Volume 97, Issue 7

18 August 2006

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Electric field (yellow) for a point source (white) placed above a simulated photonic crystal lens. One can define an effective permittivity and permeability, which are negative here. They depend critically on the crystal boundary.

From the article:

Photonic Crystal Lens: From Negative Refraction and Negative Index to Negative Permittivity and Permeability
T. Decoopman, G. Tayeb, S. Enoch, D. Maystre, and B. Gralak
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 073905 (2006)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Difference between a Photon’s Momentum and an Atom’s Recoil

Kurt Gibble

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 073002 (2006) - Published 14 August, 2006

LETTERS

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

Spin Decoherence in Superconducting Atom Chips

Bo-Sture K. Skagerstam, Ulrich Hohenester, Asier Eiguren, and Per Kristian Rekdal

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 070401 (2006) - Published 16 August, 2006

Surface Tension in Unitary Fermi Gases with Population Imbalance

Theja N. De Silva and Erich J. Mueller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 070402 (2006) - Published 17 August, 2006

Controlled Splitting of an Atomic Wave Packet

M. Zhang, P. Zhang, M. S. Chapman, and L. You

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 070403 (2006) - Published 18 August, 2006

Released Momentum Distribution of a Fermi Gas in the BCS-BEC Crossover

M. L. Chiofalo, S. Giorgini, and M. Holland

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 070404 (2006) - Published 18 August, 2006

Gravitation and Astrophysics

AMANDA Observations Constrain the Ultrahigh Energy Neutrino Flux

Francis Halzen and Dan Hooper

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 071101 (2006) - Published 18 August, 2006

Stringent Constraint on Galactic Positron Production

John F. Beacom and Hasan Yüksel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 071102 (2006) - Published 18 August, 2006

Can Sterile Neutrinos Be Ruled Out as Warm Dark Matter Candidates?

Matteo Viel, Julien Lesgourgues, Martin G. Haehnelt, Sabino Matarrese, and Antonio Riotto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 071301 (2006) - Published 17 August, 2006

Elementary Particles and Fields

Two-Loop Anomalous-Dimension Matrix for Soft-Gluon Exchange

S. Mert Aybat, Lance J. Dixon, and George Sterman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 072001 (2006) - Published 17 August, 2006

Measurement of Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering with a Polarized-Proton Target

S. Chen et al. (CLAS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 072002 (2006) - Published 18 August, 2006

Nuclear Physics

Yang-Mills Magnetofluid Unification

Bindu A. Bambah, Swadesh M. Mahajan, and Chandrasekher Mukku

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 072301 (2006) - Published 14 August, 2006

Island of Rare Earth Nuclei with Tetrahedral and Octahedral Symmetries: Possible Experimental Evidence

J. Dudek, D. Curien, N. Dubray, J. Dobaczewski, V. Pangon, P. Olbratowski, and N. Schunck

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 072501 (2006) - Published 15 August, 2006

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

High-Resolution Study of X-Ray Resonant Raman Scattering at the $K$ Edge of Silicon

J. Szlachetko, J.-Cl. Dousse, J. Hoszowska, M. Pajek, R. Barrett, M. Berset, K. Fennane, A. Kubala-Kukus, and M. Szlachetko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 073001 (2006) - Published 14 August, 2006

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Difference between a Photon’s Momentum and an Atom’s Recoil

Kurt Gibble

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 073002 (2006) - Published 14 August, 2006

Deterministic and Nondestructively Verifiable Preparation of Photon Number States

JM Geremia

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 073601 (2006) - Published 15 August, 2006

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

All-Angle Broadband Negative Refraction of Metal Waveguide Arrays in the Visible Range: Theoretical Analysis and Numerical Demonstration

Xiebin Fan, Guo Ping Wang, Jeffrey Chi Wai Lee, and C. T. Chan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 073901 (2006) - Published 14 August, 2006

Ambiguities in the Scattering Tomography for Central Potentials

Awatif Hendi, Julian Henn, and Ulf Leonhardt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 073902 (2006) - Published 14 August, 2006

Controllable Self-Steepening of Ultrashort Pulses in Quadratic Nonlinear Media

Jeffrey Moses and Frank W. Wise

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 073903 (2006) - Published 16 August, 2006

Stable Vortex Tori in the Three-Dimensional Cubic-Quintic Ginzburg-Landau Equation

D. Mihalache, D. Mazilu, F. Lederer, Y. V. Kartashov, L.-C. Crasovan, L. Torner, and B. A. Malomed

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 073904 (2006) - Published 16 August, 2006

Photonic Crystal Lens: From Negative Refraction and Negative Index to Negative Permittivity and Permeability

T. Decoopman, G. Tayeb, S. Enoch, D. Maystre, and B. Gralak

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 073905 (2006) - Published 16 August, 2006

Spatial Four Wave Mixing in Nonlinear Periodic Structures

Guy Bartal, Ofer Manela, and Mordechai Segev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 073906 (2006) - Published 18 August, 2006

Transport of Magnetic Field by a Turbulent Flow of Liquid Sodium

R. Volk, F. Ravelet, R. Monchaux, M. Berhanu, A. Chiffaudel, F. Daviaud, Ph. Odier, J.-F. Pinton, S. Fauve, N. Mordant, and F. Pétrélis

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 074501 (2006) - Published 17 August, 2006

Bistability of a Compliant Cavity Induced by Acoustic Radiation Pressure

Bruno Issenmann, Régis Wunenburger, Sébastien Manneville, and Jean-Pierre Delville

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 074502 (2006) - Published 18 August, 2006

Plasma and Beam Physics

Femtosecond Undulator Radiation from Sliced Electron Bunches

S. Khan, K. Holldack, T. Kachel, R. Mitzner, and T. Quast

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 074801 (2006) - Published 14 August, 2006

Laser Seeding of the Storage-Ring Microbunching Instability for High-Power Coherent Terahertz Radiation

J. M. Byrd, Z. Hao, M. C. Martin, D. S. Robin, F. Sannibale, R. W. Schoenlein, A. A. Zholents, and M. S. Zolotorev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 074802 (2006) - Published 18 August, 2006

Active-Feedback Control of the Magnetic Boundary for Magnetohydrodynamic Stabilization of a Fusion Plasma

R. Paccagnella et al.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 075001 (2006) - Published 15 August, 2006

Enhanced Energy Confinement and Performance in a Low-Recycling Tokamak

R. Majeski, R. Doerner, T. Gray, R. Kaita, R. Maingi, D. Mansfield, J. Spaleta, V. Soukhanovskii, J. Timberlake, and L. Zakharov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 075002 (2006) - Published 17 August, 2006

Upstream Ionization Instability Associated with a Current-Free Double Layer

A. Aanesland, C. Charles, M. A. Lieberman, and R. W. Boswell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 075003 (2006) - Published 18 August, 2006

Effect of External Static Magnetic Field on the Emittance and Total Charge of Electron Beams Generated by Laser-Wakefield Acceleration

Tomonao Hosokai, Kenichi Kinoshita, Alexei Zhidkov, Akira Maekawa, Atsushi Yamazaki, and Mitsuru Uesaka

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 075004 (2006) - Published 18 August, 2006

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Critical Casimir Force in ${}^{4}{He}$ Films: Confirmation of Finite-Size Scaling

A. Ganshin, S. Scheidemantel, R. Garcia, and M. H. W. Chan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 075301 (2006) - Published 17 August, 2006

Kink Formation and Motion in Carbon Nanotubes at High Temperatures

J. Y. Huang, S. Chen, Z. F. Ren, Z. Q. Wang, D. Z. Wang, M. Vaziri, Z. Suo, G. Chen, and M. S. Dresselhaus

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 075501 (2006) - Published 14 August, 2006

Grain Boundary Transitions in Binary Alloys

Ming Tang, W. Craig Carter, and Rowland M. Cannon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 075502 (2006) - Published 14 August, 2006

Hydrogen-Mediated Nitrogen Clustering in Dilute III-V Nitrides

Mao-Hua Du, Sukit Limpijumnong, and S. B. Zhang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 075503 (2006) - Published 15 August, 2006

Hall-Petch Law Revisited in Terms of Collective Dislocation Dynamics

François Louchet, Jérôme Weiss, and Thiebaud Richeton

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 075504 (2006) - Published 15 August, 2006

Dynamics and Internal Stress at the Nanoscale Related to Unique Thermomechanical Behavior in Polymer Nanocomposites

R. Aravinda Narayanan, P. Thiyagarajan, S. Lewis, A. Bansal, L. S. Schadler, and L. B. Lurio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 075505 (2006) - Published 16 August, 2006

Nonlinear Analysis of Oscillatory Indentation in Elastic and Viscoelastic Solids

Yang-Tse Cheng, Wangyang Ni, and Che-Min Cheng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 075506 (2006) - Published 17 August, 2006

Tuning of Tetrahedrality in a Silicon Potential Yields a Series of Monatomic (Metal-like) Glass Formers of Very High Fragility

Valeria Molinero, Srikanth Sastry, and C. Austen Angell

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 075701 (2006) - Published 15 August, 2006

Leakage of $O_{2}$ Precursor Molecules from Inert Hydrogen Islands on a Pt(111) Surface

K. Gustafsson and S. Andersson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 076101 (2006) - Published 17 August, 2006

In Situ Study of the Growth of Nanodots in Organic Heteroepitaxy

Esther Barrena, Dimas G. de Oteyza, Stefan Sellner, Helmut Dosch, J. Oriol Ossó, and Bernd Struth

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 076102 (2006) - Published 17 August, 2006

High Friction from a Stiff Polymer Using Microfiber Arrays

C. Majidi, R. E. Groff, Y. Maeno, B. Schubert, S. Baek, B. Bush, R. Maboudian, N. Gravish, M. Wilkinson, K. Autumn, and R. S. Fearing

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 076103 (2006) - Published 18 August, 2006

In-Plane Anisotropy of the Electronic Structure for the Charge- and Orbital-Ordered State in Half-Doped Manganite with Layered Structure

Y. S. Lee, S. Onoda, T. Arima, Y. Tokunaga, J. P. He, Y. Kaneko, N. Nagaosa, and Y. Tokura

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 077203 (2006) - Published 17 August, 2006

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

ERRATA

Erratum: Simple Method for Obtaining Electron Scattering Phase Shifts from Energies of an Atom in a Cavity [Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 073202 (2006)]

I. M. Savukov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 079901 (2006) - Published 16 August, 2006