Volume 82, Issue 26

28 June 1999

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HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Ultraslow Group Velocity and Enhanced Nonlinear Optical Effects in a Coherently Driven Hot Atomic Gas

Michael M. Kash, Vladimir A. Sautenkov, Alexander S. Zibrov, L. Hollberg, George R. Welch, Mikhail D. Lukin, Yuri Rostovtsev, Edward S. Fry, and Marlan O. Scully

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5229 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

LETTERS

General Physics

Quantum Limit of Decoherence: Environment Induced Superselection of Energy Eigenstates

Juan Pablo Paz and Wojciech Hubert Zurek

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5181 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Pressure Drag in Linear and Nonlinear Quantum Fluids

T. Winiecki, J. F. McCann, and C. S. Adams

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5186 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Quantum Wave Packet Dynamics with Trajectories

Courtney L. Lopreore and Robert E. Wyatt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5190 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Observation of the East-West Anisotropy of the Atmospheric Neutrino Flux

T. Futagami et al. (Super-Kamiokande Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5194 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Nucleosynthesis in Supernovae

C. J. Horowitz and Gang Li

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5198 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays from Fermi-Degenerate Relic Neutrinos Consistent with Super-Kamiokande Results

Graciela Gelmini and Alexander Kusenko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5202 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

First Measurement of the $^{3} He (^{3} He, 2 p)^{4} He$ Cross Section down to the Lower Edge of the Solar Gamow Peak

R. Bonetti, C. Broggini, L. Campajola, P. Corvisiero, A. D'Alessandro, M. Dessalvi, A. D'Onofrio, A. Fubini, G. Gervino, L. Gialanella, U. Greife, A. Guglielmetti, C. Gustavino, G. Imbriani, M. Junker, P. Prati, V. Roca, C. Rolfs, M. Romano, F. Schuemann, F. Strieder, F. Terrasi, H. P. Trautvetter, and S. Zavatarelli (LUNA Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5205 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Elementary Particles and Fields

Higgs Production with Large Transverse Momentum in Hadronic Collisions at Next-to-Leading Order

D. de Florian, M. Grazzini, and Z. Kunszt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5209 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Study of $Λ^{0}$ Polarization in Four Different Exclusive $pp$ Reactions at 27.5 GeV/ $c$

J. Félix, C. Avilez, D. C. Christian, M. D. Church, M. Forbush, E. E. Gottschalk, G. Gutierrez, E. P. Hartouni, S. D. Holmes, F. R. Huson, D. A. Jensen, B. C. Knapp, M. N. Kreisler, G. Moreno, J. Uribe, B. J. Stern, M. H. L. S. Wang, A. Wehmann, L. R. Wiencke, and J. T. White

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5213 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Nuclear Physics

Superdeformation in $^{68} Zn$ : Evidence for a New, Neutron-Rich Island of Superdeformation in $A \sim 70$ Nuclei

M. Devlin, A. V. Afanasjev, R. M. Clark, D. R. LaFosse, I. Y. Lee, F. Lerma, A. O. Macchiavelli, R. W. MacLeod, I. Ragnarsson, P. Ring, D. Rudolph, D. G. Sarantites, and P. G. Thirolf

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5217 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Electron Scattering and Multi- $ħ ω$ Correlations

Jutta Escher and Jerry P. Draayer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5221 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Sub-Shot-Noise-Limited Optical Heterodyne Detection Using an Amplitude-Squeezed Local Oscillator

Yong-qing Li, Dorel Guzun, and Min Xiao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5225 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Ultraslow Group Velocity and Enhanced Nonlinear Optical Effects in a Coherently Driven Hot Atomic Gas

Michael M. Kash, Vladimir A. Sautenkov, Alexander S. Zibrov, L. Hollberg, George R. Welch, Mikhail D. Lukin, Yuri Rostovtsev, Edward S. Fry, and Marlan O. Scully

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5229 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Quantum Resonances and Decay of a Chaotic Fractal Repeller Observed Using Microwaves

Wentao Lu, M. Rose, K. Pance, and S. Sridhar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5233 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Homoclinic Structure Controls Chaotic Tunneling

Stephen C. Creagh and Niall D. Whelan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5237 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Stress Fluctuations in a 2D Granular Couette Experiment: A Continuous Transition

Daniel Howell, R. P. Behringer, and Christian Veje

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5241 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Lattice Boltzmann Method for Irregular Grids

I. V. Karlin, S. Succi, and S. Orszag

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5245 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Inertial Effects on Fluid Flow through Disordered Porous Media

J. S. Andrade, Jr., U. M. S. Costa, M. P. Almeida, H. A. Makse, and H. E. Stanley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5249 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Electrostriction of Near-Critical ${SF}_{6}$ in Microgravity

G. A. Zimmerli, R. A. Wilkinson, R. A. Ferrell, and M. R. Moldover

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5253 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Plasma and Beam Physics

High Spectral Coherence in Long-Pulse and Continuous Free-Electron Laser: Measurements and Theoretical Limitations

A. Abramovich, M. Canter, A. Gover, J. Sokolowski, Y. M. Yakover, Y. Pinhasi, I. Schnitzer, and J. Shiloh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5257 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Measurement of Electron-Beam Bunch Length and Emittance Using Shot-Noise-Driven Fluctuations in Incoherent Radiation

P. Catravas, W. P. Leemans, J. S. Wurtele, M. S. Zolotorev, M. Babzien, I. Ben-Zvi, Z. Segalov, X.-J. Wang, and V. Yakimenko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5261 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Evidence of Discrete Bond Breaking Steps in the $1 \times 1$ to $1 \times 3$ Phase Transition of ${TiO}_{2} (100)$

H. Raza, C. L. Pang, S. A. Haycock, and G. Thornton

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5265 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Structure of a Quasicrystal without Atomic Clusters

Eiji Abe, Taku J. Sato, and An Pang Tsai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5269 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Quasicrystalline $d$ -AlCuCo Identified as Random Tiling by Ion Channeling Combined with Particle-Induced X-Ray Emission

Gabriele Zeger, Dieter Plachke, Heinz Dieter Carstanjen, and Hans-Rainer Trebin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5273 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Anomalous Packing in Thin Nanoparticle Supercrystals

D. Zanchet, M. S. Moreno, and D. Ugarte

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5277 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Raman Study of the Anomalous TO Phonon Structure in GaP with Controlled Isotopic Composition

F. Widulle, T. Ruf, A. Göbel, E. Schönherr, and M. Cardona

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5281 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Simulation Study of the Link between Molecular Association and Reentrant Miscibility for a Mixture of Molecules with Directional Interactions

Lowri A. Davies, George Jackson, and Luis F. Rull

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5285 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Phase Diagram of Star Polymer Solutions

M. Watzlawek, C. N. Likos, and H. Löwen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5289 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Melting of the Classical Bilayer Wigner Crystal: Influence of Lattice Symmetry

I. V. Schweigert, V. A. Schweigert, and F. M. Peeters

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5293 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Insertion Process of a Protein Single Layer within a Newton Black Film

J. J. Benattar, M. Nedyalkov, J. Prost, A. Tiss, R. Verger, and C. Guilbert

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5297 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Metal-on-Metal Bonding and Rebonding Revisited

Alexander Bogicevic

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5301 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

${}^{4}H e$ Desorption from Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Bundles: A One-Dimensional Adsorbate

W. Teizer, R. B. Hallock, E. Dujardin, and T. W. Ebbesen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5305 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Observation and Analysis of Multidomain Epitaxy of $α$ -Mn on MgO(111)

Ilya L. Grigorov, M. R. Fitzsimmons, I-Liang Siu, and J. C. Walker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5309 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Positional Disorder in the Fully Frustrated Josephson Junction Array: Random Gaussian Phase Shifts in the Fully Frustrated 2D $XY$ Model

Pramod Gupta and S. Teitel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5313 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Zero Temperature Phases of the Electron Gas

G. Ortiz, M. Harris, and P. Ballone

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5317 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Spectral Evolution in $(C a, S r) {RuO}_{3}$ near the Mott-Hubbard Transition

J. S. Ahn, J. Bak, H. S. Choi, T. W. Noh, J. E. Han, Yunkyu Bang, J. H. Cho, and Q. X. Jia

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5321 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Single and Molecular Quantum Dots

Constantine Yannouleas and Uzi Landman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5325 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Density Modulations and Addition Spectra of Interacting Electrons in Disordered Quantum Dots

Paul N. Walker, Yuval Gefen, and Gilles Montambaux

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5329 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Ballistic Heating of a Two-Dimensional Electron System by Phonon Excitation of the Magnetoroton Minimum at $ν = 1 / 3$

U. Zeitler, A. M. Devitt, J. E. Digby, C. J. Mellor, A. J. Kent, K. A. Benedict, and T. Cheng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5333 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Linear Dependence of Peak Width in $χ (q, ω)$ vs $T_{c}$ for ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{6 + x}$ Superconductors

A. V. Balatsky and P. Bourges

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5337 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Dissipation Effects on the Superconductor-Insulator Transition in 2D Superconductors

N. Mason and A. Kapitulnik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5341 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Interlayer Transport of Quasiparticles and Cooper Pairs in ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8 + δ}$ Superconductors

Yu. I. Latyshev, T. Yamashita, L. N. Bulaevskii, M. J. Graf, A. V. Balatsky, and M. P. Maley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5345 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Doping Dependence of the Electronic Interactions in Bi-2212 Cuprate Superconductors: Doped Antiferromagnets or Antiferromagnetic Fermi Liquids?

M. Rübhausen, O. A. Hammerstein, A. Bock, U. Merkt, C. T. Rieck, P. Guptasarma, D. G. Hinks, and M. V. Klein

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5349 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Evolution from Magnetism to Unconventional Superconductivity in a Series of ${Ce}_{x} {Cu}_{2} {Si}_{2}$ Compounds Probed by Cu NQR

K. Ishida, Y. Kawasaki, K. Tabuchi, K. Kashima, Y. Kitaoka, K. Asayama, C. Geibel, and F. Steglich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5353 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Measurement of the Intrinsic Dissipation of a Macroscopic System in the Quantum Regime

C. Cosmelli, P. Carelli, M. G. Castellano, F. Chiarello, G. Diambrini Palazzi, R. Leoni, and G. Torrioli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5357 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Interlayer Tunneling Spectroscopy for Slightly Overdoped ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8 + δ}$

Minoru Suzuki, Takao Watanabe, and Azusa Matsuda

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5361 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Temperature-Dependent Spatial Oscillations in the Correlations of the $XXZ$ Spin Chain

Klaus Fabricius, Andreas Klümper, and Barry M. McCoy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5365 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Ab Initio Theoretical Description of the Interrelation between Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy and Atomic Short-Range Order

S. S. A. Razee, J. B. Staunton, B. Ginatempo, F. J. Pinski, and E. Bruno

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5369 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Laser-Driven Atomic Pump

Petr Král and David Tománek

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5373 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Quantum Confinement Effect in Diamond Nanocrystals Studied by X-Ray-Absorption Spectroscopy

Y. K. Chang, H. H. Hsieh, W. F. Pong, M.-H. Tsai, F. Z. Chien, P. K. Tseng, L. C. Chen, T. Y. Wang, K. H. Chen, D. M. Bhusari, J. R. Yang, and S. T. Lin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5377 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

COMMENTS

Comment on “ $β$ Limit Disruptions in Tokamaks”

W. Park and E. D. Fredrickson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5413 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

Kleva and Guzdar Reply:

Robert G. Kleva and Parvez N. Guzdar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5414 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999

ERRATA

Erratum: Water Molecule Dipole in the Gas and in the Liquid Phase [Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 3308 (1999)]

Pier Luigi Silvestrelli and Michele Parrinello

Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5415 (1999) - Published 28 June, 1999