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Physical Review Letters

Volume 86, Issue 4

22 January 2001

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HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Superheating and Supercooling of Vortex Matter in a Nb Single Crystal: Direct Evidence for a Phase Transition at the Peak Effect from Neutron Diffraction

X. S. Ling, S. R. Park, B. A. McClain, S. M. Choi, D. C. Dender, and J. W. Lynn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 712 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Ultrafast Magnetization Reversal Dynamics Investigated by Time Domain Imaging

B. C. Choi, M. Belov, W. K. Hiebert, G. E. Ballentine, and M. R. Freeman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 728 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

LETTERS

General Physics

Controlled Decoherence in Multiple Beam Ramsey Interference

Michael Mei and Martin Weitz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 559 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Anomalous Modes Drive Vortex Dynamics in Confined Bose-Einstein Condensates

David L. Feder, Anatoly A. Svidzinsky, Alexander L. Fetter, and Charles W. Clark

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 564 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Bose-Einstein Condensates beyond Mean Field Theory: Quantum Backreaction as Decoherence

A. Vardi and J. R. Anglin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 568 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Probability-Changing Cluster Algorithm for Potts Models

Yusuke Tomita and Yutaka Okabe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 572 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Causal Boundary Entropy from Horizon Conformal Field Theory

Ram Brustein

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 576 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Limits on the Cosmological Abundance of Supermassive Compact Objects from a Millilensing Search in Gamma-Ray Burst Data

Robert J. Nemiroff, Gabriela F. Marani, Jay P. Norris, and Jerry T. Bonnell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 580 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Limits on the Cosmological Abundance of Supermassive Compact Objects from a Search for Multiple Imaging in Compact Radio Sources

P. N. Wilkinson, D. R. Henstock, I. W. A. Browne, A. G. Polatidis, P. Augusto, A. C. S. Readhead, T. J. Pearson, W. Xu, G. B. Taylor, and R. C. Vermeulen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 584 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Elementary Particles and Fields

Towards the Large $N$ Limit of Pure $N = 1$ Super Yang-Mills Theory

Juan Maldacena and Carlos Nuñez

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 588 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

QCD at Finite Isospin Density

D. T. Son and M. A. Stephanov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 592 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Geometric Scaling for the Total $γ^{*} p$ Cross Section in the Low $x$ Region

A. M. Staśto, K. Golec-Biernat, and J. Kwieciński

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 596 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Nuclear Physics

Halo Structure of ${}^{14}B e$

M. Labiche et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 600 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Static Quadrupole Moment of the Five-Quasiparticle $K = \frac{35}{2}$ Isomer in ${}^{179}W$ Studied with the Level-Mixing Spectroscopy Method

D. L. Balabanski, K. Vyvey, G. Neyens, N. Coulier, R. Coussement, G. Georgiev, A. Lèpine-Szily, S. Ternier, S. Teughels, M. Mineva, P. M. Walker, P. Blaha, D. Almehed, and S. Frauendorf

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 604 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Magnetic Conveyor Belt for Transporting and Merging Trapped Atom Clouds

W. Hänsel, J. Reichel, P. Hommelhoff, and T. W. Hänsch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 608 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Electric Field Controlled, Pulsed Autoionization in Two Electron Wave Packets

J. G. Story and Heider N. Ereifej

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 612 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Low-Energy State-Selective Charge Transfer by Multiply Charged Ions

G. Lubinski, Z. Juhász, R. Morgenstern, and R. Hoekstra

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 616 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Deep-Core Dielectronic-Capture Resonances in the Electron-Impact Ionization of Heavy Atomic Ions

K. Aichele, D. Hathiramani, F. Scheuermann, A. Müller, E. Salzborn, D. Mitnik, J. Colgan, and M. S. Pindzola

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 620 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Magnetic and Orbital Dichroism in ( $e, 2 e$ ) Ionization of Sodium

J. Lower, E. Weigold, J. Berakdar, and S. Mazevet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 624 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Stopping Light via Hot Atoms

Olga Kocharovskaya, Yuri Rostovtsev, and Marlan O. Scully

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 628 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Contact Line Instabilities of Thin Liquid Films

Javier A. Diez and L. Kondic

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 632 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Plasma and Beam Physics

Evidence for Highly Charged Ion Coulomb Crystallization in Multicomponent Strongly Coupled Plasmas

L. Gruber, J. P. Holder, J. Steiger, B. R. Beck, H. E. DeWitt, J. Glassman, J. W. McDonald, D. A. Church, and D. Schneider

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 636 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Theory for Toroidal Momentum Pinch and Flow Reversal in Tokamaks

K. C. Shaing

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 640 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Investigations of H-Mode Plasmas Triggered Directly by Pellet Injection in the DIII-D Tokamak

P. Gohil, L. R. Baylor, T. C. Jernigan, K. H. Burrell, and T. N. Carlstrom

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 644 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Debye-Waller Factor of Liquid Silica: Theory and Simulation

Francesco Sciortino and Walter Kob

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 648 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Tetragonal Crystalline Carbon Nitrides: Theoretical Predictions

Eunja Kim, Changfeng Chen, Thomas Köhler, Marcus Elstner, and Thomas Frauenheim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 652 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Influence of Bulk Nematic Orientation on the Interface between a Liquid Crystalline Polymer and a Flexible Polymer

Xianfeng Li and Morton M. Denn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 656 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Role of Stress in Thin Film Alloy Thermodynamics: Competition between Alloying and Dislocation Formation

G. E. Thayer, V. Ozolins, A. K. Schmid, N. C. Bartelt, M. Asta, J. J. Hoyt, S. Chiang, and R. Q. Hwang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 660 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Theoretical Calculations of Dissociative Adsorption of ${CH}_{4}$ on an Ir(111) Surface

Graeme Henkelman and Hannes Jónsson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 664 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Pressure-Induced Transformation Plasticity of $H_{2} O$ Ice

David C. Dunand, Christopher Schuh, and David L. Goldsby

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 668 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Conformational Changes of Single Molecules Induced by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Manipulation: A Route to Molecular Switching

Francesca Moresco, Gerhard Meyer, Karl-Heinz Rieder, Hao Tang, André Gourdon, and Christian Joachim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 672 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Two-Dimensional Anisotropic Non-Fermi-Liquid Phase of Coupled Luttinger Liquids

Ashvin Vishwanath and David Carpentier

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 676 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Optical Conductivity of One-Dimensional Mott Insulators

D. Controzzi, F. H. L. Essler, and A. M. Tsvelik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 680 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Hybridization Gap in Heavy Fermion Compounds

S. V. Dordevic, D. N. Basov, N. R. Dilley, E. D. Bauer, and M. B. Maple

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 684 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Structural Deformation and Intertube Conductance of Crossed Carbon Nanotube Junctions

Young-Gui Yoon, Mario S. C. Mazzoni, Hyoung Joon Choi, Jisoon Ihm, and Steven G. Louie

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 688 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

${AlH}_{3}$ and ${Al}_{2} H_{6}$ : Magic Clusters with Unmagical Properties

B. K. Rao, P. Jena, S. Burkart, G. Ganteför, and G. Seifert

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 692 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Tuning Fermi-Surface Properties through Quantum Confinement in Metallic Metalattices: New Metals from Old Atoms

J. E. Han and Vincent H. Crespi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 696 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Counting Statistics of Photons Produced by Electronic Shot Noise

C. W. J. Beenakker and H. Schomerus

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 700 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Marginal Fermi Liquid Resonance Induced by a Quantum Magnetic Impurity in $d$ -Wave Superconductors

Guang-Ming Zhang, Hui Hu, and Lu Yu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 704 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Effect of Equilibrium Fluctuations on Superfluid Density in Layered Superconductors

S. N. Artemenko and S. V. Remizov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 708 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Superheating and Supercooling of Vortex Matter in a Nb Single Crystal: Direct Evidence for a Phase Transition at the Peak Effect from Neutron Diffraction

X. S. Ling, S. R. Park, B. A. McClain, S. M. Choi, D. C. Dender, and J. W. Lynn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 712 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Suppression of Superconductivity in Mesoscopic Superconductors

M. B. Sobnack and F. V. Kusmartsev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 716 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Aging of the Zero-Field-Cooled Magnetization in Ising Spin Glasses: Experiment and Numerical Simulation

Lorenzo W. Bernardi, Hajime Yoshino, Koji Hukushima, Hajime Takayama, Aya Tobo, and Atsuko Ito

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 720 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Nonlinear Magnetization Dynamics under Circularly Polarized Field

Giorgio Bertotti, Claudio Serpico, and Isaak D. Mayergoyz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 724 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Ultrafast Magnetization Reversal Dynamics Investigated by Time Domain Imaging

B. C. Choi, M. Belov, W. K. Hiebert, G. E. Ballentine, and M. R. Freeman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 728 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Ultrafast Formation of Nonemissive Species via Intermolecular Interaction in Single Crystals of Conjugated Molecules

M. A. Loi, A. Mura, G. Bongiovanni, Q. Cai, C. Martin, H. R. Chandrasekhar, M. Chandrasekhar, W. Graupner, and F. Garnier

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 732 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Path-Dependent Neutralization of Multiply Charged Ar Ions Incident on Au(110)

V. A. Morozov and F. W. Meyer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 736 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

Collective Dynamics in Fully Hydrated Phospholipid Bilayers Studied by Inelastic X-Ray Scattering

S. H. Chen, C. Y. Liao, H. W. Huang, T. M. Weiss, M. C. Bellisent-Funel, and F. Sette

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 740 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

COMMENTS

Comment on “Convective Nonlinearity in Non-Newtonian Fluids”

Antony N. Beris, Michael D. Graham, Iliya Karlin, and Hans Christian Öttinger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 744 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Temmen et al. Reply:

H. Temmen, H. Pleiner, M. Liu, and H. R. Brand

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 745 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Comment on “Full Ambiguity-Free Quantum Treatment of $D^{+} + H (1 s)$ Charge Transfer Reactions at Low Energies”

A. V. Matveenko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 746 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001

Igarashi and Lin Reply:

Akinori Igarashi and C. D. Lin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 747 (2001) - Published 22 January, 2001