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Physical Review Letters

Volume 80, Issue 10

9 March 1998

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HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Measurement of the Top Quark Mass Using Dilepton Events

B. Abbott et al. (D0 Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2063 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

LETTERS

General Physics

Quantum Measurement Backreaction and Induced Topological Phases

Y. Aharonov, T. Kaufherr, S. Popescu, and B. Reznik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2023 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Optical Confinement of a Bose-Einstein Condensate

D. M. Stamper-Kurn, M. R. Andrews, A. P. Chikkatur, S. Inouye, H.-J. Miesner, J. Stenger, and W. Ketterle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2027 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Growth and Collapse of a Bose-Einstein Condensate with Attractive Interactions

C. A. Sackett, H. T. C. Stoof, and R. G. Hulet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2031 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Largest Lyapunov Exponent for Many Particle Systems at Low Densities

R. van Zon, H. van Beijeren, and Ch. Dellago

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2035 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Electron Neutrino Mass Measurement by Supernova Neutrino Bursts and Implications for Hot Dark Matter

Tomonori Totani

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2039 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Results from a High-Sensitivity Search for Cosmic Axions

C. Hagmann, D. Kinion, W. Stoeffl, K. van Bibber, E. Daw, H. Peng, Leslie J Rosenberg, J. LaVeigne, P. Sikivie, N. S. Sullivan, D. B. Tanner, F. Nezrick, Michael S. Turner, D. M. Moltz, J. Powell, and N. A. Golubev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2043 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Elementary Particles and Fields

Stringent New Bounds on Supersymmetric Higgs Bosons from Existing Tevatron Data

Manuel Drees, Monoranjan Guchait, and Probir Roy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2047 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Search for First Generation Scalar Leptoquark Pairs in $p \bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.8 TeV$

B. Abbott et al. (D0 Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2051 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Measurement of the $B^{0} - {\bar{B}}^{0}$ Oscillation Frequency Using $π - B$ Meson Charge-Flavor Correlations in $p \bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.8 TeV$

F. Abe et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2057 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Measurement of the Top Quark Mass Using Dilepton Events

B. Abbott et al. (D0 Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2063 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Nuclear Physics

Threshold Structure of the Quasifree $p + n \to d + η$ Reaction

H. Calén et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2069 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Experimental Evidence for Hyperdeformed States in U Isotopes

A. Krasznahorkay, M. Hunyadi, M. N. Harakeh, M. Csatlós, T. Faestermann, A. Gollwitzer, G. Graw, J. Gulyás, D. Habs, R. Hertenberger, H. J. Maier, Z. Máté, D. Rudolph, P. Thirolf, J. Timár, and B. D. Valnion

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2073 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Blocking of Octupole Correlations Deduced from the Decay of a Multiparticle Isomer in $^{212} At$

A. P. Byrne, S. Bayer, G. D. Dracoulis, and T. Kibédi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2077 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Quadrupole Collectivity in $^{32, 34, 36, 38} Si$ and the $N = 20$ Shell Closure

R. W. Ibbotson, T. Glasmacher, B. A. Brown, L. Chen, M. J. Chromik, P. D. Cottle, M. Fauerbach, K. W. Kemper, D. J. Morrissey, H. Scheit, and M. Thoennessen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2081 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

$β^{+}$ Decay Partial Half-Life of $^{54} Mn$ and Cosmic Ray Chronometry

A. H. Wuosmaa, I. Ahmad, S. M. Fischer, J. P. Greene, G. Hackman, V. Nanal, G. Savard, J. P. Schiffer, P. Wilt, Sam M. Austin, B. A. Brown, S. J. Freedman, and J. J. Connell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2085 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Laser-Cooled Mercury Ion Frequency Standard

D. J. Berkeland, J. D. Miller, J. C. Bergquist, W. M. Itano, and D. J. Wineland

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2089 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Hindered Rotational Diffusion and Rotational Jumps of Single Molecules

T. Ha, J. Glass, Th. Enderle, D. S. Chemla, and S. Weiss

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2093 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Prospects for Mixed-Isotope Bose-Einstein Condensates in Rubidium

James P. Burke, Jr., John L. Bohn, B. D. Esry, and Chris H. Greene

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2097 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Complete Results for Positronium Energy Levels at Order $m α^{6}$

Krzysztof Pachucki and Savely G. Karshenboim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2101 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, Etc.

Constrained Randomization of Time Series Data

Thomas Schreiber

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2105 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Master Stability Functions for Synchronized Coupled Systems

Louis M. Pecora and Thomas L. Carroll

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2109 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Selection of the Saffman-Taylor Finger Width in the Absence of Surface Tension: An Exact Result

Mark Mineev-Weinstein

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2113 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Dynamics of a Liquid Column Array under Periodic Boundary Conditions

C. Counillon, L. Daudet, T. Podgorski, and L. Limat

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2117 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Intermittent Dissipation of a Passive Scalar in Turbulence

M. Chertkov, G. Falkovich, and I. Kolokolov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2121 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Nonlinear Modes of Liquid Drops as Solitary Waves

A. Ludu and J. P. Draayer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2125 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Plasma and Beam Physics

“White-light” Laser Cooling of a Fast Stored Ion Beam

S. N. Atutov, R. Calabrese, R. Grimm, V. Guidi, I. Lauer, P. Lenisa, V. Luger, E. Mariotti, L. Moi, A. Peters, U. Schramm, and M. Stößel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2129 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Observation of Electron Energies Beyond the Linear Dephasing Limit from a Laser-Excited Relativistic Plasma Wave

D. Gordon, K. C. Tzeng, C. E. Clayton, A. E. Dangor, V. Malka, K. A. Marsh, A. Modena, W. B. Mori, P. Muggli, Z. Najmudin, D. Neely, C. Danson, and C. Joshi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2133 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Strong $E \times B$ Flow Shear and Reduced Fluctuations in a Reversed-Field Pinch

B. E. Chapman, C.-S. Chiang, S. C. Prager, J. S. Sarff, and M. R. Stoneking

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2137 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Condensed Matter: Structure, Etc.

High-Frequency Dynamics in a Molten Binary Alloy

M. Alvarez, F. J. Bermejo, P. Verkerk, and B. Roessli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2141 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

High Pressure Polymorphism in Silica

David M. Teter, Russell J. Hemley, Georg Kresse, and Jürgen Hafner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2145 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

A New Phase and Pressure Induced Amorphization in Silica

Renata M. Wentzcovitch, Cesar da Silva, James R. Chelikowsky, and Nadia Binggeli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2149 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Predicting the Future of a Complicated Surface Structure: Grain Coarsening of $p (2 \times 2) O / Ru (0001)$

A. K. Schmid, R. Q. Hwang, and N. C. Bartelt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2153 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Estimation of Single-Crystal Elastic Moduli from Polycrystalline X-Ray Diffraction at High Pressure: Application to FeO and Iron

Anil K. Singh, Ho-kwang Mao, Jinfu Shu, and Russell J. Hemley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2157 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Determination of the Infinite Frequency Sound Velocity in the Glass Former $o$ -Terphenyl

G. Monaco, C. Masciovecchio, G. Ruocco, and F. Sette

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2161 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Multicritical Behavior in Coupled Directed Percolation Processes

Uwe C. Täuber, Martin J. Howard, and Haye Hinrichsen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2165 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Quantum Sticking, Scattering, and Transmission of ${}^{4}H e$ atoms from Superfluid ${}^{4}H e$ Surfaces

C. E. Campbell, E. Krotscheck, and M. Saarela

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2169 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Bond Geometry and Phase Transition Mechanism of H-Bonded Ferroelectrics

A. Bussmann-Holder and K. H. Michel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2173 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, Etc.

Energetics and Vibrational Frequencies of Interstitial $H_{2}$ Molecules in Semiconductors

Chris G. Van de Walle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2177 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Magic Angles and the Ground States in $(TMTSF)_{2} {PF}_{6}$

E. I. Chashechkina and P. M. Chaikin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2181 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Influence of Collective Effects on the Linewidth of Intersubband Resonance

R. J. Warburton, K. Weilhammer, J. P. Kotthaus, M. Thomas, and H. Kroemer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2185 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Dynamical Mean Field Theory of the Bose-Hubbard Model

Luigi Amico and Vittorio Penna

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2189 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Theory of Quasiparticles in the Underdoped High- $T_{c}$ Superconducting State

Xiao-Gang Wen and Patrick A. Lee

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2193 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Fractal Networks, Braiding Channels, and Voltage Noise in Intermittently Flowing Rivers of Quantized Magnetic Flux

C. J. Olson, C. Reichhardt, and Franco Nori

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2197 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Impurity-Pinned Solitons in the Two-Dimensional Antiferromagnet Detected by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance

K. Subbaraman, C. E. Zaspel, and John E. Drumheller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2201 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Spin-Wave Dynamics in Real Crystals

Qian Niu and Leonard Kleinman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2205 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Theory of the Magnetization Reversal of Ultrathin Fe Films on a Cr Substrate

A. F. Khapikov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2209 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Experimental and Model Theoretical Dispersions of Unoccupied Metallic Quantum Well States in the Cu/fccCo/Cu(100) System

F. G. Curti, A. Danese, and R. A. Bartynski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2213 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Heat Induced Antiferromagnetic Coupling in Multilayers with Ge Spacers

P. Walser, M. Schleberger, P. Fuchs, and M. Landolt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2217 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Interfacial Magnetism of Eu/Gd(0001) Studied by Magnetic Circular Dichroism in Photoemission

Elke Arenholz, Kai Starke, Günter Kaindl, and Peter J. Jensen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2221 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Evidence for a $1 - q$ to $3 - q$ Transition and $3 - q$ Soliton Lattice in Incommensurate Proustite

T. Apih, U. Mikac, J. Seliger, J. Dolins̆ek, and R. Blinc

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2225 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Cross-Disciplinary Physics

Surface Atomic Structure of KDP Crystals in Aqueous Solution: An Explanation of the Growth Shape

S. A. de Vries, P. Goedtkindt, S. L. Bennett, W. J. Huisman, M. J. Zwanenburg, D.-M. Smilgies, J. J. De Yoreo, W. J. P. van Enckevort, P. Bennema, and E. Vlieg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2229 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Embrittlement and the Bistable Crystal Structure of Zirconium Hydride

G. J. Ackland

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2233 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Protein Design in a Lattice Model of Hydrophobic and Polar Amino Acids

Cristian Micheletti, Flavio Seno, Amos Maritan, and Jayanth R. Banavar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2237 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Drug Binding to DNA: Observation of the Drug-DNA Hydrogen-Bond-Stretching Modes of Netropsin Bound to DNA via Raman Spectroscopy

S. A. Lee, A. Rupprecht, and Y. Z. Chen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2241 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Entanglement of Formation of an Arbitrary State of Two Qubits

William K. Wootters

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2245 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Optical Cryptosystem Based on Synchronization of Hyperchaos Generated by a Delayed Feedback Tunable Laser Diode

Jean-Pierre Goedgebuer, Laurent Larger, and Henri Porte

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2249 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

COMMENTS

Comment on “Anisotropy of Heat Conduction in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{6.9}$ : A Probe of Chain Superconductivity”

B. W. Statt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2253 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Gagnon, Pu, Ellman, and Taillefer Reply:

Robert Gagnon, Song Pu, Brett Ellman, and Louis Taillefer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2254 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

ERRATA

Erratum: Voltage-Biased Quantum Wire with Impurities [Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 538 (1996)]

Reinhold Egger and Hermann Grabert

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2255 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998

Erratum: Nonlinear Kinetic Fluid Equations [Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 3419 (1997)]

Nathan Mattor and Scott E. Parker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2256 (1998) - Published 9 March, 1998