Volume 48, Issue 13

R. I. R. Blyth, J. J. Joyce, A. J. Arko, P. C. Canfield, A. B. Andrews, Z. Fisk, J. D. Thompson, R. J. Bartlett, P. Riseborough, J. Tang, and J. M. Lawrence

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9497 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Correlation functions of the one-dimensional random-field Ising model at zero temperature

Edward Farhi and Sam Gutmann

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9508 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Cluster diagonalization in systematically expanded Hilbert spaces: Application to models of correlated electrons

José Riera and Elbio Dagotto

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9515 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Determination of the absolute sign of nuclear quadrupole interactions by laser radio-frequency double-resonance experiments

Tilo Blasberg and Dieter Suter

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9524 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Thermodynamic properties of S=1 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chains as Haldane systems

Shoji Yamamoto and Seiji Miyashita

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9528 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Order by disorder in the classical Heisenberg kagomé antiferromagnet

Jan N. Reimers and A. J. Berlinsky

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9539 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Phase diagram of the S=1/2 quantum spin chain with bond alternation

M. Yamanaka, Y. Hatsugai, and M. Kohmoto

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9555 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Electrical-resistivity studies on AuFeCr

S. Radha, A. K. Nigam, and Girish Chandra

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9564 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Spectrum of 180° Bloch-type domain-wall excitations in yttrium iron garnet

A. V. Mikhailov and I. A. Shimokhin

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9569 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Direct observation of electron self-trapping in ${PbCl}_{2}$ crystals

S. V. Nistor, E. Goovaerts, and D. Schoemaker

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9575 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Multiple-polaron description of the wave function of a single hole in Hubbard clusters of the square lattice

E. Louis, G. Chiappe, F. Guinea, J. A. Vergés, and E. V. Anda

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9581 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Microcanonical renormalization-group simulation of Ising systems

Adauto J. F. de Souza and F. G. Brady Moreira

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9586 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Hybridization model for the magnetic-ordering behavior of uranium- and cerium-based 1:2:2 intermetallic compounds

T. Endstra, G. J. Nieuwenhuys, and J. A. Mydosh

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9595 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Amorphous magnetism in iron-boron systems: First-principles real-space tight-binding LMTO study

A. M. Bratkovsky and A. V. Smirnov

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9606 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Boundary and finite-size effects in two-dimensional structure factors at criticality

Per Fröjdh

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9611 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Magnetic phase diagram of the spin-Peierls cuprate ${CuGeO}_{3}$

Masashi Hase, Ichiro Terasaki, Kunimitsu Uchinokura, Masashi Tokunaga, Noboru Miura, and Haruhiko Obara

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9616 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Superconducting phase in ${Nb}_{1 - x}$ ${Ta}_{x}$ ${Se}_{3}$ (0.135<x<0.16)

S. Noma, T. Saito, T. Ekino, J. Akimitsu, and S. Sueno

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9620 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Universal conductivity in the two-dimensional boson Hubbard model

G. G. Batrouni, B. Larson, R. T. Scalettar, J. Tobochnik, and J. Wang

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9628 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Phase-transition temperature in finite systems

Kuangding Peng

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9636 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

X-ray specular-reflectivity study of the liquid-vapor density profile of ${}^{4}{He}$

L. B. Lurio, T. A. Rabedeau, P. S. Pershan, Isaac F. Silvera, M. Deutsch, S. D. Kosowsky, and B. M. Ocko

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9644 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Isochoric pressure and ${}^{3}{He}$ quasiparticle effective mass in a ${}^{3}-^{4}$ He mixture under pressure

Shinichi Yorozu, Hiroshi Fukuyama, and Hidehiko Ishimoto

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9660 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Tilt-wave instability of the flux-line lattice in anisotropic superconductors

Edson Sardella and M. A. Moore

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9664 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Polaron-type theory for the specific heat of ${}^{3}{He}$ in superfluid ${}^{4}{He}$

L. F. Lemmens, J. Witters, F. Brosens, and J. T. Devreese

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9669 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Thermally activated depinning of flux lines from columnar defects

A. Krämer and M. L. Kulić

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9673 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Doping- and pressure-induced change of electrical and magnetic properties in the Mott-Hubbard insulator ${LaTiO}_{3}$

Y. Okada, T. Arima, Y. Tokura, C. Murayama, and N. Mo^ri

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9677 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Optical investigation of room-temperature chain ordering in ${YBa}_{2}$ ${Cu}_{3}$ $O_{7 - δ}$

J. Kircher, M. Cardona, A. Zibold, K. Widder, and H. P. Geserich

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9684 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Bulk superconductivity in both tetragonal and orthorhombic solid solutions of ( ${La}_{1 - x}$ ${Sr}_{x}$ $)_{2}$ ${CuO}_{4 - δ}$

T. Nagano, Y. Tomioka, Y. Nakayama, K. Kishio, and K. Kitazawa

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9689 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Crystal structure, microstructure, surface morphology, and transport properties of ${Er}_{5}$ ${Ba}_{7}$ ${Cu}_{12}$ $O_{y}$ high-temperature-superconductor thin films

K. M. Choudhary, P. Seshadri, J. Bae, M. Black, and A. Lewicki

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9697 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Structural transitions and related fluctuations in ${La}_{1.875 - x}$ ${Sm}_{x}$ ${Sr}_{0.125}$ ${CuO}_{4}$

Y. Koyama, Y. Wakabayashi, S.-I. Nakamura, Y. Inoue, and K. Shinohara

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9710 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Mechanism of nonequilibrium optical response of high-temperature superconductors

A. Frenkel

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9717 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Grain-boundary chemistry and weak-link behavior of polycrystalline ${YBa}_{2}$ ${Cu}_{4}$ $O_{8}$

Z. L. Wang, J. Brynestad, D. M. Kroeger, Y. R. Sun, J. R. Thompson, and R. K. Williams

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9726 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Extrinsic or intrinsic conduction in cuprates: Anisotropy, weak, and strong links

J. Halbritter

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9735 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Magnetic susceptibility in the normal state: A tool to optimize $T_{c}$ within a given superconducting oxide system

C. Allgeier and J. S. Schilling

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9747 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Oxygen intercalation and intergranular coupling in the 110-K ${Bi}_{1.7}$ ${Pb}_{0.3}$ ${Sr}_{1.8}$ ${Ca}_{2}$ ${Cu}_{2.8}$ $O_{9.45 + δ}$ superconductor

Engin Ozdas and Tezer Firat

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9754 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Microwave absorption at low-magnetic-field scanning on small ${YBa}_{2}$ ${Cu}_{3}$ $O_{y}$ particles embedded in a KBr matrix

K. Kawabata, Y. Shono, S. Tsukui, H. Hase, and K. Ishioka

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9763 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Transverse thermomagnetic effects in the mixed state and lower critical field of high- $T_{c}$ superconductors

Mark W. Coffey

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9767 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Elastic properties and anisotropic pinning of the flux-line lattice in single-crystalline ${La}_{1.85}$ ${Sr}_{0.15}$ ${CuO}_{4}$

Tetsuo Hanaguri, Tetsuo Fukase, Isao Tanaka, and Hironao Kojima

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9772 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Thermally activated flux avalanches in single crystals of high- $T_{c}$ superconductors

Zuning Wang and Donglu Shi

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9782 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Superexchange in the cuprates

Henk Eskes and John H. Jefferson

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9788 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

(Bi,M) ${Sr}_{2}$ (R,Ce $)_{n}$ ${Cu}_{2}$ $O_{y}$ (M=Cu,Cd; R=Nd,Gd; n=1, 2, and 3): A family of superconductors that exhibit superconductivity at $T_{c}$ ≃20 K for n=3 with double fluorite blocks and monolayer (Bi,M)O sheets

Chen Xianhui, Ding Zhongfen, Qian Yitai, Chen Zuyao, and Chen Zhaojia

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9799 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Modification of the oxygen-isotope effect in high-temperature superconductors due to transition-metal doping

H. J. Bornemann, D. E. Morris, A. P. B. Sinha, M. R. Chandrachood, and H. B. Liu

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9803 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Anisotropic dielectric function and electronic structure of the infinite-layer compound ( ${Sr}_{1 - x}$ ${Ca}_{x}$ $)_{y}$ ${CuO}_{2}$

Y. Y. Wang, H. Zhang, V. P. Dravid, P. D. Han, and D. A. Payne

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9810 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Electron- and hole-hopping amplitudes in a diatomic molecule. III. p orbitals

J. E. Hirsch

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9815 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

BRIEF REPORTS

Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects, etc.

Number of relevant independent points in x-ray-absorption fine-structure spectra

Edward A. Stern

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9825 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Positron-annihilation characteristics in an electron gas from low to high densities

Henryk Stachowiak and Jerzy Lach

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9828 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Magnetism

Dimer states in the one-dimensional t-J-J’ model

K. Takano and K. Sano

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9831 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Nonlinear response of antiferromagnetic films to radiation at oblique incidence

N. S. Almeida and A. S. Carriço

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9835 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Influence of a dc field on polaritons confined in magnetic wires

N. S. Almeida, G. A. Farias, N. T. Oliveira, and E. F. Vasconcelos

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9839 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Susceptibility of $Y_{2}$ ${Cu}_{2}$ $O_{5}$ $H_{x}$

H. Drulis, J. Klamut, A. J. Zaleski, and R. Horyn

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9843 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

One-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet of arbitrary spin in a strong magnetic field

S. Gluzman

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9847 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Critical-index calculation from Monte Carlo data with use of finite-size scaling and optimization

Yiǧit Gündüç, Okan Tarhan, and Ramazan Sever

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9851 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Collective modes in open systems of nonlinear random waves

Andrés Larraza and Gregory Falkovich

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9855 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Observation of superconductivity in LaRhSb

S. K. Malik, H. Takeya, and K. A. Gschneidner, Jr.

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9858 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Microwave vortex dissipation of superconducting Nd-Ce-Cu-O epitaxial films in high magnetic fields

N.-C. Yeh, U. Kriplani, W. Jiang, D. S. Reed, D. M. Strayer, J. B. Barner, B. D. Hunt, M. C. Foote, R. P. Vasquez, A. Gupta, and A. Kussmaul

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9861 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Josephson interference phenomena above $T_{c}$

Efrat Shimshoni, Paul M. Goldbart, and Nigel Goldenfeld

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9865 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Presence of tri-iodide ions in iodine-intercalated ${IBi}_{2}$ ${Sr}_{2}$ ${CaCu}_{2}$ $O_{8}$ superconductors

Pham V. Huong and A. L. Verma

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9869 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Intergrain flux creep in high- $T_{c}$ superconductors

Jaakko Paasi and Jarl-Thure Eriksson

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9873 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Critical fluctuations in the magnetization of ${Bi}_{2}$ ${Sr}_{2}$ ${CaCu}_{2}$ $O_{8}$ near the $H_{c 2}$ (T) line

Qiang Li, K. Shibutani, M. Suenaga, I. Shigaki, and R. Ogawa

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9877 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

COMMENTS

Comment on ‘‘Critical properties of highly frustrated pyrochlore antiferromagnets’’

A. Mailhot and M. L. Plumer

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9881 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects, etc.

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Stability and crystal structure of BC8 germanium

R. J. Nelmes, M. I. McMahon, N. G. Wright, D. R. Allan, and J. S. Loveday

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9883(R) (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Magnetism

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Phenomenological theory of non-Fermi-liquid heavy-fermion alloys

A. M. Tsvelik and M. Reizer

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9887(R) (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Magnetic coupling of structural microdomains in bcc Fe on Cu(001)

F. Scheurer, R. Allenspach, P. Xhonneux, and E. Courtens

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9890(R) (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Anomalous magnetic anisotropy in ultrathin transition metals

Brad N. Engel, Michael H. Wiedmann, Robert A. Van Leeuwen, and Charles M. Falco

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9894(R) (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

Superfluidity and superconductivity

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Optical conductivity in the t-J model: Slave-boson, large-N technique

Yunkyu Bang and G. Kotliar

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9898(R) (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Triplet superconductive pairing in the lowest Landau level: Comparison of superconductive and charge-density-wave critical temperatures

A. V. Andreev and E. S. Tesse

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9902(R) (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Low-temperature microwave surface impedance of the conventional organic superconductor κ-(BEDT-TTF $)_{2}$ Cu(NCS $)_{2}$

M. Dressel, S. Bruder, G. Grüner, K. D Carlson, H. H. Wang, and J. M. Williams

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9906(R) (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Interplay of superfluidity and phase separation in adsorbed films

M. Schick and O. E. Vilches

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9910(R) (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Pressure-induced nesting in the low-dimensional organic superconductor α-(BEDT-TTF $)_{2}$ ${NH}_{4}$ Hg(SCN $)_{4}$

S. J. Klepper, J. S. Brooks, X. Chen, I. Bradaric, M. Tokumoto, N. Kinoshita, Y. Tanaka, and C. C. Agosta

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9913(R) (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Nature of hysteresis in glass transitions of the first order

V. B. Geshkenbein, L. B. Ioffe, and A. I. Larkin

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9917(R) (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Minimum-energy vortex configurations in anisotropic superconductors

G. Preosti and Paul Muzikar

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9921(R) (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Systematics of transport anisotropy in single-domain ${La}_{2 - x}$ ${Sr}_{x}$ ${CuO}_{4}$ films

H. L. Kao, J. Kwo, H. Takagi, and B. Batlogg

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9925(R) (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Anisotropy of the ion-beam radiation effect in ${YBa}_{2}$ ${Cu}_{3}$ $O_{7 - δ}$ (110) thin films

J. Z. Wu, N. Yu, and W. K. Chu

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9929(R) (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Large critical current density in neutron-irradiated polycrystalline ${HgBa}_{2}$ ${CuO}_{4 + δ}$

J. Schwartz, S. Nakamae, G. W. Raban, Jr., J. K. Heuer, S. Wu, J. L. Wagner, and D. G. Hinks

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9932(R) (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Effect of structure on the electronic density of states of doped lanthanum cuprate

M. R. Norman, G. J. McMullan, D. L. Novikov, and A. J. Freeman

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9935(R) (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Flux-lattice melting in layered superconductors

R. Šášik and D. Stroud

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9938(R) (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

NMR measurement of superconducting-state spin susceptibility in alkali fullerides

V. A. Stenger, C. Recchia, J. Vance, C. H. Pennington, D. R. Buffinger, and R. P. Ziebarth

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9942(R) (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Absence of saturation in the normal-state resistivity of thin films of $K_{3}$ $C_{60}$ and ${Rb}_{3}$ $C_{60}$

A. F. Hebard, T. T. M. Palstra, R. C. Haddon, and R. M. Fleming

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9945(R) (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993

ERRATA

Erratum: Phase transitions in InSb at pressures up to 5 GPa

R. J. Nelmes, M. I. McMahon, P. D. Hatton, J. Crain, and R. O. Piltz

Phys. Rev. B 48, 9949 (1993) - Published 1 October, 1993