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Volume 86, Issue 8

19 February 2001
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HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Submillimeter Test of the Gravitational Inverse-Square Law: A Search for “Large” Extra Dimensions

C. D. Hoyle, U. Schmidt, B. R. Heckel, E. G. Adelberger, J. H. Gundlach, D. J. Kapner, and H. E. Swanson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1418 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

LETTERS

General Physics

Multimode Dynamics of a Coupled Ultracold Atomic-Molecular System

Krzysztof Góral, Mariusz Gajda, and Kazimierz Rza̧żewski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1397 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Bose-Einstein Condensates in Standing Waves: The Cubic Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation with a Periodic Potential

Jared C. Bronski, Lincoln D. Carr, Bernard Deconinck, and J. Nathan Kutz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1402 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Intermittent Implosion and Pattern Formation of Trapped Bose-Einstein Condensates with an Attractive Interaction

Hiroki Saito and Masahito Ueda

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1406 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Sound Emission due to Superfluid Vortex Reconnections

M. Leadbeater, T. Winiecki, D. C. Samuels, C. F. Barenghi, and C. S. Adams

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1410 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Knots and Random Walks in Vibrated Granular Chains

E. Ben-Naim, Z. A. Daya, P. Vorobieff, and R. E. Ecke

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1414 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Gravitation and Astrophysics

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Submillimeter Test of the Gravitational Inverse-Square Law: A Search for “Large” Extra Dimensions

C. D. Hoyle, U. Schmidt, B. R. Heckel, E. G. Adelberger, J. H. Gundlach, D. J. Kapner, and H. E. Swanson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1418 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Gravitationally Bound Monopoles

Betti Hartmann, Burkhard Kleihaus, and Jutta Kunz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1422 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Black Hole Thermodynamics from Calculations in Strongly Coupled Gauge Theory

Daniel Kabat, Gilad Lifschytz, and David A. Lowe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1426 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Neutrinos Produced by Ultrahigh-Energy Photons at High Redshift

Alexander Kusenko and Marieke Postma

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1430 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Constraints on Galaxy Bias, Matter Density, and Primordial Non-Gaussianity from the PSCz Galaxy Redshift Survey

Hume A. Feldman, Joshua A. Frieman, J. N. Fry, and Román Scoccimarro

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1434 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Elementary Particles and Fields

't Hooft Loop in SU(2) Yang-Mills Theory

Philippe de Forcrand, Massimo D'Elia, and Michele Pepe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1438 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

h→μτ at Hadron Colliders

Tao Han and Danny Marfatia

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1442 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Towards a Solution of the Charmonium Production Controversy: k⊥ Factorization versus Color-Octet Mechanism

Ph. Hägler, R. Kirschner, A. Schäfer, L. Szymanowski, and O. V. Teryaev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1446 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Nuclear Physics

Prompt α Decay of a Well-Deformed Band in N58i

D. Rudolph, C. Baktash, M. Devlin, D. R. LaFosse, L. L. Riedinger, D. G. Sarantites, and C.-H. Yu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1450 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Precise Half-Life Measurement for the Superallowed 0+→0+ β Emitter 74Rb: First Results from the New Radioactive Beam Facility (ISAC) at TRIUMF

G. C. Ball, S. Bishop, J. A. Behr, G. C. Boisvert, P. Bricault, J. Cerny, J. M. D'Auria, M. Dombsky, J. C. Hardy, V. Iacob, J. R. Leslie, T. Lindner, J. A. Macdonald, H.-B. Mak, D. M. Moltz, J. Powell, G. Savard, and I. S. Towner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1454 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Rotational Bands in the Proton Emitter H141o

D. Seweryniak, P. J. Woods, J. J. Ressler, C. N. Davids, A. Heinz, A. A. Sonzogni, J. Uusitalo, W. B. Walters, J. A. Caggiano, M. P. Carpenter, J. A. Cizewski, T. Davinson, K. Y. Ding, N. Fotiades, U. Garg, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, P. Reiter, J. Shergur, and I. Wiedenhöver

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1458 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Two-Wire Waveguide and Interferometer for Cold Atoms

E. A. Hinds, C. J. Vale, and M. G. Boshier

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1462 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Lifetime Measurements of Metastable States in Fe+

D. Rostohar, A. Derkatch, H. Hartman, S. Johansson, H. Lundberg, S. Mannervik, L.-O. Norlin, P. Royen, and A. Schmitt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1466 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Experimental Observation of Post-Collision Interaction and Interference Effects in Resonant Double Photoionization Processes

S. Rioual, B. Rouvellou, L. Avaldi, G. Battera, R. Camilloni, G. Stefani, and G. Turri

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1470 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Manipulation of Cold Atomic Collisions by Cavity QED Effects

J. I. Kim, R. B. B. Santos, and P. Nussenzveig

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1474 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Observation of Completely Destructive Quantum Interference between Interacting Resonances in Molecular Predissociation

B. R. Lewis, S. T. Gibson, P. O'Keeffe, T. Ridley, K. P. Lawley, and R. J. Donovan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1478 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Giant Barkas Effect Observed for Light Ions Channeling in Si

G. de M. Azevedo, P. L. Grande, M. Behar, J. F Dias, and G. Schiwietz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1482 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Resolution of the Frozen-Charge Paradox in Stopping of Channeled Heavy Ions

Peter Sigmund and Andreas Schinner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1486 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Two-Photon Evanescent-Volume Wave Spectroscopy: A New Account of Gas-Solid Dynamics in the Boundary Layer

V. G. Bordo, J. Loerke, and H.-G. Rubahn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1490 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Excitation of Molecular Vibrations by Positron Impact

J. P. Sullivan, S. J. Gilbert, and C. M. Surko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1494 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

O(α3lnα) Corrections to Muonium and Positronium Hyperfine Splitting

Kirill Melnikov and Alexander Yelkhovsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1498 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Triggered Single Photons from a Quantum Dot

Charles Santori, Matthew Pelton, Glenn Solomon, Yseulte Dale, and Yoshihisa Yamamoto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1502 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Fractality of the Hydrodynamic Modes of Diffusion

P. Gaspard, I. Claus, T. Gilbert, and J. R. Dorfman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1506 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Generalized Splay State in Coupled Chaotic Oscillators Induced by Weak Mutual Resonant Interactions

Meng Zhan, Gang Hu, Ying Zhang, and Daihai He

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1510 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Optical Billiards for Atoms

V. Milner, J. L. Hanssen, W. C. Campbell, and M. G. Raizen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1514 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Observation of Chaotic and Regular Dynamics in Atom-Optics Billiards

Nir Friedman, Ariel Kaplan, Dina Carasso, and Nir Davidson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1518 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Dynamics of a Random Laser above Threshold

Gijs van Soest, Frank J. Poelwijk, Rudolf Sprik, and Ad Lagendijk

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1522 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Optical Trirefringence in Photonic Crystal Waveguides

M. C. Netti, A. Harris, J. J. Baumberg, D. M. Whittaker, M. B. D. Charlton, M. E. Zoorob, and G. J. Parker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1526 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Plasma and Beam Physics

Long-Pulse Improved Central Electron Confinement in the TCV Tokamak with Electron Cyclotron Heating and Current Drive

Z. A. Pietrzyk, C. Angioni, R. Behn, S. Coda, T. P. Goodman, M. A. Henderson, F. Hofmann, and O. Sauter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1530 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Complex γ-Ray Hologram: Solution to Twin Images Problem in Atomic Resolution Imaging

P. Korecki, G. Materlik, and J. Korecki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1534 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Pairing Interactions and Gibbs Adsorption at the Liquid Bi-In Surface: A Resonant X-Ray Reflectivity Study

E. DiMasi, H. Tostmann, O. G. Shpyrko, P. Huber, B. M. Ocko, P. S. Pershan, M. Deutsch, and L. E. Berman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1538 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Chemical Ordering in Al72Ni20Co8 Decagonal Quasicrystals

Yanfa Yan and Stephen J. Pennycook

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1542 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Calculation of Quantum Tunneling for a Spatially Extended Defect: The Dislocation Kink in Copper Has a Low Effective Mass

Tejs Vegge, James P. Sethna, Siew-Ann Cheong, K. W. Jacobsen, Christopher R. Myers, and Daniel C. Ralph

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1546 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Convective Cahn-Hilliard Models: From Coarsening to Roughening

A. A. Golovin, A. A. Nepomnyashchy, S. H. Davis, and M. A. Zaks

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1550 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Surface Vibrational Spectroscopic Study of Surface Melting of Ice

Xing Wei, Paulo B. Miranda, and Y. R. Shen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1554 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Superfluid Fraction of H3e−H4e Mixtures Confined at 0.0483μm between Silicon Wafers

Mark O. Kimball and Francis M. Gasparini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1558 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Nothing Moves a Surface: Vacancy Mediated Surface Diffusion

R. van Gastel, E. Somfai, S. B. van Albada, W. van Saarloos, and J. W. M. Frenken

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1562 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Novel Surface Vibrational Spectroscopy: Infrared-Infrared-Visible Sum-Frequency Generation

Mischa Bonn, Christian Hess, James H. Miners, Tony F. Heinz, Huib J. Bakker, and Minhaeng Cho

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1566 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Difference in the Dynamic Scaling Behavior of Droplet Size Distribution for Coalescence under Pulsed and Continuous Vapor Delivery

R. D. Narhe, M. D. Khandkar, K. P. Adhi, A. V. Limaye, S. R. Sainkar, and S. B. Ogale

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1570 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Simple Analytical Particle and Kinetic Energy Densities for a Dilute Fermionic Gas in a d-Dimensional Harmonic Trap

Matthias Brack and Brandon P. van Zyl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1574 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Anomalous Temperature Dependence of the Magnetic Field Induced Antiferromagnetic Moment in the Antiferroquadrupolar Ordered State of CeB6

M. Sera, H. Ichikawa, T. Yokoo, J. Akimitsu, M. Nishi, K. Kakurai, and S. Kunii

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1578 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Local Density of States of a Three-Dimensional Conductor in the Extreme Quantum Limit

D. Haude, M. Morgenstern, I. Meinel, and R. Wiesendanger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1582 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Field-Induced Dynamic Diamagnetism in a Charge-Density-Wave System

N. Harrison, C. H. Mielke, A. D. Christianson, J. S. Brooks, and M. Tokumoto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1586 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Electrodynamic Dip in the Local Density of States of a Metallic Wire

F. Pierre, H. Pothier, P. Joyez, Norman O. Birge, D. Esteve, and M. H. Devoret

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1590 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Diamagnetic Persistent Current in Diffusive Normal-Metal Rings

E. M. Q. Jariwala, P. Mohanty, M. B. Ketchen, and R. A. Webb

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1594 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Two-Component Interference Effect: Model of a Spin-Polarized Transport

P. Šeba, P. Exner, K. N. Pichugin, A. Vyhnal, and P. Středa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1598 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Paramagnetic Reentrant Effect in Mesoscopic Cylinders Made of a Normal Metal in Proximity with a Superconductor

M. Lisowski and E. Zipper

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1602 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Phase Fluctuations and the Pseudogap in YBa2Cu3Ox

C. Meingast, V. Pasler, P. Nagel, A. Rykov, S. Tajima, and P. Olsson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1606 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Resonant Spin Excitation in an Overdoped High Temperature Superconductor

H. He, Y. Sidis, P. Bourges, G. D. Gu, A. Ivanov, N. Koshizuka, B. Liang, C. T. Lin, L. P. Regnault, E. Schoenherr, and B. Keimer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1610 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Anomalous Peak in the Superconducting Condensate Density of Cuprate High- Tc Superconductors at a Unique Doping State

C. Bernhard, J. L. Tallon, Th. Blasius, A. Golnik, and Ch. Niedermayer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1614 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Field-Induced Three- and Two-Dimensional Freezing in a Quantum Spin Liquid

Y. Chen, Z. Honda, A. Zheludev, C. Broholm, K. Katsumata, and S. M. Shapiro

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1618 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Time Reparametrization Group and the Long Time Behavior in Quantum Glassy Systems

Malcolm P. Kennett and Claudio Chamon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1622 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Nature of Spin Excitations in Two-Dimensional Mott Insulators: Undoped Cuprates and Other Materials

Chang-Ming Ho, V. N. Muthukumar, Masao Ogata, and P. W. Anderson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1626 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Mechanisms for the Generation of Coherent Longitudinal-Optical Phonons in GaAs /AlGaAs Multiple Quantum Wells

K. J. Yee, Y. S. Lim, T. Dekorsy, and D. S. Kim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1630 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Spin Relaxation Quenching in Semiconductor Quantum Dots

M. Paillard, X. Marie, P. Renucci, T. Amand, A. Jbeli, and J. M. Gérard

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1634 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Ultrafast Dynamics of Electron Thermalization in Gold

Chunlei Guo, George Rodriguez, and Antoinette J. Taylor

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1638 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Effect of Hydrogen Adsorption on the X-Ray Absorption Spectra of Small Pt Clusters

A. L. Ankudinov, J. J. Rehr, John Low, and Simon R. Bare

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1642 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

Wave Propagation in Subexcitable Media with Periodically Modulated Excitability

Irene Sendiña-Nadal, Eugene Mihaliuk, Jichang Wang, Vicente Pérez-Muñuzuri, and Kenneth Showalter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1646 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Modeling Heart Rate Variability in Healthy Humans: A Turbulence Analogy

D. C. Lin and R. L. Hughson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1650 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Trajectories in Phase Diagrams, Growth Processes, and Computational Complexity: How Search Algorithms Solve the 3-Satisfiability Problem

Simona Cocco and Rémi Monasson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1654 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

Typical Solution Time for a Vertex-Covering Algorithm on Finite-Connectivity Random Graphs

Martin Weigt and Alexander K. Hartmann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1658 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

COMMENTS

Comment on “Creation of Magnetic Energy in the Solar Atmosphere”

M. Swisdak and M. Shay

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1662 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

ERRATA

Erratum: Fine Structure in Magnetization of Individual Fluxoid States [Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1528 (2000)]

A. K. Geim, S. V. Dubonos, J. J. Palacios, I. V. Grigorieva, M. Henini, and J. J. Schermer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1663 (2001) - Published 19 February, 2001

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