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Physical Review Letters

Volume 57, Issue 13

29 September 1986

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LETTERS

General Physics

Time Ordering and the Thermodynamics of Strange Sets: Theory and Experimental Tests

Mitchell J. Feigenbaum, Mogens H. Jensen, and Itamar Procaccia

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1503 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Exact Solution to Localized-Induction-Approximation Equation Modeling Smoke Ring Motion

J. Cieśliński, P. K. H. Gragert, and A. Sym

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1507 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Elementary Particles and Fields

New Infinities in Two-Dimensional Nonlinear Sigma Models and Consistent String Propagation

Sumit R. Das and B. Sathiapalan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1511 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

$CP$ Nonconservation at the $Z^{0}$ Peak

J. Bernabéu, A. Santamaria, and M. B. Gavela

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1514 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Possible $v$ -Quark Signatures at $e^{+} e^{-}$ Colliders

V. Barger, R. J. N. Phillips, and A. Soni

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1518 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Characteristics of Charm Production by 400-GeV Protons

M. E. Duffy, G. K. Fanourakis, R. J. Loveless, D. D. Reeder, E. S. Smith, S. Childress, C. Castoldi, G. Conforto, R. C. Ball, C. T. Coffin, H. R. Gustafson, L. W. Jones, M. J. Longo, T. J. Roberts, B. P. Roe, E. Wang, M. B. Crisler, J. S. Hoftun, T. Y. Ling, T. A. Romanowski, and J. T. Volk

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1522 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Measurement of the $Σ^{-}$ Magnetic Moment Using the $Σ^{-} \to n e^{-} \bar{ν}$ and $Σ^{-} \to n π^{-}$ Decay Modes

G. Zapalac et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1526 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Constraints on $ι \to γ γ$ Provided by the Topological Susceptibility

Kimball A. Milton

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1530 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Properties of the $ζ (1480)$

D. Bridges, I. Daftari, and T. E. Kalogeropoulos

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1534 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Dynamical Selection Rules in $N \bar{N}$ Annihilation

Carl B. Dover, Paul M. Fishbane, and S. Furui

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1538 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Nuclei

Total Cross Section for Deuteron Photodisintegration between 15 and 75 MeV

R. Bernabei, A. Incicchitti, M. Mattioli, P. Picozza, D. Prosperi, L. Casano, S. d'Angelo, M. P. De Pascale, C. Schaerf, G. Giordano, G. Matone, S. Frullani, and B. Girolami

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1542 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Search for Dispersive Effects in Elastic Electron Scattering from ${}^{12}C$

E. A. J. M. Offermann, L. S. Cardman, H. J. Emrich, G. Fricke, C. W. de Jager, H. Miska, D. Rychel, and H. de Vries

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1546 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Can an Isovector Dipole Mode of Nuclear Collective Motion Give a Signature Duplicating That of an Isoscalar Monopole Mode?

R. J. Peterson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1550 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Boson Images of Fermion Operators

M. Sambataro

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1554 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Atoms and Molecules

Collisional Excitation and Decay of the ${}^{1}P$ Shape Resonance of $H^{-}$

Lars H. Andersen, Jens P. Bangsgaard, and Jens Sørensen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1558 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Forbidden Transitions to Atomic Rydberg States in Optical Collisions

C. E. Burkhardt, M. Ciocca, W. P. Garver, J. J. Leventhal, and J. D. Kelley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1562 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Multielectron X-Ray Photoexcitation Measurements in Krypton

Moshe Deutsch and Michael Hart

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1566 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Precise Theory of Field Enhancement of Dielectronic Recombination

David A. Harmin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1570 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Radiative Lifetimes of Argon Molecules and Dependence on Internuclear Distance

A. A. Madej, P. R. Herman, and B. P. Stoicheff

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1574 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Polarization Effects in Collision-Induced Intramultiplet Mixing for ${Ne}^{* *} {{(2 p)}^{5} (3 p)} + He$

M. P. I. Manders, J. P. J. Driessen, H. C. W. Beijerinck, and B. J. Verhaar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1577 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Giant-Dipole-Resonance Absorption in Atomic Thorium by a Novel Two-Laser Technique

P. K. Carroll and J. T. Costello

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1581 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Diffraction of Low-Energy Ion-Induced Secondary Electrons Emitted in the Forward Direction from a Solid Foil

A. R. Goñi, S. Suárez, P. R. Focke, G. C. Bernardi, and W. Meckbach

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1584 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Effects of the Wannier Ridge on Secondary-Electron Spectra in Proton-Helium Collisions

W. Meckbach, P. J. Focke, A. R. Goñi, S. Suárez, J. Macek, and M. G. Menendez

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1587 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Fundamental Phenomenology and Applications

Laser Guiding of Electron Beams in the Advanced Test Acceleration

G. J. Caporaso, F. Rainer, W. E. Martin, D. S. Prono, and A. G. Cole

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1591 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Fluids, Plasmas, and Electric Discharges

Electrical Conductivity of a Dense Plasma

A. Ng, D. Parfeniuk, P. Celliers, L. DaSilva, R. M. More, and Y. T. Lee

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1595 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

ac Free-Electron Laser

Y. T. Yan and J. M. Dawson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1599 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Condensed Matter: Structure, Etc.

Resonant Sticking at Surfaces

S. Andersson, L. Wilzén, and J. Harris

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1603 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Liquid-Film Instabilities in Confined Geometries

D. D. Awschalom, J. Warnock, and M. W. Shafer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1607 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Structural Unit in Icosahedral MnAlSi and MnAl

Y. Ma, E. A. Stern, and C. E. Bouldin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1611 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, Etc.

Hopping Magnetoconduction and the Random Structure in Quasi One-Dimensional Inversion Layers

Rajiv K. Kalia, Weige Xue, and Patrick A. Lee

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1615 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Superconductivity under Pressure in $(U_{1 - x} {Th}_{x}) {Be}_{13}$ : Evidence for Two Superconducting States

S. E. Lambert, Y. Dalichaouch, M. B. Maple, J. L. Smith, and Z. Fisk

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1619 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Elastic Scattering in a Normal-Metal Loop Causing Resistive Electronic Behavior

D. Lenstra and W. van Haeringen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1623 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Landau-Khalatnikov Damping of Ultrasound in Heavy-Fermion Superconductors

K. Miyake and C. M. Varma

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1627 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

de Haas-van Alphen Effect in the Heavy-Electron Compound Ce ${Cu}_{6}$

P. H. P. Reinders, M. Springford, P. T. Coleridge, R. Boulet, and D. Ravot

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1631 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Ultrafast Phase Relaxation of Excitons via Exciton-Exciton and Exciton-Electron Collisions

L. Schultheis, J. Kuhl, A. Honold, and C. W. Tu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1635 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Density-Wave Instabilities and Thermoelectric Parameters in the Alkali Metals

Roger Taylor and A. H. MacDonald

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1639 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Inverse Photoemission of Adsorbed Xenon Multilayers on Ru(001): Refutation of Final-State Screening Effects

K. Wandelt, W. Jacob, N. Memmel, and V. Dose

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1643 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Optical Third-Harmonic Generation in Reflection from Crystalline and Amorphous Samples of Silicon

Charles C. Wang, J. Bomback, W. T. Donlon, C. R. Huo, and J. V. James

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1647 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Geophysics, Astronomy, and Astrophysics

Laboratory Simulation of Direct Positron Annihilation in a Neutral-Hydrogen Galactic Environment

B. L. Brown and M. Leventhal

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1651 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Cosmic Strings and the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe

Tanmay Vachaspati

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1655 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

COMMENTS

Comment on "Local Structure at Mn Sites in Icosahedral Mn-Al Quasicrystals"

Matthew A. Marcus

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1658 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986

Stern, Ma, and Bouldin Respond:

E. A. Stern, Y. Ma, and C. E. Bouldin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1659 (1986) - Published 29 September, 1986