Volume 56, Issue 22

1 December 1997

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

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

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Picosecond ir hole-burning spectroscopy on HDO ice $Ih$

G. Seifert, K. Weidlich, and H. Graener

Phys. Rev. B 56, R14231(R) (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Persistent spectral hole burning of sol-gel-derived ${Eu}^{3 +} -$ doped ${SiO}_{2}$ glass

Masayuki Nogami and Tomokatsu Hayakawa

Phys. Rev. B 56, R14235(R) (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Magnetism

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Antiferromagnetic heavy-fermion and Kondo-insulating states with compensated magnetic moments

Roman Doradziński and Jozef Spałek

Phys. Rev. B 56, R14239(R) (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Spin and orbital excitation spectrum in the Kugel-Khomskii model

G. Khaliullin and V. Oudovenko

Phys. Rev. B 56, R14243(R) (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

One-dimensional $t - J$ model with next-nearest-neighbor hopping: Breakdown of the Luttinger liquid

R. Eder and Y. Ohta

Phys. Rev. B 56, R14247(R) (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Universality class of integer quantum spin chains: S=2 case study

Shaojin Qin, Xiaoqun Wang, and Lu Yu

Phys. Rev. B 56, R14251(R) (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Pressure-induced ferro- to antiferromagnetic transition in a purely organic compound, β-phase para-nitrophenyl nitronyl nitroxide

Masaki Mito, Tatsuya Kawae, Masaharu Takumi, Kiyofumi Nagata, Masafumi Tamura, Minoru Kinoshita, and Kazuyoshi Takeda

Phys. Rev. B 56, R14255(R) (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Relativistic spin-polarized theory of magnetoelastic coupling and magnetic anisotropy strain dependence: Application to Co/Cu(001)

A. B. Shick, D. L. Novikov, and A. J. Freeman

Phys. Rev. B 56, R14259(R) (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Optical exploration of the magnetic field versus temperature phase diagram of ${CuGeO}_{3}$

V. C. Long, J. L. Musfeldt, T. Schmiedel, A. Revcolevschi, and G. Dhalenne

Phys. Rev. B 56, R14263(R) (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Magnetic resonance effect in x-ray resonant Raman scattering

T. Iwazumi, K. Kobayashi, S. Kishimoto, T. Nakamura, S. Nanao, D. Ohsawa, R. Katano, and Y. Isozumi

Phys. Rev. B 56, R14267(R) (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Superfluidity and superconductivity

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Quantum evaporation from superfluid $^{4} He$ : Normal incidence

M. B. Sobnack and J. C. Inkson

Phys. Rev. B 56, R14271(R) (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Far-infrared reflectivity along the $c$ axis in ${La}_{2} {CuO}_{4 + δ},$ ${La}_{1.89} {Ca}_{1.11} {Cu}_{2} O_{6 + δ},$ and ${Nd}_{2} {CuO}_{4 - x} F_{x}$ single crystals

H. Shibata and T. Yamada

Phys. Rev. B 56, R14275(R) (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Breakdown of Migdal’s theorem and intensity of electron-phonon coupling in high- $T_{c}$ superconductors

G. A. Ummarino and R. S. Gonnelli

Phys. Rev. B 56, R14279(R) (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

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Possibility of periodically reentrant superconductivity in ferromagnet/superconductor layered structures

M. G. Khusainov and Yu. N. Proshin

Phys. Rev. B 56, R14283(R) (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Enhancement of the $d_{x^{2} - y^{2}}$ pairing correlation in the two-dimensional Hubbard model: A quantum Monte Carlo study

Kazuhiko Kuroki and Hideo Aoki

Phys. Rev. B 56, R14287(R) (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Current-induced vortex motion and the vortex-glass transition in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{y}$ films

T. Nojima, A. Kakinuma, and Y. Kuwasawa

Phys. Rev. B 56, R14291(R) (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Disorder-driven intermediate state in the lattice melting transition of ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8 + δ}$ single crystals

A. Oral, J. C. Barnard, S. J. Bending, S. Ooi, H. Taoka, T. Tamegai, and M. Henini

Phys. Rev. B 56, R14295(R) (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Origin of the variation of $T_{c}$ with superconducting layer thickness and separation in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - x} / {PrBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7}$ superlattices

R. G. Goodrich, P. W. Adams, D. H. Lowndes, and D. P. Norton

Phys. Rev. B 56, R14299(R) (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

ARTICLES

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

Survey of elemental specificity in positron annihilation peak shapes

U. Myler and P. J. Simpson

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14303 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Modulated electron emission: The effect of elastic and inelastic electrons on core-level ionization

A. di Bona, G. C. Gazzadi, A. Borghi, and S. Valeri

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14310 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Neutron-diffraction studies of amorphous ${CN}_{x}$ materials

J. K. Walters, M. Kühn, C. Spaeth, H. Fischer, F. Richter, and R. J. Newport

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14315 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Structure characteristics of nanocrystalline element selenium with different grain sizes

Y. H. Zhao, K. Zhang, and K. Lu

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14322 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Grain-size dependence of thermal properties of nanocrystalline elemental selenium studied by x-ray diffraction

Y. H. Zhao and K. Lu

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14330 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Phase transformation of BeS and equation-of-state studies to 96 GPa

C. Narayana, V. J. Nesamony, and A. L. Ruoff

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14338 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Determination of microscopic parameters for nonresonant energy-transfer processes in rare-earth-doped crystals

L. V. G. Tarelho, L. Gomes, and I. M. Ranieri

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14344 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Magnetically induced decomposition in Co-Cr thin-film and bulk alloys

Astrid Pundt and Carsten Michaelsen

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14352 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Premartensitic phenomena in the ferro- and paramagnetic phases of ${Ni}_{2} MnGa$

U. Stuhr, P. Vorderwisch, V. V. Kokorin, and P.-A. Lindgård

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14360 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Conductivity and magnetoresistance of a periodic composite by network discretization

K. D. Fisher and D. Stroud

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14366 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Order-disorder phase-transformation kinetics in $p$ -chloronitrobenzene studied by nuclear quadrupole resonance

Carlos A. Meriles, Silvina C. Pérez, Clemar Schurrer, and Aldo H. Brunetti

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14374 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

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

Free-energy derivatives and structure optimization within quasiharmonic lattice dynamics

M. B. Taylor, G. D. Barrera, N. L. Allan, and T. H. K. Barron

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14380 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Nonradiative energy transfer from the impurity ion into the host lattice for ${Cr}^{4 +}$ -doped forsterite laser crystal

V. A. Kremerman, M. Lax, S. G. Demos, Dana M. Calistru, and R. R. Alfano

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14391 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Raman spectra of isotopic GaN

J. M. Zhang, T. Ruf, M. Cardona, O. Ambacher, M. Stutzmann, J.-M. Wagner, and F. Bechstedt

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14399 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Stabilization of nonlinear excitations by disorder

P. L. Christiansen, Yu. B. Gaididei, M. Johansson, K. Ø. Rasmussen, D. Usero, and L. Vázquez

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14407 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Quantum lattice fluctuations in the ground state of an $XY$ spin-Peierls chain

H. Zheng

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14414 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Coupling constants with vibrations and the $10 D q$ parameter for ${Cr}^{3 +}$ in fluorides: Microscopic analysis

M. Moreno, J. A. Aramburu, and M. T. Barriuso

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14423 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Magnetism

Stability of a three-dimensional cubic fixed point in the two-coupling-constant $φ^{4}$ theory

H. Kleinert, S. Thoms, and V. Schulte-Frohlinde

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14428 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Bond operator theory of isotropic spin-1 antiferromagnetic chains

Han-Ting Wang, Jue-Lian Shen, and Zhao-Bin Su

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14435 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Magnetic excitations in quasi-two-dimensional spin-Peierls systems

Wolfram Brenig

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14441 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Stability of the Haldane phase in anisotropic magnetic ladders

Örs Legeza and Jenö Sólyom

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14449 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Two-dimensional quantum Heisenberg antiferromagnet: Effective-Hamiltonian approach to the thermodynamics

Alessandro Cuccoli, Valerio Tognetti, Ruggero Vaia, and Paola Verrucchi

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14456 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Correlated-electron theory of strongly anisotropic metamagnets

K. Held, M. Ulmke, N. Blümer, and D. Vollhardt

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14469 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Electrical resistance and magnetic properties of the neptunium monopnictides NpAs, NpSb, and NpBi at high pressures

V. Ichas, S. Zwirner, D. Braithwaite, J. C. Spirlet, J. Rebizant, and W. Potzel

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14481 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Specific heat of heavy-fermion ${URu}_{2} {Si}_{2}$ in high magnetic fields

N. H. van Dijk, F. Bourdarot, J. C. P. Klaasse, I. H. Hagmusa, E. Brück, and A. A. Menovsky

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14493 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Magnetic excitations and structural change in the $S = \frac{1}{2}$ quasi-one-dimensional magnet ${Sr}_{14 - x} Y_{x} {Cu}_{24} O_{41}$ $(0 <~ x <~ 1)$

M. Matsuda, K. Katsumata, T. Osafune, N. Motoyama, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, T. Yokoo, S. M. Shapiro, G. Shirane, and J. L. Zarestky

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14499 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Non-Fermi-liquid, magnetic, and Kondo behavior in the heavy-fermion system $U_{2} {Cu}_{17 - x} {Al}_{x}$ $(5 <~ x <~ 10)$

R. Pietri, B. Andraka, R. Troć, and V. H. Tran

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14505 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Quantum Monte Carlo in the interaction representation: Application to a spin-Peierls model

A. W. Sandvik, R. R. P. Singh, and D. K. Campbell

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14510 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Single-cluster algorithm for the site-bond-correlated Ising model

P. R. A. Campos and R. N. Onody

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14529 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Intermediate-valence model for the colossal magnetoresistance in ${Tl}_{2} {Mn}_{2} O_{7}$

C. I. Ventura and B. Alascio

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14533 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

High pressures and ferromagnetic order in ${EuB}_{6}$

J. C. Cooley, M. C. Aronson, J. L. Sarrao, and Z. Fisk

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14541 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Spin-disorder-scattering-induced spectral-weight transfer and pseudogap in doped perovskite ${LaMnO}_{3}$

Min Zhuang, Weiyi Zhang, and Naiben Ming

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14547 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Nonmonotonic field dependence of the zero-field cooled magnetization peak in some systems of magnetic nanoparticles

R. Sappey, E. Vincent, N. Hadacek, F. Chaput, J. P. Boilot, and D. Zins

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14551 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Magnetic properties of $(m - {MPYNN}^{+}) [{Mn}_{12} O_{12} (O_{2} CPh)_{16} (H_{2} O)_{4}]^{-}$ : Enhancement of magnetic relaxation in the ${Mn}_{12}$ cluster caused by the organic radical

Keiji Takeda and Kunio Awaga

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14560 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Tunneling giant magnetoresistance in heterogeneous ${F e - S i O}_{2}$ granular films

S. Honda, T. Okada, M. Nawate, and M. Tokumoto

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14566 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Conductance and giant magnetoconductance of $Co | Cu | Co$ spin valves: Experiment and theory

W. H. Butler, X.-G. Zhang, T. C. Schulthess, D. M. C. Nicholson, J. M. MacLaren, V. S. Speriosu, and B. A. Gurney

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14574 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Conductivity jumps at transitions from the antiferromagnetic to the ferromagnetic state

E. L. Nagaev

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14583 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Spin dynamics in ${Sr}_{14} {Cu}_{24} O_{41}$ from $^{63} Cu$ NQR-NMR and susceptibility measurements

P. Carretta, S. Aldrovandi, R. Sala, P. Ghigna, and A. Lascialfari

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14587 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Scaling and chaos in periodic approximations to the two-dimensional Ising spin glass

David A. Huse and Lee-Fen Ko

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14597 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Giant magnetoresistance in $Au$ Fe alloys: Evidence for the progressive unblocking of superparamagnetic particles

J. Xu, B. J. Hickey, M. A. Howson, D. Greig, R. Cochrane, S. Mahon, Claire Achilleos, and Nathan Wiser

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14602 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Numerical study of the incommensurate phase in spin-Peierls systems

A. E. Feiguin, J. A. Riera, A. Dobry, and H. A. Ceccatto

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14607 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Quantum effects in the single-particle kinetic energy of high-density fluid $^{4} He$

F. Albergamo, M. Nardone, and A. Filabozzi

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14614 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Condensate and final-state effects in superfluid $^{4} He$

R. T. Azuah, W. G. Stirling, H. R. Glyde, M. Boninsegni, P. E. Sokol, and S. M. Bennington

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14620 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Collective modes in supersolid $^{4} He$

M. J. Bijlsma and H. T. C. Stoof

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14631 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Electronic spin resonance of a weakly interacting Bose gas

Weiping Zhang and Guo-Qiang Liu

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14645 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Local pairing at $U$ impurities in BCS superconductors can enhance $T_{c}$

Ivar Martin and Philip Phillips

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14650 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Lightly doped $t - J$ three-leg ladders: An analog for the underdoped cuprates

T. M. Rice, Stephan Haas, Manfred Sigrist, and Fu-Chun Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14655 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Fluctuation magnetoconductance in $R {Ni}_{2} B_{2} C$ ( $R = Y$ and Lu) single crystals

Mi-Ock Mun, Sung-Ik Lee, and W. C. Lee

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14668 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Current-voltage characteristics of diluted Josephson-junction arrays: Scaling behavior at current and percolation threshold

Enzo Granato and Daniel Domínguez

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14671 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Tunneling and resonant tunneling of fluxons in a long Josephson junction

Alexander Shnirman, Eshel Ben-Jacob, and Boris Malomed

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14677 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Dynamical mass of a quantum vortex in a Josephson junction array

U. Eckern, G. Luciano, and A. Tagliacozzo

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14686 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Coherence in the quasiparticle scattering by the vortex lattice in pure type-II superconductors

V. N. Zhuravlev, T. Maniv, I. D. Vagner, and P. Wyder

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14693 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

BCS theory of superconductivity in a pseudofullerene system: The case of the isohexaiminocryptand molecular solid

A. Devos and M. Lannoo

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14703 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Cluster approach to the three-band Hubbard model of the Cu-O plane: Superconducting pairs

Michele Cini and Adalberto Balzarotti

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14711 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Pb substitution in the ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8 + δ}$ high- $T_{c}$ superconductor: Cation overdoping

C. Kendziora, S. B. Qadri, and E. Skelton

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14717 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Microwave response and surface impedance of weak links

J. McDonald and John R. Clem

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14723 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Gaussian time-dependent variational principle for bosons: Contact interaction in one dimension

Arthur K. Kerman and Paolo Tommasini

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14733 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Quantum corrections to the ground state of a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate

Eric Braaten and Agustin Nieto

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14745 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Investigation of $A_{1 g}$ phonons in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7}$ by means of linearized-augmented-plane-wave atomic-force calculations

Robert Kouba and Claudia Ambrosch-Draxl

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14766 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Unusual antiferromagnetic state in the dimerized phase in ${CuGe}_{1 - x} {Si}_{x} O_{3}$ studied by lattice distortion

M. Sera, K. Yamamoto, M. Hiroi, N. Kobayashi, O. Fujita, A. Ogiwara, and J. Akimitsu

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14771 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Ground state of a double-layer charged Bose system

R. K. Moudgil, P. K. Ahluwalia, and K. N. Pathak

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14776 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Universality of glass scaling in a ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$ thin film

Katerina Moloni, Mark Friesen, Shi Li, Victor Souw, P. Metcalf, and M. McElfresh

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14784 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Establishment of strongly overdoped states in the ${HgBa}_{2} {Ca}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{8 + δ}$ superconductor

K. Fujinami, T. Ito, H. Suematsu, K. Matsuura, M. Karppinen, and H. Yamauchi

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14790 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Inelastic light scattering at high-energy excitations in doped cuprate superconductors

M. Rübhausen, C. T. Rieck, N. Dieckmann, K.-O. Subke, A. Bock, and U. Merkt

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14797 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Increased density of the in-plane and out-of-plane doping holes in the superconducting state of ${HgBa}_{2} {Ca}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{y}$

B. R. Sekhar, F. Studer, K. B. Garg, Y. Moriwaki, C. Gasser, and K. Tanabe

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14809 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Fluctuation conductivity and microscopic granularity in Bi-based high-temperature superconductors

A. R. Jurelo, J. V. Kunzler, J. Schaf, P. Pureur, and J. Rosenblatt

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14815 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Conductance oscillation of a mesoscopic normal metal spanning unconventional and conventional superconductors

Junren Shi, Jinming Dong, D. Y. Xing, and Z. D. Wang

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14822 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Pancake-antipancake gas in layered superconductors

A. Yu. Martynovich and A. N. Artemov

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14827 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997

Theoretical study of pressure and temperature variations of the electric-field gradients in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{4} O_{8}$

C. O. Rodriguez, G. Fabricius, M. G. Stachiotti, and N. E. Christensen

Phys. Rev. B 56, 14833 (1997) - Published 1 December, 1997