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Physical Review Letters

Volume 76, Issue 4

22 January 1996

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LETTERS

General Physics

Quantum Corrections to the Thomas-Fermi Theory for Fractional-Statistics Particles

Augusto Smerzi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 559 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Noise Enhanced Stability in an Unstable System

Rosario N. Mantegna and Bernardo Spagnolo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 563 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Magnetohydrodynamic Continua and Stratification Induced Alfvén Eigenmodes in Coronal Magnetic Loops

A. J. C. Beliën, S. Poedts, and J. P. Goedbloed

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 567 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Black Holes Have No Short Hair

Darío Núñez, Hernando Quevedo, and Daniel Sudarsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 571 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Looking for a Cosmological Constant with the Rees-Sciama Effect

Robert G. Crittenden and Neil Turok

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 575 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Doppler Peaks in the Angular Power Spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background: A Fingerprint of Topological Defects

Ruth Durrer, Alejandro Gangui, and Mairi Sakellariadou

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 579 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Elementary Particles and Fields

Formation of Topological Defects with Explicit Symmetry Breaking

Sanatan Digal and Ajit M. Srivastava

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 583 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Measurements of the Proton and Deuteron Spin Structure Function $g_{2}$ and Asymmetry $A_{2}$

K. Abe et al. (E143 Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 587 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Nuclear Physics

Proton Decay of an Intruder State in ${}^{185}B i$

C. N. Davids, P. J. Woods, H. T. Penttilä, J. C. Batchelder, C. R. Bingham, D. J. Blumenthal, L. T. Brown, B. C. Busse, L. F. Conticchio, T. Davinson, D. J. Henderson, R. J. Irvine, D. Seweryniak, K. S. Toth, W. B. Walters, and B. E. Zimmerman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 592 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Infrared Laser Spectrum of the ${Si}_{2}^{-}$ Anion in a Silane Plasma

Zhuan Liu and Paul B. Davies

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 596 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Electron Emission from Aligned Superexcited O* Atoms Produced in Photodissociation of $O_{2}$ in the 22.20–22.36 eV Region

P. M. Guyon, A. V. Golovin, C. J. K. Quayle, M. Vervloet, and M. Richard-Viard

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 600 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Experimental Observation of Surface Modes of Quasifree Clusters

Fengqi Liu, Liangsheng Liao, Guanghou Wang, Guangxu Cheng, and Ximao Bao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 604 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Even and Odd Coherent States of the Motion of a Trapped Ion

R. L. de Matos Filho and W. Vogel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 608 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, Etc.

Broken Ergodicity and Glassy Behavior in a Deterministic Chaotic Map

A. Crisanti, M. Falcioni, and A. Vulpiani

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 612 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Properties of Velocity Circulation in Three-Dimensional Turbulence

Nianzheng Cao, Shiyi Chen, and Katepalli R. Sreenivasan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 616 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Plasma and Beam Physics

Direct Measurement of Diffusion Rates in High Energy Synchrotrons Using Longitudinal Beam Echoes

L. K. Spentzouris, J.-F. Ostiguy, and P. L. Colestock

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 620 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Classical Theory of Nonlinear Compton Scattering

F. V. Hartemann and A. K. Kerman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 624 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Kinetic Ballooning Mode with Negative Shear

A. Hirose and M. Elia

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 628 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Steady-State Hollow Electron Temperature Profiles in the Rijnhuizen Tokamak Project

G. M. D. Hogeweij, A. A. M. Oomens, C. J. Barth, M. N. A. Beurskens, C. C. Chu, J. F. M. van Gelder, J. Lok, N. J. Lopes Cardozo, F. J. Pijper, R. W. Polman, and J. H. Rommers

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 632 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Condensed Matter: Structure, Etc.

An EXAFS Calculation Using Known Four-Body Correlations

P. W. Loeffen and R. F. Pettifer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 636 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Devil's Staircase, Critical Thickness, and Propagating Fingers in Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals

X. Y. Wang and P. L. Taylor

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 640 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Orientational Relaxation in a Random Dipolar Lattice: Role of Spatial Density Fluctuations in Supercooled Liquids

S. Ravichandran and Biman Bagchi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 644 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Penetration Depths of Photomobilized F Atoms from a Sandwich Experiment

C. Bressler and N. Schwentner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 648 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Coarsening Mechanisms in a Metal Film: From Cluster Diffusion to Vacancy Ripening

J.-M. Wen, J. W. Evans, M. C. Bartelt, J. W. Burnett, and P. A. Thiel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 652 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

NMR Observation of Diffusion Barriers for Lithium Adsorbed on Ru(001)

H. D. Ebinger, H. J. Jänsch, C. Polenz, B. Polivka, W. Preyss, V. Saier, R. Veith, and D. Fick

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 656 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, Etc.

Generalized Gradient Theory for Silica Phase Transitions

D. R. Hamann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 660 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Giant and Composition-Dependent Optical Bowing Coefficient in GaAsN Alloys

Su-Huai Wei and Alex Zunger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 664 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Observation of a Discontinuous Transition from Strong to Weak Localization in 1D Granular Metal Wires

A. V. Herzog, P. Xiong, F. Sharifi, and R. C. Dynes

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 668 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Binding of Quasi-Two-Dimensional Biexcitons

D. Birkedal, J. Singh, V. G. Lyssenko, J. Erland, and J. M. Hvam

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 672 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Electron Tunneling Study in the ${NbSe}_{3}$ Charge Density Wave State

J. P. Sorbier, H. Tortel, P. Monceau, and F. Levy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 676 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Evidence of Skyrmion Excitations about $ν = 1$ in $n$ -Modulation-Doped Single Quantum Wells by Interband Optical Transmission

E. H. Aifer, B. B. Goldberg, and D. A. Broido

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 680 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Universal Superconductor-Insulator Transition and $T_{c}$ Depression in Zn-Substituted High- $T_{c}$ Cuprates in the Underdoped Regime

Y. Fukuzumi, K. Mizuhashi, K. Takenaka, and S. Uchida

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 684 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Spectroscopy of the Superconducting Gap in Individual Nanometer-Scale Aluminum Particles

C. T. Black, D. C. Ralph, and M. Tinkham

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 688 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

New Mapping for Particles on Lattices with Hard-Core Interactions

Daniel C. Mattis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 692 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Normal State ac Hall Effect in YB $a_{2}$ C $u_{3}$ $O_{7}$ Thin Films

S. G. Kaplan, S. Wu, H.-T. S. Lihn, H. D. Drew, Q. Li, D. B. Fenner, Julia M. Phillips, and S. Y. Hou

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 696 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Cross-Disciplinary Physics

Low Shear Viscosity of a Dense Ionic Micellar Solution

Ying-Chun Liu and Eric Y. Sheu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 700 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Overlaps between RNA Secondary Structures

Paul G. Higgs

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 704 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Multistability and Delayed Recurrent Loops

Jennifer Foss, André Longtin, Boualem Mensour, and John Milton

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 708 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

COMMENTS

Comment on “Controlling Extended Systems of Chaotic Elements”

Carl Barratt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 712 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Auerbach Replies:

Ditza Auerbach

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 713 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Comment on “Longitudinal Superconductivity in Vortex-Line Phases: A Monte Carlo Study”

T. Chen and S. Teitel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 714 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

Carneiro Replies:

G. Carneiro

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 715 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996

ERRATA

Optical Dispersion by Wannier Excitons

Christian Tanguy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 716 (1996) - Published 22 January, 1996