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Physical Review Letters

Volume 78, Issue 14

7 April 1997

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LETTERS

General Physics

Possible Global Minimum Lattice Configurations for Thomson's Problem of Charges on a Sphere

Eric Lewin Altschuler, Timothy J. Williams, Edward R. Ratner, Robert Tipton, Richard Stong, Farid Dowla, and Frederick Wooten

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2681 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Fluctuations of Bose-Einstein Condensate

Mariusz Gajda and Kazimierz Rza̧żewski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2686 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

MILESTONE

Nonequilibrium Equality for Free Energy Differences

C. Jarzynski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2690 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Neutrino-Induced Nucleosynthesis and the Site of the $r$ Process

W. C. Haxton, K. Langanke, Y.-Z. Qian, and P. Vogel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2694 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Elementary Particles and Fields

Observation of Diffractive $W$ -Boson Production at the Fermilab Tevatron

F. Abe et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2698 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Nuclear Physics

New $^{142, 144} Nd$ $(n, γ)$ Cross Sections and the s-process Origin of the Nd Anomalies in Presolar Meteoric Silicon Carbide Grains

K. H. Guber, R. R. Spencer, P. E. Koehler, and R. R. Winters

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2704 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Suppression of Core Polarization in Halo Nuclei

T. T. S. Kuo, F. Krmpotić, and Y. Tzeng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2708 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Energy-Exchange Effects in Few-Particle Coulomb Scattering

Jamal Berakdar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2712 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Temporal Coherent Control in Two-Photon Transitions: From Optical Interferences to Quantum Interferences

Valérie Blanchet, Céline Nicole, Mohamed-Aziz Bouchene, and Bertrand Girard

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2716 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Analysis of Unexplained Oscillations in Intermediate-Energy Ion-Atom Collisions

D. R. Schultz, C. O. Reinhold, and P. S. Krstić

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2720 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Spin-Orbit and Exchange Effects in Neon $3 p$ States

D. H. Yu, P. A. Hayes, J. E. Furst, and J. F. Williams

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2724 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Hydrogen Formation by Proton Impact on Positronium

J. P. Merrison, H. Bluhme, J. Chevallier, B. I. Deutch, P. Hvelplund, L. V. Jørgensen, H. Knudsen, M. R. Poulsen, and M. Charlton

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2728 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

High Energy Ion Explosion of Atomic Clusters: Transition from Molecular to Plasma Behavior

T. Ditmire, J. W. G. Tisch, E. Springate, M. B. Mason, N. Hay, J. P. Marangos, and M. H. R. Hutchinson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2732 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, Etc.

Dominance of Milnor Attractors and Noise-Induced Selection in a Multiattractor System

Kunihiko Kaneko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2736 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Broadband Free Electron Laser by the Use of Prebunched Electron Beam

Yukio Shibata, Kimihiro Ishi, Shuichi Ono, Yuta Inoue, Satoshi Sasaki, Mikihiko Ikezawa, Toshiharu Takahashi, Tomochika Matsuyama, Katsuhei Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Fujita, and Evgueni G. Bessonov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2740 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Dynamics of Multisoliton Interactions in Parametrically Resonant Systems

Xinlong Wang and Rongjue Wei

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2744 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Short Pulse X-Ray Laser at 32.6 nm Based on Transient Gain in Ne-like Titanium

P. V. Nickles, V. N. Shlyaptsev, M. Kalachnikov, M. Schnürer, I. Will, and W. Sandner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2748 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Experimental Realization of Second Harmonic Generation in a Fibonacci Optical Superlattice of LiTa $O_{3}$

Shi-ning Zhu, Yong-yuan Zhu, Yi-qiang Qin, Hai-feng Wang, Chuan-zhen Ge, and Nai-ben Ming

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2752 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Spatial Modulational Instability and Multisolitonlike Generation in a Quadratically Nonlinear Optical Medium

R. A. Fuerst, D.-M. Baboiu, B. Lawrence, W. E. Torruellas, G. I. Stegeman, Stefano Trillo, and Stefan Wabnitz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2756 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Light-Driven Molecular Motor

T. V. Galstyan and V. Drnoyan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2760 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Thermodynamic Theory of Weakly Excited Granular Systems

Hisao Hayakawa and Daniel C. Hong

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2764 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Density Expansion for Transport Coefficients: Long-Wavelength versus Fermi Surface Nonanalyticities

F. Evers, D. Belitz, and Wansoo Park

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2768 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Plasma and Beam Physics

First Observation of a Snake Depolarizing Resonance

R. A. Phelps, V. A. Anferov, B. B. Blinov, D. A. Crandell, S. V. Koutin, A. D. Krisch, T. J. Liu, L. G. Ratner, V. K. Wong, C. M. Chu, S. Y. Lee, T. Rinckel, P. Schwandt, F. Sperisen, E. J. Stephenson, B. von Przewoski, and H. Sato

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2772 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Condensed Matter: Structure, Etc.

Selective Study of Fe Atoms at the Interfaces of an Fe/Ir(100) Superlattice by means of Diffraction Anomalous Fine Structure

H. Renevier, J. L. Hodeau, P. Wolfers, S. Andrieu, J. Weigelt, and R. Frahm

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2775 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Spin Effects in Plasticity

M. Molotskii and V. Fleurov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2779 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Solid Molecular Hydrogen: The Broken Symmetry Phase

Jorge Kohanoff, Sandro Scandolo, Guido L. Chiarotti, and Erio Tosatti

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2783 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

X-ray Scattering Study of Early Stage Spinodal Decomposition in ${Al}_{0.62} {Zn}_{0.38}$

J. Mainville, Y. S. Yang, K. R. Elder, M. Sutton, K. F. Ludwig, Jr., and G. B. Stephenson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2787 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Evolution of Mound Morphology in Reversible Homoepitaxy on Cu(100)

J.-K. Zuo and J. F. Wendelken

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2791 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Ripple Structure on Ag(110) Surface Induced by Ion Sputtering

S. Rusponi, C. Boragno, and U. Valbusa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2795 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, Etc.

Quantum Melting of Magnetic Order due to Orbital Fluctuations

Louis Felix Feiner, Andrzej M. Oleś, and Jan Zaanen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2799 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Quasiparticle Lifetime in a Finite System: A Nonperturbative Approach

Boris L. Altshuler, Yuval Gefen, Alex Kamenev, and Leonid S. Levitov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2803 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Overlayer Test of Surface Photoemission Effect in Cu(100)

E. D. Hansen, T. Miller, and T.-C. Chiang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2807 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Electronic Structure and Localized States at Carbon Nanotube Tips

D. L. Carroll, P. Redlich, P. M. Ajayan, J. C. Charlier, X. Blase, A. De Vita, and R. Car

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2811 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Electron Fringes on a Quantum Wedge

I. B. Altfeder, K. A. Matveev, and D. M. Chen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2815 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Million-Atom Pseudopotential Calculation of $γ$ - $X$ Mixing in $GaAs / AlAs$ Superlattices and Quantum Dots

Lin-Wang Wang, Alberto Franceschetti, and Alex Zunger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2819 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Two-Dimensional Micro-Optics of Surface Plasmons

Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi and Fedor A. Pudonin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2823 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Decay Free Microwave Magnetic Envelope Soliton Pulse Trains in Yttrium Iron Garnet Thin Films

Boris A. Kalinikos, Nikolai G. Kovshikov, and Carl E. Patton

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2827 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Metal-Insulator Transitions in the Kondo Insulator FeSi and Classic Semiconductors Are Similar

J. F. DiTusa, K. Friemelt, E. Bucher, G. Aeppli, and A. P. Ramirez

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2831 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Muonium Formation via Electron Transport in Silicon

V. Storchak, S. F. J. Cox, S. P. Cottrell, J. H. Brewer, G. D. Morris, D. J. Arseneau, and B. Hitti

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2835 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Excitons and Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering in Graphite

Michel van Veenendaal and Paolo Carra

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2839 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Momentum Transfer Dependence of Inelastic X-Ray Scattering from the Li $K$ Edge

M. H. Krisch, F. Sette, C. Masciovecchio, and R. Verbeni

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2843 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

An Atom-Specific Look at the Surface Chemical Bond

A. Nilsson, M. Weinelt, T. Wiell, P. Bennich, O. Karis, N. Wassdahl, J. Stöhr, and M. G. Samant

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2847 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Atomic Theory of Electron Energy Loss from Transition Metal Oxides

J. J. M. Michiels, J. E. Inglesfield, C. J. Noble, V. M. Burke, and P. G. Burke

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2851 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Cross-Disciplinary Physics

Two Dimensional Ice Adsorbed on Mica Surface

M. Odelius, M. Bernasconi, and M. Parrinello

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2855 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Freezing Flexible Vesicles

G. Gompper and D. M. Kroll

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2859 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

COMMENTS

Comment on “Static Freezing Transition at a Finite Temperature in a Quasi-One-Dimensional Deuteron Glass”

Bog-Gi Kim and Jong-Jean Kim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2863 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Hemberger et al. Reply:

J. Hemberger, H. Ries, A. Loidl, and R. Böhmer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2864 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Comment on “Precursors and Transition to Chaos in a Quantum Well in a Tilted Magnetic Field”

T. M. Fromhold, P. B. Wilkinson, F. W. Sheard, and L. Eaves

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2865 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Boebinger et al. Reply:

G. S. Boebinger, E. E. Narimanov, and A. Douglas Stone

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2866 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

ERRATA

Casimir Interaction of Spheres in a Fluid at the Critical Point [Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 3189 (1995)]

Theodore W. Burkhardt and Erich Eisenriegler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2867 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997

Microscopic Origin of Cholesteric Pitch [Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 1476 (1997)]

A. B. Harris, Randall D. Kamien, and T. C. Lubensky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2867 (1997) - Published 7 April, 1997