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Physical Review Letters

Volume 62, Issue 23

5 June 1989

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LETTERS

Elementary Particles and Fields

Fermion electric dipole moments, muon polarization in η→μμ¯, $K_{L}^{0}$ →μμ¯ decays, and the scalar-pseudoscalar mixing mechanism

C. Q. Geng and John N. Ng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2645 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Observation of structures in the mass range of 2700 to 2900 MeV in the difference between the pp total cross sections for pure helicity states

I. P. Auer, E. Colton, W. R. Ditzler, H. Halpern, D. Hill, R. C. Miller, H. Spinka, N. Tamura, J.-J. Tavernier, G. Theodosiou, K. Toshioka, D. Underwood, R. Wagner, and A. Yokosawa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2649 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Nuclear Physics

Threshold behavior of electron pair production in p-Be collisions

C. Naudet, J. Bystricky, J. Carroll, J. Gordon, T. Hallman, G. Igo, P. Kirk, G. F. Krebs, E. Lallier, G. Landaud, A. Letessier-Selvon, L. Madansky, H. S. Matis, D. Miller, G. Roche, L. Schroeder, P. A. Seidl, Z. F. Wang, R. Welsh, and A. Yegneswaran

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2652 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

State-selective dielectronic-recombination measurements for He-like oxygen ions in an electron cooler

L. H. Andersen, P. Hvelplund, H. Knudsen, and P. Kvistgaard

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2656 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Anomalous hyperpolarizability dispersion measured for neon

D. P. Shelton

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2660 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, Etc.

Operation of a quasioptical gyrotron with variable mirror separation

A. W. Fliflet, T. A. Hargreaves, W. M. Manheimer, R. P. Fischer, and M. L. Barsanti

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2664 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Temporal fluctuations in a turbulently stirred binary liquid mixture

P. Tong, W. I. Goldburg, J. Stavans, and A. Onuki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2668 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

First production of intense circularly polarized hard x rays from a novel multipole wiggler in an accumulation ring

Shigeru Yamamoto, Hiroshi Kawata, Hideo Kitamura, Masami Ando, Nobuhiko Sakai, and Nobuhiro Shiotani

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2672 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Plasma and Beam Physics

Short–time-scale evidence for strong Langmuir turbulence during hf heating of the ionosphere

P. Y. Cheung, A. Y. Wong, T. Tanikawa, J. Santoru, D. F. DuBois, Harvey A. Rose, and David Russell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2676 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Analytic expression for mode conversion of Langmuir and electromagnetic waves

Denise E. Hinkel-Lipsker, Burton D. Fried, and G. J. Morales

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2680 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Formation of double layers within an oblique collisionless shock

B. Lembege and J. M. Dawson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2683 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

2D Fokker-Planck simulations of short-pulse laser-plasma interactions

G. J. Rickard, A. R. Bell, and E. M. Epperlein

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2687 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Condensed Matter: Structure, Etc.

Transverse spin diffusion in polarized Fermi gases

J. W. Jeon and W. J. Mullin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2691 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Periodic pentagonal and decagonal quasicrystals

Rajiv Kumar Mandal and Shrikant Lele

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2695 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Small-angle grain boundaries in quasicrystals

Yashodhan Hatwalne, H. R. Krishnamurthy, Rahul Pandit, and Sriram Ramaswamy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2699 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Laplace- and diffusion-field-controlled growth in electrochemical deposition

P. Garik, D. Barkey, E. Ben-Jacob, E. Bochner, N. Broxholm, B. Miller, B. Orr, and R. Zamir

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2703 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Evidence of nonequilibrium processes in rapid solidification of undercooled metals

R. Willnecker, D. M. Herlach, and B. Feuerbacher

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2707 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Laser heating of free electrons in wide-gap optical materials at 1064 nm

X. A. Shen, Scott C. Jones, and Peter Braunlich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2711 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, Etc.

New localization in a quasiperiodic system

Hisashi Hiramoto and Mahito Kohmoto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2714 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Electron-electron interactions and the bandwidth of metals

G. D. Mahan and B. E. Sernelius

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2718 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Nonlinear unipolar charge transport in silicon microcontacts

Hans J. Queisser and Rolf Trzcinski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2721 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Influence of geometry on the Hall effect in ballistic wires

C. J. B. Ford, S. Washburn, M. Büttiker, C. M. Knoedler, and J. M. Hong

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2724 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Anisotropy of the critical magnetic susceptibility of gadolinium

D. J. W. Geldart, P. Hargraves, N. M. Fujiki, and R. A. Dunlap

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2728 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

$μ^{+}$ spin resonance in single crystal ${PrNi}_{5}$ : Evidence for local moments at Ni sites

N. Kaplan, A. Grayevsky, P. Birrer, F. Gygax, B. Hitti, E. Lippelt, and A. Schenck

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2732 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Quantitative Determination of Quantum Fluctuations in the Spin-½ Planar Antiferromagnet

R. R. P. Singh, P. A. Fleury, K. B. Lyons, and P. E. Sulewski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2736 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Study of local magnetic properties of an adsorbate by spin-polarized Auger-electron spectroscopy

B. Sinković, P. D. Johnson, N. B. Brookes, A. Clarke, and N. V. Smith

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2740 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Ferroelectricity in zinc cadmium telluride

R. Weil, R. Nkum, E. Muranevich, and L. Benguigui

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2744 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Berry’s phase for energy bands in solids

J. Zak

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2747 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Structural phase transformations and superconductivity in ${La}_{2 - x}$ ${Ba}_{x}$ ${CuO}_{4}$

J. D. Axe, A. H. Moudden, D. Hohlwein, D. E. Cox, K. M. Mohanty, A. R. Moodenbaugh, and Youwen Xu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2751 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Cross-Disciplinary Physics

Statistical mechanics of a nonlinear model for DNA denaturation

M. Peyrard and A. R. Bishop

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2755 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Tricriticality in thermoreversible gels

Fumihiko Tanaka and Akihiko Matsuyama

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2759 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

COMMENTS

Comment on ‘‘Observation of a far-infrared sphere resonance in superconducting ${La}_{2 - x}$ ${Sr}_{x}$ ${CuO}_{4 - y}$ particles’’

G. L. Carr and D. B. Tanner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2763 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Noh, Kaplan, and Sievers reply

T. W. Noh, S. G. Kaplan, and A. J. Sievers

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2764 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Comment on ‘‘Violation of the weak equivalence principle in theories of gravity with a nonsymmetric metric’’

R. B. Mann, J. H. Palmer, and J. W. Moffat

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2765 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

Comment on ‘‘State-selective dielectronic-recombination measurements for He-like oxygen ions in an electron cooler’’

Knud Taulbjerg and Joseph Macek

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2766 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989

ERRATA

Thin-Film Growth and the Shadow Instability

R. P. U. Karunasiri, R. Bruinsma, and Joseph Rudnick

Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2767 (1989) - Published 5 June, 1989