Volume 105, Issue 11

10 September 2010

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On the Cover

Constant-density surface of a neutron star (tan) as it is eaten by a black hole.

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Mergers of Magnetized Neutron Stars with Spinning Black Holes: Disruption, Accretion, and Fallback
Sarvnipun Chawla, Matthew Anderson, Michael Besselman, Luis Lehner, Steven L. Liebling, Patrick M. Motl, and David Neilsen
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 111101 (2010)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Origin of Plasticity Length-Scale Effects in Fracture

Srinath S. Chakravarthy and William A. Curtin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 115502 (2010) - Published 7 September, 2010

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

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Prediction of Glass Hardness Using Temperature-Dependent Constraint Theory

Morten M. Smedskjaer, John C. Mauro, and Yuanzheng Yue

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 115503 (2010) - Published 8 September, 2010

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Spin States in Graphene Quantum Dots

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 116801 (2010) - Published 7 September, 2010

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Simple Pendulum Determination of the Gravitational Constant

Harold V. Parks and James E. Faller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 110801 (2010) - Published 7 September, 2010

LETTERS

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

Phases of a Two-Dimensional Bose Gas in an Optical Lattice

K. Jiménez-García, R. L. Compton, Y.-J. Lin, W. D. Phillips, J. V. Porto, and I. B. Spielman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 110401 (2010) - Published 9 September, 2010

Quantum Cryptography Approaching the Classical Limit

Christian Weedbrook, Stefano Pirandola, Seth Lloyd, and Timothy C. Ralph

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 110501 (2010) - Published 8 September, 2010

Quantum Computational Renormalization in the Haldane Phase

Stephen D. Bartlett, Gavin K. Brennen, Akimasa Miyake, and Joseph M. Renes

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 110502 (2010) - Published 10 September, 2010

Nonequilibrium Dynamics and Umbrella Sampling

Stephen R. Williams and Denis J. Evans

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 110601 (2010) - Published 7 September, 2010

Displaced Path Integral Formulation for the Momentum Distribution of Quantum Particles

Lin Lin, Joseph A. Morrone, Roberto Car, and Michele Parrinello

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 110602 (2010) - Published 9 September, 2010

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Simple Pendulum Determination of the Gravitational Constant

Harold V. Parks and James E. Faller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 110801 (2010) - Published 7 September, 2010

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Mergers of Magnetized Neutron Stars with Spinning Black Holes: Disruption, Accretion, and Fallback

Sarvnipun Chawla, Matthew Anderson, Michael Besselman, Luis Lehner, Steven L. Liebling, Patrick M. Motl, and David Neilsen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 111101 (2010) - Published 7 September, 2010

Contribution of Strong Discontinuities to the Power Spectrum of the Solar Wind

Joseph E. Borovsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 111102 (2010) - Published 8 September, 2010

Symmetries of Asymptotically Flat Four-Dimensional Spacetimes at Null Infinity Revisited

Glenn Barnich and Cédric Troessaert

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 111103 (2010) - Published 8 September, 2010

Cosmology of a Covariant Galileon Field

Antonio De Felice and Shinji Tsujikawa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 111301 (2010) - Published 7 September, 2010

Elementary Particles and Fields

Direct Mass Limits for Chiral Fourth-Generation Quarks in All Mixing Scenarios

Christian J. Flacco, Daniel Whiteson, Tim M. P. Tait, and Shaouly Bar-Shalom

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 111801 (2010) - Published 9 September, 2010

Nuclear Physics

Absorption of the $ω$ and $ϕ$ Mesons in Nuclei

M. H. Wood et al. (CLAS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 112301 (2010) - Published 7 September, 2010

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Invariance of the Correlation Energy at High Density and Large Dimension in Two-Electron Systems

Pierre-François Loos and Peter M. W. Gill

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 113001 (2010) - Published 7 September, 2010

Semiclassical Electron Correlation in Density-Matrix Time Propagation

A. K. Rajam, I. Raczkowska, and N. T. Maitra

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 113002 (2010) - Published 7 September, 2010

Origin of Unexpected Low Energy Structure in Photoelectron Spectra Induced by Midinfrared Strong Laser Fields

Chengpu Liu and Karen Z. Hatsagortsyan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 113003 (2010) - Published 7 September, 2010

Electronic State Interferences in Resonant X-Ray Emission after $K$ -Shell Excitation in HCl

M. Kavčič, M. Žitnik, K. Bučar, A. Mihelič, S. Carniato, L. Journel, R. Guillemin, and M. Simon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 113004 (2010) - Published 10 September, 2010

Vacuum Friction in Rotating Particles

A. Manjavacas and F. J. García de Abajo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 113601 (2010) - Published 8 September, 2010

Enhanced Resolution of Lossy Interferometry by Coherent Amplification of Single Photons

Chiara Vitelli, Nicolò Spagnolo, Lorenzo Toffoli, Fabio Sciarrino, and Francesco De Martini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 113602 (2010) - Published 8 September, 2010

Quantum Theory for Cold Avalanche Ionization in Solids

H. X. Deng, X. T. Zu, X. Xiang, and K. Sun

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 113603 (2010) - Published 9 September, 2010

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Compactons in Nonlinear Schrödinger Lattices with Strong Nonlinearity Management

F. Kh. Abdullaev, P. G. Kevrekidis, and M. Salerno

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 113901 (2010) - Published 8 September, 2010

Plasma and Beam Physics

Demonstration of the Echo-Enabled Harmonic Generation Technique for Short-Wavelength Seeded Free Electron Lasers

D. Xiang, E. Colby, M. Dunning, S. Gilevich, C. Hast, K. Jobe, D. McCormick, J. Nelson, T. O. Raubenheimer, K. Soong, G. Stupakov, Z. Szalata, D. Walz, S. Weathersby, M. Woodley, and P.-L. Pernet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 114801 (2010) - Published 8 September, 2010

Laboratory Measurements of Electrostatic Solitary Structures Generated by Beam Injection

Bertrand Lefebvre, Li-Jen Chen, Walter Gekelman, Paul Kintner, Jolene Pickett, Patrick Pribyl, Stephen Vincena, Franklin Chiang, and Jack Judy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 115001 (2010) - Published 7 September, 2010

Measurement of Magnetic-Field Structures in a Laser-Wakefield Accelerator

M. C. Kaluza, H.-P. Schlenvoigt, S. P. D. Mangles, A. G. R. Thomas, A. E. Dangor, H. Schwoerer, W. B. Mori, Z. Najmudin, and K. M. Krushelnick

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 115002 (2010) - Published 7 September, 2010

Low Threshold Parametric Decay Backscattering Instability in Tokamak Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating Experiments

E. Z. Gusakov and A. Yu. Popov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 115003 (2010) - Published 9 September, 2010

Crystallization Dynamics of a Single Layer Complex Plasma

Peter Hartmann, Angela Douglass, Jorge C. Reyes, Lorin S. Matthews, Truell W. Hyde, Anikó Kovács, and Zoltán Donkó

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 115004 (2010) - Published 10 September, 2010

Plasma Barodiffusion in Inertial-Confinement-Fusion Implosions: Application to Observed Yield Anomalies in Thermonuclear Fuel Mixtures

Peter Amendt, O. L. Landen, H. F. Robey, C. K. Li, and R. D. Petrasso

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 115005 (2010) - Published 10 September, 2010

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Disordered One-Dimensional Bose-Fermi Mixtures: The Bose-Fermi Glass

François Crépin, Gergely Zaránd, and Pascal Simon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 115301 (2010) - Published 8 September, 2010

Entanglement Spectrum of a Disordered Topological Chern Insulator

Emil Prodan, Taylor L. Hughes, and B. Andrei Bernevig

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 115501 (2010) - Published 7 September, 2010

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Origin of Plasticity Length-Scale Effects in Fracture

Srinath S. Chakravarthy and William A. Curtin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 115502 (2010) - Published 7 September, 2010

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Prediction of Glass Hardness Using Temperature-Dependent Constraint Theory

Morten M. Smedskjaer, John C. Mauro, and Yuanzheng Yue

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 115503 (2010) - Published 8 September, 2010

First-Principles Study of Confinement Effects on the Raman Spectra of Si Nanocrystals

K. H. Khoo, A. T. Zayak, H. Kwak, and James R. Chelikowsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 115504 (2010) - Published 8 September, 2010

Structural Transformations and Anomalous Viscosity in the $B_{2} O_{3}$ Melt under High Pressure

V. V. Brazhkin, I. Farnan, Ken-ichi Funakoshi, M. Kanzaki, Y. Katayama, A. G. Lyapin, and H. Saitoh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 115701 (2010) - Published 9 September, 2010

Orbital Specific Chirality and Homochiral Self-Assembly of Achiral Molecules Induced by Charge Transfer and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking

A. Mugarza, N. Lorente, P. Ordejón, C. Krull, S. Stepanow, M.-L. Bocquet, J. Fraxedas, G. Ceballos, and P. Gambardella

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 115702 (2010) - Published 10 September, 2010

Measurements of Mass and Heat Transfer at a Liquid Water Surface during Condensation or Evaporation of a Subnanometer Thickness Layer of Water

Rachael E. H. Miles, Kerry J. Knox, Jonathan P. Reid, Adèle M. C. Laurain, and Laura Mitchem

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 116101 (2010) - Published 7 September, 2010

Magic Monatomic Linear Chains for Mn Nanowire Self-Assembly on Si(001)

Jian-Tao Wang, Changfeng Chen, Enge Wang, and Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 116102 (2010) - Published 8 September, 2010

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Evidence of Delocalized Excitons in Amorphous Solids

Fabrizio Messina, Eleonora Vella, Marco Cannas, and Roberto Boscaino

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 116401 (2010) - Published 7 September, 2010

Polariton Condensation in Dynamic Acoustic Lattices

E. A. Cerda-Méndez, D. N. Krizhanovskii, M. Wouters, R. Bradley, K. Biermann, K. Guda, R. Hey, P. V. Santos, D. Sarkar, and M. S. Skolnick

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 116402 (2010) - Published 9 September, 2010

Novel Duality in Disorder Driven Local Quantum Criticality

Minh-Tien Tran and Ki-Seok Kim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 116403 (2010) - Published 10 September, 2010

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Spin States in Graphene Quantum Dots

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 116801 (2010) - Published 7 September, 2010

Direct Evidence for a Reduced Density of Deep Level Defects at Grain Boundaries of $Cu (In, Ga) {Se}_{2}$ Thin Films

H. Mönig, Y. Smith, R. Caballero, C. A. Kaufmann, I. Lauermann, M. Ch. Lux-Steiner, and S. Sadewasser

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 116802 (2010) - Published 8 September, 2010

Josephson Current in Strongly Correlated Double Quantum Dots

Rok Žitko, Minchul Lee, Rosa López, Ramón Aguado, and Mahn-Soo Choi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 116803 (2010) - Published 8 September, 2010

Nonlinear Nanofocusing in Tapered Plasmonic Waveguides

Arthur R. Davoyan, Ilya V. Shadrivov, Alexander A. Zharov, Dmitri K. Gramotnev, and Yuri S. Kivshar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 116804 (2010) - Published 9 September, 2010

Nonlocal Order in Gapless Systems: Entanglement Spectrum in Spin Chains

Ronny Thomale, D. P. Arovas, and B. Andrei Bernevig

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 116805 (2010) - Published 9 September, 2010

Theory of Microwave-Assisted Supercurrent in Quantum Point Contacts

F. S. Bergeret, P. Virtanen, T. T. Heikkilä, and J. C. Cuevas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 117001 (2010) - Published 8 September, 2010

Electronic-Structure-Driven Magnetic and Structure Transitions in Superconducting NaFeAs Single Crystals Measured by Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy

C. He, Y. Zhang, B. P. Xie, X. F. Wang, L. X. Yang, B. Zhou, F. Chen, M. Arita, K. Shimada, H. Namatame, M. Taniguchi, X. H. Chen, J. P. Hu, and D. L. Feng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 117002 (2010) - Published 8 September, 2010

Out-of-Plane Momentum and Symmetry-Dependent Energy Gap of the Pnictide ${Ba}_{0.6} K_{0.4} {Fe}_{2} {As}_{2}$ Superconductor Revealed by Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy

Y. Zhang, L. X. Yang, F. Chen, B. Zhou, X. F. Wang, X. H. Chen, M. Arita, K. Shimada, H. Namatame, M. Taniguchi, J. P. Hu, B. P. Xie, and D. L. Feng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 117003 (2010) - Published 8 September, 2010

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

ERRATA

Publisher’s Note: Quantum Frequency Translation of Single-Photon States in a Photonic Crystal Fiber [Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 093604 (2010)]

H. J. McGuinness, M. G. Raymer, C. J. McKinstrie, and S. Radic

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 119901 (2010) - Published 8 September, 2010

Erratum: Gamma Rays from Ultracompact Primordial Dark Matter Minihalos [Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 211301 (2009)]

Pat Scott and Sofia Sivertsson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 119902 (2010) - Published 8 September, 2010

Publisher’s Note: Unconventional $T − H$ Phase Diagram in the Noncentrosymmetric Compound ${Yb}_{2} {Fe}_{12} P_{7}$ [Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 106403 (2010)]

R. E. Baumbach, J. J. Hamlin, L. Shu, D. A. Zocco, J. R. O’Brien, P.-C. Ho, and M. B. Maple

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 119903 (2010) - Published 10 September, 2010

Erratum: Role of Nanoscale Precipitates on the Enhanced Magnetostriction of Heat-Treated Galfenol ( ${Fe}_{1 - x} {Ga}_{x}$ ) Alloys [Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 127201 (2009)]

H. Cao, P. M. Gehring, C. P. Devreugd, J. A. Rodriguez-Rivera, J. Li, and D. Viehland

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 119904 (2010) - Published 10 September, 2010