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Physical Review Letters

Volume 55, Issue 12

16 September 1985

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LETTERS

General Physics

Curvature-Induced Asymptotic Freedom

E. Calzetta, I. Jack, and Leonard Parker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1241 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Simple Approach to $N$ -Level Quantum Systems in Arbitrary Fields: The "Time-Slicer"

Joseph O. Hirschfelder and Robert W. Pyzalski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1244 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Elementary Particles and Fields

Decay $B \to ψ X$

P. Haas et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1248 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Resonant Scattering and Charm Showers in Ultrahigh-Energy Neutrino Interactions

Frank Wilczek

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1252 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Spin-Dependent Potentials in SU (3) Lattice Gauge Theory

Philippe de Forcrand and John D. Stack

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1254 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Nuclei

Search for Anomalous Fragments Produced in Collisions with Heavy Target Nuclei and in $Δ Z = 1$ Peripheral Interactions

H. Drechsel, C. Brechtmann, W. Heinrich, J. Dreute, and E. V. Benton

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1258 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Capture Amplitudes in the Reaction ${}^{12}C (α, γ) {}^{16}O$ at Stellar Energies

A. Redder, H. W. Becker, J. Görres, M. Hilgemeier, A. Krauss, C. Rolfs, U. Schröder, H. P. Trautvetter, K. Wolke, T. R. Donoghue, T. C. Rinckel, and J. W. Hammer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1262 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Testing of QCD Plasma Formation by Dilepton Spectra in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions

Philip J. Siemens and Siu A. Chin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1266 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Electric Quadrupole Moment of the ${}^{211}{Rn}$ ${\frac{63}{2}}^{-}$ Isomer: Absence of Core Deformation at Very High Spins

E. Dafni, M. Hass, E. Naim, M. H. Rafailovich, A. Berger, H. Grawe, and H. -E. Mahnke

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1269 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Observation of the Double Isobaric Analog Transition ${}^{18}O (π^{+}, π^{-}) {}^{18}{Ne}$ at 50 MeV

A. Altman, R. R. Johnson, U. Wienands, N. Hessey, B. M. Barnett, B. M. Forster, N. Grion, D. Mills, F. M. Rozon, G. R. Smith, R. P. Trelle, D. R. Gill, G. Sheffer, and T. Anderl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1273 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Atoms and Molecules

Selective Excitation of Dressed Atomic States by Use of Phase-Controlled Optical Fields

Y. S. Bai, A. G. Yodh, and T. W. Mossberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1277 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Oscillator Strength Measurements of Even-Parity Autoionizing Resonances by Combined Synchrotron-Radiation-Laser Excitation

J. M. Bizau, F. Wuilleumier, D. L. Ederer, J. C. Keller, J. L. LeGouët, J. L. Picqué, B. Carré, and P. M. Koch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1281 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Exact Quantum Mechanical Study of Three-Dimensional Four-Atom Collisional Processes in a Model System

A. C. Fonseca and T. K. Lim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1285 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Classical Phenomenology and Applications

Squeezing of Quantum Fluctuations via Atomic Coherence Effects

M. D. Reid, D. F. Walls, and B. J. Dalton

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1288 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Bistable Solitons

A. E. Kaplan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1291 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Fluids, Plasmas, and Electric Discharges

Current Rampup by Lower-Hybrid Waves in the PLT Tokamak

F. C. Jobes, S. Bernabei, T. K. Chu, W. M. Hooke, E. B. Meservey, R. W. Motley, J. E. Stevens, and S. von Goeler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1295 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Condensed Matter: Structure, Etc.

Point-Defect Diffusion from Coherent Quasielastic Neutron Scattering

M. J. Gillan and D. Wolf

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1299 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Si(001) Dimer Structure Observed with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

R. M. Tromp, R. J. Hamers, and J. E. Demuth

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1303 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Observation of Low-Energy Excitations in $K {Br}_{(1 - x)} {(CN)}_{x}$ by Brillouin Scattering

D. Walton, J. J. Vanderwal, and Z. Hu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1307 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Interaction of Atomic Hydrogen with Undersaturated Helium Films

H. P. Godfried, E. R. Eliel, J. G. Brisson, J. D. Gillaspy, C. Mallardeau, J. C. Mester, and Isaac F. Silvera

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1311 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Experimental Demonstration of the Role of Anisotropy in Interfacial Pattern Formation

E. Ben-Jacob, R. Godbey, Nigel D. Goldenfeld, J. Koplik, H. Levine, T. Mueller, and L. M. Sander

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1315 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, Etc.

$λ$ -Shaped Ultrasound-Attenuation Peak in Superconducting (U,Th) ${Be}_{13}$

B. Batlogg, D. Bishop, B. Golding, C. M. Varma, Z. Fisk, J. L. Smith, and H. R. Ott

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1319 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Observation of Transitions between Electronic States at the (111) $A$ Face of CdTe by Electrolyte Electroreflectance

Paul M. Raccah, J. W. Garland, Z. Zhang, L. L. Abels, S. Ugur, S. Mioc, and M. Brown

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1323 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Electronic Structure, Total Energies, and Abundances of the Elementary Point Defects in GaAs

G. A. Baraff and M. Schlüter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1327 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Singlet-Exciton Fusion in Molecular Solids: A Direct Subpicosecond Determination of Time-Dependent Annihilation Rates

B. I. Greene and R. R. Millard

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1331 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Observation of the Resonant Optical Stark Effect in a Semiconductor

D. Fröhlich, A. Nöthe, and K. Reimann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1335 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

Geophysics, Astronomy, and Astrophysics

Density-Functional Calculations of the Cohesive Energy of Condensed Matter in Very Strong Magnetic Fields

P. B. Jones

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1338 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

COMMENTS

Comment on "Critical Behavior of a Binary Mixture of Protein and Salt Water"

George D. J. Phillies

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1341 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985

ERRATA

Universality Classes for Spreading Phenomena: A New Model with Fixed Static but Continuously Tunable Kinetic Exponents

Armin Bunde, Hans J. Herrmann, Alla Margolina, and H. Eugene Stanley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1342 (1985) - Published 16 September, 1985