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Physical Review Letters

Volume 80, Issue 3

19 January 1998

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LETTERS

General Physics

Phase Separation in One-Dimensional Driven Diffusive Systems

M. R. Evans, Y. Kafri, H. M. Koduvely, and D. Mukamel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 425 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Elementary Particles and Fields

The String Tension in Massive ${QCD}_{2}$

A. Armoni, Y. Frishman, and J. Sonnenschein

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 430 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Enhanced $b \to sg$ Decay, Inclusive $η^{'}$ Production, and the Gluon Anomaly

Wei-Shu Hou and B. Tseng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 434 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Why is the $B \to η^{'} X$ Decay Width So Large?

Igor Halperin and Ariel Zhitnitsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 438 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Experimental Search for Chargino and Neutralino Production in Supersymmetry Models with a Light Gravitino

B. Abbott et al. (D0 Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 442 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Nuclear Physics

Suppression of $π {NN}^{*}$ Coupling and Chiral Symmetry

D. Jido, M. Oka, and A. Hosaka

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 448 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Comparison of Polarization Observables in Electron Scattering from the Proton and Deuteron

B. D. Milbrath et al. (Bates FPP Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 452 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Measurement of the Induced Proton Polarization $P_{n}$ in the ${}^{12}C (e, e^{'} \vec{p})$ Reaction

R. J. Woo et al. (Bates FPP Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 456 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Giant Halo at the Neutron Drip Line

J. Meng and P. Ring

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 460 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Nonexistence of Resonances in $H^{2 -}$

Toru Morishita, C. D. Lin, and C. G. Bao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 464 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Hydrogen-Deuterium $1 S - 2 S$ Isotope Shift and the Structure of the Deuteron

A. Huber, Th. Udem, B. Gross, J. Reichert, M. Kourogi, K. Pachucki, M. Weitz, and T. W. Hänsch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 468 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

High Resolution Study of Low Lying Correlation Satellites in Xenon

R. C. Shiell, M. Evans, S. Stimson, C-W. Hsu, C. Y. Ng, and J. W. Hepburn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 472 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Fine-Structure Predissociation of Ultracold Photoassociated ${}^{39}K_{2}$ Molecules Observed by Fragmentation Spectroscopy

H. Wang, P. L. Gould, and W. C. Stwalley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 476 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Suppression and Enhancement of Collisions in Optical Lattices

J. Lawall, C. Orzel, and S. L. Rolston

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 480 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Above-Threshold Ionization by an Elliptically Polarized Field: Quantum Tunneling Interferences and Classical Dodging

G. G. Paulus, F. Zacher, H. Walther, A. Lohr, W. Becker, and M. Kleber

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 484 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

New Predictions on Magnetic Rotational Transitions in Scattering of $H_{2}$ by LiF(001)

E. Pijper and G. J. Kroes

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 488 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Oscillation and Generation of Nonclassical States in Three-Photon Down-Conversion

Timo Felbinger, Stephan Schiller, and Jürgen Mlynek

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 492 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, Etc.

Chaos Synchronization in Coupled Chaotic Oscillators with Multiple Positive Lyapunov Exponents

Junzhong Yang, Gang Hu, and Jinghua Xiao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 496 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Advection of Active Particles in Open Chaotic Flows

Zoltán Toroczkai, György Károlyi, Áron Péntek, Tamás Tél, and Celso Grebogi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 500 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Observation of a Novel Large-Signal Four-Photon Instability in Optical Wave Mixing

G. Millot, E. Seve, S. Wabnitz, and S. Trillo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 504 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Analytic Approach to Nonlinear Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov Instabilities

Karnig O. Mikaelian

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 508 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Inverse versus Direct Cascades in Turbulent Advection

M. Chertkov, I. Kolokolov, and M. Vergassola

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 512 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Plasma and Beam Physics

Superradiant Smith-Purcell Emission

J. Urata, M. Goldstein, M. F. Kimmitt, A. Naumov, C. Platt, and J. E. Walsh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 516 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Effect of a Matched Electron Beam on High-Gain Free-Electron-Laser Amplifier Performance

H. P. Freund and P. G. O'Shea

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 520 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Magnetic Field Generation in High-Intensity-Laser–Matter Interactions

R. J. Mason and M. Tabak

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 524 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Transport Optimization and MHD Stability of a Small Aspect Ratio Toroidal Hybrid Stellarator

S. P. Hirshman, D. A. Spong, J. C. Whitson, V. E. Lynch, D. B. Batchelor, B. A. Carreras, and J. A. Rome

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 528 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Condensed Matter: Structure, Etc.

Voids, Layers, and the First Sharp Diffraction Peak in ${ZnCl}_{2}$

Mark Wilson and Paul A. Madden

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 532 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Polymer Conformation near the Critical Point of a Binary Mixture

Kiwing To and Hyoung J. Choi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 536 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Nonlinear Dynamic Rupture in Sapphire

Dov Sherman and Ilan Be'ery

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 540 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

High Frequency Dynamics of Glass Forming Liquids at the Glass Transition

C. Masciovecchio, G. Monaco, G. Ruocco, F. Sette, A. Cunsolo, M. Krisch, A. Mermet, M. Soltwisch, and R. Verbeni

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 544 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Theoretical Study of Raman and Infrared Active Vibrational Modes in Highly Compressed Solid Hydrogen

Kazutaka Nagao and Hitose Nagara

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 548 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Fast Decay of Adatom Islands and Mounds on Cu(111): A New Effective Channel for Interlayer Mass Transport

M. Giesen, G. Schulze Icking-Konert, and H. Ibach

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 552 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Measurement of Energies Controlling Ripening and Annealing on Metal Surfaces

Karina Morgenstern, Georg Rosenfeld, Erik Lægsgaard, Flemming Besenbacher, and George Comsa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 556 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, Etc.

Anderson Localization versus Delocalization of Interacting Fermions in One Dimension

P. Schmitteckert, T. Schulze, C. Schuster, P. Schwab, and U. Eckern

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 560 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Charge and Spin Dynamics of an Ordered Stripe Phase in ${La}_{1 \frac{2}{3}} {Sr}_{\frac{1}{3}} {NiO}_{4}$ Investigated by Raman Spectroscopy

G. Blumberg, M. V. Klein, and S-W. Cheong

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 564 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Localization in Fock Space: A Finite-Energy Scaling Hypothesis for Many-Particle Excitation Statistics

Richard Berkovits and Yshai Avishai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 568 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Hubbard Gap Tunneling in Quantum Dot Chains: An Investigation Using Absorption Spectra

Ryuichi Ugajin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 572 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Quantum Phase Transition in the Skyrmion Lattice

Yu. V. Nazarov and A. V. Khaetskii

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 576 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

New Universality of the Metal-Insulator Transition in an Integer Quantum Hall Effect System

D. N. Sheng and Z. Y. Weng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 580 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Network of Edge States: A Random Josephson Junction Array Description

Leonid P. Pryadko and Karén Chaltikian

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 584 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Observation of a Linear Mean-Free-Path Dependence of the Electron-Phonon Scattering Rate in Thick AuPd Films

Y. L. Zhong and J. J. Lin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 588 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Transparency of the $ab$ Planes of ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} Ca {Cu}_{2} O_{8 + δ}$ to Magnetic Fields

W. J. Kossler, Y. Dai, K. G. Petzinger, A. J. Greer, D. Ll. Williams, E. Koster, D. R. Harshman, and D. B. Mitzi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 592 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Evidence for Supercurrent Quantization in Interfacial Josephson Junctions

M. J. Black, B. W. Alphenaar, and H. Ahmed

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 596 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Vortex Pinning of Anisotropically Splayed Defects in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$

W. K. Kwok, L. M. Paulius, V. M. Vinokur, A. M. Petrean, R. M. Ronningen, and G. W. Crabtree

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 600 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

NMR Study of Zn Doping Effect in Spin Ladder System ${SrCu}_{2} O_{3}$

N. Fujiwara, H. Yasuoka, Y. Fujishiro, M. Azuma, and M. Takano

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 604 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Perpendicular Coupling in Exchange-Biased ${Fe}_{3} O_{4} / CoO$ Superlattices

Y. Ijiri, J. A. Borchers, R. W. Erwin, S.-H. Lee, P. J. van der Zaag, and R. M. Wolf

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 608 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Mixed Quantum-Thermal Relaxation in ${Mn}_{12}$ Acetate Molecules

A. Fort, A. Rettori, J. Villain, D. Gatteschi, and R. Sessoli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 612 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Simulation of the Reorientation Transition in Ultrathin Magnetic Films with Striped and Tetragonal Phases

A. B. MacIsaac, K. De'Bell, and J. P. Whitehead

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 616 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Cross-Disciplinary Physics

Single Chain Core-Shell Nanostructure

Chi Wu and Xingping Qiu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 620 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Supramolecular Liquid Crystallinity: Spherical Coils of Levan Surrounding Cylindrical Rods of DNA

Anne E. Huber and Christopher Viney

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 623 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Observation of Periodic Fine Structure in Reflectance from Biological Tissue: A New Technique for Measuring Nuclear Size Distribution

L. T. Perelman, V. Backman, M. Wallace, G. Zonios, R. Manoharan, A. Nusrat, S. Shields, M. Seiler, C. Lima, T. Hamano, I. Itzkan, J. Van Dam, J. M. Crawford, and M. S. Feld

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 627 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Quantum Nondemolition Monitoring of Universal Quantum Computers

Masanao Ozawa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 631 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Measuring the Global Radioactivity in the Earth by Multidetector Antineutrino Spectroscopy

R. S. Raghavan, S. Schoenert, S. Enomoto, J. Shirai, F. Suekane, and A. Suzuki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 635 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

COMMENTS

Comment on “Scaling Hypothesis for the Spectral Densities in the O(3) Nonlinear Sigma Model”

Adrian Patrascioiu and Erhard Seiler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 639 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Comment on “Dynamical Theory of Quantum Chaos or a Hidden Random Matrix Ensemble?”

Giulio Casati, F. M. Izrailev, and V. V. Sokolov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 640 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Altland and Zirnbauer Reply:

Alexander Altland and Martin R. Zirnbauer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 641 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

ERRATA

Erratum: Collider Phenomenology for Supersymmetry with Large $\tan β$ [Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 986 (1997)]

Howard Baer, Chih-hao Chen, Manuel Drees, Frank Paige, and Xerxes Tata

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 642 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998

Erratum: Comment on “Structure of the As Vacancies on GaAs(110) Surfaces” [Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 3312 (1997)]

J. Harper, G. Lengel, R. E. Allen, and M. Weimer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 643 (1998) - Published 19 January, 1998