Volume 89, Issue 14

30 September 2002

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On the Cover

Simulation of crack propagation in an amorphous glassy polymer. The figures show, respectively, craze formation (A), deformation (B), and failure in front of the crack tip (C).

From the article:

Cracks and Crazes: On Calculating the Macroscopic Fracture Energy of Glassy Polymers from Molecular Simulations
Jörg Rottler, Sandra Barsky, and Mark O. Robbins
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 148304 (2002)

LETTERS

General Physics

Contrast Interferometry using Bose-Einstein Condensates to Measure $h / m$ and $α$

S. Gupta, K. Dieckmann, Z. Hadzibabic, and D. E. Pritchard

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 140401 (2002) - Published 10 September, 2002

Decoherence due to Three-Body Loss and its Effect on the State of a Bose-Einstein Condensate

Michael W. Jack

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 140402 (2002) - Published 11 September, 2002

Bifurcation Phenomenon in Spin Relaxation

Gen Kimura, Kazuya Yuasa, and Kentaro Imafuku

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 140403 (2002) - Published 16 September, 2002

Elementary Particles and Fields

New Proposal for Numerical Simulations of $θ$ -Vacuum-like Systems

V. Azcoiti, G. Di Carlo, A. Galante, and V. Laliena

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 141601 (2002) - Published 17 September, 2002

Weak Scale Supersymmetry without Weak Scale Supergravity

Markus A. Luty

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 141801 (2002) - Published 17 September, 2002

Observation of Double $c \bar{c}$ Production in $e^{+} e^{-}$ Annihilation at $\sqrt{s} \approx 10.6 G e V$

K. Abe et al. (Belle Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 142001 (2002) - Published 16 September, 2002

Nuclear Physics

Isovector Quadrupole Resonance Observed in the ${}^{60}N i ({}^{13}C, {}^{13}N) {}^{60}C o$ Reaction at $E / A = 100 M e V$

T. Ichihara, M. Ishihara, H. Ohnuma, T. Niizeki, Y. Satou, H. Okamura, S. Kubono, M. H. Tanaka, and Y. Fuchi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 142501 (2002) - Published 11 September, 2002

Isobaric Multiplet Yrast Energies and Isospin Nonconserving Forces

A. P. Zuker, S. M. Lenzi, G. Martínez-Pinedo, and A. Poves

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 142502 (2002) - Published 16 September, 2002

Evidence for Second-Phonon Nuclear Wobbling

D. R. Jensen, G. B. Hagemann, I. Hamamoto, S. W. Ødegård, B. Herskind, G. Sletten, J. N. Wilson, K. Spohr, H. Hübel, P. Bringel, A. Neußer, G. Schönwaßer, A. K. Singh, W. C. Ma, H. Amro, A. Bracco, S. Leoni, G. Benzoni, A. Maj, C. M. Petrache, G. Lo Bianco, P. Bednarczyk, and D. Curien

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 142503 (2002) - Published 16 September, 2002

Ab initio Approach to $s$ -Shell Hypernuclei ${}_{Λ}^{3}H$ , ${}_{Λ}^{4}H$ , ${}_{Λ}^{4}H e$ , and ${}_{Λ}^{5}H e$ with a $Λ N − Σ N$ Interaction

H. Nemura, Y. Akaishi, and Y. Suzuki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 142504 (2002) - Published 17 September, 2002

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Self-Energy Correction to the Bound-Electron $g$ Factor in H-like Ions

V. A. Yerokhin, P. Indelicato, and V. M. Shabaev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 143001 (2002) - Published 16 September, 2002

Direct Method for Optimized Effective Potentials in Density-Functional Theory

Weitao Yang and Qin Wu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 143002 (2002) - Published 16 September, 2002

Coherent Control in the Presence of Intrinsic Decoherence: Proton Transfer in Large Molecular Systems

Victor S. Batista and Paul Brumer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 143201 (2002) - Published 17 September, 2002

Ionization of Clusters in Strong X-Ray Laser Pulses

Ulf Saalmann and Jan-Michael Rost

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 143401 (2002) - Published 11 September, 2002

Orbital Angular Momentum Exchange in the Interaction of Twisted Light with Molecules

M. Babiker, C. R. Bennett, D. L. Andrews, and L. C. Dávila Romero

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 143601 (2002) - Published 11 September, 2002

Manipulating Light Pulses via Dynamically Controlled Photonic Band gap

A. André and M. D. Lukin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 143602 (2002) - Published 16 September, 2002

Optical Trapping of Single Fluorescent Molecules at the Detection Spots of Nanoprobes

Nils Calander and Magnus Willander

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 143603 (2002) - Published 18 September, 2002

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Third-Harmonic Generation and Self-Channeling in Air Using High-Power Femtosecond Laser Pulses

N. Aközbek, A. Iwasaki, A. Becker, M. Scalora, S. L. Chin, and C. M. Bowden

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 143901 (2002) - Published 10 September, 2002

Hamilton-Jacobi Formulation of Kolmogorov-Sinai Entropy for Classical and Quantum Dynamics

M. Hossein Partovi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 144101 (2002) - Published 18 September, 2002

Freely Decaying Weak Turbulence for Sea Surface Gravity Waves

M. Onorato, A. R. Osborne, M. Serio, D. Resio, A. Pushkarev, V. E. Zakharov, and C. Brandini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 144501 (2002) - Published 16 September, 2002

Plasma and Beam Physics

First Experimental Measurements of the Plasma Potential throughout the Presheath and Sheath at a Boundary in a Weakly Collisional Plasma

L. Oksuz and N. Hershkowitz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 145001 (2002) - Published 16 September, 2002

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Energy Spectrum of Superfluid Turbulence with No Normal-Fluid Component

Tsunehiko Araki, Makoto Tsubota, and Sergey K. Nemirovskii

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 145301 (2002) - Published 16 September, 2002

Reassigning Hydrogen-Bond Centering in Dense Ice

Magali Benoit, Aldo H. Romero, and Dominik Marx

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 145501 (2002) - Published 10 September, 2002

Elusiveness of Fluid-Fluid Demixing in Additive Hard-Core Mixtures

Luis Lafuente and José A. Cuesta

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 145701 (2002) - Published 10 September, 2002

Dipole Orientational Order at Liquid/Vapor Surfaces

Jae-Hie J. Cho and Bruce M. Law

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 146101 (2002) - Published 11 September, 2002

Step Edge Selection during Ion Erosion of Cu(001)

Peter Broekmann, Agnes Mewe, Herbert Wormeester, and Bene Poelsema

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 146102 (2002) - Published 12 September, 2002

Island Shape Selection in Pt(111) Submonolayer Homoepitaxy with or without CO as an Adsorbate

Jing Wu, E. G. Wang, K. Varga, B. G. Liu, S. T. Pantelides, and Zhenyu Zhang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 146103 (2002) - Published 16 September, 2002

Interplay between Nonlinearity, Scan Speed, Damping, and Electronics in Frequency Modulation Atomic-Force Microscopy

Michel Gauthier, Ruben Pérez, Toyoko Arai, Masahiko Tomitori, and Masaru Tsukada

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 146104 (2002) - Published 16 September, 2002

Influence of Carbon Curvature on Molecular Adsorptions in Carbon-Based Materials: A Force Field Approach

M. K. Kostov, H. Cheng, A. C. Cooper, and G. P. Pez

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 146105 (2002) - Published 16 September, 2002

Highly Strained Structure of a Four-Layer Deposit of Pd on Ni(110): A Coupled Theoretical and Experimental Study

J.-S. Filhol, M.-C. Saint-Lager, M. De Santis, P. Dolle, D. Simon, R. Baudoing-Savois, J. C. Bertolini, and P. Sautet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 146106 (2002) - Published 17 September, 2002

Folding Langmuir Monolayers

Weixing Lu, Charles M. Knobler, Robijn F. Bruinsma, Michael Twardos, and Michael Dennin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 146107 (2002) - Published 17 September, 2002

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Optical Orientation and Femtosecond Relaxation of Spin-Polarized Holes in GaAs

D. J. Hilton and C. L. Tang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 146601 (2002) - Published 16 September, 2002

Quantum Ratchets with Few Bands below the Barrier

M. Grifoni, M. S. Ferreira, J. Peguiron, and J. B. Majer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 146801 (2002) - Published 11 September, 2002

Adiabatic Quantum Pump of Spin-Polarized Current

Eduardo R. Mucciolo, Claudio Chamon, and Charles M. Marcus

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 146802 (2002) - Published 16 September, 2002

Tunneling Spectroscopy of a Two-Dimensionally Periodic Electron System

K. R. Zolleis, C. J. B. Ford, B. Kardynal, D. A. Ritchie, E. H. Linfield, P. D. Rose, and G. A. C. Jones

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 146803 (2002) - Published 16 September, 2002

Evidence for Weak Itinerant Long-Range Magnetic Correlations in $U G e_{2}$

A. Yaouanc, P. Dalmas de Réotier, P. C. M. Gubbens, C. T. Kaiser, A. A. Menovsky, M. Mihalik, and S. P. Cottrell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 147001 (2002) - Published 11 September, 2002

Temperature Dependence of the Magnetic Penetration Depth in the Vortex State of the Pyrochlore Superconductor, $C d_{2} R e_{2} O_{7}$

M. D. Lumsden, S. R. Dunsiger, J. E. Sonier, R. I. Miller, R. F. Kiefl, R. Jin, J. He, D. Mandrus, S. T. Bramwell, and J. S. Gardner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 147002 (2002) - Published 11 September, 2002

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

Comment on “Loss of Superconducting Phase Coherence in $Y B a_{2} C u_{3} O_{7}$ films: Vortex-Loop Unbinding and Kosterlitz-Thouless Phenomena”

Kateryna Medvedyeva, Beom Jun Kim, and Petter Minnhagen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 149703 (2002) - Published 16 September, 2002

Kötzler et al. Reply:

J. Kötzler, D. Görlitz, S. Skwirblies, and A. Wriedt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 149704 (2002) - Published 16 September, 2002

ERRATA

Publisher’s Note: Transparency of Magnetized Plasma at the Cyclotron Frequency [Phys. Rev. Lett.PRLTAO0031-9007 89, 115003 (2002)]

G. Shvets and J. S. Wurtele

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 149901 (2002) - Published 12 September, 2002