Volume 47, Issue 9

R. C. Isler, L. E. Murray, S. Kasai, D. E. Arnurius, S. C. Bates, E. C. Crume, J. L. Dunlap, P. H. Edmonds, E. A. Lazarus, M. Murakami, V. K. Pare, M. J. Saltmarsh, D. W. Swain, and C. E. Thomas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 47, 649 (1981) - Published 31 August, 1981

Apparent and Real Thermal Inhibition in Laser-Produced Plasmas

R. J. Mason

Phys. Rev. Lett. 47, 652 (1981) - Published 31 August, 1981

Condensed Matter: Structure, Etc.

Epitaxy of Au on Ag(111) Studied by High-Energy Ion Scattering

R. J. Culbertson, L. C. Feldman, P. J. Silverman, and H. Boehm

Phys. Rev. Lett. 47, 657 (1981) - Published 31 August, 1981

Phonon Focusing of Large- $\vec{k}$ Acoustic Phonons in Germanium

W. Dietsche, G. A. Northrop, and J. P. Wolfe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 47, 660 (1981) - Published 31 August, 1981

Nematic-Smectic- $A$ -Smectic- $C$ Multicritical Point

R. DeHoff, R. Biggers, D. Brisbin, R. Mahmood, C. Gooden, and D. L. Johnson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 47, 664 (1981) - Published 31 August, 1981

Critical Fluctuations near a Nematic-Smectic- $A$ -Smectic- $C$ Multicritical Point

C. R. Safinya, R. J. Birgeneau, J. D. Litster, and M. E. Neubert

Phys. Rev. Lett. 47, 668 (1981) - Published 31 August, 1981

Structural Phase Transformation in the Cluster Chalcogenides Eu ${Mo}_{6}$ $S_{8}$ and Ba ${Mo}_{6}$ $S_{8}$

R. Bailif, A. Dunand, J. Muller, and K. Yvon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 47, 672 (1981) - Published 31 August, 1981

Universal Binding Energy Curves for Metals and Bimetallic Interfaces

J. H. Rose, John Ferrante, and John R. Smith

Phys. Rev. Lett. 47, 675 (1981) - Published 31 August, 1981

Structural Energies of A1 Deposited on the GaAs(110) Surface

J. Ihm and J. D. Joannopoulos

Phys. Rev. Lett. 47, 679 (1981) - Published 31 August, 1981

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, Etc.

Theory of the Open-Orbit Magnetoresistance of Potassium

M. Huberman and A. W. Overhauser

Phys. Rev. Lett. 47, 682 (1981) - Published 31 August, 1981

Role of Adsorbed Water in the Dynamics of Metmyoglobin

G. P. Singh, F. Parak, S. Hunklinger, and K. Dransfeld

Phys. Rev. Lett. 47, 685 (1981) - Published 31 August, 1981

Real-Space and $\vec{k}$ -Space Electron Pairing in $Ba {Pb}_{1 - x} {Bi}_{x} O_{3}$

T. M. Rice and L. Sneddon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 47, 689 (1981) - Published 31 August, 1981

Critical Properties from Monte Carlo Coarse Graining and Renormalization

K. Binder

Phys. Rev. Lett. 47, 693 (1981) - Published 31 August, 1981

Decay of the Zero-Voltage State in Small-Area, High-Current-Density Josephson Junctions

L. D. Jackel, J. P. Gordon, E. L. Hu, R. E. Howard, L. A. Fetter, D. M. Tennant, R. W. Epworth, and J. Kurkijärvi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 47, 697 (1981) - Published 31 August, 1981

ERRATA

Hot-Carrier Thermalization in Amorphous Silicon

Z. Vardeny and J. Tauc

Phys. Rev. Lett. 47, 700 (1981) - Published 31 August, 1981

Physical Review Letters

Volume 47, Issue 9

LETTERS

Elementary Particles and Fields

Monopole Condensation and the Lattice-Quantum-Chromodynamics Crossover

Monopoles Admit Spin

Nuclei

Limit on Charge Symmetry Breaking in the Optical Model and the Coulomb-Energy Anomaly

Interpretation of Gross Structures in the Energy Spectra of the Reaction ${}^{12}C$ ( ${}^{16}O$ , $α$ ) ${}^{24}{Mg}$

Higher-Order Deformations of ${}^{232}{Th}$ and ${}^{234, 236, 238}U$

Preequilibrium Emission in the Fusion Reactions in the System ${}^{14}N$ + ${}^{27}{Al}$ at 100 MeV

Atoms and Molecules

Magnetic Circular Dichroism of Excimer Molecules

Fluids, Plasmas, and Electric Discharges

Confinement of High-Energy Trapped Particles in Tokamaks

Influence of Neutral-Beam Injection on Impurity Transport in the ISX- $B$ Tokamak