Volume 48, Issue 17

M. Weber, A. Amato, F. N. Gygax, A. Schenck, H. Maletta, V. N. Duginov, V. G. Grebinnik, A. B. Lazarev, V. G. Olshevsky, V. Yu. Pomjakushin, S. N. Shilov, V. A. Zhukov, B. F. Kirillov, A. V. Pirogov, A. N. Ponomarev, V. G. Storchak, S. Kapusta, and J. Bock

Phys. Rev. B 48, 13022 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

BRIEF REPORTS

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

Crystal structure of the cinnabar phase of HgTe

N. G. Wright, M. I. McMahon, R. J. Nelmes, and A. San-Miguel

Phys. Rev. B 48, 13111 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Ab initio molecular dynamics for open-shell transition metals

G. Kresse and J. Hafner

Phys. Rev. B 48, 13115 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Computer simulation of medium-range order in amorphous transition-metal–metalloid alloys

Ch. Hausleitner, J. Hafner, and Ch. Becker

Phys. Rev. B 48, 13119 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Magnetism

Magnetic circular dichroism observed by photoemission on the 2p lines of iron films under an applied field

C. Boeglin, E. Beaurepaire, V. Schorsch, B. Carrière, K. Hricovini, and G. Krill

Phys. Rev. B 48, 13123 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Dependence of the critical temperature and energy gap of superconductors on a singularity in the density of states

S. Takács

Phys. Rev. B 48, 13127 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Resonance excitation of superconducting bound states in a tunnel junction by an electromagnetic field: Nonlinear response of the Josephson current

V. S. Shumeiko, G. Wendin, and E. N. Bratus’

Phys. Rev. B 48, 13129 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

COMMENTS

Comment on ‘‘Ground-state phase diagram of the spin-1/2 ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic alternating Heisenberg chain with anisotropy’’

Kiyomi Okamoto and Dai Nishino

Phys. Rev. B 48, 13149 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Velocity of coherent and incoherent electromagnetic waves in a dense strongly scattering medium

Yasuo Kuga, Akira Ishimaru, and Daniel Rice

Phys. Rev. B 48, 13155(R) (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Approximant phase of an icosahedral quasicrystal in a boron-carbon semiconducting system

M. Takeda, K. Kimura, A. Hori, H. Yamashita, and H. Ino

Phys. Rev. B 48, 13159(R) (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Dynamics, dynamical systems, lattice effects, quantum solids, etc.

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Radiative decay of polaron-excitons in poly(phenylene vinylene)

F. X. Bronold, A. Saxena, and A. R. Bishop

Phys. Rev. B 48, 13162(R) (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Spectral properties of small-polaron systems

Julius Ranninger

Phys. Rev. B 48, 13166(R) (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Magnetism

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Spin stiffness in frustrated antiferromagnets

B. W. Southern and A. P. Young

Phys. Rev. B 48, 13170(R) (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Random-exchange disorder in the spin-1/2 XXZ chain

Stephan Haas, Jose Riera, and Elbio Dagotto

Phys. Rev. B 48, 13174(R) (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Superfluidity and superconductivity

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Generalized inversion scheme for the determination of activation energies from flux-creep experiments in high- $T_{c}$ superconductors

H. G. Schnack, R. Griessen, J. G. Lensink, and Wen Hai-Hu

Phys. Rev. B 48, 13178(R) (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Evidence for the revival of superconductivity in ${Nd}_{1.82}$ ${Ce}_{0.18}$ ${CuO}_{4 - δ}$ by doping with divalent alkaline-earth elements

Okram G. Singh, Om Prakash, B. D. Padalia, and Anant V. Narlikar

Phys. Rev. B 48, 13182(R) (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Temperature dependence of the in-plane penetration depth of ${YBa}_{2}$ ${Cu}_{3}$ $O_{6.95}$ and ${YBa}_{2}$ ( ${Cu}_{0.9985}$ ${Zn}_{0.0015}$ $)_{3}$ $O_{6.95}$ crystals from T to $T^{2}$

D. Achkir, M. Poirier, D. A. Bonn, Ruixing Liang, and W. N. Hardy

Phys. Rev. B 48, 13184(R) (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Flux-front motion parallel to ${CuO}_{2}$ planes in ${YBa}_{2}$ ${Cu}_{3}$ $O_{7 - δ}$ observed with a scanning Hall probe

D. A. Brawner, N. P. Ong, and Z. Z. Wang

Phys. Rev. B 48, 13188(R) (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Effect of transport currents on the critical state of ${YBa}_{2}$ ${Cu}_{3}$ $O_{7 - δ}$ thin films

M. Darwin, J. Deak, L. Hou, M. McElfresh, E. Zeldov, John R. Clem, and M. Indenbom

Phys. Rev. B 48, 13192(R) (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

ERRATA

Erratum: Variational study of a simple model for bipolarons

C. F. Lo and R. Sollie

Phys. Rev. B 48, 13196 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993