Volume 81, Issue 16

K. E. Rehm, H. Esbensen, C. L. Jiang, B. B. Back, F. Borasi, B. Harss, R. V. F. Janssens, V. Nanal, J. Nolen, R. C. Pardo, M. Paul, P. Reiter, R. E. Segel, A. Sonzogni, J. Uusitalo, and A. H. Wuosmaa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3341 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Theoretical Study of the $4 f^{14} 6 s$ $^{2} S_{1 / 2} - 4 f^{13} 6 s^{2}$ $^{2} F_{7 / 2}^{0}$ $E 3$ Transition in Yb II

E. Biémont and P. Quinet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3345 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Study of Unimolecular Reactions by Coulomb Explosion Imaging: The Nondecaying Vinylidene

J. Levin, H. Feldman, A. Baer, D. Ben-Hamu, O. Heber, D. Zajfman, and Z. Vager

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3347 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Photodetachment Spectroscopy of a Doubly Charged Anion: Direct Observation of the Repulsive Coulomb Barrier

Xue-Bin Wang, Chuan-Fan Ding, and Lai-Sheng Wang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3351 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Multichannel Cold Collisions: Simple Dependences on Energy and Magnetic Field

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3355 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Coherent Control of the Polarization of an Optical Field

S. Wielandy and Alexander L. Gaeta

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3359 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Breakdown of the Area Theorem: Carrier-Wave Rabi Flopping of Femtosecond Optical Pulses

S. Hughes

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3363 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Eigenvector Statistics in Non-Hermitian Random Matrix Ensembles

J. T. Chalker and B. Mehlig

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3367 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Semiclassical Dynamical Localization and the Multiplicative Semiclassical Propagator

L. Kaplan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3371 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Unstable Periodic Orbit Analysis of Histograms of Chaotic Time Series

Scott M. Zoldi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3375 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Modulational Instability of Solitary Waves in Nondegenerate Three-Wave Mixing: The Role of Phase Symmetries

Dmitry V. Skryabin and William J. Firth

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3379 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Discrete Spatial Optical Solitons in Waveguide Arrays

H. S. Eisenberg, Y. Silberberg, R. Morandotti, A. R. Boyd, and J. S. Aitchison

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3383 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Dynamics of the Euler Buckling Instability

Leonardo Golubović, Dorel Moldovan, and Anatoli Peredera

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3387 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Analytical Solutions of Layzer-Type Approach to Unstable Interfacial Fluid Mixing

Qiang Zhang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3391 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Self-Similar Spatiotemporal Structure of Intermaterial Boundaries in Chaotic Flows

M. M. Alvarez, F. J. Muzzio, S. Cerbelli, A. Adrover, and M. Giona

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3395 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Plasma and Beam Physics

Increased Destabilization of the Parallel Velocity Shear Instabilitydue to Reversed Magnetic Shear

D. R. McCarthy and S. S. Maurer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3399 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Ion Transport in Tokamak Plasmas with Ion Banana Orbits Squeezed by Alfvén Waves

V. S. Tsypin, R. M. O. Galvão, I. C. Nascimento, A. G. Elfimov, M. Tendler, C. A. de Azevedo, and A. S. de Assis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3403 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Dimensionally Exact Energy Confinement Scaling in W7-AS

V. Dose, R. Preuss, and W. von der Linden

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3407 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

High Beam Quality and Efficiency in Plasma-Based Accelerators

T. C. Chiou and T. Katsouleas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3411 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Modulational Interaction of the Lower-Hybrid Waves with a Kinetic-Alfvén Mode

V. D. Shapiro

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3415 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Probe Coherence Volume and the Interpretation of Scattering Experiments

N. Bernhoeft, A. Hiess, S. Langridge, A. Stunault, D. Wermeille, C. Vettier, G. H. Lander, M. Huth, M. Jourdan, and H. Adrian

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3419 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Electron Waves in the $π^{*}$ Surface Band of the Si(001) Surface

Takashi Yokoyama, Masakuni Okamoto, and Kunio Takayanagi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3423 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Convection-Induced Patterns in Phase-Separating Polymeric Fluids

Zdravko Mitov and Eugenia Kumacheva

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3427 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Low Energy Dynamics and Tunneling States in Silica Glass

Kostya Trachenko, Martin T. Dove, Kenton D. Hammonds, Mark J. Harris, and Volker Heine

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3431 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Phase Retrieval by Combined Bragg and Fresnel X-Ray Diffraction Imaging

P. Rejmánková-Pernot, P. Cloetens, J. Baruchel, J.-P. Guigay, and P. Moretti

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3435 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Model Study of Brittle Fracture of Polymers

B. N. J. Persson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3439 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Diffusion of Nitrogen from a Buried Doping Layer in Gallium Arsenide Revealing the Prominent Role of As Interstitials

G. Bösker, N. A. Stolwijk, J. V. Thordson, U. Södervall, and T. G. Andersson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3443 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Diffusion of Atomic Oxygen in ${SiO}_{2}$

D. R. Hamann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3447 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Evidence for Single-Vortex Pinning and Unpinning Events in Superfluid ${}^{4}H e$

P. Hakonen, O. Avenel, and E. Varoquaux

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3451 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

X-Ray Measurements of Noncapillary Spatial Fluctuations from a Liquid Surface

M. Fukuto, R. K. Heilmann, P. S. Pershan, J. A. Griffiths, S. M. Yu, and D. A. Tirrell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3455 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Nucleation and Ordering of an Electrodeposited Two-Dimensional Crystal: Real-Time X-Ray Scattering and Electronic Measurements

A. C. Finnefrock, K. L. Ringland, J. D. Brock, L. J. Buller, and H. D. Abruña

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3459 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Pattern Formation in Unstable Thin Liquid Films

Ashutosh Sharma and Rajesh Khanna

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3463 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Hydrogen Induced Si Surface Segregation on Ge-Covered Si(001)

E. Rudkevich, Feng Liu, D. E. Savage, T. F. Kuech, L. McCaughan, and M. G. Lagally

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3467 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Embedding of Nanoscale 3D SiGe Islands in a Si Matrix

P. Sutter and M. G. Lagally

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3471 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Bunching Transitions on Vicinal Surfaces and Quantum $n$ -mers

V. B. Shenoy, Shiwei Zhang, and W. F. Saam

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3475 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Dynamics of Ripening of Self-Assembled II-VI Semiconductor Quantum Dots

S. Lee, I. Daruka, C. S. Kim, A.-L. Barabási, J. L. Merz, and J. K. Furdyna

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3479 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Regular Mixing in a Two-Dimensional Lattice System: The Coadsorption of N and O on Ru(0001)

C. Nagl, R. Schuster, S. Renisch, and G. Ertl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3483 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Edge Electron Gas

Walter Kohn and Ann E. Mattsson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3487 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Thermometer for the 2D Electron Gas using 1D Thermopower

N. J. Appleyard, J. T. Nicholls, M. Y. Simmons, W. R. Tribe, and M. Pepper

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3491 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Transition Between Coherent and Incoherent Electron Transport in $GaAs / GaAlAs$ Superlattices

C. Rauch, G. Strasser, K. Unterrainer, W. Boxleitner, E. Gornik, and A. Wacker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3495 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Donor Impurities as a Probe of Electron Correlations in a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas in High Magnetic Fields

Z. X. Jiang, B. D. McCombe, and Pawel Hawrylak

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3499 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Universality of Transport Properties in Equilibrium, the Goldstone Theorem, and Chiral Anomaly

Anton Yu. Alekseev, Vadim V. Cheianov, and Jürg Fröhlich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3503 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Experimental Evidence for Coulomb Charging Effects in an Open Quantum Dot at Zero Magnetic Field

C.-T. Liang, M. Y. Simmons, C. G. Smith, G. H. Kim, D. A. Ritchie, and M. Pepper

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3507 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Strong Tunneling in the Single-Electron Box

Jürgen König and Herbert Schoeller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3511 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

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Oscillatory Conductance of Carbon-Atom Wires

N. D. Lang and Ph. Avouris

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3515 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Double Josephson Plasma Resonance in $T^{*}$ Phase ${SmLa}_{1 - x} {Sr}_{x} {CuO}_{4 - δ}$

H. Shibata and T. Yamada

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3519 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Superinsulator Phase of Two-Dimensional Superconductors

A. Krämer and S. Doniach

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3523 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

SU(4) Theory for Spin Systems with Orbital Degeneracy

Y. Q. Li, Michael Ma, D. N. Shi, and F. C. Zhang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3527 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Non-Fermi Liquid Behavior and Griffiths Phase in $f$ -Electron Compounds

A. H. Castro Neto, G. Castilla, and B. A. Jones

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3531 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Manifestations of Electronic Correlations in the Diffraction of Electron Pairs from Crystals

J. Berakdar, S. N. Samarin, R. Herrmann, and J. Kirschner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3535 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Cross-Disciplinary Physics

Size-Dependent Temperature Variation of the Energy Gap in Lead-Salt Quantum Dots

A. Olkhovets, R.-C. Hsu, A. Lipovskii, and F. W. Wise

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3539 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Multiaffine Chemical Turbulence

Yoshiki Kuramoto, Dorjsuren Battogtokh, and Hiroya Nakao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3543 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Optical Communication with Chaotic Waveforms

Gregory D. VanWiggeren and Rajarshi Roy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3547 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

COMMENTS

Comment on “Has a Josephson-Plasma Mode Been Observed in Layered Superconductors?”

M. B. Gaifullin, Y. Matsuda, and L. N. Bulaevskii

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3551 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

Sonin Replies:

E. B. Sonin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3552 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998

ERRATA

Erratum: Strong Correlation Effects in the $(3 \times 3)$ Charge Density Wave Phase of Sn/Ge(111) [Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 3266 (1997)]

A. Goldoni and S. Modesti

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3553 (1998) - Published 19 October, 1998