Volume 98, Issue 25

22 June 2007

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Schematic of a magnetoelectrostatic trap used to confine 3000 neutral ground state OH molecules at 30 mK.

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Magnetoelectrostatic Trapping of Ground State OH Molecules
Brian C. Sawyer, Benjamin L. Lev, Eric R. Hudson, Benjamin K. Stuhl, Manuel Lara, John L. Bohn, and Jun Ye
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 253002 (2007)

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Multiferroicity Induced by Dislocated Spin-Density Waves

Joseph J. Betouras, Gianluca Giovannetti, and Jeroen van den Brink

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 257602 (2007) - Published 20 June, 2007

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Electromagnetically Induced Transparency for X Rays

Christian Buth, Robin Santra, and Linda Young

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 253001 (2007) - Published 20 June, 2007

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Dirac Equation and Quantum Relativistic Effects in a Single Trapped Ion

L. Lamata, J. León, T. Schätz, and E. Solano

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 253005 (2007) - Published 22 June, 2007

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Compositionally Modulated Ripples Induced by Sputtering of Alloy Surfaces

V. B. Shenoy, W. L. Chan, and E. Chason

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 256101 (2007) - Published 20 June, 2007

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

Quantum Nondemolition Circuit for Testing Bipartite Complementarity

F. de Melo, S. P. Walborn, János A. Bergou, and L. Davidovich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 250501 (2007) - Published 19 June, 2007

Occupation Time Statistics in the Quenched Trap Model

S. Burov and E. Barkai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 250601 (2007) - Published 21 June, 2007

First-Passage Time Distributions for Subdiffusion in Confined Geometry

S. Condamin, O. Bénichou, and J. Klafter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 250602 (2007) - Published 22 June, 2007

Direct Determination of the Boltzmann Constant by an Optical Method

C. Daussy, M. Guinet, A. Amy-Klein, K. Djerroud, Y. Hermier, S. Briaudeau, Ch. J. Bordé, and C. Chardonnet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 250801 (2007) - Published 18 June, 2007

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Generic Gravitational-Wave Signals from the Collapse of Rotating Stellar Cores

H. Dimmelmeier, C. D. Ott, H.-T. Janka, A. Marek, and E. Müller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 251101 (2007) - Published 18 June, 2007

Measuring Deviations from a Cosmological Constant: A Field-Space Parametrization

Robert Crittenden, Elisabetta Majerotto, and Federico Piazza

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 251301 (2007) - Published 21 June, 2007

Evolution of Magnetic Fields in Freely Decaying Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence

Leonardo Campanelli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 251302 (2007) - Published 22 June, 2007

Hawking-Moss Bounces and Vacuum Decay Rates

Erick J. Weinberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 251303 (2007) - Published 22 June, 2007

Elementary Particles and Fields

First Measurement of the Ratio of Central-Electron to Forward-Electron $W$ Partial Cross Sections in $p \bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV$

A. Abulencia et al. (CDF Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 251801 (2007) - Published 20 June, 2007

Twisted Custodial Symmetry in Two-Higgs-Doublet Models

J.-M. Gérard and M. Herquet

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 251802 (2007) - Published 20 June, 2007

Laser-Assisted Muon Decay

Ai-Hua Liu, Shu-Min Li, and Jamal Berakdar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 251803 (2007) - Published 20 June, 2007

Production of Mesons and Baryons at High Rapidity and High $p_{T}$ in Proton-Proton Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 200 GeV$

I. Arsene et al. (BRAHMS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 252001 (2007) - Published 21 June, 2007

QCD Corrections to $J / ψ$ and $Υ$ Production at Hadron Colliders

J. Campbell, F. Maltoni, and F. Tramontano

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 252002 (2007) - Published 22 June, 2007

Nuclear Physics

Radioactive Decay Speedup at $T = 5 K$ : Electron-Capture Decay Rate of ${}^{7}{Be}$ Encapsulated in $C_{60}$

T. Ohtsuki, K. Ohno, T. Morisato, T. Mitsugashira, K. Hirose, H. Yuki, and J. Kasagi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 252501 (2007) - Published 18 June, 2007

Suppression of the Coulomb Interaction in the Off-Energy-Shell $p - p$ Scattering from the $p + d \to p + p + n$ Reaction

A. Tumino, C. Spitaleri, A. Mukhamedzhanov, G. G. Rapisarda, S. Cherubini, V. Crucillá, Z. Elekes, Z. Fülöp, M. Gulino, G. Gyürky, G. Kiss, M. La Cognata, L. Lamia, F. Mudó, R. G. Pizzone, S. Romano, M. L. Sergi, and E. Somorjai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 252502 (2007) - Published 21 June, 2007

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Electromagnetically Induced Transparency for X Rays

Christian Buth, Robin Santra, and Linda Young

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 253001 (2007) - Published 20 June, 2007

Magnetoelectrostatic Trapping of Ground State OH Molecules

Brian C. Sawyer, Benjamin L. Lev, Eric R. Hudson, Benjamin K. Stuhl, Manuel Lara, John L. Bohn, and Jun Ye

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 253002 (2007) - Published 21 June, 2007

Ultrafast Electronuclear Dynamics of $H_{2}$ Double Ionization

Sébastien Saugout, Christian Cornaggia, Annick Suzor-Weiner, and Eric Charron

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 253003 (2007) - Published 21 June, 2007

Time-Resolved Conformational Dynamics in Hydrocarbon Chains

Michael P. Minitti and Peter M. Weber

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 253004 (2007) - Published 22 June, 2007

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Dirac Equation and Quantum Relativistic Effects in a Single Trapped Ion

L. Lamata, J. León, T. Schätz, and E. Solano

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 253005 (2007) - Published 22 June, 2007

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Doping-Dedoping-Driven Optic Effect of $π$ -Conjugated Polymers Prepared in Cholesteric-Liquid-Crystal Electrolytes

Hiromasa Goto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 253901 (2007) - Published 22 June, 2007

Gain-Assisted Large and Rapidly Responding Kerr Effect using a Room-Temperature Active Raman Gain Medium

L. Deng and M. G. Payne

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 253902 (2007) - Published 22 June, 2007

Sensitive Signal Detection Using a Feed-Forward Oscillator Network

N. J. McCullen, T. Mullin, and M. Golubitsky

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 254101 (2007) - Published 22 June, 2007

Controlled Cavitation in Microfluidic Systems

Ed Zwaan, Séverine Le Gac, Kinko Tsuji, and Claus-Dieter Ohl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 254501 (2007) - Published 19 June, 2007

Self-Sustaining Nonlinear Dynamo Process in Keplerian Shear Flows

F. Rincon, G. I. Ogilvie, and M. R. E. Proctor

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 254502 (2007) - Published 19 June, 2007

Scaling of Dynamic Contact Angles in a Lattice-Boltzmann Model

M. Latva-Kokko and Daniel H. Rothman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 254503 (2007) - Published 19 June, 2007

Polarizability of Helium and Gas Metrology

J. W. Schmidt, R. M. Gavioso, E. F. May, and M. R. Moldover

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 254504 (2007) - Published 21 June, 2007

High-Frequency Nanofluidics: An Experimental Study Using Nanomechanical Resonators

D. M. Karabacak, V. Yakhot, and K. L. Ekinci

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 254505 (2007) - Published 22 June, 2007

Plasma and Beam Physics

Spatially Resolved Surface-Charge Measurement in a Planar Dielectric-Barrier Discharge System

L. Stollenwerk, J. G. Laven, and H.-G. Purwins

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 255001 (2007) - Published 18 June, 2007

Universal Statistical Properties of Drift-Interchange Turbulence in TORPEX Plasmas

B. Labit, I. Furno, A. Fasoli, A. Diallo, S. H. Müller, G. Plyushchev, M. Podestà, and F. M. Poli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 255002 (2007) - Published 20 June, 2007

Direct Observation of Electron-Bernstein Wave Heating by $O − X − B$ -Mode Conversion at Low Magnetic Field in the WEGA Stellarator

Y. Y. Podoba, H. P. Laqua, G. B. Warr, M. Schubert, M. Otte, S. Marsen, F. Wagner, and E. Holzhauer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 255003 (2007) - Published 22 June, 2007

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Growth Mechanism of Nanocrystals in Solution: ZnO, a Case Study

Ranjani Viswanatha, Pralay K. Santra, Chandan Dasgupta, and D. D. Sarma

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 255501 (2007) - Published 20 June, 2007

Discrepancy between Subcritical and Fast Rupture Roughness: A Cumulant Analysis

N. Mallick, P.-P. Cortet, S. Santucci, S. G. Roux, and L. Vanel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 255502 (2007) - Published 20 June, 2007

Low-Temperature Phase Transformations of $PbZ r_{1 - x} T i_{x} O_{3}$ in the Morphotropic Phase-Boundary Region

F. Cordero, F. Craciun, and C. Galassi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 255701 (2007) - Published 21 June, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Compositionally Modulated Ripples Induced by Sputtering of Alloy Surfaces

V. B. Shenoy, W. L. Chan, and E. Chason

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 256101 (2007) - Published 20 June, 2007

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Optimized Effective Potentials in Finite Basis Sets

Tim Heaton-Burgess, Felipe A. Bulat, and Weitao Yang

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 256401 (2007) - Published 20 June, 2007

Dilution Effects in Two-Dimensional Quantum Orbital Systems

Takayoshi Tanaka and Sumio Ishihara

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 256402 (2007) - Published 21 June, 2007

Absence of Conventional Spin-Glass Transition in the Ising Dipolar System ${LiHo}_{x} Y_{1 - x} F_{4}$

P. E. Jönsson, R. Mathieu, W. Wernsdorfer, A. M. Tkachuk, and B. Barbara

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 256403 (2007) - Published 21 June, 2007

Quantum Criticality and Minimal Conductivity in Graphene with Long-Range Disorder

P. M. Ostrovsky, I. V. Gornyi, and A. D. Mirlin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 256801 (2007) - Published 18 June, 2007

Magic Rule for ${Al}_{n} H_{m}$ Magic Clusters

B. Kiran, P. Jena, X. Li, A. Grubisic, S. T. Stokes, G. F. Ganteför, K. H. Bowen, R. Burgert, and H. Schnöckel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 256802 (2007) - Published 20 June, 2007

Electromagnetic-Field-Induced Suppression of Transport through $n − p$ Junctions in Graphene

M. V. Fistul and K. B. Efetov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 256803 (2007) - Published 20 June, 2007

Berry-Phase Blockade in Single-Molecule Magnets

Gabriel González and Michael N. Leuenberger

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 256804 (2007) - Published 20 June, 2007

Equilibrium Topology of the Intermediate State in Type-I Superconductors of Different Shapes

Ruslan Prozorov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 257001 (2007) - Published 21 June, 2007

Uniform Mixing of Antiferromagnetism and High-Temperature Superconductivity in Electron-Doped Layers of Four-Layered ${Ba}_{2} {Ca}_{3} {Cu}_{4} O_{8} F_{2}$ : A New Phenomenon in an Electron Underdoped Regime

S. Shimizu, H. Mukuda, Y. Kitaoka, A. Iyo, Y. Tanaka, Y. Kodama, K. Tokiwa, and T. Watanabe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 257002 (2007) - Published 21 June, 2007

Coherence Times of Dressed States of a Superconducting Qubit under Extreme Driving

C. M. Wilson, T. Duty, F. Persson, M. Sandberg, G. Johansson, and P. Delsing

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 257003 (2007) - Published 22 June, 2007

Effects of Rattling Phonons on the Dynamics of Quasiparticle Excitation in the $β$ -Pyrochlore ${KOs}_{2} O_{6}$ Superconductor

Y. Shimono, T. Shibauchi, Y. Kasahara, T. Kato, K. Hashimoto, Y. Matsuda, J. Yamaura, Y. Nagao, and Z. Hiroi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 257004 (2007) - Published 22 June, 2007

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Erratum: Optimal Estimates of Free Energies from Multistate Nonequilibrium Work Data [Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 100602 (2006)]

Paul Maragakis, Martin Spichty, and Martin Karplus

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 259901 (2007) - Published 18 June, 2007

Erratum: Disorder Induced Localized States in Graphene [Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 036801 (2006)]

Vitor M. Pereira, F. Guinea, J. M. B. Lopes dos Santos, N. M. R. Peres, and A. H. Castro Neto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 259902 (2007) - Published 22 June, 2007

Erratum: Probing Spacetime Foam with Extragalactic Sources [Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 051301 (2006)]

W. A. Christiansen, Y. Jack Ng, and H. van Dam

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 259903 (2007) - Published 22 June, 2007

Volume 98, Issue 25

On the Cover

From the article:

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

LETTERS

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

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Elementary Particles and Fields

Nuclear Physics

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Plasma and Beam Physics

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

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