Volume 57, Issue 18

1 May 1998

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

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

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Atomic defects in $D 0_{3}$ -Ni $_{3}$ Sb: An ab initio study

G. Bester, B. Meyer, and M. Fähnle

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11019(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

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Description of the ${ZnCl}_{4}$ ordering process in $K_{2} {ZnCl}_{4}$

F. X. Leduc, A. Hédoux, and J. M. Kiat

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11023(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Quantum transport velocity in strongly scattering media

Rudi Malfliet

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11027(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

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

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Spectral frequency distribution for liquid deuterium determined by neutron scattering

M. Mukherjee, F. J. Bermejo, S. M. Bennington, and B. Fåk

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11031(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

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Spin-Peierls transition in $α^{'} - {NaV}_{2} O_{5}$ determined by infrared reflectivity

D. Smirnov, P. Millet, J. Leotin, D. Poilblanc, J. Riera, D. Augier, and P. Hansen

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11035(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Magnetism

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Weak ferromagnetism, metal-to-nonmetal transition, and negative differential resistivity in single-crystal ${Sr}_{2} {IrO}_{4}$

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

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11039(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

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Midgap states of ${La}_{1 - x} {Ca}_{x} {MnO}_{3} :$ Doping-dependent optical-conductivity studies

J. H. Jung, K. H. Kim, T. W. Noh, E. J. Choi, and Jaejun Yu

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11043(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

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Reinvestigation of long-range magnetic ordering in icosahedral Tb-Mg-Zn

Z. Islam, I. R. Fisher, J. Zarestky, P. C. Canfield, C. Stassis, and A. I. Goldman

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11047(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

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Field-induced transverse spin ordering in ${FeBr}_{2}$

O. Petracic, Ch. Binek, W. Kleemann, U. Neuhausen, and H. Lueken

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11051(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

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Ru NMR and NQR probes of the metamagnetic transition in ${CeRu}_{2} {Si}_{2}$

K. Ishida, Y. Kawasaki, Y. Kitaoka, K. Asayama, H. Nakamura, and J. Flouquet

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11054(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

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Coexistence of glassiness and canted antiferromagnetism in triangular quantum Heisenberg antiferromagnets with weak Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction

M. A. Gîrţu, C. M. Wynn, W. Fujita, K. Awaga, and A. J. Epstein

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11058(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

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Crystal structure and magnetic properties of [ ${Mn}_{12} O_{12} {(O}_{2} {C P h)}_{16} {(H}_{2} {O)}_{4} {] \cdot 2 (P h C O}_{2} H) :$ Evidence of domain formation with different blocking temperatures

Keiji Takeda, Kunio Awaga, and Tamotsu Inabe

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11062(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

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Magnetic nature of (100) surfaces of bcc RuV, RhV, and PdV binary alloys

Ilja Turek, Stefan Blügel, and Josef Kudrnovský

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11065(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Superfluidity and superconductivity

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Manifestation of history-dependent critical currents via dc and ac magnetization measurements in single crystals of ${CeRu}_{2}$ and $2 H - {NbSe}_{2}$

G. Ravikumar, V. C. Sahni, P. K. Mishra, T. V. Chandrasekhar Rao, S. S. Banerjee, A. K. Grover, S. Ramakrishnan, S. Bhattacharya, M. J. Higgins, E. Yamamoto, Y. Haga, M. Hedo, Y. Inada, and Y. Onuki

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11069(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

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Observation of Andreev reflection in all-superconducting single-electron transistors

R. J. Fitzgerald, S. L. Pohlen, and M. Tinkham

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11073(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

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Evidence for magnetic pseudoscaling in overdoped ${La}_{2 - x} {Sr}_{x} {CuO}_{4}$

J. G. Naeini, X. K. Chen, K. C. Hewitt, J. C. Irwin, T. P. Devereaux, M. Okuya, T. Kimura, and K. Kishio

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11077(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

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Zn-substitution effects on the optical conductivity in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$ crystals: Strong pair breaking and reduction of in-plane anisotropy

N. L. Wang, S. Tajima, A. I. Rykov, and K. Tomimoto

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11081(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

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Temperature variation of the pseudogap in underdoped cuprates

Andrey V. Chubukov and Jörg Schmalian

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11085(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

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Collective modes and the superconducting-state spectral function of ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8}$

M. R. Norman and H. Ding

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11089(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

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Phenomenology of the low-energy spectral function in high- $T_{c}$ superconductors

M. R. Norman, M. Randeria, H. Ding, and J. C. Campuzano

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11093(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

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Electronic Raman scattering from ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8 + δ} :$ Doping dependence of the pseudogap and anomalous $600 {cm}^{- 1}$ peak

J. W. Quilty, H. J. Trodahl, and D. M. Pooke

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11097(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

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Evidence for a second one-dimensional set of states shedding light on the normal phase of high- $T_{c}$ superconductors

N. L. Saini, J. Avila, M. C. Asensio, S. Tajima, G. D. Gu, N. Koshizuka, A. Lanzara, and A. Bianconi

Phys. Rev. B 57, R11101(R) (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

ARTICLES

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

Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering

P. M. Platzman and E. D. Isaacs

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11107 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Neutron-scattering studies on the vibrational excitations and the structure of ordered niobium hydrides: The ɛ phase

B. Hauer, R. Hempelmann, T. J. Udovic, J. J. Rush, E. Jansen, W. Kockelmann, W. Schäfer, and D. Richter

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11115 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Neutron diffraction study of orientational freezing in ${TlNO}_{2}$ and ${CsNO}_{2}$

R. Feyerherm, M. F. Collins, and G. P. Johari

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11125 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Anisotropic cluster model for the short-range order in ${Cu}_{1 - x} {Pd}_{x}$ -type alloys

P. De Meulenaere, M. Rodewald, and G. Van Tendeloo

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11132 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Structural properties of molecular solid iodine under pressure: First-principles study of Raman-active $A_{g}$ modes and hyperfine parameters

Kenji Yamaguchi and Hiroshi Miyagi

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11141 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Electronic structure and structural stability of the ternary ${AuCo}_{2 (1 - u)} {Sn}_{4}$ and ${AuNi}_{2} {Sn}_{4}$ phases

Alexandra Neumann, D. Nguyen-Manh, A. Kjekshus, and A. P. Sutton

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11149 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Atomistic visualization of deformation in gold

Tokushi Kizuka

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11158 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Thermodynamics and mechanism of the $B 1$ - $B 2$ phase transition in group-I halides and group-II oxides

C. E. Sims, G. D. Barrera, N. L. Allan, and W. C. Mackrodt

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11164 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Linear birefringence behavior of $A_{2} {BX}_{4}$ -type ferroic crystals in the normal-incommensurate phase transition

Dal-Young Kim, Sook-Il Kwun, and Jong-Gul Yoon

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11173 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Uniqueness of the complex diffraction amplitude in x-ray Bragg diffraction

A. Yu. Nikulin

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11178 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Vacancy self-diffusion parameters in tungsten: Finite electron-temperature LDA calculations

Alessandra Satta, F. Willaime, and Stefano de Gironcoli

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11184 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Energy loss of electrons traveling parallel to the interface of a semi-infinite granular composite

Carlos I. Mendoza, Rubén G. Barrera, and Ronald Fuchs

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11193 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Glassy freezing in relaxor ferroelectric lead magnesium niobate

Adrijan Levstik, Zdravko Kutnjak, Cene Filipič, and Raša Pirc

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11204 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Cross-link density influence on the relaxations in glass- and gel-forming polyurethanes by neutron and Brillouin scattering

Y. Scheyer, C. Levelut, J. Pelous, and D. Durand

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11212 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Derivation of the proper basis of quasicrystals

A. Cervellino, T. Haibach, and W. Steurer

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11223 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Electron-phonon scattering times in crystalline disordered titanium alloys between 3 and 15 K

C. Y. Wu, W. B. Jian, and J. J. Lin

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11232 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Electron and hole transport in undoped ${Bi}_{0.96} {Sb}_{0.04}$ alloys

B. Lenoir, M. O. Selme, A. Demouge, H. Scherrer, Yu. V. Ivanov, and Yu. I. Ravich

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11242 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Stationary points of the Thouless-Anderson-Palmer free energy

Andrea Cavagna, Irene Giardina, and Giorgio Parisi

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11251 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Effect of resonances on diffusive scattering

B. Elattari, V. Kagalovsky, and H. A. Weidenmüller

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11258 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

First-principles calculations of bulk and interfacial thermodynamic properties for fcc-based Al-Sc alloys

Mark Asta, S. M. Foiles, and A. A. Quong

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11265 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

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

Electron-phonon coupling in the metallic elements Al, Au, Na, and Nb: A first-principles study

R. Bauer, A. Schmid, P. Pavone, and D. Strauch

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11276 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Strain relaxation at the $3 C - S i C / S i$ interface: Raman scattering experiments

L. A. Falkovsky, J. M. Bluet, and J. Camassel

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11283 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Decay of mesoscopically localized vibrational eigenstates in porous materials

V. L. Gurevich and H. R. Schober

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11295 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Solitary excitations in discrete two-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger models with dispersive dipole-dipole interactions

P. L. Christiansen, Yu. B. Gaididei, M. Johansson, K. Ø. Rasmussen, V. K. Mezentsev, and J. Juul Rasmussen

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11303 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Energy landscape, minimum points, and non-Arrhenius behavior of supercooled liquids

Michael Schulz

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11319 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Ultrafast dynamics of nonequilibrium electrons in a gold nanoparticle system

Hideyuki Inouye, Koichiro Tanaka, Ichiro Tanahashi, and Kazuyuki Hirao

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11334 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Positronium in alkali halides: Tunneling from the delocalized to the self-trapped state

I. V. Bondarev and T. Hyodo

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11341 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Phonon modes and metal-insulator transition in GaN crystals under pressure

L. A. Falkovsky, W. Knap, J. C. Chervin, and P. Wisniewski

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11349 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Moving glass theory of driven lattices with disorder

Pierre Le Doussal and Thierry Giamarchi

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11356 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Magnetism

Random transverse Ising spin chain and random walks

Ferenc Iglói and Heiko Rieger

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11404 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Smecticlike phase for modulated $XY$ spins in two dimensions

M. Gabay, M. Benakli, and W. M. Saslow

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11421 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Exact two-spinon dynamic structure factor of the one-dimensional $s = \frac{1}{2}$ Heisenberg-Ising antiferromagnet

A. Hamid Bougourzi, Michael Karbach, and Gerhard Müller

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11429 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Two-chain spin ladder with frustrating second-neighbor interactions

Zheng Weihong, V. Kotov, and J. Oitmaa

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11439 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Numerical study of the two-dimensional Heisenberg model using a Green function Monte Carlo technique with a fixed number of walkers

Matteo Calandra Buonaura and Sandro Sorella

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11446 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Numerical study of the random dimerized $XX$ spin-1/2 chain

P. Henelius and S. M. Girvin

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11457 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Ordering of oxygen moments in ferromagnetic edge-sharing ${CuO}_{4}$ chains in ${La}_{14 - x} {Ca}_{x} {Cu}_{24} O_{41}$

M. Matsuda, K. M. Kojima, Y. J. Uemura, J. L. Zarestky, K. Nakajima, K. Kakurai, T. Yokoo, S. M. Shapiro, and G. Shirane

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11467 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Magnetic properties of $R_{6} {Fe}_{13 - x} M_{1 + x}$ compounds and their hydrides

C. H. de Groot, K. H. J. Buschow, and F. R. de Boer

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11472 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Auto-oscillation thresholds at the main resonance in ferrimagnetic films

A. Prabhakar and D. D. Stancil

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11483 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Magnetic anisotropy of the nickel-doped spin-Peierls cuprate ${CuGeO}_{3}$

P. E. Anderson, J. Z. Liu, and R. N. Shelton

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11492 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Anharmonic structural behavior in ${CuGeO}_{3}$

M. Braden, E. Ressouche, B. Büchner, R. Keßler, G. Heger, G. Dhalenne, and A. Revcolevschi

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11497 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Metamagnetism in the XXZ model with next-to-nearest-neighbor coupling

C. Gerhardt, K.-H. Mütter, and H. Kröger

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11504 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Dynamic behavior of vortices in the classical two-dimensional anisotropic Heisenberg model

J. E. R. Costa, B. V. Costa, and D. P. Landau

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11510 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Structural and magnetic characterizations of hcp ${Ni}_{1 - x} {Fe}_{x}$ $(0 < x < 20 %)$ films

J. C. A. Huang, Y. M. Hu, C. C. Yu, C. H. Tsao, and C. H. Lee

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11517 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Magnetoresistance of the double-tunnel-junction Coulomb blockade with magnetic metals

Kingshuk Majumdar and Selman Hershfield

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11521 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Hyperfine field of francium in iron

B. Will, P. Herzog, R. Paulsen, J. Camps, P. De Moor, P. Schuurmans, N. Severijns, A. Van Geert, L. Vanneste, I. Berkes, M. De Jesus, M. Lindroos, and P. Van Duppen

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11527 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Spin gap and dynamics in ${Sr}_{14 - x} {Ca}_{x} {Cu}_{24} O_{41}$ comprising hole-doped two-leg spin ladders: Cu NMR study on single crystals

K. Magishi, S. Matsumoto, Y. Kitaoka, K. Ishida, K. Asayama, M. Uehara, T. Nagata, and J. Akimitsu

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11533 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Spin dynamics in hole doped $S =$ $\frac{1}{2}$ chains and ladders from NMR and susceptibility measurements in ${Sr}_{14 - x} {Na}_{x} {Cu}_{24} O_{41}$

P. Carretta, P. Ghigna, and A. Lascialfari

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11545 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Single-pulse nuclear spin echo in magnets

I. G. Kiliptari and V. I. Tsifrinovich

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11554 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Mössbauer study of the hyperfine interaction of $^{57} Fe$ in $Y_{1 - s} {Co}_{5 + 2 s}$ and related compounds

M. Forker, A. Julius, M. Schulte, and D. Best

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11565 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Critical behavior of the spin- $\frac{3}{2}$ Blume-Capel model in two dimensions

J. C. Xavier, F. C. Alcaraz, D. Penã Lara, and J. A. Plascak

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11575 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Spin-orbit interactions in the many-body theory of magnetic electron systems

A. K. Rajagopal and Mogus Mochena

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11582 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Large magnetoresistance of the ferromagnetic intermetallics URhSi and URhGe

V. H. Tran and R. Troć

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11592 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Spin-orbit-induced magnetic anisotropy for impurities in metallic samples. I. Surface anisotropy

O. Újsághy and A. Zawadowski

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11598 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Spin-orbit-induced magnetic anisotropy for impurities in metallic samples. II. Finite-size dependence in the Kondo resistivity

O. Újsághy and A. Zawadowski

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11609 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Temperature and thickness dependence of magnetic moments in NiO epitaxial films

D. Alders, L. H. Tjeng, F. C. Voogt, T. Hibma, G. A. Sawatzky, C. T. Chen, J. Vogel, M. Sacchi, and S. Iacobucci

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11623 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Antiferroelectric-to-paraelectric transition in BaFCl

B. Sundarakkannan, R. Kesavamoorthy, J. Adelene Nisha, V. Sridharan, and T. Sivakumar

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11632 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Upper bounds on the superfluid stiffness of disordered systems

Arun Paramekanti, Nandini Trivedi, and Mohit Randeria

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11639 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Fundamental inversion problem for the magnetic-force microscopy of superconductors

Mark W. Coffey

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11648 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

From BCS theory for isotropic homogeneous systems to the complete Ginzburg-Landau equations for anisotropic inhomogeneous systems

Longdao Xu, Zhenghuang Shu, and Sihui Wang

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11654 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Theory of the temperature and doping dependence of the Hall effect in a model with x-ray edge singularities in $d = \infty$

Mukul S. Laad and Stefan Blawid

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11738 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Quasiparticle bands and superconductivity for the multiple-layer and three-dimensional superlattice $t$ - $J$ models

Wei-Guo Yin and Chang-De Gong

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11743 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Nonlinear magnetization in superconductors with $s + d$ ordering

J. J. Betouras and Robert Joynt

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11752 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Electronic structure, Fermi surface, and antiferromagnetism of high- $T_{c}$ cuprate materials and their doping dependence

M. Sugihara, M. A. Ikeda, and P. Entel

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11760 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Temperature dependence of the anisotropy of the planar oxygen nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{y}$

J. A. Martindale, P. C. Hammel, W. L. Hults, and J. L. Smith

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11769 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Resonant absorption at the vortex-core states in $d$ -wave superconductors

N. B. Kopnin

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11775 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Superconductivity and structure of a few-unit-cells-thick Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O ultrathin films

Kazuo Saito and Masatsugu Kaise

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11786 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998

Cu(2) nuclear resonance evidence for a magnetic phase in aged 60-K superconductors $R {Ba}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{6 + x} (R = Tm, Y)$

A. V. Dooglav, H. Alloul, O. N. Bakharev, C. Berthier, A. V. Egorov, M. Horvatic, E. V. Krjukov, P. Mendels, Yu. A. Sakhratov, and M. A. Teplov

Phys. Rev. B 57, 11792 (1998) - Published 1 May, 1998