Volume 88, Issue 3

21 January 2002

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On the Cover

Schematic of two glacial climate states: a stable "cold" mode (bottom) and an unstable "warm" mode (top). Surface ocean currents are shown in red and deep currents in light blue. In a global climate model, abrupt ice-age warming events are triggered by small changes in the salinity of the northern North Atlantic, causing a temporary transition from the cold to the warm mode.

From the article:

Abrupt Glacial Climate Changes due to Stochastic Resonance
Andrey Ganopolski and Stefan Rahmstorf
Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 038501 (2002)

LETTERS

General Physics

Experimental Violation of a Spin-1 Bell Inequality Using Maximally Entangled Four-Photon States

John C. Howell, Antia Lamas-Linares, and Dik Bouwmeester

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 030401 (2002) - Published 3 January, 2002

Flip Dynamics in Octagonal Rhombus Tiling Sets

N. Destainville

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 030601 (2002) - Published 3 January, 2002

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Linear Spectrum of $OSp (32 ∣ 1)$ Chern-Simons Supergravity in Eleven Dimensions

Máximo Bañados

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 031301 (2002) - Published 2 January, 2002

A Simple Cosmology with a Varying Fine Structure Constant

Håvard Bunes Sandvik, John D. Barrow, and João Magueijo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 031302 (2002) - Published 2 January, 2002

Elementary Particles and Fields

Hard Scattering and Gauge/String Duality

Joseph Polchinski and Matthew J. Strassler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 031601 (2002) - Published 2 January, 2002

Measuring Double-Parton Distributions in Nucleons at Proton-Nucleus Colliders

M. Strikman and D. Treleani

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 031801 (2002) - Published 2 January, 2002

Observation of $B^{+} \to χ_{c 0} K^{+}$

K. Abe et al. (Belle Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 031802 (2002) - Published 2 January, 2002

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Nonresonant Control of Multimode Molecular Wave Packets at Room Temperature

R. A. Bartels, T. C. Weinacht, S. R. Leone, H. C. Kapteyn, and M. M. Murnane

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 033001 (2002) - Published 4 January, 2002

Nonadiabatic Calculations of the Dipole Moments of LiH and LiD

Mauricio Cafiero and Ludwik Adamowicz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 033002 (2002) - Published 7 January, 2002

Spurious Interactions, and Their Correction, in the Ensemble-Kohn-Sham Scheme for Excited States

N. I. Gidopoulos, P. G. Papaconstantinou, and E. K. U. Gross

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 033003 (2002) - Published 7 January, 2002

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Temporal Response of a Random Medium from Third-Order Laser Speckle Frequency Correlations

M. A. Webster, K. J. Webb, and A. M. Weiner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 033901 (2002) - Published 2 January, 2002

High-Brightness High-Order Harmonic Generation by Truncated Bessel Beams in the Sub-10-fs Regime

M. Nisoli, E. Priori, G. Sansone, S. Stagira, G. Cerullo, S. De Silvestri, C. Altucci, R. Bruzzese, C. de Lisio, P. Villoresi, L. Poletto, M. Pascolini, and G. Tondello

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 033902 (2002) - Published 2 January, 2002

Observation of Scarred Modes in Asymmetrically Deformed Microcylinder Lasers

Sang-Bum Lee, Jai-Hyung Lee, Joon-Sung Chang, Hee-Jong Moon, Sang Wook Kim, and Kyungwon An

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 033903 (2002) - Published 2 January, 2002

Controlled Generation of Dark Solitons with Phase Imprinting

Biao Wu, Jie Liu, and Qian Niu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 034101 (2002) - Published 2 January, 2002

Noise-Induced Resonance in Delayed Feedback Systems

C. Masoller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 034102 (2002) - Published 3 January, 2002

Suppressing Dissociation in Sonoluminescing Bubbles: The Effect of Excluded Volume

Ruediger Toegel, Sascha Hilgenfeldt, and Detlef Lohse

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 034301 (2002) - Published 2 January, 2002

Defect Turbulence in Inclined Layer Convection

Karen E. Daniels and Eberhard Bodenschatz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 034501 (2002) - Published 7 January, 2002

Plasma and Beam Physics

Diffusion in Microgravity of Macroparticles in a Dusty Plasma under Solar Radiation

O. S. Vaulina, A. P. Nefedov, O. F. Petrov, and V. E. Fortov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 035001 (2002) - Published 2 January, 2002

$L$ - $H$ Transition in the Mega-Amp Spherical Tokamak

R. J. Akers et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 035002 (2002) - Published 3 January, 2002

Characteristics of the First $H$ -Mode Discharges in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

R. Maingi, M. G. Bell, R. E. Bell, C. E. Bush, E. D. Fredrickson, D. A. Gates, S. M. Kaye, H. W. Kugel, B. P. LeBlanc, J. E. Menard, D. Mueller, S. A. Sabbagh, D. Stutman, G. Taylor, D. W. Johnson, R. Kaita, R. J. Maqueda, M. Ono, F. Paoletti, S. F. Paul, Y-K. M. Peng, A. L. Roquemore, C. H. Skinner, V. A. Soukhanovskii, and E. J. Synakowski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 035003 (2002) - Published 3 January, 2002

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Configuration Space Connectivity across the Fragile-to-Strong Transition in Silica

Emilia La Nave, H. Eugene Stanley, and Francesco Sciortino

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 035501 (2002) - Published 2 January, 2002

Lateral versus Perpendicular Segregation in Mixed Polymer Brushes

S. Minko, M. Müller, D. Usov, A. Scholl, C. Froeck, and M. Stamm

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 035502 (2002) - Published 2 January, 2002

Quantum Paraelectricity in ${KD}_{2} {PO}_{4}$ and ${KH}_{2} {PO}_{4}$ under High Pressure

Shoichi Endo, Kiyoshi Deguchi, and Masaharu Tokunaga

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 035503 (2002) - Published 3 January, 2002

Observation of Structural Transformations in Metal Oxygen

G. Weck, P. Loubeyre, and R. LeToullec

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 035504 (2002) - Published 7 January, 2002

Critical Behavior at the Nematic-to-Smectic- $A$ Transition in a Strong Magnetic Field

Andrew Primak, Michael Fisch, and Satyendra Kumar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 035701 (2002) - Published 4 January, 2002

Dislocation Emission around Nanoindentations on a (001) fcc Metal Surface Studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Atomistic Simulations

O. Rodríguez de la Fuente, J. A. Zimmerman, M. A. González, J. de la Figuera, J. C. Hamilton, Woei Wu Pai, and J. M. Rojo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 036101 (2002) - Published 4 January, 2002

Reaction-Limited Island Nucleation in Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Compound Semiconductors

P. Kratzer and M. Scheffler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 036102 (2002) - Published 7 January, 2002

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Fractional Quantum Hall Effect in an Array of Quantum Wires

C. L. Kane, Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, and T. C. Lubensky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 036401 (2002) - Published 4 January, 2002

Spin Textures, Screening, and Excitations in Dirty Quantum Hall Ferromagnets

S. Rapsch, J. T. Chalker, and D. K. K. Lee

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 036801 (2002) - Published 2 January, 2002

Hopping Conductivity in the Quantum Hall Effect: Revival of Universal Scaling

F. Hohls, U. Zeitler, and R. J. Haug

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 036802 (2002) - Published 2 January, 2002

Nonlinear Charge Spreading Visualized in Voltage-Controlled Lateral Superlattices

J. Krauß, A. Wixforth, A. V. Kalameitsev, A. O. Govorov, W. Wegscheider, and J. P. Kotthaus

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 036803 (2002) - Published 3 January, 2002

Nonlinear Resistance versus Length in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

P. J. de Pablo, C. Gómez-Navarro, J. Colchero, P. A. Serena, J. Gómez-Herrero, and A. M. Baró

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 036804 (2002) - Published 3 January, 2002

Spin Polarization and $g$ Factor of a Dilute GaAs Two-Dimensional Electron System

E. Tutuc, S. Melinte, and M. Shayegan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 036805 (2002) - Published 4 January, 2002

Test for Interlayer Coherence in a Quasi-Two-Dimensional Superconductor

John Singleton, P. A. Goddard, A. Ardavan, N. Harrison, S. J. Blundell, J. A. Schlueter, and A. M. Kini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 037001 (2002) - Published 2 January, 2002

Spin-Freezing Mechanism in Underdoped Superconducting Cuprates

M. Eremin and A. Rigamonti

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 037002 (2002) - Published 2 January, 2002

Theory of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Measurement of Single Spin Decoherence in a Superconductor

Jurij Šmakov, Ivar Martin, and Alexander V. Balatsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 037003 (2002) - Published 2 January, 2002

Evidence of Collective Charge Behavior in the Insulating State of Ultrathin Films of Superconducting Metals

C. Christiansen, L. M. Hernandez, and A. M. Goldman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 037004 (2002) - Published 2 January, 2002

Incoherent Neutron Scattering and the Dynamics of Confined Polycarbonate Films

C. L. Soles, J. F. Douglas, W.-l. Wu, and R. M. Dimeo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 037401 (2002) - Published 2 January, 2002

Local Field Effects in the Electron Energy Loss Spectra of Rutile ${TiO}_{2}$

Nathalie Vast, Lucia Reining, Valerio Olevano, Peter Schattschneider, and Bernard Jouffrey

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 037601 (2002) - Published 3 January, 2002

Pressure-Induced Transition from a Charge-Disproportionated Antiferromagnetic State to a Charge-Uniform Ferromagnetic State in ${Sr}_{2 / 3} {La}_{1 / 3} {FeO}_{3}$

T. Kawakami, S. Nasu, T. Sasaki, K. Kuzushita, S. Morimoto, S. Endo, T. Yamada, S. Kawasaki, and M. Takano

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 037602 (2002) - Published 4 January, 2002

Absence of Edge Localized Moments in the Doped Spin-Peierls System ${CuGe}_{1 - x} {Si}_{x} O_{3}$

J. Kikuchi, T. Matsuoka, K. Motoya, T. Yamauchi, and Y. Ueda

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 037603 (2002) - Published 7 January, 2002

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

Electron Entanglement via a Quantum Dot

W. D. Oliver, F. Yamaguchi, and Y. Yamamoto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 037901 (2002) - Published 3 January, 2002

Potential Energy Surfaces and Conformational Transitions in Biomolecules: A Successive Confinement Approach Applied to a Solvated Tetrapeptide

Sergei V. Krivov, Sergei F. Chekmarev, and Martin Karplus

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 038101 (2002) - Published 2 January, 2002