Volume 92, Issue 23

11 June 2004

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These figures show the transformation over time of a thin layer of ice, from a disordered amorphous form to a crystalline state, as monitored through the water molecules' IR spectra. Crystallization from the amorphous state is found to begin at the surface of the ice layer; this new finding may have implications for chemical processes on interstellar and atmospheric ice particles.

From the article:

Surface Crystallization of Amorphous Solid Water
Ellen H. G. Backus, Mihail L. Grecea, Aart W. Kleyn, and Mischa Bonn
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 236101 (2004)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Imaging Density Disturbances in Water with a 41.3-Attosecond Time Resolution

P. Abbamonte, K. D. Finkelstein, M. D. Collins, and S. M. Gruner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 237401 (2004) - Published 11 June, 2004

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Mechanical Restriction versus Human Overreaction Triggering Congested Traffic States

Hyun Keun Lee, Robert Barlovic, Michael Schreckenberg, and Doochul Kim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 238702 (2004) - Published 10 June, 2004

LETTERS

General Physics

Bright Bose-Einstein Gap Solitons of Atoms with Repulsive Interaction

B. Eiermann, Th. Anker, M. Albiez, M. Taglieber, P. Treutlein, K.-P. Marzlin, and M. K. Oberthaler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 230401 (2004) - Published 8 June, 2004

Atom Interferometry with Trapped Fermi Gases

G. Roati, E. de Mirandes, F. Ferlaino, H. Ott, G. Modugno, and M. Inguscio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 230402 (2004) - Published 8 June, 2004

Signatures of Superfluidity for Feshbach-Resonant Fermi Gases

J. Kinnunen, M. Rodríguez, and P. Törmä

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 230403 (2004) - Published 10 June, 2004

Experimental Evidence of Coexisting Periodic Stochastic Resonance and Coherence Resonance Phenomena

Gerardo J. Escalera Santos, M. Rivera, and P. Parmananda

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 230601 (2004) - Published 11 June, 2004

Classical and Quantum Fluctuation Theorems for Heat Exchange

Christopher Jarzynski and Daniel K. Wójcik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 230602 (2004) - Published 11 June, 2004

Stability of Atomic Clocks Based on Entangled Atoms

A. André, A. S. Sørensen, and M. D. Lukin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 230801 (2004) - Published 7 June, 2004

New Limits on the Drift of Fundamental Constants from Laboratory Measurements

M. Fischer, N. Kolachevsky, M. Zimmermann, R. Holzwarth, Th. Udem, T. W. Hänsch, M. Abgrall, J. Grünert, I. Maksimovic, S. Bize, H. Marion, F. Pereira Dos Santos, P. Lemonde, G. Santarelli, P. Laurent, A. Clairon, C. Salomon, M. Haas, U. D. Jentschura, and C. H. Keitel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 230802 (2004) - Published 10 June, 2004

Elementary Particles and Fields

Wess-Zumino Current and the Structure of the Decay $τ^{-} \to K^{-} π^{-} K^{+} ν_{τ}$

T. E. Coan et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 232001 (2004) - Published 11 June, 2004

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Stopping from $0.09 A$ to $1.93 A GeV$ and Its Correlation to Flow

W. Reisdorf et al. (FOPI Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 232301 (2004) - Published 11 June, 2004

Deformation of the $N = Z$ Nucleus ${}^{76}{Sr}$ using $β$ -Decay Studies

E. Nácher, A. Algora, B. Rubio, J. L. Taín, D. Cano-Ott, S. Courtin, Ph. Dessagne, F. Maréchal, Ch. Miehé, E. Poirier, M. J. G. Borge, D. Escrig, A. Jungclaus, P. Sarriguren, O. Tengblad, W. Gelletly, L. M. Fraile, and G. Le Scornet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 232501 (2004) - Published 9 June, 2004

Analog States of ${}^{7}{He}$ Observed via the ${}^{6}{He} (p, n)$ Reaction

G. V. Rogachev, P. Boutachkov, A. Aprahamian, F. D. Becchetti, J. P. Bychowski, Y. Chen, G. Chubarian, P. A. DeYoung, V. Z. Goldberg, J. J. Kolata, L. O. Lamm, G. F. Peaslee, M. Quinn, B. B. Skorodumov, and A. Wöhr

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 232502 (2004) - Published 11 June, 2004

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Radiative Corrections to the Polarizability of Helium

Grzegorz Łach, Bogumił Jeziorski, and Krzysztof Szalewicz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 233001 (2004) - Published 10 June, 2004

Dynamically and Quasiforbidden Transitions in Photoionization of Open-Shell Atoms: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study

D. Cubaynes, M. Meyer, A. N. Grum-Grzhimailo, J.-M. Bizau, E. T. Kennedy, J. Bozek, M. Martins, S. Canton, B. Rude, N. Berrah, and F. J. Wuilleumier

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 233002 (2004) - Published 11 June, 2004

Identifying Entanglement Using Quantum Ghost Interference and Imaging

Milena D’Angelo, Yoon-Ho Kim, Sergei P. Kulik, and Yanhua Shih

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 233601 (2004) - Published 8 June, 2004

Inadequacy of Perfect-Reflector Models in Cavity QED for Systems with Low-Frequency Excitations

Claudia Eberlein and Dieter Robaschik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 233602 (2004) - Published 10 June, 2004

Theory of the Kapitza-Dirac Diffraction Effect

Xiaofeng Li, Jingtao Zhang, Zhizhan Xu, Panming Fu, Dong-Sheng Guo, and R. R. Freeman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 233603 (2004) - Published 10 June, 2004

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Escaping from Nonhyperbolic Chaotic Attractors

Suso Kraut and Celso Grebogi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 234101 (2004) - Published 11 June, 2004

Theory of Pattern Formation of Metallic Microparticles in Poorly Conducting Liquids

I. S. Aranson and M. V. Sapozhnikov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 234301 (2004) - Published 9 June, 2004

Blue Sky Catastrophe in Double-Diffusive Convection

Esteban Meca, Isabel Mercader, Oriol Batiste, and Laureano Ramírez-Piscina

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 234501 (2004) - Published 11 June, 2004

Plasma and Beam Physics

Plasma Rotation Induced by Directed Waves in the Ion-Cyclotron Range of Frequencies

L.-G. Eriksson, T. Johnson, T. Hellsten, C. Giroud, V. G. Kiptily, K. Kirov, J. Brzozowski, M. DeBaar, J. DeGrassie, M. Mantsinen, A. Meigs, J.-M. Noterdaeme, A. Staebler, D. Testa, A. Tuccillo, and K.-D. Zastrow

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 235001 (2004) - Published 9 June, 2004

Guiding of Intense Laser Beams in Highly Ionized Plasma Columns Generated by a Fast Capillary Discharge

B. M. Luther, Y. Wang, M. C. Marconi, J. L. A. Chilla, M. A. Larotonda, and J. J. Rocca

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 235002 (2004) - Published 10 June, 2004

Suppression of Large Edge-Localized Modes in High-Confinement DIII-D Plasmas with a Stochastic Magnetic Boundary

T. E. Evans, R. A. Moyer, P. R. Thomas, J. G. Watkins, T. H. Osborne, J. A. Boedo, E. J. Doyle, M. E. Fenstermacher, K. H. Finken, R. J. Groebner, M. Groth, J. H. Harris, R. J. La Haye, C. J. Lasnier, S. Masuzaki, N. Ohyabu, D. G. Pretty, T. L. Rhodes, H. Reimerdes, D. L. Rudakov, M. J. Schaffer, G. Wang, and L. Zeng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 235003 (2004) - Published 10 June, 2004

Destabilization of Fast-Ion-Induced Long Sawteeth by Localized Current Drive in the JET Tokamak

L.-G. Eriksson, A. Mueck, O. Sauter, S. Coda, M. J. Mantsinen, M.-L. Mayoral, E. Westerhof, R. J. Buttery, D. McDonald, T. Johnson, J.-M. Noterdaeme, and P. de Vries

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 235004 (2004) - Published 10 June, 2004

Validation of Neoclassical Bootstrap Current Models in the Edge of an $H$ -Mode Plasma

M. R. Wade, M. Murakami, and P. A. Politzer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 235005 (2004) - Published 11 June, 2004

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Phonon-Roton Excitations in Liquid ${}^{4}{He}$ at Negative Pressures

Francesco Albergamo, Jacques Bossy, Pierre Averbuch, Helmut Schober, and Henry R. Glyde

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 235301 (2004) - Published 11 June, 2004

Stochastic Dynamics of Nanoscale Mechanical Oscillators Immersed in a Viscous Fluid

M. R. Paul and M. C. Cross

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 235501 (2004) - Published 9 June, 2004

Density-of-States Monte Carlo Simulation of a Binary Glass

Qiliang Yan, Tushar S. Jain, and Juan J. de Pablo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 235701 (2004) - Published 9 June, 2004

Solid-Solid Phase Transformation via Virtual Melting Significantly Below the Melting Temperature

Valery I. Levitas, Bryan F. Henson, Laura B. Smilowitz, and Blaine W. Asay

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 235702 (2004) - Published 10 June, 2004

Surface Crystallization of Amorphous Solid Water

Ellen H. G. Backus, Mihail L. Grecea, Aart W. Kleyn, and Mischa Bonn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 236101 (2004) - Published 8 June, 2004

Anomalous Dielectric Behavior of Water in Ionic Newton Black Films

Jordi Faraudo and Fernando Bresme

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 236102 (2004) - Published 10 June, 2004

Circular Dichroism in Core Level Photoemission from an Adsorbed Chiral Molecule

M. Polcik, F. Allegretti, D. I. Sayago, G. Nisbet, C. L. A. Lamont, and D. P. Woodruff

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 236103 (2004) - Published 10 June, 2004

Persistent Droplet Motion in Liquid-Liquid Dewetting

Matti Oron, Tobias Kerle, Rachel Yerushalmi-Rozen, and Jacob Klein

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 236104 (2004) - Published 11 June, 2004

Kinetics in Surface Reconstructions on GaAs(001)

Akihiro Ohtake, Pavel Kocán, Jun Nakamura, Akiko Natori, and Nobuyuki Koguchi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 236105 (2004) - Published 11 June, 2004

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Ground State Phases of the Half-Filled One-Dimensional Extended Hubbard Model

Anders W. Sandvik, Leon Balents, and David K. Campbell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 236401 (2004) - Published 7 June, 2004

Influence of the Incommensurability in ${Sr}_{14 - x} {Ca}_{x} {Cu}_{24} O_{41}$ Family Compounds

Alain Gellé and Marie-Bernadette Lepetit

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 236402 (2004) - Published 9 June, 2004

Two-Dimensional Charge Order in Layered 2-1-4 Perovskite Oxides

Shigeki Onoda, Yukitoshi Motome, and Naoto Nagaosa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 236403 (2004) - Published 10 June, 2004

Spin-Charge Separation in Two-Dimensional Frustrated Quantum Magnets

Andreas Läuchli and Didier Poilblanc

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 236404 (2004) - Published 10 June, 2004

Effects of Nitridation on the Characteristics of Silicon Dioxide: Dielectric and Structural Properties from ab initio Calculations

Dominik Fischer, Alessandro Curioni, Salomon Billeter, and Wanda Andreoni

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 236405 (2004) - Published 11 June, 2004

Ultrafast Dynamic Control of Spin and Charge Density Oscillations in a GaAs Quantum Well

J. M. Bao, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, and R. Merlin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 236601 (2004) - Published 8 June, 2004

Theory of Plasmon-Assisted Transmission of Entangled Photons

Esteban Moreno, F. J. García-Vidal, Daniel Erni, J. Ignacio Cirac, and L. Martín-Moreno

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 236801 (2004) - Published 8 June, 2004

Two-Dimensional Electron-Hole Liquid in Single Si Quantum Wells with Large Electronic and Dielectric Confinement

N. Pauc, V. Calvo, J. Eymery, F. Fournel, and N. Magnea

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 236802 (2004) - Published 8 June, 2004

New Type of $B$ -Periodic Magneto-Oscillations in a Two-Dimensional Electron System Induced by Microwave Irradiation

I. V. Kukushkin, M. Yu. Akimov, J. H. Smet, S. A. Mikhailov, K. von Klitzing, I. L. Aleiner, and V. I. Falko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 236803 (2004) - Published 9 June, 2004

Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Carbon Nanotube Electromechanical Coupling

A. Z. Hartman, M. Jouzi, R. L. Barnett, and J. M. Xu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 236804 (2004) - Published 11 June, 2004

Quantum Confinement and Electronic Properties of Silicon Nanowires

Xinyuan Zhao, C. M. Wei, L. Yang, and M. Y. Chou

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 236805 (2004) - Published 11 June, 2004

Long-Range Nonlocal Flow of Vortices in Narrow Superconducting Channels

I. V. Grigorieva, A. K. Geim, S. V. Dubonos, K. S. Novoselov, D. Y. Vodolazov, F. M. Peeters, P. H. Kes, and M. Hesselberth

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 237001 (2004) - Published 8 June, 2004

Evidence for the Coexistence of an Anisotropic Superconducting Gap and Nonlocal Effects in the Nonmagnetic Superconductor ${LuNi}_{2} B_{2} C$

Tuson Park, Elbert E. M. Chia, M. B. Salamon, E. D. Bauer, I. Vekhter, J. D. Thompson, Eun Mi Choi, Heon Jung Kim, Sung-Ik Lee, and P. C. Canfield

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 237002 (2004) - Published 10 June, 2004

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Imaging Density Disturbances in Water with a 41.3-Attosecond Time Resolution

P. Abbamonte, K. D. Finkelstein, M. D. Collins, and S. M. Gruner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 237401 (2004) - Published 11 June, 2004

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Mechanical Restriction versus Human Overreaction Triggering Congested Traffic States

Hyun Keun Lee, Robert Barlovic, Michael Schreckenberg, and Doochul Kim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 238702 (2004) - Published 10 June, 2004

COMMENTS

Can Low-Lying Roper States be Explained as Antidecuplet Members?

L. Ya. Glozman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 239101 (2004) - Published 8 June, 2004

ERRATA

Erratum: Elastic Flow Instability in Nanotube Suspensions [Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 048302 (2004)]

S. Lin-Gibson, J. A. Pathak, E. A. Grulke, H. Wang, and E. K. Hobbie

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 239901 (2004) - Published 11 June, 2004

Publisher’s Note: Measurement of Cu $K$ -Shell and Ag $L$ -Shell Ionization Cross Sections by Low-Energy Positron Impact [Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 223201 (2004)]

Yasuyuki Nagashima, Fuminori Saito, Yoshiko Itoh, Akira Goto, and Toshio Hyodo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 239902 (2004) - Published 11 June, 2004