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Physical Review Letters

Volume 81, Issue 8

24 August 1998

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HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

MILESTONE

Evidence for Oscillation of Atmospheric Neutrinos

Y. Fukuda et al. (Super-Kamiokande Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1562 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

LETTERS

General Physics

Dynamics of Component Separation in a Binary Mixture of Bose-Einstein Condensates

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1539 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Measurements of Relative Phase in Two-Component Bose-Einstein Condensates

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1543 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Ensembles of Singularities Generated by Surfaces with Polyhedral Symmetry

A. Joets, M. Monastyrsky, and R. Ribotta

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1547 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Density of Kinks Just after a Quench in an Underdamped System

Jacek Dziarmaga

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1551 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Mass Inflation in Dynamical Gravitational Collapse of a Charged Scalar Field

Shahar Hod and Tsvi Piran

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1554 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Elementary Particles and Fields

Wess-Zumino Terms in Supersymmetric Gauge Theories

Aneesh V. Manohar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1558 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

MILESTONE

Evidence for Oscillation of Atmospheric Neutrinos

Y. Fukuda et al. (Super-Kamiokande Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1562 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Determination of the QCD Parameter $Λ_{\bar{MS}}^{(5)}$ from the Measured Energy Dependence of the Average Value of $1 - Thrust$

J. M. Campbell, E. W. N. Glover, and C. J. Maxwell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1568 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Nuclear Physics

Intermediate-Mass Dilepton Production in Heavy-Ion Collisions at $200 A GeV$

G. Q. Li and C. Gale

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1572 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Enhanced Out-of-Plane Emission of $K^{+}$ Mesons Observed in $Au + Au$ Collisions at $1 A$ GeV

Y. Shin, W. Ahner, R. Barth, P. Beckerle, D. Brill, M. Cieślak, M. Dȩbowski, E. Grosse, P. Koczoń, B. Kohlmeyer, M. Mang, D. Miśkowiec, C. Müntz, H. Oeschler, F. Pühlhofer, E. Schwab, R. Schicker, P. Senger, J. Speer, H. Ströbele, C. Sturm, K. Völkel, A. Wagner, and W. Waluś (KaoS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1576 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Neutron- ${}^{3}H$ and Proton- ${}^{3}H e$ Zero Energy Scattering

M. Viviani, S. Rosati, and A. Kievsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1580 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Bethe-Brueckner-Goldstone Expansion in Nuclear Matter

H. Q. Song, M. Baldo, G. Giansiracusa, and U. Lombardo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1584 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Structure of the $N = Z = 28$ Closed Shell Studied by Monte Carlo Shell Model Calculation

Takaharu Otsuka, Michio Honma, and Takahiro Mizusaki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1588 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Extracting Classical Trajectories from Atomic Spectra

M. R. Haggerty, Neal Spellmeyer, Daniel Kleppner, and J. B. Delos

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1592 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Manifestations of Nonlocal Exchange, Correlation, and Dynamic Effects in X-Ray Scattering

M. Jung, R. W. Dunford, D. S. Gemmell, E. P. Kanter, B. Krässig, T. W. LeBrun, S. H. Southworth, L. Young, J. P. J. Carney, L. LaJohn, R. H. Pratt, and P. M. Bergstrom, Jr.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1596 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Lowest Energy Structures of Gold Nanoclusters

I. L. Garzón, K. Michaelian, M. R. Beltrán, A. Posada-Amarillas, P. Ordejón, E. Artacho, D. Sánchez-Portal, and J. M. Soler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1600 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Optical State Truncation by Projection Synthesis

David T. Pegg, Lee S. Phillips, and Stephen M. Barnett

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1604 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Soft X-Ray Amplification at 26.2 nm with 1-Hz Repetition Rate in a Table-Top System

D. Korobkin, A. Goltsov, A. Morozov, and S. Suckewer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1607 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

High-Order Harmonic Generation and Quasiphase Matching in Xenon Using Self-Guided Femtosecond Pulses

H. R. Lange, A. Chiron, J.-F. Ripoche, A. Mysyrowicz, P. Breger, and P. Agostini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1611 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Manipulation, Stabilization, and Control of Pattern Formation Using Fourier Space Filtering

S. Juul Jensen, M. Schwab, and C. Denz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1614 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Unified Theory of Lattice Boltzmann Models for Nonideal Gases

Li-Shi Luo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1618 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Plasma and Beam Physics

Thermal Conductivity of the Classical Electron One-Component Plasma

Z. Donkó, B. Nyíri, L. Szalai, and S. Holló

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1622 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Cotton-Mouton Effect Measurement in a Plasma at the W7-AS Stellarator

Ch. Fuchs and H. J. Hartfuss

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1626 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Two-Component Nature of the Broad Up-shifted Maximum in Stimulated Electromagnetic Emission Spectra

V. L. Frolov, L. M. Ekukhimov, L. M. Kagan, G. P. Komrakov, E. N. Sergeev, and P. Stubbe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1630 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Isostatic Phase Transition and Instability in Stiff Granular Materials

Cristian F. Moukarzel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1634 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Buckling and Collapse of Embedded Carbon Nanotubes

O. Lourie, D. M. Cox, and H. D. Wagner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1638 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Chemical Trends in Impurity Incorporation into Si(100)

M. Ramamoorthy, E. L. Briggs, and J. Bernholc

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1642 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

An Exactly Solvable Anisotropic Directed Percolation Model in Three Dimensions

R. Rajesh and Deepak Dhar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1646 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Coexistence of Buckled and Flat Monolayers

M. M. Lipp, K. Y. C. Lee, D. Y. Takamoto, J. A. Zasadzinski, and A. J. Waring

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1650 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

X-Ray Photoelectron Diffraction in the Backscattering Geometry: A Key to Adsorption Sites and Bond Lengths at Surfaces

T. Greber, J. Wider, E. Wetli, and J. Osterwalder

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1654 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Auger Transition from Orbitally Degenerate Systems: Effects of Screening and Multielectron Excitations

D. D. Sarma and Priya Mahadevan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1658 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Self-Consistent Calculations of Quasiparticle States in Metals and Semiconductors

Wolf-Dieter Schöne and Adolfo G. Eguiluz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1662 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Near-Field Spectroscopy of a Gated Electron Gas: A Direct Evidence for Electron Localization

G. Eytan, Y. Yayon, M. Rappaport, H. Shtrikman, and I. Bar-Joseph

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1666 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Electron-Lattice Interaction on $α - Ga (010)$

Ph. Hofmann, Y. Q. Cai, Ch. Grütter, and J. H. Bilgram

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1670 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Edge Strips in the Quantum Hall Regime Imaged by a Single-Electron Transistor

Y. Y. Wei, J. Weis, K. v. Klitzing, and K. Eberl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1674 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Electrode Injection into Conjugated Polymers

M. N. Bussac, D. Michoud, and L. Zuppiroli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1678 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Mesoscopic Superconducting–Normal Metal–Superconducting Transistor

Frank K. Wilhelm, Gerd Schön, and Andrei D. Zaikin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1682 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Quasiparticle Interference Effects in a Ballistic Superconductor-Semiconductor-Superconductor Josephson Junction

G. Bastian, E. O. Göbel, A. B. Zorin, H. Schulze, J. Niemeyer, T. Weimann, M. R. Bennett, and K. E. Singer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1686 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Universal Crossover Behavior of a Magnetic Impurity and Consequences for Doping in Spin- $1 / 2$ Chains

Sebastian Eggert and Stefan Rommer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1690 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Kagomé Lattice Antiferromagnet Stripped to Its Basics

P. Azaria, C. Hooley, P. Lecheminant, C. Lhuillier, and A. M. Tsvelik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1694 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

General Method to Determine Replica Symmetry Breaking Transitions

E. Marinari, C. Naitza, F. Zuliani, G. Parisi, M. Picco, and F. Ritort

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1698 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Spin Dynamics of the Spin-Ladder Dimer-Chain Material ${Sr}_{14} {Cu}_{24} O_{41}$

Roger S. Eccleston, Masatomo Uehara, Jun Akimitsu, Hiroshi Eisaki, Naoki Motoyama, and Shin-ichi Uchida

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1702 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Effects of Reduced Dimensionality on Spin Dynamics in the Layered Perovskite ${La}_{1.4} {Sr}_{1.6} {Mn}_{2} O_{7}$

R. H. Heffner, D. E. MacLaughlin, G. J. Nieuwenhuys, T. Kimura, G. M. Luke, Y. Tokura, and Y. J. Uemura

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1706 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Nondegrading Photoluminescence in Porous Silicon

Yu Heng Zhang, Xin Jian Li, Lei Zheng, and Qian Wang Chen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1710 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

Universal Quantum Information Compression

Richard Jozsa, Michał Horodecki, Paweł Horodecki, and Ryszard Horodecki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1714 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Statistical Mechanics of Voting

David A. Meyer and Thad A. Brown

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1718 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Renormalization Group for Directed Sandpile Models

Jeff Hasty and Kurt Wiesenfeld

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1722 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Sierpinski Gasket in a Reaction-Diffusion System

Yumino Hayase and Takao Ohta

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1726 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Beyond the Chemical Shift: Vibrationally Resolved Core-Level Photoelectron Spectra of Adsorbed CO

A. Föhlisch, N. Wassdahl, J. Hasselström, O. Karis, D. Menzel, N. Mårtensson, and A. Nilsson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1730 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Nonequilibrium Roughening Transition in a Simple Model of Fungal Growth in $1 + 1$ Dimensions

Juan M. López and Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1734 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Optical Gradient Forces of Strongly Localized Fields

Tsvi Tlusty, Amit Meller, and Roy Bar-Ziv

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1738 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

COMMENTS

Comment on “Quantum Scattering of Heavy Particles from a 10 K Cu(111) Surface”

A. Šiber and B. Gumhalter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1742 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Althoff, Andersson, and Andersson Reply:

F. Althoff, T. Andersson, and S. Andersson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1743 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Comment on “Wave Function Scarring Effects in Open Stadium Shaped Quantum Dots”

I. V. Zozoulenko and T. Lundberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1744 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Akis, Ferry, and Bird Reply:

R. Akis, D. K. Ferry, and J. P. Bird

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1745 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Comment on “Localization and Metal-Insulator Transition in Multilayered Quantum Hall Structures”

Akihiro Tanaka and Masahiko Machida

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1746 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998

Wang and Plerou Reply:

Ziqiang Wang and Vasiliki Plerou

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1747 (1998) - Published 24 August, 1998