doped manganites

S. M. Dunaevsky and V. V. Deriglazov

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214408 (2007) - Published 5 June, 2007

Phase diagram and spin Hamiltonian of weakly-coupled anisotropic $S = \frac{1}{2}$ chains in $Cu {Cl}_{2} ∙ 2 ({(C D_{3})}_{2} S O)$

Y. Chen, M. B. Stone, M. Kenzelmann, C. D. Batista, D. H. Reich, and C. Broholm

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214409 (2007) - Published 5 June, 2007

Co spin fluctuations and long-range ordering in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3 - x} {Co}_{x} O_{y}$

F. Maury, I. Mirebeau, V. Viallet, and A. Forget

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214410 (2007) - Published 6 June, 2007

$Mg O ∕ Fe (100)$ interface: A study of the electronic structure

L. Plucinski, Y. Zhao, B. Sinkovic, and E. Vescovo

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214411 (2007) - Published 6 June, 2007

Pinned magnetization in the antiferromagnet and ferromagnet of an exchange bias system

M. R. Fitzsimmons, B. J. Kirby, S. Roy, Zhi-Pan Li, Igor V. Roshchin, S. K. Sinha, and Ivan K. Schuller

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214412 (2007) - Published 6 June, 2007

Nonlinear spin waves in cylindrical ferromagnetic nanowires

H. Leblond, V. Veerakumar, and M. Manna

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214413 (2007) - Published 7 June, 2007

Two-magnon excitations in resonant inelastic x-ray scattering from quantum Heisenberg antiferromagnets

Tatsuya Nagao and Jun-ichi Igarashi

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214414 (2007) - Published 8 June, 2007

Critical exponents and the correlation length in the manganite spin glass ${Eu}_{0.5} {Ba}_{0.5} Mn O_{3}$

Sunil Nair and A. K. Nigam

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214415 (2007) - Published 11 June, 2007

Determination of the infrared complex magnetoconductivity tensor in itinerant ferromagnets from Faraday and Kerr measurements

M.-H. Kim, G. Acbas, M.-H. Yang, I. Ohkubo, H. Christen, D. Mandrus, M. A. Scarpulla, O. D. Dubon, Z. Schlesinger, P. Khalifah, and J. Cerne

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214416 (2007) - Published 13 June, 2007

Temperature-dependent orbital-moment anisotropy in dilute magnetic oxides

Jun Zhang, Ralph Skomski, Y. F. Lu, and D. J. Sellmyer

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214417 (2007) - Published 13 June, 2007

Anisotropy and magnetization reversal with chains of submicron-sized Co hollow spheres

Lin He, Chinping Chen, Fang Liang, Ning Wang, and Lin Guo

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214418 (2007) - Published 14 June, 2007

Magnetocrystalline anisotropy and magnetization reversal in ${Ga}_{1 - x} {Mn}_{x} P$ synthesized by ion implantation and pulsed-laser melting

C. Bihler, M. Kraus, H. Huebl, M. S. Brandt, S. T. B. Goennenwein, M. Opel, M. A. Scarpulla, P. R. Stone, R. Farshchi, and O. D. Dubon

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214419 (2007) - Published 18 June, 2007

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Evolution of charge carriers for transport in electron-doped cuprate superconductor ${La}_{1.89} {Ce}_{0.11} Cu O_{4}$ thin films

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

Phys. Rev. B 75, 214501 (2007) - Published 4 June, 2007

ERRATA

Publisher's Note: Incommensurate modulations of Bi-III and Sb-II [Phys. Rev. B 75, 184114 (2007)]

M. I. McMahon, O. Degtyareva, R. J. Nelmes, S. van Smaalen, and L. Palatinus

Phys. Rev. B 75, 219901 (2007) - Published 11 June, 2007

Publisher's Note: Urea-glycerol system: Liquid associated structure studied by dielectric spectroscopy [Phys. Rev. B 75, 174209 (2007)]

Marc-Aurele Brun, Yoshihito Hayashi, Yoichi Katsumoto, Shinji Omori, and Akio Yasuda

Phys. Rev. B 75, 219902 (2007) - Published 21 June, 2007

Erratum: Transverse acoustic wave in molecular magnets via electromagnetically induced transparency [Phys. Rev. B 75, 184423 (2007)]

Xiao-Tao Xie, Weibin Li, Jiahua Li, Wen-Xing Yang, Anming Yuan, and Xiaoxue Yang

Phys. Rev. B 75, 219903 (2007) - Published 22 June, 2007

Publisher's Note: Femtosecond dynamics of the laser-induced solid-to-liquid phase transition in aluminum [Phys. Rev. B 75, 214107 (2007)]

M. Kandyla, T. Shih, and E. Mazur

Phys. Rev. B 75, 219904 (2007) - Published 22 June, 2007

Erratum: Universal transport in two-dimensional granular superconductors [Phys. Rev. B 66, 052509 (2002)]

A. Frydman, O. Naaman, and R. C. Dynes

Phys. Rev. B 75, 219905 (2007) - Published 26 June, 2007

Erratum: Reversible magnetization of the two-band $Mg B_{2}$ superconductor: A phenomenological approach [Phys. Rev. B 72, 134525 (2005)]

M. Eisterer, M. Zehetmayer, H. W. Weber, and J. Karpinski

Phys. Rev. B 75, 219906 (2007) - Published 28 June, 2007

Erratum: Metamagnetic behavior of ${Fe}_{3} M$ ( $M = Al$ and Si) alloys at high pressure [Phys. Rev. B 70, 094411 (2004)]

Joo Yull Rhee and B. N. Harmon

Phys. Rev. B 75, 219907 (2007) - Published 29 June, 2007