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Volume 87, Issue 25

17 December 2001
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On the Cover

Molecular dynamics simulation of the stretching of a gold nanowire, showing the evolution of a defect structure (in red) resulting in the formation of a one-atom neck (vi).

From the article:

How Do Gold Nanowires Break?
E. Z. da Silva, Antônio J. R. da Silva, and A. Fazzio
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 256102 (2001)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Portfolios of Quantum Algorithms

Sebastian M. Maurer, Tad Hogg, and Bernardo A. Huberman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 257901 (2001) - Published 27 November, 2001

LETTERS

General Physics

Ergodic Theory, Infinite Products, and Long Time Behavior in Hermitian Models

M. Howard Lee

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 250601 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

Noise-Induced Dynamics in Bistable Systems with Delay

L. S. Tsimring and A. Pikovsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 250602 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Proposal for Determining the Total Masses of Eccentric Binaries Using Signature of Periastron Advance in Gravitational Waves

Naoki Seto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 251101 (2001) - Published 30 November, 2001

Neutron Capture on 180Tam: Clue for an s-Process Origin of Nature’s Rarest Isotope

K. Wisshak, F. Voss, C. Arlandini, F. Bec̆vář, O. Straniero, R. Gallino, M. Heil, F. Käppeler, M. Krtic̆ka, S. Masera, R. Reifarth, and C. Travaglio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 251102 (2001) - Published 30 November, 2001

Spectral Gamma-Ray Signatures of Cosmological Dark Matter Annihilations

Lars Bergström, Joakim Edsjö, and Piero Ullio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 251301 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

Estimate of the Primordial Magnetic Field Helicity

Tanmay Vachaspati

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 251302 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

Tests for Gaussianity of the MAXIMA-1 Cosmic Microwave Background Map

J. H. P. Wu, A. Balbi, J. Borrill, P. G. Ferreira, S. Hanany, A. H. Jaffe, A. T. Lee, B. Rabii, P. L. Richards, G. F. Smoot, R. Stompor, and C. D. Winant

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 251303 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

Cosmological Constraints on Lorentz Violation in Electrodynamics

V. Alan Kostelecký and Matthew Mewes

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 251304 (2001) - Published 29 November, 2001

Elementary Particles and Fields

Nonlocal Symmetry Breaking in Kaluza-Klein Theories

A. Masiero, M. Serone, C. A. Scrucca, and L. Silvestrini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 251601 (2001) - Published 3 December, 2001

First Measurement of Γ(D*+)

S. Ahmed et al. (CLEO Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 251801 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

Extraction of R=σL/σT from CCFR νμ-Fe and ν¯μ-Fe Differential Cross Sections

U. K. Yang et al. (CCFR/NuTeV Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 251802 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

Search for Gluinos and Squarks Using Like-Sign Dileptons in pp¯ Collisions at s=1.8TeV

T. Affolder et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 251803 (2001) - Published 30 November, 2001

Correlation of Bs→μ+μ− and (g−2)μ in Minimal Supergravity

Athanasios Dedes, Herbert K. Dreiner, and Ulrich Nierste

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 251804 (2001) - Published 29 November, 2001

Ratio of Isolated Photon Cross Sections in pp¯ Collisions at √s=630 and 1800 GeV

V. M. Abazov et al. (D0 Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 251805 (2001) - Published 30 November, 2001

Inclusive Higgs Boson and Dijet Production via Double Pomeron Exchange

M. Boonekamp, R. Peschanski, and C. Royon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 251806 (2001) - Published 3 December, 2001

Branching Fraction and Photon Energy Spectrum for b→sγ

S. Chen et al. (CLEO Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 251807 (2001) - Published 3 December, 2001

Hadronic Mass Moments in Inclusive Semileptonic B Meson Decays

D. Cronin-Hennessy et al. (CLEO Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 251808 (2001) - Published 3 December, 2001

Monopoles and Knots in Skyrme Theory

Y. M. Cho

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 252001 (2001) - Published 30 November, 2001

Unifying Approach to Hard Diffraction

H. Navelet and R. Peschanski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 252002 (2001) - Published 30 November, 2001

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Complete Suppression of Spontaneous Decay of a Manifold of States by Infrequent Interruptions

Einat Frishman and Moshe Shapiro

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 253001 (2001) - Published 29 November, 2001

K-Shell Photodetachment of Li−: Experiment and Theory

N. Berrah, J. D. Bozek, A. A. Wills, G. Turri, H.-L. Zhou, S. T. Manson, G. Akerman, B. Rude, N. D. Gibson, C. W. Walter, L. VoKy, A. Hibbert, and S. M. Ferguson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 253002 (2001) - Published 3 December, 2001

Quantum Interference in Double Ionization and Fragmentation of C6H6 in Intense Laser Fields

V. R. Bhardwaj, D. M. Rayner, D. M. Villeneuve, and P. B. Corkum

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 253003 (2001) - Published 30 November, 2001

Extremely Rotationally Excited OH from Water (HOD) Photodissociation through Conical Intersection

Steven A. Harich, Xuefeng Yang, Xueming Yang, and Richard N. Dixon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 253201 (2001) - Published 29 November, 2001

Joint Quantum Measurement Using Unbalanced Array Detection

M. Beck, C. Dorrer, and I. A. Walmsley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 253601 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

Instability and Pulse Area Quantization in Accelerated Superradiant Atom-Cavity Systems

C. Greiner, T. Wang, T. Loftus, and T. W. Mossberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 253602 (2001) - Published 29 November, 2001

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Writhing Photons and Berry Phases in Polarized Multiple Scattering

A. C. Maggs and V. Rossetto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 253901 (2001) - Published 27 November, 2001

Extremely Large Group-Velocity Dispersion of Line-Defect Waveguides in Photonic Crystal Slabs

M. Notomi, K. Yamada, A. Shinya, J. Takahashi, C. Takahashi, and I. Yokohama

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 253902 (2001) - Published 30 November, 2001

Fractal Properties of Robust Strange Nonchaotic Attractors

Brian R. Hunt and Edward Ott

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 254101 (2001) - Published 29 November, 2001

Discrete Diffraction Managed Spatial Solitons

Mark J. Ablowitz and Ziad H. Musslimani

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 254102 (2001) - Published 30 November, 2001

Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities in Thin Films of Tapped Powder

Jacques Duran

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 254301 (2001) - Published 30 November, 2001

Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann–Type Diffusive Slowdown in Weakly Perturbed Granular Media

Gianfranco D'Anna and Gérard Gremaud

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 254302 (2001) - Published 30 November, 2001

Indispensable Finite Time Corrections for Fokker-Planck Equations from Time Series Data

Mario Ragwitz and Holger Kantz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 254501 (2001) - Published 3 December, 2001

Plasma and Beam Physics

Formation of Double Layers and Electron Holes in a Current-Driven Space Plasma

D. L. Newman, M. V. Goldman, R. E. Ergun, and A. Mangeney

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 255001 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

Surfatron and Stochastic Acceleration of Electrons at Supernova Remnant Shocks

K. G. McClements, M. E. Dieckmann, A. Ynnerman, S. C. Chapman, and R. O. Dendy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 255002 (2001) - Published 30 November, 2001

Nonlinear Propagation of a Randomized Laser Beam through an Expanding Plasma

J. Myatt, D. Pesme, S. Hüller, A. Maximov, W. Rozmus, and C. E. Capjack

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 255003 (2001) - Published 30 November, 2001

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Nuclear Inelastic X-Ray Scattering of FeO to 48 GPa

Viktor V. Struzhkin, Ho-kwang Mao, Jingzhu Hu, Markus Schwoerer-Böhning, Jinfu Shu, Russell J. Hemley, Wolfgang Sturhahn, Michael Y. Hu, Ercan E. Alp, Peter Eng, and Guoyin Shen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 255501 (2001) - Published 27 November, 2001

Complex Crystal Structure of Cesium-III

M. I. McMahon, R. J. Nelmes, and S. Rekhi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 255502 (2001) - Published 30 November, 2001

Reversible Shape Evolution of Ge Islands on Si(001)

A. Rastelli, M. Kummer, and H. von Känel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 256101 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

How Do Gold Nanowires Break?

E. Z. da Silva, Antônio J. R. da Silva, and A. Fazzio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 256102 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Photocontrol of Dynamic Phase Transition in the Charge-Density Wave Material K0.3MoO3

N. Ogawa, A. Shiraga, R. Kondo, S. Kagoshima, and K. Miyano

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 256401 (2001) - Published 29 November, 2001

Electron Glass in Ultrathin Granular Al Films at Low Temperatures

E. Bielejec and Wenhao Wu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 256601 (2001) - Published 29 November, 2001

Quantum Transport in Nonuniform Magnetic Fields: Aharonov-Bohm Ring as a Spin Switch

Diego Frustaglia, Martina Hentschel, and Klaus Richter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 256602 (2001) - Published 30 November, 2001

Spin-Orbit Coupling Effects on Quantum Transport in Lateral Semiconductor Dots

I. L. Aleiner and Vladimir I. Fal'ko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 256801 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

Coherent Coupling of Two Quantum Dots Embedded in an Aharonov-Bohm Interferometer

A. W. Holleitner, C. R. Decker, H. Qin, K. Eberl, and R. H. Blick

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 256802 (2001) - Published 29 November, 2001

Stripe Formation in the Fractional Quantum Hall Regime

Seung-Yeop Lee, Vito W. Scarola, and J. K. Jain

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 256803 (2001) - Published 29 November, 2001

Kondo Response of a Single Antiferromagnetic Chromium Trimer

T. Jamneala, V. Madhavan, and M. F. Crommie

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 256804 (2001) - Published 30 November, 2001

Ambipolar Electrical Transport in Semiconducting Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

R. Martel, V. Derycke, C. Lavoie, J. Appenzeller, K. K. Chan, J. Tersoff, and Ph. Avouris

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 256805 (2001) - Published 3 December, 2001

Field Emission from Luttinger Liquids and Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

Alexander O. Gogolin and Andrei Komnik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 256806 (2001) - Published 3 December, 2001

Superconductivity near Itinerant Ferromagnetic Quantum Criticality

Ziqiang Wang, Wenjin Mao, and Kevin Bedell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 257001 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

Vortex Lattice Melting in Layered Superconductors with Periodic Columnar Pins

Chandan Dasgupta and Oriol T. Valls

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 257002 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

Algebraic Fermi Liquid from Phase Fluctuations: “Topological” Fermions, Vortex “Berryons,” and QED3 Theory of Cuprate Superconductors

M. Franz and Z. Tešanović

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 257003 (2001) - Published 3 December, 2001

Direct Determination of Interfacial Magnetic Moments with a Magnetic Phase Transition in Co Nanoclusters on Au(111)

T. Koide, H. Miyauchi, J. Okamoto, T. Shidara, A. Fujimori, H. Fukutani, K. Amemiya, H. Takeshita, S. Yuasa, T. Katayama, and Y. Suzuki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 257201 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

Semiconductor Quantum Dot: A Quantum Light Source of Multicolor Photons with Tunable Statistics

D. V. Regelman, U. Mizrahi, D. Gershoni, E. Ehrenfreund, W. V. Schoenfeld, and P. M. Petroff

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 257401 (2001) - Published 30 November, 2001

C13 NMR Investigation of the Superconductor MgCNi3 up to 800 K

P. M. Singer, T. Imai, T. He, M. A. Hayward, and R. J. Cava

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 257601 (2001) - Published 30 November, 2001

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Portfolios of Quantum Algorithms

Sebastian M. Maurer, Tad Hogg, and Bernardo A. Huberman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 257901 (2001) - Published 27 November, 2001

Distillability via Protocols Respecting the Positivity of Partial Transpose

Tilo Eggeling, Karl Gerd H. Vollbrecht, Reinhard F. Werner, and Michael M. Wolf

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 257902 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

Aligning Reference Frames with Quantum States

E. Bagan, M. Baig, and R. Muñoz-Tapia

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 257903 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

Ion-Trap Quantum Logic Using Long-Wavelength Radiation

Florian Mintert and Christof Wunderlich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 257904 (2001) - Published 29 November, 2001

Quantum Algorithms for Josephson Networks

Jens Siewert and Rosario Fazio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 257905 (2001) - Published 3 December, 2001

Dynamics of Intramolecular Contact Formation in Polypeptides: Distance Dependence of Quenching Rates in a Room-Temperature Glass

Lisa J. Lapidus, William A. Eaton, and James Hofrichter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 258101 (2001) - Published 30 November, 2001

Dynamical and Correlation Properties of the Internet

Romualdo Pastor-Satorras, Alexei Vázquez, and Alessandro Vespignani

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 258701 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

COMMENTS

Comment on “Casimir Force at Both Nonzero Temperature and Finite Conductivity”

Bo E. Sernelius and M. Boström

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 259101 (2001) - Published 29 November, 2001

Bordag, Geyer, Klimchitskaya, and Mostepanenko Reply:

M. Bordag, B. Geyer, G. L. Klimchitskaya, and V. M. Mostepanenko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 259102 (2001) - Published 29 November, 2001

Comment on “Local Observations of Phase Singularities in Optical Fields in Waveguide Structures”

Brian Vohnsen and Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 259401 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

van Hulst et al. Reply:

Niek van Hulst, Marcello Balistreri, Jeroen Korterik, and Laurens Kuipers

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 259402 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

Comment on “Phonon Anomaly in High-Pressure Zn”

R. S. Rao, P. Modak, and B. K. Godwal

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 259601 (2001) - Published 30 November, 2001

Li and Tse Reply:

Zhiqiang Li and John S. Tse

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 259602 (2001) - Published 30 November, 2001

Nature of Temperature Independent Dissipation and Relaxation in Layered Superconductors

G. A. Levin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 259701 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

Nicodemi and Jensen Reply:

Mario Nicodemi and Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 259702 (2001) - Published 28 November, 2001

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