Volume 85, Issue 6

7 August 2000

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HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Fuzzy Cold Dark Matter: The Wave Properties of Ultralight Particles

Wayne Hu, Rennan Barkana, and Andrei Gruzinov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1158 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

LETTERS

General Physics

Geometric Phase, Hannay's Angle, and an Exact Action Variable

Dae-Yup Song

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1141 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Low-Dimensional Bose Liquids: Beyond the Gross-Pitaevskii Approximation

Eugene B. Kolomeisky, T. J. Newman, Joseph P. Straley, and Xiaoya Qi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1146 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Lower Limit on Radius as a Function of Mass for Neutron Stars

Norman K. Glendenning

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1150 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Statistics of Clustering of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays and the Number of Their Sources

S. L. Dubovsky, P. G. Tinyakov, and I. I. Tkachev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1154 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Fuzzy Cold Dark Matter: The Wave Properties of Ultralight Particles

Wayne Hu, Rennan Barkana, and Andrei Gruzinov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1158 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Reconstructing the Cosmic Equation of State from Supernova Distances

Tarun Deep Saini, Somak Raychaudhury, Varun Sahni, and A. A. Starobinsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1162 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Elementary Particles and Fields

Probing Possible Decoherence Effects in Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations

E. Lisi, A. Marrone, and D. Montanino

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1166 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Mass Relation for Neutrinos

K. S. Babu and S. M. Barr

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1170 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Spectra of Massive and Massless QCD Dirac Operators: A Novel Link

G. Akemann and E. Kanzieper

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1174 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Mesino-Antimesino Oscillations

Uri Sarid and Scott Thomas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1178 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Evidence for Valencelike Quark-Hadron Duality

I. Niculescu et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1182 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Experimental Verification of Quark-Hadron Duality

I. Niculescu et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1186 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Nuclear Physics

New Attempt to Determine the $n - n$ Scattering Length with the ${}^{2}H (n, n p) n$ Reaction

V. Huhn, L. Wätzold, Ch. Weber, A. Siepe, W. von Witsch, H. Witała, and W. Glöckle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1190 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Nuclear Multifragmentation, Percolation, and the Fisher Droplet Model: Common Features of Reducibility and Thermal Scaling

J. B. Elliott et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1194 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Fission Barriers at High Angular Momentum and the Ground State Rotational Band of the Nucleus ${}^{254}N o$

J. L. Egido and L. M. Robledo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1198 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Radiative and Relativistic Effects in the Decay of Highly Excited States in Helium

Thomas Ward Gorczyca, Jan-Erik Rubensson, Conny Såthe, Magnus Ström, Marcus Agåker, Dajun Ding, Stefano Stranges, Robert Richter, and Michele Alagia

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1202 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Resonance-Mediated Chemical Reaction: $F + H D \to H F + D$

Rex T. Skodje, Dimitris Skouteris, David E. Manolopoulos, Shih-Huang Lee, Feng Dong, and Kopin Liu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1206 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Order $α^{3} \ln (1 / α)$ Corrections to Positronium Decays

Bernd A. Kniehl and Alexander A. Penin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1210 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

New Class of Eigenstates in Generic Hamiltonian Systems

R. Ketzmerick, L. Hufnagel, F. Steinbach, and M. Weiss

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1214 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Physical Limits on Electronic Nonlinear Molecular Susceptibilities

Mark G. Kuzyk

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1218 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Coherent Rayleigh Scattering

Jay H. Grinstead and Peter F. Barker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1222 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Phase Relations, Quasicontinuous Spectra and Subfemtosecond Pulses in High-Order Stimulated Raman Scattering with Short-Pulse Excitation

V. P. Kalosha and J. Herrmann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1226 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Thermal Convection in Fluidized Granular Systems

Rosa Ramírez, Dino Risso, and Patricio Cordero

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1230 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Singularity during the Onset of an Electrohydrodynamic Spout

Lene Oddershede and Sidney R. Nagel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1234 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Pipe Network Model for Scaling of Dynamic Interfaces in Porous Media

Chi-Hang Lam and Viktor K. Horváth

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1238 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Plasma and Beam Physics

Complete Suppression of Neoclassical Tearing Modes with Current Drive at the Electron-Cyclotron-Resonance Frequency in ASDEX Upgrade Tokamak

G. Gantenbein, H. Zohm, G. Giruzzi, S. Günter, F. Leuterer, M. Maraschek, J. Meskat, Q. Yu, ASDEX Upgrade Team, and ECRH-Group (AUG)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1242 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Observation of the Alpha Particle “Knock-On” Neutron Emission from Magnetically Confined DT Fusion Plasmas

J. Källne, L. Ballabio, J. Frenje, S. Conroy, G. Ericsson, M. Tardocchi, E. Traneus, and G. Gorini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1246 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Melting of Isolated Tin Nanoparticles

Thomas Bachels, Hans-Joachim Güntherodt, and Rolf Schäfer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1250 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Ab initio Simulation of Phase Transitions and Dissociation of $H_{2} S$ at High Pressure

Roger Rousseau, Mauro Boero, Marco Bernasconi, Michele Parrinello, and Kiyoyuki Terakura

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1254 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Theoretical Investigation of High Pressure Phases of Carbon Dioxide

Bengt Holm, Rajeev Ahuja, Anatoli Belonoshko, and Börje Johansson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1258 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Optical Evidence for a Nonmolecular Phase of Nitrogen above 150 GPa

Alexander F. Goncharov, Eugene Gregoryanz, Ho-kwang Mao, Zhenxian Liu, and Russell J. Hemley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1262 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Experimental Evidence of the Acousticlike Character of the High Frequency Excitations in Glasses

C. Masciovecchio, A. Mermet, G. Ruocco, and F. Sette

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1266 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Clusters and Fluctuations at Mean-Field Critical Points and Spinodals

W. Klein, Harvey Gould, J. Tobochnik, F. J. Alexander, M. Anghel, and Gregory Johnson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1270 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Nonuniversal Features of the ac Conductivity in Ion Conducting Glasses

B. Roling and C. Martiny

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1274 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Polarization Decreases the Specific Heat of Liquid ${}^{3}H e$

O. Buu, L. Puech, and P. E. Wolf

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1278 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

First-Order and Critical Wetting of Alkanes on Water

Emanuel Bertrand, Harvey Dobbs, Daniel Broseta, Joseph Indekeu, Daniel Bonn, and Jacques Meunier

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1282 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Wetting Layer Thickness and Early Evolution of Epitaxially Strained Thin Films

Helen R. Eisenberg and Daniel Kandel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1286 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Generalized Drude Formula for the Optical Conductivity of Quasicrystals

Didier Mayou

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1290 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Counting Statistics of an Adiabatic Pump

Anton Andreev and Alex Kamenev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1294 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Electronic Properties of the $Si / {SiO}_{2}$ Interface from First Principles

J. B. Neaton, D. A. Muller, and N. W. Ashcroft

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1298 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Absolute Negative Conductivity and Spontaneous Current Generation in Semiconductor Superlattices with Hot Electrons

Ethan H. Cannon, Feodor V. Kusmartsev, Kirill N. Alekseev, and David K. Campbell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1302 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Enhancement of Kondo Effect in Quantum Dots with an Even Number of Electrons

Mikio Eto and Yuli V. Nazarov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1306 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

In-Plane Charge Modulation below $T_{c}$ and Charge-Density-Wave Correlations in the Chain Layer in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7}$

B. Grévin, Y. Berthier, and G. Collin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1310 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Mean Free Path Effects on the Current Perpendicular to the Plane Magnetoresistance of Magnetic Multilayers

Didier Bozec, M. A. Howson, B. J. Hickey, Smadar Shatz, Nathan Wiser, E. Y. Tsymbal, and D. G. Pettifor

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1314 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

${Li}_{2} VO (S i, G e) O_{4}$ , a Prototype of a Two-Dimensional Frustrated Quantum Heisenberg Antiferromagnet

R. Melzi, P. Carretta, A. Lascialfari, M. Mambrini, M. Troyer, P. Millet, and F. Mila

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1318 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Two Distinct Raman Profiles of Glassy Dilute LiCl Solution

Yoshiharu Suzuki and Osamu Mishima

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1322 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Spectra of Sonoluminescent Rare-Gas Bubbles

Dominik Hammer and Lothar Frommhold

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1326 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

Limitations on Practical Quantum Cryptography

Gilles Brassard, Norbert Lütkenhaus, Tal Mor, and Barry C. Sanders

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1330 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Synthesis of Quantum Superpositions by Quantum Computation

Lov K. Grover

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1334 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Simulation Method of Colloidal Suspensions with Hydrodynamic Interactions: Fluid Particle Dynamics

Hajime Tanaka and Takeaki Araki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1338 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

Finding Borders between Coding and Noncoding DNA Regions by an Entropic Segmentation Method

Pedro Bernaola-Galván, Ivo Grosse, Pedro Carpena, José L. Oliver, Ramón Román-Roldán, and H. Eugene Stanley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1342 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

COMMENTS

Comment on “The Bright Side of Dark Matter”

J. D. Bekenstein, M. Milgrom, and R. H. Sanders

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1346 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000

ERRATA

Erratum: Evidence for Changing of Cosmic Ray Composition between $10^{17}$ and $10^{18} eV$ from Multicomponent Measurements [Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4276 (2000)]

T. Abu-Zayyad et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1347 (2000) - Published 7 August, 2000