Volume 57, Issue 2

1 January 1998

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

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

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Nitrogen doping in purely ${sp}^{2}$ bonded forms of carbon

G. Jungnickel, P. K. Sitch, Th. Frauenheim, B. R. Eggen, M. I. Heggie, C. D. Latham, and C. S. G. Cousins

Phys. Rev. B 57, R661(R) (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

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Antiferroelectric phase transition in ${Rb}_{3} {D (S O}_{4})_{2}$ single crystals studied by $^{87} Rb$ NMR

A. Titze, G. Hinze, and R. Böhmer

Phys. Rev. B 57, R666(R) (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

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Coulomb-glass-like behavior of ultrathin films of metals

G. Martinez-Arizala, C. Christiansen, D. E. Grupp, N. Marković, A. M. Mack, and A. M. Goldman

Phys. Rev. B 57, R670(R) (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Magnetism

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Surface properties of aperiodic Ising quantum chains

Joachim Hermisson and Uwe Grimm

Phys. Rev. B 57, R673(R) (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

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Dipolar superferromagnetism in monolayer nanostripes of Fe(110) on vicinal W(110) surfaces

J. Hauschild, H. J. Elmers, and U. Gradmann

Phys. Rev. B 57, R677(R) (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

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${CeRh}_{3} B_{2} :$ A ferromagnet with anomalously large Ce $5 d$ spin and orbital magnetic moments

A. Yaouanc, P. Dalmas de Réotier, J.-P. Sanchez, Th. Tschentscher, and P. Lejay

Phys. Rev. B 57, R681(R) (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

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Search for spin-slip lockins using tailored impurity layers

M. J. Conover, C. P. Flynn, Assunta Vigliante, and Doon Gibbs

Phys. Rev. B 57, R685(R) (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

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Exchange splittings of Mn- and Sb-derived states by spin-resolved valence-band photoemission of MnSb

Oliver Rader, Akio Kimura, Nozomu Kamakura, Ki-Seok An, Akito Kakizaki, Shintaro Miyanishi, Hiroyuki Akinaga, Masafumi Shirai, Kenya Shimada, and Atsushi Fujimori

Phys. Rev. B 57, R689(R) (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

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X-ray scattering at FeCo(001) surfaces and the crossover between ordinary and normal transitions

Uwe Ritschel

Phys. Rev. B 57, R693(R) (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

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Short-period oscillations in photoemission from Cu films on Co(100)

R. Kläsges, D. Schmitz, C. Carbone, W. Eberhardt, P. Lang, R. Zeller, and P. H. Dederichs

Phys. Rev. B 57, R696(R) (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

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Ultrafast nonequilibrium spin dynamics in a ferromagnetic thin film

Ganping Ju, A. Vertikov, A. V. Nurmikko, C. Canady, Gang Xiao, R. F. C. Farrow, and A. Cebollada

Phys. Rev. B 57, R700(R) (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Superfluidity and superconductivity

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Plasmon excitations in nondegenerate quasi-one-dimensional electron systems

Sviatoslav S. Sokolov and Nelson Studart

Phys. Rev. B 57, R704(R) (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

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Competition between surface barriers and bulk pinning in a ${Nd}_{2 - x} {Ce}_{x} {CuO}_{4 - y}$ single crystal down to ${T / T}_{c} = 0.02$

M. C. de Andrade, N. R. Dilley, F. Ruess, and M. B. Maple

Phys. Rev. B 57, R708(R) (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

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Localized holes in superconducting lanthanum cuprate

P. C. Hammel, B. W. Statt, R. L. Martin, F. C. Chou, D. C. Johnston, and S-W. Cheong

Phys. Rev. B 57, R712(R) (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

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Quantum phase transitions in Josephson-junction chains

M.-S. Choi, J. Yi, M. Y. Choi, J. Choi, and S.-I. Lee

Phys. Rev. B 57, R716(R) (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

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Noise probes of underlying static correlation lengths in the superconducting peak effect

M. W. Rabin, R. D. Merithew, M. B. Weissman, M. J. Higgins, and S. Bhattacharya

Phys. Rev. B 57, R720(R) (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

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Dynamics of time-reversal-symmetry-breaking vortices in unconventional superconductors

Z. D. Wang and Qiang-Hua Wang

Phys. Rev. B 57, R724(R) (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

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High-field study of normal-state magnetotransport in ${Tl}_{2} {Ba}_{2} {CuO}_{6 + δ}$

A. W. Tyler, Yoichi Ando, F. F. Balakirev, A. Passner, G. S. Boebinger, A. J. Schofield, A. P. Mackenzie, and O. Laborde

Phys. Rev. B 57, R728(R) (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

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Orthorhombicity mixing of $s$ - and $d$ -gap components in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7}$ without involving the chains

G. Varelogiannis

Phys. Rev. B 57, R732(R) (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

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Voltage jumps in current-voltage characteristics of ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8 + δ}$ superconducting films: Evidence for flux-flow instability under the influence of self-heating

Z. L. Xiao, P. Voss-de Haan, G. Jakob, and H. Adrian

Phys. Rev. B 57, R736(R) (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

ARTICLES

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

Relative stability, structure, and elastic properties of several phases of pure zirconia

J. K. Dewhurst and J. E. Lowther

Phys. Rev. B 57, 741 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Local structure at the manganese site in mixed-valence manganites

G. Subías, J. García, J. Blasco, and M. G. Proietti

Phys. Rev. B 57, 748 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Computer-simulation study of high-temperature phase stability in iron

Yu. N. Osetsky and A. Serra

Phys. Rev. B 57, 755 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Simulation of point defects in high-density luminescent crystals: Oxygen in barium fluoride

J. M. Vail, E. Emberly, T. Lu, M. Gu, and R. Pandey

Phys. Rev. B 57, 764 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Electronic topological and structural transition in ${AuIn}_{2}$ under pressure

B. K. Godwal, A. Jayaraman, S. Meenakshi, R. S. Rao, S. K. Sikka, and V. Vijayakumar

Phys. Rev. B 57, 773 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Dielectric properties of triglycine selenate ferroelectric near the phase-transition temperature

B. Fugiel and M. Mierzwa

Phys. Rev. B 57, 777 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Low-frequency dielectric dispersion in ferroelectric crystals

J. F. Araújo, J. Mendes Filho, F. E. A. Melo, F. V. Letelier, and A. S. Chaves

Phys. Rev. B 57, 783 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Theoretical stability of the polarization in a thin semiconducting ferroelectric

Yukio Watanabe

Phys. Rev. B 57, 789 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Scaling and metastable behavior in uniaxial ferroelectrics

J. R. Fernández del Castillo, B. Noheda, N. Cereceda, J. A. Gonzalo, T. Iglesias, and J. Przeslawski

Phys. Rev. B 57, 805 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Crystal characterization and optical spectroscopy of ${Ti}^{3 +}$ -doped ${CaGdAlO}_{4}$ crystals

Nobuhiro Kodama and Mitsuo Yamaga

Phys. Rev. B 57, 811 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Ab initio theory of optical transitions of point defects in ${SiO}_{2}$

Gianfranco Pacchioni and Gianluigi Ierańo

Phys. Rev. B 57, 818 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Quantum corrections to the simulated properties of solids

Robert J. Hardy, Daniel J. Lacks, and Ramesh C. Shukla

Phys. Rev. B 57, 833 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Universality and its origins at the amorphous solidification transition

Weiqun Peng, Horacio E. Castillo, Paul M. Goldbart, and Annette Zippelius

Phys. Rev. B 57, 839 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Annihilation characteristics of positrons in a polymer containing silver nanoparticles

M. Mukherjee, D. Chakravorty, and P. M. G. Nambissan

Phys. Rev. B 57, 848 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Electronic structure of disordered Fe-V alloys

J. C. Krause, C. Paduani, J. Schaff, and M. I. da Costa, , Jr.

Phys. Rev. B 57, 857 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Free energy and vibrational entropy difference between ordered and disordered ${Ni}_{3} Al$

R. Ravelo, J. Aguilar, M. Baskes, J. E. Angelo, B. Fultz, and Brad Lee Holian

Phys. Rev. B 57, 862 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Localization length in a random magnetic field

J. A. Vergés

Phys. Rev. B 57, 870 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

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

Vibrational studies on ${CO}_{2}$ up to 40 GPa by Raman spectroscopy at room temperature

H. Olijnyk and A. P. Jephcoat

Phys. Rev. B 57, 879 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Debye-Waller factors of alkali halides

C. K. Shepard, J. G. Mullen, and G. Schupp

Phys. Rev. B 57, 889 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Phonons in nanocrystalline ${Ni}_{3} Fe$

H. Frase, B. Fultz, and J. L. Robertson

Phys. Rev. B 57, 898 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Atomic two-level states and relaxations observed in a computer model of amorphous ${Ni}_{81} B_{19}$

Leon D. van Ee, Barend J. Thijsse, and Jilt Sietsma

Phys. Rev. B 57, 906 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Molecular-orbital and molecular-dynamics study of mercury

Tomonari Sumi, Eisaku Miyoshi, Yoshiko Sakai, and Osamu Matsuoka

Phys. Rev. B 57, 914 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Real-time dynamics of soliton diffusion

S. M. Alamoudi, D. Boyanovsky, and F. I. Takakura

Phys. Rev. B 57, 919 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

High-resolution spectroscopy of the impurity-induced $Q_{3} (0)$ transition of solid parahydrogen

Robert M. Dickson, Takamasa Momose, Teresa J. Byers, and Takeshi Oka

Phys. Rev. B 57, 941 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Variation of intermolecular interaction and local lattice distortion of parahydrogen crystals upon vibrational excitation

Robert M. Dickson and Takeshi Oka

Phys. Rev. B 57, 950 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Magnetism

From one to two dimensions in quantum spin systems

A. Fledderjohann, K.-H. Mütter, M.-S. Yang, and M. Karbach

Phys. Rev. B 57, 956 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Mean-field theory for the spin-ladder system

Xi Dai and Zhao-bin Su

Phys. Rev. B 57, 964 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Linear muffin-tin orbital calculation of local electronic and magnetic properties in $({Fe}_{1 - x} {Ni}_{x})_{4} N$ $(0 <~ x <~ 1.0)$

Yong Kong and Fashen Li

Phys. Rev. B 57, 970 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Weak ferromagnetism in two-dimensional bilayered ${Sr}_{3 - x} {Ca}_{x} {Ru}_{2} O_{7}$

S. Ikeda, Y. Maeno, and T. Fujita

Phys. Rev. B 57, 978 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Multichannel Kondo effect in an interacting electron system: Exact results for the low-temperature thermodynamics

Mats Granath and Henrik Johannesson

Phys. Rev. B 57, 987 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

One-electron theory of core-level photoemission from ferromagnets

J. G. Menchero

Phys. Rev. B 57, 993 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Spin polarization and many-body effects in Ni 3 $p$ core-level photoemission

J. G. Menchero

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1001 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Averaging of an alternating magnetic field and spin quantum tunneling

J. L. van Hemmen and W. F. Wreszinski

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1007 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Magnetism, structure, and morphology of ultrathin Fe films on ${Cu}_{3} Au (100)$

B. Feldmann, B. Schirmer, A. Sokoll, and M. Wuttig

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1014 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

$^{139} La$ NMR in lanthanum manganites: Indication of the presence of magnetic polarons from spectra and nuclear relaxations

G. Allodi, R. De Renzi, and G. Guidi

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1024 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Phase transitions and elementary excitations in a zigzag-like spin system

A. A. Zvyagin

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1035 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Orbital magnetism at the surfaces of $3 d$ transition metals

J. L. Rodríguez-López, J. Dorantes-Dávila, and G. M. Pastor

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1040 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Low-temperature properties of the spin-1 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain with bond alternation

Masanori Kohno, Minoru Takahashi, and Masayuki Hagiwara

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1046 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Magnetotransport in perovskite series ${La}_{n - nx} {Ca}_{1 + n x} {Mn}_{n} O_{3 n + 1}$ ferromagnets

H. Asano, J. Hayakawa, and M. Matsui

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1052 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Polarization dependence of the magnetic fluctuations in Cr below $T_{N}$

P. Böni, B. J. Sternlieb, G. Shirane, B. Roessli, J. E. Lorenzo, and S. A. Werner

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1057 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Neutron-diffraction study of stripe order in ${La}_{2} {NiO}_{4 + δ}$ with $δ =$ $\frac{2}{15}$

P. Wochner, J. M. Tranquada, D. J. Buttrey, and V. Sachan

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1066 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Tunneling conductance and magnetoresistance of ferromagnet/ferromagnetic insulator (semiconductor)/ferromagnet junctions

Yun Li, Bo-Zang Li, Wu-Shou Zhang, and Dao-Sheng Dai

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1079 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Magnetization reversal in nanostructured Co/Pd multilayers

Sug-Bong Choe and Sung-Chul Shin

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1085 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Magnetoresistance and exchange coupling in a ferromagnetic tunnel junction with ferromagnetic layers of finite thickness

Xiangdong Zhang, Bo-Zang Li, Wushou Zhang, and Fu-Cho Pu

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1090 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Effect of spin-flip scattering on current-in-plane giant magnetoresistance

Jian Chen and Selman Hershfield

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1097 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Reexamination of the microscopic couplings of the quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnet ${CuGeO}_{3}$

K. Fabricius, A. Klümper, U. Löw, B. Büchner, T. Lorenz, G. Dhalenne, and A. Revcolevschi

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1102 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Force-detected electron-spin resonance: Adiabatic inversion, nutation, and spin echo

K. Wago, D. Botkin, C. S. Yannoni, and D. Rugar

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1108 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Nuclear-spin relaxation in magnetic rings

A. Lascialfari, D. Gatteschi, A. Cornia, U. Balucani, M. G. Pini, and A. Rettori

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1115 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Spin and charge dynamics in the hole-doped one-dimensional-chain–ladder composite material ${Sr}_{14} {Cu}_{24} O_{41} :$ Cu NMR/NQR studies

Masashi Takigawa, Naoki Motoyama, Hiroshi Eisaki, and Shinichi Uchida

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1124 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Growth of a flat Mn monolayer on Ag(001)

P. Schieffer, C. Krembel, M. C. Hanf, and G. Gewinner

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1141 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Electron-electron relaxation in two-dimensional and layered superconductors

Michael Reizer

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1147 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Effect of finite size on the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition in two-dimensional arrays of proximity-coupled junctions

S. T. Herbert, Y. Jun, R. S. Newrock, C. J. Lobb, K. Ravindran, H.-K. Shin, D. B. Mast, and S. Elhamri

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1154 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Magnetic self-field entry into a current-carrying type-II superconductor. III. General criterion of penetration for an external field of arbitrary direction

Yu. A. Genenko, A. V. Snezhko, P. Troche, J. Hoffmann, and H. C. Freyhardt

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1164 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Three-dimensional Josephson-junction arrays: Static magnetic response

R. De Luca, T. Di Matteo, A. Tuohimaa, and J. Paasi

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1173 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Superconducting states and depinning transitions of Josephson ladders

Mauricio Barahona, Steven H. Strogatz, and Terry P. Orlando

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1181 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Measurement of London penetration depth from holographic images of superconducting vortices: The influence of specimen thickness

J. Bonevich, D. Capacci, K. Harada, H. Kasai, T. Matsuda, R. Patti, G. Pozzi, and A. Tonomura

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1200 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Electron localization effects on the low-temperature high-field magnetoresistivity of three-dimensional amorphous superconductors

A. V. Samoilov, N.-C. Yeh, and C. C. Tsuei

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1206 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Fano effect in the $a - b$ plane of ${Nd}_{1.96} {Ce}_{0.04} {CuO}_{4 + y} :$ Evidence of phonon interaction with a polaronic background

S. Lupi, M. Capizzi, P. Calvani, B. Ruzicka, P. Maselli, P. Dore, and A. Paolone

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1248 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Angular dependence of the disorder crossover in the vortex lattice of ${Bi}_{2.15} {Sr}_{1.85} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8 + δ}$ by muon spin rotation and torque magnetometry

C. M. Aegerter, J. Hofer, I. M. Savić, H. Keller, S. L. Lee, C. Ager, S. H. Lloyd, and E. M. Forgan

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1253 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

In situ temperature-dependent x-ray-absorption spectroscopic studies for the mercury-based superconductors

Seong-Ju Hwang, Jin-Ho Choy, and Nam Hwi Hur

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1259 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Origin of the zero-bias conductance peaks observed ubiquitously in high- $T_{c}$ superconductors

Chia-Ren Hu

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1266 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Magnetic flux profiles in ${Bi}_{1.2} {Pb}_{0.3} {Sr}_{1.5} {Ca}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{y}$ and ${NdBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$ superconductors and a simulation by critical-state models

N. Hari Babu, T. Rajasekharan, and V. Seshu Bai

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1277 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Magnetoconductance due to variable-range hopping in quasi-two-dimensional systems: Application to ${PrBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$

R. B. Thompson and M. Singh

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1284 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998

Determination of the phase difference between the Raman tensor elements of the $A_{1 g}$ -like phonons in ${SmBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$

T. Strach, J. Brunen, B. Lederle, J. Zegenhagen, and M. Cardona

Phys. Rev. B 57, 1292 (1998) - Published 1 January, 1998