Volume 89, Issue 24

9 December 2002

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On the Cover

Plot of the optical potential in the region around two closely spaced Ag nanoparticles in water due to an EM wave. Electrodynamic calculations show that the force from even relatively weak incident intensities can be enhanced locally by surface plasmon resonances, becoming strong enough to deform the nanoparticles and to trap single molecules.

From the article:

Surface-Plasmon-Enhanced Optical Forces in Silver Nanoaggregates
Hongxing Xu and Mikael Käll
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 246802 (2002)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Density-Dependent Spin Polarization in Ultra-Low-Disorder Quantum Wires

D. J. Reilly, T. M. Buehler, J. L. O’Brien, A. R. Hamilton, A. S. Dzurak, R. G. Clark, B. E. Kane, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 246801 (2002) - Published 20 November, 2002

LETTERS

General Physics

Complex Probabilities on $R^{N}$ as Real Probabilities on $C^{N}$ and an Application to Path Integrals

Don Weingarten

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 240201 (2002) - Published 26 November, 2002

Experimental Two-Photon, Three-Dimensional Entanglement for Quantum Communication

Alipasha Vaziri, Gregor Weihs, and Anton Zeilinger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 240401 (2002) - Published 20 November, 2002

Dynamical Transition from a Quasi-One-Dimensional Bose-Einstein Condensate to a Tonks-Girardeau Gas

P. Öhberg and L. Santos

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 240402 (2002) - Published 21 November, 2002

Are the Laws of Entanglement Theory Thermodynamical?

Michał Horodecki, Jonathan Oppenheim, and Ryszard Horodecki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 240403 (2002) - Published 22 November, 2002

Elementary Particles and Fields

Complete Two Loop Bosonic Contributions to the Muon Lifetime in the Standard Model

M. Awramik and M. Czakon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 241801 (2002) - Published 21 November, 2002

Higgs-Mediated $τ \to 3 μ$ in the Supersymmetric Seesaw Model

K. S. Babu and Christopher Kolda

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 241802 (2002) - Published 22 November, 2002

$Δ \to N γ$ in Large- $N_{c}$ QCD

Elizabeth Jenkins, Xiangdong Ji, and Aneesh V. Manohar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 242001 (2002) - Published 20 November, 2002

Nuclear Physics

$Q^{2}$ Evolution of the Generalized Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn Integral for the Neutron using a ${}^{3}H e$ Target

M. Amarian et al. (Jefferson Lab E94010 Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 242301 (2002) - Published 26 November, 2002

Coulomb Excitation Paths of High- $K$ Isomer Bands in ${}^{178}H f$

A. B. Hayes, D. Cline, C. Y. Wu, M. W. Simon, R. Teng, J. Gerl, Ch. Schlegel, H. J. Wollersheim, A. O. Macchiavelli, K. Vetter, P. Napiorkowski, and J. Srebrny

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 242501 (2002) - Published 20 November, 2002

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Interference Effects in the Resonant Photoemission Channels to the ${N e}^{+}$ $2 p^{4} ({}^{1}D_{2}) 3 p$ ${}^{2}P$ , ${}^{2}D$ , and ${}^{2}F$ States in the Ne $1 s$ Excitation Region

A. De Fanis, N. Saito, H. Yoshida, Y. Senba, Y. Tamenori, H. Ohashi, H. Tanaka, and K. Ueda

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 243001 (2002) - Published 25 November, 2002

Size-Selective Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy of Free Selenium Clusters

K. Nagaya, M. Yao, T. Hayakawa, Y. Ohmasa, Y. Kajihara, M. Ishii, and Y. Katayama

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 243401 (2002) - Published 22 November, 2002

Hyperfine Structure of Antiprotonic Helium Revealed by a Laser-Microwave-Laser Resonance Method

E. Widmann, J. Eades, T. Ishikawa, J. Sakaguchi, T. Tasaki, H. Yamaguchi, R. S. Hayano, M. Hori, H. A. Torii, B. Juhász, D. Horváth, and T. Yamazaki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 243402 (2002) - Published 22 November, 2002

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Anisotropic Diffusion of Light in a Strongly Scattering Material

Patrick M. Johnson, Boris P. J. Bret, Jaime Gómez Rivas, John J. Kelly, and Ad Lagendijk

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 243901 (2002) - Published 20 November, 2002

Measuring the Phase of Spatially Coherent Polychromatic Fields

Aristide Dogariu and Gabriel Popescu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 243902 (2002) - Published 25 November, 2002

Steady Stokes Flow with Long-Range Correlations, Fractal Fourier Spectrum, and Anomalous Transport

Michael A. Zaks and Arthur V. Straube

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 244101 (2002) - Published 20 November, 2002

Quantum Chaos and $1 / f$ Noise

A. Relaño, J. M. G. Gómez, R. A. Molina, J. Retamosa, and E. Faleiro

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 244102 (2002) - Published 22 November, 2002

Stabilizing and Tracking Unknown Steady States of Dynamical Systems

K. Pyragas, V. Pyragas, I. Z. Kiss, and J. L. Hudson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 244103 (2002) - Published 22 November, 2002

Granular Segregation as a Critical Phenomenon

Pedro M. Reis and Tom Mullin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 244301 (2002) - Published 25 November, 2002

Adsorption Phenomena in the Transport of a Colloidal Particle through a Nanochannel Containing a Partially Wetting Fluid

German Drazer, Joel Koplik, Andreas Acrivos, and Boris Khusid

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 244501 (2002) - Published 25 November, 2002

Plasma and Beam Physics

Trapped-Particle Modes and Asymmetry-Induced Transport in Single-Species Plasmas

A. A. Kabantsev and C. F. Driscoll

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 245001 (2002) - Published 25 November, 2002

Symmetric Inertial-Confinement-Fusion-Capsule Implosions in a Double- $Z$ -Pinch-Driven Hohlraum

G. R. Bennett, M. E. Cuneo, R. A. Vesey, J. L. Porter, R. G. Adams, R. A. Aragon, J. A. Caird, O. L. Landen, P. K. Rambo, D. C. Rovang, L. E. Ruggles, W. W. Simpson, I. C. Smith, and D. F. Wenger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 245002 (2002) - Published 26 November, 2002

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Microwave Saturation of the Rydberg States of Electrons on Helium

E. Collin, W. Bailey, P. Fozooni, P. G. Frayne, P. Glasson, K. Harrabi, M. J. Lea, and G. Papageorgiou

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 245301 (2002) - Published 20 November, 2002

Equation of State and Pressure Induced Amorphization of $β$ -Boron from X-Ray Measurements up to 100 GPa

Delia Nieto Sanz, Paul Loubeyre, and Mohamed Mezouar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 245501 (2002) - Published 20 November, 2002

Adhesion between Elastic Bodies with Randomly Rough Surfaces

B. N. J. Persson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 245502 (2002) - Published 21 November, 2002

Universality in Lattice Models of Dynamic Arrest: Introduction of an Order Parameter

Aonghus Lawlor, Dan Reagan, Gavin D. McCullagh, Paolo De Gregorio, Piero Tartaglia, and Kenneth A. Dawson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 245503 (2002) - Published 21 November, 2002

Pressure-Induced Structural Changes in Liquid $S i O_{2}$ from $Ab Initio$ Simulations

Andrea Trave, Paul Tangney, Sandro Scandolo, Alfredo Pasquarello, and Roberto Car

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 245504 (2002) - Published 25 November, 2002

Non-Gaussian Nature of the $α$ Relaxation of Glass-Forming Polyisoprene

A. Arbe, J. Colmenero, F. Alvarez, M. Monkenbusch, D. Richter, B. Farago, and B. Frick

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 245701 (2002) - Published 21 November, 2002

Reversible Dynamic Behavior in Catalyst Systems: Oscillations of Structure and Morphology

S. Surnev, J. Schoiswohl, G. Kresse, M. G. Ramsey, and F. P. Netzer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 246101 (2002) - Published 20 November, 2002

Universal Scaling in Transient Creep

Dag Kristian Dysthe, Yuri Podladchikov, Francois Renard, Jens Feder, and Bjørn Jamtveit

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 246102 (2002) - Published 20 November, 2002

Materials Science of the Gel to Fluid Phase Transition in a Supported Phospholipid Bilayer

Anne Feng Xie, Ryo Yamada, Andrew A. Gewirth, and Steve Granick

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 246103 (2002) - Published 21 November, 2002

Effect of an Electric Field on the Surface Tension of a Dipolar-Quadrupolar Fluid and Its Implication for Sign Preference in Droplet Nucleation

V. B. Warshavsky and X. C. Zeng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 246104 (2002) - Published 22 November, 2002

Self-Assembly of Three-Dimensional Metal Islands: Nonstrained versus Strained Islands

Feng Liu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 246105 (2002) - Published 22 November, 2002

Higher Coverage Gas Adsorption on the Surface of Carbon Nanotubes: Evidence for a Possible New Phase in the Second Layer

S. Talapatra, V. Krungleviciute, and A. D. Migone

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 246106 (2002) - Published 22 November, 2002

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Butterfly Hysteresis Loop at Nonzero Bias Field in Antiferromagnetic Molecular Rings: Cooling by Adiabatic Magnetization

O. Waldmann, R. Koch, S. Schromm, P. Müller, I. Bernt, and R. W. Saalfrank

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 246401 (2002) - Published 21 November, 2002

$d$ Orbital Doping into $π$ Charge-Ordered Molecular Insulator

T. Itou, K. Hiraki, H. Taniguchi, K. Kanoda, and T. Takahashi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 246402 (2002) - Published 22 November, 2002

Conductance Distributions in Quasi-One-Dimensional Disordered Wires

L. S. Froufe-Pérez, P. García-Mochales, P. A. Serena, P. A. Mello, and J. J. Sáenz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 246403 (2002) - Published 25 November, 2002

Electrodynamics of a Coulomb Glass in $n$ -Type Silicon

E. Helgren, N. P. Armitage, and G. Grüner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 246601 (2002) - Published 25 November, 2002

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Density-Dependent Spin Polarization in Ultra-Low-Disorder Quantum Wires

D. J. Reilly, T. M. Buehler, J. L. O’Brien, A. R. Hamilton, A. S. Dzurak, R. G. Clark, B. E. Kane, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 246801 (2002) - Published 20 November, 2002

Surface-Plasmon-Enhanced Optical Forces in Silver Nanoaggregates

Hongxing Xu and Mikael Käll

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 246802 (2002) - Published 20 November, 2002

Current-Driven Resonances in Magnetic Multilayers

M. Tsoi, V. Tsoi, J. Bass, A. G. M. Jansen, and P. Wyder

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 246803 (2002) - Published 21 November, 2002

NMR Investigation of How Free Composite Fermions Are at $ν = \frac{1}{2}$

N. Freytag, M. Horvatić, C. Berthier, M. Shayegan, and L. P. Lévy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 246804 (2002) - Published 22 November, 2002

Origin of the Oscillator Strength of the Triplet State of a Trion in a Magnetic Field

D. Sanvitto, D. M. Whittaker, A. J. Shields, M. Y. Simmons, D. A. Ritchie, and M. Pepper

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 246805 (2002) - Published 25 November, 2002

New Josephson Plasma Modes in Underdoped ${Y B a}_{2} {C u}_{3} O_{6.6}$ Induced by a Parallel Magnetic Field

K. M. Kojima, S. Uchida, Y. Fudamoto, and S. Tajima

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 247001 (2002) - Published 21 November, 2002

Periodic Oscillations of Josephson-Vortex Flow Resistance in ${B i}_{2} {S r}_{2} {C a C u}_{2} O_{8 + y}$

S. Ooi, T. Mochiku, and K. Hirata

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 247002 (2002) - Published 21 November, 2002

Detection and Implications of a Time-Reversal Breaking State in Underdoped Cuprates

M. E. Simon and C. M. Varma

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 247003 (2002) - Published 21 November, 2002

Direct Evidence for Two-Band Superconductivity in ${M g B}_{2}$ Single Crystals from Directional Point-Contact Spectroscopy in Magnetic Fields

R. S. Gonnelli, D. Daghero, G. A. Ummarino, V. A. Stepanov, J. Jun, S. M. Kazakov, and J. Karpinski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 247004 (2002) - Published 25 November, 2002

Striped Phase in a Quantum $X Y$ Model with Ring Exchange

A. W. Sandvik, S. Daul, R. R. P. Singh, and D. J. Scalapino

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 247201 (2002) - Published 21 November, 2002

Fluctuation-Driven Quantum Phase Transitions in Clean Itinerant Ferromagnets

D. Belitz and T. R. Kirkpatrick

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 247202 (2002) - Published 25 November, 2002

Local Symmetry Breaking by Impurities and Mode Splitting in Doped SmS

R. S. Fishman and S. H. Liu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 247203 (2002) - Published 26 November, 2002

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

ERRATA

Erratum: Excitonic and Quasiparticle Gaps in Si Nanocrystals [Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 2457 (2000)]

C. Delerue, M. Lannoo, and G. Allan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 249901 (2002) - Published 21 November, 2002

Erratum: Crystalline Order on a Sphere and the Generalized Thomson Problem [Phys. Rev. Lett.PRLTAO0031-9007 89, 185502 (2002)]

M. Bowick, A. Cacciuto, D. R. Nelson, and A. Travesset

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 249902 (2002) - Published 21 November, 2002

Erratum: Coherent Control in the Presence of Intrinsic Decoherence: Proton Transfer in Large Molecular Systems [Phys. Rev. Lett.PRLTAO0031-9007 89, 143201 (2002)]

Victor S. Batista and Paul Brumer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 249903 (2002) - Published 21 November, 2002

Publisher’s Note: $η$ Photoproduction on the Proton for Photon Energies from 0.75 to 1.95 GeV [Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 222002 (2002)]

M. Dugger et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 249904 (2002) - Published 26 November, 2002

Erratum: Origin of Anomalous Lattice Expansion in Oxide Nanoparticles [Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 3440 (2000)]

S. Tsunekawa, K. Ishikawa, Z.-Q. Li, Y. Kawazoe, and A. Kasuya

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 249905 (2002) - Published 26 November, 2002