Volume 101, Issue 22

28 November 2008

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On the Cover

Surface morphology of a percolation cluster (Fe-red; Mg-blue) with competing ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic spin correlations. Magnetic small angle neutron scattering experiments show that the morphology is similar to that of microemulsions.

From the article:

Evidence for a Spin Emulsion
P. M. Bentley and R. Cywinski
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 227202 (2008)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Discovery of Localized Regions of Excess 10-TeV Cosmic Rays

A. A. Abdo et al. (Milagro Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 221101 (2008) - Published 24 November, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Stimulated Emission of Surface Plasmon Polaritons

M. A. Noginov, G. Zhu, M. Mayy, B. A. Ritzo, N. Noginova, and V. A. Podolskiy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226806 (2008) - Published 25 November, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Fock-Darwin-Like Quantum Dot States Formed by Charged Mn Interstitial Ions

O. Makarovsky, O. Thomas, A. G. Balanov, L. Eaves, A. Patanè, R. P. Campion, C. T. Foxon, E. E. Vdovin, D. K. Maude, G. Kiesslich, and R. J. Airey

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226807 (2008) - Published 25 November, 2008

LETTERS

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

Spin Echo in Spinor Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensates

Masashi Yasunaga and Makoto Tsubota

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 220401 (2008) - Published 24 November, 2008

Microscopic Expression for Heat in the Adiabatic Basis

Anatoli Polkovnikov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 220402 (2008) - Published 24 November, 2008

Entanglement of Formation for an Arbitrary Two-Mode Gaussian State

Paulina Marian and Tudor A. Marian

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 220403 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Approximate Quantum Cloaking and Almost-Trapped States

Allan Greenleaf, Yaroslav Kurylev, Matti Lassas, and Gunther Uhlmann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 220404 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm for Factorization and Its Experimental Implementation

Xinhua Peng, Zeyang Liao, Nanyang Xu, Gan Qin, Xianyi Zhou, Dieter Suter, and Jiangfeng Du

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 220405 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Quantum Simulator for the Ising Model with Electrons Floating on a Helium Film

Sarah Mostame and Ralf Schützhold

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 220501 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Realization of a Feedback Controlled Flashing Ratchet

Benjamin J. Lopez, Nathan J. Kuwada, Erin M. Craig, Brian R. Long, and Heiner Linke

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 220601 (2008) - Published 25 November, 2008

Magic Frequencies for Cesium Primary-Frequency Standard

V. V. Flambaum, V. A. Dzuba, and A. Derevianko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 220801 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Gravitation and Astrophysics

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Discovery of Localized Regions of Excess 10-TeV Cosmic Rays

A. A. Abdo et al. (Milagro Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 221101 (2008) - Published 24 November, 2008

Universality of Quantum Gravity Corrections

Saurya Das and Elias C. Vagenas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 221301 (2008) - Published 25 November, 2008

Boom and Bust Inflation: A Graceful Exit via Compact Extra Dimensions

Adam R. Brown

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 221302 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Elementary Particles and Fields

Search for Anomalous $W t b$ Couplings in Single Top Quark Production

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 221801 (2008) - Published 25 November, 2008

Search for Neutral Higgs Bosons in Multi- $b$ -Jet Events in $p \bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV$

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 221802 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Dijet Searches for Supersymmetry at the Large Hadron Collider

Lisa Randall and David Tucker-Smith

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 221803 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Search for Active Neutrino Disappearance Using Neutral-Current Interactions in the MINOS Long-Baseline Experiment

P. Adamson et al. (MINOS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 221804 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Forward Neutral-Pion Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetries in $p + p$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 200 GeV$

B. I. Abelev et al. (STAR Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 222001 (2008) - Published 25 November, 2008

Leading SU(3)-Breaking Corrections to the Baryon Magnetic Moments in Chiral Perturbation Theory

L. S. Geng, J. Martin Camalich, L. Alvarez-Ruso, and M. J. Vicente Vacas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 222002 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Improved Laboratory Values of the $H_{2}$ Lyman and Werner Lines for Constraining Time Variation of the Proton-to-Electron Mass Ratio

E. J. Salumbides, D. Bailly, A. Khramov, A. L. Wolf, K. S. E. Eikema, M. Vervloet, and W. Ubachs

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 223001 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Mechanism for Electron Transfer in Fast Ion-Atomic Collisions

A. B. Voitkiv B. Najjari and J. Ullrich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 223201 (2008) - Published 24 November, 2008

Evidence of Sequentially Formed Charge Patches Guiding Ions through Nanocapillaries

P. Skog, HQ. Zhang, and R. Schuch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 223202 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Fast Excitation and Photon Emission of a Single-Atom-Cavity System

J. Bochmann, M. Mücke, G. Langfahl-Klabes, C. Erbel, B. Weber, H. P. Specht, D. L. Moehring, and G. Rempe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 223601 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Interaction of Spiral Waves in the Complex Ginzburg-Landau Equation

M. Aguareles, S. J. Chapman, and T. Witelski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 224101 (2008) - Published 25 November, 2008

Dynamic Characterization of Permeabilities and Flows in Microchannels

M. Castro, M. E. Bravo-Gutiérrez, A. Hernández-Machado, and E. Corvera Poiré

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 224501 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Plasma and Beam Physics

Model of Hall Reconnection

Leonid M. Malyshkin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 225001 (2008) - Published 24 November, 2008

Collisionless Laser-Energy Conversion by Anharmonic Resonance

P. Mulser, D. Bauer, and H. Ruhl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 225002 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Kondo Polarons in a One-Dimensional Fermi Gas

Austen Lamacraft

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 225301 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Origins of Apparent Fragile-to-Strong Transitions of Protein Hydration Waters

M. Vogel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 225701 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Water Slippage versus Contact Angle: A Quasiuniversal Relationship

David M. Huang, Christian Sendner, Dominik Horinek, Roland R. Netz, and Lydéric Bocquet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226101 (2008) - Published 25 November, 2008

Anomalous Mass Transport in the Pb Wetting Layer on the Si(111) Surface

K. L. Man, M. C. Tringides, M. M. T. Loy, and M. S. Altman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226102 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Charge and Orbital Correlations at and above the Verwey Phase Transition in Magnetite

J. E. Lorenzo, C. Mazzoli, N. Jaouen, C. Detlefs, D. Mannix, S. Grenier, Y. Joly, and C. Marin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226401 (2008) - Published 24 November, 2008

Dimensionality-Controlled Insulator-Metal Transition and Correlated Metallic State in $5 d$ Transition Metal Oxides ${Sr}_{n + 1} {Ir}_{n} O_{3 n + 1}$ ( $n = 1$ , 2, and $\infty$ )

S. J. Moon, H. Jin, K. W. Kim, W. S. Choi, Y. S. Lee, J. Yu, G. Cao, A. Sumi, H. Funakubo, C. Bernhard, and T. W. Noh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226402 (2008) - Published 24 November, 2008

Ab Initio Electronic and Optical Properties of the $N - V^{-}$ Center in Diamond

Faruque M. Hossain, Marcus W. Doherty, Hugh F. Wilson, and Lloyd C. L. Hollenberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226403 (2008) - Published 25 November, 2008

Using High Energy Angle Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy to Reveal the Charge Density in Solids

M. Månsson, T. Claesson, M. Finazzi, C. Dallera, N. B. Brookes, and O. Tjernberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226404 (2008) - Published 25 November, 2008

Ab Initio $G W$ Many-Body Effects in Graphene

Paolo E. Trevisanutto, Christine Giorgetti, Lucia Reining, Massimo Ladisa, and Valerio Olevano

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226405 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Primary Role of the Barely Occupied States in the Charge Density Wave Formation of ${NbSe}_{2}$

D. W. Shen, Y. Zhang, L. X. Yang, J. Wei, H. W. Ou, J. K. Dong, B. P. Xie, C. He, J. F. Zhao, B. Zhou, M. Arita, K. Shimada, H. Namatame, M. Taniguchi, J. Shi, and D. L. Feng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226406 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Second Critical Point in First Order Metal-Insulator Transitions

Ivan Z. Kostadinov and Bruce R. Patton

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226407 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Direct Evidence for the Effect of Quantum Confinement of Surface-State Electrons on Atomic Diffusion

N. N. Negulyaev, V. S. Stepanyuk, L. Niebergall, P. Bruno, W. Hergert, J. Repp, K.-H. Rieder, and G. Meyer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226601 (2008) - Published 24 November, 2008

Mesoscopic Fluctuations in the Spin-Electric Susceptibility due to Rashba Spin-Orbit Interaction

Mathias Duckheim and Daniel Loss

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226602 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

$I n S i t u$ Reduction of Charge Noise in $GaAs / {Al}_{x} {Ga}_{1 - x} As$ Schottky-Gated Devices

Christo Buizert, Frank H. L. Koppens, Michel Pioro-Ladrière, Hans-Peter Tranitz, Ivo T. Vink, Seigo Tarucha, Werner Wegscheider, and Lieven M. K. Vandersypen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226603 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Quantum Hall to Insulator Transition in the Bilayer Quantum Hall Ferromagnet

Ganpathy Murthy and Subir Sachdev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226801 (2008) - Published 24 November, 2008

Tomography of Many-Body Weak Values: Mach-Zehnder Interferometry

Vadim Shpitalnik, Yuval Gefen, and Alessandro Romito

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226802 (2008) - Published 24 November, 2008

Many-Body Localization Study in Low-Density Electron Gases: Do Metals Exist in Two Dimensions?

Geneviève Fleury and Xavier Waintal

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226803 (2008) - Published 24 November, 2008

Pseudomagnetic Fields and Ballistic Transport in a Suspended Graphene Sheet

M. M. Fogler, F. Guinea, and M. I. Katsnelson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226804 (2008) - Published 25 November, 2008

Spin Relaxation in Quantum Dots due to Electron Exchange with Leads

A. B. Vorontsov and M. G. Vavilov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226805 (2008) - Published 25 November, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Stimulated Emission of Surface Plasmon Polaritons

M. A. Noginov, G. Zhu, M. Mayy, B. A. Ritzo, N. Noginova, and V. A. Podolskiy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226806 (2008) - Published 25 November, 2008

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Fock-Darwin-Like Quantum Dot States Formed by Charged Mn Interstitial Ions

O. Makarovsky, O. Thomas, A. G. Balanov, L. Eaves, A. Patanè, R. P. Campion, C. T. Foxon, E. E. Vdovin, D. K. Maude, G. Kiesslich, and R. J. Airey

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226807 (2008) - Published 25 November, 2008

Quantum Dot Spectroscopy Using Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics

Martin Winger, Antonio Badolato, Kevin J. Hennessy, Evelyn L. Hu, and Ataç Imamoğlu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226808 (2008) - Published 25 November, 2008

Nonequilibrium Effective Vector Potential due to Pseudospin Exchange in Graphene

M. Kindermann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226809 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Spin-Selective Aharonov-Bohm Oscillations in a Lateral Triple Quantum Dot

F. Delgado, Y.-P. Shim, M. Korkusinski, L. Gaudreau, S. A. Studenikin, A. S. Sachrajda, and P. Hawrylak

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 226810 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Controlled Vaporization of the Superconducting Condensate in Cuprate Superconductors by Femtosecond Photoexcitation

P. Kusar, V. V. Kabanov, J. Demsar, T. Mertelj, S. Sugai, and D. Mihailovic

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 227001 (2008) - Published 24 November, 2008

Evidence for a Competition between the Superconducting State and the Pseudogap State of $(BiPb)_{2} (SrLa)_{2} {CuO}_{6 + δ}$ from Muon Spin Rotation Experiments

R. Khasanov, Takeshi Kondo, S. Strässle, D. O. G. Heron, A. Kaminski, H. Keller, S. L. Lee, and Tsunehiro Takeuchi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 227002 (2008) - Published 24 November, 2008

Determination of the Superconductor-Insulator Phase Diagram for One-Dimensional Wires

A. T. Bollinger, R. C. Dinsmore, III, A. Rogachev, and A. Bezryadin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 227003 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Screening of Point Charge Impurities in Highly Anisotropic Metals: Application to $μ^{+}$ -Spin Relaxation in Underdoped Cuprate Superconductors

Arkady Shekhter, Lei Shu, Vivek Aji, D. E. MacLaughlin, and C. M. Varma

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 227004 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

Abrupt Transition from a Free, Repulsive to a Condensed, Attractive DNA Phase, Induced by Multivalent Polyamine Cations

Xiangyun Qiu, Kurt Andresen, Jessica S. Lamb, Lisa W. Kwok, and Lois Pollack

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 228101 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

COMMENTS

Comment on “Possible Observation of Phase Separation near a Quantum Phase Transition in Doubly Connected Ultrathin Superconducting Cylinders of Aluminum”

V. H. Dao and L. F. Chibotaru

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 229701 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008

Wang et al. Reply:

H. Wang, M. M. Rosario, N. A. Kurz, B. Y. Rock, M. Tian, P. T. Carrigan, and Y. Liu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 229702 (2008) - Published 26 November, 2008