Volume 99, Issue 6

10 August 2007

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On the Cover

Pattern formed by polystyrene grains injected into a polystyrene granular monolayer. Patterns go from rounded to fingered as the ratio of injected grain size to monolayer grain size increases. Here is 1:1.

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Granular Fingers on Jammed Systems: New Fluidlike Patterns Arising in Grain-Grain Invasion Experiments
S. F. Pinto, M. S. Couto, A. P. F. Atman, S. G. Alves, A. T. Bernardes, H. F. V. de Resende, and E. C. Souza
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 068001 (2007)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Speckle Evolution of Diffusive and Localized Waves

Sheng Zhang, Bing Hu, Patrick Sebbah, and Azriel Z. Genack

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 063902 (2007) - Published 6 August, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Universal Nature of Particle Displacements close to Glass and Jamming Transitions

Pinaki Chaudhuri, Ludovic Berthier, and Walter Kob

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 060604 (2007) - Published 10 August, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Resonance State in ${}^{7}H$

M. Caamaño, D. Cortina-Gil, W. Mittig, H. Savajols, M. Chartier, C. E. Demonchy, B. Fernández, M. B. Gómez Hornillos, A. Gillibert, B. Jurado, O. Kiselev, R. Lemmon, A. Obertelli, F. Rejmund, M. Rejmund, P. Roussel-Chomaz, and R. Wolski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 062502 (2007) - Published 9 August, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Superconductivity on the Border of Weak Itinerant Ferromagnetism in UCoGe

N. T. Huy, A. Gasparini, D. E. de Nijs, Y. Huang, J. C. P. Klaasse, T. Gortenmulder, A. de Visser, A. Hamann, T. Görlach, and H. v. Löhneysen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 067006 (2007) - Published 10 August, 2007

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Washboard Road: The Dynamics of Granular Ripples Formed by Rolling Wheels

Nicolas Taberlet, Stephen W. Morris, and Jim N. McElwaine

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 068003 (2007) - Published 10 August, 2007

LETTERS

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

Quantizing Ulam’s Control Conjecture

M. Gruebele and P. G. Wolynes

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 060201 (2007) - Published 6 August, 2007

Qubit Teleportation and Transfer across Antiferromagnetic Spin Chains

L. Campos Venuti, C. Degli Esposti Boschi, and M. Roncaglia

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 060401 (2007) - Published 6 August, 2007

Using Time-Reversal Symmetry for Sensitive Incoherent Matter-Wave Sagnac Interferometry

Y. Japha, O. Arzouan, Y. Avishai, and R. Folman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 060402 (2007) - Published 8 August, 2007

Activation Barrier Scaling and Crossover for Noise-Induced Switching in Micromechanical Parametric Oscillators

H. B. Chan and C. Stambaugh

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 060601 (2007) - Published 6 August, 2007

Expansion of a Bose-Einstein Condensate in the Presence of Disorder

Boris Shapiro

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 060602 (2007) - Published 6 August, 2007

Statistics of the Number of Zero Crossings: From Random Polynomials to the Diffusion Equation

Grégory Schehr and Satya N. Majumdar

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 060603 (2007) - Published 7 August, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Universal Nature of Particle Displacements close to Glass and Jamming Transitions

Pinaki Chaudhuri, Ludovic Berthier, and Walter Kob

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 060604 (2007) - Published 10 August, 2007

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Black Hole Constraints on Varying Fundamental Constants

Jane H. MacGibbon

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 061301 (2007) - Published 10 August, 2007

Elementary Particles and Fields

Search for Third-Generation Scalar Leptoquarks in $p \bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV$

V. M. Abazov et al. (D0 Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 061801 (2007) - Published 6 August, 2007

Production and Decay of $Ω_{c}^{0}$

B. Aubert et al. (The BABAR Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 062001 (2007) - Published 6 August, 2007

Photoproduction of Positive-Parity Excited Baryons in the $1 / N_{c}$ Expansion of QCD

J. L. Goity and N. N. Scoccola

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 062002 (2007) - Published 8 August, 2007

Nuclear Physics

New Beyond-Mean-Field Theories: Examination of the Potential Shell Closures at $N = 32$ or 34

Tomás R. Rodríguez and J. Luis Egido

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 062501 (2007) - Published 6 August, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Resonance State in ${}^{7}H$

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 062502 (2007) - Published 9 August, 2007

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Trapping of Neutral Rubidium with a Macroscopic Three-Phase Electric Trap

T. Rieger, P. Windpassinger, S. A. Rangwala, G. Rempe, and P. W. H. Pinkse

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 063001 (2007) - Published 6 August, 2007

Argon Physisorption as Structural Probe for Endohedrally Doped Silicon Clusters

Ewald Janssens, Philipp Gruene, Gerard Meijer, Ludger Wöste, Peter Lievens, and André Fielicke

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 063401 (2007) - Published 9 August, 2007

Atom Detection and Photon Production in a Scalable, Open, Optical Microcavity

M. Trupke, J. Goldwin, B. Darquié, G. Dutier, S. Eriksson, J. Ashmore, and E. A. Hinds

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 063601 (2007) - Published 8 August, 2007

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Anisotropically and High Entanglement of Biphoton States Generated in Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion

M. V. Fedorov, M. A. Efremov, P. A. Volkov, E. V. Moreva, S. S. Straupe, and S. P. Kulik

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 063901 (2007) - Published 6 August, 2007

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Speckle Evolution of Diffusive and Localized Waves

Sheng Zhang, Bing Hu, Patrick Sebbah, and Azriel Z. Genack

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 063902 (2007) - Published 6 August, 2007

Electromagnetic Wave Interactions with a Metamaterial Cloak

Hongsheng Chen, Bae-Ian Wu, Baile Zhang, and Jin Au Kong

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 063903 (2007) - Published 6 August, 2007

Dramatic Enhancement of Optical-Field-Ionization Collisional-Excitation X-Ray Lasing by an Optically Preformed Plasma Waveguide

M.-C. Chou, P.-H. Lin, C.-A. Lin, J.-Y. Lin, J. Wang, and S.-Y. Chen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 063904 (2007) - Published 7 August, 2007

Periodic Oscillations in Transmission Decay of Anderson Localized One-Dimensional Dielectric Systems

Mher Ghulinyan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 063905 (2007) - Published 8 August, 2007

Resonant Behavior and Selective Switching of Stop Bands in Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals with Inhomogeneous Components

A. V. Baryshev, A. B. Khanikaev, M. Inoue, P. B. Lim, A. V. Sel’kin, G. Yushin, and M. F. Limonov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 063906 (2007) - Published 8 August, 2007

Signal Amplification and Control in Optical Cavities with Off-Axis Feedback

Roberta Zambrini and Francesco Papoff

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 063907 (2007) - Published 9 August, 2007

Manipulating Electromagnetic Wave Polarizations by Anisotropic Metamaterials

Jiaming Hao, Yu Yuan, Lixin Ran, Tao Jiang, Jin Au Kong, C. T. Chan, and Lei Zhou

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 063908 (2007) - Published 10 August, 2007

Inferring Phase Equations from Multivariate Time Series

Isao T. Tokuda, Swati Jain, István Z. Kiss, and John L. Hudson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 064101 (2007) - Published 8 August, 2007

Single-Oscillation Two-Dimensional Solitons of Magnetic Polaritons

H. Leblond and M. Manna

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 064102 (2007) - Published 8 August, 2007

Line Soliton Interactions of the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili Equation

Gino Biondini

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 064103 (2007) - Published 10 August, 2007

Resonant Excitation and Nonlinear Evolution of Waves in the Equatorial Waveguide in the Presence of the Mean Current

G. Reznik and V. Zeitlin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 064501 (2007) - Published 6 August, 2007

Experimental Analysis of the Stratorotational Instability in a Cylindrical Couette Flow

M. Le Bars and P. Le Gal

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 064502 (2007) - Published 8 August, 2007

Plasma and Beam Physics

Effect of Neoclassical Toroidal Viscosity on Error-Field Penetration Thresholds in Tokamak Plasmas

A. J. Cole, C. C. Hegna, and J. D. Callen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 065001 (2007) - Published 7 August, 2007

Photon Bubbles and Ion Acceleration in a Plasma Dominated by the Radiation Pressure of an Electromagnetic Pulse

F. Pegoraro and S. V. Bulanov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 065002 (2007) - Published 8 August, 2007

Gyrocenter Shift of Low-Temperature Plasmas and the Retrograde Motion of Cathode Spots in Arc Discharges

K. C. Lee

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 065003 (2007) - Published 10 August, 2007

Prolate-Spheroid (“Rugby-Shaped”) Hohlraum for Inertial Confinement Fusion

M. Vandenboomgaerde, J. Bastian, A. Casner, D. Galmiche, J.-P. Jadaud, S. Laffite, S. Liberatore, G. Malinie, and F. Philippe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 065004 (2007) - Published 10 August, 2007

Change of Zonal Flow Spectra in the JIPP T-IIU Tokamak Plasmas

Y. Hamada, T. Watari, O. Yamagishi, A. Nishizawa, K. Narihara, Y. Kawasumi, T. Ido, M. Kojima, and K. Toi (the JIPP T-IIU Group)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 065005 (2007) - Published 10 August, 2007

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Gels and Glasses in a Single System: Evidence for an Intricate Free-Energy Landscape of Glassy Materials

Sara Jabbari-Farouji, Gerard H. Wegdam, and Daniel Bonn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 065701 (2007) - Published 9 August, 2007

Phase Diagram of Molecular Oxygen Adsorption on the (111) Platinum Surface

Xiao-Gang Wang and Galen B. Fisher

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 066101 (2007) - Published 6 August, 2007

Influence of Temperature on the Interaction between Pd Clusters and the ${TiO}_{2}$ (110) Surface

M. A. San-Miguel, J. Oviedo, and J. F. Sanz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 066102 (2007) - Published 6 August, 2007

Phonons at the Fe(110) Surface

T. Ślęzak, J. Łażewski, S. Stankov, K. Parlinski, R. Reitinger, M. Rennhofer, R. Rüffer, B. Sepiol, M. Ślęzak, N. Spiridis, M. Zając, A. I. Chumakov, and J. Korecki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 066103 (2007) - Published 7 August, 2007

Charge Regulation as a Stabilization Mechanism for Shell-Like Assemblies of Polyoxometalates

Aletta A. Verhoeff, Melissa L. Kistler, Anish Bhatt, Joe Pigga, Jan Groenewold, Mark Klokkenburg, Sandra Veen, Soumyajit Roy, Tianbo Liu, and Willem K. Kegel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 066104 (2007) - Published 8 August, 2007

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Non-Abelian Anyon Superconductivity

Waheb Bishara and Chetan Nayak

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 066401 (2007) - Published 7 August, 2007

Detection of Finite-Frequency Current Moments with a Dissipative Resonant Circuit

A. Zazunov, M. Creux, E. Paladino, A. Crépieux, and T. Martin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 066601 (2007) - Published 6 August, 2007

Electron Transport in Nanogranular Ferromagnets

I. S. Beloborodov, A. Glatz, and V. M. Vinokur

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 066602 (2007) - Published 6 August, 2007

Thermal Spin-Transfer Torque in Magnetoelectronic Devices

Moosa Hatami, Gerrit E. W. Bauer, Qinfang Zhang, and Paul J. Kelly

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 066603 (2007) - Published 7 August, 2007

Absence of Skew Scattering in Two-Dimensional Systems: Testing the Origins of the Anomalous Hall Effect

Mario Borunda, Tamara S. Nunner, Thomas Lück, N. A. Sinitsyn, Carsten Timm, J. Wunderlich, T. Jungwirth, A. H. MacDonald, and Jairo Sinova

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 066604 (2007) - Published 10 August, 2007

Evolution of Transport Regimes in Carbon Nanotube Quantum Dots

A. Makarovski, J. Liu, and G. Finkelstein

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 066801 (2007) - Published 7 August, 2007

Role of the Trigonal Warping on the Minimal Conductivity of Bilayer Graphene

József Cserti, András Csordás, and Gyula Dávid

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 066802 (2007) - Published 8 August, 2007

Mach-Zehnder Interferometer in the Fractional Quantum Hall Regime

Vadim V. Ponomarenko and Dmitri V. Averin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 066803 (2007) - Published 10 August, 2007

Tunneling Magnetoresistance on the Subnanometer Scale

Christian Heiliger, Martin Gradhand, Peter Zahn, and Ingrid Mertig

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 066804 (2007) - Published 10 August, 2007

Surface-Plasmon-Polariton Assisted Diffraction in Periodic Subwavelength Holes of Metal Films with Reduced Interplane Coupling

Xu Fang, Zhiyuan Li, Yongbing Long, Hongxiang Wei, Rongjuan Liu, Jiyun Ma, M. Kamran, Huaying Zhao, Xiufeng Han, Bairu Zhao, and Xianggang Qiu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 066805 (2007) - Published 10 August, 2007

Two-Dimensional Superconducting Fluctuations in Stripe-Ordered ${La}_{1.875} {Ba}_{0.125} {CuO}_{4}$

Q. Li, M. Hücker, G. D. Gu, A. M. Tsvelik, and J. M. Tranquada

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 067001 (2007) - Published 6 August, 2007

Persistence of High-Frequency Spin Fluctuations in Overdoped Superconducting ${La}_{2 - x} {Sr}_{x} {CuO}_{4}$ ( $x = 0.22$ )

O. J. Lipscombe, S. M. Hayden, B. Vignolle, D. F. McMorrow, and T. G. Perring

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 067002 (2007) - Published 8 August, 2007

Theory of the Quantum Critical Fluctuations in Cuprate Superconductors

Vivek Aji and C. M. Varma

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 067003 (2007) - Published 9 August, 2007

Proposed Design of a Josephson Diode

Jiangping Hu, Congjun Wu, and Xi Dai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 067004 (2007) - Published 9 August, 2007

Conductance Spectroscopy of Spin-Triplet Superconductors

Yasuhiro Asano, Yukio Tanaka, Alexander A. Golubov, and Satoshi Kashiwaya

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 067005 (2007) - Published 10 August, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Superconductivity on the Border of Weak Itinerant Ferromagnetism in UCoGe

N. T. Huy, A. Gasparini, D. E. de Nijs, Y. Huang, J. C. P. Klaasse, T. Gortenmulder, A. de Visser, A. Hamann, T. Görlach, and H. v. Löhneysen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 067006 (2007) - Published 10 August, 2007

New Andreev-Type States in Superconducting Nanowires

A. A. Shanenko, M. D. Croitoru, R. G. Mints, and F. M. Peeters

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 067007 (2007) - Published 10 August, 2007

Crossover from Josephson to Multiple Andreev Reflection Currents in Atomic Contacts

M. Chauvin, P. vom Stein, D. Esteve, C. Urbina, J. C. Cuevas, and A. Levy Yeyati

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 067008 (2007) - Published 10 August, 2007

Origin of the Training Effect and Asymmetry of the Magnetization in Polycrystalline Exchange Bias Systems

Steven Brems, Kristiaan Temst, and Chris Van Haesendonck

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 067201 (2007) - Published 9 August, 2007

Observing Spin Polarization of Individual Magnetic Adatoms

Y. Yayon, V. W. Brar, L. Senapati, S. C. Erwin, and M. F. Crommie

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 067202 (2007) - Published 10 August, 2007

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Volume 99, Issue 6

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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