Volume 94, Issue 18

13 May 2005

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Strongly localized nondissipative stable solitons observed on the surface of a magnetic fluid, generated by a local perturbation.

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Two-Dimensional Solitons on the Surface of Magnetic Fluids
Reinhard Richter and I. V. Barashenkov
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 184503 (2005)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Two-Dimensional Solitons on the Surface of Magnetic Fluids

Reinhard Richter and I. V. Barashenkov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 184503 (2005) - Published 11 May, 2005

LETTERS

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

Formation Dynamics of a Fermion Pair Condensate

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 180401 (2005) - Published 9 May, 2005

Towards Measuring Variations of Casimir Energy by a Superconducting Cavity

Giuseppe Bimonte, Enrico Calloni, Giampiero Esposito, Leopoldo Milano, and Luigi Rosa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 180402 (2005) - Published 9 May, 2005

Systematically Accelerated Convergence of Path Integrals

A. Bogojević, A. Balaž, and A. Belić

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 180403 (2005) - Published 12 May, 2005

Unified and Generalized Approach to Quantum Error Correction

David Kribs, Raymond Laflamme, and David Poulin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 180501 (2005) - Published 9 May, 2005

Nature of the Condensate in Mass Transport Models

Satya N. Majumdar, M. R. Evans, and R. K. P. Zia

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 180601 (2005) - Published 11 May, 2005

Experimental Test of the Fluctuation Theorem for a Driven Two-Level System with Time-Dependent Rates

S. Schuler, T. Speck, C. Tietz, J. Wrachtrup, and U. Seifert

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 180602 (2005) - Published 12 May, 2005

Gravitation and Astrophysics

TeV $μ$ Neutrinos from Young Neutron Stars

Bennett Link and Fiorella Burgio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 181101 (2005) - Published 9 May, 2005

Massive Graviton as a Testable Cold-Dark-Matter Candidate

S. L. Dubovsky, P. G. Tinyakov, and I. I. Tkachev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 181102 (2005) - Published 9 May, 2005

Limits on Gravitational-Wave Emission from Selected Pulsars Using LIGO Data

B. Abbott et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 181103 (2005) - Published 12 May, 2005

Elementary Particles and Fields

Brane-Induced-Gravity Shock Waves

Nemanja Kaloper

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 181601 (2005) - Published 9 May, 2005

Direct Proof of the Tree-Level Scattering Amplitude Recursion Relation in Yang-Mills Theory

Ruth Britto, Freddy Cachazo, Bo Feng, and Edward Witten

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 181602 (2005) - Published 10 May, 2005

From Target to Projectile and Back Again: Self-Duality of High-Energy Scattering Evolution in QCD

Alex Kovner and Michael Lublinsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 181603 (2005) - Published 11 May, 2005

Search for the Lepton-Number-Violating Decay $Ξ^{-} \to p μ^{-} μ^{-}$

D. Rajaram et al. (HyperCP Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 181801 (2005) - Published 10 May, 2005

Branching Fractions and $C P$ Asymmetries in $B^{0} \to π^{0} π^{0}$ , $B^{+} \to π^{+} π^{0}$ , and $B^{+} \to K^{+} π^{0}$ Decays and Isospin Analysis of the $B \to π π$ System

B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 181802 (2005) - Published 12 May, 2005

Observation of $B^{0} \to π^{0} π^{0}$

Y. Chao et al. (Belle Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 181803 (2005) - Published 12 May, 2005

Measurement of the Ratio of $B^{+}$ and $B^{0}$ Meson Lifetimes

V. M. Abazov et al. (D0 Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 182001 (2005) - Published 11 May, 2005

Observation of a Near-Threshold $ω J / ψ$ Mass Enhancement in Exclusive $B \to K ω J / ψ$ Decays

S.-K. Choi et al. (Belle Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 182002 (2005) - Published 12 May, 2005

Nuclear Physics

Equation of State of Gluon Plasma from a Fundamental Modular Region

Daniel Zwanziger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 182301 (2005) - Published 9 May, 2005

Proton Electric Pygmy Dipole Resonance

N. Paar, D. Vretenar, and P. Ring

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 182501 (2005) - Published 10 May, 2005

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory of Classical Fluids

Garnet Kin-Lic Chan and Reimar Finken

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 183001 (2005) - Published 11 May, 2005

Observation of Feshbach Resonances in an Ultracold Gas of ${}^{52}{Cr}$

J. Werner, A. Griesmaier, S. Hensler, J. Stuhler, T. Pfau, A. Simoni, and E. Tiesinga

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 183201 (2005) - Published 9 May, 2005

Generation of Paired Photons with Controllable Waveforms

Vlatko Balić, Danielle A. Braje, Pavel Kolchin, G. Y. Yin, and S. E. Harris

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 183601 (2005) - Published 9 May, 2005

High-Resolution Ghost Image and Ghost Diffraction Experiments with Thermal Light

F. Ferri, D. Magatti, A. Gatti, M. Bache, E. Brambilla, and L. A. Lugiato

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 183602 (2005) - Published 12 May, 2005

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Weak Localization of Light in a Disordered Microcavity

M. Gurioli, F. Bogani, L. Cavigli, H. Gibbs, G. Khitrova, and D. S. Wiersma

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 183901 (2005) - Published 10 May, 2005

Theory of Mesoscopic Magnetism in Photonic Crystals

Didier Felbacq and Guy Bouchitté

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 183902 (2005) - Published 12 May, 2005

Band Gap Formation and Multiple Scattering in Photonic Quasicrystals with a Penrose-Type Lattice

A. Della Villa, S. Enoch, G. Tayeb, V. Pierro, V. Galdi, and F. Capolino

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 183903 (2005) - Published 12 May, 2005

Velocity-Selection Problem for Combined Motion of Melting and Solidification Fronts

Efim A. Brener and D. E. Temkin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 184501 (2005) - Published 9 May, 2005

Scaling and Instabilities in Bubble Pinch-Off

J. C. Burton, R. Waldrep, and P. Taborek

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 184502 (2005) - Published 11 May, 2005

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Two-Dimensional Solitons on the Surface of Magnetic Fluids

Reinhard Richter and I. V. Barashenkov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 184503 (2005) - Published 11 May, 2005

Faraday Instability in a Surface-Frozen Liquid

P. Huber, V. P. Soprunyuk, J. P. Embs, C. Wagner, M. Deutsch, and S. Kumar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 184504 (2005) - Published 11 May, 2005

Drop Splashing on a Dry Smooth Surface

Lei Xu, Wendy W. Zhang, and Sidney R. Nagel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 184505 (2005) - Published 11 May, 2005

Asymmetric Polarity Reversals, Bimodal Field Distribution, and Coherence Resonance in a Spherically Symmetric Mean-Field Dynamo Model

Frank Stefani and Gunter Gerbeth

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 184506 (2005) - Published 12 May, 2005

Experimental Investigation of a Strongly Shocked Gas Bubble

Devesh Ranjan, Mark Anderson, Jason Oakley, and Riccardo Bonazza

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 184507 (2005) - Published 12 May, 2005

Plasma and Beam Physics

Stabilization of Interchange Modes by Rotating Magnetic Fields

H. Y. Guo, A. L. Hoffman, R. D. Milroy, K. E. Miller, and G. R. Votroubek

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 185001 (2005) - Published 11 May, 2005

Shear Viscosity of Two-Dimensional Yukawa Systems in the Liquid State

Bin Liu and J. Goree

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 185002 (2005) - Published 11 May, 2005

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Search for Anomalous Scattering of keV Neutrons from $H_{2} O − D_{2} O$ Mixtures

R. Moreh, R. C. Block, Y. Danon, and M. Neumann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 185301 (2005) - Published 12 May, 2005

Stability of the $D X^{-}$ Center in GaAs Quantum Dots

Jingbo Li, Su-Huai Wei, and Lin-Wang Wang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 185501 (2005) - Published 9 May, 2005

Melting of Dense Sodium

Eugene Gregoryanz, Olga Degtyareva, Maddury Somayazulu, Russell J. Hemley, and Ho-kwang Mao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 185502 (2005) - Published 13 May, 2005

Geometric Characterization of a Singly Charged Oxygen Vacancy on a Single-Crystalline MgO(001) Film by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Martin Sterrer, Esther Fischbach, Thomas Risse, and Hans-Joachim Freund

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 186101 (2005) - Published 12 May, 2005

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Anomalous de Haas–van Alphen Oscillations in $CeCo {In}_{5}$

A. McCollam, S. R. Julian, P. M. C. Rourke, D. Aoki, and J. Flouquet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 186401 (2005) - Published 9 May, 2005

Many-Body Perturbation Theory Using the Density-Functional Concept: Beyond the $G W$ Approximation

Fabien Bruneval, Francesco Sottile, Valerio Olevano, Rodolfo Del Sole, and Lucia Reining

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 186402 (2005) - Published 9 May, 2005

Theory of the Stark Effect for P Donors in Si

Mark Friesen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 186403 (2005) - Published 9 May, 2005

Coherent Transport in a Homojunction between an Excitonic Insulator and Semimetal

Massimo Rontani and L. J. Sham

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 186404 (2005) - Published 9 May, 2005

Spin-Vibronic Superexchange in Mott-Hubbard Fullerides

L. F. Chibotaru

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 186405 (2005) - Published 10 May, 2005

Quantum Phase Transition in Capacitively Coupled Double Quantum Dots

Martin R. Galpin, David E. Logan, and H. R. Krishnamurthy

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 186406 (2005) - Published 11 May, 2005

Electrostatics of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Investigated by Electrostatic Force Microscopy

M. Paillet, P. Poncharal, and A. Zahab

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 186801 (2005) - Published 9 May, 2005

Effect of Band Structure on Quantum Interference in Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes

Bernhard Stojetz, Csilla Miko, Laszlo Forró, and Christoph Strunk

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 186802 (2005) - Published 10 May, 2005

Fermi-Edge Resonance and Tunneling in Nonequilibrium Electron Gas

D. A. Abanin and L. S. Levitov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 186803 (2005) - Published 10 May, 2005

Optimal Spin-Entangled Electron-Hole Pair Pump

C. W. J. Beenakker, M. Titov, and B. Trauzettel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 186804 (2005) - Published 10 May, 2005

Universal Spin-Induced Time Reversal Symmetry Breaking in Two-Dimensional Electron Gases with Rashba Spin-Orbit Interaction

F. E. Meijer, A. F. Morpurgo, T. M. Klapwijk, and J. Nitta

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 186805 (2005) - Published 10 May, 2005

Four-Electron Shell Structures and an Interacting Two-Electron System in Carbon-Nanotube Quantum Dots

S. Moriyama, T. Fuse, M. Suzuki, Y. Aoyagi, and K. Ishibashi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 186806 (2005) - Published 11 May, 2005

Optical Performance of Carbon-Nanotube Electron Sources

Niels de Jonge, Myriam Allioux, Jim T. Oostveen, Kenneth B. K. Teo, and William I. Milne

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 186807 (2005) - Published 11 May, 2005

Reconstructing the Electron in a Fractionalized Quantum Fluid

Jainendra K. Jain and Michael R. Peterson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 186808 (2005) - Published 12 May, 2005

Rectification in Luttinger Liquids

D. E. Feldman, S. Scheidl, and V. M. Vinokur

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 186809 (2005) - Published 12 May, 2005

Dynamical Corrections to the DFT-LDA Electron Conductance in Nanoscale Systems

Na Sai, Michael Zwolak, Giovanni Vignale, and Massimiliano Di Ventra

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 186810 (2005) - Published 12 May, 2005

Explanation of the Tao Effect: Theory for the Spherical Aggregation of Superconducting Microparticles in an Electric Field

J. E. Hirsch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 187001 (2005) - Published 10 May, 2005

Mott Gap Excitations in Twin-Free ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$ ( $T_{c} = 93 K$ ) Studied by Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering

K. Ishii, K. Tsutsui, Y. Endoh, T. Tohyama, K. Kuzushita, T. Inami, K. Ohwada, S. Maekawa, T. Masui, S. Tajima, Y. Murakami, and J. Mizuki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 187002 (2005) - Published 12 May, 2005

Tunneling into the Normal State of $\Pr_{2 - x} {Ce}_{x} {CuO}_{4}$

Y. Dagan, M. M. Qazilbash, and R. L. Greene

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 187003 (2005) - Published 12 May, 2005

Macroscopic Tunnel Splittings in Superconducting Phase Qubits

Philip R. Johnson, William T. Parsons, Frederick W. Strauch, J. R. Anderson, Alex J. Dragt, C. J. Lobb, and F. C. Wellstood

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 187004 (2005) - Published 13 May, 2005

Ab initio Study of Mirages and Magnetic Interactions in Quantum Corrals

V. S. Stepanyuk, L. Niebergall, W. Hergert, and P. Bruno

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 187201 (2005) - Published 11 May, 2005

Domain Structure in a Superconducting Ferromagnet

M. Fauré and A. I. Buzdin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 187202 (2005) - Published 11 May, 2005

Absence of Conventional Quantum Phase Transitions in Itinerant Systems with Disorder

V. Dobrosavljević and E. Miranda

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 187203 (2005) - Published 11 May, 2005

First Principles Based Design and Experimental Evidence for a ZnO-Based Ferromagnet at Room Temperature

Marcel H. F. Sluiter, Y. Kawazoe, Parmanand Sharma, A. Inoue, A. R. Raju, C. Rout, and U. V. Waghmare

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 187204 (2005) - Published 12 May, 2005

Spontaneous Coherent Phase Transition of Polaritons in CdTe Microcavities

Maxime Richard, Jacek Kasprzak, Robert Romestain, Régis André, and Le Si Dang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 187401 (2005) - Published 12 May, 2005

Epitaxy and Magnetic Properties of Surfactant-Mediated Growth of bcc Cobalt

M. Izquierdo, M. E. Dávila, J. Avila, H. Ascolani, C. M. Teodorescu, M. G. Martin, N. Franco, J. Chrost, A. Arranz, and M. C. Asensio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 187601 (2005) - Published 12 May, 2005

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

ERRATA

Publisher’s Note: Inhomogeneous Level Splitting in $\Pr_{2 - x} {Bi}_{x} {Ru}_{2} O_{7}$ [Phys. Rev. Lett.PRLTAO0031-9007 94, 177201 (2005)]

J. van Duijn, K. H. Kim, N. Hur, D. Adroja, M. A. Adams, Q. Z. Huang, M. Jaime, S.-W. Cheong, C. Broholm, and T. G. Perring

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 189901 (2005) - Published 10 May, 2005

Erratum: Nanosphere Embedding into Polymer Surfaces: A Viscoelastic Contact Mechanics Analysis [Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 076103 (2005)]

S. A. Hutcheson and G. B. McKenna

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 189902 (2005) - Published 11 May, 2005