Volume 79, Issue 9

Thomas Bagger Stibius Jensen, Niels Bech Christensen, Michel Kenzelmann, Henrik Moodysson Rønnow, Christof Niedermayer, Niels Hessel Andersen, Kim Lefmann, Jürg Schefer, Martin v. Zimmermann, Jiying Li, Jerel L. Zarestky, and David Vaknin

Phys. Rev. B 79, 092412 (2009) - Published 20 March, 2009

Anomalous spin waves and the commensurate-incommensurate magnetic phase transition in ${LiNiPO}_{4}$

T. B. S. Jensen, N. B. Christensen, M. Kenzelmann, H. M. Rønnow, C. Niedermayer, N. H. Andersen, K. Lefmann, M. Jiménez-Ruiz, F. Demmel, J. Li, J. L. Zarestky, and D. Vaknin

Phys. Rev. B 79, 092413 (2009) - Published 20 March, 2009

Single-domain-wall states in millimeter-scale samples of ${ErFeO}_{3}$

L. T. Tsymbal, G. N. Kakazei, and Ya. B. Bazaliy

Phys. Rev. B 79, 092414 (2009) - Published 20 March, 2009

Commensurate magnetic structure of ${CeRhIn}_{4.85} {Hg}_{0.15}$

Wei Bao, Y. C. Gasparovic, J. W. Lynn, F. Ronning, E. D. Bauer, J. D. Thompson, and Z. Fisk

Phys. Rev. B 79, 092415 (2009) - Published 20 March, 2009

Pnictides as frustrated quantum antiferromagnets close to a quantum phase transition

Götz S. Uhrig, Michael Holt, Jaan Oitmaa, Oleg P. Sushkov, and Rajiv R. P. Singh

Phys. Rev. B 79, 092416 (2009) - Published 23 March, 2009

Absence of weak electron localization in epitaxial Fe wires on GaAs(110)

C. Hassel, F. M. Römer, G. Dumpich, and J. Lindner

Phys. Rev. B 79, 092417 (2009) - Published 24 March, 2009

Linewidth of ferromagnetic resonance for systems with anisotropic damping

Jonas Seib, Daniel Steiauf, and Manfred Fähnle

Phys. Rev. B 79, 092418 (2009) - Published 30 March, 2009

Spin dynamics in point contacts to single ferromagnetic films

O. P. Balkashin, V. V. Fisun, I. K. Yanson, L. Yu. Triputen, A. Konovalenko, and V. Korenivski

Phys. Rev. B 79, 092419 (2009) - Published 30 March, 2009

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Model for tunneling-mediated impurity resonances in bilayer cuprate superconductors

Degang Zhang and C. S. Ting

Phys. Rev. B 79, 092501 (2009) - Published 6 March, 2009

Experimental detection of sign-reversal pairing in iron-based superconductors

Jiansheng Wu and Philip Phillips

Phys. Rev. B 79, 092502 (2009) - Published 6 March, 2009

Isotope effect and the role of phonons in the iron-based superconductors

Yunkyu Bang

Phys. Rev. B 79, 092503 (2009) - Published 10 March, 2009

Control of the glass-liquid transition temperature in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - x}$ films

Tomoya Horide, Kaname Matsumoto, Paolo Mele, Yutaka Yoshida, Ataru Ichinose, Ryusuke Kita, Shigeru Horii, and Masashi Mukaida

Phys. Rev. B 79, 092504 (2009) - Published 10 March, 2009

Quantitative calculations of charge-carrier densities in the depletion layers at ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$ interfaces

U. Schwingenschlögl and C. Schuster

Phys. Rev. B 79, 092505 (2009) - Published 26 March, 2009

Stability of a half-quantum vortex in rotating superfluid ${}^{3}{He} − A$ between parallel plates

T. Kawakami, Y. Tsutsumi, and K. Machida

Phys. Rev. B 79, 092506 (2009) - Published 30 March, 2009

Evolution of Fermi surface and normal-state gap in the chemically substituted cuprates ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2 - x} {Bi}_{x} {CuO}_{6 + δ}$

Z.-H. Pan, P. Richard, Y.-M. Xu, M. Neupane, P. Bishay, A. V. Fedorov, H. Luo, L. Fang, H.-H. Wen, Z. Wang, and H. Ding

Phys. Rev. B 79, 092507 (2009) - Published 31 March, 2009

Effects of disorder on a lattice Ginzburg-Landau model of $d$ -wave superconductors and superfluids

Tomonori Shimizu, Shunsuke Doi, Ikuo Ichinose, and Tetsuo Matsui

Phys. Rev. B 79, 092508 (2009) - Published 31 March, 2009

ARTICLES

Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects

First-principles study of the structural, electronic, vibrational, and elastic properties of orthorhombic NiSi

D. Connétable and O. Thomas

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094101 (2009) - Published 3 March, 2009

Interpolation between spectra satisfying sum rules

Hans-Christian Weissker, Ralf Hambach, Valerio Olevano, and Lucia Reining

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094102 (2009) - Published 5 March, 2009

Structural link to precursor effects

R. Bindu, Kalobaran Maiti, S. Khalid, and E. V. Sampathkumaran

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094103 (2009) - Published 9 March, 2009

Analytical homogenization method for periodic composite materials

Ying Chen and Christopher A. Schuh

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094104 (2009) - Published 10 March, 2009

Phase transitions in wolframite-type ${CdWO}_{4}$ at high pressure studied by Raman spectroscopy and density-functional theory

R. Lacomba-Perales, D. Errandonea, D. Martinez-Garcia, P. Rodríguez-Hernández, S. Radescu, A. Mujica, A. Muñoz, J. C. Chervin, and A. Polian

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094105 (2009) - Published 11 March, 2009

Iron oxidation state of ${FeTiO}_{3}$ under high pressure

X. Wu, G. Steinle-Neumann, O. Narygina, I. Kantor, C. McCammon, S. Pascarelli, G. Aquilanti, V. Prakapenka, and L. Dubrovinsky

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094106 (2009) - Published 11 March, 2009

Correlating cation coordination, stiffness, phase transition pressures, and smart materials behavior in metal phosphates

Dmitry Shakhvorostov, Martin H. Müser, Nicholas J. Mosey, Yang Song, and Peter R. Norton

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094107 (2009) - Published 16 March, 2009

Stress-dependent Peierls potential: Influence on kink-pair activation

David Rodney and Laurent Proville

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094108 (2009) - Published 17 March, 2009

Competition between strain and chemistry effects on adhesion of Si and SiC

Y. Liu and I. Szlufarska

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094109 (2009) - Published 23 March, 2009

Phase field simulations of coupled phase transformations in ferroelastic-ferroelastic nanocomposites

Mathieu Bouville and Rajeev Ahluwalia

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094110 (2009) - Published 24 March, 2009

Effect of magnetic state on the $γ − α$ transition in iron: First-principles calculations of the Bain transformation path

S. V. Okatov, A. R. Kuznetsov, Yu. N. Gornostyrev, V. N. Urtsev, and M. I. Katsnelson

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094111 (2009) - Published 24 March, 2009

Grain boundary segregation and thermodynamically stable binary nanocrystalline alloys

Jason R. Trelewicz and Christopher A. Schuh

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094112 (2009) - Published 24 March, 2009

Hybrid density functional theory study of the high-pressure polymorphs of $α {-Fe}_{2} O_{3}$ hematite

Nicholas C. Wilson and Salvy P. Russo

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094113 (2009) - Published 24 March, 2009

First-principles investigation of the highly tetragonal ferroelectric material $Bi ({Zn}_{1 / 2} {Ti}_{1 / 2}) O_{3}$

Tingting Qi, Ilya Grinberg, and Andrew M. Rappe

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094114 (2009) - Published 24 March, 2009

Magnetostructural transition in ${Ho}_{5} {Ge}_{4}$

Niraj K. Singh, Durga Paudyal, Ya. Mudryk, V. K. Pecharsky, and K. A. Gschneidner, Jr.

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094115 (2009) - Published 25 March, 2009

Equilibrium vacancy concentrations in $Al- Σ = 33 (554) [1 \bar{1} 0]$ by grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations

Emmanouil Vamvakopoulos and Döme Tanguy

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094116 (2009) - Published 26 March, 2009

Photoinduced ultrafast local volume changes in intermediate-valence solids

Momar S. Diakhate and Martin E. Garcia

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094117 (2009) - Published 27 March, 2009

Local structure study of Co-doped indium oxide and indium-tin oxide thin films using x-ray absorption spectroscopy

Gloria Subías, Jolanta Stankiewicz, Francisco Villuendas, María Pilar Lozano, and Joaquín García

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094118 (2009) - Published 31 March, 2009

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

ac conductance in granular insulating ${Co-ZrO}_{2}$ thin films: A universal response

Zorica Konstantinović, Montserrat García del Muro, Miroslavna Kovylina, Xavier Batlle, and Amílcar Labarta

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094201 (2009) - Published 20 March, 2009

Ordered sigma-type phase in the Ising model of Fe-Cr stainless steel

G. J. Ackland

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094202 (2009) - Published 27 March, 2009

Optical circuits from anisotropic films

Huikan Liu, Shivanand, and Kevin J. Webb

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094203 (2009) - Published 31 March, 2009

Dynamics, dynamical systems, lattice effects, quantum solids

Excitation of longitudinal and transverse coherent acoustic phonons in nanometer free-standing films of (001) Si

Maher Harb, Weina Peng, Germán Sciaini, Christoph T. Hebeisen, Ralph Ernstorfer, Mark A. Eriksson, Max G. Lagally, Sergei G. Kruglik, and R. J. Dwayne Miller

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094301 (2009) - Published 9 March, 2009

Gradient-index phononic crystals

Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Tony Jun Huang, Jia-Hong Sun, and Tsung-Tsong Wu

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094302 (2009) - Published 18 March, 2009

Laser-induced coherent acoustical phonons mechanisms in the metal-insulator transition compound ${NdNiO}_{3}$ : Thermal and nonthermal processes

P. Ruello, S. Zhang, P. Laffez, B. Perrin, and V. Gusev

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094303 (2009) - Published 19 March, 2009

Theoretical basis of parametric-resonance-based atomic force microscopy

G. Prakash, S. Hu, A. Raman, and R. Reifenberger

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094304 (2009) - Published 19 March, 2009

Spectral shape of intense exciton absorption in oligothiophene crystals

Waldemar Kulig and Piotr Petelenz

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094305 (2009) - Published 25 March, 2009

Heat wave propagation in a nonlinear chain

Francesco Piazza and Stefano Lepri

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094306 (2009) - Published 25 March, 2009

Magnetism

Green’s function approach to the thermodynamic properties of the anisotropic Kondo necklace model

H. Rezania, A. Langari, and P. Thalmeier

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094401 (2009) - Published 3 March, 2009

Experimental determination of spin-transfer torque nonadiabaticity parameter and spin polarization in permalloy

S. Lepadatu, M. C. Hickey, A. Potenza, H. Marchetto, T. R. Charlton, S. Langridge, S. S. Dhesi, and C. H. Marrows

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094402 (2009) - Published 3 March, 2009

Magnetic molecules created by hydrogenation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

J. A. Vergés, G. Chiappe, E. Louis, L. Pastor-Abia, and E. SanFabián

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094403 (2009) - Published 3 March, 2009

Nonzero orbital moment in high coercivity $ϵ {-Fe}_{2} O_{3}$ and low-temperature collapse of the magnetocrystalline anisotropy

Yuan-Chieh Tseng, Narcizo M. Souza-Neto, Daniel Haskel, Martí Gich, Carlos Frontera, Anna Roig, Michel van Veenendaal, and Josep Nogués

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094404 (2009) - Published 4 March, 2009

Thickness dependence of the exchange bias in epitaxial manganite bilayers

A. L. Kobrinskii, A. M. Goldman, Maria Varela, and S. J. Pennycook

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094405 (2009) - Published 4 March, 2009

Polaron relaxation and hopping conductivity in ${LaMn}_{1 - x} {Fe}_{x} O_{3}$

A. Karmakar, S. Majumdar, and S. Giri

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094406 (2009) - Published 6 March, 2009

Thermodynamics of the Heusler alloy ${Co}_{2 - x} {Mn}_{1 + x} Si$ : A combined density functional theory and cluster expansion study

Björn Hülsen, Matthias Scheffler, and Peter Kratzer

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094407 (2009) - Published 9 March, 2009

Quantum order by disorder in a spin-one frustrated magnet on the kagome lattice

Sergei V. Isakov and Yong Baek Kim

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094408 (2009) - Published 9 March, 2009

Spin dynamics of the antiferromagnetic spin- $\frac{1}{2}$ chain at finite magnetic fields and intermediate temperatures

S. Grossjohann and W. Brenig

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094409 (2009) - Published 10 March, 2009

Deformable spin- $\frac{1}{2}$ $X X$ chain with three-site interactions at zero and finite temperatures

Oleg Derzhko, Taras Krokhmalskii, Joachim Stolze, and Taras Verkholyak

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094410 (2009) - Published 11 March, 2009

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Complex magnetism of iron monolayers on hexagonal transition metal surfaces from first principles

B. Hardrat, A. Al-Zubi, P. Ferriani, S. Blügel, G. Bihlmayer, and S. Heinze

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094411 (2009) - Published 11 March, 2009

Quantum spherical spin glass with inverse power-law disorder

Pedro Castro Menezes and Alba Theumann

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094412 (2009) - Published 11 March, 2009

Spin correlations near the edge as probe of dimer order in square-lattice Heisenberg models

T. Pardini and R. R. P. Singh

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094413 (2009) - Published 12 March, 2009

Resonant electronic states and $I − V$ curves of Fe/MgO/Fe(100) tunnel junctions

Ivan Rungger, Oleg Mryasov, and Stefano Sanvito

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094414 (2009) - Published 13 March, 2009

Transverse spin diffusion in ferromagnets

Yaroslav Tserkovnyak, E. M. Hankiewicz, and Giovanni Vignale

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094415 (2009) - Published 17 March, 2009

Pseudo-proper ferroelectricity and magnetoelectric effects in ${TbMnO}_{3}$

Pierre Tolédano

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094416 (2009) - Published 17 March, 2009

Experimental magnetic form factors in ${Co}_{3} V_{2} O_{8}$ : A combined study of ab initio calculations, magnetic Compton scattering, and polarized neutron diffraction

N. Qureshi, M. Zbiri, J. Rodríguez-Carvajal, A. Stunault, E. Ressouche, T. C. Hansen, M. T. Fernández-Díaz, M. R. Johnson, H. Fuess, H. Ehrenberg, Y. Sakurai, M. Itou, B. Gillon, Th. Wolf, J. A. Rodríguez-Velamazan, and J. Sánchez-Montero

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094417 (2009) - Published 18 March, 2009

Disorder effect on the magnetic behavior of mechanically alloyed ${Fe}_{1 - x} {Al}_{x}$ $(0.2 ⩽ x ⩽ 0.4)$

Ligia E. Zamora, G. A. Pérez Alcázar, G. Y. Vélez, J. D. Betancur, J. F. Marco, J. J. Romero, A. Martínez, F. J. Palomares, and J. M. González

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094418 (2009) - Published 20 March, 2009

Magnetic domains and surface effects in hollow maghemite nanoparticles

Andreu Cabot, A. Paul Alivisatos, Víctor F. Puntes, Lluís Balcells, Òscar Iglesias, and Amílcar Labarta

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094419 (2009) - Published 20 March, 2009

Neutron scattering study of the competing magnetic correlations in ${La}_{0.85} {Sr}_{0.15} {CoO}_{3}$

D. Phelan, Despina Louca, S. N. Ancona, S. Rosenkranz, H. Zheng, and J. F. Mitchell

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094420 (2009) - Published 20 March, 2009

Dynamics of a quantum phase transition with decoherence: Quantum Ising chain in a static spin environment

Lukasz Cincio, Jacek Dziarmaga, Jakub Meisner, and Marek M. Rams

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094421 (2009) - Published 23 March, 2009

Theory of spin torque due to spin-orbit coupling

A. Manchon and S. Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094422 (2009) - Published 23 March, 2009

Microwave investigation of the phase diagram of hexagonal multiferroic ${HoMnO}_{3}$

Julien Camirand Lemyre, Mario Poirier, Loreynne Pinsard-Gaudart, and Alexandre Revcolevschi

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094423 (2009) - Published 23 March, 2009

Chemical bonding, electronic, and magnetic properties of $R_{3} {Co}_{4} {Sn}_{13}$ intermetallics ( $R = La$ , Ce, Sm, Gd, and Tb): Density functional calculations

Guohua Zhong, Xiaowu Lei, and Jianggao Mao

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094424 (2009) - Published 25 March, 2009

Influence of interchain coupling on spiral ground-state correlations in frustrated spin- $\frac{1}{2}$ $J_{1} − J_{2}$ Heisenberg chains

Ronald Zinke, Stefan-Ludwig Drechsler, and Johannes Richter

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094425 (2009) - Published 25 March, 2009

Suppression of spin-density-wave transition and emergence of ferromagnetic ordering of ${Eu}^{2 +}$ moments in ${EuFe}_{2 - x} {Ni}_{x} {As}_{2}$

Zhi Ren, Xiao Lin, Qian Tao, Shuai Jiang, Zengwei Zhu, Cao Wang, Guanghan Cao, and Zhu’an Xu

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094426 (2009) - Published 27 March, 2009

Ferromagnetic resonance linewidth mechanisms in polycrystalline ferrites: Role of grain-to-grain and grain-boundary two-magnon scattering processes

Sangita S. Kalarickal, Nan Mo, Pavol Krivosik, and Carl E. Patton

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094427 (2009) - Published 30 March, 2009

Magnetic bistability: From microscopic to macroscopic understandings of hysteretic behavior using ab initio calculations

Mikaël Kepenekian, Boris Le Guennic, and Vincent Robert

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094428 (2009) - Published 30 March, 2009

Itinerant antiferromagnetism in ${BaCr}_{2} {As}_{2}$ : Experimental characterization and electronic structure calculations

D. J. Singh, A. S. Sefat, M. A. McGuire, B. C. Sales, D. Mandrus, L. H. VanBebber, and V. Keppens

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094429 (2009) - Published 31 March, 2009

Domain-wall dynamics driven by short pulses along thin ferromagnetic strips: Micromagnetic simulations and analytical description

Eduardo Martinez, Luis Lopez-Diaz, Oscar Alejos, Luis Torres, and Mario Carpentieri

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094430 (2009) - Published 31 March, 2009

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Precursor state to superconductivity in ${CeIrIn}_{5}$ : Unusual scaling of magnetotransport

Sunil Nair, M. Nicklas, F. Steglich, J. L. Sarrao, J. D. Thompson, A. J. Schofield, and S. Wirth

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094501 (2009) - Published 3 March, 2009

Magnetothermoelectric response near quantum critical points

M. J. Bhaseen, A. G. Green, and S. L. Sondhi

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094502 (2009) - Published 3 March, 2009

Successive phase transitions at finite temperatures toward the supersolid state in a three-dimensional extended Bose-Hubbard model

Keisuke Yamamoto, Synge Todo, and Seiji Miyashita

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094503 (2009) - Published 3 March, 2009

Topological phases of noncentrosymmetric superconductors: Edge states, Majorana fermions, and non-Abelian statistics

Masatoshi Sato and Satoshi Fujimoto

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094504 (2009) - Published 4 March, 2009

Anisotropic phase diagram and strong coupling effects in ${Ba}_{1 - x} K_{x} {Fe}_{2} {As}_{2}$ from specific-heat measurements

U. Welp, R. Xie, A. E. Koshelev, W. K. Kwok, H. Q. Luo, Z. S. Wang, G. Mu, and H. H. Wen

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094505 (2009) - Published 4 March, 2009

Influence of the $Nd 4 f$ states on the magnetic behavior and the electric field gradient of the oxypnictides superconductors ${NdFeAsO}_{1 - x} F_{x}$

P. Jeglič, J.-W. G. Bos, A. Zorko, M. Brunelli, K. Koch, H. Rosner, S. Margadonna, and D. Arčon

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094515 (2009) - Published 12 March, 2009

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Bulk superconductivity at 14 K in single crystals of ${Fe}_{1 + y} {Te}_{x} {Se}_{1 - x}$

B. C. Sales, A. S. Sefat, M. A. McGuire, R. Y. Jin, D. Mandrus, and Y. Mozharivskyj

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094521 (2009) - Published 24 March, 2009

Non-Ohmic Hall resistivity observed above the critical temperature in the high-temperature superconductor ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$

I. Puica, W. Lang, K. Siraj, J. D. Pedarnig, and D. Bäuerle

Phys. Rev. B 79, 094522 (2009) - Published 26 March, 2009

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

COMMENTS

Comment on “Thermodynamic transitions in inhomogeneous $d$ -wave superconductors”

J. L. Tallon and J. W. Loram

Phys. Rev. B 79, 096501 (2009) - Published 9 March, 2009

Reply to “Comment on ‘Thermodynamic transitions in inhomogeneous $d$ -wave superconductors’ ”

B. M. Andersen and P. J. Hirschfeld

Phys. Rev. B 79, 096502 (2009) - Published 9 March, 2009

ERRATA

Publisher's Note: Statistical phases and momentum spacings for one-dimensional anyons [Phys. Rev. B 79, 064409 (2009)]

Martin Greiter

Phys. Rev. B 79, 099901 (2009) - Published 17 March, 2009

Publisher's Note: First-principles study of H ordering in the $α$ phase of $M$ -H systems ( $M = Sc$ , Y, Ti, Zr) [Phys. Rev. B 79, 054113 (2009)]

Jorge Garcés, Rafael González, and Peter Vajda

Phys. Rev. B 79, 099902 (2009) - Published 25 March, 2009