Volume 104, Issue 20

21 May 2010

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Probing structural correlations in simulations of supercooled liquids near the glass transition. Selected by the Editors for a PRL Suggestion.

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Probing a Critical Length Scale at the Glass Transition
Majid Mosayebi, Emanuela Del Gado, Patrick Ilg, and Hans Christian Öttinger
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 205704 (2010)

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Experimental Determination of the Statistics of Photons Emitted by a Tunnel Junction

Eva Zakka-Bajjani, J. Dufouleur, N. Coulombel, P. Roche, D. C. Glattli, and F. Portier

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 206802 (2010) - Published 18 May, 2010

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Epitaxial-Strain-Induced Multiferroicity in ${SrMnO}_{3}$ from First Principles

Jun Hee Lee and Karin M. Rabe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 207204 (2010) - Published 20 May, 2010

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Symmetry Energy of Dilute Warm Nuclear Matter

J. B. Natowitz, G. Röpke, S. Typel, D. Blaschke, A. Bonasera, K. Hagel, T. Klähn, S. Kowalski, L. Qin, S. Shlomo, R. Wada, and H. H. Wolter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 202501 (2010) - Published 17 May, 2010

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Synchronization in a Pair of Thermally Coupled Rotating Baroclinic Annuli: Understanding Atmospheric Teleconnections in the Laboratory

A. A. Castrejón-Pita and P. L. Read

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 204501 (2010) - Published 18 May, 2010

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Melting of Colloidal Crystal Films

Y. Peng, Z. Wang, A. M. Alsayed, A. G. Yodh, and Y. Han

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 205703 (2010) - Published 18 May, 2010

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Experimental Observation of Single-File Water Filling of Thin Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Down to Chiral Index (5,3)

Sofie Cambré, Bob Schoeters, Sten Luyckx, Etienne Goovaerts, and Wim Wenseleers

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 207401 (2010) - Published 17 May, 2010

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Probing a Critical Length Scale at the Glass Transition

Majid Mosayebi, Emanuela Del Gado, Patrick Ilg, and Hans Christian Öttinger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 205704 (2010) - Published 21 May, 2010

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Quantum Photocell: Using Quantum Coherence to Reduce Radiative Recombination and Increase Efficiency

Marlan O. Scully

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 207701 (2010) - Published 21 May, 2010

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Transient Shear Banding in a Simple Yield Stress Fluid

Thibaut Divoux, David Tamarii, Catherine Barentin, and Sébastien Manneville

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 208301 (2010) - Published 18 May, 2010

LETTERS

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

Sudden Transition between Classical and Quantum Decoherence

L. Mazzola, J. Piilo, and S. Maniscalco

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 200401 (2010) - Published 17 May, 2010

Collinear Four-Wave Mixing of Two-Component Matter Waves

Daniel Pertot, Bryce Gadway, and Dominik Schneble

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 200402 (2010) - Published 17 May, 2010

Inducing Transport in a Dissipation-Free Lattice with Super Bloch Oscillations

Elmar Haller, Russell Hart, Manfred J. Mark, Johann G. Danzl, Lukas Reichsöllner, and Hanns-Christoph Nägerl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 200403 (2010) - Published 21 May, 2010

Entangling Remote Nuclear Spins Linked by a Chromophore

M. Schaffry, V. Filidou, S. D. Karlen, E. M. Gauger, S. C. Benjamin, H. L. Anderson, A. Ardavan, G. A. D. Briggs, K. Maeda, K. B. Henbest, F. Giustino, J. J. L. Morton, and B. W. Lovett

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 200501 (2010) - Published 17 May, 2010

Chirality of Triangular Antiferromagnetic Clusters as a Qubit

B. Georgeot and F. Mila

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 200502 (2010) - Published 19 May, 2010

Critical Quench Dynamics in Confined Systems

Mario Collura and Dragi Karevski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 200601 (2010) - Published 21 May, 2010

Nanoscale Energy-Filtered Scanning Confocal Electron Microscopy Using a Double-Aberration-Corrected Transmission Electron Microscope

Peng Wang, Gavin Behan, Masaki Takeguchi, Ayako Hashimoto, Kazutaka Mitsuishi, Masayuki Shimojo, Angus I. Kirkland, and Peter D. Nellist

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 200801 (2010) - Published 20 May, 2010

Constraining the Evolution of the Fundamental Constants with a Solid-State Optical Frequency Reference Based on the ${}^{229}{Th}$ Nucleus

Wade G. Rellergert, D. DeMille, R. R. Greco, M. P. Hehlen, J. R. Torgerson, and Eric R. Hudson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 200802 (2010) - Published 20 May, 2010

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Electroweak Symmetry Breaking from the Soft Portal into Dark Matter and Prediction for Direct Detection

Mario Kadastik, Kristjan Kannike, Antonio Racioppi, and Martti Raidal

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 201301 (2010) - Published 20 May, 2010

Elementary Particles and Fields

Nucleon Mass from a Covariant Three-Quark Faddeev Equation

G. Eichmann, R. Alkofer, A. Krassnigg, and D. Nicmorus

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 201601 (2010) - Published 21 May, 2010

Measurement of the $W^{+} W^{-}$ Production Cross Section and Search for Anomalous $W W γ$ and $W W Z$ Couplings in $p \bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV$

T. Aaltonen et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 201801 (2010) - Published 17 May, 2010

Nuclear Physics

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Symmetry Energy of Dilute Warm Nuclear Matter

J. B. Natowitz, G. Röpke, S. Typel, D. Blaschke, A. Bonasera, K. Hagel, T. Klähn, S. Kowalski, L. Qin, S. Shlomo, R. Wada, and H. H. Wolter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 202501 (2010) - Published 17 May, 2010

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Structure Effects in Angle-Resolved High-Order Above-Threshold Ionization of Molecules

H. Kang, W. Quan, Y. Wang, Z. Lin, M. Wu, H. Liu, X. Liu, B. B. Wang, H. J. Liu, Y. Q. Gu, X. Y. Jia, J. Liu, J. Chen, and Y. Cheng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 203001 (2010) - Published 19 May, 2010

Pulse-Length Dependence of the Anisotropy of Laser-Driven Cluster Explosions: Transition to the Impulsive Regime for Pulses Approaching the Few-Cycle Limit

E. Skopalová, Y. C. El-Taha, A. Zaïr, M. Hohenberger, E. Springate, J. W. G. Tisch, R. A. Smith, and J. P. Marangos

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 203401 (2010) - Published 19 May, 2010

Lossless State Detection of Single Neutral Atoms

J. Bochmann, M. Mücke, C. Guhl, S. Ritter, G. Rempe, and D. L. Moehring

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 203601 (2010) - Published 20 May, 2010

Cavity-Based Single Atom Preparation and High-Fidelity Hyperfine State Readout

Roger Gehr, Jürgen Volz, Guilhem Dubois, Tilo Steinmetz, Yves Colombe, Benjamin L. Lev, Romain Long, Jérôme Estève, and Jakob Reichel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 203602 (2010) - Published 20 May, 2010

Optical Interface Created by Laser-Cooled Atoms Trapped in the Evanescent Field Surrounding an Optical Nanofiber

E. Vetsch, D. Reitz, G. Sagué, R. Schmidt, S. T. Dawkins, and A. Rauschenbeutel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 203603 (2010) - Published 20 May, 2010

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Resonant Metalenses for Breaking the Diffraction Barrier

Fabrice Lemoult, Geoffroy Lerosey, Julien de Rosny, and Mathias Fink

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 203901 (2010) - Published 18 May, 2010

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Synchronization in a Pair of Thermally Coupled Rotating Baroclinic Annuli: Understanding Atmospheric Teleconnections in the Laboratory

A. A. Castrejón-Pita and P. L. Read

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 204501 (2010) - Published 18 May, 2010

Rotation Shields Chaotic Mixing Regions from No-Slip Walls

E. Gouillart, J.-L. Thiffeault, and O. Dauchot

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 204502 (2010) - Published 20 May, 2010

Plasma and Beam Physics

Asymmetry of the Ion Diffusion Region Hall Electric and Magnetic Fields during Guide Field Reconnection: Observations and Comparison with Simulations

J. P. Eastwood, M. A. Shay, T. D. Phan, and M. Øieroset

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 205001 (2010) - Published 17 May, 2010

Two-Dimensional Kinetic Turbulence in the Solar Wind

F. Valentini, F. Califano, and P. Veltri

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 205002 (2010) - Published 17 May, 2010

Critical Behavior of Magnetically Confined Plasma Regimes

J. Garcia and G. Giruzzi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 205003 (2010) - Published 19 May, 2010

Generalized Ohm’s Law for a Background Plasma in the Presence of Relativistic Charged Particles

M. Sherlock

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 205004 (2010) - Published 20 May, 2010

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Microscopic View of Accelerated Dynamics in Deformed Polymer Glasses

Mya Warren and Jörg Rottler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 205501 (2010) - Published 19 May, 2010

Stress-Temperature Scaling for Steady-State Flow in Metallic Glasses

Pengfei Guan, Mingwei Chen, and Takeshi Egami

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 205701 (2010) - Published 18 May, 2010

Complete Scaling for Inhomogeneous Fluids

C. E. Bertrand and M. A. Anisimov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 205702 (2010) - Published 19 May, 2010

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Melting of Colloidal Crystal Films

Y. Peng, Z. Wang, A. M. Alsayed, A. G. Yodh, and Y. Han

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 205703 (2010) - Published 18 May, 2010

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Probing a Critical Length Scale at the Glass Transition

Majid Mosayebi, Emanuela Del Gado, Patrick Ilg, and Hans Christian Öttinger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 205704 (2010) - Published 21 May, 2010

Giant Enhancement of Hydrogen Transport in Rutile ${TiO}_{2}$ at Low Temperatures

E. J. Spahr, L. Wen, M. Stavola, L. A. Boatner, L. C. Feldman, N. H. Tolk, and G. Lüpke

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 205901 (2010) - Published 21 May, 2010

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Ferro-Orbitally Ordered Stripes in Systems with Alternating Orbital Order

Piotr Wróbel and Andrzej M. Oleś

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 206401 (2010) - Published 18 May, 2010

Tunneling Effects on Fine-Structure Splitting in Quantum-Dot Molecules

Hanz Y. Ramírez and Shun-Jen Cheng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 206402 (2010) - Published 18 May, 2010

Bulk Magnetic Order in a Two-Dimensional ${Ni}^{1 +} / {Ni}^{2 +}$ ( $d^{9} / d^{8}$ ) Nickelate, Isoelectronic with Superconducting Cuprates

Viktor V. Poltavets, Konstantin A. Lokshin, Andriy H. Nevidomskyy, Mark Croft, Trevor A. Tyson, Joke Hadermann, Gustaaf Van Tendeloo, Takeshi Egami, Gabriel Kotliar, Nicholas ApRoberts-Warren, Adam P. Dioguardi, Nicholas J. Curro, and Martha Greenblatt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 206403 (2010) - Published 19 May, 2010

General Many-Body Formalism for Composite Quantum Particles

M. Combescot and O. Betbeder-Matibet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 206404 (2010) - Published 20 May, 2010

2D Excitons as Primary Energy Carriers in Organic Crystals: The Case of Oligoacenes

E. V. Emelianova, S. Athanasopoulos, R. J. Silbey, and D. Beljonne

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 206405 (2010) - Published 20 May, 2010

Collective Excitations in the Charge-Ordered Phase of $α − (BEDT − TTF)_{2} I_{3}$

T. Ivek, B. Korin-Hamzić, O. Milat, S. Tomić, C. Clauss, N. Drichko, D. Schweitzer, and M. Dressel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 206406 (2010) - Published 21 May, 2010

Measurements of Electron Inelastic Mean Free Paths in Materials

J. D. Bourke and C. T. Chantler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 206601 (2010) - Published 20 May, 2010

Nonlinear Magnetoresistance Oscillations in Intensely Irradiated Two-Dimensional Electron Systems Induced by Multiphoton Processes

M. Khodas, H. -S. Chiang, A. T. Hatke, M. A. Zudov, M. G. Vavilov, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 206801 (2010) - Published 17 May, 2010

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Experimental Determination of the Statistics of Photons Emitted by a Tunnel Junction

Eva Zakka-Bajjani, J. Dufouleur, N. Coulombel, P. Roche, D. C. Glattli, and F. Portier

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 206802 (2010) - Published 18 May, 2010

Direct Observation of Electron Dephasing due to Inelastic Scattering from Defects in Weakly Disordered AuPd Wires

Yuan-Liang Zhong, Andrei Sergeev, Chii-Dong Chen, and Juhn-Jong Lin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 206803 (2010) - Published 20 May, 2010

Enhanced Supercurrents in Josephson Junctions Containing Nonparallel Ferromagnetic Domains

J. W. A. Robinson, Gábor B. Halász, A. I. Buzdin, and M. G. Blamire

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 207001 (2010) - Published 18 May, 2010

Doping-Dependent Nodal Fermi Velocity of the High-Temperature Superconductor ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8 + δ}$ Revealed Using High-Resolution Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy

I. M. Vishik, W. S. Lee, F. Schmitt, B. Moritz, T. Sasagawa, S. Uchida, K. Fujita, S. Ishida, C. Zhang, T. P. Devereaux, and Z. X. Shen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 207002 (2010) - Published 19 May, 2010

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Chiral Patterns of Tilting of Oxygen Octahedra in Zero-Dimensional Ferroelectrics and Multiferroics: A First Principle-Based Study

David Sichuga, Wei Ren, Sergey Prosandeev, and L. Bellaiche

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 207603 (2010) - Published 21 May, 2010

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Quantum Photocell: Using Quantum Coherence to Reduce Radiative Recombination and Increase Efficiency

Marlan O. Scully

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 207701 (2010) - Published 21 May, 2010

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

Time-Dependent Orientation Coupling in Equilibrium Polymer Melts

Jing Cao and Alexei E. Likhtman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 207801 (2010) - Published 20 May, 2010

Streaming Instability in Growing Cell Populations

William Mather, Octavio Mondragón-Palomino, Tal Danino, Jeff Hasty, and Lev S. Tsimring

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 208101 (2010) - Published 19 May, 2010

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COMMENTS

Comment On “Structural Prediction and Phase Transformation Mechanisms in Calcium at High Pressure”

A. M. Teweldeberhan and S. A. Bonev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 209601 (2010) - Published 21 May, 2010

Yao et al. Reply:

Yansun Yao, Dennis D. Klug, Jian Sun, and Roman Martoňák

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 209602 (2010) - Published 21 May, 2010

ERRATA

Publisher’s Note: Novel Mechanism for Temperature-Independent Transitions in Flexible Molecules: Role of Thermodynamic Fluctuations [Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 178105 (2010)]

V. I. Teslenko, E. G. Petrov, A. Verkhratsky, and O. A. Krishtal

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 209901 (2010) - Published 17 May, 2010

Erratum: Quantum Noise Limited and Entanglement-Assisted Magnetometry [Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 133601 (2010)]

W. Wasilewski, K. Jensen, H. Krauter, J. J. Renema, M. V. Balabas, and E. S. Polzik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 209902 (2010) - Published 18 May, 2010

Erratum: Polarization Effects in Attosecond Photoelectron Spectroscopy [Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 043602 (2010)]

Jan Conrad Baggesen and Lars Bojer Madsen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 209903 (2010) - Published 21 May, 2010