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Volume 81, Issue 20

16 November 1998
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HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Reverse Buoyancy in Shaken Granular Beds

Troy Shinbrot and Fernando J. Muzzio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4365 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

LETTERS

General Physics

Phase Transition in the Number Partitioning Problem

Stephan Mertens

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4281 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Characterizing Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger Correlations in Nondegenerate Parametric Oscillation via Phase Measurements

W. J. Munro and G. J. Milburn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4285 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Fractals at T=Tc due to Instantonlike Configurations

N. G. Antoniou, Y. F. Contoyiannis, F. K. Diakonos, and C. G. Papadopoulos

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4289 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Bohr's Correspondence Principle and the Area Spectrum of Quantum Black Holes

Shahar Hod

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4293 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Quantum Structure of Spacetime and Entropy of Schwarschild Black Holes

T. Padmanabhan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4297 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

γ-Ray Bursts and Afterglows from Rotating Strange Stars and Neutron Stars

Z. G. Dai and T. Lu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4301 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Tau Neutrino Appearance with a 1000 Megaparsec Baseline

F. Halzen and D. Saltzberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4305 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Elementary Particles and Fields

First Observation of the Rare Decay Mode KL0→e+e−

D. Ambrose et al. (BNL E871 Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4309 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Searching for New Physics in b→ssd¯ Decays

Katri Huitu, Cai-Dian Lü, Paul Singer, and Da-Xin Zhang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4313 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Nuclear Physics

Microscopic Calculation of L6i Elastic and Transition Form Factors

R. B. Wiringa and R. Schiavilla

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4317 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Lifetime Measurement of Λ12C, Λ28Si, and ΛFe Hypernuclei

H. Bhang, S. Ajimura, K. Aoki, T. Hasegawa, O. Hashimoto, H. Hotchi, Y. D. Kim, T. Kishimoto, K. Maeda, H. Noumi, Y. Ohta, K. Omata, H. Outa, H. Park, Y. Sato, M. Sekimoto, T. Shibata, T. Takahashi, and M. Youn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4321 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Excited States of 11Li

M. G. Gornov, Yu. Gurov, S. Lapushkin, P. Morokhov, V. Pechkurov, T. K. Pedlar, Kamal K. Seth, J. Wise, and D. Zhao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4325 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Nuclear-Electronic Wave-Packet Dynamics in Perturbed Rydberg States of Molecular Hydrogen

F. Texier and Ch. Jungen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4329 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Double and Triple Photoionization of Ground-State Lithium

Hugo W. van der Hart and Chris H. Greene

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4333 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Ultralow-Energy Electrons from Fast Heavy-Ion Helium Collisions: The “Target Cusp”

W. Schmitt, R. Moshammer, F. S. C. O'Rourke, H. Kollmus, L. Sarkadi, R. Mann, S. Hagmann, R. E. Olson, and J. Ullrich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4337 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Spurious Lyapunov Exponents in Attractor Reconstruction

Timothy D. Sauer, Joshua A. Tempkin, and James A. Yorke

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4341 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Smoothness Implies Determinism in Time Series: A Measure Based Approach

Guillermo J. Ortega and Enrique Louis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4345 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Systematic Computation of the Least Unstable Periodic Orbits in Chaotic Attractors

Fotis K. Diakonos, Peter Schmelcher, and Ofer Biham

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4349 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Stability of Walking Vector Solitons

Dumitru Mihalache, Dumitru Mazilu, and Lluis Torner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4353 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Excitation of Solitons by Adiabatic Multiresonant Forcing

L. Friedland and A. G. Shagalov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4357 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Emergence of Structural Anisotropy in Optical Glasses Treated to Support Second Harmonic Generation

C. Cabrillo, G. J. Cuello, P. García-Fernández, F. J. Bermejo, V. Pruneri, P. G. Kazansky, S. M. Bennington, and W. S. Howells

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4361 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Reverse Buoyancy in Shaken Granular Beds

Troy Shinbrot and Fernando J. Muzzio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4365 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Clustering, Order, and Collapse in a Driven Granular Monolayer

J. S. Olafsen and J. S. Urbach

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4369 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Structures and Multipoint Correlators for Turbulent Advection: Predictions and Experiments

Laurent Mydlarski, Alain Pumir, Boris I. Shraiman, Eric D. Siggia, and Zellman Warhaft

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4373 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Turbulence and Multiscaling in the Randomly Forced Navier-Stokes Equation

Anirban Sain, Manu, and Rahul Pandit

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4377 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Vortex Heating in Superfluid Helium at Low Temperatures

David C. Samuels and Carlo F. Barenghi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4381 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Two Interacting Modes in Parametrically Driven Surface Waves

H. Arbell and J. Fineberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4384 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Plasma and Beam Physics

Direct Observation of the Fast Beam-Ion Instability

J. Y. Huang, M. Kwon, T.-Y. Lee, I. S. Ko, Y. H. Chin, and H. Fukuma

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4388 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Rapid Inward Impurity Transport during Impurity Pellet Injection on the DIII-D Tokamak

D. G. Whyte, T. E. Evans, A. W. Hyatt, T. C. Jernigan, R. L. Lee, A. G. Kellman, P. B. Parks, R. Stockdale, and P. L. Taylor

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4392 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Phase Space of Tokamak Edge Turbulence, the L−H Transition, and the Formation of the Edge Pedestal

B. N. Rogers, J. F. Drake, and A. Zeiler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4396 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Roles of Repulsive and Attractive Forces in Determining the Structure of Nonuniform Liquids: Generalized Mean Field Theory

John D. Weeks, Kirill Katsov, and Katharina Vollmayr

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4400 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

How Does the Relaxation of a Supercooled Liquid Depend on Its Microscopic Dynamics?

Tobias Gleim, Walter Kob, and Kurt Binder

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4404 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Antiferroelectricity and Chiral Order in New Liquid Crystals of Nonchiral Molecules Studied by Optical Second Harmonic Generation

R. Macdonald, F. Kentischer, P. Warnick, and G. Heppke

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4408 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Localization Transition of Random Copolymers at Interfaces

Semjon Stepanow, Jens-Uwe Sommer, and Igor Ya. Erukhimovich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4412 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Pressure Effects on Hydrogen Bonding in the Disordered Phase of Solid HBr

Takashi Ikeda, Michiel Sprik, Kiyoyuki Terakura, and Michele Parrinello

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4416 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Evidence for Distinct Polymer Chain Orientations in KC60 and RbC60

P. Launois, R. Moret, J. Hone, and A. Zettl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4420 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Effect of Surface Steps on the Plastic Threshold in Nanoindentation

J. D. Kiely, R. Q. Hwang, and J. E. Houston

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4424 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Evidence for the Role of Propagating Stress Waves during Fracture

L. C. Krysac and J. D. Maynard

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4428 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Collective Excitations in Crystals Composed of Disparate Mass Particles

E. Enciso, N. G. Almarza, M. A. Gonzalez, F. J. Bermejo, R. Fernández-Perea, and F. Bresme

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4432 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Slow Stress Relaxation in Randomly Disordered Nematic Elastomers and Gels

S. M. Clarke and E. M. Terentjev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4436 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Optical Excitation of Atomic Hydrogen Bound to the Surface of Liquid Helium

A. P. Mosk, M. W. Reynolds, T. W. Hijmans, and J. T. M. Walraven

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4440 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Spiral Surface Growth without Desorption

Alain Karma and Mathis Plapp

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4444 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Atomic Process of Point Contact in Gold Studied by Time-Resolved High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy

Tokushi Kizuka

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4448 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Polarization and Strong Infrared Activity in Compressed Solid Hydrogen

Ivo Souza and Richard M. Martin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4452 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Extending Linear Response: Inferences from Electron-Ion Structure Factors

A. A. Louis and N. W. Ashcroft

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4456 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Exciton-Exciton Interactions in AlAs /GaAs Coupled Quantum Wire Arrays

T. Mélin and F. Laruelle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4460 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Surface-State Lifetime Measured by Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy

Jiutao Li, Wolf-Dieter Schneider, Richard Berndt, O. R. Bryant, and S. Crampin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4464 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Level Statistics of Quantum Dots Coupled to Reservoirs

Jürgen König, Yuval Gefen, and Gerd Schön

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4468 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Essential Role of Correlations in Governing Charge Transport in Disordered Organic Materials

S. V. Novikov, D. H. Dunlap, V. M. Kenkre, P. E. Parris, and A. V. Vannikov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4472 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Revision of the Phase Diagram of Superconducting U1−xThxBe13

F. Kromer, R. Helfrich, M. Lang, F. Steglich, C. Langhammer, A. Bach, T. Michels, J. S. Kim, and G. R. Stewart

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4476 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Femtosecond Time-Resolved Study of the Energy and Temperature Dependence of Hot-Electron Lifetimes in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ

W. Nessler, S. Ogawa, H. Nagano, H. Petek, J. Shimoyama, Y. Nakayama, and K. Kishio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4480 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Haldane Gap and Fractional Oscillations in Gated Josephson Arrays

Ehud Altman and Assa Auerbach

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4484 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Ground State Properties of Fluxlines in a Disordered Environment

Heiko Rieger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4488 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Incoherent Interlayer Transport and Angular-Dependent Magnetoresistance Oscillations in Layered Metals

Ross H. McKenzie and Perez Moses

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4492 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Liquid-Gas Critical Behavior in a Frustrated Pyrochlore Ferromagnet

M. J. Harris, S. T. Bramwell, P. C. W. Holdsworth, and J. D. M. Champion

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4496 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Magnetically Ordered fcc Structure at the Relaxed Grain Boundaries of Pure Nanocrystalline Fe

L. Del Bianco, C. Ballesteros, J. M. Rojo, and A. Hernando

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4500 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Infrared Absorption from Charge Density Waves in Magnetic Manganites

P. Calvani, G. De Marzi, P. Dore, S. Lupi, P. Maselli, F. D'Amore, S. Gagliardi, and S-W. Cheong

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4504 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Shell Effect in Exchange Coupling of Transition Metal Dots and Their Arrays

V. N. Kondratyev and H. O. Lutz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4508 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Magnetization Reversal in Micron-Sized Magnetic Thin Films

R. H. Koch, J. G. Deak, D. W. Abraham, P. L. Trouilloud, R. A. Altman, Yu Lu, W. J. Gallagher, R. E. Scheuerlein, K. P. Roche, and S. S. P. Parkin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4512 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Consequences of Spin-Flop Coupling in Exchange Biased Films

T. C. Schulthess and W. H. Butler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4516 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Long-Lived Dynamic Heterogeneity in a Relaxor Ferroelectric

O. Kircher, B. Schiener, and R. Böhmer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4520 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

Chain Deformation for a Polymer Melt under Shear

P. T. Callaghan, M. L. Kilfoil, and E. T. Samulski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4524 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

COMMENTS

Comment on “Selection of the Saffman-Taylor Finger Width in the Absence of Surface Tension: An Exact Result”

Armand Sarkissian and Herbert Levine

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4528 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Mineev-Weinstein Replies:

M. Mineev-Weinstein

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4529 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

ERRATA

Erratum: What is a Gauge Transformation in Quantum Mechanics? [Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4613 (1998)]

Carlo Rovelli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4530 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Dynamics of Component Separation in a Binary Mixture of Bose-Einstein Condensates [Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1539 (1998)]

D. S. Hall, M. R. Matthews, J. R. Ensher, C. E. Wieman, and E. A. Cornell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4531 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

Measurements of Relative Phase in Two-Component Bose-Einstein Condensates [Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1543 (1998)]

D. S. Hall, M. R. Matthews, C. E. Wieman, and E. A. Cornell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4532 (1998) - Published 16 November, 1998

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