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Volume 87, Issue 21

19 November 2001
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Simulated free energy of a 200-monomer chain as a function of crystal thickness (L) and orientational order parameter (S), dictating spontaneous selection of polymer crystal thickness. Ordered (valley) and disordered (saddle) configurations are shown.

From the article:

Molecular Mechanisms of Polymer Crystallization from Solution
P. Welch and M. Muthukumar
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 218302 (2001)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Nonlinear Micromechanical Casimir Oscillator

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 211801 (2001) - Published 31 October, 2001

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Self-Guided Propagation of Ultrashort IR Laser Pulses in Fused Silica

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 213902 (2001) - Published 2 November, 2001

LETTERS

General Physics

Bose-Fermi Variational Theory of the Bose-Einstein Condensate Crossover to the Tonks Gas

M. D. Girardeau and E. M. Wright

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 210401 (2001) - Published 31 October, 2001

Vortex Nucleation in a Stirred Bose-Einstein Condensate

C. Raman, J. R. Abo-Shaeer, J. M. Vogels, K. Xu, and W. Ketterle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 210402 (2001) - Published 1 November, 2001

Driving Bose-Einstein-Condensate Vorticity with a Rotating Normal Cloud

P. C. Haljan, I. Coddington, P. Engels, and E. A. Cornell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 210403 (2001) - Published 1 November, 2001

Classical-Field Method for Time Dependent Bose-Einstein Condensed Gases

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 210404 (2001) - Published 2 November, 2001

Solution of the Relativistic Dirac-Morse Problem

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 210405 (2001) - Published 5 November, 2001

Collapse in Systems with Attractive Nonintegrable Potentials

I. Ispolatov and E. G. D. Cohen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 210601 (2001) - Published 2 November, 2001

Elementary Particles and Fields

Geometric CP Violation with Extra Dimensions

Darwin Chang and R. N. Mohapatra

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 211601 (2001) - Published 31 October, 2001

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Nonlinear Micromechanical Casimir Oscillator

H. B. Chan, V. A. Aksyuk, R. N. Kleiman, D. J. Bishop, and Federico Capasso

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 211801 (2001) - Published 31 October, 2001

Bloch-Nordsieck Violation in Spontaneously Broken Abelian Theories

Marcello Ciafaloni, Paolo Ciafaloni, and Denis Comelli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 211802 (2001) - Published 1 November, 2001

Supersymmetric SO(10) Grand Unified Models with Yukawa Unification and a Positive μ Term

Howard Baer and Javier Ferrandis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 211803 (2001) - Published 2 November, 2001

Charged-Particle Multiplicity pp¯ Collisions at s=1.8TeV

T. Affolder et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 211804 (2001) - Published 5 November, 2001

Nuclear Physics

Energy Dependence of Nuclear Transparency in C (p,2p) Scattering

A. Leksanov, J. Alster, G. Asryan, Y. Averichev, D. Barton, V. Baturin, N. Bukhtoyarova, A. Carroll, S. Heppelmann, T. Kawabata, Y. Makdisi, A. Malki, E. Minina, I. Navon, H. Nicholson, A. Ogawa, Yu. Panebratsev, E. Piasetzky, A. Schetkovsky, S. Shimanskiy, A. Tang, J. W. Watson, H. Yoshida, and D. Zhalov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 212301 (2001) - Published 6 November, 2001

Effective Charge of the πh11/2 Orbital and the Electric Field Gradient of Hg from the Yrast Structure of H206g

B. Fornal, R. Broda, K. H. Maier, J. Wrzesiński, G. J. Lane, M. Cromaz, A. O. Macchiavelli, R. M. Clark, K. Vetter, A. P. Byrne, G. D. Dracoulis, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, I. Wiedenhoever, M. Rejmund, and J. Blomqvist

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 212501 (2001) - Published 2 November, 2001

Observation of a HΛΛ6e Double Hypernucleus

H. Takahashi et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 212502 (2001) - Published 2 November, 2001

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Generation of Electromagnetic Pulses from Plasma Channels Induced by Femtosecond Light Strings

Chung-Chieh Cheng, E. M. Wright, and J. V. Moloney

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 213001 (2001) - Published 1 November, 2001

Benchmark Nonperturbative Calculations for the Electron-Impact Ionization of Li(2s) and Li(2p)

J. Colgan, M. S. Pindzola, D. M. Mitnik, D. C. Griffin, and I. Bray

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 213201 (2001) - Published 2 November, 2001

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Stochastic Resonances in an Optical Two-Order Parameter Vectorial System

Kamal P. Singh, Guy Ropars, Marc Brunel, Fabien Bretenaker, and Albert Le Floch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 213901 (2001) - Published 31 October, 2001

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Self-Guided Propagation of Ultrashort IR Laser Pulses in Fused Silica

S. Tzortzakis, L. Sudrie, M. Franco, B. Prade, A. Mysyrowicz, A. Couairon, and L. Bergé

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 213902 (2001) - Published 2 November, 2001

Measurement of Lagrangian Velocity in Fully Developed Turbulence

N. Mordant, P. Metz, O. Michel, and J.-F. Pinton

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 214501 (2001) - Published 2 November, 2001

Exact Calculation of the Linear Term in the Density Expansion of the Dynamic Structure Factor of a Dilute Gas

Kunimasa Miyazaki and I. M. de Schepper

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 214502 (2001) - Published 5 November, 2001

Plasma and Beam Physics

Fast Proton Generation from Ultrashort Laser Pulse Interaction with Double-Layer Foil Targets

J. Badziak, E. Woryna, P. Parys, K. Yu. Platonov, S. Jabłoński, L. Ryć, A. B. Vankov, and J. Wołowski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 215001 (2001) - Published 1 November, 2001

Explosive Vaporization of Metallic Sodium Microparticles by CW Resonant Laser Radiation

S. N. Atutov, W. Baldini, V. Biancalana, R. Calabrese, V. Guidi, B. Mai, E. Mariotti, G. Mazzocca, L. Moi, S. P. Pod'yachev, and L. Tomassetti

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 215002 (2001) - Published 1 November, 2001

Finite Larmor-Radius Theory of Magnetic Island Evolution

F. L. Waelbroeck, J. W. Connor, and H. R. Wilson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 215003 (2001) - Published 2 November, 2001

Measurements of the Inverse Faraday Effect from Relativistic Laser Interactions with an Underdense Plasma

Z. Najmudin, M. Tatarakis, A. Pukhov, E. L. Clark, R. J. Clarke, A. E. Dangor, J. Faure, V. Malka, D. Neely, M. I. K. Santala, and K. Krushelnick

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 215004 (2001) - Published 5 November, 2001

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Transition from Cage Clathrate to Filled Ice: The Structure of Methane Hydrate III

J. S. Loveday, R. J. Nelmes, M. Guthrie, D. D. Klug, and J. S. Tse

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 215501 (2001) - Published 31 October, 2001

Thermal Transport Measurements of Individual Multiwalled Nanotubes

P. Kim, L. Shi, A. Majumdar, and P. L. McEuen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 215502 (2001) - Published 31 October, 2001

Model for a Random Laser

A. L. Burin, M. A. Ratner, H. Cao, and R. P. H. Chang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 215503 (2001) - Published 1 November, 2001

Neutron Investigation of the Ion Dynamics in Liquid Mercury: Evidence for Collective Excitations

L. E. Bove, F. Sacchetti, C. Petrillo, B. Dorner, F. Formisano, and F. Barocchi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 215504 (2001) - Published 2 November, 2001

Correlation of Positron Annihilation and Other Dynamic Properties in Small Molecule Glass-Forming Substances

Kia L. Ngai, Li-Rong Bao, Albert F. Yee, and Christopher L. Soles

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 215901 (2001) - Published 5 November, 2001

Casimir Effect in Fluids above the Isotropic-Lamellar Transition

Nariya Uchida

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 216101 (2001) - Published 31 October, 2001

Light-Atom Location in Adsorbed Benzene by Experiment and Theory

G. Held, W. Braun, H.-P. Steinrück, S. Yamagishi, S. J. Jenkins, and D. A. King

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 216102 (2001) - Published 1 November, 2001

Kinetics of Faceting Driven by Attractive Step-Step Interactions on Vicinal Si(113)

K. Sudoh and H. Iwasaki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 216103 (2001) - Published 1 November, 2001

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Fermi Surface Nesting in Disordered Cu1−xPdx Alloys

I. Wilkinson, R. J. Hughes, Zs. Major, S. B. Dugdale, M. A. Alam, E. Bruno, B. Ginatempo, and E. S. Giuliano

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 216401 (2001) - Published 31 October, 2001

Charged Excitons in the Fractional Quantum Hall Regime

G. Yusa, H. Shtrikman, and I. Bar-Joseph

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 216402 (2001) - Published 1 November, 2001

Muonium Analog of Hydrogen Passivation: Observation of the Mu+−Zn− Reaction in GaAs

K. H. Chow, B. Hitti, R. F. Kiefl, R. L. Lichti, and T. L. Estle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 216403 (2001) - Published 1 November, 2001

Spectroscopic Indications of Polaronic Carriers in the Quasi-One-Dimensional Conductor (TaSe4)2I

L. Perfetti, H. Berger, A. Reginelli, L. Degiorgi, H. Höchst, J. Voit, G. Margaritondo, and M. Grioni

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 216404 (2001) - Published 2 November, 2001

Importance of Correlation Effects on Magnetic Anisotropy in Fe and Ni

Imseok Yang, Sergej Y. Savrasov, and Gabriel Kotliar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 216405 (2001) - Published 6 November, 2001

Kondo Effect in Real Quantum Dots

M. Pustilnik and L. I. Glazman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 216601 (2001) - Published 6 November, 2001

Resistance Spikes and Domain Wall Loops in Ising Quantum Hall Ferromagnets

T. Jungwirth and A. H. MacDonald

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 216801 (2001) - Published 30 October, 2001

Metallic Phase in Quantum Hall Systems due to Inter-Landau-Band Mixing

Gang Xiong, Shi-Dong Wang, Qian Niu, De-Cheng Tian, and X. R. Wang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 216802 (2001) - Published 1 November, 2001

Tunneling through a Quantum Dot in Local Spin Singlet-Triplet Crossover Region with Kondo Effect

Wataru Izumida, Osamu Sakai, and Seigo Tarucha

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 216803 (2001) - Published 1 November, 2001

Observation of Magnetically Induced Effective-Mass Enhancement of Quasi-2D Excitons

L. V. Butov, C. W. Lai, D. S. Chemla, Yu. E. Lozovik, K. L. Campman, and A. C. Gossard

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 216804 (2001) - Published 1 November, 2001

Crossover from Electronic to Atomic Shell Structure in Alkali Metal Nanowires

A. I. Yanson, I. K. Yanson, and J. M. van Ruitenbeek

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 216805 (2001) - Published 2 November, 2001

Photoinduced Anisotropy of Photoconductivity in Amorphous As50Se50 Films

V. Lyubin, M. Klebanov, and V. K. Tikhomirov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 216806 (2001) - Published 2 November, 2001

Shot-Noise in Transport and Beam Experiments

U. Gavish, Y. Levinson, and Y. Imry

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 216807 (2001) - Published 6 November, 2001

Resonant Transport in Nb /GaAs /AlGaAs Heterostructures: Realization of the de Gennes–Saint-James Model

Francesco Giazotto, Pasqualantonio Pingue, Fabio Beltram, Marco Lazzarino, Daniela Orani, Silvia Rubini, and Alfonso Franciosi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 216808 (2001) - Published 6 November, 2001

Doping Dependence of Pseudogap and Related Charge Dynamics in Nd2−xCexCuO4

Y. Onose, Y. Taguchi, K. Ishizaka, and Y. Tokura

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 217001 (2001) - Published 31 October, 2001

Projected Wave Functions and High Temperature Superconductivity

Arun Paramekanti, Mohit Randeria, and Nandini Trivedi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 217002 (2001) - Published 1 November, 2001

Quantum Phase Slips in Superconducting Nanowires

C. N. Lau, N. Markovic, M. Bockrath, A. Bezryadin, and M. Tinkham

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 217003 (2001) - Published 2 November, 2001

Quantized Thermal Hall Effect in the Mixed State of d-Wave Superconductors

Ashvin Vishwanath

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 217004 (2001) - Published 5 November, 2001

Spectacular Doping Dependence of Interlayer Exchange and Other Results on Spin Waves in Bilayer Manganites

T. G. Perring, D. T. Adroja, G. Chaboussant, G. Aeppli, T. Kimura, and Y. Tokura

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 217201 (2001) - Published 31 October, 2001

Orbital Excitations in LaMnO3

Jeroen van den Brink

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 217202 (2001) - Published 2 November, 2001

Spin-Wave Instabilities in Large-Scale Nonlinear Magnetization Dynamics

Giorgio Bertotti, Isaak D. Mayergoyz, and Claudio Serpico

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 217203 (2001) - Published 2 November, 2001

Gilbert Damping in Single and Multilayer Ultrathin Films: Role of Interfaces in Nonlocal Spin Dynamics

R. Urban, G. Woltersdorf, and B. Heinrich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 217204 (2001) - Published 2 November, 2001

Hopping Transport of Positrons in Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon

D. T. Britton, A. Hempel, and W. Triftshäuser

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 217401 (2001) - Published 31 October, 2001

Evidence for Pb-O Covalency in Tetragonal PbTiO3

Yoshihiro Kuroiwa, Shinobu Aoyagi, Akikatsu Sawada, Jimpei Harada, Eiji Nishibori, Masaki Takata, and Makoto Sakata

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 217601 (2001) - Published 6 November, 2001

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

Quantum Solution to the Byzantine Agreement Problem

Matthias Fitzi, Nicolas Gisin, and Ueli Maurer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 217901 (2001) - Published 1 November, 2001

Asymptotic Relative Entropy of Entanglement

K. Audenaert, J. Eisert, E. Jané, M. B. Plenio, S. Virmani, and B. De Moor

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 217902 (2001) - Published 6 November, 2001

Positional, Reorientational, and Bond Orientational Order in DNA Mesophases

V. Lorman, R. Podgornik, and B. Žekš

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 218101 (2001) - Published 1 November, 2001

Nonstationary Phenomena in Tapered Gyro-Backward-Wave Oscillators

G. S. Nusinovich, A. N. Vlasov, and T. M. Antonsen, Jr.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 218301 (2001) - Published 31 October, 2001

Molecular Mechanisms of Polymer Crystallization from Solution

P. Welch and M. Muthukumar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 218302 (2001) - Published 2 November, 2001

COMMENTS

Superfluidity at Supersonic Speed?

Mourad Haddad and Vincent Hakim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 218901 (2001) - Published 2 November, 2001

Law et al. Reply:

C. K. Law, C. M. Chan, P. T. Leung, and M. C. Chu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 218902 (2001) - Published 2 November, 2001

Comment on “Breakdown of the Internet under Intentional Attack”

S. N. Dorogovtsev and J. F. F. Mendes

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 219801 (2001) - Published 31 October, 2001

Cohen, Erez, ben-Avraham, and Havlin Reply:

Reuven Cohen, Keren Erez, Daniel ben-Avraham, and Shlomo Havlin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 219802 (2001) - Published 31 October, 2001

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