Volume 98, Issue 21

25 May 2007

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On the Cover

Out-of-plane current in a plasma undergoing three different types of magnetic reconnection. The results in the middle panel indicate that local dynamics controls the onset of fast magnetic reconnection.

From the article:

Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection
P. A. Cassak, J. F. Drake, M. A. Shay, and B. Eckhardt
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 215001 (2007)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Observation of Direct $C P$ Violation in $B^{0} \to π^{+} π^{-}$ Decays and Model-Independent Constraints on the Quark-Mixing Angle $ϕ_{2}$

H. Ishino et al. (The Belle Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 211801 (2007) - Published 21 May, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Evidence for $D^{0} − {\bar{D}}^{0}$ Mixing

B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 211802 (2007) - Published 24 May, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Evidence for $D^{0} − {\bar{D}}^{0}$ Mixing

M. Starič et al. (Belle Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 211803 (2007) - Published 24 May, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

$α$ Decay of ${}^{109}I$ and Its Implications for the Proton Decay of ${}^{105}{Sb}$ and the Astrophysical Rapid Proton-Capture Process

C. Mazzocchi, R. Grzywacz, S. N. Liddick, K. P. Rykaczewski, H. Schatz, J. C. Batchelder, C. R. Bingham, C. J. Gross, J. H. Hamilton, J. K. Hwang, S. Ilyushkin, A. Korgul, W. Królas, K. Li, R. D. Page, D. Simpson, and J. A. Winger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 212501 (2007) - Published 23 May, 2007

LETTERS

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

Anderson Localization of Expanding Bose-Einstein Condensates in Random Potentials

L. Sanchez-Palencia, D. Clément, P. Lugan, P. Bouyer, G. V. Shlyapnikov, and A. Aspect

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 210401 (2007) - Published 23 May, 2007

Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Dynamics of the Sub-Ohmic Spin-Boson Model

Frithjof B. Anders, Ralf Bulla, and Matthias Vojta

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 210402 (2007) - Published 24 May, 2007

Edge Transport in 2D Cold Atom Optical Lattices

V. W. Scarola and S. Das Sarma

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 210403 (2007) - Published 24 May, 2007

Optical Guiding of Atoms through a Hollow-Core Photonic Band-Gap Fiber

T. Takekoshi and R. J. Knize

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 210404 (2007) - Published 25 May, 2007

Strongly Correlated Fermions after a Quantum Quench

S. R. Manmana, S. Wessel, R. M. Noack, and A. Muramatsu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 210405 (2007) - Published 25 May, 2007

Einstein Relation Generalized to Nonequilibrium

V. Blickle, T. Speck, C. Lutz, U. Seifert, and C. Bechinger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 210601 (2007) - Published 22 May, 2007

Superfluidity versus Anderson Localization in a Dilute Bose Gas

T. Paul, P. Schlagheck, P. Leboeuf, and N. Pavloff

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 210602 (2007) - Published 23 May, 2007

Correlations in the Sequence of Residence Times

Benjamin Lindner and Tilo Schwalger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 210603 (2007) - Published 24 May, 2007

Normal-Metal-Superconductor Tunnel Junction as a Brownian Refrigerator

J. P. Pekola and F. W. J. Hekking

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 210604 (2007) - Published 25 May, 2007

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Self-Similar Signature of the Active Solar Corona within the Inertial Range of Solar-Wind Turbulence

K. Kiyani, S. C. Chapman, B. Hnat, and R. M. Nicol

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 211101 (2007) - Published 23 May, 2007

Elementary Particles and Fields

New Higher-Derivative $R^{4}$ Theorems for Graviton Scattering

Nathan Berkovits

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 211601 (2007) - Published 24 May, 2007

Nonperturbative Corrections to 4D String Theory Effective Actions from $SL (2, Z)$ Duality and Supersymmetry

Daniel Robles-Llana, Martin Roček, Frank Saueressig, Ulrich Theis, and Stefan Vandoren

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 211602 (2007) - Published 24 May, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Observation of Direct $C P$ Violation in $B^{0} \to π^{+} π^{-}$ Decays and Model-Independent Constraints on the Quark-Mixing Angle $ϕ_{2}$

H. Ishino et al. (The Belle Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 211801 (2007) - Published 21 May, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Evidence for $D^{0} − {\bar{D}}^{0}$ Mixing

B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 211802 (2007) - Published 24 May, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Evidence for $D^{0} − {\bar{D}}^{0}$ Mixing

M. Starič et al. (Belle Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 211803 (2007) - Published 24 May, 2007

Measurement of Branching Fractions and Mass Spectra of $B \to K π π γ$

B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 211804 (2007) - Published 25 May, 2007

Evidence of a Broad Structure at an Invariant Mass of $4.32 GeV / c^{2}$ in the Reaction $e^{+} e^{-} \to π^{+} π^{-} ψ (2 S)$ Measured at BABAR

B. Aubert et al. (BABAR Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 212001 (2007) - Published 24 May, 2007

Nuclear Physics

Dihadron Tomography of High-Energy Nuclear Collisions in Next-to-Leading Order Perturbative QCD

Hanzhong Zhang, Joseph F. Owens, Enke Wang, and Xin-Nian Wang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 212301 (2007) - Published 25 May, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

$α$ Decay of ${}^{109}I$ and Its Implications for the Proton Decay of ${}^{105}{Sb}$ and the Astrophysical Rapid Proton-Capture Process

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 212501 (2007) - Published 23 May, 2007

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Magnetic Trapping and Zeeman Relaxation of NH ( $X {}^{3}Σ^{-}$ )

Wesley C. Campbell, Edem Tsikata, Hsin-I Lu, Laurens D. van Buuren, and John M. Doyle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 213001 (2007) - Published 25 May, 2007

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Nonlocal Surface-Wave Solitons

Barak Alfassi, Carmel Rotschild, Ofer Manela, Mordechai Segev, and Demetrios N. Christodoulides

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 213901 (2007) - Published 21 May, 2007

Saturated Optical Absorption by Slow Molecules in Hollow-Core Photonic Band-Gap Fibers

Jan Hald, Jan C. Petersen, and Jes Henningsen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 213902 (2007) - Published 25 May, 2007

Nonlinear Spectrum Reshaping and Gap-Soliton-Train Trapping in Optically Induced Photonic Structures

Cibo Lou, Xiaosheng Wang, Jingjun Xu, Zhigang Chen, and Jianke Yang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 213903 (2007) - Published 25 May, 2007

Slow Light in Coupled-Resonator-Induced Transparency

Kouki Totsuka, Norihiko Kobayashi, and Makoto Tomita

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 213904 (2007) - Published 25 May, 2007

Driven Localized Excitations in the Acoustic Spectrum of Small Nonlinear Macroscopic and Microscopic Lattices

M. Sato and A. J. Sievers

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 214101 (2007) - Published 25 May, 2007

Global Properties in an Experimental Realization of Time-Delayed Feedback Control with an Unstable Control Loop

Klaus Höhne, Hiroyuki Shirahama, Chol-Ung Choe, Hartmut Benner, Kestutis Pyragas, and Wolfram Just

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 214102 (2007) - Published 25 May, 2007

Fourier’s Law from Closure Equations

Jean Bricmont and Antti Kupiainen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 214301 (2007) - Published 21 May, 2007

Multiscale Model of Gradient Evolution in Turbulent Flows

Luca Biferale, Laurent Chevillard, Charles Meneveau, and Federico Toschi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 214501 (2007) - Published 21 May, 2007

Exact and Quasiresonances in Discrete Water Wave Turbulence

Elena Kartashova

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 214502 (2007) - Published 23 May, 2007

Asymmetric Opening of a Simple Bileaflet Valve

Gianni Pedrizzetti and Federico Domenichini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 214503 (2007) - Published 25 May, 2007

Plasma and Beam Physics

Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection

P. A. Cassak, J. F. Drake, M. A. Shay, and B. Eckhardt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 215001 (2007) - Published 22 May, 2007

Time-Dependent Nuclear Measurements of Mix in Inertial Confinement Fusion

J. R. Rygg, J. A. Frenje, C. K. Li, F. H. Séguin, R. D. Petrasso, V. Yu. Glebov, D. D. Meyerhofer, T. C. Sangster, and C. Stoeckl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 215002 (2007) - Published 24 May, 2007

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Many-Body Potential for Point Defect Clusters in Fe-C Alloys

Timothy T. Lau, Clemens J. Först, Xi Lin, Julian D. Gale, Sidney Yip, and Krystyn J. Van Vliet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 215501 (2007) - Published 21 May, 2007

Ion Beam Induced Formation and Interrogation of Au Nanoclusters

P. Karmakar, G. F. Liu, Z. Sroubek, and J. A. Yarmoff

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 215502 (2007) - Published 24 May, 2007

Nature of the Bound States of Molecular Hydrogen in Carbon Nanohorns

F. Fernandez-Alonso, F. J. Bermejo, C. Cabrillo, R. O. Loutfy, V. Leon, and M. L. Saboungi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 215503 (2007) - Published 25 May, 2007

Making Molecular Balloons in Laser-Induced Explosive Boiling of Polymer Solutions

Elodie Leveugle, Aaron Sellinger, James M. Fitz-Gerald, and Leonid V. Zhigilei

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 216101 (2007) - Published 22 May, 2007

Line Shape Broadening in Surface Diffusion of Interacting Adsorbates with Quasielastic He Atom Scattering

R. Martínez-Casado, J. L. Vega, A. S. Sanz, and S. Miret-Artés

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 216102 (2007) - Published 24 May, 2007

Influence of Cumulenic Chains on the Vibrational and Electronic Properties of $s p − s p^{2}$ Amorphous Carbon

L. Ravagnan, P. Piseri, M. Bruzzi, S. Miglio, G. Bongiorno, A. Baserga, C. S. Casari, A. Li Bassi, C. Lenardi, Y. Yamaguchi, T. Wakabayashi, C. E. Bottani, and P. Milani

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 216103 (2007) - Published 25 May, 2007

Kinetic Model of Stress Evolution during Coalescence and Growth of Polycrystalline Thin Films

Juan S. Tello, Allan F. Bower, Eric Chason, and Brian W. Sheldon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 216104 (2007) - Published 25 May, 2007

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Anomalous Thermodynamics of Coulomb-Interacting Massless Dirac Fermions in Two Spatial Dimensions

Oskar Vafek

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 216401 (2007) - Published 21 May, 2007

Cold Attractive Spin Polarized Fermi Lattice Gases and the Doped Positive $U$ Hubbard Model

Adriana Moreo and D. J. Scalapino

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 216402 (2007) - Published 21 May, 2007

Subband Filling and Mott Transition in ${Ca}_{2 - x} {Sr}_{x} {RuO}_{4}$

A. Liebsch and H. Ishida

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 216403 (2007) - Published 24 May, 2007

Merging of Single-Particle Levels and Non-Fermi-Liquid Behavior of Finite Fermi Systems

V. A. Khodel, J. W. Clark, Haochen Li, and M. V. Zverev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 216404 (2007) - Published 24 May, 2007

Ductile Titanium Alloy with Low Poisson’s Ratio

Y. L. Hao, S. J. Li, B. B. Sun, M. L. Sui, and R. Yang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 216405 (2007) - Published 25 May, 2007

Room Temperature Electrical Detection of Spin Coherence in $C_{60}$

W. Harneit, C. Boehme, S. Schaefer, K. Huebener, K. Fostiropoulos, and K. Lips

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 216601 (2007) - Published 21 May, 2007

End and Central Plasmon Resonances in Linear Atomic Chains

Jun Yan, Zhe Yuan, and Shiwu Gao

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 216602 (2007) - Published 25 May, 2007

Effect of Electron-Electron Interactions on the Conductivity of Clean Graphene

E. G. Mishchenko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 216801 (2007) - Published 21 May, 2007

ac Josephson Effect and Resonant Cooper Pair Tunneling Emission of a Single Cooper Pair Transistor

P.-M. Billangeon, F. Pierre, H. Bouchiat, and R. Deblock

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 216802 (2007) - Published 21 May, 2007

High Mobility in ${LaAlO}_{3} / {SrTiO}_{3}$ Heterostructures: Origin, Dimensionality, and Perspectives

G. Herranz, M. Basletić, M. Bibes, C. Carrétéro, E. Tafra, E. Jacquet, K. Bouzehouane, C. Deranlot, A. Hamzić, J.-M. Broto, A. Barthélémy, and A. Fert

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 216803 (2007) - Published 21 May, 2007