Volume 89, Issue 27

30 December 2002

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Contour plot of x-ray scattering intensity for water in a hydrated protein crystal from a molecular-dynamics simulation. The figure shows two Brillouin sound modes (dotted lines) in the interfacial water, corresponding to ordinary and fast sound in liquid water.

From the article:

Single-Particle and Collective Dynamics of Protein Hydration Water: A Molecular Dynamics Study
M. Tarek and D. J. Tobias
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 275501 (2002)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

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Quantum Entanglement of Moving Bodies

Robert M. Gingrich and Christoph Adami

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 270402 (2002) - Published 16 December, 2002

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Structure and Bonding of Water on Pt(111)

H. Ogasawara, B. Brena, D. Nordlund, M. Nyberg, A. Pelmenschikov, L. G. M. Pettersson, and A. Nilsson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 276102 (2002) - Published 18 December, 2002

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Transverse NMR Relaxation as a Probe of Mesoscopic Structure

Valerij G. Kiselev and Dmitry S. Novikov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 278101 (2002) - Published 20 December, 2002

LETTERS

General Physics

Complex Extension of Quantum Mechanics

Carl M. Bender, Dorje C. Brody, and Hugh F. Jones

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 270401 (2002) - Published 16 December, 2002

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Quantum Entanglement of Moving Bodies

Robert M. Gingrich and Christoph Adami

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 270402 (2002) - Published 16 December, 2002

Stability of Quantum States of Finite Macroscopic Systems against Classical Noises, Perturbations from Environments, and Local Measurements

Akira Shimizu and Takayuki Miyadera

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 270403 (2002) - Published 16 December, 2002

Bose-Einstein Condensation into Nonequilibrium States Studied by Condensate Focusing

I. Shvarchuck, Ch. Buggle, D. S. Petrov, K. Dieckmann, M. Zielonkowski, M. Kemmann, T. G. Tiecke, W. von Klitzing, G. V. Shlyapnikov, and J. T. M. Walraven

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 270404 (2002) - Published 20 December, 2002

Gravitation and Astrophysics

A Radiation Scalar for Numerical Relativity

Christopher Beetle and Lior M. Burko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 271101 (2002) - Published 19 December, 2002

Topological Defects in Contracting Universes

P. P. Avelino, C. J. A. P. Martins, C. Santos, and E. P. S. Shellard

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 271301 (2002) - Published 16 December, 2002

Elementary Particles and Fields

Realistic Dirac Leptogenesis

Hitoshi Murayama and Aaron Pierce

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 271601 (2002) - Published 16 December, 2002

Convergence of the Linear $δ$ Expansion in the Critical $O (N)$ Field Theory

Eric Braaten and Eugeniu Radescu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 271602 (2002) - Published 20 December, 2002

Implications on Supersymmetry-Breaking Mediation Mechanisms from Observing $B_{s} \to μ^{+} μ^{-}$ and the Muon $g - 2$

Seungwon Baek, P. Ko, and Wan Young Song

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 271801 (2002) - Published 17 December, 2002

The Reaction $γ p \to π^{0} γ^{'} p$ and the Magnetic Dipole Moment of the $Δ^{+} (1232)$ Resonance

M. Kotulla, J. Ahrens, J. R. M. Annand, R. Beck, G. Caselotti, L. S. Fog, D. Hornidge, S. Janssen, B. Krusche, J. C. McGeorge, I. J. D. McGregor, K. Mengel, J. G. Messchendorp, V. Metag, R. Novotny, M. Pfeiffer, M. Rost, S. Sack, R. Sanderson, S. Schadmand, and D. P. Watts

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 272001 (2002) - Published 16 December, 2002

Generalized Spin Polarizabilities of the Nucleon in Heavy-Baryon Chiral Perturbation Theory at Order $O (p^{4})$

Chung Wen Kao and Marc Vanderhaeghen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 272002 (2002) - Published 17 December, 2002

Nuclear Physics

Decisive Role of Fragmentation Functions in Hard Hadron Production

Xiaofei Zhang, George Fai, and Péter Lévai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 272301 (2002) - Published 16 December, 2002

Coherent $ρ^{0}$ Production in Ultraperipheral Heavy-Ion Collisions

C. Adler et al. (STAR Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 272302 (2002) - Published 20 December, 2002

Measurements of Ultracold-Neutron Lifetimes in Solid Deuterium

C. L. Morris et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 272501 (2002) - Published 18 December, 2002

Nature of Low-Energy Dipole Strength in Nuclei: The Case of a Resonance at Particle Threshold in ${}^{208}P b$

N. Ryezayeva, T. Hartmann, Y. Kalmykov, H. Lenske, P. von Neumann-Cosel, V. Yu. Ponomarev, A. Richter, A. Shevchenko, S. Volz, and J. Wambach

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 272502 (2002) - Published 18 December, 2002

Fusion Suppression and Sub-Barrier Breakup of Weakly Bound Nuclei

D. J. Hinde, M. Dasgupta, B. R. Fulton, C. R. Morton, R. J. Wooliscroft, A. C. Berriman, and K. Hagino

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 272701 (2002) - Published 17 December, 2002

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Single-Pulse Phase-Contrast Nonlinear Raman Spectroscopy

Dan Oron, Nirit Dudovich, and Yaron Silberberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 273001 (2002) - Published 17 December, 2002

Gas Phase Infrared Spectroscopy of Selectively Prepared Ions

J. Lemaire, P. Boissel, M. Heninger, G. Mauclaire, G. Bellec, H. Mestdagh, A. Simon, S. Le Caer, J. M. Ortega, F. Glotin, and P. Maitre

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 273002 (2002) - Published 18 December, 2002

Rydberg State Ionization by Half-Cycle-Pulse Excitation: Strong Kicks Create Slow Electrons

A. Wetzels, A. Gürtler, L. D. Noordam, F. Robicheaux, C. Dinu, H. G. Muller, M. J. J. Vrakking, and W. J. van der Zande

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 273003 (2002) - Published 19 December, 2002

Close-Coupling Approach to Coulomb Three-Body Problems

Igor Bray

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 273201 (2002) - Published 18 December, 2002

Magnetic Field Control of Elastic Scattering in a Cold Gas of Fermionic Lithium Atoms

S. Jochim, M. Bartenstein, G. Hendl, J. Hecker Denschlag, R. Grimm, A. Mosk, and M. Weidemüller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 273202 (2002) - Published 18 December, 2002

Nanoscale Molecular Superfluidity of Hydrogen

Yongkyung Kwon and K. Birgitta Whaley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 273401 (2002) - Published 18 December, 2002

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Observation of Non-Phase-Matched Parametric Amplification in Resonant Nonlinear Optics

Stéphane Coen, David A. Wardle, and John D. Harvey

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 273901 (2002) - Published 13 December, 2002

Robust Propagation of Two-Color Soliton Clusters Supported by Competing Nonlinearities

Yaroslav V. Kartashov, Lucian-Cornel Crasovan, Dumitru Mihalache, and Lluis Torner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 273902 (2002) - Published 19 December, 2002

Control of Common Resonances in Bichromatically Driven Hydrogen Atoms

Leszek Sirko and Peter M. Koch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 274101 (2002) - Published 16 December, 2002

Plasma and Beam Physics

Core Electrostatic Fluctuations and Particle Transport in a Reversed-Field Pinch

J. Lei, P. M. Schoch, D. R. Demers, U. Shah, K. A. Connor, J. K. Anderson, and T. P. Crowley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 275001 (2002) - Published 17 December, 2002

Three-Dimensional Relativistic Electromagnetic Subcycle Solitons

Timur Esirkepov, Katsunobu Nishihara, Sergei V. Bulanov, and Francesco Pegoraro

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 275002 (2002) - Published 17 December, 2002

Eliminating Islands in High-Pressure Free-Boundary Stellarator Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibrium Solutions

S. R. Hudson, D. A. Monticello, A. H. Reiman, A. H. Boozer, D. J. Strickler, S. P. Hirshman, and M. C. Zarnstorff

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 275003 (2002) - Published 20 December, 2002

High-Intensity Laser-Field Amplification between Two Foils

Baifei Shen and M. Y. Yu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 275004 (2002) - Published 20 December, 2002

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Polarization of Superfluid Turbulence

Carlo F. Barenghi, Sarah Hulton, and David C. Samuels

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 275301 (2002) - Published 16 December, 2002

Single-Particle and Collective Dynamics of Protein Hydration Water: A Molecular Dynamics Study

M. Tarek and D. J. Tobias

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 275501 (2002) - Published 17 December, 2002

Formation of an Icosahedral Structure during the Freezing of Gold Nanoclusters: Surface-Induced Mechanism

H.-S. Nam, Nong M. Hwang, B. D. Yu, and J.-K. Yoon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 275502 (2002) - Published 18 December, 2002

Hole- and Electron-Vibrational Couplings in Oligoacene Crystals: Intramolecular Contributions

V. Coropceanu, M. Malagoli, D. A. da Silva Filho, N. E. Gruhn, T. G. Bill, and J. L. Brédas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 275503 (2002) - Published 20 December, 2002

Unusual Sequences of Tilted Smectic Phases in Liquid Crystals of Bent-Shape Molecules

A. Jákli and P. Tolédano

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 275504 (2002) - Published 20 December, 2002

Inverse Monte Carlo Renormalization Group Transformations for Critical Phenomena

Dorit Ron, Robert H. Swendsen, and Achi Brandt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 275701 (2002) - Published 18 December, 2002

Electrostatic Field Enhancement of Al(111) Oxidation

I. Popova, V. Zhukov, and J. T. Yates, Jr.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 276101 (2002) - Published 17 December, 2002

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Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

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Comment on “Coherent Quasiparticle Weight and Its Connection to High- $T_{c}$ Superconductivity from Angle-Resolved Photoemission”

A. Kallio, J. Hissa, and V. Bräysy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 279701 (2002) - Published 16 December, 2002

Comment on “Superconductivity in the Two-Dimensional $t − J$ Model”

T. K. Lee, C. T. Shih, Y. C. Chen, and H. Q. Lin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 279702 (2002) - Published 19 December, 2002

Sorella et al. Reply:

S. Sorella, A. Parola, F. Becca, L. Capriotti, C. Gazza, E. Dagotto, and G. Martins

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 279703 (2002) - Published 19 December, 2002

ERRATA

Erratum: Laser Phase Modulation Approaches towards Ensemble Quantum Computing [Phys. Rev. Lett.0031–9007PRLTAO 88, 177901 (2002)]

Debabrata Goswami

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 279901 (2002) - Published 18 December, 2002

Volume 89, Issue 27

On the Cover

From the article:

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

LETTERS

General Physics

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Elementary Particles and Fields

Nuclear Physics

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Plasma and Beam Physics

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

COMMENTS

ERRATA