Volume 97, Issue 2

14 July 2006

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On the Cover

Programmable quantum cellular automata. Global time advances four steps from bottom to top. The clocks indicate each cell's local time–––how much of the rightward-moving program (v2 · u2 · v1 · u1) each cell has completed.

From the article:

Universally Programmable Quantum Cellular Automaton
D. J. Shepherd, T. Franz, and R. F. Werner
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 020502 (2006)

LETTERS

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

Spontaneous Spin Textures in Dipolar Spinor Condensates

S. Yi and H. Pu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 020401 (2006) - Published 10 July, 2006

Induced $P$ -Wave Superfluidity in Asymmetric Fermi Gases

Aurel Bulgac, Michael McNeil Forbes, and Achim Schwenk

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 020402 (2006) - Published 10 July, 2006

Experimental Entangled Entanglement

Philip Walther, Kevin J. Resch, Časlav Brukner, and Anton Zeilinger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 020501 (2006) - Published 11 July, 2006

Universally Programmable Quantum Cellular Automaton

D. J. Shepherd, T. Franz, and R. F. Werner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 020502 (2006) - Published 13 July, 2006

Identity of Distributions of Direct Uphill and Downhill Translocation Times for Particles Traversing Membrane Channels

Alexander M. Berezhkovskii, Gerhard Hummer, and Sergey M. Bezrukov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 020601 (2006) - Published 11 July, 2006

Coherent Control of Harmonic Generation in Superlattices: Single-Mode Response

Kirill A. Pronin and Andre D. Bandrauk

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 020602 (2006) - Published 13 July, 2006

Single-Atom Optical Clock with High Accuracy

W. H. Oskay, S. A. Diddams, E. A. Donley, T. M. Fortier, T. P. Heavner, L. Hollberg, W. M. Itano, S. R. Jefferts, M. J. Delaney, K. Kim, F. Levi, T. E. Parker, and J. C. Bergquist

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 020801 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Calculation of the First Nonlinear Contribution to the General-Relativistic Spin-Spin Interaction for Binary Systems

Rafael A. Porto and Ira Z. Rothstein

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 021101 (2006) - Published 13 July, 2006

New Cosmic Microwave Background Constraint to Primordial Gravitational Waves

Tristan L. Smith, Elena Pierpaoli, and Marc Kamionkowski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 021301 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

Producing a Scale-Invariant Spectrum of Perturbations in a Hagedorn Phase of String Cosmology

Ali Nayeri, Robert H. Brandenberger, and Cumrun Vafa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 021302 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

Elementary Particles and Fields

Very Special Relativity

Andrew G. Cohen and Sheldon L. Glashow

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 021601 (2006) - Published 11 July, 2006

Collisions of Strings with Y Junctions

E. J. Copeland, T. W. B. Kibble, and D. A. Steer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 021602 (2006) - Published 12 July, 2006

New $C P$ -Violation and Preferred-Frame Tests with Polarized Electrons

B. R. Heckel, C. E. Cramer, T. S. Cook, E. G. Adelberger, S. Schlamminger, and U. Schmidt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 021603 (2006) - Published 12 July, 2006

Probing a Very Narrow $Z^{'}$ Boson with CDF and D0 Data

Daniel Feldman, Zuowei Liu, and Pran Nath

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 021801 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

Direct Limits on the $B_{s}^{0}$ Oscillation Frequency

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

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 021802 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

Upper Bounds on Supersymmetric Contributions to $b \to s$ Transitions from $B_{s} - {\bar{B}}_{s}$ Mixing

M. Ciuchini and L. Silvestrini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 021803 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

Strange Electric Form Factor of the Proton

D. B. Leinweber, S. Boinepalli, A. W. Thomas, P. Wang, A. G. Williams, R. D. Young, J. M. Zanotti, and J. B. Zhang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 022001 (2006) - Published 10 July, 2006

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Photoexcitation of $K$ -shell and $L$ -shell Hollow Beryllium

Shuichi Hasegawa, Fumiko Yoshida, Leo Matsuoka, Fumihiro Koike, Stephan Fritzsche, Satoshi Obara, Yoshiro Azuma, and Tetsuo Nagata

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 023001 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

Resonator-Aided Single-Atom Detection on a Microfabricated Chip

Igor Teper, Yu-Ju Lin, and Vladan Vuletić

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 023002 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

Properties of Pseudopotentials for Higher Partial Waves

J. H. Macek and J. Sternberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 023201 (2006) - Published 10 July, 2006

Interferences in Parametric Interactions Driven by Quantized Fields

G. S. Agarwal

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 023601 (2006) - Published 11 July, 2006

Realization of Four-Level Qudits Using Biphotons

E. V. Moreva, G. A. Maslennikov, S. S. Straupe, and S. P. Kulik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 023602 (2006) - Published 13 July, 2006

Low-Light-Level Optical Interactions with Rubidium Vapor in a Photonic Band-Gap Fiber

Saikat Ghosh, Amar R. Bhagwat, C. Kyle Renshaw, Shireen Goh, Alexander L. Gaeta, and Brian J. Kirby

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 023603 (2006) - Published 13 July, 2006

Demonstration of Temporal Distinguishability in a Four-Photon State and a Six-Photon State

G. Y. Xiang, Y. F. Huang, F. W. Sun, P. Zhang, Z. Y. Ou, and G. C. Guo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 023604 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

Spin Squeezing and Light Entanglement in Coherent Population Trapping

A. Dantan, J. Cviklinski, E. Giacobino, and M. Pinard

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 023605 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

Many-Body Quantum Dynamics of Polarization Squeezing in Optical Fibers

Joel F. Corney, Peter D. Drummond, Joel Heersink, Vincent Josse, Gerd Leuchs, and Ulrik L. Andersen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 023606 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Direct Interferometric Measurement of the Atomic Dipole Phase in High-Order Harmonic Generation

Chiara Corsi, Angela Pirri, Emiliano Sali, Alessandra Tortora, and Marco Bellini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 023901 (2006) - Published 10 July, 2006

Quantum Temporal Correlations and Entanglement via Adiabatic Control of Vector Solitons

Mankei Tsang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 023902 (2006) - Published 11 July, 2006

Optomechanical Wavelength and Energy Conversion in High- $Q$ Double-Layer Cavities of Photonic Crystal Slabs

Masaya Notomi, Hideaki Taniyama, Satoshi Mitsugi, and Eiichi Kuramochi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 023903 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

Tunable Ultrashort Laser Pulses Generated through Filamentation in Gases

Francis Théberge, Neset Aközbek, Weiwei Liu, Andreas Becker, and See Leang Chin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 023904 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

Chaos without Nonlinear Dynamics

Ned J. Corron, Scott T. Hayes, Shawn D. Pethel, and Jonathan N. Blakely

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 024101 (2006) - Published 13 July, 2006

Molecular Understanding of Osmosis in Semipermeable Membranes

A. V. Raghunathan and N. R. Aluru

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 024501 (2006) - Published 10 July, 2006

Nonlinear Triad Interactions and the Mechanism of Spreading in Drift-Wave Turbulence

Ö. D. Gürcan, P. H. Diamond, and T. S. Hahm

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 024502 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

Flowing Crystals: Nonequilibrium Structure of Foam

Piotr Garstecki and George M. Whitesides

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 024503 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Interlayer Forces and Ultralow Sliding Friction in Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

A. Kis, K. Jensen, S. Aloni, W. Mickelson, and A. Zettl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 025501 (2006) - Published 11 July, 2006

Dissociation of Liquid Silica at High Pressures and Temperatures

D. G. Hicks, T. R. Boehly, J. H. Eggert, J. E. Miller, P. M. Celliers, and G. W. Collins

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 025502 (2006) - Published 13 July, 2006

Weak Turbulence for a Vibrating Plate: Can One Hear a Kolmogorov Spectrum?

Gustavo Düring, Christophe Josserand, and Sergio Rica

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 025503 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

Observation of a Pressure-Induced First-Order Polyamorphic Transition in a Chalcogenide Glass at Ambient Temperature

S. Sen, S. Gaudio, B. G. Aitken, and C. E. Lesher

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 025504 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

$q$ -Breathers in Finite Two- and Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Acoustic Lattices

M. V. Ivanchenko, O. I. Kanakov, K. G. Mishagin, and S. Flach

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 025505 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

Fresnel Coherent Diffractive Imaging

G. J. Williams, H. M. Quiney, B. B. Dhal, C. Q. Tran, K. A. Nugent, A. G. Peele, D. Paterson, and M. D. de Jonge

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 025506 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

Phase Separation in a Compressible 2D Ising Model

S. J. Mitchell and D. P. Landau

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 025701 (2006) - Published 10 July, 2006

Critical Dynamics in a Binary Fluid: Simulations and Finite-Size Scaling

Subir K. Das, Michael E. Fisher, Jan V. Sengers, Jürgen Horbach, and Kurt Binder

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 025702 (2006) - Published 11 July, 2006

Nature of Asymmetry in Fluid Criticality

Mikhail A. Anisimov and Jingtao Wang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 025703 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

Oxidation Catalysis by Oxide-Supported Au Nanostructures: The Role of Supports and the Effect of External Conditions

Siris Laursen and Suljo Linic

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 026101 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

Fingerprints of the Magnetic Polaron in Nonequilibrium Electron Transport through a Quantum Wire Coupled to a Ferromagnetic Spin Chain

Frank Reininghaus, Thomas Korb, and Herbert Schoeller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 026803 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

Realistic Quantitative Descriptions of Electron Transfer Reactions: Diabatic Free-Energy Surfaces from First-Principles Molecular Dynamics

P. H.-L. Sit, Matteo Cococcioni, and Nicola Marzari

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 028303 (2006) - Published 11 July, 2006

Faceting and Commensurability in Crystal Structures of Colloidal Thin Films

F. Ramiro-Manzano, F. Meseguer, E. Bonet, and I. Rodriguez

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 028304 (2006) - Published 13 July, 2006

ERRATA

Publisher’s Note: Near-Threshold Production of $ϕ$ Mesons in $p p$ Collisions [Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 242301 (2006)]

M. Hartmann et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 029901 (2006) - Published 14 July, 2006