Volume 92, Issue 12

26 March 2004

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On the Cover

Color map (showing the phases) of a simulated vortex soliton in stable propagation through a 2D nonlinear photonic lattice. The experimental observation of such a soliton is reported by 2 independent groups.

From the article:

Observation of Vortex-Ring “Discrete” Solitons in 2D Photonic Lattices
Jason W. Fleischer, Guy Bartal, Oren Cohen, Ofer Manela, Mordechai Segev, Jared Hudock, and Demetrios N. Christodoulides
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 123904 (2004)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Limits on the Time Variation of the Electromagnetic Fine-Structure Constant in the Low Energy Limit from Absorption Lines in the Spectra of Distant Quasars

R. Srianand, H. Chand, P. Petitjean, and B. Aracil

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 121302 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Superlubricity of Graphite

Martin Dienwiebel, Gertjan S. Verhoeven, Namboodiri Pradeep, Joost W. M. Frenken, Jennifer A. Heimberg, and Henny W. Zandbergen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 126101 (2004) - Published 24 March, 2004

LETTERS

General Physics

Crossover from a Molecular Bose-Einstein Condensate to a Degenerate Fermi Gas

M. Bartenstein, A. Altmeyer, S. Riedl, S. Jochim, C. Chin, J. Hecker Denschlag, and R. Grimm

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 120401 (2004) - Published 23 March, 2004

Determining a Quantum State by Means of a Single Apparatus

A. E. Allahverdyan, R. Balian, and Th. M. Nieuwenhuizen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 120402 (2004) - Published 25 March, 2004

Condensation of Pairs of Fermionic Atoms near a Feshbach Resonance

M. W. Zwierlein, C. A. Stan, C. H. Schunck, S. M. F. Raupach, A. J. Kerman, and W. Ketterle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 120403 (2004) - Published 25 March, 2004

Nonspreading Wave Packets in Three Dimensions Formed by an Ultracold Bose Gas in an Optical Lattice

Claudio Conti and Stefano Trillo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 120404 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

Universal Decoherence in Solids

Eugene M. Chudnovsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 120405 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

Quantum Random Walks and Piecewise Deterministic Evolutions

Ph. Blanchard and M.-O. Hongler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 120601 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

Flat Histogram Version of the Pruned and Enriched Rosenbluth Method

Thomas Prellberg and Jarosław Krawczyk

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 120602 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

Numerical Study of Metastable States in Ising Spin Glasses

Andrea Cavagna, Irene Giardina, and Giorgio Parisi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 120603 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Measurement of the Solar Gravitational Deflection of Radio Waves using Geodetic Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry Data, 1979–1999

S. S. Shapiro, J. L. Davis, D. E. Lebach, and J. S. Gregory

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 121101 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

What Do We (Not) Know Theoretically about Solar Neutrino Fluxes?

John N. Bahcall and M. H. Pinsonneault

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 121301 (2004) - Published 25 March, 2004

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Limits on the Time Variation of the Electromagnetic Fine-Structure Constant in the Low Energy Limit from Absorption Lines in the Spectra of Distant Quasars

R. Srianand, H. Chand, P. Petitjean, and B. Aracil

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 121302 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

Elementary Particles and Fields

Search for Lepton-Flavor Violation in the Decay $τ^{-} \to ℓ^{-} ℓ^{+} ℓ^{-}$

B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 121801 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

Search for Kaluza-Klein Graviton Emission in $p \bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.8 TeV$ Using the Missing Energy Signature

D. Acosta et al. (The CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 121802 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

QCD Hard Scattering and the Sign of the Spin Asymmetry $A_{LL}^{π}$

Barbara Jäger, Marco Stratmann, Stefan Kretzer, and Werner Vogelsang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 121803 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

Nuclear Physics

Spinodal Decomposition during the Hadronization Stage at RHIC?

Jørgen Randrup

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 122301 (2004) - Published 22 March, 2004

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Many-Electron Dynamics of a Xe Atom in Strong and Superstrong Laser Fields

K. Yamakawa, Y. Akahane, Y. Fukuda, M. Aoyama, N. Inoue, H. Ueda, and T. Utsumi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 123001 (2004) - Published 25 March, 2004

Femtosecond Coincidence Imaging of Multichannel Multiphoton Dynamics

Anouk M. Rijs, Maurice H. M. Janssen, Engelene t. H. Chrysostom, and Carl C. Hayden

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 123002 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

Continuous Variable Entanglement using Cold Atoms

V. Josse, A. Dantan, A. Bramati, M. Pinard, and E. Giacobino

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 123601 (2004) - Published 22 March, 2004

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Polaritonic and Photonic Gap Interactions in a Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal

Andreas Rung and Carl G. Ribbing

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 123901 (2004) - Published 25 March, 2004

Discrete Solitons and Soliton-Induced Dislocations in Partially Coherent Photonic Lattices

Hector Martin, Eugenia D. Eugenieva, Zhigang Chen, and Demetrios N. Christodoulides

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 123902 (2004) - Published 25 March, 2004

Observation of Discrete Vortex Solitons in Optically Induced Photonic Lattices

Dragomir N. Neshev, Tristram J. Alexander, Elena A. Ostrovskaya, Yuri S. Kivshar, Hector Martin, Igor Makasyuk, and Zhigang Chen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 123903 (2004) - Published 25 March, 2004

Observation of Vortex-Ring “Discrete” Solitons in 2D Photonic Lattices

Jason W. Fleischer, Guy Bartal, Oren Cohen, Ofer Manela, Mordechai Segev, Jared Hudock, and Demetrios N. Christodoulides

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 123904 (2004) - Published 25 March, 2004

Nonlinear Interferometric Vibrational Imaging

Daniel L. Marks and Stephen A. Boppart

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 123905 (2004) - Published 25 March, 2004

Lasing Action due to the Two-Dimensional Quasiperiodicity of Photonic Quasicrystals with a Penrose Lattice

M. Notomi, H. Suzuki, T. Tamamura, and K. Edagawa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 123906 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

Sonoluminescence from a Single Bubble Driven at 1 Megahertz

Carlos Camara, Seth Putterman, and Emil Kirilov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 124301 (2004) - Published 25 March, 2004

Oscillatory Rise of Bubbles in Wormlike Micellar Fluids with Different Microstructures

Nestor Z. Handzy and Andrew Belmonte

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 124501 (2004) - Published 25 March, 2004

Plasma and Beam Physics

Observations of Multiple Magnetic Islands in the Core of a Reversed Field Pinch

P. Franz, L. Marrelli, P. Piovesan, B. E. Chapman, P. Martin, I. Predebon, G. Spizzo, R. B. White, and C. Xiao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 125001 (2004) - Published 25 March, 2004

Single-State Measurement of Electrical Conductivity of Warm Dense Gold

K. Widmann, T. Ao, M. E. Foord, D. F. Price, A. D. Ellis, P. T. Springer, and A. Ng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 125002 (2004) - Published 25 March, 2004

Generalized Randomly Amplified Linear System Driven by Gaussian Noises: Extreme Heavy Tail and Algebraic Correlation Decay in Plasma Turbulence

György Steinbrecher and B. Weyssow

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 125003 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Biaxial Nematic Phase in a Thermotropic Liquid-Crystalline Side-Chain Polymer

Kirsten Severing and Kay Saalwächter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 125501 (2004) - Published 22 March, 2004

Smallest Carbon Nanotube Is $3 Å$ in Diameter

X. Zhao, Y. Liu, S. Inoue, T. Suzuki, R. O. Jones, and Y. Ando

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 125502 (2004) - Published 23 March, 2004

Elongation and Fluctuations of Semiflexible Polymers in a Nematic Solvent

Z. Dogic, J. Zhang, A. W. C. Lau, H. Aranda-Espinoza, P. Dalhaimer, D. E. Discher, P. A. Janmey, Randall D. Kamien, T. C. Lubensky, and A. G. Yodh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 125503 (2004) - Published 24 March, 2004

Low Energy Electron Irradiation Induced Deep Level Defects in $6 H − SiC$ : The Implication for the Microstructure of the Deep Levels $E_{1} / E_{2}$

X. D. Chen, C. L. Yang, M. Gong, W. K. Ge, S. Fung, C. D. Beling, J. N. Wang, M. K. Lui, and C. C. Ling

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 125504 (2004) - Published 25 March, 2004

Visualizing Chemical Reactions in Solution by Picosecond X-Ray Diffraction

Anton Plech, Michael Wulff, Savo Bratos, Fabien Mirloup, Rodolphe Vuilleumier, Friedrich Schotte, and Philip A. Anfinrud

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 125505 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

Effect of Pressure on the Secondary Relaxation in a Simple Glass Former

A. Reiser, G. Kasper, and S. Hunklinger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 125701 (2004) - Published 25 March, 2004

Thermal Diffusion in a Sinusoidal Temperature Field

Walter L. Craig, Sorasak Danworaphong, and Gerald J. Diebold

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 125901 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Superlubricity of Graphite

Martin Dienwiebel, Gertjan S. Verhoeven, Namboodiri Pradeep, Joost W. M. Frenken, Jennifer A. Heimberg, and Henny W. Zandbergen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 126101 (2004) - Published 24 March, 2004

Self-Limited Growth of a Thin Oxide Layer on Rh(111)

J. Gustafson, A. Mikkelsen, M. Borg, E. Lundgren, L. Köhler, G. Kresse, M. Schmid, P. Varga, J. Yuhara, X. Torrelles, C. Quirós, and J. N. Andersen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 126102 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

Direct Observation of Domain Wall Scattering in Patterned ${Ni}_{80} {Fe}_{20}$ and Ni Nanowires by Current-Voltage Measurements

S. Lepadatu and Y. B. Xu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 127201 (2004) - Published 22 March, 2004

Rabi Flopping in a Two-Level System with a Time-Dependent Energy Renormalization: Intersubband Transitions in Quantum Wells

Adriano A. Batista and D. S. Citrin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 127404 (2004) - Published 25 March, 2004

Five-Wave-Mixing Spectroscopy of Ultrafast Electron Dynamics at a Si(001) Surface

C. Voelkmann, M. Reichelt, T. Meier, S. W. Koch, and U. Höfer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 127405 (2004) - Published 25 March, 2004

Multielectron Ionization of CdSe Quantum Dots in Intense Femtosecond Ultraviolet Light

Dong Hee Son, Joshua S. Wittenberg, and A. Paul Alivisatos

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 127406 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

COMMENTS

Comment on “Metallization of Fluid Nitrogen and the Mott Transition in Highly Compressed Low- $Z$ Fluids”

Marina Bastea

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 129601 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

Chau et al. Reply:

R. Chau, A. C. Mitchell, R. W. Minich, and W. J. Nellis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 129602 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

Comment on “Strain and High Temperature Superconductivity: Unexpected Results from Direct Electronic Structure Measurements in Thin Films”

Ivana Mrkonjić and Slaven Barišić

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 129701 (2004) - Published 26 March, 2004

Volume 92, Issue 12

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