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Physical Review B

Volume 57, Issue 14

1 April 1998

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

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

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Elastic and inelastic scattering of $4 d$ inner-shell electrons in $({Y, G d)}_{2} O_{3}$ studied by synchrotron-radiation excitation

A. Moewes, T. Eskildsen, D. L. Ederer, J. Wang, J. McGuire, and T. A. Callcott

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8059(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Two-time clock NMR observation of the ferroelectric transition in the organic compound cyclohexane- ${1, 1}^{'}$ -diacetic acid

J. Dolinšek, D. Arčon, Hae Jin Kim, J. Seliger, V. Žagar, P. Vaněk, J. Kroupa, Z. Zikmund, and J. Petzelt

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8063(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Environment around Li in the ${LiAlSiO}_{4}$ ionic conductor glass: A neutron-scattering and reverse Monte Carlo study

L. Cormier, P. H. Gaskell, G. Calas, J. Zhao, and A. K. Soper

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8067(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

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Dimensional-crossover behavior in randomly layered media

Man-Chung Chan, Zhao-Qing Zhang, and Po-Wan Woo

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8071(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

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

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Exact results at the two-dimensional percolation point

P. Kleban and R. M. Ziff

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8075(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Magnetism

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Optical probe of anisotropic and incoherent charge dynamics in a layered ferromagnet: ${La}_{1.2} {Sr}_{1.8} {Mn}_{2} O_{7}$

T. Ishikawa, T. Kimura, T. Katsufuji, and Y. Tokura

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8079(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

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Orbital magnetoresistance in the ${La}_{2 - x} {Sr}_{x} {CuO}_{4}$ system

F. F. Balakirev, I. E. Trofimov, S. Guha, Marta Z. Cieplak, and P. Lindenfeld

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8083(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

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Spin-1 $XXZ$ chains in a staggered magnetic field

Masayoshi Tsukano and Kiyohide Nomura

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8087(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

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Critical exponent in the magnetization curve of quantum spin chains

Tôru Sakai and Minoru Takahashi

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8091(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

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Refinement of magnetic structures with x rays: Nd as a test case

D. Watson, W. J. Nuttall, E. M. Forgan, S. C. Perry, and D. Fort

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8095(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Anomalous lattice dynamics in intermediate-valence CeNi

E. S. Clementyev, P. A. Alekseev, M. Braden, J.-M. Mignot, G. Lapertot, V. N. Lazukov, and I. P. Sadikov

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8099(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Colossal negative magnetoresistance in an antiferromagnet

Julia Y. Chan, Susan M. Kauzlarich, Peter Klavins, Robert N. Shelton, and David J. Webb

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8103(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

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Superparamagnetic behavior of structural domains in epitaxial ultrathin magnetite films

F. C. Voogt, T. T. M. Palstra, L. Niesen, O. C. Rogojanu, M. A. James, and T. Hibma

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8107(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

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Asymmetry of domain nucleation and enhanced coercivity in exchange-biased epitaxial NiO/NiFe bilayers

V. I. Nikitenko, V. S. Gornakov, L. M. Dedukh, Yu. P. Kabanov, A. F. Khapikov, A. J. Shapiro, R. D. Shull, A. Chaiken, and R. P. Michel

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8111(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

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Reentrant transition from an incipient charge-ordered state to a ferromagnetic metallic state in a rare-earth manganate

Anthony Arulraj, Amlan Biswas, A. K. Raychaudhuri, C. N. R. Rao, P. M. Woodward, T. Vogt, D. E. Cox, and A. K. Cheetham

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8115(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Superfluidity and superconductivity

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Transverse force on a quantized vortex in a superconductor

Michael R. Geller, Carlos Wexler, and David J. Thouless

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8119(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Large hysteresis effect and reentrant behavior in ${DyNi}_{2} B_{2} C$ at temperatures $T < 2 K$

Z. Q. Peng, K. Krug, and K. Winzer

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8123(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

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Intrinsic temperature dependences of transport coefficients within the hot-spot model for normal-state ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7}$

J. Paaske and D. V. Khveshchenko

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8127(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

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Intrinsic resistivity and the SO(5) theory of high-temperature superconductors

Daniel E. Sheehy and Paul M. Goldbart

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8131(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

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Multiple-valued $c$ -axis critical current and phase locking in ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8 + δ}$ single crystals

N. Mros, V. M. Krasnov, A. Yurgens, D. Winkler, and T. Claeson

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8135(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

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Tunneling spectroscopy of the quasiparticle Andreev bound state in ion-irradiated ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$ /Pb junctions

M. Aprili, M. Covington, E. Paraoanu, B. Niedermeier, and L. H. Greene

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8139(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

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Flux-lattice melting and lowest-Landau-level fluctuations

Stephen W. Pierson and Oriol T. Valls

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8143(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

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Reentrant $c$ -axis magnetoresistance in ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8 + δ}$ with columnar defects: Evidence for recoupling of the vortex liquid

N. Morozov, M. P. Maley, L. N. Bulaevskii, and J. Sarrao

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8146(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

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Magnetoresistance of a ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7}$ Corbino disk: Probing geometrical contributions to the unconventional normal-state magnetoresistance of high-temperature superconductors

W. Göb, W. Lang, and Roman Sobolewski

Phys. Rev. B 57, R8150(R) (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

ARTICLES

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

ESR study of the incommensurate phase in doped ${(N H}_{4})_{2} {ZnCl}_{4}$

Weigang Lang, Horacio A. Farach, Richard J. Creswick, and Charles P. Poole, Jr.

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8155 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

$^{1} H$ NMR and $^{14} N$ NQR study of the ferroelectric phase transition in ${(C H}_{3})_{2} {NH}_{2} H_{2} {PO}_{4}$

J. Seliger and V. Žagar

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8160 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Temperature dependence of the dielectric constant of relaxor ferroelectrics

Z.-Y. Cheng, R. S. Katiyar, X. Yao, and A. S. Bhalla

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8166 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Model for the pressure-optic coefficients in optical materials

Gorachand Ghosh

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8178 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Connections between the electron-energy-loss spectra, the local electronic structure, and the physical properties of a material: A study of nickel aluminum alloys

David A. Muller, David J. Singh, and John Silcox

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8181 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Variable-temperature EPR study of ${Fe}^{3 +}$ in ${VO}_{2}$ single crystals

Sushil K. Misra, Serguei I. Andronenko, and Roza R. Andronenko

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8203 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Microstructure, decomposition, and crystallization in ${Zr}_{41} {Ti}_{14} {Cu}_{12.5} {Ni}_{10} {Be}_{22.5}$ bulk metallic glass

Wei-Hua Wang, Q. Wei, and S. Friedrich

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8211 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Multiple-beam x-ray-diffraction studies of decagonal quasicrystals

Rachel Eisenhower, Roberto Colella, and Benjamin Grushko

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8218 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

First-order phase transitions by first-principles free-energy calculations: The melting of Al

Gilles A. de Wijs, Georg Kresse, and Michael J. Gillan

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8223 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Static and dynamic properties of inhomogeneous elastic media on disordered substrate

Dinko Cule and Terence Hwa

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8235 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Anharmonic dynamics in crystalline, glassy, and supercooled-liquid glycerol: A case study on the onset of relaxational behavior

G. J. Cuello, F. J. Bermejo, R. Fayos, R. Fernández-Perea, A. Criado, F. Trouw, C. Tam, H. Schober, E. Enciso, and N. G. Almarza

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8254 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

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

Determining the Kapitza resistance and the thermal conductivity of polycrystals: A simple model

Ce-Wen Nan and R. Birringer

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8264 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Magnetism

Low-energy behavior of a random classical Heisenberg chain

I. Avgin and D. L. Huber

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8269 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Localized magnon mode of in-plane magnetic vortices in easy-plane magnets

G. M. Wysin, M. E. Gouvêa, and A. S. T. Pires

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8274 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Experimental and theoretical studies of finite-size effects in an $S =$ $\frac{1}{2}$ antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain

H. Asakawa, M. Matsuda, K. Minami, H. Yamazaki, and K. Katsumata

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8285 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Random-mass Dirac fermions in doped spin-Peierls and spin-ladder systems: One-particle properties and boundary effects

M. Steiner, M. Fabrizio, and Alexander O. Gogolin

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8290 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Spin dynamics and transport in gapped one-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnets at nonzero temperatures

Kedar Damle and Subir Sachdev

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8307 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Spin diffusion and the spin-1/2 $XXZ$ chain at $T = \infty$ from exact diagonalization

Klaus Fabricius and Barry M. McCoy

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8340 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Rotational invariance and order-parameter stiffness in frustrated quantum spin systems

L. O. Manuel, A. E. Trumper, and H. A. Ceccatto

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8348 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Molecular-dynamics approach to itinerant magnetism with complex magnetic structures

Y. Kakehashi, S. Akbar, and N. Kimura

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8354 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Metamagnets in uniform and random fields

Serge Galam, Carlos S. O. Yokoi, and Silvio R. Salinas

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8370 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Properties of the random-field Ising model in a transverse magnetic field

T. Senthil

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8375 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Scaling solution of the overscreened multichannel Kondo model

Ming Shaw, Xing-wei Zhang, and Duo Jin

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8381 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Magnetic phase diagram of Ho/Er alloys

R. A. Cowley, J. A. Simpson, C. Bryn-Jacobsen, R. C. C. Ward, M. R. Wells, and D. F. McMorrow

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8394 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Resonant reflectivity from a Ni(110) crystal: Magnetic effects at the Ni 2 $p$ edges using linearly and circularly polarized photons

Maurizio Sacchi and Alessandro Mirone

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8408 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Magnetoresistance and magnetization study of thulium

Mark Ellerby, Keith A. McEwen, and Jens Jensen

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8416 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

X-ray magnetic-circular-dichroism probe of a noncollinear magnetic arrangement below the spin reorientation transition in ${Nd}_{2} {Fe}_{14} B$

Jesús Chaboy, Luis M. García, Fernando Bartolomé, Augusto Marcelli, Giannantonio Cibin, Hiroshi Maruyama, Stefania Pizzini, Andrei Rogalev, Jeroen B. Goedkoop, and José Goulon

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8424 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Static susceptibilities of dipolar ferromagnets below $T_{c}$

H. Schinz and F. Schwabl

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8430 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Dynamics of dipolar ferromagnets below $T_{c}$

H. Schinz and F. Schwabl

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8438 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Universality of the spin-wave frequency in ferromagnets below $T_{c}$

H. Schinz and F. Schwabl

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8456 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Interference of a first-order transition with the formation of a spin-Peierls state in $α^{'}$ - ${NaV}_{2} O_{5}$

M. Köppen, D. Pankert, R. Hauptmann, M. Lang, M. Weiden, C. Geibel, and F. Steglich

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8466 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Phase transitions in the fully frustrated triangular $XY$ model

Sooyeul Lee and Koo-Chul Lee

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8472 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Numerical calculations of the $B_{1 g}$ Raman spectrum of the two-dimensional Heisenberg model

Anders W. Sandvik, Sylvain Capponi, Didier Poilblanc, and Elbio Dagotto

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8478 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Critical behavior of the two-dimensional Ising model in a transverse field: A density-matrix renormalization calculation

M. S. L. du Croo de Jongh and J. M. J. van Leeuwen

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8494 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

One-dimensional antiferromagnetism in fluoro-gallium phthalocyanine- ${(B F}_{4})_{0.25}$

Ichiro Hiromitsu, Nobuhisa Ikeda, Makoto Handa, and Takashi Ito

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8501 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Dynamics of phase stability and magnetic order in magnetoresistive ${La}_{0.83} {Sr}_{0.17} {Mn}_{0.98}^{57} {Fe}_{0.02} O_{3}$

A. Tkachuk, K. Rogacki, D. E. Brown, B. Dabrowski, A. J. Fedro, C. W. Kimball, B. Pyles, X. Xiong, Daniel Rosenmann, and B. D. Dunlap

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8509 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Specific heat of liquid $^{3} He$ under pressure in a restricted geometry

R. Schrenk and R. König

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8518 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Rotating vortex core: An instrument for detecting core excitations

N. B. Kopnin and G. E. Volovik

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8526 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Tunneling in the topological mechanism of superconductivity

A. G. Abanov and P. B. Wiegmann

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8532 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Microscopic derivation of the SO(5) symmetric Landau-Ginzburg potential

C. P. Burgess, J. M. Cline, R. MacKenzie, and R. Ray

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8549 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Thermal conductivity across a twin boundary in a $d$ -wave superconductor

M. E. Zhitomirsky and M. B. Walker

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8560 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Response of a $d_{x^{2} - y^{2}}$ superconductor to a Zeeman magnetic field

Kun Yang and S. L. Sondhi

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8566 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Finite-size effects in vortex localization

Nadav M. Shnerb

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8571 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Thermally activated dynamics of the tilts of the CuO $_{6}$ octahedra, hopping of interstitial O, and possible instability towards the LTT phase in La $_{2}$ CuO $_{4 + δ}$

F. Cordero, C. R. Grandini, G. Cannelli, R. Cantelli, F. Trequattrini, and M. Ferretti

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8580 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Electric-field-gradient analysis of high- $T_{c}$ superconductors

Ivan Kupčić, Slaven Barišić, and Eduard Tutiš

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8590 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Structural origin of misorientation-independent superconducting behavior at [001] twist boundaries in ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8 + δ}$

Yimei Zhu, Q. Li, Y. N. Tsay, M. Suenaga, G. D. Gu, and N. Koshizuka

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8601 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Two holes in a locally antiferromagnetic background: The role of retardation and Coulomb repulsion effects

José Riera and Elbio Dagotto

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8609 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Three-dimensional lowest-Landau-level theory applied to ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$ magnetization and specific heat data: Implications for the critical behavior in the $H - T$ plane

Stephen W. Pierson, Oriol T. Valls, Zlatko Tešanović, and Michael A. Lindemann

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8622 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Multiband model of high- $T_{c}$ superconductors

R. Combescot

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8632 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

SO(5) invariance and effective field theory for high- $T_{c}$ superconductors

C. P. Burgess and C. A. Lütken

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8642 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Neutron peak in the extended-saddle-point model of high-temperature superconductors

A. A. Abrikosov

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8656 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Double sign reversal of the Hall effect in the mixed state of ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{x}$

K. Nakao, K. Hayashi, T. Utagawa, Y. Enomoto, and N. Koshizuka

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8662 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Interlayer coupling and superconducting properties of the triple-layer compound $B_{0.6}$ $C_{0.4}$ ( ${Sr}_{0.25}$ ${Ba}_{0.75})_{2} {Ca}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{9}$

Mun-Seog Kim, Sung-Ik Lee, A. Iyo, K. Tokiwa, M. Tokumoto, and H. Ihara

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8667 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Symmetry of the free states of an electron-doped ${Nd}_{2 - x} {Ce}_{x} {CuO}_{4 - δ}$ superconductor determined by x-ray-absorption spectroscopy

A. Yu. Ignatov, A. A. Ivanov, A. P. Menushenkov, S. Iacobucci, and P. Lagarde

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8671 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Tunneling spectroscopy of superconducting ${Nd}_{1.85}$ ${Ce}_{0.15}$ ${CuO}_{4 - δ}$

S. Kashiwaya, T. Ito, K. Oka, S. Ueno, H. Takashima, M. Koyanagi, Y. Tanaka, and K. Kajimura

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8680 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Influence of disorder on the vortex-lattice melting in twinned oxygen-deficient ortho-II ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{y}$ $(y \approx 6.6)$

E. Rodríguez, A. Gou, B. Martínez, S. Piñol, and X. Obradors

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8687 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

NMR studies of overdoped $Y_{1 - x} {Ca}_{x} {Ba}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$

G. V. M. Williams, J. L. Tallon, R. Michalak, and R. Dupree

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8696 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Mechanisms of photodoping in oxygen-deficient ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{x}$ films studied by in situ transport measurements

C. Stockinger, W. Markowitsch, W. Lang, W. Kula, and Roman Sobolewski

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8702 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Self-consistent interface properties of $d$ - and $s$ -wave superconductors

A. M. Martin and James F. Annett

Phys. Rev. B 57, 8709 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998