Volume 80, Issue 19

11 May 1998

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HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Quantum Delta-Kicked Rotor: Experimental Observation of Decoherence

H. Ammann, R. Gray, I. Shvarchuck, and N. Christensen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4111 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Real-Time Cavity QED with Single Atoms

C. J. Hood, M. S. Chapman, T. W. Lynn, and H. J. Kimble

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4157 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

LETTERS

General Physics

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Quantum Delta-Kicked Rotor: Experimental Observation of Decoherence

H. Ammann, R. Gray, I. Shvarchuck, and N. Christensen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4111 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Elementary Particles and Fields

Spectrum of Large $N$ Gauge Theory from Supergravity

Gary T. Horowitz and Hirosi Ooguri

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4116 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Is There a Landau Pole Problem in QED?

M. Göckeler, R. Horsley, V. Linke, P. Rakow, G. Schierholz, and H. Stüben

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4119 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Measurement of the Branching Fraction of the Decay $K_{L} \to π^{+} π^{-} e^{+} e^{-}$

J. Adams et al. (KTeV Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4123 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Investigation of Semileptonic $B$ Meson Decays to $p$ -Wave Charm Mesons

A. Anastassov et al. (CLEO Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4127 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Nuclear Physics

New Limit of the $G$ -Parity Irregular Weak Nucleon Current Disclosed in $β$ -Ray Angular Distributions from Spin Aligned ${}^{12}B$ and ${}^{12}N$

T. Minamisono, K. Matsuta, T. Yamaguchi, K. Minamisono, T. Ikeda, Y. Muramoto, M. Fukuda, Y. Nojiri, A. Kitagawa, K. Koshigiri, and M. Morita

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4132 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Directed and Elliptic Flow in 158 GeV/Nucleon $P b + P b$ Collisions

H. Appelshäuser et al. (NA49 Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4136 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Bremsstrahlung in $α$ Decay

Thomas Papenbrock and George F. Bertsch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4141 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Quantal and Thermal Dampings of Giant Dipole Resonances in $^{90} Zr$ , $^{120} Sn$ , and $^{208} Pb$

Nguyen Dinh Dang and Akito Arima

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4145 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Resolved-Sideband Raman Cooling to the Ground State of an Optical Lattice

S. E. Hamann, D. L. Haycock, G. Klose, P. H. Pax, I. H. Deutsch, and P. S. Jessen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4149 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

van der Waals Energies in Density Functional Theory

Walter Kohn, Yigal Meir, and Dmitrii E. Makarov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4153 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Real-Time Cavity QED with Single Atoms

C. J. Hood, M. S. Chapman, T. W. Lynn, and H. J. Kimble

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4157 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, Etc.

Quantum Billiards with Surface Scattering: Ballistic Sigma-Model Approach

Ya. M. Blanter, A. D. Mirlin, and B. A. Muzykantskii

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4161 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Intensity Distribution of Modes in Surface Corrugated Waveguides

A. García-Martín, J. A. Torres, J. J. Sáenz, and M. Nieto-Vesperinas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4165 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Thirring Solitons in the Presence of Dispersion

Alan R. Champneys, Boris A. Malomed, and Mark J. Friedman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4169 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Euler-Poincaré Models of Ideal Fluids with Nonlinear Dispersion

Darryl D. Holm, Jerrold E. Marsden, and Tudor S. Ratiu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4173 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Adaptive Mesh Refinement for Singular Solutions of the Incompressible Euler Equations

Rainer Grauer, Christiane Marliani, and Kai Germaschewski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4177 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Transition to Normal Fluid Turbulence in Helium II

David J. Melotte and Carlo F. Barenghi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4181 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Plasma and Beam Physics

Electrostatic Turbulence and Transport in the Velocity Shear Layer of a Reversed Field Pinch Plasma

V. Antoni, R. Cavazzana, D. Desideri, E. Martines, G. Serianni, and L. Tramontin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4185 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Probe-Induced Particle Circulation in a Plasma Crystal

D. A. Law, W. H. Steel, B. M. Annaratone, and J. E. Allen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4189 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Condensed Matter: Structure, Etc.

Cavity Expulsion and Weak Dewetting of Hydrophobic Solutes in Water

Gerhard Hummer and Shekhar Garde

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4193 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Observation of New Ring Isomers for Carbon Cluster Anions

Ph. Dugourd, R. R. Hudgins, J. M. Tenenbaum, and M. F. Jarrold

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4197 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Role of Self-Interstitial Atoms on the High Temperature Properties of Metals

K. Nordlund and R. S. Averback

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4201 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Pressure-Induced In-Glass Structural Transformation in the Amorphous Polymer Poly(methylmethacrylate)

A. Mermet, A. Cunsolo, E. Duval, M. Krisch, C. Masciovecchio, S. Perghem, G. Ruocco, F. Sette, R. Verbeni, and G. Viliani

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4205 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Absence of an Isotope Effect in the Two Level Spectrum of Amorphous Ice

N. I. Agladze and A. J. Sievers

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4209 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Composition-Driven Shape Transformations of Membranes of Complex Topology

Wojciech T. Góźdź and Gerhard Gompper

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4213 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Energy Constrained Sandpile Models

Alessandro Chessa, Enzo Marinari, and Alessandro Vespignani

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4217 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

New Nonlinear Evolution Equation for Steps during Molecular Beam Epitaxy on Vicinal Surfaces

O. Pierre-Louis, C. Misbah, Y. Saito, J. Krug, and P. Politi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4221 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Nucleation Mechanism of ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$ on ${SrTiO}_{3} (001)$

T. Haage, J. Zegenhagen, H.-U. Habermeier, and M. Cardona

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4225 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Exchange-Barrier Effects on Nucleation and Growth of Surfactant-Mediated Epitaxy

Ing-Shouh Hwang, Tien-Chih Chang, and Tien T. Tsong

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4229 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Control of Chaotic Wandering of an Isolated Step by the Drift of Adatoms

Masahide Sato, Makio Uwaha, and Yukio Saito

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4233 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, Etc.

Phase Diagram of the Spin Polarization of Composite Fermions and a New Effective Mass

K. Park and J. K. Jain

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4237 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Semimetal to Semiconductor Transition in Carbon Nanoparticles

Gregory P. Lopinski, Vladimir I. Merkulov, and Jeffrey S. Lannin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4241 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Systematics of the Photoemission Spectral Function of Cuprates: Insulators and Hole- and Electron-Doped Superconductors

C. Kim, P. J. White, Z.-X. Shen, T. Tohyama, Y. Shibata, S. Maekawa, B. O. Wells, Y. J. Kim, R. J. Birgeneau, and M. A. Kastner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4245 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Surface-Plasmon Resonances in Single Metallic Nanoparticles

T. Klar, M. Perner, S. Grosse, G. von Plessen, W. Spirkl, and J. Feldmann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4249 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Correlation Effects in the Compton Profile of Silicon

Balázs Králik, Paul Delaney, and Steven G. Louie

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4253 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Random Dirac Fermions and Non-Hermitian Quantum Mechanics

Christopher Mudry, B. D. Simons, and Alexander Altland

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4257 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Temperature-Frequency Scaling in Amorphous Niobium-Silicon near the Metal-Insulator Transition

Hok-Ling Lee, John P. Carini, David V. Baxter, and George Grüner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4261 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Dynamic Image Potential at an Al(111) Surface

I. D. White, R. W. Godby, M. M. Rieger, and R. J. Needs

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4265 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

One-Dimensional Delocalized Adsorbate Bloch States on a Semiconductor Surface: $C_{2} H_{4} / Si (001) - (2 \times 1)$

W. Widdra, A. Fink, S. Gokhale, P. Trischberger, D. Menzel, U. Birkenheuer, U. Gutdeutsch, and N. Rösch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4269 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Quantum Interference and Electron-Electron Interactions at Strong Spin-Orbit Coupling in Disordered Systems

Yuli Lyanda-Geller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4273 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Capacitance of Atomic Junctions

Jian Wang, Hong Guo, Jose-Luis Mozos, C. C. Wan, Gianni Taraschi, and Qingrong Zheng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4277 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Excitation of a Magnetic Multilayer by an Electric Current

M. Tsoi, A. G. M. Jansen, J. Bass, W.-C. Chiang, M. Seck, V. Tsoi, and P. Wyder

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4281 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Quasiclassical Theory of Twin Boundaries in High- $T_{c}$ Superconductors

W. Belzig, C. Bruder, and M. Sigrist

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4285 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Coherent Electron Transport in Superconducting-Normal Metallic Films

Frank K. Wilhelm, Andrei D. Zaikin, and Hervé Courtois

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4289 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

General Features of Quantum Creep in High- $T_{c}$ Superconductors

A. F. Th. Hoekstra, R. Griessen, A. M. Testa, J. el Fattahi, M. Brinkmann, K. Westerholt, W. K. Kwok, and G. W. Crabtree

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4293 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

First-Order Vortex-Lattice Phase Transition in $({La}_{1 - x} {Sr}_{x})_{2} {CuO}_{4}$ Single Crystals: Universal Scaling of the Transition Lines in High-Temperature Superconductors

T. Sasagawa, K. Kishio, Y. Togawa, J. Shimoyama, and K. Kitazawa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4297 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

X-Ray Diffraction Measurement of the Effect of Layer Thickness on the Ferroelectric Transition in Epitaxial ${KTaO}_{3} / {KNbO}_{3}$ Multilayers

E. D. Specht, H.-M. Christen, D. P. Norton, and L. A. Boatner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4317 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

First-Principles Study of Piezoelectricity in ${PbTiO}_{3}$

Gotthard Sághi-Szabó, Ronald E. Cohen, and Henry Krakauer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4321 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Synergy of Electronic Excitations and Elastic Collision Spikes in Sputtering of Heavy Metal Oxides

T. Schenkel, A. V. Barnes, A. V. Hamza, D. H. Schneider, J. C. Banks, and B. L. Doyle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4325 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Fluctuations of Quasi-Two-Dimensional Smectics Intercalated between Membranes in Multilamellar Phases of DNA-Cationic Lipid Complexes

Leonardo Golubović and Mirjana Golubović

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4341 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Sliding Columnar Phase of DNA-Lipid Complexes

C. S. O'Hern and T. C. Lubensky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4345 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Stochastic Equation for the Erosion of Inclined Topography

Romualdo Pastor-Satorras and Daniel H. Rothman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4349 (1998) - Published 11 May, 1998

Volume 80, Issue 19

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

LETTERS

General Physics

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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