Volume 101, Issue 21

21 November 2008

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Ensemble of possible structures of a tryptophan-glycine–silver cluster cation complex, obtained by superimposing the configurations sampled from a molecular dynamics trajectory simulation.

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Absorption Enhancement and Conformational Control of Peptides by Small Silver Clusters
Thibault Tabarin, Alexander Kulesza, Rodolphe Antoine, Roland Mitrić, Michel Broyer, Philippe Dugourd, and Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 213001 (2008)

EDITORIALS, ESSAYS, and ANNOUNCEMENTS

Essay: The Origin of Physical Review Letters

George L. Trigg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 210001 (2008) - Published 21 November, 2008

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Repeller or Attractor? Selecting the Dynamical Model for the Onset of Turbulence in Pipe Flow

Björn Hof, Alberto de Lozar, Dirk Jan Kuik, and Jerry Westerweel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 214501 (2008) - Published 18 November, 2008

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Precision Measurement of the Hyperfine Structure of Laser-Cooled Radioactive ${}^{7}{Be}^{+}$ Ions Produced by Projectile Fragmentation

K. Okada, M. Wada, T. Nakamura, A. Takamine, V. Lioubimov, P. Schury, Y. Ishida, T. Sonoda, M. Ogawa, Y. Yamazaki, Y. Kanai, T. M. Kojima, A. Yoshida, T. Kubo, I. Katayama, S. Ohtani, H. Wollnik, and H. A. Schuessler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 212502 (2008) - Published 18 November, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Search for Gravitational-Wave Bursts from Soft Gamma Repeaters

B. Abbott et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 211102 (2008) - Published 21 November, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Bifurcation from Bubble to Droplet Behavior in Inviscid Pinch-off

J. C. Burton and P. Taborek

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 214502 (2008) - Published 19 November, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Self-Diffusion of Particles in Complex Fluids: Temporary Cages and Permanent Barriers

Markus Bier, René van Roij, Marjolein Dijkstra, and Paul van der Schoot

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 215901 (2008) - Published 17 November, 2008

LETTERS

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

Experimentally Testable State-Independent Quantum Contextuality

Adán Cabello

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 210401 (2008) - Published 19 November, 2008

Stability of Dark Solitons in Three Dimensional Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensates

R. Nath, P. Pedri, and L. Santos

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 210402 (2008) - Published 19 November, 2008

Trapping and Cooling Fermionic Atoms into Mott and Néel States

Lorenzo De Leo, Corinna Kollath, Antoine Georges, Michel Ferrero, and Olivier Parcollet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 210403 (2008) - Published 21 November, 2008

Demonstration of Near-Optimal Discrimination of Optical Coherent States

Christoffer Wittmann, Masahiro Takeoka, Katiúscia N. Cassemiro, Masahide Sasaki, Gerd Leuchs, and Ulrik L. Andersen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 210501 (2008) - Published 17 November, 2008

Equivalence of the Fractional Fokker-Planck and Subordinated Langevin Equations: The Case of a Time-Dependent Force

Marcin Magdziarz, Aleksander Weron, and Joseph Klafter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 210601 (2008) - Published 18 November, 2008

Efficient Monte Carlo Algorithm in Quasi-One-Dimensional Ising Spin Systems

Tota Nakamura

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 210602 (2008) - Published 20 November, 2008

Gravitation and Astrophysics

The Poisson Bracket on Free Null Initial Data for Gravity

Michael P. Reisenberger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 211101 (2008) - Published 20 November, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Search for Gravitational-Wave Bursts from Soft Gamma Repeaters

B. Abbott et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 211102 (2008) - Published 21 November, 2008

Gravitational Waves from Fragmentation of a Primordial Scalar Condensate into Q Balls

Alexander Kusenko and Anupam Mazumdar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 211301 (2008) - Published 19 November, 2008

Elementary Particles and Fields

Measurement of the Electron Charge Asymmetry in $p \bar{p} \to W + X \to e ν + X$ Events at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV$

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 211801 (2008) - Published 19 November, 2008

Nuclear Physics

$β$ -Delayed Deuteron Emission from ${}^{11}{Li}$ : Decay of the Halo

R. Raabe, A. Andreyev, M. J. G. Borge, L. Buchmann, P. Capel, H. O. U. Fynbo, M. Huyse, R. Kanungo, T. Kirchner, C. Mattoon, A. C. Morton, I. Mukha, J. Pearson, J. Ponsaers, J. J. Ressler, K. Riisager, C. Ruiz, G. Ruprecht, F. Sarazin, O. Tengblad, P. Van Duppen, and P. Walden

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 212501 (2008) - Published 18 November, 2008

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Precision Measurement of the Hyperfine Structure of Laser-Cooled Radioactive ${}^{7}{Be}^{+}$ Ions Produced by Projectile Fragmentation

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 212502 (2008) - Published 18 November, 2008

Decay Pattern of Pygmy States Observed in Neutron-Rich ${}^{26}{Ne}$

J. Gibelin et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 212503 (2008) - Published 19 November, 2008

Paul Trapping of Radioactive ${}^{6}{He}^{+}$ Ions and Direct Observation of Their $β$ Decay

X. Fléchard, E. Liénard, A. Méry, D. Rodríguez, G. Ban, D. Durand, F. Duval, M. Herbane, M. Labalme, F. Mauger, O. Naviliat-Cuncic, J. C. Thomas, and Ph. Velten

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 212504 (2008) - Published 21 November, 2008

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Absorption Enhancement and Conformational Control of Peptides by Small Silver Clusters

Thibault Tabarin, Alexander Kulesza, Rodolphe Antoine, Roland Mitrić, Michel Broyer, Philippe Dugourd, and Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 213001 (2008) - Published 18 November, 2008

Strong-Field Modulated Diffraction Effects in the Correlated Electron-Nuclear Motion in Dissociating $H_{2}^{+}$

Feng He, Andreas Becker, and Uwe Thumm

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 213002 (2008) - Published 20 November, 2008

Coherent Control of the Effective Susceptibility through Wave Mixing in a Duplicated Two-Level System

F. A. Hashmi and M. A. Bouchene

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 213601 (2008) - Published 20 November, 2008

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Temporal Self-Restoration of Compressed Optical Filaments

L. Bergé, S. Skupin, and G. Steinmeyer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 213901 (2008) - Published 17 November, 2008

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Repeller or Attractor? Selecting the Dynamical Model for the Onset of Turbulence in Pipe Flow

Björn Hof, Alberto de Lozar, Dirk Jan Kuik, and Jerry Westerweel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 214501 (2008) - Published 18 November, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Bifurcation from Bubble to Droplet Behavior in Inviscid Pinch-off

J. C. Burton and P. Taborek

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 214502 (2008) - Published 19 November, 2008

Pattern Forming System in the Presence of Different Symmetry-Breaking Mechanisms

G. Seiden, S. Weiss, J. H. McCoy, W. Pesch, and E. Bodenschatz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 214503 (2008) - Published 20 November, 2008

Dissipation in a Sheared Foam: From Bubble Adhesion to Foam Rheology

Sébastien Besson, Georges Debrégeas, Sylvie Cohen-Addad, and Reinhard Höhler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 214504 (2008) - Published 20 November, 2008

Dynamic Equilibrium Mechanism for Surface Nanobubble Stabilization

Michael P. Brenner and Detlef Lohse

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 214505 (2008) - Published 21 November, 2008

Plasma and Beam Physics

Electron Force Balance in Steady Collisionless-Driven Reconnection

Bin Li and Ritoku Horiuchi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 215001 (2008) - Published 18 November, 2008

Effect of Quasihelical Symmetry on Trapped-Electron Mode Transport in the HSX Stellarator

W. Guttenfelder, J. Lore, D. T. Anderson, F. S. B. Anderson, J. M. Canik, W. Dorland, K. M. Likin, and J. N. Talmadge

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 215002 (2008) - Published 17 November, 2008

Cyclotron Maser Radiation from an Inhomogeneous Plasma

R. A. Cairns, I. Vorgul, and R. Bingham

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 215003 (2008) - Published 20 November, 2008

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Unitary Fermi Supersolid: The Larkin-Ovchinnikov Phase

Aurel Bulgac and Michael McNeil Forbes

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 215301 (2008) - Published 18 November, 2008

Reconnection of Superfluid Vortex Bundles

Sultan Z. Alamri, Anthony J. Youd, and Carlo F. Barenghi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 215302 (2008) - Published 20 November, 2008

Elasticity of Floppy and Stiff Random Networks

M. Wyart, H. Liang, A. Kabla, and L. Mahadevan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 215501 (2008) - Published 19 November, 2008

Utilizing Mechanical Strain to Mitigate the Intrinsic Loss Mechanisms in Oscillating Metal Nanowires

Sung Youb Kim and Harold S. Park

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 215502 (2008) - Published 21 November, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Self-Diffusion of Particles in Complex Fluids: Temporary Cages and Permanent Barriers

Markus Bier, René van Roij, Marjolein Dijkstra, and Paul van der Schoot

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 215901 (2008) - Published 17 November, 2008

Path Integral Treatment of Proton Transport Processes in ${BaZrO}_{3}$

Qianfan Zhang, Göran Wahnström, Mårten E. Björketun, Shiwu Gao, and Enge Wang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 215902 (2008) - Published 20 November, 2008

Electronic Nature of Step-Edge Barriers against Adatom Descent on Transition-Metal Surfaces

Yina Mo, Wenguang Zhu, Efthimios Kaxiras, and Zhenyu Zhang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 216101 (2008) - Published 20 November, 2008

Theory of Directed Nucleation of Strained Islands on Patterned Substrates

Hao Hu, H. J Gao, and Feng Liu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 216102 (2008) - Published 20 November, 2008

Cleaving-Temperature Dependence of Layered-Oxide Surfaces

Y. Pennec, N. J. C. Ingle, I. S Elfimov, E. Varene, Y. Maeno, A. Damascelli, and J. V. Barth

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 216103 (2008) - Published 21 November, 2008

Kinetically Suppressed Ostwald Ripening of $Ge / Si (100)$ Hut Clusters

Michael R. McKay, J. A. Venables, and Jeff Drucker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 216104 (2008) - Published 21 November, 2008

Strongly Reshaped Organic-Metal Interfaces: Tetracyanoethylene on Cu(100)

Stéphane Bedwani, Daniel Wegner, Michael F. Crommie, and Alain Rochefort

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 216105 (2008) - Published 21 November, 2008

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Kohn-Sham-Like Approach toward a Classical Density-Functional Theory of Inhomogeneous Polar Molecular Liquids: An Application to Liquid Hydrogen Chloride

Johannes Lischner and T. A. Arias

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 216401 (2008) - Published 19 November, 2008

Fermi Surface of Superconducting LaFePO Determined from Quantum Oscillations

A. I. Coldea, J. D. Fletcher, A. Carrington, J. G. Analytis, A. F. Bangura, J.-H. Chu, A. S. Erickson, I. R. Fisher, N. E. Hussey, and R. D. McDonald

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 216402 (2008) - Published 20 November, 2008

Evidence for Lattice Effects at the Charge-Ordering Transition in $(TMTTF)_{2} X$

M. de Souza, P. Foury-Leylekian, A. Moradpour, J.-P. Pouget, and M. Lang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 216403 (2008) - Published 21 November, 2008

Nonadiabatic Spin Transfer Torque in High Anisotropy Magnetic Nanowires with Narrow Domain Walls

O. Boulle, J. Kimling, P. Warnicke, M. Kläui, U. Rüdiger, G. Malinowski, H. J. M. Swagten, B. Koopmans, C. Ulysse, and G. Faini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 216601 (2008) - Published 19 November, 2008

Tunable Plasmonic Crystals for Edge Magnetoplasmons of a Two-Dimensional Electron System

V. M. Muravev, A. A. Fortunatov, I. V. Kukushkin, J. H. Smet, W. Dietsche, and K. von Klitzing

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 216801 (2008) - Published 17 November, 2008

Kondo Effect in Single Atom Contacts: The Importance of the Atomic Geometry

Lucia Vitali, Robin Ohmann, Sebastian Stepanow, Pietro Gambardella, Kun Tao, Renzhong Huang, Valeri S. Stepanyuk, Patrick Bruno, and Klaus Kern

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 216802 (2008) - Published 18 November, 2008

Phonon-Mediated Tunneling into Graphene

T. O. Wehling, I. Grigorenko, A. I. Lichtenstein, and A. V. Balatsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 216803 (2008) - Published 20 November, 2008

Spin, Orbital, and Charge Order at the Interface between Correlated Oxides

G. Jackeli and G. Khaliullin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 216804 (2008) - Published 20 November, 2008

Spin Rotations Induced by an Electron Running in Closed Trajectories in Gated Semiconductor Nanodevices

S. Bednarek and B. Szafran

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 216805 (2008) - Published 21 November, 2008

Coulomb Drag in Quantum Circuits

Alex Levchenko and Alex Kamenev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 216806 (2008) - Published 21 November, 2008

Effects of Electron-Electron Scattering in Wide Ballistic Microcontacts

K. E. Nagaev and O. S. Ayvazyan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 216807 (2008) - Published 21 November, 2008

Magnetization and Spin Excitations of Non-Abelian Quantum Hall States

Kun Yang and E. H. Rezayi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 216808 (2008) - Published 21 November, 2008

Distributions of Conductance and Shot Noise and Associated Phase Transitions

Pierpaolo Vivo, Satya N. Majumdar, and Oriol Bohigas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 216809 (2008) - Published 21 November, 2008

Pairing Symmetry and Josephson Current in Doped 2-Leg $t - J$ Ladders

A. E. Feiguin, S. R. White, D. J. Scalapino, and I. Affleck

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 217001 (2008) - Published 17 November, 2008

Crystalline Electric Field as a Probe for Long-Range Antiferromagnetic Order and Superconducting State of ${CeFeAsO}_{1 - x} F_{x}$

Songxue Chi, D. T. Adroja, T. Guidi, R. Bewley, Shiliang Li, Jun Zhao, J. W. Lynn, C. M. Brown, Y. Qiu, G. F. Chen, J. L. Lou, N. L. Wang, and Pengcheng Dai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 217002 (2008) - Published 20 November, 2008