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Physical Review Letters

Volume 52, Issue 25

18 June 1984

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LETTERS

General Physics

Quantum Tunneling in Dissipative Systems at Finite Temperatures

Hermann Grabert, Ulrich Weiss, and Peter Hanggi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2193 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Investigation on Scaling and Hyperscaling for Invasion Percolation

Jorge F. Willemsen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2197 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Elementary Particles and Fields

$φ$ - Meson Production in $e^{+} e^{-}$ Annihilations at 29 GeV

H. Aihara et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2201 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Order of the Finite-Temperature Phase Transition in the SU(4) Gauge Theory

Ghassan George Batrouni and Benjamin Svetitsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2205 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Nuclei

Consistent Interpretation of the Secondary-Reaction Experiments in W Targets and Prospects for Production of Superheavy Elements in Ordinary Heavy-Ion Reactions

A. Marinov, S. Eshhar, J. L. Weil, and D. Kolb

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2209 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Anomalous Behavior of Projectile Fragments of Charges ≥ 15 from $1.52 A$ -GeV ${}_{36}^{84}{Kr}$

P. L. Jain, M. M. Aggarwal, and K. L. Gomber

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2213 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Atoms and Molecules

Ion-Dynamics Effect on Hydrogenic Stark Profiles in Hot and Dense Plasmas

R. Stamm, Y. Botzanowski, V. P. Kaftandjian, B. Talin, and E. W. Smith

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2217 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Observation of Dipole-Bound States of Negative Ions

Keith R. Lykke, Roy D. Mead, and W. C. Lineberger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2221 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Multiple-Scattering Approach to Coherent Excitation in Electron-Capture Collisions

Joachim Burgdörfer and Louis J. Dubé

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2225 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Search for a Permanent Electric Dipole Moment on the ${}^{129}{Xe}$ Atom

T. G. Vold, F. J. Raab, B. Heckel, and E. N. Fortson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2229 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

New Features in the Behavior of Orthopositronium Annihilation Rates near the Vapor-Liquid Critical Point of Ethane

Suresh C. Sharma, Surendra R. Kafle, and Julia S. Hart

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2233 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Classical Phenomenology and Applications

Demonstration of a Semipermeable Optical Piston

H. G. C. Werij, J. P. Woerdman, J. J. M. Beenakker, and I. Kuščer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2237 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Chaotic Flow Regimes in a Convection Loop

M. Gorman, P. J. Widmann, and K. A. Robbins

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2241 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Fluids, Plasmas, and Electric Discharges

Observations of Recombination Population of $n = 2$ Excited States of ${Ar}^{16 +}$ in Tokamak Plasmas

E. Källne, J. Källne, A. Dalgarno, E. S. Marmar, J. E. Rice, and A. K. Pradhan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2245 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Condensed Matter: Structure, Etc.

Solidification and Superfluidity of ${}^{4}{He}$ in Confined Geometries

E. D. Adams, K. Uhlig, Yi-Hua Tang, and G. E. Haas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2249 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Liquid-Solid ${}^{4}{He}$ Interfacial Tension: Temperature Variation near the Superfluid Transition

F. Gallet, P. E. Wolf, and S. Balibar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2253 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Surface Effects on Particle Self-Energies

H. Esbensen and G. F. Bertsch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2257 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Novel Liquid-Crystal Phase Diagram: An Inverted Cholesteric Phase Surrounded by Different Types of Smectic- $A$ Phases

P. E. Cladis and H. R. Brand

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2261 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, Etc.

Well-Known "Surface State" on Si(111)2×1 Identified as a Bulk Contribution

R. I. G. Uhrberg, G. V. Hansson, U. O. Karlsson, J. M. Nicholls, P. E. S. Persson, S. A. Flodström, R. Engelhardt, and E. -E. Koch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2265 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Selective Observation of Outermost Surface Layer during Epitaxial Growth by Penning-Ionization Electron Spectroscopy: Pentacene on Graphite

Y. Harada, H. Ozaki, and K. Ohno

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2269 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Depolarization Effects in Raman Scattering from Monolayers on Surfaces: The Classical Microscopic Local Field

C. A. Murray and S. Bodoff

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2273 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Subharmonic Shapiro Steps and Devil's-Staircase Behavior in Driven Charge-Density-Wave Systems

Stuart E. Brown, George Mozurkewich, and George Grüner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2277 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Low-Temperature Optical Dephasing of Rare-Earth Ions in Glass

D. L. Huber, M. M. Broer, and B. Golding

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2281 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Temperature Dependence of the Exchange Splitting of Fe by Spin-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy with Synchrotron Radiation

E. Kisker, K. Schröder, M. Campagna, and W. Gudat

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2285 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

${Sr}_{1 - x} {Ca}_{x} Ti O_{3}$ : An $XY$ Quantum Ferroelectric with Transition to Randomness

J. G. Bednorz and K. A. Müller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2289 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Negative Differential Resistance and Instability in Nb ${Se}_{3}$

R. P. Hall, M. Sherwin, and A. Zettl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2293 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Precession of the Spin Polarization of Photoexcited Conduction Electrons in the Band-Bending Region of GaAs (110)

H. Riechert, S. F. Alvarado, A. N. Titkov, and V. I. Safarov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2297 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

COMMENTS

Comment on "Formation and Decay of a Localized Region of High Excitation in Heavy-Ion-induced Reactions"

P. D. Bond and R. J. de Meijer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2301 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Lynch et al. Respond

W. G. Lynch, C. B. Chitwood, M. B. Tsang, D. J. Fields, D. R. Klesch, C. K. Gelbke, G. R. Young, T. C. Awes, R. L. Ferguson, F. E. Obenshain, F. Plasil, R. L. Robinson, and A. D. Panagiotou

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2302 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Critical Wetting in Systems with Long-Range Forces

R. Lipowsky and D. M. Kroll

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2303 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984

Levitation of Extended-State Bands in a Strong Magnetic Field

R. B. Laughlin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 2304 (1984) - Published 18 June, 1984