Volume 100, Issue 6

15 February 2008

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Calculation of angular distribution of ejected electrons for direct ionization of He from electron bombardment. The larger lobe is due to binary collisions, while the smaller one comes from recoil events.

From the article:

Out-of-Plane ( $e$ , $2 e$ ) Experiments on Helium $L = 0$ , 1, 2 Autoionizing Levels
B. A. deHarak, K. Bartschat, and N. L. S. Martin
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 063201 (2008)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Scattering-Free Plasmonic Optics with Anisotropic Metamaterials

Justin Elser and Viktor A. Podolskiy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 066402 (2008) - Published 11 February, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Shell Model Description of the ${}^{14}C$ Dating $β$ Decay with Brown-Rho-Scaled $N N$ Interactions

J. W. Holt, G. E. Brown, T. T. S. Kuo, J. D. Holt, and R. Machleidt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 062501 (2008) - Published 15 February, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Evidence for Nanoparticles in Microwave-Generated Fireballs Observed by Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering

J. B. A. Mitchell, J. L. LeGarrec, M. Sztucki, T. Narayanan, V. Dikhtyar, and E. Jerby

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 065001 (2008) - Published 11 February, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Relevance of Ferromagnetic Correlations for the Electron Spin Resonance in Kondo Lattice Systems

C. Krellner, T. Förster, H. Jeevan, C. Geibel, and J. Sichelschmidt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 066401 (2008) - Published 11 February, 2008

LETTERS

General Physics: Statistical and Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, etc.

Topological Winding and Unwinding in Metastable Bose-Einstein Condensates

Rina Kanamoto, Lincoln D. Carr, and Masahito Ueda

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 060401 (2008) - Published 12 February, 2008

Bose-Einstein Condensates in Strongly Disordered Traps

T. Nattermann and V. L. Pokrovsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 060402 (2008) - Published 13 February, 2008

Robust and Efficient Generator of Almost Maximal Multipartite Entanglement

Davide Rossini and Giuliano Benenti

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 060501 (2008) - Published 11 February, 2008

How Good Must Single Photon Sources and Detectors Be for Efficient Linear Optical Quantum Computation?

Michael Varnava, Daniel E. Browne, and Terry Rudolph

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 060502 (2008) - Published 12 February, 2008

Thermally Assisted Adiabatic Quantum Computation

M. H. S. Amin, Peter J. Love, and C. J. S. Truncik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 060503 (2008) - Published 12 February, 2008

Manipulating Biphotonic Qutrits

B. P. Lanyon, T. J. Weinhold, N. K. Langford, J. L. O’Brien, K. J. Resch, A. Gilchrist, and A. G. White

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 060504 (2008) - Published 14 February, 2008

Renormalization Group Approach to Exact Sampling

Cédric Chanal and Werner Krauth

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 060601 (2008) - Published 15 February, 2008

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Gamma-Ray Spectrum from Gravitino Dark Matter Decay

Alejandro Ibarra and David Tran

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 061301 (2008) - Published 13 February, 2008

Elementary Particles and Fields

Noncommutative Point Sources

A. Stern

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 061601 (2008) - Published 14 February, 2008

Nonperturbative Yukawa Couplings from String Instantons

Ralph Blumenhagen, Mirjam Cvetič, Dieter Lüst, Robert Richter, and Timo Weigand

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 061602 (2008) - Published 15 February, 2008

Light Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model Higgs Boson Scenario and its Test at Hadron Colliders

Alexander Belyaev, Qing-Hong Cao, Daisuke Nomura, Kazuhiro Tobe, and C.-P. Yuan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 061801 (2008) - Published 12 February, 2008

Radiography of Earth’s Core and Mantle with Atmospheric Neutrinos

M. C. Gonzalez-Garcia, Francis Halzen, Michele Maltoni, and Hiroyuki K. M. Tanaka

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 061802 (2008) - Published 14 February, 2008

Search for $C P$ Violation in the Decays $D^{0} \to K^{-} K^{+}$ and $D^{0} \to π^{-} π^{+}$

B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 061803 (2008) - Published 15 February, 2008

Observation of the $ψ (4415) \to D {\bar{D}}_{2}^{*} (2460)$ Decay Using Initial-State Radiation

G. Pakhlova et al. (Belle Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 062001 (2008) - Published 13 February, 2008

High-Precision Determination of the $π$ , $K$ , $D$ , and $D_{s}$ Decay Constants from Lattice QCD

E. Follana, C. T. H. Davies, G. P. Lepage, and J. Shigemitsu (HPQCD and UKQCD Collaborations)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 062002 (2008) - Published 13 February, 2008

Next-to-Leading-Order QCD Corrections to $W W + Jet$ Production at Hadron Colliders

S. Dittmaier, S. Kallweit, and P. Uwer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 062003 (2008) - Published 14 February, 2008

Model-Independent Measurement of the $W$ -Boson Helicity in Top-Quark Decays at D0

V. M. Abazov et al. (D0 Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 062004 (2008) - Published 14 February, 2008

Cross-Section-Constrained Top-Quark Mass Measurement from Dilepton Events at the Tevatron

T. Aaltonen et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 062005 (2008) - Published 15 February, 2008

Simple Explanation for the $X (3872)$ Mass Shift Observed in the Decay $X (3872) \to D^{* 0} {\bar{D}}^{0}$

W. Dunwoodie and V. Ziegler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 062006 (2008) - Published 15 February, 2008

Nuclear Physics

Measurement of $Υ$ Production for $p + p$ and $p + d$ Interactions at $800 GeV / c$

L. Y. Zhu et al. (FNAL E866/NuSea Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 062301 (2008) - Published 14 February, 2008

Evidence for Higher Order QED Effects in $e^{+} e^{-}$ Pair Production at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

A. J. Baltz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 062302 (2008) - Published 15 February, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Shell Model Description of the ${}^{14}C$ Dating $β$ Decay with Brown-Rho-Scaled $N N$ Interactions

J. W. Holt, G. E. Brown, T. T. S. Kuo, J. D. Holt, and R. Machleidt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 062501 (2008) - Published 15 February, 2008

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Heteronuclear and Homonuclear High-Spin Alkali Trimers on Helium Nanodroplets

Johann Nagl, Gerald Auböck, Andreas W. Hauser, Olivier Allard, Carlo Callegari, and Wolfgang E. Ernst

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 063001 (2008) - Published 13 February, 2008

Initial State Dependence in Multielectron Threshold Ionization of Atoms

Agapi Emmanouilidou, Peijie Wang, and Jan M. Rost

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 063002 (2008) - Published 13 February, 2008

Out-of-Plane ( $e$ , $2 e$ ) Experiments on Helium $L = 0$ , 1, 2 Autoionizing Levels

B. A. deHarak, K. Bartschat, and N. L. S. Martin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 063201 (2008) - Published 11 February, 2008

Absolute Electron Scattering Cross Sections for the ${CF}_{2}$ Radical

Todd M. Maddern, Leigh R. Hargreaves, Jessica R. Francis-Staite, Michael J. Brunger, Stephen J. Buckman, Carl Winstead, and Vincent McKoy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 063202 (2008) - Published 14 February, 2008

Quantum Processing Photonic States in Optical Lattices

Christine A. Muschik, Inés de Vega, Diego Porras, and J. Ignacio Cirac

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 063601 (2008) - Published 13 February, 2008

Many Body Generalization of the Landau-Zener Problem

Alexander Altland and V. Gurarie

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 063602 (2008) - Published 15 February, 2008

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Parametrically Shielding Electromagnetic Fields by Nonlinear Metamaterials

Simin Feng and Klaus Halterman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 063901 (2008) - Published 11 February, 2008

Wave-Front Engineering by Huygens-Fresnel Principle for Nonlinear Optical Interactions in Domain Engineered Structures

Yi-qiang Qin, Chao Zhang, Yong-yuan Zhu, Xiao-peng Hu, and Gang Zhao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 063902 (2008) - Published 12 February, 2008

Optical Design of Reflectionless Complex Media by Finite Embedded Coordinate Transformations

Marco Rahm, Steven A. Cummer, David Schurig, John B. Pendry, and David R. Smith

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 063903 (2008) - Published 13 February, 2008

Extraordinary Surface Voltage Effect in the Invisibility Cloak with an Active Device Inside

Baile Zhang, Hongsheng Chen, Bae-Ian Wu, and Jin Au Kong

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 063904 (2008) - Published 15 February, 2008

Time Reversal of Elastic Waves in Soft Solids

S. Catheline, N. Benech, J. Brum, and C. Negreira

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 064301 (2008) - Published 15 February, 2008

Stabilization of Domain Walls between Traveling Waves by Nonlinear Mode Coupling in Taylor-Couette Flow

M. Heise, Ch. Hoffmann, J. Abshagen, A. Pinter, G. Pfister, and M. Lücke

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 064501 (2008) - Published 12 February, 2008

Knudsen Diffusion in Silicon Nanochannels

Simon Gruener and Patrick Huber

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 064502 (2008) - Published 12 February, 2008

Fluctuations of Energy Flux in Wave Turbulence

Éric Falcon, Sébastien Aumaître, Claudio Falcón, Claude Laroche, and Stéphan Fauve

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 064503 (2008) - Published 15 February, 2008

Plasma and Beam Physics

Laser-Photofield Emission from Needle Cathodes for Low-Emittance Electron Beams

R. Ganter, R. Bakker, C. Gough, S. C. Leemann, M. Paraliev, M. Pedrozzi, F. Le Pimpec, V. Schlott, L. Rivkin, and A. Wrulich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 064801 (2008) - Published 13 February, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Evidence for Nanoparticles in Microwave-Generated Fireballs Observed by Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering

J. B. A. Mitchell, J. L. LeGarrec, M. Sztucki, T. Narayanan, V. Dikhtyar, and E. Jerby

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 065001 (2008) - Published 11 February, 2008

Observations of an Ion-Driven Instability in Non-Neutral Plasmas Confined on Magnetic Surfaces

Q. R. Marksteiner, T. Sunn Pedersen, J. W. Berkery, M. S. Hahn, J. M. Mendez, B. Durand de Gevigney, and H. Himura

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 065002 (2008) - Published 12 February, 2008

Modifying Wire-Array $Z$ -Pinch Ablation Structure Using Coiled Arrays

G. N. Hall, J. P. Chittenden, S. N. Bland, S. V. Lebedev, S. C. Bott, C. Jennings, J. B. A. Palmer, and F. Suzuki-Vidal

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 065003 (2008) - Published 14 February, 2008

Kinetic Simulations of Magnetized Turbulence in Astrophysical Plasmas

G. G. Howes, W. Dorland, S. C. Cowley, G. W. Hammett, E. Quataert, A. A. Schekochihin, and T. Tatsuno

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 065004 (2008) - Published 14 February, 2008

Radial Transport Characteristics of Fast Ions Due to Energetic-Particle Modes inside the Last Closed-Flux Surface in the Compact Helical System

Kenichi Nagaoka, Mitsutaka Isobe, Kazuo Toi, Akihiro Shimizu, Akihide Fujisawa, Shunsuke Ohshima, Haruhisa Nakano, Masaki Osakabe, Yasushi Todo, Tsuyoshi Akiyama, Yoshihiko Nagashima, Chihiro Suzuki, Shin Nishimura, Yasuo Yoshimura, Keisuke Matsuoka, and Shoichi Okamura

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 065005 (2008) - Published 15 February, 2008

Manipulating Electromagnetic Waves in Magnetized Plasmas: Compression, Frequency Shifting, and Release

Yoav Avitzour and Gennady Shvets

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 065006 (2008) - Published 15 February, 2008

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Effect of ${}^{3}{He}$ Impurities on the Nonclassical Response to Oscillation of Solid ${}^{4}{He}$

E. Kim, J. S. Xia, J. T. West, X. Lin, A. C. Clark, and M. H. W. Chan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 065301 (2008) - Published 14 February, 2008

Evidence of Distributed Interstitialcy-Like Relaxation of the Shear Modulus due to Structural Relaxation of Metallic Glasses

S. V. Khonik, A. V. Granato, D. M. Joncich, A. Pompe, and V. A. Khonik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 065501 (2008) - Published 12 February, 2008

Stabilization of the Misfit Layer Compound $(PbS)_{1.13} {TaS}_{2}$ by Metal Cross Substitution

M. Kalläne, K. Rossnagel, M. Marczynski-Bühlow, L. Kipp, H. I. Starnberg, and S. E. Stoltz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 065502 (2008) - Published 15 February, 2008

Optimal Doping Control of Magnetic Semiconductors via Subsurfactant Epitaxy

Changgan Zeng, Zhenyu Zhang, Klaus van Benthem, Matthew F. Chisholm, and Hanno H. Weitering

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 066101 (2008) - Published 12 February, 2008

Manifestations of Broken Symmetry: The Surface Phases of ${Ca}_{2 - x} {Sr}_{x} {RuO}_{4}$

R. G. Moore, V. B. Nascimento, Jiandi Zhang, J. Rundgren, R. Jin, D. Mandrus, and E. W. Plummer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 066102 (2008) - Published 13 February, 2008

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Relevance of Ferromagnetic Correlations for the Electron Spin Resonance in Kondo Lattice Systems

C. Krellner, T. Förster, H. Jeevan, C. Geibel, and J. Sichelschmidt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 066401 (2008) - Published 11 February, 2008

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Scattering-Free Plasmonic Optics with Anisotropic Metamaterials

Justin Elser and Viktor A. Podolskiy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 066402 (2008) - Published 11 February, 2008

Absence of Hole Confinement in Transition-Metal Oxides with Orbital Degeneracy

Maria Daghofer, Krzysztof Wohlfeld, Andrzej M. Oleś, Enrico Arrigoni, and Peter Horsch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 066403 (2008) - Published 13 February, 2008

Magnetic and Orbital Ordering in the Spinel ${MnV}_{2} O_{4}$

V. O. Garlea, R. Jin, D. Mandrus, B. Roessli, Q. Huang, M. Miller, A. J. Schultz, and S. E. Nagler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 066404 (2008) - Published 14 February, 2008

Determining the Crystal-Field Ground State in Rare Earth Heavy Fermion Materials Using Soft-X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy

P. Hansmann, A. Severing, Z. Hu, M. W. Haverkort, C. F. Chang, S. Klein, A. Tanaka, H. H. Hsieh, H.-J. Lin, C. T. Chen, B. Fåk, P. Lejay, and L. H. Tjeng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 066405 (2008) - Published 14 February, 2008

Calculated Momentum Dependence of Zhang-Rice States in Transition Metal Oxides

Quan Yin, Alexey Gordienko, Xiangang Wan, and Sergey Y. Savrasov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 066406 (2008) - Published 14 February, 2008

Resistivity of Inhomogeneous Quantum Wires

Jérôme Rech and K. A. Matveev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 066407 (2008) - Published 15 February, 2008

Why Metallic Surfaces with Grooves a Few Nanometers Deep and Wide May Strongly Absorb Visible Light

J. Le Perchec, P. Quémerais, A. Barbara, and T. López-Ríos

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 066408 (2008) - Published 15 February, 2008

High Current Density in Light-Emitting Transistors of Organic Single Crystals

Taishi Takenobu, Satria Zulkarnaen Bisri, Tetsuo Takahashi, Masayuki Yahiro, Chihaya Adachi, and Yoshihiro Iwasa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 066601 (2008) - Published 13 February, 2008

Temperature Evolution of Spin Relaxation in a $NiFe / Cu$ Lateral Spin Valve

T. Kimura, T. Sato, and Y. Otani

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 066602 (2008) - Published 13 February, 2008

Relationship between Nonadiabaticity and Damping in Permalloy Studied by Current Induced Spin Structure Transformations

L. Heyne, M. Kläui, D. Backes, T. A. Moore, S. Krzyk, U. Rüdiger, L. J. Heyderman, A. Fraile Rodríguez, F. Nolting, T. O. Mentes, M. Á. Niño, A. Locatelli, K. Kirsch, and R. Mattheis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 066603 (2008) - Published 14 February, 2008