Volume 103, Issue 1

3 July 2009

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Luminescence spectra of coupled quantum well excitons trapped in a harmonic potential. The measurements yield data for exciton-exciton interactions, independent of the density.

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Direct Measurement of Exciton-Exciton Interaction Energy
Z. Vörös, D. W. Snoke, L. Pfeiffer, and K. West
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 016403 (2009)

EDITORIALS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Editorial: Improving PRL

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 010001 (2009) - Published 29 June, 2009

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Real-Time Evolution of the Valence Electronic Structure in a Dissociating Molecule

Ph. Wernet, M. Odelius, K. Godehusen, J. Gaudin, O. Schwarzkopf, and W. Eberhardt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 013001 (2009) - Published 29 June, 2009

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Tuning Nonlinear Charge Transport between Integer and Fractional Quantum Hall States

Stefano Roddaro, Nicola Paradiso, Vittorio Pellegrini, Giorgio Biasiol, Lucia Sorba, and Fabio Beltram

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 016802 (2009) - Published 29 June, 2009

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Mass Ejection by Strange Star Mergers and Observational Implications

A. Bauswein, H.-T. Janka, R. Oechslin, G. Pagliara, I. Sagert, J. Schaffner-Bielich, M. M. Hohle, and R. Neuhäuser

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 011101 (2009) - Published 29 June, 2009

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Independent Magnetization Behavior of a Ferromagnetic Metal-Semiconductor Hybrid System

S. Mark, C. Gould, K. Pappert, J. Wenisch, K. Brunner, G. Schmidt, and L. W. Molenkamp

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 017204 (2009) - Published 2 July, 2009

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Dynamic Opinion Model and Invasion Percolation

Jia Shao, Shlomo Havlin, and H. Eugene Stanley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 018701 (2009) - Published 1 July, 2009

LETTERS

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

Controlling Spin Current in a Trapped Fermi Gas

X. Du, Y. Zhang, J. Petricka, and J. E. Thomas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 010401 (2009) - Published 1 July, 2009

Electromagnetic Field Quantization in Time-Dependent Linear Media

I. A. Pedrosa and Alexandre Rosas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 010402 (2009) - Published 1 July, 2009

Noise-Induced Energy Resonance for Atoms in a Periodic Potential

Mark Sadgrove, Sanjay Kumar, and Ken’ichi Nakagawa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 010403 (2009) - Published 1 July, 2009

Quantum Liquid Crystals in an Imbalanced Fermi Gas: Fluctuations and Fractional Vortices in Larkin-Ovchinnikov States

Leo Radzihovsky and Ashvin Vishwanath

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 010404 (2009) - Published 2 July, 2009

Low-Noise Amplification of a Continuous-Variable Quantum State

R. C. Pooser, A. M. Marino, V. Boyer, K. M. Jones, and P. D. Lett

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 010501 (2009) - Published 29 June, 2009

Qubit Protection in Nuclear-Spin Quantum Dot Memories

Z. Kurucz, M. W. Sørensen, J. M. Taylor, M. D. Lukin, and M. Fleischhauer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 010502 (2009) - Published 2 July, 2009

Nonequilibrium Steady-State Fluctuations in Actively Cooled Resonators

M. Bonaldi, L. Conti, P. De Gregorio, L. Rondoni, G. Vedovato, A. Vinante, M. Bignotto, M. Cerdonio, P. Falferi, N. Liguori, S. Longo, R. Mezzena, A. Ortolan, G. A. Prodi, F. Salemi, L. Taffarello, S. Vitale, and J.-P. Zendri

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 010601 (2009) - Published 2 July, 2009

Fluctuations and Response of Nonequilibrium States

Marco Baiesi, Christian Maes, and Bram Wynants

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 010602 (2009) - Published 2 July, 2009

Gravitation and Astrophysics

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Mass Ejection by Strange Star Mergers and Observational Implications

A. Bauswein, H.-T. Janka, R. Oechslin, G. Pagliara, I. Sagert, J. Schaffner-Bielich, M. M. Hohle, and R. Neuhäuser

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 011101 (2009) - Published 29 June, 2009

Dark-Matter-Induced Violation of the Weak Equivalence Principle

Sean M. Carroll, Sonny Mantry, Michael J. Ramsey-Musolf, and Christoper W. Stubbs

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 011301 (2009) - Published 1 July, 2009

Elementary Particles and Fields

Near-Threshold Photoproduction of $Λ (1520)$ from Protons and Deuterons

N. Muramatsu et al. (LEPS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 012001 (2009) - Published 1 July, 2009

Next-To-Leading Order QCD Corrections to $p p \to t \bar{t} b \bar{b} + X$ at the LHC

A. Bredenstein, A. Denner, S. Dittmaier, and S. Pozzorini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 012002 (2009) - Published 1 July, 2009

Gluon-Spin Contribution to the Proton Spin from the Double-Helicity Asymmetry in Inclusive $π^{0}$ Production in Polarized $p + p$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 200 GeV$

A. Adare et al. (PHENIX Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 012003 (2009) - Published 1 July, 2009

Nuclear Physics

Measurement of the Differential Cross Section for the Reaction $γ n \to π^{-} p$ from Deuterium

W. Chen et al. (The CLAS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 012301 (2009) - Published 1 July, 2009

Shape Coexistence Near Neutron Number $N = 20$ : First Identification of the $E 0$ Decay from the Deformed First Excited $J^{π} = 0^{+}$ State in ${}^{30}{Mg}$

W. Schwerdtfeger, P. G. Thirolf, K. Wimmer, D. Habs, H. Mach, T. R. Rodriguez, V. Bildstein, J. L. Egido, L. M. Fraile, R. Gernhäuser, R. Hertenberger, K. Heyde, P. Hoff, H. Hübel, U. Köster, T. Kröll, R. Krücken, R. Lutter, T. Morgan, and P. Ring

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 012501 (2009) - Published 30 June, 2009

Isospin Mixing in Nuclei within the Nuclear Density Functional Theory

W. Satuła, J. Dobaczewski, W. Nazarewicz, and M. Rafalski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 012502 (2009) - Published 1 July, 2009

Gamow-Teller Strength Distributions in ${}^{48}{Sc}$ by the ${}^{48}{Ca} (p, n)$ and ${}^{48}{Ti} (n, p)$ Reactions and Two-Neutrino Double- $β$ Decay Nuclear Matrix Elements

K. Yako et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 012503 (2009) - Published 1 July, 2009

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Real-Time Evolution of the Valence Electronic Structure in a Dissociating Molecule

Ph. Wernet, M. Odelius, K. Godehusen, J. Gaudin, O. Schwarzkopf, and W. Eberhardt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 013001 (2009) - Published 29 June, 2009

X-Ray Two-Photon Photoelectron Spectroscopy: A Theoretical Study of Inner-Shell Spectra of the Organic Para-Aminophenol Molecule

Robin Santra, Nikolai V. Kryzhevoi, and Lorenz S. Cederbaum

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 013002 (2009) - Published 1 July, 2009

Molecular Effects in $H_{2}$ Scattering from Metal Surfaces at Grazing Incidence

C. Díaz, P. Rivière, and F. Martín

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 013201 (2009) - Published 30 June, 2009

Quantum Information Transfer from Spin to Orbital Angular Momentum of Photons

Eleonora Nagali, Fabio Sciarrino, Francesco De Martini, Lorenzo Marrucci, Bruno Piccirillo, Ebrahim Karimi, and Enrico Santamato

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 013601 (2009) - Published 29 June, 2009

Effective Abelian and Non-Abelian Gauge Potentials in Cavity QED

Jonas Larson and Sergey Levin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 013602 (2009) - Published 2 July, 2009

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Observation of a Localization Transition in Quasiperiodic Photonic Lattices

Y. Lahini, R. Pugatch, F. Pozzi, M. Sorel, R. Morandotti, N. Davidson, and Y. Silberberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 013901 (2009) - Published 30 June, 2009

Entangled Quantum Nonlinear Schrödinger Solitons

Yinchieh Lai and Ray-Kuang Lee

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 013902 (2009) - Published 2 July, 2009

Diffusive Waves in a Dilating Scattering Medium

Jérôme Crassous, Marion Erpelding, and Axelle Amon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 013903 (2009) - Published 2 July, 2009

Effect of Helicity and Rotation on the Free Decay of Turbulent Flows

T. Teitelbaum and P. D. Mininni

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 014501 (2009) - Published 29 June, 2009

Measurement of Local Dissipation Scales in Turbulent Pipe Flow

S. C. C. Bailey, M. Hultmark, J. Schumacher, V. Yakhot, and A. J. Smits

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 014502 (2009) - Published 29 June, 2009

Search for the “Ultimate State” in Turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard Convection

Denis Funfschilling, Eberhard Bodenschatz, and Guenter Ahlers

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 014503 (2009) - Published 1 July, 2009

Plasma and Beam Physics

2D Melting of Plasma Crystals: Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Regimes

V. Nosenko, S. K. Zhdanov, A. V. Ivlev, C. A. Knapek, and G. E. Morfill

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 015001 (2009) - Published 29 June, 2009

Collisional Damping of Electron Bernstein Waves and its Mitigation by Evaporated Lithium Conditioning in Spherical-Tokamak Plasmas

S. J. Diem, G. Taylor, J. B. Caughman, P. C. Efthimion, H. Kugel, B. P. LeBlanc, C. K. Phillips, J. Preinhaelter, S. A. Sabbagh, and J. Urban

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 015002 (2009) - Published 30 June, 2009

Nonlinear Phase Mixing and Phase-Space Cascade of Entropy in Gyrokinetic Plasma Turbulence

T. Tatsuno, W. Dorland, A. A. Schekochihin, G. G. Plunk, M. Barnes, S. C. Cowley, and G. G. Howes

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 015003 (2009) - Published 30 June, 2009

Generic Mechanism of Microturbulence Suppression by Vortex Flows

Z. X. Wang, J. Q. Li, J. Q. Dong, and Y. Kishimoto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 015004 (2009) - Published 2 July, 2009

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Experimental Observation and Computer Simulations of 3D Triplet Structures in Diffusion Limited Growth of Xenon Crystals

H. M. Singer, I. Singer, and J. H. Bilgram

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 015501 (2009) - Published 1 July, 2009

Mechanisms for Thermal Conduction in Methane Hydrate

Niall J. English and John S. Tse

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 015901 (2009) - Published 30 June, 2009

Prewetting of Liquid Hydrogen on Rough Cesium Substrates

E. Rolley, C. Guthmann, and M. S. Pettersen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 016101 (2009) - Published 2 July, 2009

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Turning a Nickelate Fermi Surface into a Cupratelike One through Heterostructuring

P. Hansmann, Xiaoping Yang, A. Toschi, G. Khaliullin, O. K. Andersen, and K. Held

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 016401 (2009) - Published 29 June, 2009

Tight-Binding Modeling and Low-Energy Behavior of the Semi-Dirac Point

S. Banerjee, R. R. P. Singh, V. Pardo, and W. E. Pickett

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 016402 (2009) - Published 1 July, 2009

Direct Measurement of Exciton-Exciton Interaction Energy

Z. Vörös, D. W. Snoke, L. Pfeiffer, and K. West

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 016403 (2009) - Published 1 July, 2009

Electronic Correlation in Anion $p$ Orbitals Impedes Ferromagnetism due to Cation Vacancies in Zn Chalcogenides

J. A. Chan, Stephan Lany, and Alex Zunger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 016404 (2009) - Published 2 July, 2009

Topological Entanglement and Clustering of Jain Hierarchy States

N. Regnault, B. A. Bernevig, and F. D. M. Haldane

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 016801 (2009) - Published 29 June, 2009

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Tuning Nonlinear Charge Transport between Integer and Fractional Quantum Hall States

Stefano Roddaro, Nicola Paradiso, Vittorio Pellegrini, Giorgio Biasiol, Lucia Sorba, and Fabio Beltram

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 016802 (2009) - Published 29 June, 2009

Kondo Effect and Conductance of Nanocontacts with Magnetic Impurities

D. Jacob, K. Haule, and G. Kotliar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 016803 (2009) - Published 29 June, 2009

Prediction of a Switchable Two-Dimensional Electron Gas at Ferroelectric Oxide Interfaces

Manish K. Niranjan, Yong Wang, Sitaram S. Jaswal, and Evgeny Y. Tsymbal

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 016804 (2009) - Published 30 June, 2009

Microwave-Driven Transitions in Two Coupled Semiconductor Charge Qubits

K. D. Petersson, C. G. Smith, D. Anderson, P. Atkinson, G. A. C. Jones, and D. A. Ritchie

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 016805 (2009) - Published 1 July, 2009

Long-Range Interaction between Adatoms in Graphene

Andrei V. Shytov, Dmitry A. Abanin, and Leonid S. Levitov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 016806 (2009) - Published 2 July, 2009

Magnetic-Field-Enhanced Incommensurate Magnetic Order in the Underdoped High-Temperature Superconductor ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{6.45}$

D. Haug, V. Hinkov, A. Suchaneck, D. S. Inosov, N. B. Christensen, Ch. Niedermayer, P. Bourges, Y. Sidis, J. T. Park, A. Ivanov, C. T. Lin, J. Mesot, and B. Keimer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 017001 (2009) - Published 29 June, 2009

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Dynamic Opinion Model and Invasion Percolation

Jia Shao, Shlomo Havlin, and H. Eugene Stanley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 018701 (2009) - Published 1 July, 2009

COMMENTS

Comment On “Fragmented Metastable States Exist in an Attractive Bose-Einstein Condensate for Atom Numbers Well Above the Critical Number of the Gross-Pitaevskii Theory”

Hiroki Saito

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 018901 (2009) - Published 29 June, 2009

ERRATA

Erratum: Chaotic Bouncing of a Droplet on a Soap Film [Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 014501 (2009)]

T. Gilet and John W. M. Bush

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 019901 (2009) - Published 1 July, 2009

Erratum: Clustering Properties and Model Wave Functions for Non-Abelian Fractional Quantum Hall Quasielectrons [Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 066802 (2009)]

B. Andrei Bernevig and F. D. M. Haldane

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 019902 (2009) - Published 1 July, 2009