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Physical Review Letters

Volume 81, Issue 2

13 July 1998

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HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Temporal Coherence of Ultrashort High-Order Harmonic Pulses

M. Bellini, C. Lyngå, A. Tozzi, M. B. Gaarde, T. W. Hänsch, A. L'Huillier, and C.-G. Wahlström

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 297 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Site-Selective Reaction of ${Br}_{2}$ with Second Layer Ga Atoms on the As-rich $GaAs (001) - 2 \times 4$ Surface

Yong Liu, Andrew J. Komrowski, and Andrew C. Kummel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 413 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

LETTERS

General Physics

Dynamical Response of a Bose-Einstein Condensate to a Discontinuous Change in Internal State

M. R. Matthews, D. S. Hall, D. S. Jin, J. R. Ensher, C. E. Wieman, E. A. Cornell, F. Dalfovo, C. Minniti, and S. Stringari

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 243 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Universality in Chiral Random Matrix Theory at $β = 1$ and $β = 4$

M. K. Şener and J. J. M. Verbaarschot

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 248 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Critical Disordered Systems with Constraints and the Inequality $ν > 2 / d$

Amnon Aharony, A. Brooks Harris, and Shai Wiseman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 252 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Statistical Origin of Black Hole Entropy in Matrix Theory

David A. Lowe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 256 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Cosmic Topological Defects, Highest Energy Cosmic Rays, and the Baryon Asymmetry of the Universe

Pijushpani Bhattacharjee

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 260 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Elementary Particles and Fields

Chiral Disorder in QCD

Romuald A. Janik, Maciej A. Nowak, Gábor Papp, and Ismail Zahed

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 264 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Thouless Energy and Correlations of QCD Dirac Eigenvalues

J. C. Osborn and J. J. M. Verbaarschot

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 268 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Observation of $B^{+} \to {ω K}^{+}$ and Search for Related $B$ Decays Modes

T. Bergfeld et al. (CLEO Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 272 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Electroweak Radiative Corrections to $b \to s γ$

Andrzej Czarnecki and William J. Marciano

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 277 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Nuclear Physics

Shell Model Calculation of the $β^{-}$ and $β^{+}$ Partial Half-Lives of ${}^{54}M n$ and Other Unique Second Forbidden $β$ Decays

Gabriel Martínez-Pinedo and Petr Vogel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 281 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Vibrorotational Structure in Asymmetric Doubly Excited States

N. V. Prudov and V. N. Ostrovsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 285 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Production of Purely Spin-Aligned Autoionizing States Which Decay to Orbital-Aligned Ionic States

K. W. McLaughlin, O. Yenen, and D. H. Jaecks

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 289 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Phase Control of Spontaneous Emission

E. Paspalakis and P. L. Knight

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 293 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Temporal Coherence of Ultrashort High-Order Harmonic Pulses

M. Bellini, C. Lyngå, A. Tozzi, M. B. Gaarde, T. W. Hänsch, A. L'Huillier, and C.-G. Wahlström

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 297 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Subnatural Linewidths in Core Level Excitation Spectra

A. Kivimäki, K. Maier, U. Hergenhahn, M. N. Piancastelli, B. Kempgens, A. Rüdel, and A. M. Bradshaw

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 301 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Direct Measurement of Rotationally Inelastic Cross Sections at Astrophysical and Quantum Collisional Temperatures

Christopher D. Ball and Frank C. De Lucia

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 305 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Measurement of Cross Sections for Electron Excitation out of the Metastable Levels of Argon

Garrett A. Piech, John B. Boffard, Mark F. Gehrke, L. W. Anderson, and Chun C. Lin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 309 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Strong Relativistic Effects and Natural Linewidths Observed in Dielectronic Recombination of Lithiumlike Carbon

S. Mannervik, D. DeWitt, L. Engström, J. Lidberg, E. Lindroth, R. Schuch, and W. Zong

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 313 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Theory of Heating of the Quantum Ground State of Trapped Ions

Daniel F. V. James

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 317 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Phase Jumps near a Phase Synchronization Transition in Systems of Two Coupled Chaotic Oscillators

Kyoung J. Lee, Yongho Kwak, and Tong Kun Lim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 321 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Singularity Confinement and Chaos in Discrete Systems

Jarmo Hietarinta and Claude Viallet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 325 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Statistical Distribution of Intensities Reflected from Disordered Media

A. García-Martín, T. López-Ciudad, J. J. Sáenz, and M. Nieto-Vesperinas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 329 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Localization of Waves without Bistability: Worms in Nematic Electroconvection

Hermann Riecke and Glen D. Granzow

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 333 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Stable Steady Flows in Rayleigh-Taylor Instability

S. I. Abarzhi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 337 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Asymmetric Squares as an Attracting Set in Rayleigh-Bénard Convection

F. H. Busse and R. M. Clever

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 341 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

From Flutter to Tumble: Inertial Drag and Froude Similarity in Falling Paper

Andrew Belmonte, Hagai Eisenberg, and Elisha Moses

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 345 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Plasma and Beam Physics

Intergrain Coupling in Dusty-Plasma Coulomb Crystals

U. Mohideen, H. U. Rahman, M. A. Smith, M. Rosenberg, and D. A. Mendis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 349 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Resonant Particle Heating of an Electron Plasma by Oscillating Sheaths

B. P. Cluggish, J. R. Danielson, and C. F. Driscoll

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 353 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Frequency Selective Tunnel Coupling to the Plasma Fiber

T. R. Clark and H. M. Milchberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 357 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Influence of a Prepulse Current on a Fiber $Z$ Pinch

A. Lorenz, F. N. Beg, J. Ruiz-Camacho, J. Worley, and A. E. Dangor

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 361 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Measurements of Suprathermal Electrons in Hohlraum Plasmas with X-Ray Spectroscopy

S. H. Glenzer, F. B. Rosmej, R. W. Lee, C. A. Back, K. G. Estabrook, B. J. MacGowan, T. D. Shepard, and R. E. Turner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 365 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Effect of Collisionless Heating on Electron Energy Distribution in an Inductively Coupled Plasma

Valery A. Godyak and Vladimir I. Kolobov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 369 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Spinodal-Assisted Crystallization in Polymer Melts

P. D. Olmsted, W. C. K. Poon, T. C. B. McLeish, N. J. Terrill, and A. J. Ryan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 373 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Optical Absorption and Nonradiative Decay Mechanism of $E^{'}$ Center in Silica

Gianfranco Pacchioni, Gianluigi Ieranò, and Antonio M. Márquez

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 377 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Floating Stacking Fault during Homoepitaxial Growth of Ag(111)

S. A. de Vries, W. J. Huisman, P. Goedtkindt, M. J. Zwanenburg, S. L. Bennett, and E. Vlieg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 381 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Simulation Evidence of Critical Behavior of Isotropic-Nematic Phase Transition in a Porous Medium

J. Chakrabarti

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 385 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Spontaneous Double Phase Separation Induced by Rapid Hydrodynamic Coarsening in Two-Dimensional Fluid Mixtures

Hajime Tanaka and Takeaki Araki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 389 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Silicon Self-Diffusion in Isotope Heterostructures

H. Bracht, E. E. Haller, and R. Clark-Phelps

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 393 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Theory and Data Analysis for Excitations in Liquid $^{4} He$ Beyond the Roton Minimum

F. Pistolesi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 397 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Quadrupolar Deformations of Atomic Bubbles in Solid $^{4} He$

S. Kanorsky, S. Lang, T. Eichler, K. Winkler, and A. Weis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 401 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

High Transient Mobility of Chlorine on ${TiO}_{2} (110)$ : Evidence for ``Cannon-Ball'' Trajectories of Hot Adsorbates

Ulrike Diebold, Wilhelm Hebenstreit, Georg Leonardelli, Michael Schmid, and Peter Varga

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 405 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Direct Measurement of Dendritic Array Stability

W. Losert, O. N. Mesquita, J. M. A. Figueiredo, and H. Z. Cummins

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 409 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Site-Selective Reaction of ${Br}_{2}$ with Second Layer Ga Atoms on the As-rich $GaAs (001) - 2 \times 4$ Surface

Yong Liu, Andrew J. Komrowski, and Andrew C. Kummel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 413 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Femtosecond Dynamics of the Exciton Self-Trapping Process in a Quasi-One-Dimensional Halogen-Bridged Platinum Complex

S. Tomimoto, H. Nansei, S. Saito, T. Suemoto, J. Takeda, and S. Kurita

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 417 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Raman Spectroscopy of Hydrogen Molecules in Crystalline Silicon

A. W. R. Leitch, V. Alex, and J. Weber

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 421 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Analytical Envelope-Function Theory of Interface Band Mixing

Bradley A. Foreman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 425 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Electron Affinity of the Bare and Hydrogen Covered Single Crystal Diamond (111) Surface

J. B. Cui, J. Ristein, and L. Ley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 429 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Experimental and Theoretical Constraints of Bipolaronic Superconductivity in High $T_{c}$ Materials: An Impossibility

B. K. Chakraverty, J. Ranninger, and D. Feinberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 433 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Phase Dependent Thermopower in Andreev Interferometers

Jonghwa Eom, Chen-Jung Chien, and Venkat Chandrasekhar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 437 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Coulomb Suppression of NMR Coherence Peak in Fullerene Superconductors

Han-Yong Choi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 441 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Thermodynamics of Frustrated Quantum Spin Chains

K. Maisinger and U. Schollwöck

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 445 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Brillouin Light Scattering and Magnon Wave Vector Distributions for Microwave-Magnetic-Envelope Solitons in Yttrium-Iron-Garnet Thin Films

Hua Xia, Pavel Kabos, Hong Yan Zhang, Pavel A. Kolodin, and Carl E. Patton

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 449 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Dynamics of Correlated Two-Dimensional Materials: The $2 H - {TaSe}_{2}$ Case

V. Vescoli, L. Degiorgi, H. Berger, and L. Forró

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 453 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Excitonic Dynamical Franz-Keldysh Effect

K. B. Nordstrom, K. Johnsen, S. J. Allen, A.-P. Jauho, B. Birnir, J. Kono, T. Noda, H. Akiyama, and H. Sakaki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 457 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Atomic Scattering from Single Adsorbates: What Can We Learn from the Gas Phase?

Didier Lemoine

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 461 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

In Situ Observation of Charge Exchange and Surface Segregation of Hydrogen during Low Energy $H^{+}$ and ${H_{2}}^{+}$ Scattering from Semiconductor Surfaces

R. Souda, E. Asari, T. Suzuki, T. Tanaka, and T. Aizawa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 465 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

Stability of Colloidal Quasicrystals

A. R. Denton and H. Löwen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 469 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

High- and Low-Pitch Helical Structures of Tilted Chiral Lipid Bilayers

Shigeyuki Komura and Ou-Yang Zhong-can

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 473 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Angular Forces Around Transition Metals in Biomolecules

A. E. Carlsson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 477 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Fiber-Rotation-Induced Vortex Turbulence in Thick Myocardium

Flavio Fenton and Alain Karma

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 481 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Microtubule Dynamics and the Positioning of Microtubule Organizing Centers

Marileen Dogterom and Bernard Yurke

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 485 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

COMMENTS

Comment on “Generalization of a Fermi Liquid to a Liquid with Fractional Exclusion Statistics in Arbitrary Dimensions: Theory of a Haldane Liquid”

J. M. P. Carmelo, P. Horsch, A. A. Ovchinnikov, D. K. Campbell, A. H. Castro Neto, and N. M. R. Peres

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 489 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Comment on “Geometric Phase in Jahn-Teller Crystals”

J. Lorenzana

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 490 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Koizumi Replies:

Hiroyasu Koizumi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 491 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

ERRATA

Erratum: Unusual Strong-Coupling Effects in the Tunneling Spectroscopy of Optimally Doped and Overdoped ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8 + δ}$ [Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 153 (1998)]

Y. DeWilde, N. Miyakawa, P. Guptasarma, M. Iavarone, L. Ozyuzer, J. F. Zasadzinski, P. Romano, D. G. Hinks, C. Kendziora, G. W. Crabtree, and K. E. Gray

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 492 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998

Erratum: Excitation of a Magnetic Multilayer by an Electric Current [Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4281 (1998)]

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 493 (1998) - Published 13 July, 1998