Volume 102, Issue 2

16 January 2009

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Photoemission from single-crystal EuNi₂P₂. The red features are due to interaction between the 4f electrons and the valence band.

From the article:

Hybridization Phenomena in Nearly-Half-Filled $f$ -Shell Electron Systems: Photoemission Study of ${EuNi}_{2} P_{2}$
S. Danzenbächer, D. V. Vyalikh, Yu. Kucherenko, A. Kade, C. Laubschat, N. Caroca-Canales, C. Krellner, C. Geibel, A. V. Fedorov, D. S. Dessau, R. Follath, W. Eberhardt, and S. L. Molodtsov
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 026403 (2009)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Negative Refractive Index in Chiral Metamaterials

Shuang Zhang, Yong-Shik Park, Jensen Li, Xinchao Lu, Weili Zhang, and Xiang Zhang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 023901 (2009) - Published 12 January, 2009

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Search for a Higgs Boson Decaying to Two $W$ Bosons at CDF

T. Aaltonen et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 021802 (2009) - Published 15 January, 2009

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Dynamics of Magnetic Bubbles in Acoustic and Magnetic Fields

Xue Zhao, Pedro A. Quinto-Su, and Claus-Dieter Ohl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 024501 (2009) - Published 16 January, 2009

LETTERS

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

Observation of Locally Negative Velocity of the Electromagnetic Field in Free Space

Neil V. Budko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 020401 (2009) - Published 12 January, 2009

Temperature and Final State Effects in Radio Frequency Spectroscopy Experiments on Atomic Fermi Gases

Yan He, Chih-Chun Chien, Qijin Chen, and K. Levin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 020402 (2009) - Published 14 January, 2009

Quantum Nondemolition Measurements and State Preparation in Quantum Gases by Light Detection

Igor B. Mekhov and Helmut Ritsch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 020403 (2009) - Published 14 January, 2009

Experimental Joint Weak Measurement on a Photon Pair as a Probe of Hardy’s Paradox

J. S. Lundeen and A. M. Steinberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 020404 (2009) - Published 14 January, 2009

Ultracold Heteronuclear Fermi-Fermi Molecules

A.-C. Voigt, M. Taglieber, L. Costa, T. Aoki, W. Wieser, T. W. Hänsch, and K. Dieckmann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 020405 (2009) - Published 15 January, 2009

Establishing Einstein-Poldosky-Rosen Channels between Nanomechanics and Atomic Ensembles

K. Hammerer, M. Aspelmeyer, E. S. Polzik, and P. Zoller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 020501 (2009) - Published 12 January, 2009

Full Characterization of Gaussian Bipartite Entangled States by a Single Homodyne Detector

V. D’Auria, S. Fornaro, A. Porzio, S. Solimeno, S. Olivares, and M. G. A. Paris

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 020502 (2009) - Published 13 January, 2009

Perfect Mirror Transport Protocol with Higher Dimensional Quantum Chains

Gerardo A. Paz-Silva, Stojan Rebić, Jason Twamley, and Tim Duty

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 020503 (2009) - Published 13 January, 2009

Postselection Technique for Quantum Channels with Applications to Quantum Cryptography

Matthias Christandl, Robert König, and Renato Renner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 020504 (2009) - Published 14 January, 2009

Simulating Quantum Systems Using Real Hilbert Spaces

Matthew McKague, Michele Mosca, and Nicolas Gisin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 020505 (2009) - Published 15 January, 2009

Langevin Equation with Colored Noise for Constant-Temperature Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Michele Ceriotti, Giovanni Bussi, and Michele Parrinello

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 020601 (2009) - Published 14 January, 2009

Stochastic Resonance in the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam Chain

George Miloshevich, Ramaz Khomeriki, and Stefano Ruffo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 020602 (2009) - Published 15 January, 2009

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Quasilocal Mass in General Relativity

Mu-Tao Wang and Shing-Tung Yau

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 021101 (2009) - Published 15 January, 2009

Role of $Λ$ in the Cosmological Lens Equation

Mauro Sereno

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 021301 (2009) - Published 14 January, 2009

Extracting Primordial Non-Gaussianity without Cosmic Variance

Uroš Seljak

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 021302 (2009) - Published 15 January, 2009

Elementary Particles and Fields

Measurement of the Decay $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{-} π^{+}$ and Evidence for $B_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{\mp} K^{\pm}$ in $e^{+} e^{-}$ Annihilation at $\sqrt{s} \approx 10.87 GeV$

R. Louvot et al. (Belle Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 021801 (2009) - Published 13 January, 2009

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Search for a Higgs Boson Decaying to Two $W$ Bosons at CDF

T. Aaltonen et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 021802 (2009) - Published 15 January, 2009

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Laser-Induced Alignment and Orientation of Quantum-State-Selected Large Molecules

Lotte Holmegaard, Jens H. Nielsen, Iftach Nevo, Henrik Stapelfeldt, Frank Filsinger, Jochen Küpper, and Gerard Meijer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 023001 (2009) - Published 12 January, 2009

Absolute Frequency Measurement of the ${}^{40}{Ca}^{+}$ $4 s {}^{2}S_{1 / 2} - 3 d {}^{2}D_{5 / 2}$ Clock Transition

M. Chwalla, J. Benhelm, K. Kim, G. Kirchmair, T. Monz, M. Riebe, P. Schindler, A. S. Villar, W. Hänsel, C. F. Roos, R. Blatt, M. Abgrall, G. Santarelli, G. D. Rovera, and Ph. Laurent

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 023002 (2009) - Published 13 January, 2009

Fragmentation and Ionization Dynamics of $C_{60}$ in Elliptically Polarized Femtosecond Laser Fields

I. V. Hertel, I. Shchatsinin, T. Laarmann, N. Zhavoronkov, H.-H. Ritze, and C. P. Schulz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 023003 (2009) - Published 14 January, 2009

Robust Photon Locking

T. Bayer, M. Wollenhaupt, C. Sarpe-Tudoran, and T. Baumert

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 023004 (2009) - Published 16 January, 2009

Jahn-Teller Interactions in the Dissociative Recombination of $H_{3}^{+}$

Ch. Jungen and S. T. Pratt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 023201 (2009) - Published 16 January, 2009

Line Shape of the $μ H (3 p - 1 s)$ Hyperfine Transitions

D. S. Covita, D. F. Anagnostopoulos, H. Gorke, D. Gotta, A. Gruber, A. Hirtl, T. Ishiwatari, P. Indelicato, E.-O. Le Bigot, M. Nekipelov, J. M. F. dos Santos, Ph. Schmid, L. M. Simons, M. Trassinelli, J. F. C. A. Veloso, and J. Zmeskal

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 023401 (2009) - Published 12 January, 2009

Matter Coupling to Strong Electromagnetic Fields in Two-Level Quantum Systems with Broken Inversion Symmetry

O. V. Kibis, G. Ya. Slepyan, S. A. Maksimenko, and A. Hoffmann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 023601 (2009) - Published 12 January, 2009

Josephson Effect for Photons in Two Weakly Linked Microcavities

An-Chun Ji, Qing Sun, X. C. Xie, and W. M. Liu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 023602 (2009) - Published 15 January, 2009

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Negative Refractive Index in Chiral Metamaterials

Shuang Zhang, Yong-Shik Park, Jensen Li, Xinchao Lu, Weili Zhang, and Xiang Zhang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 023901 (2009) - Published 12 January, 2009

Subwavelength Structure of the Evanescent Field of an Optical Bloch Wave

R. J. P. Engelen, D. Mori, T. Baba, and L. Kuipers

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 023902 (2009) - Published 13 January, 2009

Self-Induced Transparency Modelocking of Quantum Cascade Lasers

Curtis R. Menyuk and Muhammad Anisuzzaman Talukder

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 023903 (2009) - Published 16 January, 2009

Universal Spreading of Wave Packets in Disordered Nonlinear Systems

S. Flach, D. O. Krimer, and Ch. Skokos

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 024101 (2009) - Published 14 January, 2009

Dissipative Solitary Waves in Granular Crystals

R. Carretero-González, D. Khatri, Mason A. Porter, P. G. Kevrekidis, and C. Daraio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 024102 (2009) - Published 16 January, 2009

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Dynamics of Magnetic Bubbles in Acoustic and Magnetic Fields

Xue Zhao, Pedro A. Quinto-Su, and Claus-Dieter Ohl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 024501 (2009) - Published 16 January, 2009

“Fast” Nonlinear Evolution in Wave Turbulence

S. Y. Annenkov and V. I. Shrira

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 024502 (2009) - Published 16 January, 2009

Plasma and Beam Physics

Evidence for Strong Inversed Shear of Toroidal Rotation at the Edge-Transport Barrier in the ASDEX Upgrade

T Pütterich, E. Wolfrum, R. Dux, and C. F. Maggi (ASDEX Upgrade Team)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 025001 (2009) - Published 13 January, 2009

Hole Boring in a DT Pellet and Fast-Ion Ignition with Ultraintense Laser Pulses

N. Naumova, T. Schlegel, V. T. Tikhonchuk, C. Labaune, I. V. Sokolov, and G. Mourou

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 025002 (2009) - Published 14 January, 2009

Role of Cross-Helicity in Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence

Jean Carlos Perez and Stanislav Boldyrev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 025003 (2009) - Published 14 January, 2009

Tuning the Implosion Symmetry of ICF Targets via Controlled Crossed-Beam Energy Transfer

P. Michel, L. Divol, E. A. Williams, S. Weber, C. A. Thomas, D. A. Callahan, S. W. Haan, J. D. Salmonson, S. Dixit, D. E. Hinkel, M. J. Edwards, B. J. MacGowan, J. D. Lindl, S. H. Glenzer, and L. J. Suter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 025004 (2009) - Published 14 January, 2009

Effects of Mass Ablation on the Scaling of X-Ray Power with Current in Wire-Array $Z$ Pinches

R. W. Lemke, D. B. Sinars, E. M. Waisman, M. E. Cuneo, E. P. Yu, T. A. Haill, H. L. Hanshaw, T. A. Brunner, C. A. Jennings, W. A. Stygar, M. P. Desjarlais, T. A. Mehlhorn, and J. L. Porter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 025005 (2009) - Published 15 January, 2009

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Impurity Crystal in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

David C. Roberts and Sergio Rica

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 025301 (2009) - Published 15 January, 2009

Threshold for Chaos and Thermalization in the One-Dimensional Mean-Field Bose-Hubbard Model

Amy C. Cassidy, Douglas Mason, Vanja Dunjko, and Maxim Olshanii

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 025302 (2009) - Published 16 January, 2009

Universal Response of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes to Radial Compression

A. P. M. Barboza, H. Chacham, and B. R. A. Neves

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 025501 (2009) - Published 14 January, 2009

Enhanced Relaxation and Intermixing in Ge Islands Grown on Pit-Patterned Si(001) Substrates

T. U. Schülli, G. Vastola, M.-I. Richard, A. Malachias, G. Renaud, F. Uhlík, F. Montalenti, G. Chen, L. Miglio, F. Schäffler, and G. Bauer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 025502 (2009) - Published 16 January, 2009

Criticality of Tuning in Athermal Phase Transitions

U. Chandni, Arindam Ghosh, H. S. Vijaya, and S. Mohan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 025701 (2009) - Published 12 January, 2009

Coupling and Decoupling between Translational and Rotational Dynamics in a Supercooled Molecular Liquid

Song-Ho Chong and Walter Kob

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 025702 (2009) - Published 14 January, 2009

Role of Confinement on Diffusion Barriers in Semiconductor Nanocrystals

Tzu-Liang Chan, Alexey T. Zayak, Gustavo M. Dalpian, and James R. Chelikowsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 025901 (2009) - Published 15 January, 2009

Effective Slip over Superhydrophobic Surfaces in Thin Channels

François Feuillebois, Martin Z. Bazant, and Olga I. Vinogradova

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 026001 (2009) - Published 15 January, 2009

Mesoscopic Lattice Boltzmann Modeling of Flowing Soft Systems

Roberto Benzi, Sergio Chibbaro, and Sauro Succi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 026002 (2009) - Published 16 January, 2009

Density-Functional Calculations of the Structure of Near-Surface Oxygen Vacancies and Electron Localization on ${CeO}_{2} (111)$

M. Verónica Ganduglia-Pirovano, Juarez L. F. Da Silva, and Joachim Sauer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 026101 (2009) - Published 13 January, 2009

Surface Stress of Stepped Chiral Metal Surfaces

M. Blanco-Rey, S. J. Pratt, and S. J. Jenkins

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 026102 (2009) - Published 14 January, 2009

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Local Structure of ${La}_{1 - x} {Sr}_{x} {CoO}_{3}$ Determined from EXAFS and Neutron Pair Distribution Function Studies

N. Sundaram, Y. Jiang, I. E. Anderson, D. P. Belanger, C. H. Booth, F. Bridges, J. F. Mitchell, Th. Proffen, and H. Zheng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 026401 (2009) - Published 13 January, 2009

Defect Formation Energies without the Band-Gap Problem: Combining Density-Functional Theory and the $G W$ Approach for the Silicon Self-Interstitial

Patrick Rinke, Anderson Janotti, Matthias Scheffler, and Chris G. Van de Walle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 026402 (2009) - Published 14 January, 2009

Hybridization Phenomena in Nearly-Half-Filled $f$ -Shell Electron Systems: Photoemission Study of ${EuNi}_{2} P_{2}$

S. Danzenbächer, D. V. Vyalikh, Yu. Kucherenko, A. Kade, C. Laubschat, N. Caroca-Canales, C. Krellner, C. Geibel, A. V. Fedorov, D. S. Dessau, R. Follath, W. Eberhardt, and S. L. Molodtsov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 026403 (2009) - Published 14 January, 2009

Ising Magnetism and Ferroelectricity in ${Ca}_{3} {CoMnO}_{6}$

Hua Wu, T. Burnus, Z. Hu, C. Martin, A. Maignan, J. C. Cezar, A. Tanaka, N. B. Brookes, D. I. Khomskii, and L. H. Tjeng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 026404 (2009) - Published 15 January, 2009

Occurrence of Both Unipolar Memory and Threshold Resistance Switching in a NiO Film

S. H. Chang, J. S. Lee, S. C. Chae, S. B. Lee, C. Liu, B. Kahng, D.-W. Kim, and T. W. Noh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 026801 (2009) - Published 12 January, 2009

Is Graphene in Vacuum an Insulator?

Joaquín E. Drut and Timo A. Lähde

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 026802 (2009) - Published 13 January, 2009

Localized Distributions of Quasi-Two-Dimensional Electronic States near Defects Artificially Created at Graphite Surfaces in Magnetic Fields

Y. Niimi, H. Kambara, and Hiroshi Fukuyama

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 026803 (2009) - Published 13 January, 2009

Coulomb Drag in the Exciton Regime in Electron-Hole Bilayers

J. A. Seamons, C. P. Morath, J. L. Reno, and M. P. Lilly

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 026804 (2009) - Published 14 January, 2009

Nonequilibrium Dephasing in Coulomb Blockaded Quantum Dots

Alexander Altland and Reinhold Egger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 026805 (2009) - Published 14 January, 2009

Novel Electronic Structure Induced by a Highly Strained Oxide Interface with Incommensurate Crystal Fields

H. W. Ou, J. F. Zhao, Y. Zhang, B. P. Xie, D. W. Shen, Y. Zhu, Z. Q. Yang, J. G. Che, X. G. Luo, X. H. Chen, M. Arita, K. Shimada, H. Namatame, M. Taniguchi, C. M. Cheng, K. D. Tsuei, and D. L. Feng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 026806 (2009) - Published 15 January, 2009