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Physical Review Letters

Volume 64, Issue 14

2 April 1990

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LETTERS

General Physics

Hierarchical approach to complexity with applications to dynamical systems

G. D’Alessandro and A. Politi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1609 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

Self-organized critical state of sandpile automaton models

Deepak Dhar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1613 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

Thermodynamics of irregular scattering

Zoltán Kovács and Tamás Tél

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1617 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

Wave-kinetic formulation of incoherent linear mode conversion

E. R. Tracy and Allan N. Kaufman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1621 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

Gravitation and Astrophysics

New exact solution for the exterior gravitational field of a spinning mass

V. S. Manko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1625 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

Neutral particles from Cygnus X-3 above 5× $10^{17}$ eV

M. Teshima, Y. Matsubara, M. Nagano, T. Hara, N. Hayashida, M. Honda, K. Kamata, T. Kifune, and H. Ohoka

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1628 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

Elementary Particles and Fields

Interactions and excitations of non-Abelian vortices

M. G. Alford, Katherine Benson, Sidney Coleman, John March-Russell, and Frank Wilczek

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1632 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

Decoupling of degenerate positive-norm states in string theory

Jen-Chi Lee

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1636 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

Vacuum structure of Yang-Mills–Chern-Simons theory in three dimensions

Mark Burgess and David J. Toms

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1639 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

Solution and hidden supersymmetry of a Dirac oscillator

J. Bentez, R. P. Martnez y Romero, H. N. Núez-Yépez, and A. L. Salas-Brito

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1643 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

Nuclear Physics

Quasielastic reaction mechanism studied using the reaction ${}^{12}C$ (e,e’p)

L. B. Weinstein, H. Baghaei, W. Bertozzi, J. M. Finn, J. Glickman, C. E. Hyde-Wright, N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki, R. W. Lourie, J. A. Nelson, W. W. Sapp, C. P. Sargent, P. E. Ulmer, B. H. Cottman, L. Ghedira, E. J. Winhold, J. R. Calarco, J. Wise, P. Boberg, C. C. Chang, D. Zhang, K. Aniol, M. B. Epstein, D. J. Margaziotis, C. Perdrisat, and V. Punjabi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1646 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

Observation of identical superdeformed bands in N=86 nuclei

T. Byrski, F. A. Beck, D. Curien, C. Schuck, P. Fallon, A. Alderson, I. Ali, M. A. Bentley, A. M. Bruce, P. D. Forsyth, D. Howe, J. W. Roberts, J. F. Sharpey-Schafer, G. Smith, and P. J. Twin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1650 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

Natural-parity states in superdeformed bands and pseudo SU(3) symmetry at extreme conditions

W. Nazarewicz, P. J. Twin, P. Fallon, and J. D. Garrett

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1654 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Atom funnel for the production of a slow, high-density atomic beam

Erling Riis, David S. Weiss, Kathryn A. Moler, and Steven Chu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1658 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, Etc.

Observation of gain in a free-electron laser master oscillator-power amplifier

L. Vintro, S. V. Benson, A. Bhowmik, M. S. Curtin, J. M. J. Madey, W. A. McMullin, and R. A. Richman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1662 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, Etc.

Field-Induced Broadening of the Resistive Transition and Two-Dimensional Nature of Flux Pinning in $Y_{2}$ ${Ba}_{4}$ ${Cu}_{8}$ $O_{16}$ Films

R. C. Budhani, D. O. Welch, M. Suenaga, and R. L. Sabatini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1666 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

Magnetic domain patterns as self-organizing critical systems

Xiaodong Che and Harry Suhl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1670 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

Resistive behavior of high- $T_{c}$ superconductors: Influence of a distribution of activation energies

R. Griessen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1674 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

Electronic distribution and nonlinear optical response at the metal-electrolyte interface

P. Guyot-Sionnest, A. Tadjeddine, and A. Liebsch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1678 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

Novel photoemission approach to hot-electron transport in semiconductors

J. Peretti, H.-J. Drouhin, and D. Paget

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1682 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

Cross-Disciplinary Physics

Lifetime of the bond network and gel-like anomalies in supercooled water

Francesco Sciortino, Peter H. Poole, H. Eugene Stanley, and Shlomo Havlin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1686 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

COMMENTS

Comment on ‘‘Gauge invariance in Chern-Simons theory on a torus’’

C. R. Hagen and E. C. G. Sudarshan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1690 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

Hosotani replies

Yutaka Hosotani

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1691 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990

ERRATA

In a Clean High- $T_{c}$ Superconductor You Do Not See the Gap

K. Kamarás, S. L. Herr, C. D. Porter, N. Tache, D. B. Tanner, S. Etemad, T. Venkatesan, E. Chase, A. Inam, X. D. Wu, M. S. Hegde, and B. Dutta

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1692 (1990) - Published 2 April, 1990