Volume 95, Issue 17

21 October 2005

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Time evolution of a Bose-Einstein condensate scattering off a barrier of laser light. A randomized collection of such optical barriers can be used to study localization effects.

From the article:

Effect of Optical Disorder and Single Defects on the Expansion of a Bose-Einstein Condensate in a One-Dimensional Waveguide
C. Fort, L. Fallani, V. Guarrera, J. E. Lye, M. Modugno, D. S. Wiersma, and M. Inguscio
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 170410 (2005)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Signatures of Fractional Statistics in Noise Experiments in Quantum Hall Fluids

Eun-Ah Kim, Michael Lawler, Smitha Vishveshwara, and Eduardo Fradkin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 176402 (2005) - Published 17 October, 2005

LETTERS

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

Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices with Random On-Site Interactions

H. Gimperlein, S. Wessel, J. Schmiedmayer, and L. Santos

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 170401 (2005) - Published 17 October, 2005

Optical Weak Link between Two Spatially Separated Bose-Einstein Condensates

Y. Shin, G.-B. Jo, M. Saba, T. A. Pasquini, W. Ketterle, and D. E. Pritchard

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 170402 (2005) - Published 17 October, 2005

Nonlinear Adiabatic Passage from Fermion Atoms to Boson Molecules

E. Pazy, I. Tikhonenkov, Y. B. Band, M. Fleischhauer, and A. Vardi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 170403 (2005) - Published 19 October, 2005

Parametric Amplification of Matter Waves in Periodically Translated Optical Lattices

N. Gemelke, E. Sarajlic, Y. Bidel, S. Hong, and S. Chu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 170404 (2005) - Published 19 October, 2005

Diffraction of a Bose-Einstein Condensate from a Magnetic Lattice on a Microchip

A. Günther, S. Kraft, M. Kemmler, D. Koelle, R. Kleiner, C. Zimmermann, and J. Fortágh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 170405 (2005) - Published 20 October, 2005

Resonant Transmission of Cold Atoms through Subwavelength Apertures

Esteban Moreno, A. I. Fernández-Domínguez, J. Ignacio Cirac, F. J. García-Vidal, and L. Martín-Moreno

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 170406 (2005) - Published 20 October, 2005

Quasi-Two-Dimensional Superfluid Fermionic Gases

J.-P. Martikainen and P. Törmä

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 170407 (2005) - Published 20 October, 2005

Quantum-Degenerate Mixture of Fermionic Lithium and Bosonic Rubidium Gases

C. Silber, S. Günther, C. Marzok, B. Deh, Ph. W. Courteille, and C. Zimmermann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 170408 (2005) - Published 20 October, 2005

Suppression of Transport of an Interacting Elongated Bose-Einstein Condensate in a Random Potential

D. Clément, A. F. Varón, M. Hugbart, J. A. Retter, P. Bouyer, L. Sanchez-Palencia, D. M. Gangardt, G. V. Shlyapnikov, and A. Aspect

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 170409 (2005) - Published 21 October, 2005

Effect of Optical Disorder and Single Defects on the Expansion of a Bose-Einstein Condensate in a One-Dimensional Waveguide

C. Fort, L. Fallani, V. Guarrera, J. E. Lye, M. Modugno, D. S. Wiersma, and M. Inguscio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 170410 (2005) - Published 21 October, 2005

Routes Towards Anderson-Like Localization of Bose-Einstein Condensates in Disordered Optical Lattices

T. Schulte, S. Drenkelforth, J. Kruse, W. Ertmer, J. Arlt, K. Sacha, J. Zakrzewski, and M. Lewenstein

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 170411 (2005) - Published 21 October, 2005

Continuous-Variable Quantum State Transfer with Partially Disembodied Transport

Jing Zhang, Changde Xie, and Kunchi Peng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 170501 (2005) - Published 17 October, 2005

Global Fluctuations and Gumbel Statistics

Eric Bertin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 170601 (2005) - Published 18 October, 2005

Harmonic Measure of Critical Curves

E. Bettelheim, I. Rushkin, I. A. Gruzberg, and P. Wiegmann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 170602 (2005) - Published 20 October, 2005

First Passage and Cooperativity of Queuing Kinetics

Maria R. D’Orsogna and Tom Chou

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 170603 (2005) - Published 21 October, 2005

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Detection of Neutrinos from Supernovae in Nearby Galaxies

Shin’ichiro Ando, John F. Beacom, and Hasan Yüksel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 171101 (2005) - Published 18 October, 2005

Upper Limit on the Photon Fraction in Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays from AGASA Data

M. Risse, P. Homola, R. Engel, D. Góra, D. Heck, J. Pękala, B. Wilczyńska, and H. Wilczyński

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 171102 (2005) - Published 20 October, 2005

The Spectral Dimension of the Universe is Scale Dependent

J. Ambjørn, J. Jurkiewicz, and R. Loll

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 171301 (2005) - Published 20 October, 2005

Balance of Dark and Luminous Mass in Rotating Galaxies

Stacy S. McGaugh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 171302 (2005) - Published 20 October, 2005

Elementary Particles and Fields

Measurement of the Lifetime Difference in the $B_{s}^{0}$ System

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 171801 (2005) - Published 17 October, 2005

Measurements of Branching Fractions and Dalitz Distributions for $B^{0} \to D^{(*) \pm} K^{0} π^{\mp}$ Decays

B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 171802 (2005) - Published 18 October, 2005

Measurement of Semileptonic Branching Fractions of $B$ Mesons to Narrow $D^{* *}$ States

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 171803 (2005) - Published 18 October, 2005

Top Compositeness and Precision Unification

Kaustubh Agashe, Roberto Contino, and Raman Sundrum

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 171804 (2005) - Published 20 October, 2005

Chiral Suppression of Scalar-Glueball Decay

Michael S. Chanowitz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 172001 (2005) - Published 20 October, 2005

Nuclear Physics

Quasifree $π^{0}$ and $π^{-}$ Electroproduction on ${}^{4}{He}$ in the $Δ$ -Resonance Region

M. F. M. Steenbakkers, M. F. van Batenburg, Th. S. Bauer, H. P. Blok, T. Botto, G. E. Dodge, D. L. Groep, P. Heimberg, W. H. A. Hesselink, D. W. Higinbotham, E. Jans, Y. Jun, T. J. Ketel, L. Lapikás, D. J. J. de Lange, B. E. Norum, I. Passchier, R. Starink, L. Todor, and H. de Vries

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 172501 (2005) - Published 18 October, 2005

Surprises in Threshold Antikaon-Nucleon Physics

José A. Oller, Joaquim Prades, and Michela Verbeni

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 172502 (2005) - Published 19 October, 2005

$Δ$ Resonance Contribution to Two-Photon Exchange in Electron-Proton Scattering

S. Kondratyuk, P. G. Blunden, W. Melnitchouk, and J. A. Tjon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 172503 (2005) - Published 20 October, 2005

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Origins of Nonexponential Decay in Single Molecule Measurements of Rotational Dynamics

Chia-Yin J. Wei, Yeon Ho Kim, Richard K. Darst, Peter J. Rossky, and David A. Vanden Bout

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 173001 (2005) - Published 18 October, 2005

Continuous Loading of an Electrostatic Trap for Polar Molecules

T. Rieger, T. Junglen, S. A. Rangwala, P. W. H. Pinkse, and G. Rempe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 173002 (2005) - Published 18 October, 2005

High-Flux Beam Source for Cold, Slow Atoms or Molecules

S. E. Maxwell, N. Brahms, R. deCarvalho, D. R. Glenn, J. S. Helton, S. V. Nguyen, D. Patterson, J. Petricka, D. DeMille, and J. M. Doyle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 173201 (2005) - Published 17 October, 2005

Vortex Phase Qubit: Generating Arbitrary, Counterrotating, Coherent Superpositions in Bose-Einstein Condensates via Optical Angular Momentum Beams

Kishore T. Kapale and Jonathan P. Dowling

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 173601 (2005) - Published 19 October, 2005

Submicron Positioning of Single Atoms in a Microcavity

Stefan Nußmann, Markus Hijlkema, Bernhard Weber, Felix Rohde, Gerhard Rempe, and Axel Kuhn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 173602 (2005) - Published 19 October, 2005

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Spatial Quantum Correlations in Multiple Scattered Light

P. Lodahl, A. P. Mosk, and A. Lagendijk

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 173901 (2005) - Published 19 October, 2005

Absolute Time-Resolved X-Ray Laser Gain Measurement

T. Mocek, S. Sebban, G. Maynard, Ph. Zeitoun, G. Faivre, A. Hallou, M. Fajardo, S. Kazamias, B. Cros, D. Aubert, G. de Lachèze-Murel, J. P. Rousseau, and J. Dubau

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 173902 (2005) - Published 19 October, 2005

Mechanics of the Turbulent-Nonturbulent Interface of a Jet

J. Westerweel, C. Fukushima, J. M. Pedersen, and J. C. R. Hunt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 174501 (2005) - Published 20 October, 2005

Plasma and Beam Physics

Observations of Improved Stability and Confinement in a High- $β$ Self-Organized Spherical-Torus-Like Field-Reversed Configuration

H. Y. Guo, A. L. Hoffman, L. C. Steinhauer, and K. E. Miller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 175001 (2005) - Published 18 October, 2005

Laser-Accelerated Protons with Energy-Dependent Beam Direction

F. Lindau, O. Lundh, A. Persson, P. McKenna, K. Osvay, D. Batani, and C.-G. Wahlström

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 175002 (2005) - Published 19 October, 2005

Electrostatic Waves in a Paired Fullerene-Ion Plasma

W. Oohara, D. Date, and R. Hatakeyama

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 175003 (2005) - Published 20 October, 2005

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Delayed Fracture in Porous Media

Noushine Shahidzadeh-Bonn, Philippe Vié, Xavier Chateau, Jean-Noël Roux, and Daniel Bonn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 175501 (2005) - Published 17 October, 2005

Theory of the Dynamics of First-Order Phase Transitions: Unstable Fixed Points, Exponents, and Dynamical Scaling

Fan Zhong and Qizhou Chen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 175701 (2005) - Published 19 October, 2005

Oxygen-Induced Symmetrization and Structural Coherency in $Fe / MgO / Fe (001)$ Magnetic Tunnel Junctions

C. Tusche, H. L. Meyerheim, N. Jedrecy, G. Renaud, A. Ernst, J. Henk, P. Bruno, and J. Kirschner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 176101 (2005) - Published 18 October, 2005

Surface Transport in Premelted Films with Application to Grain-Boundary Grooving

Robert W. Style and M. Grae Worster

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 176102 (2005) - Published 19 October, 2005

Dynamical Steric Effect in the Decomposition of Methyl Chloride on a Silicon Surface

Michio Okada, Seishiro Goto, and Toshio Kasai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 176103 (2005) - Published 21 October, 2005

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Spin-Charge Separation in Cold Fermi Gases: A Real Time Analysis

C. Kollath, U. Schollwöck, and W. Zwerger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 176401 (2005) - Published 17 October, 2005

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Signatures of Fractional Statistics in Noise Experiments in Quantum Hall Fluids

Eun-Ah Kim, Michael Lawler, Smitha Vishveshwara, and Eduardo Fradkin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 176402 (2005) - Published 17 October, 2005

Spectroscopic Observation of Bipolaronic Point Defects in ${Ba}_{1 - x} K_{x} {BiO}_{3}$

Taichiro Nishio, Javed Ahmad, and Hiromoto Uwe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 176403 (2005) - Published 18 October, 2005

Variation of the Electronic Structure in Systematically Synthesized ${Sr}_{2} M O_{4}$ ( $M = Ti$ , V, Cr, Mn, and Co)

J. Matsuno, Y. Okimoto, M. Kawasaki, and Y. Tokura

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 176404 (2005) - Published 19 October, 2005

Electronic Structure of Strongly Correlated Systems Emerging from Combining Path-Integral Renormalization Group with the Density-Functional Approach

Yoshiki Imai, Igor Solovyev, and Masatoshi Imada

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 176405 (2005) - Published 19 October, 2005

Quantum Electrodynamics in $2 + 1$ Dimensions, Confinement, and the Stability of $U (1)$ Spin Liquids

Flavio S. Nogueira and Hagen Kleinert

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 176406 (2005) - Published 20 October, 2005

Fermions without Fermion Fields

R. C. Ball

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 176407 (2005) - Published 21 October, 2005

Dynamics of Magnetic Defects in Heavy Fermion ${LiV}_{2} O_{4}$ from Stretched Exponential ${}^{7}{Li}$ NMR Relaxation

D. C. Johnston, S.-H. Baek, X. Zong, F. Borsa, J. Schmalian, and S. Kondo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 176408 (2005) - Published 21 October, 2005

Measurement of Counting Statistics of Electron Transport in a Tunnel Junction

Yu. Bomze, G. Gershon, D. Shovkun, L. S. Levitov, and M. Reznikov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 176601 (2005) - Published 17 October, 2005

Thermopower of a Kondo Spin-Correlated Quantum Dot

R. Scheibner, H. Buhmann, D. Reuter, M. N. Kiselev, and L. W. Molenkamp

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 176602 (2005) - Published 20 October, 2005

Electron-Hole Asymmetry in ${GdBaCo}_{2} O_{5 + x}$ : Evidence for Spin Blockade of Electron Transport in a Correlated Electron System

A. A. Taskin and Yoichi Ando

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 176603 (2005) - Published 20 October, 2005

Shot Noise Suppression in Avalanche Photodiodes

Feng Ma, Shuling Wang, and Joe C. Campbell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 176604 (2005) - Published 20 October, 2005

Surface Trapped Excess Electrons on Ice

Francesca Baletto, Carlo Cavazzoni, and Sandro Scandolo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 176801 (2005) - Published 18 October, 2005

Role of Elastic Scattering in Electron Dynamics at Ordered Alkali Overlayers on Cu(111)

C. Corriol, V. M. Silkin, D. Sánchez-Portal, A. Arnau, E. V. Chulkov, P. M. Echenique, T. von Hofe, J. Kliewer, J. Kröger, and R. Berndt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 176802 (2005) - Published 19 October, 2005

Evidence of Hole-Electron Quasiparticle Interference in ${ErSi}_{2}$ Semimetal by Fourier-Transform Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy

F. Vonau, D. Aubel, G. Gewinner, S. Zabrocki, J. C. Peruchetti, D. Bolmont, and L. Simon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 176803 (2005) - Published 20 October, 2005

Switching Between One and Two Dimensions: Conductivity of Pb-Induced Chain Structures on Si(557)

C. Tegenkamp, Z. Kallassy, H. Pfnür, H.-L. Günter, V. Zielasek, and M. Henzler

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 176804 (2005) - Published 20 October, 2005

Mott Transition from a Spin Liquid to a Fermi Liquid in the Spin-Frustrated Organic Conductor $κ − (ET)_{2} {Cu}_{2} (CN)_{3}$

Y. Kurosaki, Y. Shimizu, K. Miyagawa, K. Kanoda, and G. Saito

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 177001 (2005) - Published 18 October, 2005

Evidence for Suppressed Screening on the Surface of High Temperature ${La}_{2 - x} {Sr}_{x} {CuO}_{4}$ and ${Nd}_{2 - x} {Ce}_{x} {CuO}_{4}$ Superconductors

M. Taguchi, A. Chainani, K. Horiba, Y. Takata, M. Yabashi, K. Tamasaku, Y. Nishino, D. Miwa, T. Ishikawa, T. Takeuchi, K. Yamamoto, M. Matsunami, S. Shin, T. Yokoya, E. Ikenaga, K. Kobayashi, T. Mochiku, K. Hirata, J. Hori, K. Ishii, F. Nakamura, and T. Suzuki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 177002 (2005) - Published 19 October, 2005