Volume 80, Issue 6

R. Wadsworth, R. M. Clark, J. A. Cameron, D. B. Fossan, I. M. Hibbert, V. P. Janzen, R. Krücken, G. J. Lane, I. Y. Lee, A. O. Macchiavelli, C. M. Parry, J. M. Sears, J. F. Smith, A. V. Afanasjev, and I. Ragnarsson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1174 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Nuclear Arrhenius-Type Plots

M. B. Tsang and P. Danielewicz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1178 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

First-Order Phase Transition in Intermediate-Energy Heavy Ion Collisions

Jicai Pan, Subal Das Gupta, and Martin Grant

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1182 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Near Threshold Dissociative Ionization of ${Na}_{2}$ in the $4 {{}^{1}Σ}_{g}^{+}$ State

B. Delahunty and L. Hüwel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1186 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Electron Capture and Ionization of Pb Ions at 33 TeV

H. F. Krause, C. R. Vane, S. Datz, P. Grafström, H. Knudsen, C. Scheidenberger, and R. H. Schuch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1190 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Multiple Excitation and Lifetime of the Sodium Cluster Plasmon Resonance

Ralph Schlipper, Robert Kusche, Bernd von Issendorff, and Hellmut Haberland

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1194 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

“Interaction” (Energy Exchange) Free and Quantum Nondemolition Measurements

Anders Karlsson, Gunnar Björk, and Erik Forsberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1198 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Polarization of Dipole Radiation in Quantum Domain

Alexander S. Shumovsky and Özgür E. Müstecaplıoğlu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1202 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, Etc.

Measurement of the Spatiotemporal Evolution of High-Order Harmonic Radiation Using Chirped Laser Pulse Spectroscopy

J. W. G. Tisch, D. D. Meyerhofer, T. Ditmire, N. Hay, M. B. Mason, and M. H. R. Hutchinson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1204 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Ultrasonic Band Gap in a Periodic Two-Dimensional Composite

F. R. Montero de Espinosa, E. Jiménez, and M. Torres

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1208 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in Elastic-Plastic Materials

Guy Dimonte, Robert Gore, and Marilyn Schneider

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1212 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Turbulent Bénard-Marangoni Convection: Results of Two-Dimensional Simulations

Thomas Boeck and André Thess

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1216 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Plasma and Beam Physics

Magnetic Field Discontinuity as a New Brighter Source of Infrared Synchrotron Radiation

Y.-L. Mathis, P. Roy, B. Tremblay, A. Nucara, S. Lupi, P. Calvani, and A. Gerschel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1220 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Electron-Hole Disruption due to Ion Motion and Formation of Coupled Electron Hole and Ion-Acoustic Soliton in a Plasma

Koichi Saeki and Hitoshi Genma

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1224 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Condensed Matter: Structure, Etc.

High Pressure Adsorbate Structures Studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: CO on Pt(111) in Equilibrium with the Gas Phase

John A. Jensen, Keith B. Rider, Miquel Salmeron, and Gabor A. Somorjai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1228 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Confinement Effects on the Collective Excitations in Thin Nematic Films

M. M. Wittebrood, Th. Rasing, S. Stallinga, and I. Muševič

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1232 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

High Frequency Sound Waves in Vitreous Silica

R. Dell'Anna, G. Ruocco, M. Sampoli, and G. Viliani

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1236 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Crystal-Structure Contribution to the Solid Solubility in Transition Metal Alloys

A. V. Ruban, H. L. Skriver, and J. K. Nørskov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1240 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Low-Energy Excitations in Water: A Simple-Model Analysis

Tsuneyoshi Nakayama

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1244 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Absolute Equation-of-State Data in the 10–40 Mbar (1–4 TPa) Regime

R. Cauble, T. S. Perry, D. R. Bach, K. S. Budil, B. A. Hammel, G. W. Collins, D. M. Gold, J. Dunn, P. Celliers, L. B. Da Silva, M. E. Foord, R. J. Wallace, R. E. Stewart, and N. C. Woolsey

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1248 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Surface Transitions for Confined Associating Mixtures

Michael Kotelyanskii and Sanat K. Kumar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1252 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Strong Critical Fluctuations near a Strongly First-Order Smectic- $C$ –Hexatic- $F$ Phase Transition

D. Rogez, J. L. Gallani, and P. Martinoty

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1256 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Low-Density Ionic Glass

J. Bosse and S. D. Wilke

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1260 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Surface Freezing in Hydrated Alcohol Melts

O. Gang, B. M. Ocko, X. Z. Wu, E. B. Sirota, and M. Deutsch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1264 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Self-Organization of Steps in Growth of Strained Films on Vicinal Substrates

Feng Liu, J. Tersoff, and M. G. Lagally

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1268 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, Etc.

Density Matrix Renormalization Group Study of the Striped Phase in the 2D $t - J$ Model

Steven R. White and D. J. Scalapino

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1272 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Termination of Multifractal behavior for Critical Disordered Dirac Fermions

J.-S. Caux, N. Taniguchi, and A. M. Tsvelik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1276 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Causality and Symmetry in Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory

Robert van Leeuwen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1280 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Electronic Structure of ${NiS}_{1 - x} {Se}_{x}$ across the Phase Transition

D. D. Sarma, S. R. Krishnakumar, Nirmala Chandrasekharan, E. Weschke, C. Schüßler-Langeheine, L. Kilian, and G. Kaindl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1284 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

The Metalliclike Conductivity of a Two-Dimensional Hole System

Y. Hanein, U. Meirav, D. Shahar, C. C. Li, D. C. Tsui, and Hadas Shtrikman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1288 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Metal-Insulator Transition at $B = 0$ in a Dilute Two Dimensional GaAs-AlGaAs Hole Gas

M. Y. Simmons, A. R. Hamilton, M. Pepper, E. H. Linfield, P. D. Rose, D. A. Ritchie, A. K. Savchenko, and T. G. Griffiths

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1292 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Zero Bias Conductance Peak Enhancement in ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8} / Pb$ Tunneling Junctions

Saion Sinha and K.-W. Ng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1296 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Correlations of the Nd Magnetic Moments and Their Influence on the Specific Heat in ${Nd}_{2 - x} {Ce}_{x} {CuO}_{4}$

W. Henggeler, B. Roessli, A. Furrer, P. Vorderwisch, and Tapan Chatterji

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1300 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Berry's Phase for Large Spins in External Fields

V. A. Kalatsky, E. Müller-Hartmann, V. L. Pokrovsky, and G. S. Uhrig

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1304 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Multiple-Spin Exchange on a Triangular Lattice: A Quantitative Interpretation of Thermodynamic Properties of Two-Dimensional Solid ${}^{3}H e$

M. Roger, C. Bäuerle, Yu. M. Bunkov, A.-S. Chen, and H. Godfrin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1308 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Experimental Verification of the Gapless Point in the $S = 1$ Antiferromagnetic Bond Alternating Chain

M. Hagiwara, Y. Narumi, K. Kindo, M. Kohno, H. Nakano, R. Sato, and M. Takahashi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1312 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Softening and Broadening of the Zone Boundary Magnons in $\Pr_{0.63} {Sr}_{0.37} {MnO}_{3}$

H. Y. Hwang, P. Dai, S-W. Cheong, G. Aeppli, D. A. Tennant, and H. A. Mook

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1316 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Description of Spin and Charge Domain Walls in Doped Perovskite-Type $3 d$ Transition-Metal Oxides Based on Superexchange Interaction

T. Mizokawa and A. Fujimori

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1320 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

First Direct Measurement of the Spin Diffusion Rate in a Homogenous Solid

Wurong Zhang and D. G. Cory

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1324 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Changes in Metallicity and Electronic Structure Across the Surface Ferroelectric Transition of Ultrathin Crystalline Poly(vinylidene Fluoride-Trifluoroethylene) Copolymers

Jaewu Choi, P. A. Dowben, Shawn Pebley, A. V. Bune, Stephen Ducharme, V. M. Fridkin, S. P. Palto, and N. Petukhova

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1328 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Water Temperature Dependence of Single Bubble Sonoluminescence

Sascha Hilgenfeldt, Detlef Lohse, and William C. Moss

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1332 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Cryogenic UHV-STM Study of Hydrogen and Deuterium Desorption from Si(100)

E. T. Foley, A. F. Kam, J. W. Lyding, and Ph. Avouris

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1336 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Cross-Disciplinary Physics

Force Correlations and Arch Formation in Granular Assemblies

Mario Nicodemi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1340 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Sequence Compositional Complexity of DNA through an Entropic Segmentation Method

Ramón Román-Roldán, Pedro Bernaola-Galván, and José L. Oliver

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1344 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

COMMENTS

Comment on “DNA Molecular Cousin of Schrödinger's Cat: A Curious Example of Quantum Measurement”

Philip Pearle and Euan Squires

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1348 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Home and Chattopadhyaya Reply:

Dipankar Home and Rajagopal Chattopadhyaya

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1349 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Comment on “Experimental Observation of Electrons Accelerated in Vacuum to Relativistic Energies by a High-Intensity Laser”

Kirk T. McDonald

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1350 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

Comment on “Experimental Observation of Electrons Accelerated in Vacuum to Relativistic Energies by a High-Intensity Laser”

P. Mora and B. Quesnel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1351 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998

ERRATA

Erratum: Observables of Euclidean Supergravity [Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 3121 (1997)]

Ion V. Vancea

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1355 (1998) - Published 9 February, 1998