Volume 103, Issue 13

25 September 2009

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On the Cover

Electric field distribution of a laser-irradiated water droplet. The intense laser (from left) heats plasma electrons, leading to a field that accelerates protons from the droplet surface.

From the article:

Directional Laser-Driven Ion Acceleration from Microspheres
T. Sokollik, M. Schnürer, S. Steinke, P. V. Nickles, W. Sandner, M. Amin, T. Toncian, O. Willi, and A. A. Andreev
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 135003 (2009)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Bose-Einstein Condensation of Alkaline Earth Atoms: ${}^{40}{Ca}$

Sebastian Kraft, Felix Vogt, Oliver Appel, Fritz Riehle, and Uwe Sterr

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 130401 (2009) - Published 21 September, 2009

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Exact Spectrum of Anomalous Dimensions of Planar $N = 4$ Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory

Nikolay Gromov, Vladimir Kazakov, and Pedro Vieira

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 131601 (2009) - Published 21 September, 2009

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Quantum Critical Scaling in the Single-Particle Spectrum of a Novel Anisotropic Metal

Feng Wang, J. V. Alvarez, J. W. Allen, S.-K. Mo, J. He, R. Jin, D. Mandrus, and H. Höchst

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 136401 (2009) - Published 21 September, 2009

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Zoom-Whirl Orbits in Black Hole Binaries

James Healy, Janna Levin, and Deirdre Shoemaker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 131101 (2009) - Published 22 September, 2009

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How Perfect Can Graphene Be?

P. Neugebauer, M. Orlita, C. Faugeras, A.-L. Barra, and M. Potemski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 136403 (2009) - Published 25 September, 2009

LETTERS

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

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Bose-Einstein Condensation of Alkaline Earth Atoms: ${}^{40}{Ca}$

Sebastian Kraft, Felix Vogt, Oliver Appel, Fritz Riehle, and Uwe Sterr

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 130401 (2009) - Published 21 September, 2009

Simulation of Complete Many-Body Quantum Dynamics Using Controlled Quantum-Semiclassical Hybrids

P. Deuar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 130402 (2009) - Published 22 September, 2009

Phase-Slip Interferometry for Precision Force Measurements

Ari K. Tuchman and Mark A. Kasevich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 130403 (2009) - Published 23 September, 2009

Evidence for an Excited-State Efimov Trimer in a Three-Component Fermi Gas

J. R. Williams, E. L. Hazlett, J. H. Huckans, R. W. Stites, Y. Zhang, and K. M. O’Hara

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 130404 (2009) - Published 24 September, 2009

Casimir Interaction from Magnetically Coupled Eddy Currents

Francesco Intravaia and Carsten Henkel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 130405 (2009) - Published 24 September, 2009

Deterministic Ratchet from Stationary Light Fields

I. Zapata, S. Albaladejo, J. M. R. Parrondo, J. J. Sáenz, and F. Sols

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 130601 (2009) - Published 22 September, 2009

Gravitation and Astrophysics

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Zoom-Whirl Orbits in Black Hole Binaries

James Healy, Janna Levin, and Deirdre Shoemaker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 131101 (2009) - Published 22 September, 2009

Cross Section, Final Spin, and Zoom-Whirl Behavior in High-Energy Black-Hole Collisions

Ulrich Sperhake, Vitor Cardoso, Frans Pretorius, Emanuele Berti, Tanja Hinderer, and Nicolas Yunes

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 131102 (2009) - Published 22 September, 2009

Black Hole Berry Phase

Jan de Boer, Kyriakos Papadodimas, and Erik Verlinde

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 131301 (2009) - Published 22 September, 2009

Elementary Particles and Fields

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Exact Spectrum of Anomalous Dimensions of Planar $N = 4$ Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory

Nikolay Gromov, Vladimir Kazakov, and Pedro Vieira

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 131601 (2009) - Published 21 September, 2009

Direct Measurement of the Mass Difference between Top and Antitop Quarks

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 132001 (2009) - Published 21 September, 2009

Nuclear Physics

Deep Subthreshold $Ξ^{-}$ Production in $Ar + KCl$ Reactions at $1.76 A GeV$

G. Agakishiev et al. (HADES Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 132301 (2009) - Published 23 September, 2009

Gyroid Phase in Nuclear Pasta

Ken’ichiro Nakazato, Kazuhiro Oyamatsu, and Shoichi Yamada

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 132501 (2009) - Published 21 September, 2009

Independent Verification of Element 114 Production in the ${}^{48}{Ca} + {}^{242}{Pu}$ Reaction

L. Stavsetra, K. E. Gregorich, J. Dvorak, P. A. Ellison, I. Dragojević, M. A. Garcia, and H. Nitsche

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 132502 (2009) - Published 24 September, 2009

Finite Range Effects in ( $α$ , $2 α$ ) Reactions

Arun K. Jain and Bhushan N. Joshi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 132503 (2009) - Published 25 September, 2009

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Exploring Nonadiabatic Effects by Recoil of Fast Photoelectrons

Lorenz S. Cederbaum and Mathias Basler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 133001 (2009) - Published 22 September, 2009

Many-Body Coherent Destruction of Tunneling

Jiangbin Gong, Luis Morales-Molina, and Peter Hänggi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 133002 (2009) - Published 23 September, 2009

Three-Loop Radiative-Recoil Corrections to Hyperfine Splitting in Muonium: Diagrams with Polarization Loops

Michael I. Eides and Valery A. Shelyuto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 133003 (2009) - Published 25 September, 2009

Mapping Out Atom-Wall Interaction with Atomic Clocks

A. Derevianko, B. Obreshkov, and V. A. Dzuba

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 133201 (2009) - Published 23 September, 2009

Independent Control of Scattering Lengths in Multicomponent Quantum Gases

Peng Zhang, Pascal Naidon, and Masahito Ueda

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 133202 (2009) - Published 24 September, 2009

All-Optical Light Confinement in Dynamic Cavities in Cold Atoms

Jin-Hui Wu, M. Artoni, and G. C. La Rocca

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 133601 (2009) - Published 24 September, 2009

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

270-km Ultralong Raman Fiber Laser

S. K. Turitsyn, J. D. Ania-Castañón, S. A. Babin, V. Karalekas, P. Harper, D. Churkin, S. I. Kablukov, A. E. El-Taher, E. V. Podivilov, and V. K. Mezentsev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 133901 (2009) - Published 21 September, 2009

Observation of an Exceptional Point in a Chaotic Optical Microcavity

Sang-Bum Lee, Juhee Yang, Songky Moon, Soo-Young Lee, Jeong-Bo Shim, Sang Wook Kim, Jai-Hyung Lee, and Kyungwon An

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 134101 (2009) - Published 25 September, 2009

Plasma and Beam Physics

Self-Organizing GeV, Nanocoulomb, Collimated Proton Beam from Laser Foil Interaction at $7 \times 10^{21} W / {cm}^{2}$

X. Q. Yan, H. C. Wu, Z. M. Sheng, J. E. Chen, and J. Meyer-ter-Vehn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 135001 (2009) - Published 23 September, 2009

Theory of a Stationary Current-Free Double Layer in a Collisionless Plasma

Eduardo Ahedo and Manuel Martínez Sánchez

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 135002 (2009) - Published 24 September, 2009

Directional Laser-Driven Ion Acceleration from Microspheres

T. Sokollik, M. Schnürer, S. Steinke, P. V. Nickles, W. Sandner, M. Amin, T. Toncian, O. Willi, and A. A. Andreev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 135003 (2009) - Published 25 September, 2009

Electron Self-Injection and Trapping into an Evolving Plasma Bubble

S. Kalmykov, S. A. Yi, V. Khudik, and G. Shvets

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 135004 (2009) - Published 25 September, 2009

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Mott Insulators of Ultracold Fermionic Alkaline Earth Atoms: Underconstrained Magnetism and Chiral Spin Liquid

Michael Hermele, Victor Gurarie, and Ana Maria Rey

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 135301 (2009) - Published 25 September, 2009

Nanodisturbances in Deformed Nanowires

S. V. Bobylev and I. A. Ovid’ko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 135501 (2009) - Published 23 September, 2009

Crowding Induced Self-Assembly and Enthalpy-Entropy Compensation

Jack F. Douglas, Jacek Dudowicz, and Karl F. Freed

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 135701 (2009) - Published 21 September, 2009

Percolation Transitions in Scale-Free Networks under the Achlioptas Process

Y. S. Cho, J. S. Kim, J. Park, B. Kahng, and D. Kim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 135702 (2009) - Published 23 September, 2009

Nonlocal Nature of the Viscous Transport in Supercooled Liquids: Complex Fluid Approach to Supercooled Liquids

Akira Furukawa and Hajime Tanaka

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 135703 (2009) - Published 24 September, 2009

Crystallization of Hard-Sphere Glasses

E. Zaccarelli, C. Valeriani, E. Sanz, W. C. K. Poon, M. E. Cates, and P. N. Pusey

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 135704 (2009) - Published 25 September, 2009

Elongational Flow of Blends of Long and Short Polymers: Effective Stretch Relaxation Time

Dietmar Auhl, Pierre Chambon, Tom C. B. McLeish, and Daniel J. Read

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 136001 (2009) - Published 21 September, 2009

Evidence for a Layer-Dependent Ehrlich-Schwöbel Barrier in Organic Thin Film Growth

XueNa Zhang, Esther Barrena, Dipak Goswami, Dimas G. de Oteyza, Claudia Weis, and Helmut Dosch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 136101 (2009) - Published 22 September, 2009

Nanoroughness, Intrinsic Density Profile, and Rigidity of the Air-Water Interface

Felix Sedlmeier, Dominik Horinek, and Roland R. Netz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 136102 (2009) - Published 24 September, 2009

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

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Quantum Critical Scaling in the Single-Particle Spectrum of a Novel Anisotropic Metal

Feng Wang, J. V. Alvarez, J. W. Allen, S.-K. Mo, J. He, R. Jin, D. Mandrus, and H. Höchst

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 136401 (2009) - Published 21 September, 2009

Evolution of the Dynamical Pairing across the Phase Diagram of a Strongly Correlated High-Temperature Superconductor

M. Civelli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 136402 (2009) - Published 24 September, 2009

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

How Perfect Can Graphene Be?

P. Neugebauer, M. Orlita, C. Faugeras, A.-L. Barra, and M. Potemski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 136403 (2009) - Published 25 September, 2009

Phonon-Assisted Current Noise in Molecular Junctions

Federica Haupt, Tomáš Novotný, and Wolfgang Belzig

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 136601 (2009) - Published 22 September, 2009

Nonadiabatic Pumping through Interacting Quantum Dots

Fabio Cavaliere, Michele Governale, and Jürgen König

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 136801 (2009) - Published 23 September, 2009

Atomic Positional Versus Electronic Order in Semiconducting ZnSe Nanoparticles

S. Cadars, B. J. Smith, J. D. Epping, S. Acharya, N. Belman, Y. Golan, and B. F. Chmelka

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 136802 (2009) - Published 24 September, 2009

Signatures of Surface States in Bismuth at High Magnetic Fields

Babak Seradjeh, Jiansheng Wu, and Philip Phillips

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 136803 (2009) - Published 25 September, 2009

Instanton Glass Generated by Noise in a Josephson-Junction Array

E. M. Chudnovsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 137001 (2009) - Published 23 September, 2009

Electronic Structure of Ferromagnetic Semiconductor ${Ga}_{1 - x} {Mn}_{x} As$ Probed by Subgap Magneto-optical Spectroscopy

G. Acbas, M.-H. Kim, M. Cukr, V. Novák, M. A. Scarpulla, O. D. Dubon, T. Jungwirth, Jairo Sinova, and J. Cerne

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 137201 (2009) - Published 24 September, 2009

Volume 103, Issue 13

On the Cover

From the article:

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

LETTERS

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

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Elementary Particles and Fields

Nuclear Physics

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Plasma and Beam Physics

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics