Volume 99, Issue 9

31 August 2007

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On the Cover

Top and side view of a bundle of hexagonally ordered semiflexible biopolymers, twisted by the chirality of the polymers. The torsional elastic energy grows with the bundle radius, providing an intrinsic limit on the size of biopolymer bundles.

From the article:

Chirality and Equilibrium Biopolymer Bundles
Gregory M. Grason and Robijn F. Bruinsma
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 098101 (2007)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Physisorption of Positronium on Quartz Surfaces

R. Saniz, B. Barbiellini, P. M. Platzman, and A. J. Freeman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 096101 (2007) - Published 27 August, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Tomographic rf Spectroscopy of a Trapped Fermi Gas at Unitarity

Y. Shin, C. H. Schunck, A. Schirotzek, and W. Ketterle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 090403 (2007) - Published 31 August, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Giant Viscosity Enhancement in a Spin-Polarized Fermi Liquid

H. Akimoto, J. S. Xia, D. Candela, W. J. Mullin, E. D. Adams, and N. S. Sullivan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 095301 (2007) - Published 31 August, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Nuclear Forward Scattering for High Energy Mössbauer Transitions

I. Sergueev, A. I. Chumakov, T. H. Deschaux Beaume-Dang, R. Rüffer, C. Strohm, and U. van Bürck

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 097601 (2007) - Published 31 August, 2007

LETTERS

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

Topological Phases for Composite Particles with Dynamic Properties

S. A. R. Horsley and M. Babiker

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 090401 (2007) - Published 30 August, 2007

Spectrum and Dynamics of the BCS-BEC Crossover from a Few-Body Perspective

Javier von Stecher and Chris H. Greene

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 090402 (2007) - Published 31 August, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Tomographic rf Spectroscopy of a Trapped Fermi Gas at Unitarity

Y. Shin, C. H. Schunck, A. Schirotzek, and W. Ketterle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 090403 (2007) - Published 31 August, 2007

Survival Probabilities in Coherent Exciton Transfer with Trapping

Oliver Mülken, Alexander Blumen, Thomas Amthor, Christian Giese, Markus Reetz-Lamour, and Matthias Weidemüller

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 090601 (2007) - Published 27 August, 2007

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Molecular Magnetic Dichroism in Spectra of White Dwarfs

S. V. Berdyugina, A. V. Berdyugin, and V. Piirola

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 091101 (2007) - Published 28 August, 2007

Limits on Interactions between Weakly Interacting Massive Particles and Nucleons Obtained with CsI(Tl) Crystal Detectors

H. S. Lee et al. (KIMS Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 091301 (2007) - Published 28 August, 2007

Nuclear Physics

Transverse Beam Spin Asymmetries in Forward-Angle Elastic Electron-Proton Scattering

D. S. Armstrong et al. (G0 Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 092301 (2007) - Published 29 August, 2007

Ab Initio Study of ${}^{40}{Ca}$ with an Importance-Truncated No-Core Shell Model

R. Roth and P. Navrátil

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 092501 (2007) - Published 29 August, 2007

Microscopic Description of Nuclear Quantum Phase Transitions

T. Nikšić, D. Vretenar, G. A. Lalazissis, and P. Ring

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 092502 (2007) - Published 30 August, 2007

High-Energy-Resolution Inelastic Electron and Proton Scattering and the Multiphonon Nature of Mixed-Symmetry $2^{+}$ States in ${}^{94}{Mo}$

O. Burda, N. Botha, J. Carter, R. W. Fearick, S. V. Förtsch, C. Fransen, H. Fujita, J. D. Holt, M. Kuhar, A. Lenhardt, P. von Neumann-Cosel, R. Neveling, N. Pietralla, V. Yu. Ponomarev, A. Richter, O. Scholten, E. Sideras-Haddad, F. D. Smit, and J. Wambach

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 092503 (2007) - Published 31 August, 2007

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Numerical Observation of the Rescattering Wave Packet in Laser-Atom Interactions

X. M. Tong, S. Watahiki, K. Hino, and N. Toshima

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 093001 (2007) - Published 28 August, 2007

Selective Alignment of Molecular Spin Isomers

Sharly Fleischer, Ilya Sh. Averbukh, and Yehiam Prior

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 093002 (2007) - Published 31 August, 2007

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Theory of Ground State Cooling of a Mechanical Oscillator Using Dynamical Backaction

I. Wilson-Rae, N. Nooshi, W. Zwerger, and T. J. Kippenberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 093901 (2007) - Published 28 August, 2007

Quantum Theory of Cavity-Assisted Sideband Cooling of Mechanical Motion

Florian Marquardt, Joe P. Chen, A. A. Clerk, and S. M. Girvin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 093902 (2007) - Published 28 August, 2007

Mitigating Heat Dissipation in Raman Lasers Using Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering

Nathalie Vermeulen, Christof Debaes, Peter Muys, and Hugo Thienpont

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 093903 (2007) - Published 28 August, 2007

Metamaterial with Simultaneously Negative Bulk Modulus and Mass Density

Yiqun Ding, Zhengyou Liu, Chunyin Qiu, and Jing Shi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 093904 (2007) - Published 30 August, 2007

Mesoscopic Phase Statistics of Diffuse Ultrasound in Dynamic Matter

M. L. Cowan, D. Anache-Ménier, W. K. Hildebrand, J. H. Page, and B. A. van Tiggelen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 094301 (2007) - Published 28 August, 2007

Resonant Chaotic Mixing in a Cellular Flow

Dmitri L. Vainchtein, John Widloski, and Roman O. Grigoriev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 094501 (2007) - Published 27 August, 2007

Dripping to Jetting Transitions in Coflowing Liquid Streams

Andrew S. Utada, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Howard A. Stone, and David A. Weitz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 094502 (2007) - Published 28 August, 2007

How Insulating Particles Increase the Conductivity of a Suspension

N. Pannacci, L. Lobry, and E. Lemaire

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 094503 (2007) - Published 31 August, 2007

Order Parameter Modeling of Fluid Dynamics in Narrow Confinements Subjected to Hydrophobic Interactions

Suman Chakraborty

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 094504 (2007) - Published 31 August, 2007

Plasma and Beam Physics

Enhanced Confinement and Quasi-Single-Helicity Regimes Induced by Poloidal Current Drive

D. Terranova, A. Alfier, F. Bonomo, P. Franz, P. Innocente, and R. Pasqualotto

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 095001 (2007) - Published 29 August, 2007

Highly Resolved Self-Excited Density Waves in a Complex Plasma

M. Schwabe, M. Rubin-Zuzic, S. Zhdanov, H. M. Thomas, and G. E. Morfill

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 095002 (2007) - Published 30 August, 2007

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Giant Viscosity Enhancement in a Spin-Polarized Fermi Liquid

H. Akimoto, J. S. Xia, D. Candela, W. J. Mullin, E. D. Adams, and N. S. Sullivan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 095301 (2007) - Published 31 August, 2007

Correlation of Atomic Cluster Symmetry and Glass-Forming Ability of Metallic Glass

Xue kui Xi, Li long Li, Bo Zhang, Wei hua Wang, and Yue Wu

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 095501 (2007) - Published 29 August, 2007

Quantum Critical Scaling of the Geometric Tensors

Lorenzo Campos Venuti and Paolo Zanardi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 095701 (2007) - Published 30 August, 2007

Mean-Field Versus Microconvection Effects in Nanofluid Thermal Conduction

Jacob Eapen, Wesley C. Williams, Jacopo Buongiorno, Lin-wen Hu, Sidney Yip, Roberto Rusconi, and Roberto Piazza

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 095901 (2007) - Published 28 August, 2007

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Physisorption of Positronium on Quartz Surfaces

R. Saniz, B. Barbiellini, P. M. Platzman, and A. J. Freeman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 096101 (2007) - Published 27 August, 2007

Electronic Structure of MgO-Supported Au Clusters: Quantum Dots Probed by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Michael Walter, Pentti Frondelius, Karoliina Honkala, and Hannu Häkkinen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 096102 (2007) - Published 28 August, 2007

Spontaneous Domain Switching during Phase Separation of Pb on Ge(111)

Y. Sato, S. Chiang, and N. C. Bartelt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 096103 (2007) - Published 29 August, 2007

Partially Wetting Thin Liquid Films: Structure and Dynamics Studied with Coherent X Rays

C. Gutt, M. Sprung, R. Fendt, A. Madsen, S. K. Sinha, and M. Tolan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 096104 (2007) - Published 31 August, 2007

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Nonlinear Interactions between Electromagnetic Waves and Electron Plasma Oscillations in Quantum Plasmas

P. K. Shukla and B. Eliasson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 096401 (2007) - Published 30 August, 2007

Coulomb Blockade of Anyons in Quantum Antidots

Dmitri V. Averin and James A. Nesteroff

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 096801 (2007) - Published 27 August, 2007

Polarization of a Charge Qubit Strongly Coupled to a Voltage-Driven Quantum Point Contact

I. Snyman and Y. V. Nazarov

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 096802 (2007) - Published 31 August, 2007

Counterflow of Electrons in Two Isolated Quantum Point Contacts

V. S. Khrapai, S. Ludwig, J. P. Kotthaus, H. P. Tranitz, and W. Wegscheider

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 096803 (2007) - Published 31 August, 2007

Large Nuclear Overhauser Fields Detected in Vertically Coupled Double Quantum Dots

Jonathan Baugh, Yosuke Kitamura, Keiji Ono, and Seigo Tarucha

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 096804 (2007) - Published 31 August, 2007

Evidence for Gapped Spin-Wave Excitations in the Frustrated ${Gd}_{2} {Sn}_{2} O_{7}$ Pyrochlore Antiferromagnet from Low-Temperature Specific Heat Measurements

J. A. Quilliam, K. A. Ross, A. G. Del Maestro, M. J. P. Gingras, L. R. Corruccini, and J. B. Kycia

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 097201 (2007) - Published 27 August, 2007

Spin Hamiltonian for which the Chiral Spin Liquid is the Exact Ground State

Darrell F. Schroeter, Eliot Kapit, Ronny Thomale, and Martin Greiter

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 097202 (2007) - Published 29 August, 2007

Modes of Periodic Domain Wall Motion in Ultrathin Ferromagnetic Layers

W. Kleemann, J. Rhensius, O. Petracic, J. Ferré, J. P. Jamet, and H. Bernas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 097203 (2007) - Published 29 August, 2007

Universal Alternating Order around Impurities in Antiferromagnets

Sebastian Eggert, Olav F. Syljuåsen, Fabrizio Anfuso, and Markus Andres

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 097204 (2007) - Published 31 August, 2007

Thermally Assisted Current-Driven Bistable Precessional Regimes in Asymmetric Spin Valves

M. Gmitra and J. Barnaś

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 097205 (2007) - Published 31 August, 2007

Effects of Cu Dilution in IrMn on the Exchange Bias of $CoFe / IrMn$ Bilayers

Marian Fecioru-Morariu, Syed Rizwan Ali, Cristian Papusoi, Martin Sperlich, and Gernot Güntherodt

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 097206 (2007) - Published 31 August, 2007

Fast Spin State Initialization in a Singly Charged InAs-GaAs Quantum Dot by Optical Cooling

Xiaodong Xu, Yanwen Wu, Bo Sun, Qiong Huang, Jun Cheng, D. G. Steel, A. S. Bracker, D. Gammon, C. Emary, and L. J. Sham

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 097401 (2007) - Published 28 August, 2007

Selective Optical Control of Electron Spin Coherence in Singly Charged $GaAs − {Al}_{0.3} {Ga}_{0.7} As$ Quantum Dots

Yanwen Wu, Erik D. Kim, Xiaodong Xu, Jun Cheng, D. G. Steel, A. S. Bracker, D. Gammon, Sophia E. Economou, and L. J. Sham

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 097402 (2007) - Published 29 August, 2007

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Nuclear Forward Scattering for High Energy Mössbauer Transitions

I. Sergueev, A. I. Chumakov, T. H. Deschaux Beaume-Dang, R. Rüffer, C. Strohm, and U. van Bürck

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 097601 (2007) - Published 31 August, 2007

Soft Matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary Physics

ERRATA

Erratum: Thermal Effects on Domain Wall Depinning from a Single Notch [Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 267202 (2007)]

E. Martinez, L. Lopez-Diaz, O. Alejos, L. Torres, and C. Tristan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 099901 (2007) - Published 29 August, 2007

Publisher’s Note: Novel Coexistence of Superconductivity with Two Distinct Magnetic Orders [Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 217002 (2005)]

A. Llobet, A. D. Christianson, Wei Bao, J. S. Gardner, I. P. Swainson, J. W. Lynn, J.-M. Mignot, K. Prokes, P. G. Pagliuso, N. O. Moreno, J. L. Sarrao, J. D. Thompson, and A. H. Lacerda

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 099902 (2007) - Published 30 August, 2007

Volume 99, Issue 9

On the Cover

From the article:

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

LETTERS

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

Gravitation and Astrophysics

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

COMMENTS

ERRATA