Volume 78, Issue 20

15 November 2008

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Electric field response of a vibrationally excited molecule in an STM junction

Michiaki Ohara, Yousoo Kim, and Maki Kawai

Phys. Rev. B 78, 201405(R) (2008) - Published 11 November, 2008

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Charge imbalance and bilayer two-dimensional electron systems at $ν_{T} = 1$

A. R. Champagne, A. D. K. Finck, J. P. Eisenstein, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205310 (2008) - Published 10 November, 2008

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Magnetism, conductivity, and orbital order in ${({LaMnO}_{3})}_{2 n} / {({SrMnO}_{3})}_{n}$ superlattices

Shuai Dong, Rong Yu, Seiji Yunoki, Gonzalo Alvarez, J.-M. Liu, and Elbio Dagotto

Phys. Rev. B 78, 201102(R) (2008) - Published 21 November, 2008

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Theory of time-resolved optical spectroscopy on correlated electron systems

Martin Eckstein and Marcus Kollar

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205119 (2008) - Published 25 November, 2008

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Coherent optical control of correlation waves of spins in semiconductors

Eran Ginossar, Yehoshua Levinson, and Shimon Levit

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205204 (2008) - Published 17 November, 2008

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Ordering transition of gases adsorbed on a $C_{60}$ surface: Monte Carlo simulations and lattice-gas models

Silvina M. Gatica, Milen K. Kostov, and Milton W. Cole

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205417 (2008) - Published 12 November, 2008

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Pseudomagnetic catalysis of the time-reversal symmetry breaking in graphene

Igor F. Herbut

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205433 (2008) - Published 24 November, 2008

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Electronic structure: wide-band, narrow-band, and strongly correlated systems

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Evidence for coupling between charge density waves and phonons in two-dimensional rare-earth tritellurides

M. Lavagnini, M. Baldini, A. Sacchetti, D. Di Castro, B. Delley, R. Monnier, J.-H. Chu, N. Ru, I. R. Fisher, P. Postorino, and L. Degiorgi

Phys. Rev. B 78, 201101(R) (2008) - Published 19 November, 2008

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Magnetism, conductivity, and orbital order in ${({LaMnO}_{3})}_{2 n} / {({SrMnO}_{3})}_{n}$ superlattices

Shuai Dong, Rong Yu, Seiji Yunoki, Gonzalo Alvarez, J.-M. Liu, and Elbio Dagotto

Phys. Rev. B 78, 201102(R) (2008) - Published 21 November, 2008

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Reduced density matrix functional for many-electron systems

S. Sharma, J. K. Dewhurst, N. N. Lathiotakis, and E. K. U. Gross

Phys. Rev. B 78, 201103(R) (2008) - Published 24 November, 2008

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

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Applicability of bosonization and the Anderson-Yuval methods at the strong-coupling limit of quantum impurity problems

L. Borda, A. Schiller, and A. Zawadowski

Phys. Rev. B 78, 201301(R) (2008) - Published 6 November, 2008

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Decoherence by quantum telegraph noise: A numerical evaluation

Benjamin Abel and Florian Marquardt

Phys. Rev. B 78, 201302(R) (2008) - Published 24 November, 2008

Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems

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Family of boron fullerenes: General constructing schemes, electron counting rule, and ab initio calculations

Qing-Bo Yan, Xian-Lei Sheng, Qing-Rong Zheng, Li-Zhi Zhang, and Gang Su

Phys. Rev. B 78, 201401(R) (2008) - Published 3 November, 2008

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High-energy optical conductivity of graphene determined by reflection contrast spectroscopy

Zhe Fei, Yi Shi, Lin Pu, Feng Gao, Yu Liu, L. Sheng, Baigeng Wang, Rong Zhang, and Youdou Zheng

Phys. Rev. B 78, 201402(R) (2008) - Published 4 November, 2008

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Plasmon dispersion and damping in electrically isolated two-dimensional charge sheets

Yu Liu, R. F. Willis, K. V. Emtsev, and Th. Seyller

Phys. Rev. B 78, 201403(R) (2008) - Published 5 November, 2008

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Disorder beneath epitaxial graphene on SiC(0001): An x-ray absorption study

Xingyu Gao, Shi Chen, Tao Liu, Wei Chen, A. T. S. Wee, T. Nomoto, S. Yagi, Kazuo Soda, and Junji Yuhara

Phys. Rev. B 78, 201404(R) (2008) - Published 7 November, 2008

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Electric field response of a vibrationally excited molecule in an STM junction

Michiaki Ohara, Yousoo Kim, and Maki Kawai

Phys. Rev. B 78, 201405(R) (2008) - Published 11 November, 2008

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Analytic solution for electrons and holes in graphene under electromagnetic waves: Gap appearance and nonlinear effects

F. J. López-Rodríguez and G. G. Naumis

Phys. Rev. B 78, 201406(R) (2008) - Published 17 November, 2008

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Superlattice structure of an Ar monolayer on Ag(111) observed by low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy

T. König, G. H. Simon, K.-H. Rieder, H.-P. Rust, and M. Heyde

Phys. Rev. B 78, 201407(R) (2008) - Published 17 November, 2008

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Spectromicroscopy of single and multilayer graphene supported by a weakly interacting substrate

Kevin R. Knox, Shancai Wang, Alberto Morgante, Dean Cvetko, Andrea Locatelli, Tevfik Onur Mentes, Miguel Angel Niño, Philip Kim, and R. M. Osgood, Jr.

Phys. Rev. B 78, 201408(R) (2008) - Published 25 November, 2008

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Electronic structure: wide-band, narrow-band, and strongly correlated systems

Spin fluctuations, magnetic long-range order, and Fermi surface gapping in ${Na}_{x} {CoO}_{2}$

T. F. Schulze, M. Brühwiler, P. S. Häfliger, S. M. Kazakov, Ch. Niedermayer, K. Mattenberger, J. Karpinski, and B. Batlogg

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205101 (2008) - Published 4 November, 2008

Enhanced coherent dynamics near a transition between neutral quantum-paraelectric and ionic ferroelectric phases in the quantum Blume-Emery-Griffiths model

Kenji Yonemitsu

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205102 (2008) - Published 4 November, 2008

Anisotropic quasiparticle scattering rates in slightly underdoped to optimally doped high-temperature ${La}_{2 - x} {Sr}_{x} {CuO}_{4}$ superconductors

J. Chang, M. Shi, S. Pailhés, M. Månsson, T. Claesson, O. Tjernberg, A. Bendounan, Y. Sassa, L. Patthey, N. Momono, M. Oda, M. Ido, S. Guerrero, C. Mudry, and J. Mesot

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205103 (2008) - Published 4 November, 2008

Microscopic model for transitions from Mott to spin-Peierls insulator in TiOCl

Yu-Zhong Zhang, Harald O. Jeschke, and Roser Valentí

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205104 (2008) - Published 6 November, 2008

Crossover in charge transport from one-dimensional copper-oxygen chains to two-dimensional ladders in ${(La, Y)}_{y} {(Sr, Ca)}_{14 - y} {Cu}_{24} O_{41}$

T. Ivek, T. Vuletić, B. Korin-Hamzić, O. Milat, S. Tomić, B. Gorshunov, M. Dressel, J. Akimitsu, Y. Sugiyama, C. Hess, and B. Büchner

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205105 (2008) - Published 7 November, 2008

Ionic relaxation contribution to the electronic reconstruction at the $n$ -type ${LaAlO}_{3} / {SrTiO}_{3}$ interface

Rossitza Pentcheva and Warren E. Pickett

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205106 (2008) - Published 7 November, 2008

Fermi surface in ${LaRhSi}_{3}$ and ${CeRhSi}_{3}$

T. Terashima (寺嶋太一), M. Kimata (木俣基), S. Uji (宇治進也), T. Sugawara (菅原徹也), N. Kimura (木村憲彰), H. Aoki (青木晴善), and H. Harima (播磨尚朝)

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205107 (2008) - Published 7 November, 2008

Optical to UV spectra and birefringence of ${SiO}_{2}$ and ${TiO}_{2}$ : First-principles calculations with excitonic effects

H. M. Lawler, J. J. Rehr, F. Vila, S. D. Dalosto, E. L. Shirley, and Z. H. Levine

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205108 (2008) - Published 12 November, 2008

Cloaking mechanism with antiphase plasmonic satellites

Mário G. Silveirinha, Andrea Alù, and Nader Engheta

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205109 (2008) - Published 12 November, 2008

Electron counting with a two-particle emitter

Janine Splettstoesser, Sveta Ol’khovskaya, Michael Moskalets, and Markus Büttiker

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205110 (2008) - Published 17 November, 2008

Ab initio calculation of core-valence-valence Auger spectra in closed shell systems

G. Fratesi, M. I. Trioni, G. P. Brivio, S. Ugenti, E. Perfetto, and M. Cini

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205111 (2008) - Published 18 November, 2008

Effective Hamiltonian for FeAs-based superconductors

Efstratios Manousakis, Jun Ren, Sheng Meng, and Efthimios Kaxiras

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205112 (2008) - Published 19 November, 2008

Chemical potential shift of ${Fe}_{3 - x} V_{x} Si$ studied by hard x-ray photoemission

Y. T. Cui, A. Kimura, K. Miyamoto, M. Taniguchi, T. Xie, S. Qiao, K. Shimada, H. Namatame, E. Ikenaga, K. Kobayashi, Hsin Lin, S. Kaprzyk, A. Bansil, O. Nashima, and T. Kanomata

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205113 (2008) - Published 19 November, 2008

Generalized radiation law for excited media in a nonequilibrium steady state

F. Richter, M. Florian, and K. Henneberger

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205114 (2008) - Published 20 November, 2008

Magnetism of one-dimensional Wigner lattices and its impact on charge order

M. Daghofer, R. M. Noack, and P. Horsch

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205115 (2008) - Published 20 November, 2008

Tensor-entanglement renormalization group approach as a unified method for symmetry breaking and topological phase transitions

Zheng-Cheng Gu, Michael Levin, and Xiao-Gang Wen

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205116 (2008) - Published 24 November, 2008

Hubbard model on the triangular lattice using dynamical cluster approximation and dual fermion methods

Hunpyo Lee, Gang Li, and Hartmut Monien

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205117 (2008) - Published 24 November, 2008

Influence of band and orbital degeneracies on ferromagnetism in the periodic Anderson model

Unjong Yu, Krzysztof Byczuk, and Dieter Vollhardt

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205118 (2008) - Published 24 November, 2008

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Theory of time-resolved optical spectroscopy on correlated electron systems

Martin Eckstein and Marcus Kollar

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205119 (2008) - Published 25 November, 2008

Hole redistribution across interfaces in superconducting cuprate superlattices

C. Aruta, G. Ghiringhelli, C. Dallera, F. Fracassi, P. G. Medaglia, A. Tebano, N. B. Brookes, L. Braicovich, and G. Balestrino

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205120 (2008) - Published 25 November, 2008

Semiconductors I: bulk

Spin Hall effect of excitons

Shun-ichi Kuga, Shuichi Murakami, and Naoto Nagaosa

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205201 (2008) - Published 3 November, 2008

Negative refraction index in the magnetic semiconductor ${In}_{2 - x} {Cr}_{x} O_{3}$ : Theoretical analysis

Adil-Gerai Kussow and Alkim Akyurtlu

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205202 (2008) - Published 12 November, 2008

Dynamical, dielectric, and elastic properties of GeTe investigated with first-principles density functional theory

R. Shaltaf, E. Durgun, J.-Y. Raty, Ph. Ghosez, and X. Gonze

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205203 (2008) - Published 14 November, 2008

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Coherent optical control of correlation waves of spins in semiconductors

Eran Ginossar, Yehoshua Levinson, and Shimon Levit

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205204 (2008) - Published 17 November, 2008

Hierarchical structure and phase transition of ${(GeTe)}_{n} {({Sb}_{2} {Te}_{3})}_{m}$ used for phase-change memory

Jino Im, Jae-Hyeon Eom, Changwon Park, Kimin Park, Dong-Seok Suh, Kijoon Kim, Youn-Seon Kang, Cheolkyu Kim, Tae-Yon Lee, Yoonho Khang, Young-Gui Yoon, and Jisoon Ihm

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205205 (2008) - Published 21 November, 2008

Electronic structures and $p − d$ exchange interaction of Mn-doped diluted magnetic semiconductors

S. Ueda, A. Sekiyama, T. Iwasaki, S. Imada, S. Suga, Y. Saitoh, W. Giriat, and S. Takeyama

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205206 (2008) - Published 25 November, 2008

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

Nuclear spin dynamics and Zeno effect in quantum dots and defect centers

D. Klauser, W. A. Coish, and Daniel Loss

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205301 (2008) - Published 3 November, 2008

Electronic, optical, and surface properties of PtSi thin films

H. Bentmann, Alexander A. Demkov, R. Gregory, and S. Zollner

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205302 (2008) - Published 3 November, 2008

Conductance-plateau transitions in quantum Hall wires with spatially correlated random magnetic fields

Tohru Kawarabayashi, Yoshiyuki Ono, Tomi Ohtsuki, Stefan Kettemann, Alexander Struck, and Bernhard Kramer

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205303 (2008) - Published 3 November, 2008

Optical response with threefold symmetry axis on oriented microdomains of opal photonic crystals

L. C. Andreani, A. Balestreri, J. F. Galisteo-López, M. Galli, M. Patrini, E. Descrovi, A. Chiodoni, F. Giorgis, L. Pallavidino, and F. Geobaldo

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205304 (2008) - Published 4 November, 2008

Statistics of lateral atom manipulation by atomic force microscopy at room temperature

Yoshiaki Sugimoto, Koutaro Miki, Masayuki Abe, and Seizo Morita

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205305 (2008) - Published 4 November, 2008

Coherence of condensed microcavity polaritons calculated within Boltzmann-Master equations

T. D. Doan, H. Thien Cao, D. B. Tran Thoai, and H. Haug

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205306 (2008) - Published 6 November, 2008

Spin-orbit coupling and the singlet-triplet transition in lateral double quantum dots

L. Meza-Montes, Carlos F. Destefani, and Sergio E. Ulloa

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205307 (2008) - Published 7 November, 2008

Disorder effects in the quantum Hall effect of graphene $p − n$ junctions

Jian Li and Shun-Qing Shen

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205308 (2008) - Published 7 November, 2008

Density functional theory with hybrid functionals applied to defects in GaAs surfaces: Effect of doping

H. Williams, W. A. Hofer, E. Ćavar, A. Mikkelsen, and E. Lundgren

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205309 (2008) - Published 10 November, 2008

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Charge imbalance and bilayer two-dimensional electron systems at $ν_{T} = 1$

A. R. Champagne, A. D. K. Finck, J. P. Eisenstein, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205310 (2008) - Published 10 November, 2008

Large Berry phases in layered graphene

R. Englman and T. Vértesi

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205311 (2008) - Published 11 November, 2008

Spin-dependent kinetics of polaron pairs in organic light-emitting diodes studied by electroluminescence detected magnetic resonance dynamics

C. G. Yang, E. Ehrenfreund, F. Wang, T. Drori, and Z. V. Vardeny

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205312 (2008) - Published 12 November, 2008

Frequency- and transverse wave-vector-dependent spin Hall conductivity in two-dimensional electron gas with disorder

Sudhansu S. Mandal and Ankur Sensharma

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205313 (2008) - Published 12 November, 2008

Photoemission and STM study of an In nanocluster array on the $Si (111) − 7 \times 7$ surface

J. H. Byun, J. R. Ahn, W. H. Choi, P. G. Kang, and H. W. Yeom

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205314 (2008) - Published 13 November, 2008

Structures and energetics of silicon nanotubes from molecular dynamics and density functional theory

Amritanshu Palaria, Gerhard Klimeck, and Alejandro Strachan

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205315 (2008) - Published 13 November, 2008

Polarized polariton condensates and coupled $X Y$ models

Jonathan Keeling

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205316 (2008) - Published 17 November, 2008

Analysis of electric-field-induced spin splitting in wide modulation-doped quantum wells

U. Ekenberg and D. M. Gvozdić

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205317 (2008) - Published 18 November, 2008

Ab initio approach to reconstructions of the $InP (111) A$ surface: Role of hydrogen atoms passivating surface dangling bonds

Toru Akiyama, Tomoyuki Kondo, Hiroaki Tatematsu, Kohji Nakamura, and Tomonori Ito

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205318 (2008) - Published 18 November, 2008

Angular momentum kinetics in intersubband transitions in semiconductor quantum wells

Robert J. Steed, Mark D. Frogley, Mary Matthews, Edmund Clarke, Ray Murray, Chris C. Phillips, H. Luo, and H. C. Liu

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205319 (2008) - Published 19 November, 2008

Universality in the energy spectrum of medium-sized quantum dots

Alexander Odriazola, Alain Delgado, and Augusto González

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205320 (2008) - Published 20 November, 2008

Theoretical and experimental examination of the intermediate-band concept for strain-balanced (In,Ga)As/Ga(As,P) quantum dot solar cells

Voicu Popescu, Gabriel Bester, Mark C. Hanna, Andrew G. Norman, and Alex Zunger

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205321 (2008) - Published 20 November, 2008

Optical second-harmonic scattering from cylindrical particles

Jerry Icban Dadap

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205322 (2008) - Published 20 November, 2008

Crystal orientation effects on the piezoelectric field of strained zinc-blende quantum-well structures

Lars Duggen, Morten Willatzen, and Benny Lassen

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205323 (2008) - Published 21 November, 2008

Interplay of shape, interface structure, and electrostatic fields of ionic nanodots embedded in a polar semiconductor matrix

R. Leitsmann and F. Bechstedt

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205324 (2008) - Published 21 November, 2008

Optically monitored nuclear spin dynamics in individual GaAs quantum dots grown by droplet epitaxy

Thomas Belhadj, Takashi Kuroda, Claire-Marie Simon, Thierry Amand, Takaaki Mano, Kazuaki Sakoda, Nobuyuki Koguchi, Xavier Marie, and Bernhard Urbaszek

Phys. Rev. B 78, 205325 (2008) - Published 24 November, 2008