Volume 93, Issue 20

12 November 2004

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On the Cover

Illustration of a simulated avalanche in a 2D cellular-automaton model. This model reproduces the power-law behavior for land, rock, and snow avalanches, suggesting a common origin for the processes that give rise to each.

From the article:

Two-Threshold Model for Scaling Laws of Noninteracting Snow Avalanches
Jerome Faillettaz, Francois Louchet, and Jean-Robert Grasso
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 208001 (2004)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

High-Resolution Imaging of Single Fluorescent Molecules with the Optical Near-Field of a Metal Tip

Heinrich G. Frey, Susanne Witt, Karin Felderer, and Reinhard Guckenberger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 200801 (2004) - Published 10 November, 2004

LETTERS

General Physics: Statistical and Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Information, etc.

Tight Multipartite Bell's Inequalities Involving Many Measurement Settings

Wiesław Laskowski, Tomasz Paterek, Marek Żukowski, and Časlav Brukner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 200401 (2004) - Published 8 November, 2004

Novel Superfluidity in a Trapped Gas of Fermi Atoms with Repulsive Interaction Loaded on an Optical Lattice

M. Machida, S. Yamada, Y. Ohashi, and H. Matsumoto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 200402 (2004) - Published 9 November, 2004

Optical Realization of Optimal Unambiguous Discrimination for Pure and Mixed Quantum States

Masoud Mohseni, Aephraim M. Steinberg, and János A. Bergou

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 200403 (2004) - Published 9 November, 2004

Equation of State of a Fermi Gas in the BEC-BCS Crossover: A Quantum Monte Carlo Study

G. E. Astrakharchik, J. Boronat, J. Casulleras, and and S. Giorgini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 200404 (2004) - Published 10 November, 2004

Operational Representation of Quantum States Based on Interference

Alexander Wolf and Matthias Freyberger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 200405 (2004) - Published 10 November, 2004

Vortex Arrays in a Rotating Superfluid Fermi Gas

David L. Feder

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 200406 (2004) - Published 12 November, 2004

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

High-Resolution Imaging of Single Fluorescent Molecules with the Optical Near-Field of a Metal Tip

Heinrich G. Frey, Susanne Witt, Karin Felderer, and Reinhard Guckenberger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 200801 (2004) - Published 10 November, 2004

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Gravitational Baryogenesis

Hooman Davoudiasl, Ryuichiro Kitano, Graham D. Kribs, Hitoshi Murayama, and Paul J. Steinhardt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 201301 (2004) - Published 10 November, 2004

Elementary Particles and Fields

Large- $N_{c}$ Continuum Reduction and the Thermodynamics of QCD

Thomas D. Cohen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 201601 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Classical Physics and Quantum Loops

Barry R. Holstein and John F. Donoghue

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 201602 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Measurement of Time-Dependent $C P$ -Violating Asymmetries in $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} γ (K^{* 0} \to K_{S}^{0} π^{0})$ Decays

B. Aubert et al. (The BABAR Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 201801 (2004) - Published 8 November, 2004

Search for $C P$ Violation in the Decay $B^{0} \to D^{* \pm} D^{\mp}$

T. Aushev et al. (Belle Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 201802 (2004) - Published 9 November, 2004

Dark Matter Particle Production in $b \to s$ Transitions with Missing Energy

Chris Bird, Paul Jackson, Robert Kowalewski, and Maxim Pospelov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 201803 (2004) - Published 10 November, 2004

$B$ -Factory Signals for a Warped Extra Dimension

Kaustubh Agashe, Gilad Perez, and Amarjit Soni

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 201804 (2004) - Published 10 November, 2004

Complete Two-Loop Electroweak Fermionic Corrections to the Effective Leptonic Weak Mixing Angle ${sin }^{2} θ_{e f f}^{l e p t}$ and Indirect Determination of the Higgs Boson Mass

M. Awramik, M. Czakon, A. Freitas, and G. Weiglein

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 201805 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Multichannel Calculation of $D_{s}^{*}$ Vector States and the $D_{s J}^{+} (2632)$ Resonance

Eef van Beveren and George Rupp

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 202001 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Double Helicity Asymmetry in Inclusive Midrapidity $π^{0}$ Production for Polarized $p + p$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 200 G e V$

S. S. Adler et al. (PHENIX Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 202002 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Nuclear Physics

Spin Asymmetry and Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn Sum Rule for the Deuteron

Hartmuth Arenhövel, Alexander Fix, and Michael Schwamb

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 202301 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Supernova Inelastic Neutrino-Nucleus Cross Sections from High-Resolution Electron Scattering Experiments and Shell-Model Calculations

K. Langanke, G. Martínez-Pinedo, P. von Neumann-Cosel, and A. Richter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 202501 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Rotational Correlation Functions of Single Molecules

G. Hinze, G. Diezemann, and Th. Basché

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 203001 (2004) - Published 10 November, 2004

Electron Scattering on Centrosymmetric Molecular Dianions $P t (C N)_{4}^{2 -}$ and $P t (C N)_{6}^{2 -}$

M. O. A. El Ghazaly, A. Svendsen, H. Bluhme, A. B. Nielsen, S. Brøndsted Nielsen, and L. H. Andersen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 203201 (2004) - Published 10 November, 2004

Multiple Grains in Nanocrystals: Effect of Initial Shape and Size on Transformed Structures Under Pressure

Sanjay Kodiyalam, Rajiv K. Kalia, Aiichiro Nakano, and Priya Vashishta

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 203401 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Dynamic Polarization in the Strong-Field Ionization of Small Metal Clusters

Marc Smits, C. A. de Lange, Albert Stolow, and D. M. Rayner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 203402 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Cavity Light Bullets: Three-Dimensional Localized Structures in a Nonlinear Optical Resonator

Massimo Brambilla, Tommaso Maggipinto, Giuseppe Patera, and Lorenzo Columbo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 203901 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Direct Measurement of Superluminal Group Velocity and Signal Velocity in an Optical Fiber

Nicolas Brunner, Valerio Scarani, Mark Wegmüller, Matthieu Legré, and Nicolas Gisin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 203902 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Intrinsic Pulse-Width Dependence of Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility in the Femtosecond Regime

Min-su Kim and Choon Sup Yoon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 203903 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Web-Assisted Tunneling In The Kicked Harmonic Oscillator

André R. R. Carvalho and Andreas Buchleitner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 204101 (2004) - Published 8 November, 2004

Classical Projected Phase Space Density of Billiards and Its Relation to the Quantum Neumann Spectrum

Debabrata Biswas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 204102 (2004) - Published 10 November, 2004

Robustness of the Noise-Induced Phase Synchronization in a General Class of Limit Cycle Oscillators

Jun-nosuke Teramae and Dan Tanaka

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 204103 (2004) - Published 12 November, 2004

Encapsulated Drop Breakup in Shear Flow

K. A. Smith, J. M. Ottino, and M. Olvera de la Cruz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 204501 (2004) - Published 8 November, 2004

Plasma and Beam Physics

Generating Ultralow-Emittance Ion Beams in a Storage Ring

Y. Yuri and H. Okamoto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 204801 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Nonlinear Current Helicity Fluxes in Turbulent Dynamos and Alpha Quenching

Kandaswamy Subramanian and Axel Brandenburg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 205001 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Increasing the Magnetic Helicity Content of a Plasma by Pulsing a Magnetized Source

S. Woodruff, B. W. Stallard, H. S. McLean, E. B. Hooper, R. Bulmer, B. I. Cohen, D. N. Hill, C. T. Holcomb, J. Moller, and R. D. Wood

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 205002 (2004) - Published 12 November, 2004

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Dissipative Currents in Superfluid ${}^{3}{H e}$ Weak Links

J. K. Viljas and E. V. Thuneberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 205301 (2004) - Published 9 November, 2004

Vibrations of Micro-eV Energies in Nanocrystalline Microstructures

A. F. Yue, A. B. Papandrew, O. Delaire, B. Fultz, Z. Chowdhuri, R. M. Dimeo, and D. A. Neumann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 205501 (2004) - Published 10 November, 2004

Structural Complexity in Gallium under High Pressure: Relation to Alkali Elements

O. Degtyareva, M. I. McMahon, D. R. Allan, and R. J. Nelmes

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 205502 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Linear Carbon Dioxide in the High-Pressure High-Temperature Crystalline Phase IV

Federico A. Gorelli, Valentina M. Giordano, Pier R. Salvi, and Roberto Bini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 205503 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Atomistic Configurations and Energetics of Crack Extension in Silicon

Ting Zhu, Ju Li, and Sidney Yip

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 205504 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Quasidislocation Stoneley Wave and Eshelby Dislocation Scholte Wave

Johannes Weertman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 205505 (2004) - Published 12 November, 2004

Bose-Einstein Condensation and the Glassy State

Moshe Schwartz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 205701 (2004) - Published 10 November, 2004

Shape Deformation and Circle Instability in Two-Dimensional Lipid Domains by Dipolar Force: A Shape- and Size-Dependent Line Tension Model

Mitsumasa Iwamoto and Zhong-can Ou-Yang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 206101 (2004) - Published 10 November, 2004

Atomic Structure of Defects in GaN:Mg Grown with Ga Polarity

Z. Liliental-Weber, T. Tomaszewicz, D. Zakharov, J. Jasinski, and M. A. O'Keefe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 206102 (2004) - Published 10 November, 2004

Molecular Motion in a Spreading Precursor Film

Hui Xu, David Shirvanyants, Kathryn Beers, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Michael Rubinstein, and Sergei S. Sheiko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 206103 (2004) - Published 10 November, 2004

Driving Force and Mechanism for Spontaneous Metal Whisker Formation

M. W. Barsoum, E. N. Hoffman, R. D. Doherty, S. Gupta, and A. Zavaliangos

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 206104 (2004) - Published 10 November, 2004

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Effects of Nonmagnetic Impurities on Spin-Fluctuation Induced Superconductivity

S. Dusuel and D. Zanchi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 206401 (2004) - Published 10 November, 2004

Nexus between Quantum Criticality and Phase Formation in $U ({R u}_{1 - x} {R h}_{x})_{2} {S i}_{2}$

K. H. Kim, N. Harrison, H. Amitsuka, G. A. Jorge, M. Jaime, and J. A. Mydosh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 206402 (2004) - Published 10 November, 2004

New Probe of the Electronic Structure of Amorphous Materials

Maria Strømme, Rajeev Ahuja, and Gunnar A. Niklasson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 206403 (2004) - Published 12 November, 2004

Josephson Junction as a Detector of Poissonian Charge Injection

J. P. Pekola

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 206601 (2004) - Published 10 November, 2004

Berry Curvature on the Fermi Surface: Anomalous Hall Effect as a Topological Fermi-Liquid Property

F. D. M. Haldane

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 206602 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Pseudoentanglement of Spin States in the Multilevel ${}^{15}N @ C_{60}$ System

M. Mehring, W. Scherer, and A. Weidinger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 206603 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Origin of Schottky Barriers in Gold Contacts on $G a A s (110)$

T. C. G. Reusch, M. Wenderoth, L. Winking, N. Quaas, and R. G. Ulbrich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 206801 (2004) - Published 10 November, 2004

Selectivity of Auger Decays to the Local Surface Environment

M. I. Trioni, S. Caravati, G. P. Brivio, L. Floreano, F. Bruno, and A. Morgante

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 206802 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Localization of the Cu(111) Surface State by Single Cu Adatoms

F. E. Olsson, M. Persson, A. G. Borisov, J.-P. Gauyacq, J. Lagoute, and S. Fölsch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 206803 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Goldstone-Mode Relaxation in a Quantized Hall Ferromagnet

S. Dickmann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 206804 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Evidence for Two Different Solid Phases of Two-Dimensional Electrons in High Magnetic Fields

Yong P. Chen, R. M. Lewis, L. W. Engel, D. C. Tsui, P. D. Ye, Z. H. Wang, L. N. Pfeiffer, and K. W. West

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 206805 (2004) - Published 11 November, 2004

Pairing of Spin Excitations in Lateral Quantum Dots

Marek Korkusiński, Pawel Hawrylak, Mariusz Ciorga, Michel Pioro-Ladrière, and Andrew S. Sachrajda

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 206806 (2004) - Published 12 November, 2004

Nanoscopic Coexistence of Magnetism and Superconductivity in ${Y B a}_{2} {C u}_{3} O_{6 + x}$ Detected by Muon Spin Rotation

S. Sanna, G. Allodi, G. Concas, A. D. Hillier, and R. De Renzi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 207001 (2004) - Published 8 November, 2004

Mixed-State Dynamics in One-Dimensional Quantum Lattice Systems: A Time-Dependent Superoperator Renormalization Algorithm

Michael Zwolak and Guifré Vidal

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 207205 (2004) - Published 12 November, 2004

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

Ab Initio Molecular-Dynamics Simulations of Short-Range Order in Liquid ${A l}_{80} {M n}_{20}$ and ${A l}_{80} {N i}_{20}$ Alloys

N. Jakse, O. Lebacq, and A. Pasturel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 207801 (2004) - Published 9 November, 2004

ERRATA

Erratum: Radiative Recombination Enhancement of Bare Ions in Storage Rings with Electron Cooling [Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 083202 (2002)]

C. Heerlein, G. Zwicknagel, and C. Toepffer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 209901 (2004) - Published 8 November, 2004