Volume 77, Issue 1

G. M. Ter-Akopian, J. H. Hamilton, Yu. Ts. Oganessian, A. V. Daniel, J. Kormicki, A. V. Ramayya, G. S. Popeko, B. R. S. Babu, Q.-H. Lu, K. Butler-Moore, W.-C. Ma, S. Ćwiok, W. Nazarewicz, J. K. Deng, D. Shi, J. Kliman, M. Morhac, J. D. Cole, R. Aryaeinejad, N. R. Johnson, I. Y. Lee, F. K. McGowan, and J. X. Saladin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 32 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

$α$ Decay of Deformed Actinide Nuclei

T. L. Stewart, M. W. Kermode, D. J. Beachey, N. Rowley, I. S. Grant, and A. T. Kruppa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 36 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Propagating Elementary Excitation in a Dilute Optical Lattice

J.-Y. Courtois, S. Guibal, D. R. Meacher, P. Verkerk, and G. Grynberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 40 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Angular Momentum of Supersymmetric Cold Rydberg Atoms

Jian-zu Zhang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 44 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Atom-Molecule Scattering: Classical Simplicity beneath Quantum Complexity

Anthony J. McCaffery and Ruth J. Wilson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 48 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Dimer Growth, Structural Transition, and Antiferromagnetic Ordering of Small Chromium Clusters

Hansong Cheng and Lai-Sheng Wang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 51 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, Etc.

Riddling Bifurcation in Chaotic Dynamical Systems

Ying-Cheng Lai, Celso Grebogi, James A. Yorke, and S. C. Venkataramani

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 55 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Exponential Divergence and Long Time Relaxation in Chaotic Quantum Dynamics

Arjendu K. Pattanayak and Paul Brumer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 59 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Noise and Dynamical Pattern Selection

Douglas A. Kurtze

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 63 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Plasma and Beam Physics

Thomson Scattering Measurements of the Langmuir Wave Spectra Resulting from Stimulated Raman Scattering

K. L. Baker, R. P. Drake, B. S. Bauer, K. G. Estabrook, A. M. Rubenchik, C. Labaune, H. A. Baldis, N. Renard, S. D. Baton, E. Schifano, A. Michard, W. Seka, and R. E. Bahr

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 67 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Scalings of Ion-Temperature-Gradient-Driven Anomalous Transport in Tokamaks

A. M. Dimits, T. J. Williams, J. A. Byers, and B. I. Cohen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 71 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Experimental Confirmation of Ponderomotive-Force Electrons Produced by an Ultrarelativistic Laser Pulse on a Solid Target

G. Malka and J. L. Miquel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 75 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Onset and Saturation of the Spectral Intensity of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Inhomogeneous Laser-Produced Plasmas

R. P. Drake, R. G. Watt, and Kent Estabrook

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 79 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Condensed Matter: Structure, Etc.

Transition from $Normal$ to $Fast$ Sound in Liquid Water

F. Sette, G. Ruocco, M. Krisch, C. Masciovecchio, R. Verbeni, and U. Bergmann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 83 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Homoepitaxial Growth of Pt on Pt(100)-hex: Effects of Strongly Anisotropic Diffusion and Finite Island Sizes

T. R. Linderoth, J. J. Mortensen, K. W. Jacobsen, E. Lægsgaard, I. Stensgaard, and F. Besenbacher

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 87 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Nanometer-Scale Creation and Characterization of Trapped Charge in Si $O_{2}$ Films Using Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy

B. Kaczer, Z. Meng, and J. P. Pelz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 91 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Density Profile of Spherical Polymer Brushes

S. Förster, E. Wenz, and P. Lindner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 95 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Size-Dependent Melting Properties of Small Tin Particles: Nanocalorimetric Measurements

S. L. Lai, J. Y. Guo, V. Petrova, G. Ramanath, and L. H. Allen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 99 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Inversion Domain and Stacking Mismatch Boundaries in GaN

John E. Northrup, Jörg Neugebauer, and L. T. Romano

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 103 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Tracer Dispersion in a Self-Organized Critical System

Kim Christensen, Álvaro Corral, Vidar Frette, Jens Feder, and Torstein Jøssang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 107 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Universality in Sandpiles, Interface Depinning, and Earthquake Models

Maya Paczuski and Stefan Boettcher

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 111 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Kinetic Energy of Liquid and Solid $^{4} He$

D. M. Ceperley, R. O. Simmons, and R. C. Blasdell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 115 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Structure of the As Vacancies on GaAs(110) Surfaces

S. B. Zhang and Alex Zunger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 119 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Existence of a “Hot” Atom Mechanism for the Dissociation of $O_{2}$ on Pt(111)

J. Wintterlin, R. Schuster, and G. Ertl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 123 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Giant Surface Stress in Heteroepitaxial Films: Invalidation of a Classical Rule in Epitaxy

A. Grossmann, W. Erley, J. B. Hannon, and H. Ibach

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 127 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, Etc.

New Iterative Perturbation Scheme for Lattice Models with Arbitrary Filling

Henrik Kajueter and Gabriel Kotliar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 131 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Possible Spin Polarization in a One-Dimensional Electron Gas

K. J. Thomas, J. T. Nicholls, M. Y. Simmons, M. Pepper, D. R. Mace, and D. A. Ritchie

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 135 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Matrix Treatment of Electrical Current: Current Echoes

I. S. Oliveira

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 139 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Low Frequency Admittance of a Quantum Point Contact

T. Christen and M. Büttiker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 143 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Anisotropic Magnetoresistance of a Classical Antidot Array

M. Tornow, D. Weiss, K. v. Klitzing, K. Eberl, David J. Bergman, and Yakov M. Strelniker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 147 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Thermopower of Cuprate Superconductors under Hydrostatic Pressure

J.-S. Zhou and J. B. Goodenough

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 151 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Implications of Charge Ordering for Single-Particle Properties of High- $T_{c}$ Superconductors

M. I. Salkola, V. J. Emery, and S. A. Kivelson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 155 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Size Effects in Flow of Flux-Line Solids and Liquids

M. H. Theunissen, E. Van der Drift, and P. H. Kes

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 159 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Breakdown of de Gennes Scaling in ( $R_{1 - x} {R^{'}}_{x}$ )N $i_{2}$ $B_{2}$ C Compounds

B. K. Cho, P. C. Canfield, and D. C. Johnston

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 163 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

$T_{c}$ vs Carrier Concentration in Cubic Fulleride Superconductors

T. Yildirim, L. Barbedette, J. E. Fischer, C. L. Lin, J. Robert, P. Petit, and T. T. M. Palstra

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 167 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Path-Summation Representations in Planar Uniaxial Ferromagnets

D. B. Abraham and F. T. Latrémolière

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 171 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Dynamic Jahn-Teller Effect and Colossal Magnetoresistance in ${La}_{1 - x} {Sr}_{x} {MnO}_{3}$

A. J. Millis, Boris I. Shraiman, and R. Mueller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 175 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Direct Hopf Bifurcation in Parametric Resonance of Hybridized Waves

Franz-Josef Elmer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 179 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Nuclear Exciton Echo Produced by Ultrasound in Forward Scattering of Synchrotron Radiation

G. V. Smirnov, U. van Bürck, J. Arthur, S. L. Popov, A. Q. R. Baron, A. I. Chumakov, S. L. Ruby, W. Potzel, and G. S. Brown

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 183 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Visible-Light-Emitting Layered B $C_{2}$ N Semiconductor

M. O. Watanabe, S. Itoh, T. Sasaki, and K. Mizushima

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 187 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Volume 77, Issue 1

LETTERS

General Physics

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Elementary Particles and Fields

Nuclear Physics

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, Etc.

Plasma and Beam Physics

Condensed Matter: Structure, Etc.

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, Etc.

Cross-Disciplinary Physics

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