Volume 99, Issue 11

14 September 2007

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On the Cover

Wigner function generated by the quantum analogue of the chaotic Duffing oscillator. Blue and green indicate positive and negative values of the function in phase space.

From the article:

Engineering Quantum States of a Nanoresonator via a Simple Auxiliary System
Kurt Jacobs
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 117203 (2007)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Thermodynamic Cost of Reversible Computing

Lev B. Levitin and Tommaso Toffoli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 110502 (2007) - Published 12 September, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Observation of Inertial Energy Cascade in Interplanetary Space Plasma

L. Sorriso-Valvo, R. Marino, V. Carbone, A. Noullez, F. Lepreti, P. Veltri, R. Bruno, B. Bavassano, and E. Pietropaolo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 115001 (2007) - Published 12 September, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Novel Precursors for Boron Nanotubes: The Competition of Two-Center and Three-Center Bonding in Boron Sheets

Hui Tang and Sohrab Ismail-Beigi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 115501 (2007) - Published 10 September, 2007

LETTERS

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

Transition from a Two-Dimensional Superfluid to a One-Dimensional Mott Insulator

Sara Bergkvist, Anders Rosengren, Robert Saers, Emil Lundh, Magnus Rehn, and Anders Kastberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 110401 (2007) - Published 12 September, 2007

Ultracold Heteronuclear Molecules and Ferroelectric Superfluids

M. Iskin and C. A. R. Sá de Melo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 110402 (2007) - Published 13 September, 2007

Nonequilibrium Spin Dynamics in a Trapped Fermi Gas with Effective Spin-Orbit Interactions

Tudor D. Stanescu, Chuanwei Zhang, and Victor Galitski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 110403 (2007) - Published 14 September, 2007

Fermionic Stabilization and Density-Wave Ground State of a Polar Condensate

O. Dutta, R. Kanamoto, and P. Meystre

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 110404 (2007) - Published 14 September, 2007

Dynamics of Excitations in a One-Dimensional Bose Liquid

M. Khodas, M. Pustilnik, A. Kamenev, and L. I. Glazman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 110405 (2007) - Published 14 September, 2007

Revised Value of the Eighth-Order Contribution to the Electron $g - 2$

T. Aoyama, M. Hayakawa, T. Kinoshita, and M. Nio

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 110406 (2007) - Published 14 September, 2007

Quantum Control and Entanglement using Periodic Driving Fields

C. E. Creffield

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 110501 (2007) - Published 12 September, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Thermodynamic Cost of Reversible Computing

Lev B. Levitin and Tommaso Toffoli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 110502 (2007) - Published 12 September, 2007

Experimental Demonstration of Quantum Teleportation of Broadband Squeezing

Hidehiro Yonezawa, Samuel L. Braunstein, and Akira Furusawa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 110503 (2007) - Published 14 September, 2007

Dynamic Critical Behavior of the Worm Algorithm for the Ising Model

Youjin Deng, Timothy M. Garoni, and Alan D. Sokal

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 110601 (2007) - Published 10 September, 2007

Crossover from Superdiffusive to Diffusive Mixing in Plastically Deformed Solids

P. Bellon, R. S. Averback, S. Odunuga, Y. Li, P. Krasnochtchekov, and A. Caro

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 110602 (2007) - Published 12 September, 2007

Observation of Back-Action Noise Cancellation in Interferometric and Weak Force Measurements

T. Caniard, P. Verlot, T. Briant, P.-F. Cohadon, and A. Heidmann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 110801 (2007) - Published 12 September, 2007

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Nonlocal Cosmology

S. Deser and R. P. Woodard

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 111301 (2007) - Published 14 September, 2007

Elementary Particles and Fields

Breakdown of the Narrow Width Approximation for New Physics

D. Berdine, N. Kauer, and D. Rainwater

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 111601 (2007) - Published 13 September, 2007

Charge Densities of the Neutron and Proton

Gerald A. Miller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 112001 (2007) - Published 13 September, 2007

Isospin Mixing in the Nucleon and ${}^{4}{He}$ and the Nucleon Strange Electric Form Factor

M. Viviani, R. Schiavilla, B. Kubis, R. Lewis, L. Girlanda, A. Kievsky, L. E. Marcucci, and S. Rosati

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 112002 (2007) - Published 14 September, 2007

Nuclear Physics

Partonic Flow and $ϕ$ -Meson Production in $Au + Au$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{N N}} = 200 GeV$

B. I. Abelev et al. (STAR Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 112301 (2007) - Published 11 September, 2007

Selective Population and Neutron Decay of an Excited State of ${}^{23}O$

A. Schiller, N. Frank, T. Baumann, D. Bazin, B. A. Brown, J. Brown, P. A. DeYoung, J. E. Finck, A. Gade, J. Hinnefeld, R. Howes, J.-L. Lecouey, B. Luther, W. A. Peters, H. Scheit, M. Thoennessen, and J. A. Tostevin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 112501 (2007) - Published 12 September, 2007

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Testing QED Screening and Two-Loop Contributions with He-Like Ions

H. Bruhns, J. Braun, K. Kubiček, J. R. Crespo López-Urrutia, and J. Ullrich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 113001 (2007) - Published 11 September, 2007

Excitation of a $d$ -Density Wave in an Optical Lattice with Driven Tunneling

A. Hemmerich and C. Morais Smith

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 113002 (2007) - Published 13 September, 2007

Robust Population Transfer by Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage in a $\Pr^{3 +} : Y_{2} {SiO}_{5}$ Crystal

Jens Klein, Fabian Beil, and Thomas Halfmann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 113003 (2007) - Published 14 September, 2007

One-Dimensional Rydberg Gas in a Magnetoelectric Trap

Michael Mayle, Bernd Hezel, Igor Lesanovsky, and Peter Schmelcher

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 113004 (2007) - Published 14 September, 2007

Alignment of a Molecular Anion via a Shape Resonance in Near-Threshold Photodetachment

Zhou Lu and Robert E. Continetti

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 113005 (2007) - Published 14 September, 2007

“Stückelberg Interferometry” with Ultracold Molecules

M. Mark, T. Kraemer, P. Waldburger, J. Herbig, C. Chin, H.-C. Nägerl, and R. Grimm

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 113201 (2007) - Published 11 September, 2007

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Information Content of High Harmonics Generated from Aligned Molecules

S. Ramakrishna and Tamar Seideman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 113901 (2007) - Published 10 September, 2007

Optical Bistability in a Nonlinear Optical Coupler with a Negative Index Channel

Natalia M. Litchinitser, Ildar R. Gabitov, and Andrei I. Maimistov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 113902 (2007) - Published 11 September, 2007

Ideal Cylindrical Cloak: Perfect but Sensitive to Tiny Perturbations

Zhichao Ruan, Min Yan, Curtis W. Neff, and Min Qiu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 113903 (2007) - Published 14 September, 2007

Walls Inhibit Chaotic Mixing

E. Gouillart, N. Kuncio, O. Dauchot, B. Dubrulle, S. Roux, and J.-L. Thiffeault

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 114501 (2007) - Published 10 September, 2007

Cavity Ripples Observed during the Impact of Solid Objects into Liquids

Torben Grumstrup, Joseph B. Keller, and Andrew Belmonte

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 114502 (2007) - Published 12 September, 2007

Thermal Noise Influences Fluid Flow in Thin Films during Spinodal Dewetting

R. Fetzer, M. Rauscher, R. Seemann, K. Jacobs, and K. Mecke

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 114503 (2007) - Published 13 September, 2007

Reynolds Number Invariance of the Structure Inclination Angle in Wall Turbulence

Ivan Marusic and Weston D. C. Heuer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 114504 (2007) - Published 14 September, 2007

Plasma and Beam Physics

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Observation of Inertial Energy Cascade in Interplanetary Space Plasma

L. Sorriso-Valvo, R. Marino, V. Carbone, A. Noullez, F. Lepreti, P. Veltri, R. Bruno, B. Bavassano, and E. Pietropaolo

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 115001 (2007) - Published 12 September, 2007

Formation and Relaxation of Two-Dimensional Vortex Crystals in a Magnetized Pure-Electron Plasma

Y. Kiwamoto, N. Hashizume, Y. Soga, J. Aoki, and Y. Kawai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 115002 (2007) - Published 12 September, 2007

Polarization of $He α$ Radiation due to Anisotropy of Fast-Electron Transport in Ultraintense-Laser-Produced Plasmas

Tohru Kawamura, Takeshi Kai, Fumihiro Koike, Shinobu Nakazaki, Yuichi Inubushi, and Hiroaki Nishimura

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 115003 (2007) - Published 13 September, 2007

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Novel Precursors for Boron Nanotubes: The Competition of Two-Center and Three-Center Bonding in Boron Sheets

Hui Tang and Sohrab Ismail-Beigi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 115501 (2007) - Published 10 September, 2007

Graph Partitioning Induced Phase Transitions

Gerald Paul, Reuven Cohen, Sameet Sreenivasan, Shlomo Havlin, and H. Eugene Stanley

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 115701 (2007) - Published 10 September, 2007

Relationship between Self-Association of Glycine Molecules in Supersaturated Solutions and Solid State Outcome

Deniz Erdemir, Soma Chattopadhyay, Liang Guo, Jan Ilavsky, Heinz Amenitsch, Carlo U. Segre, and Allan S. Myerson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 115702 (2007) - Published 13 September, 2007

Surfactant-Mediated Growth Revisited

H. L. Meyerheim, D. Sander, R. Popescu, W. Pan, I. Popa, and J. Kirschner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 116101 (2007) - Published 11 September, 2007

Controlled Self-Organization of Atom Vacancies in Monatomic Gallium Layers

P. C. Snijders, E. J. Moon, C. González, S. Rogge, J. Ortega, F. Flores, and H. H. Weitering

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 116102 (2007) - Published 14 September, 2007

Controlling Pattern Formation in Nanoparticle Assemblies via Directed Solvent Dewetting

Christopher P. Martin, Matthew O. Blunt, Emmanuelle Pauliac-Vaujour, Andrew Stannard, Philip Moriarty, Ioan Vancea, and Uwe Thiele

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 116103 (2007) - Published 14 September, 2007

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Coherent Structural Dynamics and Electronic Correlations during an Ultrafast Insulator-to-Metal Phase Transition in ${VO}_{2}$

C. Kübler, H. Ehrke, R. Huber, R. Lopez, A. Halabica, R. F. Haglund, Jr., and A. Leitenstorfer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 116401 (2007) - Published 13 September, 2007

Exotic Superconducting Properties in the Electron-Hole-Compensated Heavy-Fermion “Semimetal” ${URu}_{2} {Si}_{2}$

Y. Kasahara, T. Iwasawa, H. Shishido, T. Shibauchi, K. Behnia, Y. Haga, T. D. Matsuda, Y. Onuki, M. Sigrist, and Y. Matsuda

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 116402 (2007) - Published 14 September, 2007

$Z_{2}$ Topological Term, the Global Anomaly, and the Two-Dimensional Symplectic Symmetry Class of Anderson Localization

Shinsei Ryu, Christopher Mudry, Hideaki Obuse, and Akira Furusaki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 116601 (2007) - Published 11 September, 2007

Universal Distribution Functions in Two-Dimensional Localized Systems

A. M. Somoza, M. Ortuño, and J. Prior

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 116602 (2007) - Published 11 September, 2007

Zero-Differential Resistance State of Two-Dimensional Electron Systems in Strong Magnetic Fields

A. A. Bykov, Jing-qiao Zhang, Sergey Vitkalov, A. K. Kalagin, and A. K. Bakarov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 116801 (2007) - Published 10 September, 2007

Diluted Graphene Antiferromagnet

L. Brey, H. A. Fertig, and S. Das Sarma

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 116802 (2007) - Published 12 September, 2007

Weak Localization in Ferromagnetic (Ga,Mn)As Nanostructures

D. Neumaier, K. Wagner, S. Geißler, U. Wurstbauer, J. Sadowski, W. Wegscheider, and D. Weiss

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 116803 (2007) - Published 13 September, 2007

Gate-Tuned High Frequency Response of Carbon Nanotube Josephson Junctions

J.-P. Cleuziou, W. Wernsdorfer, S. Andergassen, S. Florens, V. Bouchiat, Th. Ondarçuhu, and M. Monthioux

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 117001 (2007) - Published 11 September, 2007

Divergence at Low Bias and Down-Mixing of the Current Noise in a Diffusive Superconductor–Normal-Metal–Superconductor Junction

E. Lhotel, O. Coupiac, F. Lefloch, H. Courtois, and M. Sanquer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 117002 (2007) - Published 12 September, 2007

Interplay of Superconductivity and Rattling Phenomena in $β$ -Pyrochlore ${KOs}_{2} O_{6}$ Studied by Photoemission Spectroscopy

T. Shimojima, Y. Shibata, K. Ishizaka, T. Kiss, A. Chainani, T. Yokoya, T. Togashi, X.-Y. Wang, C. T. Chen, S. Watanabe, J. Yamaura, S. Yonezawa, Y. Muraoka, Z. Hiroi, T. Saitoh, and S. Shin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 117003 (2007) - Published 13 September, 2007

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

ERRATA

Erratum: Shear Zones and Wall Slip in the Capillary Flow of Concentrated Colloidal Suspensions [Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 198305 (2007)]

Lucio Isa, Rut Besseling, and Wilson C. K. Poon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 119901 (2007) - Published 13 September, 2007