Volume 56, Issue 6

1 August 1997

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

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

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Temperature-induced neutral-ionic transition in 2-chloro-5-methyl- $p$ -phenylenediamine-2,5-dimethyl-dicyanoquinonediimine

Shinya Aoki and Toshio Nakayama

Phys. Rev. B 56, R2893(R) (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Reversible loading of epitaxial Y(00.1) films with hydrogen

A. Remhof, G. Song, K. Theis-Bröhl, and H. Zabel

Phys. Rev. B 56, R2897(R) (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Experimental evidence of nonactivated creep in ${P b (Z r}_{x} {Ti}_{1 - x}) O_{3}$ ceramics at low temperatures

E. Pérez-Enciso, N. Agraït, and S. Vieira

Phys. Rev. B 56, R2900(R) (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Effect of dipoles on carrier drift and diffusion of molecularly doped polymers

Akiko Hirao and Hideyuki Nishizawa

Phys. Rev. B 56, R2904(R) (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

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

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Stepwise quantum decay of self-localized solitons

V. Hizhnyakov and D. Nevedrov

Phys. Rev. B 56, R2908(R) (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Magnetism

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Soliton width in the incommensurate phase of spin-Peierls systems

Ariel Dobry and José A. Riera

Phys. Rev. B 56, R2912(R) (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Magnetic and transport properties of single-crystal ${Ca}_{2} {RuO}_{4} :$ Relationship to superconducting ${Sr}_{2} {RuO}_{4}$

G. Cao, S. McCall, M. Shepard, J. E. Crow, and R. P. Guertin

Phys. Rev. B 56, R2916(R) (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

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Dynamics of disordered heavy-fermion systems

A. Chattopadhyay and M. Jarrell

Phys. Rev. B 56, R2920(R) (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

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Origin of the polar Kerr effect in PtMnSb and NiMnSb

J. van Ek and J. M. Maclaren

Phys. Rev. B 56, R2924(R) (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Superfluidity and superconductivity

RAPID COMMUNICATION

High-temperature series expansions with cyclic exchanges on a triangular lattice: Application to two-dimensional solid $^{3}$ He

M. Roger

Phys. Rev. B 56, R2928(R) (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

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Coherent diffusive transport mediated by Andreev reflections at $V = Δ / e$ in a mesoscopic superconductor/semiconductor/superconductor junction

J. Kutchinsky, R. Taboryski, O. Kuhn, C. B. Sørensen, P. E. Lindelof, A. Kristensen, J. Bindslev Hansen, C. Schelde Jacobsen, and J. L. Skov

Phys. Rev. B 56, R2932(R) (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Evidence for a vortex-lattice melting transition in an organic superconductor

L. Fruchter, A. Aburto, and C. Pham-Phu

Phys. Rev. B 56, R2936(R) (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

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Screening of the $B_{1 g}$ Raman response in $d$ -wave superconductors

D. Manske, C. T. Rieck, R. Das Sharma, A. Bock, and D. Fay

Phys. Rev. B 56, R2940(R) (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Pinning and the intrinsic magnetic-field dependence of the mixed-state Hall conductivity in amorphous ${Mo}_{3} Si$ and ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$

A. W. Smith, T. W. Clinton, Wu Liu, C. C. Tsuei, A. Pique, Qi Li, and C. J. Lobb

Phys. Rev. B 56, R2944(R) (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Anomalous hysteresis in the Josephson plasma resonance of ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCuO}_{8 + δ}$ for fields close to alignment with the $ab$ plane

Ophelia K. C. Tsui, Sibel P. Bayrakci, N. P. Ong, K. Kishio, and S. Watauchi

Phys. Rev. B 56, R2948(R) (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

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Normal-state magnetic susceptibility in a bilayer cuprate

W. C. Wu, B. W. Statt, Ya-Wei Hsueh, and J. P. Carbotte

Phys. Rev. B 56, R2952(R) (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

ARTICLES

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

Melting and dynamics of two-dimensional Coulomb systems in the presence of a magnetic field

Girija S. Dubey and Godfrey Gumbs

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2957 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Ab initio molecular-dynamics study of pressure-induced glass-to-crystal transitions in the sodium system

Masaru I. Aoki and Kazuo Tsumuraya

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2962 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Crystallography of a two-dimensional binary crystal with local distortions

D. A. Dimitrov, A. R. Bishop, and S. D. Conradson

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2969 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Simulations of the atomic structure, energetics, and cross slip of screw dislocations in copper

T. Rasmussen, K. W. Jacobsen, T. Leffers, and O. B. Pedersen

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2977 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Shear elasticity of RbCN and related mixed crystals

A. Binder, K. Knorr, and F. Luty

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2991 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Mechanisms of membrane rupture: From cracks to pores

Zicong Zhou and Béla Joós

Phys. Rev. B 56, 2997 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Universal-binding-energy relations across the rock-salt–cesium chloride phase transition in alkali halides

A. Martín Pendás, J. M. Recio, E. Francisco, and V. Luaña

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3010 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Influence of the glass transition on the secondary relaxation of an epoxy resin

R. Casalini, D. Fioretto, A. Livi, M. Lucchesi, and P. A. Rolla

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3016 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Optical studies of ${Cr}^{3 +}$ in ${KMgF}_{3} :$ Time-resolved site-selective spectroscopy and experimental evidence of spin-orbit coupling

M. Mortier, Q. Wang, J. Y. Buzaré, M. Rousseau, and B. Piriou

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3022 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Thermal formation of atomic vacancies in ${Ni}_{3} Al$

K. Badura-Gergen and H.-E. Schaefer

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3032 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Two-photon absorption spectroscopy of ${Cm}^{3 +}$ in ${LuPO}_{4}$

K. M. Murdoch, A. D. Nguyen, N. M. Edelstein, S. Hubert, and J. C. Ga⁁con

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3038 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

In situ studies of morphology, strain, and growth modes of a molecular organic thin film

P. Fenter, F. Schreiber, L. Zhou, P. Eisenberger, and S. R. Forrest

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3046 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Ab initio molecular-dynamics study of liquid ${GeSe}_{2}$

Mark Cobb and D. A. Drabold

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3054 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

UV irradiation-induced defect study of ${GeO}_{2} {- S i O}_{2}$ glasses by Raman spectroscopy

F. X. Liu, J. Y. Qian, X. L. Wang, L. Liu, and H. Ming

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3066 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Electronic structure and transport properties of decagonal Al-Cu-Co alloys

M. Krajčí, J. Hafner, and M. Mihalkovič

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3072 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Metal-insulator transition in highly conducting oriented polymers

N. Dupuis

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3086 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Dissociation and thermodynamics of dense fluid hydrogen

Alex Bunker, Stefan Nagel, Ronald Redmer, and Gerd Röpke

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3094 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

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

Structural and nonstructural factors in fast ion conduction in ${Ag}_{2} {SO}_{4}$ at high pressure

Richard A. Secco and Etalo A. Secco

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3099 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Polaron and bipolaron formation in a cubic perovskite lattice

Vladimir N. Kostur and Philip B. Allen

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3105 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Four-membered silicate rings: Vibrational analysis of ${BaCuSi}_{2} O_{6}$ and implications for glass structure

David A. McKeown and Michael I. Bell

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3114 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Isotope dependencies of Raman spectra of $B_{12} {As}_{2},$ $B_{12} P_{2},$ $B_{12} O_{2},$ and $B_{12 + x} C_{3 - x} :$ Bonding of intericosahedral chains

T. L. Aselage, D. R. Tallant, and D. Emin

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3122 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Decay of metastable states: Sharp transition from quantum to classical behavior

D. A. Gorokhov and G. Blatter

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3130 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Magnetism

Competition between Kondo effect and RKKY interactions in heavy-fermion systems: Transport properties

Sanjeev Kumar, P. K. Ahluwalia, and K. C. Sharma

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3140 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Competition between Kondo effect and RKKY interactions in heavy-fermion systems: Specific heat

Ashwani Kumar, P. K. Ahluwalia, S. Kumar, and K. C. Sharma

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3145 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Exact ground and excited states of frustrated antiferromagnets on the ${CaV}_{4} O_{9}$ lattice

Indrani Bose and Asimkumar Ghosh

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3149 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Cohesive energy, local magnetic properties, and Curie temperature of Fe $_{3}$ B studied using the self-consistent LMTO method

Yong Kong and Fashen Li

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3153 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Magnetic phases near the Van Hove singularity in $s$ - and $d$ -band Hubbard models

Marcus Fleck, Andrzej M. Oleś, and Lars Hedin

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3159 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Weak disorder in the two-dimensional $XY$ dipole ferromagnet

D. E. Feldman

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3167 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Spin-Peierls and antiferromagnetic phases in Cu $_{1 - x}$ Zn $_{x}$ GeO $_{3}$ : A neutron-scattering study

Michael C. Martin, M. Hase, K. Hirota, G. Shirane, Y. Sasago, N. Koide, and K. Uchinokura

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3173 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Long-wavelength anomalous diffusion mode in the two-dimensional $XY$ dipole magnet

Ar. Abanov, A. Kashuba, and V. L. Pokrovsky

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3181 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Low-field remanent magnetization in ${Rb}_{2} {FeCl}_{5} \cdot H_{2}$ O and in its site-diluted solid solutions ${Rb}_{2} {Fe}_{1 - x} {In}_{x} {Cl}_{5} \cdot H_{2}$ O $(x = 0.04$ , 0.08, 0.15, and 0.35)

Fernando Palacio, Mercedes Gabás, Javier Campo, Carlos C. Becerra, Armando Paduan-Filho, and Vagner B. Barbeta

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3196 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Hysteresis and relaxation behavior in diluted $A_{2} {Fe}_{1 - x} {In}_{x} {Cl}_{5} \cdot H_{2} O$ $(A =$ K,Rb)

C. C. Becerra, V. B. Barbeta, A. Paduan-Filho, F. Palacio, J. Campo, and M. Gabás

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3204 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Magnetization process of the spin- $\frac{1}{2}$ $XXZ$ models on square and cubic lattices

Masanori Kohno and Minoru Takahashi

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3212 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

First-principles calculation of the exchange interaction and the exchange force between magnetic Fe films

Kohji Nakamura, Hideo Hasegawa, Tamio Oguchi, Kazuhisa Sueoka, Kazunobu Hayakawa, and Koichi Mukasa

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3218 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Noncollinear alignment of the surface and bulk magnetic moment in localized ferromagnets

A. P. Popov and D. P. Pappas

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3222 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Spin-singlet ground state with energy gaps in ${Cu}_{2} {PO}_{4}$ : Neutron-scattering, magnetic-susceptibility, and ESR measurements

Masashi Hase, Kristen M. S. Etheredge, Shiou-Jyh Hwu, Kazuma Hirota, and Gen Shirane

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3231 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Magnetic-Compton-scattering study of spin moments in ${UFe}_{2}$

P. K. Lawson, M. J. Cooper, M. A. G. Dixon, D. N. Timms, E. Zukowski, F. Itoh, and H. Sakurai

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3239 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Magnetic circular dichroism in 5 $p$ photoemission from Gd and Tb metal

G. van der Laan, E. Arenholz, E. Navas, Z. Hu, E. Mentz, A. Bauer, and G. Kaindl

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3244 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Ferromagnetism of Anderson localized electrons: Application to cluster compounds

Subhalakshmi Lamba, Ashok K. Rastogi, and Deepak Kumar

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3251 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Magnetostatic interactions and magnetization reversal in ferromagnetic wires

A. O. Adeyeye, J. A. C. Bland, C. Daboo, and D. G. Hasko

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3265 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Correlation of the magnetic properties with structure and morphology in ultrathin Fe films grown on Cu(311)

B.-Ch. Choi, S. Fölsch, M. Farle, and K.-H. Rieder

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3271 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Quantum-well-induced ferromagnetism in thin films

A. M. N. Niklasson, S. Mirbt, H. L. Skriver, and B. Johansson

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3276 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Magnetic susceptibility of EuTe/PbTe Heisenberg antiferromagnetic superlattices: Experimental and theoretical studies

Lorenzo Bergomi and James J. Chen

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3281 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Structural studies of ${Ni}_{x} {Fe}_{100 - x} / Mo$ magnetic multilayers by x-ray small-angle reflection and high-angle diffraction

G. M. Luo, M. L. Yan, Z. H. Mai, W. Y. Lai, and Y. T. Wang

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3290 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Charge and spin transport through a metallic ferromagnetic-paramagnetic-ferromagnetic junction

Selman Hershfield and Hui Lin Zhao

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3296 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Perpendicular anisotropy detected by transversely biased initial susceptibility via the magneto-optic Kerr effect in ${Fe}_{x} {Si}_{1 - x}$ thin films and ${Fe}_{x} {Si}_{1 - x} / Si$ multilayers: Theory and experiment

L. M. Alvarez-Prado, G. T. Pérez, R. Morales, F. H. Salas, and J. M. Alameda

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3306 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Charge localization, magnetic order, structural behavior, and spin dynamics of ${(L a - T b)}_{2 / 3} {Ca}_{1 / 3} {MnO}_{3}$ manganese perovskites probed by neutron diffraction and muon spin relaxation

J. M. De Teresa, C. Ritter, M. R. Ibarra, P. A. Algarabel, J. L. García-Muñoz, J. Blasco, J. García, and C. Marquina

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3317 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Transverse complex magnetic susceptibility of single-domain ferromagnetic particles with uniaxial anisotropy subjected to a longitudinal uniform magnetic field

Yu P. Kalmykov and W. T. Coffey

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3325 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

NMR relaxation rate of $^{17}$ O in ${Sr}_{2} {CuO}_{2} {Cl}_{2}$ : Probing two-dimensional magnons at short distances

Peter Kopietz and Sudip Chakravarty

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3338 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

$^{19}$ F NMR study of ${KMnFeF}_{6}$ . II. A frustrated magnetic system

S. Giri, K. Ghoshray, A. Ghoshray, and N. Chatterjee

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3347 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Statistical mechanics of a nonlinear deformable sine-Gordon model

David Yemélé and Timoléon C. Kofané

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3353 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Magnetism in the $R_{5} T_{4} {Sn}_{10}$ $(R = Ce$ , Pr, and Nd; $T = Rh$ and Ir) system

N. G. Patil and S. Ramakrishnan

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3360 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Noninteracting Cooper pairs inside a pseudogap

Oleg Tchernyshyov

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3372 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Two-hole problem in the $t$ - $J$ model: A canonical transformation approach

V. I. Belinicher, A. L. Chernyshev, and V. A. Shubin

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3381 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Onset of chaos in a superconducting Wheatstone bridge of overdamped Josephson junctions

M. Cahay and R. Kothari

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3394 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Electronic structure and magnetic properties of the linear chain cuprates ${Sr}_{2} {CuO}_{3}$ and ${Ca}_{2} {CuO}_{3}$

H. Rosner, H. Eschrig, R. Hayn, S.-L. Drechsler, and J. Málek

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3402 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Flux penetration into flat rectangular superconductors with anisotropic critical current

Th. Schuster, H. Kuhn, E. H. Brandt, and S. Klaumünzer

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3413 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Dimensionality of collective pinning in $2 H - {NbSe}_{2}$ single crystals

L. A. Angurel, F. Amin, M. Polichetti, J. Aarts, and P. H. Kes

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3425 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Dynamics of vortices in planar pinning centers and anisotropic conductivity in type-II superconductors

Yasunori Mawatari

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3433 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

High-resolution x-ray-photoemission study of single crystalline ${Sr}_{2} {CuO}_{2} {Cl}_{2}$

T. Böske, O. Knauff, R. Neudert, M. Kielwein, M. Knupfer, M. S. Golden, J. Fink, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, K. Okada, and A. Kotani

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3438 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Magnetoplasmons in two-dimensional circular sheets of $^{4} {He}^{+}$ ions

P. L. Elliott, S. S. Nazin, C. I. Pakes, L. Skrbek, W. F. Vinen, and G. F. Cox

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3447 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997

Synthesis of delafossite-derived phases, $R {CuO}_{2 + δ}$ with $R = Y,$ La, Pr, Nd, Sm, and Eu, and observation of spin-gap-like behavior

Kazuyuki Isawa, Yuji Yaegashi, Motoharu Komatsu, Mitsugu Nagano, Shiroshi Sudo, Maarit Karppinen, and Hisao Yamauchi

Phys. Rev. B 56, 3457 (1997) - Published 1 August, 1997