Volume 96, Issue 21

2 June 2006

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Simulation of vortices in a rotating cylindrical superfluid. The vortex lines become twisted while they expand into the vortex-free state on the right.

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Twisted Vortex State
V. B. Eltsov, A. P. Finne, R. Hänninen, J. Kopu, M. Krusius, M. Tsubota, and E. V. Thuneberg
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 215302 (2006)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Neutron Phase Imaging and Tomography

F. Pfeiffer, C. Grünzweig, O. Bunk, G. Frei, E. Lehmann, and C. David

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 215505 (2006) - Published 2 June, 2006

LETTERS

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

Strong-Coupling Polarons in Dilute Gas Bose-Einstein Condensates

F. M. Cucchietti and E. Timmermans

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 210401 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006

One-Dimensional Interacting Anyon Gas: Low-Energy Properties and Haldane Exclusion Statistics

M. T. Batchelor, X.-W. Guan, and N. Oelkers

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 210402 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006

Tuning the Mott Transition in a Bose-Einstein Condensate by Multiple Photon Absorption

C. E. Creffield and T. S. Monteiro

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 210403 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006

Brownian Refrigerator

C. Van den Broeck and R. Kawai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 210601 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006

Path Summation Formulation of the Master Equation

Sean X. Sun

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 210602 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Moduli-Induced Gravitino Problem

Motoi Endo, Koichi Hamaguchi, and Fuminobu Takahashi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 211301 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006

Constraints on Light Dark Matter from Core-Collapse Supernovae

Pierre Fayet, Dan Hooper, and Günter Sigl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 211302 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006

Elementary Particles and Fields

Search for $Z^{'} \to e^{+} e^{-}$ Using Dielectron Mass and Angular Distribution

A. Abulencia et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 211801 (2006) - Published 30 May, 2006

Search for High-Mass Resonances Decaying to $e μ$ in $p \bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV$

A. Abulencia et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 211802 (2006) - Published 30 May, 2006

Radiatively Generated Maximal Mixing Scenario for the Higgs Boson Mass and the Least Fine-Tuned Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model

Radovan Dermíšek and Hyung Do Kim

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 211803 (2006) - Published 2 June, 2006

Search for the $Θ^{+}$ Pentaquark in the Reaction $γ d \to p K^{-} K^{+} n$

B. McKinnon et al. (CLAS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 212001 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006

Nuclear Physics

System Size and Centrality Dependence of Charged Hadron Transverse Momentum Spectra in $Au + Au$ and $Cu + Cu$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{N N}} = 62.4$ and 200 GeV

B. Alver et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 212301 (2006) - Published 30 May, 2006

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Effects of the Carrier-Envelope Phase in the Multiphoton Ionization Regime

Takashi Nakajima and Shuntaro Watanabe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 213001 (2006) - Published 2 June, 2006

Dynamics of Low-Energy Electron Attachment to Formic Acid

T. N. Rescigno, C. S. Trevisan, and A. E. Orel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 213201 (2006) - Published 30 May, 2006

Quantum Homodyne Tomography of a Two-Photon Fock State

Alexei Ourjoumtsev, Rosa Tualle-Brouri, and Philippe Grangier

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 213601 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Surface Wave Generation and Propagation on Metallic Subwavelength Structures Measured by Far-Field Interferometry

G. Gay, O. Alloschery, B. Viaris de Lesegno, J. Weiner, and H. J. Lezec

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 213901 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006

Devil’s Staircase in Three-Dimensional Coherent Waves Localized on Lissajous Parametric Surfaces

Y. F. Chen, T. H. Lu, K. W. Su, and K. F. Huang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 213902 (2006) - Published 2 June, 2006

Acoustic Waves in an Elastic Channel near the Free Surface of Granular Media

V. E. Gusev, V. Aleshin, and V. Tournat

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 214301 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006

Localized States in Bistable Pattern-Forming Systems

U. Bortolozzo, M. G. Clerc, C. Falcon, S. Residori, and R. Rojas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 214501 (2006) - Published 31 May, 2006

Role of Elastic Stress in Statistical and Scaling Properties of Elastic Turbulence

Teodor Burghelea, Enrico Segre, and Victor Steinberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 214502 (2006) - Published 31 May, 2006

Plasma and Beam Physics

New Formulation of the Equation for Synchrotron Oscillations

Toshio Suzuki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 214801 (2006) - Published 31 May, 2006

Resonance Method of Electric-Dipole-Moment Measurements in Storage Rings

Yuri F. Orlov, William M. Morse, and Yannis K. Semertzidis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 214802 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006

Laser-Wakefield Acceleration of Monoenergetic Electron Beams in the First Plasma-Wave Period

S. P. D. Mangles, A. G. R. Thomas, M. C. Kaluza, O. Lundh, F. Lindau, A. Persson, F. S. Tsung, Z. Najmudin, W. B. Mori, C.-G. Wahlström, and K. Krushelnick

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 215001 (2006) - Published 30 May, 2006

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Thermal Conductivity of Spin-Polarized Liquid ${}^{3}{He}$

D. Sawkey, L. Puech, and P. E. Wolf

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 215301 (2006) - Published 30 May, 2006

Twisted Vortex State

V. B. Eltsov, A. P. Finne, R. Hänninen, J. Kopu, M. Krusius, M. Tsubota, and E. V. Thuneberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 215302 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006

Correlation of Structural and Electronic Properties in a New Low-Dimensional Form of Mercury Telluride

Robin Carter, Jeremy Sloan, Angus I. Kirkland, Rüdiger R. Meyer, Phillip J. D. Lindan, Grace Lin, Malcolm L. H. Green, Alexis Vlandas, John L. Hutchison, and John Harding

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 215501 (2006) - Published 30 May, 2006

X-Ray Absorption Spectra of Water from First Principles Calculations

David Prendergast and Giulia Galli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 215502 (2006) - Published 31 May, 2006

Tunable Nanoresonators Constructed from Telescoping Nanotubes

K. Jensen, Ç. Girit, W. Mickelson, and A. Zettl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 215503 (2006) - Published 31 May, 2006

Acoustic Phonon Emission from a Weakly Coupled Superlattice under Vertical Electron Transport: Observation of Phonon Resonance

A. J. Kent, R. N. Kini, N. M. Stanton, M. Henini, B. A. Glavin, V. A. Kochelap, and T. L. Linnik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 215504 (2006) - Published 2 June, 2006

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Neutron Phase Imaging and Tomography

F. Pfeiffer, C. Grünzweig, O. Bunk, G. Frei, E. Lehmann, and C. David

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 215505 (2006) - Published 2 June, 2006

Mechanical Grain Growth in Nanocrystalline Copper

James C. M. Li

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 215506 (2006) - Published 2 June, 2006

$4 f$ Delocalization in Gd: Inelastic X-Ray Scattering at Ultrahigh Pressure

B. R. Maddox, A. Lazicki, C. S. Yoo, V. Iota, M. Chen, A. K. McMahan, M. Y. Hu, P. Chow, R. T. Scalettar, and W. E. Pickett

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 215701 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006

Reverse-Selective Diffusion in Nanocomposite Membranes

Reghan J. Hill

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 216001 (2006) - Published 30 May, 2006

Structural Depinning of Ne Monolayers on Pb at $T < 6.5 K$

L. Bruschi, G. Fois, A. Pontarollo, G. Mistura, B. Torre, F. Buatier de Mongeot, C. Boragno, R. Buzio, and U. Valbusa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 216101 (2006) - Published 30 May, 2006

Role of Vacancies in the Adsorption of Quantum Noble Gases inside a Bundle of Carbon Nanotubes

M. C. Gordillo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 216102 (2006) - Published 30 May, 2006

Pattern Formation on Carbon Nanotube Surfaces

Chris P. Ewels, Gregory Van Lier, Jean-Christophe Charlier, Malcolm I. Heggie, and Patrick R. Briddon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 216103 (2006) - Published 31 May, 2006

Surface Sensitivity in Cluster-Ion-Induced Sputtering

Christopher Szakal, Joseph Kozole, Michael F. Russo, Jr., Barbara J. Garrison, and Nicholas Winograd

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 216104 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

In-Plane Ferromagnetism in Charge-Ordering ${Na}_{0.55} {CoO}_{2}$

C. H. Wang, X. H. Chen, T. Wu, X. G. Luo, G. Y. Wang, and J. L. Luo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 216401 (2006) - Published 31 May, 2006

Non-Fermi Liquid Behavior in Nearly Charge Ordered Layered Metals

J. Merino, A. Greco, N. Drichko, and M. Dressel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 216402 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006

Mixed Wannier-Bloch Functions for Electrons and Phonons in Periodic Systems

Feliciano Giustino and Alfredo Pasquarello

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 216403 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006

Magnetic Properties of Spin-Orbital Polarons in Lightly Doped Cobaltates

M. Daghofer, P. Horsch, and G. Khaliullin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 216404 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006

Low-Lying Quasiparticle States and Hidden Collective Charge Instabilities in Parent Cobaltate Superconductors

D. Qian, D. Hsieh, L. Wray, Y.-D. Chuang, A. Fedorov, D. Wu, J. L. Luo, N. L. Wang, L. Viciu, R. J. Cava, and M. Z. Hasan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 216405 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006

Full Counting Statistics of Chiral Luttinger Liquids with Impurities

A. Komnik and H. Saleur

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 216406 (2006) - Published 2 June, 2006

Thermodynamic Density of States of Two-Dimensional GaAs Systems near the Apparent Metal-Insulator Transition

G. Allison, E. A. Galaktionov, A. K. Savchenko, S. S. Safonov, M. M. Fogler, M. Y. Simmons, and D. A. Ritchie

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 216407 (2006) - Published 2 June, 2006

Electron-Phonon Interaction at the $Si (111) − 7 \times 7$ Surface

I. Barke, Fan Zheng, A. R. Konicek, R. C. Hatch, and F. J. Himpsel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 216801 (2006) - Published 31 May, 2006

Nonequilibrium Transport in Quantum Impurity Models: The Bethe Ansatz for Open Systems

Pankaj Mehta and Natan Andrei

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 216802 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006

Umklapp-Mediated Quantization of Electronic States in Ag Films on Ge(111)

S.-J. Tang, Y.-R. Lee, S.-L. Chang, T. Miller, and T.-C. Chiang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 216803 (2006) - Published 2 June, 2006

Compensation of Effective Field in the Field-Induced Superconductor $κ − (BETS)_{2} {FeBr}_{4}$ Observed by ${}^{77}{Se}$ NMR

S. Fujiyama, M. Takigawa, J. Kikuchi, H.-B. Cui, H. Fujiwara, and H. Kobayashi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 217001 (2006) - Published 30 May, 2006

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

Comment on “Effective Long-Range Attraction between Protein Molecules in Solution Studied by Small Angle Neutron Scattering”

Anna Stradner, Frédéric Cardinaux, and Peter Schurtenberger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 219801 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006

ERRATA

Erratum: Bubbling in Unbounded Coflowing Liquids [Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 124504 (2006)]

Alfonso M. Gañán-Calvo, Miguel A. Herrada, and Piotr Garstecki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 219901 (2006) - Published 31 May, 2006

Erratum: Black Hole Particle Emission in Higher-Dimensional Spacetimes [Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 071301 (2006)]

Vitor Cardoso, Marco Cavaglià, and Leonardo Gualtieri

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 219902 (2006) - Published 1 June, 2006