Volume 97, Issue 4

28 July 2006

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On the Cover

Contours from perturbation theory in the classical limit of the net dipole induced in a quartic oscillator by a symmetry breaking driving field (frequency, y-axis; anharmonicity, x-axis). Quantum solutions retain the broad resonances.

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Laser-Induced Spatial Symmetry Breaking in Quantum and Classical Mechanics
Ignacio Franco and Paul Brumer
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 040402 (2006)

LETTERS

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

Berry Phase Effects on the Dynamics of Quasiparticles in a Superfluid with a Vortex

Chuanwei Zhang, Artem M. Dudarev, and Qian Niu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 040401 (2006) - Published 28 July, 2006

Laser-Induced Spatial Symmetry Breaking in Quantum and Classical Mechanics

Ignacio Franco and Paul Brumer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 040402 (2006) - Published 28 July, 2006

Decoherence by Correlated Noise and Quantum Error Correction

E. Novais and Harold U. Baranger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 040501 (2006) - Published 24 July, 2006

Binary Projective Measurement via Linear Optics and Photon Counting

Masahiro Takeoka, Masahide Sasaki, and Norbert Lütkenhaus

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 040502 (2006) - Published 26 July, 2006

Robust Entanglement through Macroscopic Quantum Jumps

Jeremy Metz, Michael Trupke, and Almut Beige

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 040503 (2006) - Published 27 July, 2006

Preserving Coherence in Rydberg Quantum Bits

R. S. Minns, M. R. Kutteruf, H. Zaidi, L. Ko, and R. R. Jones

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 040504 (2006) - Published 27 July, 2006

Ultrafast Coherent Excitation of a Trapped Ion Qubit for Fast Gates and Photon Frequency Qubits

M. J. Madsen, D. L. Moehring, P. Maunz, R. N. Kohn, Jr., L.-M. Duan, and C. Monroe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 040505 (2006) - Published 28 July, 2006

High-Accuracy Calculation of the Blackbody Radiation Shift in the ${}^{133}{Cs}$ Primary Frequency Standard

K. Beloy, U. I. Safronova, and A. Derevianko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 040801 (2006) - Published 27 July, 2006

Frequency Shift of the Cesium Clock Transition due to Blackbody Radiation

E. J. Angstmann, V. A. Dzuba, and V. V. Flambaum

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 040802 (2006) - Published 27 July, 2006

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Can Gravity Distinguish between Dirac and Majorana Neutrinos?

Dinesh Singh, Nader Mobed, and Giorgio Papini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 041101 (2006) - Published 25 July, 2006

Is Cosmology Compatible with Sterile Neutrinos?

Scott Dodelson, Alessandro Melchiorri, and Anže Slosar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 041301 (2006) - Published 24 July, 2006

Black Hole Radiance, Short Distances, and TeV Gravity

Iván Agulló, José Navarro-Salas, and Gonzalo J. Olmo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 041302 (2006) - Published 26 July, 2006

Elementary Particles and Fields

Twisted Flavors and Tribimaximal Neutrino Mixing

Naoyuki Haba, Atsushi Watanabe, and Koichi Yoshioka

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 041601 (2006) - Published 28 July, 2006

Proposal for a Supersymmetric Standard Model

D. E. López-Fogliani and C. Muñoz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 041801 (2006) - Published 24 July, 2006

Strong-Coupling Constant with Flavor Thresholds at Five Loops in the Modified Minimal-Subtraction Scheme

B. A. Kniehl, A. V. Kotikov, A. I. Onishchenko, and O. L. Veretin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 042001 (2006) - Published 26 July, 2006

Nuclear Physics

Proton Enhancement at Large $p_{T}$ at the CERN Large Hadron Collider without Structure in Associated-Particle Distribution

Rudolph C. Hwa and C. B. Yang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 042301 (2006) - Published 26 July, 2006

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Resonance-Assisted Decay of Nondispersive Wave Packets

Sandro Wimberger, Peter Schlagheck, Christopher Eltschka, and Andreas Buchleitner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 043001 (2006) - Published 25 July, 2006

Electric-Field-Induced Symmetry Breaking of Angular Momentum Distribution in Atoms

Marcis Auzinsh, Kaspars Blushs, Ruvin Ferber, Florian Gahbauer, Andrey Jarmola, and Maris Tamanis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 043002 (2006) - Published 27 July, 2006

Mass Spectrometric Investigation of Anions Formed upon Free Electron Attachment to Nucleobase Molecules and Clusters Embedded in Superfluid Helium Droplets

Stephan Denifl, Fabio Zappa, Ingo Mähr, Julien Lecointre, Michael Probst, Tilmann D. Märk, and Paul Scheier

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 043201 (2006) - Published 26 July, 2006

Nondipole Ionization Dynamics of Atoms in Superintense High-Frequency Attosecond Pulses

M. Førre, J. P. Hansen, L. Kocbach, S. Selstø, and L. B. Madsen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 043601 (2006) - Published 24 July, 2006

Direct, Loss-Tolerant Characterization of Nonclassical Photon Statistics

Daryl Achilles, Christine Silberhorn, and Ian A. Walmsley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 043602 (2006) - Published 27 July, 2006

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Geometrical Optics of Beams with Vortices: Berry Phase and Orbital Angular Momentum Hall Effect

Konstantin Yu. Bliokh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 043901 (2006) - Published 28 July, 2006

Hybrid Approach to High-Frequency Microfluidic Mixing

Xize Niu, Liyu Liu, Weijia Wen, and Ping Sheng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 044501 (2006) - Published 24 July, 2006

Asymptotics of Large Bound States of Localized Structures

G. Kozyreff and S. J. Chapman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 044502 (2006) - Published 25 July, 2006

Intermittent Magnetic Field Excitation by a Turbulent Flow of Liquid Sodium

M. D. Nornberg, E. J. Spence, R. D. Kendrick, C. M. Jacobson, and C. B. Forest

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 044503 (2006) - Published 26 July, 2006

Drag Reduction on a Patterned Superhydrophobic Surface

Richard Truesdell, Andrea Mammoli, Peter Vorobieff, Frank van Swol, and C. Jeffrey Brinker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 044504 (2006) - Published 26 July, 2006

Plasma and Beam Physics

Observation of Resonant Diffusive Radiation in Random Multilayered Systems

Zh. S. Gevorkian, S. R. Harutyunyan, N. S. Ananikian, V. H. Arakelian, R. B. Ayvazyan, V. B. Gavalyan, N. K. Grigorian, H. S. Vardanyan, V. H. Sahakian, and A. A. Hakobyan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 044801 (2006) - Published 25 July, 2006

Proton Radiography of a Laser-Driven Implosion

A. J. Mackinnon, P. K. Patel, M. Borghesi, R. C. Clarke, R. R. Freeman, H. Habara, S. P. Hatchett, D. Hey, D. G. Hicks, S. Kar, M. H. Key, J. A. King, K. Lancaster, D. Neely, A. Nikkro, P. A. Norreys, M. M. Notley, T. W. Phillips, L. Romagnani, R. A. Snavely, R. B. Stephens, and R. P. J. Town

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 045001 (2006) - Published 24 July, 2006

Three-Wave Interactions between Fast-Ion Modes in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

N. A. Crocker, W. A. Peebles, S. Kubota, E. D. Fredrickson, S. M. Kaye, B. P. LeBlanc, and J. E. Menard

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 045002 (2006) - Published 24 July, 2006

Theory for Formation of a Low-Pressure, Current-Free Double Layer

M. A. Lieberman and C. Charles

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 045003 (2006) - Published 26 July, 2006

Active Stabilization of the Resistive-Wall Mode in High-Beta, Low-Rotation Plasmas

S. A. Sabbagh, R. E. Bell, J. E. Menard, D. A. Gates, A. C. Sontag, J. M. Bialek, B. P. LeBlanc, F. M. Levinton, K. Tritz, and H. Yuh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 045004 (2006) - Published 28 July, 2006

Analytical Model for Ion Acceleration by High-Intensity Laser Pulses

J. Schreiber, F. Bell, F. Grüner, U. Schramm, M. Geissler, M. Schnürer, S. Ter-Avetisyan, B. M. Hegelich, J. Cobble, E. Brambrink, J. Fuchs, P. Audebert, and D. Habs

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 045005 (2006) - Published 28 July, 2006

Properties of Geodesic Acoustic Modes and the Relation to Density Fluctuations

A. Krämer-Flecken, S. Soldatov, H. R. Koslowski, and O. Zimmermann (TEXTOR Team)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 045006 (2006) - Published 28 July, 2006

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Superfluidity and Quantum Melting of $p − H_{2}$ Clusters

Fabio Mezzacapo and Massimo Boninsegni

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 045301 (2006) - Published 25 July, 2006

Phonon-Induced Polariton Superlattices

M. M. de Lima, Jr., M. van der Poel, P. V. Santos, and J. M. Hvam

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 045501 (2006) - Published 24 July, 2006

Influence of Confinement on the Fragility of Antiplasticized and Pure Polymer Films

Robert A. Riggleman, Kenji Yoshimoto, Jack F. Douglas, and Juan J. de Pablo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 045502 (2006) - Published 27 July, 2006

Complementary Control by Additives of the Kinetics of Amorphous ${CaCO}_{3}$ Mineralization at an Organic Interface: In-Situ Synchrotron X-Ray Observations

Elaine DiMasi, Seo-Young Kwak, Fairland F. Amos, Matthew J. Olszta, Debra Lush, and Laurie B. Gower

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 045503 (2006) - Published 27 July, 2006

High-Pressure Phases of Silane

Chris J. Pickard and R. J. Needs

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 045504 (2006) - Published 27 July, 2006

Do Methanethiol Adsorbates on the Au(111) Surface Dissociate?

Jian-Ge Zhou and Frank Hagelberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 045505 (2006) - Published 28 July, 2006

Quantum Smectic as a Dislocation Higgs Phase

V. Cvetkovic and J. Zaanen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 045701 (2006) - Published 24 July, 2006

Oxygen-Deficient Line Defects in an Ultrathin Aluminum Oxide Film

M. Schmid, M. Shishkin, G. Kresse, E. Napetschnig, P. Varga, M. Kulawik, N. Nilius, H.-P. Rust, and H.-J. Freund

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 046101 (2006) - Published 24 July, 2006

Charge Inversion at Minute Electrolyte Concentrations

J. Pittler, W. Bu, D. Vaknin, A. Travesset, D. J. McGillivray, and M. Lösche

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 046102 (2006) - Published 25 July, 2006

Two-Stage Rotation Mechanism for Group-V Precursor Dissociation on Si(001)

Jian-Tao Wang, Changfeng Chen, E. G. Wang, Ding-Sheng Wang, H. Mizuseki, and Y. Kawazoe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 046103 (2006) - Published 26 July, 2006

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Searching for Alloy Configurations with Target Physical Properties: Impurity Design via a Genetic Algorithm Inverse Band Structure Approach

S. V. Dudiy and Alex Zunger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 046401 (2006) - Published 25 July, 2006

Mott Transition, Antiferromagnetism, and $d$ -Wave Superconductivity in Two-Dimensional Organic Conductors

B. Kyung and A.-M. S. Tremblay

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 046402 (2006) - Published 25 July, 2006

Can Correlations Drive a Band Insulator Metallic?

Arti Garg, H. R. Krishnamurthy, and Mohit Randeria

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 046403 (2006) - Published 26 July, 2006

Electron-Phonon Interaction and Antiferromagnetic Correlations

G. Sangiovanni, O. Gunnarsson, E. Koch, C. Castellani, and M. Capone

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 046404 (2006) - Published 26 July, 2006

Scaling Behavior in Thermoelectric Misfit Cobalt Oxides

P. Limelette, S. Hébert, V. Hardy, R. Frésard, Ch. Simon, and A. Maignan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 046601 (2006) - Published 25 July, 2006

Temperature Dependence of the Spin Torque Effect in Current-Induced Domain Wall Motion

M. Laufenberg, W. Bührer, D. Bedau, P.-E. Melchy, M. Kläui, L. Vila, G. Faini, C. A. F. Vaz, J. A. C. Bland, and U. Rüdiger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 046602 (2006) - Published 25 July, 2006

Classical Nuclear Motion in Quantum Transport

Claudio Verdozzi, Gianluca Stefanucci, and Carl-Olof Almbladh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 046603 (2006) - Published 27 July, 2006

Vertex Corrections to the Anomalous Hall Effect in Spin-Polarized Two-Dimensional Electron Gases with a Rashba Spin-Orbit Interaction

Jun-ichiro Inoue, Takashi Kato, Yasuhito Ishikawa, Hiroyoshi Itoh, Gerrit E. W. Bauer, and Laurens W. Molenkamp

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 046604 (2006) - Published 27 July, 2006

Neutron Spin-Echo Investigation of Slow Spin Dynamics in Kagomé-Bilayer Frustrated Magnets as Evidence for Phonon Assisted Relaxation in ${SrCr}_{9 x} {Ga}_{12 - 9 x} O_{19}$

H. Mutka, G. Ehlers, C. Payen, D. Bono, J. R. Stewart, P. Fouquet, P. Mendels, J. Y. Mevellec, N. Blanchard, and G. Collin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 047203 (2006) - Published 28 July, 2006

Spin Waves in Quasiequilibrium Spin Systems

Kevin S. Bedell and Hari P. Dahal

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 047204 (2006) - Published 28 July, 2006

Role of $d$ Electrons in Auger Neutralization at Metal Surfaces

Diego Valdés, J. M. Blanco, V. A. Esaulov, and R. C. Monreal

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 047601 (2006) - Published 27 July, 2006

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

ERRATA

Publisher’s Note: Observation of Phase Separation in a Strongly Interacting Imbalanced Fermi Gas [Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 030401 (2006)]

Y. Shin, M. W. Zwierlein, C. H. Schunck, A. Schirotzek, and W. Ketterle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 049901 (2006) - Published 26 July, 2006