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Volume 103, Issue 25

18 December 2009
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Small angle x-ray scattering pattern showing the biaxial nematic phase of boardlike goethite (α-FeOOH) colloidal particles in a magnetic field parallel to the x-ray beam (normal to the page).

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Experimental Realization of Biaxial Liquid Crystal Phases in Colloidal Dispersions of Boardlike Particles
E. van den Pol, A. V. Petukhov, D. M. E. Thies-Weesie, D. V. Byelov, and G. J. Vroege
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 258301 (2009)

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Azimuthal Charged-Particle Correlations and Possible Local Strong Parity Violation

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 251601 (2009) - Published 14 December, 2009

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Colloidal Gels Assembled via a Temporary Interfacial Scaffold

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 255502 (2009) - Published 16 December, 2009

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Fermi Large Area Telescope Measurements of the Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission at Intermediate Galactic Latitudes

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 251101 (2009) - Published 16 December, 2009

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Six-Lepton Z′ Resonance at the Large Hadron Collider

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 251802 (2009) - Published 16 December, 2009

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Electric Field Switching of the Magnetic Anisotropy of a Ferromagnetic Layer Exchange Coupled to the Multiferroic Compound BiFeO3

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 257601 (2009) - Published 14 December, 2009

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Ions at the Air-Water Interface: An End to a Hundred-Year-Old Mystery?

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Stable Neutral Atom Trap with a Thin Superconducting Disc

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Inverse Iron Isotope Effect on the Transition Temperature of the (Ba,K)Fe2As2 Superconductor

Parasharam M. Shirage, Kunihiro Kihou, Kiichi Miyazawa, Chul-Ho Lee, Hijiri Kito, Hiroshi Eisaki, Takashi Yanagisawa, Yasumoto Tanaka, and Akira Iyo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 257003 (2009) - Published 17 December, 2009

LETTERS

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

Creation and Detection of Skyrmions in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

L. S. Leslie, A. Hansen, K. C. Wright, B. M. Deutsch, and N. P. Bigelow

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 250401 (2009) - Published 14 December, 2009

Full Tomography from Compatible Measurements

J. Řeháček, Z. Hradil, Z. Bouchal, R. Čelechovský, I. Rigas, and L. L. Sánchez-Soto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 250402 (2009) - Published 16 December, 2009

Experimental Approximation of the Jones Polynomial with One Quantum Bit

G. Passante, O. Moussa, C. A. Ryan, and R. Laflamme

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 250501 (2009) - Published 18 December, 2009

Local Exponents of Nonlinear Compression in Periodically Driven Noisy Oscillators

Benjamin Lindner, Kai Dierkes, and Frank Jülicher

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 250601 (2009) - Published 15 December, 2009

Gravitation and Astrophysics

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Fermi Large Area Telescope Measurements of the Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission at Intermediate Galactic Latitudes

A. A. Abdo et al. (Fermi LAT Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 251101 (2009) - Published 16 December, 2009

Non-Gaussian Signatures from the Postinflationary Early Universe

Alessandra Silvestri and Mark Trodden

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 251301 (2009) - Published 14 December, 2009

Elementary Particles and Fields

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Azimuthal Charged-Particle Correlations and Possible Local Strong Parity Violation

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 251601 (2009) - Published 14 December, 2009

Search for Invisible Decays of the Υ(1S)

B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 251801 (2009) - Published 16 December, 2009

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Six-Lepton Z′ Resonance at the Large Hadron Collider

Vernon Barger, Paul Langacker, and Hye-Sung Lee

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 251802 (2009) - Published 16 December, 2009

Nuclear Physics

QEC Values of the Superallowed β Emitters Cl34 and Km38

T. Eronen, V.-V. Elomaa, J. Hakala, J. C. Hardy, A. Jokinen, I. D. Moore, M. Reponen, J. Rissanen, A. Saastamoinen, C. Weber, and J. Äystö

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 252501 (2009) - Published 18 December, 2009

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Two-Electron Time-Delay Interference in Atomic Double Ionization by Attosecond Pulses

A. Palacios, T. N. Rescigno, and C. W. McCurdy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 253001 (2009) - Published 14 December, 2009

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Stable Neutral Atom Trap with a Thin Superconducting Disc

Fujio Shimizu, Christoph Hufnagel, and Tetsuya Mukai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 253002 (2009) - Published 16 December, 2009

Methane Dissociation on Ni(111): A New Understanding of the Lattice Effect

Ashwani Kumar Tiwari, Sven Nave, and Bret Jackson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 253201 (2009) - Published 18 December, 2009

Discrete Tunable Color Entanglement

S. Ramelow, L. Ratschbacher, A. Fedrizzi, N. K. Langford, and A. Zeilinger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 253601 (2009) - Published 16 December, 2009

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Strong Localization Induced by One Clamped Point in Thin Plate Vibrations

Marcel Filoche and Svitlana Mayboroda

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 254301 (2009) - Published 18 December, 2009

Plasma and Beam Physics

Determining X-Ray Nonlinear Susceptibility of Diamond by the Optical Fano Effect

Kenji Tamasaku, Kei Sawada, and Tetsuya Ishikawa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 254801 (2009) - Published 18 December, 2009

Generation of Ultrahigh-Velocity Ionizing Shocks with Petawatt-Class Laser Pulses

P. M. Nilson, S. P. D. Mangles, L. Willingale, M. C. Kaluza, A. G. R. Thomas, M. Tatarakis, Z. Najmudin, R. J. Clarke, K. L. Lancaster, S. Karsch, J. Schreiber, R. G. Evans, A. E. Dangor, and K. Krushelnick

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 255001 (2009) - Published 16 December, 2009

Fully Kinetic Particle-in-Cell Simulations of a Deuterium Gas Puff z Pinch

D. R. Welch, D. V. Rose, R. E. Clark, C. B. Mostrom, W. A. Stygar, and R. J. Leeper

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 255002 (2009) - Published 18 December, 2009

Predicting Freezing for Some Repulsive Potentials

S. A. Khrapak and G. E. Morfill

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 255003 (2009) - Published 18 December, 2009

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Interstitial-Mediated Diffusion in Germanium under Proton Irradiation

H. Bracht, S. Schneider, J. N. Klug, C. Y. Liao, J. Lundsgaard Hansen, E. E. Haller, A. Nylandsted Larsen, D. Bougeard, M. Posselt, and C. Wündisch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 255501 (2009) - Published 16 December, 2009

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Colloidal Gels Assembled via a Temporary Interfacial Scaffold

Eduardo Sanz, Kathryn A. White, Paul S. Clegg, and Michael E. Cates

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 255502 (2009) - Published 16 December, 2009

Construction and Analysis of Random Networks with Explosive Percolation

Eric J. Friedman and Adam S. Landsberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 255701 (2009) - Published 18 December, 2009

Spontaneous Formation and Growth of a New Polytype on SiC(0001)

J. B. Hannon, R. M. Tromp, N. V. Medhekar, and V. B Shenoy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 256101 (2009) - Published 14 December, 2009

Real-Time Observation of Reactive Spreading of Gold on Silicon

Nicola Ferralis, Farid El Gabaly, Andreas K. Schmid, Roya Maboudian, and Carlo Carraro

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 256102 (2009) - Published 18 December, 2009

Measurements of Surface Diffusivity and Coarsening during Pulsed Laser Deposition

J. D. Ferguson, G. Arikan, D. S. Dale, A. R. Woll, and J. D. Brock

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 256103 (2009) - Published 18 December, 2009

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Electrical Conductivity of High-Pressure Liquid Hydrogen by Quantum Monte Carlo Methods

Fei Lin, Miguel A. Morales, Kris T. Delaney, Carlo Pierleoni, Richard M. Martin, and D. M. Ceperley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 256401 (2009) - Published 14 December, 2009

Dynamics of Long-Range Ordering in an Exciton-Polariton Condensate

G. Nardin, K. G. Lagoudakis, M. Wouters, M. Richard, A. Baas, R. André, Le Si Dang, B. Pietka, and B. Deveaud-Plédran

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 256402 (2009) - Published 15 December, 2009

Interlayer Coherent Composite Fermi Liquid Phase in Quantum Hall Bilayers

Jason Alicea, Olexei I. Motrunich, G. Refael, and Matthew P. A. Fisher

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 256403 (2009) - Published 17 December, 2009

Observation of the Dynamic Jahn-Teller Effect in the Excited States of Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Diamond

Kai-Mei C. Fu, Charles Santori, Paul E. Barclay, Lachlan J. Rogers, Neil B. Manson, and Raymond G. Beausoleil

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 256404 (2009) - Published 17 December, 2009

Spin-Order Driven Fermi Surface Reconstruction Revealed by Quantum Oscillations in an Underdoped High Tc Superconductor

Suchitra E. Sebastian, N. Harrison, C. H Mielke, Ruixing Liang, D. A. Bonn, W. N. Hardy, and G. G. Lonzarich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 256405 (2009) - Published 18 December, 2009

Propagative Landau States and Fermi Level Pinning in Carbon Nanotubes

Sébastien Nanot, Rémi Avriller, Walter Escoffier, Jean-Marc Broto, Stephan Roche, and Bertrand Raquet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 256801 (2009) - Published 15 December, 2009

Evidence for Developing Fractional Quantum Hall States at Even Denominator 1/2 and 1/4 Fillings in Asymmetric Wide Quantum Wells

J. Shabani, T. Gokmen, Y. T. Chiu, and M. Shayegan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 256802 (2009) - Published 17 December, 2009

Local Charge Trapping in Conjugated Polymers Resolved by Scanning Kelvin Probe Microscopy

Toby Hallam, MiJung Lee, Ni Zhao, Iris Nandhakumar, Martijn Kemerink, Martin Heeney, Iain McCulloch, and Henning Sirringhaus

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 256803 (2009) - Published 17 December, 2009

Real-Space Vortex Glass Imaging and the Vortex Phase Diagram of SnMo6S8

A. P. Petrović, Y. Fasano, R. Lortz, C. Senatore, A. Demuer, A. B. Antunes, A. Paré, D. Salloum, P. Gougeon, M. Potel, and Ø. Fischer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 257001 (2009) - Published 15 December, 2009

Spontaneous Formation of a Superconducting and Antiferromagnetic Hybrid State in SrFe2As2 under High Pressure

K. Kitagawa, N. Katayama, H. Gotou, T. Yagi, K. Ohgushi, T. Matsumoto, Y. Uwatoko, and M. Takigawa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 257002 (2009) - Published 15 December, 2009

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Inverse Iron Isotope Effect on the Transition Temperature of the (Ba,K)Fe2As2 Superconductor

Parasharam M. Shirage, Kunihiro Kihou, Kiichi Miyazawa, Chul-Ho Lee, Hijiri Kito, Hiroshi Eisaki, Takashi Yanagisawa, Yasumoto Tanaka, and Akira Iyo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 257003 (2009) - Published 17 December, 2009

First-Principles Modeling of Multiferroic RMn2O5

Kun Cao, Guang-Can Guo, David Vanderbilt, and Lixin He

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 257201 (2009) - Published 15 December, 2009

Identifying Charge States of Molecules with Spin-Flip Spectroscopy

Ying-Shuang Fu, Tong Zhang, Shuai-Hua Ji, Xi Chen, Xu-Cun Ma, Jin-Feng Jia, and Qi-Kun Xue

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 257202 (2009) - Published 17 December, 2009

Observation of Superradiance by Nonlocal Wave Coupling of Light and Excitons in CuCl Thin Films

Masayoshi Ichimiya, Masaaki Ashida, Hideki Yasuda, Hajime Ishihara, and Tadashi Itoh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 257401 (2009) - Published 14 December, 2009

Ultrafast Demagnetization Dynamics at the M Edges of Magnetic Elements Observed Using a Tabletop High-Harmonic Soft X-Ray Source

Chan La-O-Vorakiat, Mark Siemens, Margaret M. Murnane, Henry C. Kapteyn, Stefan Mathias, Martin Aeschlimann, Patrik Grychtol, Roman Adam, Claus M. Schneider, Justin M. Shaw, Hans Nembach, and T. J. Silva

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 257402 (2009) - Published 15 December, 2009

Optomechanics with Surface-Acoustic-Wave Whispering-Gallery Modes

A. B. Matsko, A. A. Savchenkov, V. S. Ilchenko, D. Seidel, and L. Maleki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 257403 (2009) - Published 16 December, 2009

Efficient Nonlinear Light Emission of Single Gold Optical Antennas Driven by Few-Cycle Near-Infrared Pulses

T. Hanke, G. Krauss, D. Träutlein, B. Wild, R. Bratschitsch, and A. Leitenstorfer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 257404 (2009) - Published 17 December, 2009

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Electric Field Switching of the Magnetic Anisotropy of a Ferromagnetic Layer Exchange Coupled to the Multiferroic Compound BiFeO3

D. Lebeugle, A. Mougin, M. Viret, D. Colson, and L. Ranno

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 257601 (2009) - Published 14 December, 2009

Large Piezoelectric Effect in Pb-Free Ceramics

Wenfeng Liu and Xiaobing Ren

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 257602 (2009) - Published 15 December, 2009

Optical Control of Field-Emission Sites by Femtosecond Laser Pulses

Hirofumi Yanagisawa, Christian Hafner, Patrick Doná, Martin Klöckner, Dominik Leuenberger, Thomas Greber, Matthias Hengsberger, and Jürg Osterwalder

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 257603 (2009) - Published 17 December, 2009

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

Two-Step Mechanism of Rotational Relaxation in Lamellar Phases of Rods: Accelerating Effect of the Addition of Spheres

Giorgio Cinacchi and Luca De Gaetani

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 257801 (2009) - Published 14 December, 2009

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Ions at the Air-Water Interface: An End to a Hundred-Year-Old Mystery?

Yan Levin, Alexandre P. dos Santos, and Alexandre Diehl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 257802 (2009) - Published 17 December, 2009

Liquid Crystal Director Dynamics Imaged Using Two-Photon Fluorescence Microscopy with Remote Focusing

P. S. Salter, G. Carbone, E. J. Botcherby, T. Wilson, S. J. Elston, and E. P. Raynes

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 257803 (2009) - Published 18 December, 2009

Helical Nanofilaments and the High Chirality Limit of Smectics A

Elisabetta A. Matsumoto, Gareth P. Alexander, and Randall D. Kamien

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 257804 (2009) - Published 18 December, 2009

Role of Spatial Averaging in the Precision of Gene Expression Patterns

Thorsten Erdmann, Martin Howard, and Pieter Rein ten Wolde

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 258101 (2009) - Published 17 December, 2009

Experimental Realization of Biaxial Liquid Crystal Phases in Colloidal Dispersions of Boardlike Particles

E. van den Pol, A. V. Petukhov, D. M. E. Thies-Weesie, D. V. Byelov, and G. J. Vroege

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 258301 (2009) - Published 17 December, 2009

Scaling of the Space-Time Correlation Function of Particle Currents in a Suspension of Hard-Sphere-Like Particles: Exposing When the Motion of Particles is Brownian

W. van Megen, V. A. Martinez, and G. Bryant

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 258302 (2009) - Published 17 December, 2009

COMMENTS

Comment on “Coherent ρ0 Photoproduction in Bulk Matter at High Energies”

T. C. Rogers and M. Strikman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 259201 (2009) - Published 17 December, 2009

Couderc and Klein Reply:

Elsa Couderc and Spencer Klein

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 259202 (2009) - Published 17 December, 2009

ERRATA

Erratum: Percolation Model for Slow Dynamics in Glass-Forming Materials [Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 015702 (2009)]

Gregg Lois, Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, and Corey S. O’Hern

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 259901 (2009) - Published 15 December, 2009

Erratum: Magnetoelectric Polarizability and Axion Electrodynamics in Crystalline Insulators [Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 146805 (2009)]

Andrew M. Essin, Joel E. Moore, and David Vanderbilt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 259902 (2009) - Published 15 December, 2009

Erratum: Heat Capacity Peak in Solid He4: Effects of Disorder and He3 Impurities [Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 125302 (2009)]

X. Lin, A. C. Clark, Z. G. Cheng, and M. H. W. Chan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 259903 (2009) - Published 16 December, 2009

Publisher’s Note: Pressurized Fluid Damping of Nanoelectromechanical Systems [Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 244501 (2009)]

Oleksiy Svitelskiy, Vince Sauer, Ning Liu, Kar-Mun Cheng, Eric Finley, Mark R. Freeman, and Wayne K. Hiebert

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 259904 (2009) - Published 18 December, 2009

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