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Physical Review Letters

Volume 83, Issue 16

18 October 1999

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General Physics

Nonmaximally Entangled States: Production, Characterization, and Utilization

Andrew G. White, Daniel F. V. James, Philippe H. Eberhard, and Paul G. Kwiat

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3103 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Radiation Corrections Increase Tunneling Probability

V. V. Flambaum and V. G. Zelevinsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3108 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Measurement of the Coherence of a Bose-Einstein Condensate

E. W. Hagley, L. Deng, M. Kozuma, M. Trippenbach, Y. B. Band, M. Edwards, M, Doery, P. S. Julienne, K. Helmerson, S. L. Rolston, and W. D. Phillips

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3112 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Meron-Cluster Solution of Fermion Sign Problems

Shailesh Chandrasekharan and Uwe-Jens Wiese

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3116 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Leptonic Domains in the Early Universe and Their Implications

Xiangdong Shi and George M. Fuller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3120 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Elementary Particles and Fields

Search for a Technicolor $ω_{T}$ Particle in Events with a Photon and a $b$ -Quark Jet at Fermilab

F. Abe et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3124 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Nuclear Physics

Interpretation of $y$ Scaling of the Nuclear Response

Omar Benhar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3130 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Chiral Fluid Dynamics and Collapse of Vacuum Bubbles

I. N. Mishustin and O. Scavenius

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3134 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Lambda-Proton Correlations in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions

Fuqiang Wang and Scott Pratt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3138 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Impossibility to Measure the Total Neutron- and Proton-Induced Nonmesonic Decays for ${}_{Λ}^{3}H$

J. Golak, H. Kamada, K. Miyagawa, H. Witała, and W. Glöckle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3142 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

$pn$ -Pair Coupling in the $(γ, pn)$ Reaction at 72 MeV

L. Isaksson, J-O. Adler, B-E. Andersson, K. I. Blomqvist, A. Sandell, B. Schröder, P. Grabmayr, S. Klein, G. Mauser, J. R. M. Annand, G. I. Crawford, V. Holliday, J. C. McGeorge, and G. J. Miller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3146 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Observation of Thermodynamical Properties in the $^{162} Dy$ , $^{166} Er$ , and $^{172} Yb$ Nuclei

E. Melby, L. Bergholt, M. Guttormsen, M. Hjorth-Jensen, F. Ingebretsen, S. Messelt, J. Rekstad, A. Schiller, S. Siem, and S. W. Ødegård

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3150 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Synthesis of Superheavy Nuclei in the $^{48} C a +^{244} Pu$ Reaction

Yu. Ts. Oganessian, V. K. Utyonkov, Yu. V. Lobanov, F. Sh. Abdullin, A. N. Polyakov, I. V. Shirokovsky, Yu. S. Tsyganov, G. G. Gulbekian, S. L. Bogomolov, B. N. Gikal, A. N. Mezentsev, S. Iliev, V. G. Subbotin, A. M. Sukhov, G. V. Buklanov, K. Subotic, M. G. Itkis, K. J. Moody, J. F. Wild, N. J. Stoyer, M. A. Stoyer, and R. W. Lougheed

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3154 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Tunneling Excitation to Resonant States in Helium as Main Source of Superponderomotive Photoelectrons in the Tunneling Regime

H. G. Muller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3158 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Keyhole Look at Lévy Flights in Subrecoil Laser Cooling

S. Schaufler, W. P. Schleich, and V. P. Yakovlev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3162 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Controlling Quantum Transport by State Synthesis in Ion Traps

Juan F. Poyatos and Gonzalo García de Polavieja

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3166 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Chemically Induced Oscillatory Exchange Coupling in Chromium Oxide Clusters

B. V. Reddy and S. N. Khanna

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3170 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Cooling of a Mirror by Radiation Pressure

P. F. Cohadon, A. Heidmann, and M. Pinard

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3174 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Recurrence Time Statistics for Chaotic Systems and Their Applications

J. B. Gao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3178 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Observation of Two-Dimensional Bright Photovoltaic Spatial Solitons

W. L. She, K. K. Lee, and W. K. Lee

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3182 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Continuous Avalanche Segregation of Granular Mixtures in Thin Rotating Drums

Hernán A. Makse

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3186 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Oscillons and Propagating Solitary Waves in a Vertically Vibrated Colloidal Suspension

O. Lioubashevski, Y. Hamiel, A. Agnon, Z. Reches, and J. Fineberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3190 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Plasma and Beam Physics

Transition from Attractive to Repulsive Forces between Dust Molecules in a Plasma Sheath

A. Melzer, V. A. Schweigert, and A. Piel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3194 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Turbulent Dynamos and Magnetic Helicity

Hantao Ji

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3198 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Observation of Return Current Effects in a Passive Plasma Lens

R. Govil, W. P. Leemans, E. Yu. Backhaus, and J. S. Wurtele

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3202 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Fast-Ion Velocity Distributions in JET Measured by Collective Thomson Scattering

H. Bindslev, J. A. Hoekzema, J. Egedal, J. A. Fessey, T. P. Hughes, and J. S. Machuzak

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3206 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

$Si (100)$ - $(2 \times 1)$ Etching with Fluorine: Planar Removal versus Three Dimensional Pitting

Koji S. Nakayama and J. H. Weaver

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3210 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Inherent Structure Entropy of Supercooled Liquids

F. Sciortino, W. Kob, and P. Tartaglia

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3214 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Reconciliation of the Molecular Weight Dependence of Diffusion and Viscosity in Entangled Polymers

Timothy P. Lodge

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3218 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Dislocations, Phason Defects, and Domain Walls in a One-Dimensional Quasiperiodic Superstructure of a Metallic Thin Film

Ph. Ebert, K.-J. Chao, Q. Niu, and C. K. Shih

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3222 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Correlated Simultaneous Phason Jumps in an Icosahedral Al-Mn-Pd Quasicrystal

G. Coddens, S. Lyonnard, B. Hennion, and Y. Calvayrac

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3226 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Atomic Structure and Vibrational Properties of Icosahedral $B_{4} C$ Boron Carbide

R. Lazzari, N. Vast, J. M. Besson, S. Baroni, and A. Dal Corso

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3230 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Geometric Frustration of 2D Dopants in Silicon: Surpassing Electrical Saturation

P. H. Citrin, D. A. Muller, H.-J. Gossmann, R. Vanfleet, and P. A. Northrup

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3234 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Glassy Time-Scale Divergence and Anomalous Coarsening in a Kinetically Constrained Spin Chain

Peter Sollich and Martin R. Evans

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3238 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Structure and Dynamics of Small Metallic Clusters on an Insulating Metal-Oxide Surface: Copper on MgO(100)

V. Musolino, A. Selloni, and R. Car

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3242 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Nanoscale Pattern Formation during Electrodeposition: Ru on Reconstructed Au(111)

S. Strbac, O. M. Magnussen, and R. J. Behm

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3246 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Why is the Bandwidth of Sodium Observed to be Narrower in Photoemission Experiments?

H. Yasuhara, S. Yoshinaga, and M. Higuchi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3250 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Magnetospectroscopy of Acceptors in “Blue” Diamonds

Hyunjung Kim, A. K. Ramdas, S. Rodriguez, M. Grimsditch, and T. R. Anthony

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3254 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Tunneling into Ferromagnetic Quantum Hall States: Observation of a Spin Bottleneck

H. B. Chan, R. C. Ashoori, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3258 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Spin Bottlenecks in the Quantum Hall Regime

A. H. MacDonald

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3262 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Oscillation Modes of Two-Dimensional Nanostructures within the Time-Dependent Local-Spin-Density Approximation

Antonio Puente and Llorenç Serra

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3266 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Quantum Dots in Magnetic Fields: Phase Diagram and Broken Symmetry at the Maximum-Density-Droplet Edge

S. M. Reimann, M. Koskinen, M. Manninen, and B. R. Mottelson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3270 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Subband Population in a Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Diode

R. D. Antonov and A. T. Johnson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3274 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Magnetic Field Dependence of $λ$ in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{6.95}$ : Results as a Function of Temperature and Field Orientation

C. P. Bidinosti, W. N. Hardy, D. A. Bonn, and Ruixing Liang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3277 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Giant Mutual Proximity Effects in Ferromagnetic/Superconducting Nanostructures

V. T. Petrashov, I. A. Sosnin, I. Cox, A. Parsons, and C. Troadec

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3281 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Traveling Waves in a Drifting Flux Lattice

R. Aditi Simha and Sriram Ramaswamy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3285 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Systematic Cation Disorder Effects in $L_{1.85} M_{0.15} CuO_{4}$ Superconductors

Judith A. McAllister and J. Paul Attfield

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3289 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Magnetic Susceptibility of Diluted Pyrochlore and ${SrCr}_{9 - 9 x} {Ga}_{3 + 9 x} O_{19}$ Antiferromagnets

R. Moessner and A. J. Berlinsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3293 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Density Matrix Renormalization Group Study of the Haldane Phase in Random One-Dimensional Antiferromagnets

Kazuo Hida

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3297 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Static Spin Freezing in ${NaV}_{2} O_{5}$ Detected by Muon Spin Relaxation

Y. Fudamoto, K. M. Kojima, M. I. Larkin, G. M. Luke, J. Merrin, B. Nachumi, Y. J. Uemura, M. Isobe, and Y. Ueda

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3301 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Second- and First-Order Phase Transitions in the Magnetic Reorientation of Ultrathin Fe on Gd

C. S. Arnold, D. P. Pappas, and A. P. Popov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3305 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Similarity of Slow Stripe Fluctuations between Sr-Doped Cuprates and Oxygen-Doped Nickelates

I. M. Abu-Shiekah, O. O. Bernal, A. A. Menovsky, H. B. Brom, and J. Zaanen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3309 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Photon Echoes from Semiconductor Band-to-Band Continuum Transitions in the Regime of Coulomb Quantum Kinetics

W. A. Hügel, M. F. Heinrich, M. Wegener, Q. T. Vu, L. Bányai, and H. Haug

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3313 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Determination of Phonon Dispersions from X-Ray Transmission Scattering: The Example of Silicon

M. Holt, Z. Wu, Hawoong Hong, P. Zschack, P. Jemian, J. Tischler, Haydn Chen, and T.-C. Chiang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3317 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Evidence for Incommensurate Spin Fluctuations in ${Sr}_{2} {RuO}_{4}$

Y. Sidis, M. Braden, P. Bourges, B. Hennion, S. NishiZaki, Y. Maeno, and Y. Mori

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3320 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

Probing Porous Media with Gas Diffusion NMR

R. W. Mair, G. P. Wong, D. Hoffmann, M. D. Hürlimann, S. Patz, L. M. Schwartz, and R. L. Walsworth

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3324 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Adhesion and Friction Forces between Spherical Micrometer-Sized Particles

Lars-Oliver Heim, Jürgen Blum, Markus Preuss, and Hans-Jürgen Butt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3328 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Depletion of Molecular Vibrational Modes through Electron Impact and Evidence for Resonance Dissociation to Neutrals in Condensed ${CH}_{3} Cl / Graphite$

J. Wilkes, R. E. Palmer, and C. L. A. Lamont

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3332 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Decomposition of DNA Sequence Complexity

Pedro Bernaola-Galván, José L. Oliver, and Ramón Román-Roldán

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3336 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

COMMENTS

Comment on “Precision Measurement of the Casimir Force from 0.1 to 0.9 $μ m$ ”

S. K. Lamoreaux

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3340 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Mohideen and Roy Reply:

U. Mohideen and A. Roy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3341 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

Comment on “Quantum Suppression of Shot Noise in Atom-Size Metallic Contacts”

J. Bürki and C. A. Stafford

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3342 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999

ERRATA

Erratum: Pressure-Induced High-Spin to Low-Spin Transition in FeS Evidenced by X-Ray Emission Spectroscopy [Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 3284 (1999)]

J.-P. Rueff, C.-C. Kao, V. V. Struzhkin, J. Badro, J. Shu, R. J. Hemley, and H. K. Mao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3343 (1999) - Published 18 October, 1999