Volume 103, Issue 19

6 November 2009

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A rendition of a nonlinear fluid flowing through a disordered porous (Swiss-cheese) medium.

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Non-Newtonian Fluid Flow through Three-Dimensional Disordered Porous Media
Apiano F. Morais, Hansjoerg Seybold, Hans J. Herrmann, and José S. Andrade, Jr.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 194502 (2009)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Experimental Verification of Reversed Cherenkov Radiation in Left-Handed Metamaterial

Sheng Xi, Hongsheng Chen, Tao Jiang, Lixin Ran, Jiangtao Huangfu, Bae-Ian Wu, Jin Au Kong, and Min Chen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 194801 (2009) - Published 2 November, 2009

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Reversed Cherenkov-Transition Radiation by a Charge Crossing a Left-Handed Medium Boundary

Sergey N. Galyamin, Andrey V. Tyukhtin, Alexey Kanareykin, and Paul Schoessow

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 194802 (2009) - Published 2 November, 2009

LETTERS

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

Fractional Feynman-Kac Equation for Non-Brownian Functionals

Lior Turgeman, Shai Carmi, and Eli Barkai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 190201 (2009) - Published 6 November, 2009

Pulsating and Persistent Vector Solitons in a Bose-Einstein Condensate in a Lattice upon Phase Separation Instability

Uttam Shrestha, Juha Javanainen, and Janne Ruostekoski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 190401 (2009) - Published 6 November, 2009

Quantum Thermal Bath for Molecular Dynamics Simulation

Hichem Dammak, Yann Chalopin, Marine Laroche, Marc Hayoun, and Jean-Jacques Greffet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 190601 (2009) - Published 5 November, 2009

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Improved Flux Limits for Neutrinos with Energies above $10^{22} eV$ from Observations with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope

O. Scholten, S. Buitink, J. Bacelar, R. Braun, A. G. de Bruyn, H. Falcke, K. Singh, B. Stappers, R. G. Strom, and R. al Yahyaoui

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 191301 (2009) - Published 6 November, 2009

Elementary Particles and Fields

Hydrodynamics with Triangle Anomalies

Dam T. Son and Piotr Surówka

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 191601 (2009) - Published 6 November, 2009

Measurement of the $W W$ Production Cross Section with Dilepton Final States in $p \bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV$ and Limits on Anomalous Trilinear Gauge Couplings

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 191801 (2009) - Published 2 November, 2009

First Observation of ${\bar{B}}_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{\pm} K^{\mp}$ and Measurement of the Ratio of Branching Fractions $B ({\bar{B}}_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{\pm} K^{\mp}) / B ({\bar{B}}_{s}^{0} \to D_{s}^{+} π^{-})$

T. Aaltonen et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 191802 (2009) - Published 3 November, 2009

Measurement of Dijet Angular Distributions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV$ and Searches for Quark Compositeness and Extra Spatial Dimensions

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 191803 (2009) - Published 5 November, 2009

Nuclear Physics

Precise Electromagnetic Tests of Ab Initio Calculations of Light Nuclei: States in ${}^{10}{Be}$

E. A. McCutchan, C. J. Lister, R. B. Wiringa, Steven C. Pieper, D. Seweryniak, J. P. Greene, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, T. Lauritsen, I. Stefanescu, and S. Zhu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 192501 (2009) - Published 4 November, 2009

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Inelastic Collisions of Relativistic Electrons with Atomic Targets in a Laser Field

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 193201 (2009) - Published 5 November, 2009

Autler-Townes Effect in a Superconducting Three-Level System

Mika A. Sillanpää, Jian Li, Katarina Cicak, Fabio Altomare, Jae I. Park, Raymond W. Simmonds, G. S. Paraoanu, and Pertti J. Hakonen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 193601 (2009) - Published 2 November, 2009

Chirped Biphotons and their Compression in Optical Fibers

G. Brida, M. V. Chekhova, I. P. Degiovanni, M. Genovese, G. Kh. Kitaeva, A. Meda, and O. A. Shumilkina

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 193602 (2009) - Published 5 November, 2009

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Universal Critical Power for Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations with a Symmetric Double Well Potential

Andrea Sacchetti

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 194101 (2009) - Published 5 November, 2009

Dynamics of Transition from Static to Kinetic Friction

O. M. Braun, I. Barel, and M. Urbakh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 194301 (2009) - Published 6 November, 2009

Acceleration Statistics of Neutrally Buoyant Spherical Particles in Intense Turbulence

Rachel D. Brown, Z. Warhaft, and Greg A. Voth

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 194501 (2009) - Published 5 November, 2009

Non-Newtonian Fluid Flow through Three-Dimensional Disordered Porous Media

Apiano F. Morais, Hansjoerg Seybold, Hans J. Herrmann, and José S. Andrade, Jr.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 194502 (2009) - Published 5 November, 2009

Plasma and Beam Physics

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Experimental Verification of Reversed Cherenkov Radiation in Left-Handed Metamaterial

Sheng Xi, Hongsheng Chen, Tao Jiang, Lixin Ran, Jiangtao Huangfu, Bae-Ian Wu, Jin Au Kong, and Min Chen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 194801 (2009) - Published 2 November, 2009

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Reversed Cherenkov-Transition Radiation by a Charge Crossing a Left-Handed Medium Boundary

Sergey N. Galyamin, Andrey V. Tyukhtin, Alexey Kanareykin, and Paul Schoessow

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 194802 (2009) - Published 2 November, 2009

Electron Optical Injection with Head-On and Countercrossing Colliding Laser Pulses

H. Kotaki et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 194803 (2009) - Published 2 November, 2009

Observation of Beam Loading in a Laser-Plasma Accelerator

C. Rechatin, X. Davoine, A. Lifschitz, A. Ben Ismail, J. Lim, E. Lefebvre, J. Faure, and V. Malka

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 194804 (2009) - Published 2 November, 2009

Probing the Transverse Coherence of an Undulator X-Ray Beam Using Brownian Particles

M. D. Alaimo, M. A. C. Potenza, M. Manfredda, G. Geloni, M. Sztucki, T. Narayanan, and M. Giglio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 194805 (2009) - Published 5 November, 2009

Is Diffusion Anomalous in Two-Dimensional Yukawa Liquids?

T. Ott and M. Bonitz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 195001 (2009) - Published 3 November, 2009

Suppression of Ablation in Femtosecond Double-Pulse Experiments

M. E. Povarnitsyn, T. E. Itina, K. V. Khishchenko, and P. R. Levashov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 195002 (2009) - Published 4 November, 2009

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Lifshitz Point in the Phase Diagram of Resonantly Interacting ${}^{6}{Li} − {}^{40}K$ Mixtures

K. B. Gubbels, J. E. Baarsma, and H. T. C. Stoof

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 195301 (2009) - Published 3 November, 2009

Multiresonant Spinor Dynamics in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

C. Klempt, O. Topic, G. Gebreyesus, M. Scherer, T. Henninger, P. Hyllus, W. Ertmer, L. Santos, and J. J. Arlt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 195302 (2009) - Published 6 November, 2009

Dewetting of Ultrathin Solid Films

O. Pierre-Louis, A. Chame, and Y. Saito

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 195501 (2009) - Published 4 November, 2009

Nature of Atomic Bonding and Atomic Structure in the Phase-Change ${Ge}_{2} {Sb}_{2} {Te}_{5}$ Glass

M. Xu, Y. Q. Cheng, H. W. Sheng, and E. Ma

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 195502 (2009) - Published 6 November, 2009

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Nature and Strength of Interlayer Binding in Graphite

Leonardo Spanu, Sandro Sorella, and Giulia Galli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 196401 (2009) - Published 6 November, 2009

Spin Hall Drag in Electronic Bilayers

S. M. Badalyan and G. Vignale

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 196601 (2009) - Published 2 November, 2009

Temperature Dependence of the Conductivity of Ballistic Graphene

Markus Müller, Matthias Bräuninger, and Björn Trauzettel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 196801 (2009) - Published 2 November, 2009

Bilayer Graphene Interferometry: Phase Jump and Wave Collimation

Sunghun Park and H.-S. Sim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 196802 (2009) - Published 2 November, 2009

Fractional Topological Insulators

Michael Levin and Ady Stern

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 196803 (2009) - Published 4 November, 2009

Surface States of Topological Insulators: The Dirac Fermion in Curved Two-Dimensional Spaces

Dung-Hai Lee

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 196804 (2009) - Published 5 November, 2009

Theory of the Topological Anderson Insulator

C. W. Groth, M. Wimmer, A. R. Akhmerov, J. Tworzydło, and C. W. J. Beenakker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 196805 (2009) - Published 6 November, 2009

Localization of Metal-Induced Gap States at the Metal-Insulator Interface: Origin of Flux Noise in SQUIDs and Superconducting Qubits

SangKook Choi, Dung-Hai Lee, Steven G. Louie, and John Clarke

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 197001 (2009) - Published 3 November, 2009

Evidence for Complex Superconducting Order Parameter Symmetry in the Low-Temperature Phase of ${UPt}_{3}$ from Josephson Interferometry

J. D. Strand, D. J. Van Harlingen, J. B. Kycia, and W. P. Halperin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 197002 (2009) - Published 4 November, 2009

Proximity-Induced Pseudogap: Evidence for Preformed Pairs

Ofer Yuli, Itay Asulin, Yoav Kalcheim, Gad Koren, and Oded Millo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 197003 (2009) - Published 5 November, 2009

Magnetic Excitations in the Kondo Liquid: Superconductivity and Hidden Magnetic Quantum Critical Fluctuations

Yi-feng Yang, Ricardo Urbano, Nicholas J. Curro, David Pines, and E. D. Bauer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 197004 (2009) - Published 5 November, 2009

Rounding of First Order Transitions in Low-Dimensional Quantum Systems with Quenched Disorder

Rafael L. Greenblatt, Michael Aizenman, and Joel L. Lebowitz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 197201 (2009) - Published 2 November, 2009

Observation of the Underscreened Kondo Effect in a Molecular Transistor

Nicolas Roch, Serge Florens, Theo A. Costi, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, and Franck Balestro

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 197202 (2009) - Published 3 November, 2009

Quasiparticles of Spatially Anisotropic Triangular Antiferromagnets in a Magnetic Field

Masanori Kohno

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 197203 (2009) - Published 4 November, 2009

Dependence of Magnetic Domain-Wall Motion on a Fast Changing Current

Lars Bocklage, Benjamin Krüger, Toru Matsuyama, Markus Bolte, Ulrich Merkt, Daniela Pfannkuche, and Guido Meier

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 197204 (2009) - Published 6 November, 2009

Direct Observation of the Critical Relaxation of Polarization Clusters in ${BaTiO}_{3}$ Using a Pulsed X-Ray Laser Technique

K. Namikawa, M. Kishimoto, K. Nasu, E. Matsushita, R. Z. Tai, K. Sukegawa, H. Yamatani, H. Hasegawa, M. Nishikino, M. Tanaka, and K. Nagashima

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 197401 (2009) - Published 5 November, 2009

Molecular Dynamics Study of Dielectric Response in a Relaxor Ferroelectric

Ilya Grinberg, Young-Han Shin, and Andrew M. Rappe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 197601 (2009) - Published 5 November, 2009

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

Soft X-Ray Diffraction Microscopy of a Frozen Hydrated Yeast Cell

Xiaojing Huang, Johanna Nelson, Janos Kirz, Enju Lima, Stefano Marchesini, Huijie Miao, Aaron M. Neiman, David Shapiro, Jan Steinbrener, Andrew Stewart, Joshua J. Turner, and Chris Jacobsen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 198101 (2009) - Published 5 November, 2009