Volume 95, Issue 18

28 October 2005

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On the Cover

The energy landscape for an adenine molecule adsorbed on a graphite surface is calculated as a model case for the interaction between organic molecules and chemically inert surfaces.

From the article:

Attracted by Long-Range Electron Correlation: Adenine on Graphite
F. Ortmann, W. G. Schmidt, and F. Bechstedt
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 186101 (2005)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Formation, Manipulation, and Elasticity Measurement of a Nanometric Column of Water Molecules

H. Choe, M.-H. Hong, Y. Seo, K. Lee, G. Kim, Y. Cho, J. Ihm, and W. Jhe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 187801 (2005) - Published 28 October, 2005

LETTERS

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

Incoherent Matter-Wave Solitons and Pairing Instability in an Attractively Interacting Bose-Einstein Condensate

H. Buljan, M. Segev, and A. Vardi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 180401 (2005) - Published 24 October, 2005

Multipartite Entanglement Inequalities via Spin Vector Geometry

Gabriel A. Durkin and Christoph Simon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 180402 (2005) - Published 25 October, 2005

Dynamical Instability and Domain Formation in a Spin-1 Bose-Einstein Condensate

Wenxian Zhang, D. L. Zhou, M.-S. Chang, M. S. Chapman, and L. You

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 180403 (2005) - Published 27 October, 2005

Calculation of the One- and Two-Loop Lamb Shift for Arbitrary Excited Hydrogenic States

Andrzej Czarnecki, Ulrich D. Jentschura, and Krzysztof Pachucki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 180404 (2005) - Published 27 October, 2005

Quantum-Classical Correspondence in Response Theory

Maksym Kryvohuz and Jianshu Cao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 180405 (2005) - Published 28 October, 2005

Fault-Tolerant Quantum Dynamical Decoupling

K. Khodjasteh and D. A. Lidar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 180501 (2005) - Published 26 October, 2005

Spin Gases: Quantum Entanglement Driven by Classical Kinematics

J. Calsamiglia, L. Hartmann, W. Dür, and H.-J. Briegel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 180502 (2005) - Published 26 October, 2005

No-Switching Quantum Key Distribution Using Broadband Modulated Coherent Light

Andrew M. Lance, Thomas Symul, Vikram Sharma, Christian Weedbrook, Timothy C. Ralph, and Ping Koy Lam

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 180503 (2005) - Published 28 October, 2005

Monte Carlo Estimates of Domain-Deformation Sensitivities

Maxime Roger, Stephane Blanco, Mouna El Hafi, and Richard Fournier

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 180601 (2005) - Published 24 October, 2005

Fourier’s Law from Schrödinger Dynamics

Mathias Michel, Günter Mahler, and Jochen Gemmer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 180602 (2005) - Published 24 October, 2005

Universal Scaling of the Conductivity at the Superfluid-Insulator Phase Transition

Jurij Šmakov and Erik Sørensen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 180603 (2005) - Published 27 October, 2005

Nonequilibrium Relaxation of an Elastic String in a Random Potential

Alejandro B. Kolton, Alberto Rosso, and Thierry Giamarchi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 180604 (2005) - Published 28 October, 2005

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Astrophysical Neutrinos: Flavor Ratios Depend on Energy

Tamar Kashti and Eli Waxman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 181101 (2005) - Published 26 October, 2005

Interoccurrence Times in the Bak-Tang-Wiesenfeld Sandpile Model: A Comparison with the Observed Statistics of Solar Flares

Maya Paczuski, Stefan Boettcher, and Marco Baiesi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 181102 (2005) - Published 27 October, 2005

Superweakly Interacting Massive Particle Solutions to Small Scale Structure Problems

Jose A. R. Cembranos, Jonathan L. Feng, Arvind Rajaraman, and Fumihiro Takayama

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 181301 (2005) - Published 27 October, 2005

Elementary Particles and Fields

Absolute Branching Fraction Measurements of Exclusive $D^{+}$ Semileptonic Decays

G. S. Huang et al. (CLEO Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 181801 (2005) - Published 24 October, 2005

Absolute Branching Fraction Measurements of Exclusive $D^{0}$ Semileptonic Decays

T. E. Coan et al. (CLEO Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 181802 (2005) - Published 24 October, 2005

Near-Threshold Diffractive $ϕ$ -Meson Photoproduction from the Proton

T. Mibe et al. (LEPS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 182001 (2005) - Published 28 October, 2005

Nuclear Physics

Baryon-Strangeness Correlations: A Diagnostic of Strongly Interacting Matter

V. Koch, A. Majumder, and J. Randrup

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 182301 (2005) - Published 24 October, 2005

First Results of the Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay with the NEMO 3 Detector

R. Arnold et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 182302 (2005) - Published 25 October, 2005

Excitation Energies of Superdeformed States in ${}^{196}{Pb}$ : Towards a Systematic Study of the Second Well in Pb Isotopes

A. N. Wilson et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 182501 (2005) - Published 25 October, 2005

Measured Total Cross Sections of Slow Neutrons Scattered by Solid Deuterium and Implications for Ultracold Neutron Sources

F. Atchison, B. Blau, B. van den Brandt, T. Bryś, M. Daum, P. Fierlinger, P. Hautle, R. Henneck, S. Heule, K. Kirch, J. Kohlbrecher, G. Kühne, J. A. Konter, A. Pichlmaier, A. Wokaun, K. Bodek, M. Kasprzak, M. Kuźniak, P. Geltenbort, and J. Zmeskal

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 182502 (2005) - Published 25 October, 2005

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Relativistic Electron Correlation, Quantum Electrodynamics, and the Lifetime of the $1 s^{2} 2 s^{2} 2 p {}^{2}P_{3 / 2}^{o}$ Level in Boronlike Argon

A. Lapierre, U. D. Jentschura, J. R. Crespo López-Urrutia, J. Braun, G. Brenner, H. Bruhns, D. Fischer, A. J. González Martínez, Z. Harman, W. R. Johnson, C. H. Keitel, V. Mironov, C. J. Osborne, G. Sikler, R. Soria Orts, V. Shabaev, H. Tawara, I. I. Tupitsyn, J. Ullrich, and A. Volotka

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 183001 (2005) - Published 24 October, 2005

Production of Ultracold Trapped Molecular Hydrogen Ions

P. Blythe, B. Roth, U. Fröhlich, H. Wenz, and S. Schiller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 183002 (2005) - Published 26 October, 2005

Dielectronic Resonance Method for Measuring Isotope Shifts

R. Schuch, E. Lindroth, S. Madzunkov, M. Fogle, T. Mohamed, and P. Indelicato

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 183003 (2005) - Published 28 October, 2005

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Spontaneous Emission Enhancement of Quantum Dots in a Photonic Crystal Wire

E. Viasnoff-Schwoob, C. Weisbuch, H. Benisty, S. Olivier, S. Varoutsis, I. Robert-Philip, R. Houdré, and C. J. M. Smith

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 183901 (2005) - Published 25 October, 2005

Optical Spatial Solitons in Soft Matter

Claudio Conti, Giancarlo Ruocco, and Stefano Trillo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 183902 (2005) - Published 28 October, 2005

Attractor Selection in Chaotic Dynamics

R. Meucci, E. Allaria, F. Salvadori, and F. T. Arecchi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 184101 (2005) - Published 26 October, 2005

Experimental Verification of Fidelity Decay: From Perturbative to Fermi Golden Rule Regime

R. Schäfer, H.-J. Stöckmann, T. Gorin, and T. H. Seligman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 184102 (2005) - Published 27 October, 2005

Coiling, Entrainment, and Hydrodynamic Coupling of Decelerated Fluid Jets

Christopher Dombrowski, Braddon Lewellyn, Adriana I. Pesci, Juan M. Restrepo, John O. Kessler, and Raymond E. Goldstein

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 184501 (2005) - Published 28 October, 2005

Plasma and Beam Physics

Demonstration of Radiation Pulse Shaping with Nested-Tungsten-Wire-Array $Z$ Pinches for High-Yield Inertial Confinement Fusion

M. E. Cuneo, R. A. Vesey, D. B. Sinars, J. P. Chittenden, E. M. Waisman, R. W. Lemke, S. V. Lebedev, D. E. Bliss, W. A. Stygar, J. L. Porter, D. G. Schroen, M. G. Mazarakis, G. A. Chandler, and T. A. Mehlhorn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 185001 (2005) - Published 25 October, 2005

Heat Pinches in Electron-Heated Tokamak Plasmas: Theoretical Turbulence Models versus Experiments

P. Mantica, A. Thyagaraja, J. Weiland, G. M. D. Hogeweij, and P. J. Knight

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 185002 (2005) - Published 28 October, 2005

Dynamics of Mode Competition in the Gyrotron Backward-Wave Oscillator

K. F. Pao, T. H. Chang, C. T. Fan, S. H. Chen, C. F. Yu, and K. R. Chu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 185101 (2005) - Published 27 October, 2005

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Superfluidity of Dense ${}^{4}{He}$ in Vycor

Saad A. Khairallah and D. M. Ceperley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 185301 (2005) - Published 24 October, 2005

One-Dimensional and Two-Dimensional Quantum Systems on Carbon Nanotube Bundles

J. V. Pearce, M. A. Adams, O. E. Vilches, M. R. Johnson, and H. R. Glyde

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 185302 (2005) - Published 24 October, 2005

Self-Organized Growth of Nanoparticles on a Surface Patterned by a Buried Dislocation Network

F. Leroy, G. Renaud, A. Letoublon, R. Lazzari, C. Mottet, and J. Goniakowski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 185501 (2005) - Published 26 October, 2005

Pair Interaction of Dislocations in Two-Dimensional Crystals

C. Eisenmann, U. Gasser, P. Keim, G. Maret, and H. H. von Grünberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 185502 (2005) - Published 26 October, 2005

Filling Fraction Limit for Intrinsic Voids in Crystals: Doping in Skutterudites

X. Shi, W. Zhang, L. D. Chen, and J. Yang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 185503 (2005) - Published 26 October, 2005

Scaling Law in Carbon Nanotube Electromechanical Devices

R. Lefèvre, M. F. Goffman, V. Derycke, C. Miko, L. Forró, J. P. Bourgoin, and P. Hesto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 185504 (2005) - Published 26 October, 2005

Columnar-to-Disk Structural Transition in Nanoscale $({SiO}_{2})_{N}$ Clusters

Stefan T. Bromley and Edwin Flikkema

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 185505 (2005) - Published 28 October, 2005

Anisotropic Packing and One-Dimensional Fluctuations of $C_{60}$ Molecules in Carbon Nanotubes

K. H. Michel, B. Verberck, and A. V. Nikolaev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 185506 (2005) - Published 28 October, 2005

Carbon Phase Diagram from Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics

Xiaofei Wang, Sandro Scandolo, and Roberto Car

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 185701 (2005) - Published 25 October, 2005

Exact Order-Parameter Distribution for Critical Mean-Field Percolation and Critical Aggregation

Robert Botet and Marek Płoszajczak

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 185702 (2005) - Published 25 October, 2005

Counterions at Charged Cylinders: Criticality and Universality beyond Mean-Field Theory

Ali Naji and Roland R. Netz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 185703 (2005) - Published 27 October, 2005

Attracted by Long-Range Electron Correlation: Adenine on Graphite

F. Ortmann, W. G. Schmidt, and F. Bechstedt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 186101 (2005) - Published 24 October, 2005

Surface-Mediated Liquid Transport through Molecularly Thin Liquid Films on Nanotubes

Kyungsuk Yum and Min-Feng Yu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 186102 (2005) - Published 26 October, 2005

Self-Assembly of Paired Nanoribbons

R. V. Kukta, N. Vasiljevic, N. Dimitrov, and K. Sieradzki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 186103 (2005) - Published 27 October, 2005

Infrared Spectra at Surfaces and Interfaces from First Principles: Evolution of the Spectra across the $Si (100) − {SiO}_{2}$ Interface

Feliciano Giustino and Alfredo Pasquarello

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 187402 (2005) - Published 25 October, 2005

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics