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Volume 103, Issue 4

24 July 2009
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Zeptosecond snapshots of two 238U nuclei colliding at 900 MeV, resulting in three primary fragments.

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Collision Dynamics of Two U238 Atomic Nuclei
Cédric Golabek and Cédric Simenel
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 042701 (2009)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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Observation of Heteronuclear Atomic Efimov Resonances

G. Barontini, C. Weber, F. Rabatti, J. Catani, G. Thalhammer, M. Inguscio, and F. Minardi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 043201 (2009) - Published 20 July, 2009

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Heralded Single-Magnon Quantum Memory for Photon Polarization States

Haruka Tanji, Saikat Ghosh, Jonathan Simon, Benjamin Bloom, and Vladan Vuletić

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 043601 (2009) - Published 20 July, 2009

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Emergence of Turbulence in an Oscillating Bose-Einstein Condensate

E. A. L. Henn, J. A. Seman, G. Roati, K. M. F. Magalhães, and V. S. Bagnato

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 045301 (2009) - Published 20 July, 2009

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Entropy-Driven Crystallization in Dense Systems of Athermal Chain Molecules

Nikos Ch. Karayiannis, Katerina Foteinopoulou, and Manuel Laso

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 045703 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

LETTERS

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

Efficient Computation of Casimir Interactions between Arbitrary 3D Objects

M. T. Homer Reid, Alejandro W. Rodriguez, Jacob White, and Steven G. Johnson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 040401 (2009) - Published 20 July, 2009

Halving the Casimir force with Conductive Oxides

S. de Man, K. Heeck, R. J. Wijngaarden, and D. Iannuzzi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 040402 (2009) - Published 22 July, 2009

Experimental Test of Quantum Contextuality in Neutron Interferometry

H. Bartosik, J. Klepp, C. Schmitzer, S. Sponar, A. Cabello, H. Rauch, and Y. Hasegawa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 040403 (2009) - Published 23 July, 2009

General Theory of Measurement with Two Copies of a Quantum State

Ariel Bendersky, Juan Pablo Paz, and Marcelo Terra Cunha

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 040404 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

Optimized Noise Filtration through Dynamical Decoupling

Hermann Uys, Michael J. Biercuk, and John J. Bollinger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 040501 (2009) - Published 20 July, 2009

Experimental Inhibition of Decoherence on Flying Qubits via “Bang-Bang” Control

S. Damodarakurup, M. Lucamarini, G. Di Giuseppe, D. Vitali, and P. Tombesi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 040502 (2009) - Published 22 July, 2009

Experimental Verification of a Modified Fluctuation-Dissipation Relation for a Micron-Sized Particle in a Nonequilibrium Steady State

J. R. Gomez-Solano, A. Petrosyan, S. Ciliberto, R. Chetrite, and K. Gawędzki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 040601 (2009) - Published 21 July, 2009

Universal Generation of Statistical Self-Similarity: A Randomized Central Limit Theorem

Iddo Eliazar and Joseph Klafter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 040602 (2009) - Published 22 July, 2009

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Gravity Waves from the Nonperturbative Decay of Condensates along Supersymmetric Flat Directions

Jean-François Dufaux

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 041301 (2009) - Published 23 July, 2009

Elementary Particles and Fields

Search for the Production of Narrow tb¯ Resonances in 1.9  fb−1 of pp¯ Collisions at s=1.96  TeV

T. Aaltonen et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 041801 (2009) - Published 20 July, 2009

Search for Second-Class Currents in τ−→ωπ−ντ

B. Aubert et al. (The BABAR Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 041802 (2009) - Published 22 July, 2009

Nuclear Physics

Sound Produced by a Fast Parton in the Quark-Gluon Plasma is a “Crescendo”

R. B. Neufeld and B. Müller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 042301 (2009) - Published 21 July, 2009

Exposing the Noncollectivity in Elliptic Flow

Jinfeng Liao and Volker Koch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 042302 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

Accurate Q Value for the Sn112 Double-β Decay and its Implication for the Search of the Neutrino Mass

S. Rahaman, V.-V. Elomaa, T. Eronen, J. Hakala, A. Jokinen, A. Kankainen, J. Rissanen, J. Suhonen, C. Weber, and J. Äystö

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 042501 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

Symmetries and Supersymmetries of the Dirac Hamiltonian with Axially Deformed Scalar and Vector Potentials

A. Leviatan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 042502 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

Collision Dynamics of Two U238 Atomic Nuclei

Cédric Golabek and Cédric Simenel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 042701 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Two-Source Double-Slit Interference in Angle-Resolved High-Energy Above-Threshold Ionization Spectra of Diatoms

M. Okunishi, R. Itaya, K. Shimada, G. Prümper, K. Ueda, M. Busuladžić, A. Gazibegović-Busuladžić, D. B. Milošević, and W. Becker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 043001 (2009) - Published 23 July, 2009

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Observation of Heteronuclear Atomic Efimov Resonances

G. Barontini, C. Weber, F. Rabatti, J. Catani, G. Thalhammer, M. Inguscio, and F. Minardi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 043201 (2009) - Published 20 July, 2009

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Heralded Single-Magnon Quantum Memory for Photon Polarization States

Haruka Tanji, Saikat Ghosh, Jonathan Simon, Benjamin Bloom, and Vladan Vuletić

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 043601 (2009) - Published 20 July, 2009

Ultralow-Power Four-Wave Mixing with Rb in a Hollow-Core Photonic Band-Gap Fiber

Pablo Londero, Vivek Venkataraman, Amar R. Bhagwat, Aaron D. Slepkov, and Alexander L. Gaeta

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 043602 (2009) - Published 23 July, 2009

Strong Magnetic Coupling of an Ultracold Gas to a Superconducting Waveguide Cavity

J. Verdú, H. Zoubi, Ch. Koller, J. Majer, H. Ritsch, and J. Schmiedmayer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 043603 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Intensity Spikes in Laser Filamentation: Diagnostics and Application

Mette B. Gaarde and Arnaud Couairon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 043901 (2009) - Published 20 July, 2009

Boosting Molecular Fluorescence with a Plasmonic Nanolauncher

Andrea Alù and Nader Engheta

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 043902 (2009) - Published 21 July, 2009

Amplitude and Phase of Tightly Focused Laser Beams in Turbid Media

Carole K. Hayakawa, Vasan Venugopalan, Vishnu V. Krishnamachari, and Eric O. Potma

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 043903 (2009) - Published 23 July, 2009

Dynamic Chirp Control and Pulse Compression for Attosecond High-Order Harmonic Emission

Yinghui Zheng, Zhinan Zeng, Pu Zou, Li Zhang, Xiaofang Li, Peng Liu, Ruxin Li, and Zhizhan Xu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 043904 (2009) - Published 23 July, 2009

Vibrational Phase Contrast Microscopy by Use of Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering

M. Jurna, J. P. Korterik, C. Otto, J. L. Herek, and H. L. Offerhaus

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 043905 (2009) - Published 23 July, 2009

Plasmonic-Dielectric Systems for High-Order Dispersionless Slow or Stopped Subwavelength Light

Aristeidis Karalis, J. D. Joannopoulos, and Marin Soljačić

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 043906 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

Large Coupled Oscillator Systems with Heterogeneous Interaction Delays

Wai Shing Lee, Edward Ott, and Thomas M. Antonsen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 044101 (2009) - Published 22 July, 2009

Period-Doubling Bifurcation in an Array of Coupled Stochastically Excitable Elements Subjected to Global Periodic Forcing

Xiaohua Cui, Robert J. Rovetti, Ling Yang, Alan Garfinkel, James N. Weiss, and Zhilin Qu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 044102 (2009) - Published 22 July, 2009

Gravity Wave Turbulence in Wave Tanks: Space and Time Statistics

Sergei Lukaschuk, Sergey Nazarenko, Stuart McLelland, and Petr Denissenko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 044501 (2009) - Published 22 July, 2009

Plasma and Beam Physics

Observation of an Energetic-Particle-Driven Instability in the Wall-Stabilized High-β Plasmas in the JT-60U Tokamak

G. Matsunaga, N. Aiba, K. Shinohara, Y. Sakamoto, A. Isayama, M. Takechi, T. Suzuki, N. Oyama, N. Asakura, Y. Kamada, and T. Ozeki (JT-60 Team)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 045001 (2009) - Published 21 July, 2009

Enhanced Laser-Driven Ion Acceleration in the Relativistic Transparency Regime

A. Henig, D. Kiefer, K. Markey, D. C. Gautier, K. A. Flippo, S. Letzring, R. P. Johnson, T. Shimada, L. Yin, B. J. Albright, K. J. Bowers, J. C. Fernández, S. G. Rykovanov, H.-C. Wu, M. Zepf, D. Jung, V. Kh. Liechtenstein, J. Schreiber, D. Habs, and B. M. Hegelich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 045002 (2009) - Published 21 July, 2009

Correlation Analysis of Waves above a Capacitive Plasma Applicator

W. Gekelman, M. Barnes, S. Vincena, and P. Pribyl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 045003 (2009) - Published 22 July, 2009

Shock Ignition: A New Approach to High Gain Inertial Confinement Fusion on the National Ignition Facility

L. J. Perkins, R. Betti, K. N. LaFortune, and W. H. Williams

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 045004 (2009) - Published 23 July, 2009

Observation of a Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in a High-Energy-Density Plasma on the Omega Laser

E. C. Harding, J. F. Hansen, O. A. Hurricane, R. P. Drake, H. F. Robey, C. C. Kuranz, B. A. Remington, M. J. Bono, M. J. Grosskopf, and R. S. Gillespie

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 045005 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

Observation of the Density Threshold Behavior for the Onset of Stimulated Raman Scattering in High-Temperature Hohlraum Plasmas

D. H. Froula, L. Divol, R. A. London, R. L. Berger, T. Döppner, N. B. Meezan, J. S. Ross, L. J. Suter, C. Sorce, and S. H. Glenzer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 045006 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

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Emergence of Turbulence in an Oscillating Bose-Einstein Condensate

E. A. L. Henn, J. A. Seman, G. Roati, K. M. F. Magalhães, and V. S. Bagnato

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 045301 (2009) - Published 20 July, 2009

Localization through Surface Folding in Solid Foams under Compression

P. M. Reis, F. Corson, A. Boudaoud, and B. Roman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 045501 (2009) - Published 22 July, 2009

Multiwall Nanotubes Can Be Stronger than Single Wall Nanotubes and Implications for Nanocomposite Design

E. M. Byrne, M. A. McCarthy, Z. Xia, and W. A. Curtin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 045502 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

Explosive Growth in Biased Dynamic Percolation on Two-Dimensional Regular Lattice Networks

Robert M. Ziff

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 045701 (2009) - Published 22 July, 2009

Phase Diagram, Correlation Gap, and Critical Properties of the Coulomb Glass

Martin Goethe and Matteo Palassini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 045702 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

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Entropy-Driven Crystallization in Dense Systems of Athermal Chain Molecules

Nikos Ch. Karayiannis, Katerina Foteinopoulou, and Manuel Laso

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 045703 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

Rapid Diffusion of Magic-Size Islands by Combined Glide and Vacancy Mechanism

O. U. Uche, D. Perez, A. F. Voter, and J. C. Hamilton

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 046101 (2009) - Published 22 July, 2009

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Universal Field-Induced Charge-Density-Wave Phase Diagram: Theory versus Experiment

A. G. Lebed

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 046401 (2009) - Published 20 July, 2009

X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism of a Valence Fluctuating State in Eu at High Magnetic Fields

Y. H. Matsuda, Z. W. Ouyang, H. Nojiri, T. Inami, K. Ohwada, M. Suzuki, N. Kawamura, A. Mitsuda, and H. Wada

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 046402 (2009) - Published 21 July, 2009

Nature of “Disorder” in the Ordered Double Perovskite Sr2FeMoO6

C. Meneghini, Sugata Ray, F. Liscio, F. Bardelli, S. Mobilio, and D. D. Sarma

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 046403 (2009) - Published 22 July, 2009

Fermi-Surface Shrinking and Interband Coupling in Iron-Based Pnictides

L. Ortenzi, E. Cappelluti, L. Benfatto, and L. Pietronero

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 046404 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

Multiple Nuclear Polarization States in a Double Quantum Dot

J. Danon, I. T. Vink, F. H. L. Koppens, K. C. Nowack, L. M. K. Vandersypen, and Yu. V. Nazarov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 046601 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

Strain Engineering of Graphene’s Electronic Structure

Vitor M. Pereira and A. H. Castro Neto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 046801 (2009) - Published 20 July, 2009

Structural Stability and Magnetic and Electronic Properties of Co2MnSi(001)/MgO Heterostructures: A Density-Functional Theory Study

Björn Hülsen, Matthias Scheffler, and Peter Kratzer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 046802 (2009) - Published 20 July, 2009

Silicon Surface with Giant Spin Splitting

I. Gierz, T. Suzuki, E. Frantzeskakis, S. Pons, S. Ostanin, A. Ernst, J. Henk, M. Grioni, K. Kern, and C. R. Ast

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 046803 (2009) - Published 20 July, 2009

Surface-State Bipolaron Formation on a Triangular Lattice in the sp-Type Alkali-Metal/Si(111) Mott Insulator

L. A. Cardenas, Y. Fagot-Revurat, L. Moreau, B. Kierren, and D. Malterre

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 046804 (2009) - Published 21 July, 2009

Correlated States of Electrons in Wide Quantum Wells at Low Fillings: The Role of Charge Distribution Symmetry

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 046805 (2009) - Published 22 July, 2009

Electrical Measurement of a Two-Electron Spin State in a Double Quantum Dot

Nobuhiko Yokoshi, Hiroshi Imamura, and Hideo Kosaka

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 046806 (2009) - Published 23 July, 2009

Hot-Electron Thermocouple and the Diffusion Thermopower of Two-Dimensional Electrons in GaAs

W. E. Chickering, J. P. Eisenstein, and J. L. Reno

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 046807 (2009) - Published 23 July, 2009

Landau Levels and Quantum Hall Effect in Graphene Superlattices

Cheol-Hwan Park, Young-Woo Son, Li Yang, Marvin L. Cohen, and Steven G. Louie

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 046808 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

Emerging Zero Modes for Graphene in a Periodic Potential

L. Brey and H. A. Fertig

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 046809 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

Electron-Hole Crossover in Graphene Quantum Dots

J. Güttinger, C. Stampfer, F. Libisch, T. Frey, J. Burgdörfer, T. Ihn, and K. Ensslin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 046810 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

Topological Insulators and Nematic Phases from Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in 2D Fermi Systems with a Quadratic Band Crossing

Kai Sun, Hong Yao, Eduardo Fradkin, and Steven A. Kivelson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 046811 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

Rectification in a Stochastically Driven Three-Junction SQUID Rocking Ratchet

A. Sterck, D. Koelle, and R. Kleiner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 047001 (2009) - Published 22 July, 2009

Band Structure and Fermi Surface of an Extremely Overdoped Iron-Based Superconductor KFe2As2

T. Sato, K. Nakayama, Y. Sekiba, P. Richard, Y.-M. Xu, S. Souma, T. Takahashi, G. F. Chen, J. L. Luo, N. L. Wang, and H. Ding

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 047002 (2009) - Published 23 July, 2009

Collapse of the Peak Effect due to ac-Induced Flux Creep in an Isotropic Vortex System of MgCNi3 Single Crystals

Dong-Jin Jang, Hyun-Sook Lee, H-G. Lee, M-H. Cho, and Sung-Ik Lee

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 047003 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

Impurity-Induced Magnetic Order in Low-Dimensional Spin-Gapped Materials

J. Bobroff, N. Laflorencie, L. K. Alexander, A. V. Mahajan, B. Koteswararao, and P. Mendels

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 047201 (2009) - Published 21 July, 2009

Asymmetric Quintuplet Condensation in the Frustrated S=1 Spin Dimer Compound Ba3Mn2O8

E. C. Samulon, Y. Kohama, R. D. McDonald, M. C. Shapiro, K. A. Al-Hassanieh, C. D. Batista, M. Jaime, and I. R. Fisher

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 047202 (2009) - Published 22 July, 2009

Hall Effect of Spin Waves in Frustrated Magnets

Satoshi Fujimoto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 047203 (2009) - Published 23 July, 2009

Electric-Field-Induced Paths in Multiferroic BiFeO3 from Atomistic Simulations

S. Lisenkov, D. Rahmedov, and L. Bellaiche

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 047204 (2009) - Published 23 July, 2009

Collective Magnetic Excitations in the Spin Ladder Sr14Cu24O41 Measured Using High-Resolution Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering

J. Schlappa, T. Schmitt, F. Vernay, V. N. Strocov, V. Ilakovac, B. Thielemann, H. M. Rønnow, S. Vanishri, A. Piazzalunga, X. Wang, L. Braicovich, G. Ghiringhelli, C. Marin, J. Mesot, B. Delley, and L. Patthey

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 047401 (2009) - Published 21 July, 2009

Optical Response of Diamond Nanocrystals as a Function of Particle Size, Shape, and Symmetry

Lasse Landt, Kathrin Klünder, Jeremy E. Dahl, Robert M. K. Carlson, Thomas Möller, and Christoph Bostedt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 047402 (2009) - Published 23 July, 2009

Nonequilibrium Steady State of Photoexcited Correlated Electrons in the Presence of Dissipation

Naoto Tsuji, Takashi Oka, and Hideo Aoki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 047403 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

Femtosecond Coherent Control of Spins in (Ga,Mn)As Ferromagnetic Semiconductors Using Light

M. D. Kapetanakis, I. E. Perakis, K. J. Wickey, C. Piermarocchi, and J. Wang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 047404 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

Coexistence of Weak Ferromagnetism and Ferroelectricity in the High Pressure LiNbO3-Type Phase of FeTiO3

T. Varga, A. Kumar, E. Vlahos, S. Denev, M. Park, S. Hong, T. Sanehira, Y. Wang, C. J. Fennie, S. K. Streiffer, X. Ke, P. Schiffer, V. Gopalan, and J. F. Mitchell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 047601 (2009) - Published 24 July, 2009

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

Effect of Adhesion Geometry and Rigidity on Cellular Force Distributions

Ilka B. Bischofs, Sebastian S. Schmidt, and Ulrich S. Schwarz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 048101 (2009) - Published 23 July, 2009

Actin Polymerization and Depolymerization Coupled to Cooperative Hydrolysis

Xin Li, Jan Kierfeld, and Reinhard Lipowsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 048102 (2009) - Published 23 July, 2009

Heat Exchange between Two Interacting Nanoparticles beyond the Fluctuation-Dissipation Regime

Agustin Pérez-Madrid, Luciano Calheiros Lapas, and J. Miguel Rubí

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 048301 (2009) - Published 21 July, 2009

COMMENTS

Comment on “Entanglement on Demand through Time Reordering”

P. K. Pathak and S. Hughes

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 048901 (2009) - Published 22 July, 2009

Avron et al. Reply:

J. E. Avron, G. Bisker, D. Gershoni, N. H. Lindner, E. A. Meirom, and R. J. Warburton

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 048902 (2009) - Published 22 July, 2009

ERRATA

Publisher’s Note: Near-GeV Acceleration of Electrons by a Nonlinear Plasma Wave Driven by a Self-Guided Laser Pulse [Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 035002 (2009)]

S. Kneip et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 049901 (2009) - Published 22 July, 2009

Erratum: Influence of Film-Mediated Interactions on the Microwave and Radio Frequency Spectrum of Spin-Polarized Hydrogen on Helium Films [Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 165301 (2008)]

Kaden R. A. Hazzard and Erich J. Mueller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 049902 (2009) - Published 22 July, 2009

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