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Physical Review B

Volume 57, Issue 22

1 June 1998

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

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

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Microscopic study of oxygen-vacancy defects in ferroelectric perovskites

C. H. Park and D. J. Chadi

Phys. Rev. B 57, R13961(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Role of electron-phonon coupling on collision cascade development in Ni, Pd, and Pt

K. Nordlund, L. Wei, Y. Zhong, and R. S. Averback

Phys. Rev. B 57, R13965(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Low-temperature structural model of hcp solid $C_{70}$

G. Ghosh, V. S. Sastry, and T. S. Radhakrishnan

Phys. Rev. B 57, R13969(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Enhancement of piezoelectricity in a mixed ferroelectric

Eric Cockayne and Karin M. Rabe

Phys. Rev. B 57, R13973(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

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Comparison of the structural and orientational glass-transition dynamics in ethanol

M. A. Miller, M. Jimenez-Ruiz, F. J. Bermejo, and Norman O. Birge

Phys. Rev. B 57, R13977(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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

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Viscous effects in brittle fracture

O. Pla, F. Guinea, E. Louis, S. V. Ghaisas, and L. M. Sander

Phys. Rev. B 57, R13981(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Parallel replica method for dynamics of infrequent events

Arthur F. Voter

Phys. Rev. B 57, R13985(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Brillouin-scattering observation of the TA-TO coupling in ${SrTiO}_{3}$

B. Hehlen, L. Arzel, A. K. Tagantsev, E. Courtens, Y. Inaba, A. Yamanaka, and K. Inoue

Phys. Rev. B 57, R13989(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Magnetism

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Orbital polarization in manganese oxides

Ryo Maezono, Sumio Ishihara, and Naoto Nagaosa

Phys. Rev. B 57, R13993(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Temperature dependence of the Hall angle in a correlated three-dimensional metal

T. F. Rosenbaum, A. Husmann, S. A. Carter, and J. M. Honig

Phys. Rev. B 57, R13997(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Spontaneous vortex phase in a superconducting weak ferromagnet

E. B. Sonin and I. Felner

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14000(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Nonadiabatic approach to spin-Peierls transitions via flow equations

Götz S. Uhrig

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14004(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Thermodynamic properties of Heisenberg ferrimagnetic spin chains: Ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic crossover

Shoji Yamamoto and Takahiro Fukui

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14008(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Intrinsic localized modes of bright and dark types in ferromagnetic Heisenberg chains

Svetlana V. Rakhmanova and Andrei V. Shchegrov

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14012(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Thermodynamic properties of a band Jahn-Teller system

Y. M. Li, N. d’Ambrumenil, and P. Fulde

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14016(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Unusual effect of interatomic interactions on magnetism: Rh adatoms on the Ag(001) surface

V. S. Stepanyuk, W. Hergert, P. Rennert, J. Izquierdo, A. Vega, and L. C. Balbás

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14020(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Spin-wave series for quantum one-dimensional ferrimagnets

N. B. Ivanov

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14024(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Magnetization behavior of nanometer-scale iron particles

S. Wirth, M. Field, D. D. Awschalom, and S. von Molnár

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14028(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Magnetic percolation and giant spontaneous Hall effect in ${La}_{1 - x} {Ca}_{x} {CoO}_{3}$ $(0.2 <~ x <~ 0.5)$

A. V. Samoilov, G. Beach, C. C. Fu, N.- C. Yeh, and R. P. Vasquez

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14032(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Temperature-dependent crossover from ferro- to antiferromagnetic interlayer alignment due to magnetic anisotropy energy

P. Poulopoulos, U. Bovensiepen, M. Farle, and K. Baberschke

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14036(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Thermal excitations in quasi-one-dimensional amorphous ferromagnetic wires

J. P. Nozières, M. Ghidini, C. Pinettes, C. Lacroix, B. Gervais, G. Suran, and D. Dufeu

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14040(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Ab initio calculation of the giant magnetostriction in terbium and erbium

S. Buck and M. Fähnle

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14044(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Superfluidity and superconductivity

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Dimple-assisted dewetting in rotating superfluid films

R. Blossey

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14048(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Classification of the Van Hove scenario as an SO(8) spectrum-generating algebra

R. S. Markiewicz and M. T. Vaughn

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14052(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Structural disorder and its effect on the superconducting transition temperature in the organic superconductor $κ - {(B E D T - T T F)}_{2} {Cu [N (CN)}_{2}] Br$

X. Su, F. Zuo, J. A. Schlueter, M. E. Kelly, and Jack M. Williams

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14056(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Time-reversal symmetry-breaking states near grain boundaries between $d$ -wave superconductors

M. Fogelström and S.-K. Yip

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14060(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Empirical scaling of the vortex glass line above 1 T for high- $T_{c}$ superconductors of varying anisotropy

B. Lundqvist, A. Rydh, Yu. Eltsev, Ö. Rapp, and M. Andersson

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14064(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Role of interfaces in the proximity effect in anisotropic superconductors

E. Polturak, G. Koren, D. Cohen, O. Nesher, R. G. Mints, and I. Snapiro

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14068(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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CuO-chain Raman scattering and photoinduced metastability in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{x}$

M. Käll, M. Osada, M. Kakihana, L. Börjesson, T. Frello, J. Madsen, N. H. Andersen, R. Liang, P. Dosanjh, and W. N. Hardy

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14072(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Barrier properties in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - x}$ grain-boundary Josephson junctions using electron-beam irradiation

F. Tafuri, B. Nadgorny, S. Shokhor, M. Gurvitch, F. Lombardi, F. Carillo, A. Di Chiara, and E. Sarnelli

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14076(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Local voltage-current characteristics in high- $T_{c}$ superconductors

D. Giller, Y. Abulafia, R. Prozorov, Y. Wolfus, A. Shaulov, and Y. Yeshurun

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14080(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Transport measurements of in-plane critical fields in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$ to 300 T

A. S. Dzurak et al.

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14084(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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Effect of columnar defects on the vortex-solid melting transition in ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8}$

B. Khaykovich, M. Konczykowski, K. Teitelbaum, E. Zeldov, H. Shtrikman, and M. Rappaport

Phys. Rev. B 57, R14088(R) (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

ARTICLES

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

X-ray-diffraction study of critical phenomena at the spin-Peierls transition in ${CuGeO}_{3}$

M. D. Lumsden, B. D. Gaulin, and H. Dabkowska

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14097 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Index of refraction, polarizability, and equation of state of solid molecular hydrogen

William J. Evans and Isaac F. Silvera

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14105 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Monte Carlo simulation of first-order phase transformations with mutual blocking of anisotropically growing particles up to all relevant orders

T. Pusztai and L. Gránásy

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14110 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Local structural deformation in ${[Zn (1 - p r o p y l t e t r a z o l e)}_{6} {] (B F}_{4})_{2}$ and ${[Fe (1 - p r o p y l t e t r a z o l e)}_{6} {] (B F}_{4})_{2}$ crystals observed by positron-annihilation spectroscopy

Yasuyoshi Nagai, Haruo Saito, Toshio Hyodo, Attila Vértes, and Károly Süvegh

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14119 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Local order in CVD diamond films : Comparative Raman, x-ray-diffraction, and x-ray-absorption near-edge studies

L. Fayette, B. Marcus, M. Mermoux, G. Tourillon, K. Laffon, P. Parent, and F. Le Normand

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14123 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Dynamic structure factor of vitreous silica from first principles: Comparison to neutron-inelastic-scattering experiments

Alfredo Pasquarello, Johannes Sarnthein, and Roberto Car

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14133 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Sagittal elastic waves in Fibonacci superlattices

L. Fernández-Alvarez and V. R. Velasco

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14141 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Reverse Monte Carlo analysis of the structure of glassy carbon using electron-microscopy data

B. O’Malley, I. Snook, and D. McCulloch

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14148 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Deuteron NMR investigations of glass and phase transitions in $(KI)_{1 - x} ({ND}_{4} I)_{x}$ mixed crystals

M. Winterlich, A. Titze, G. Hinze, and R. Böhmer

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14158 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Applicability of the coherent-potential approximation in the theory of random alloys

I. A. Abrikosov and B. Johansson

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14164 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Level curvature distribution and the structure of eigenfunctions in disordered systems

C. Basu, C. M. Canali, V. E. Kravtsov, and I. V. Yurkevich

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14174 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Analysis of mechanical losses due to ion-transport processes in silicate glasses

B. Roling and M. D. Ingram

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14192 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Mean free time for excimer light emission in conjugated polymers

E. M. Conwell

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14200 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Atomistic analysis of the field-ion microscopy image of ${Fe}_{3} Al$

Chen Nan-xian, Ge Xi-jin, Zhang Wen-qing, and Zhu Feng-wu

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14203 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

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

Raman-active modes in wurtzite $(GaN)_{m} (AlN)_{n}$ superlattices

Yu. E. Kitaev, M. F. Limonov, P. Tronc, and G. N. Yushin

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14209 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Solitary plane waves in an isotropic hexagonal lattice

Y. Zolotaryuk, A. V. Savin, and P. L. Christiansen

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14213 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Nonequilibrium temperature and hyperbolic heat conduction

A. Barletta and E. Zanchini

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14228 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Magnetism

Specific heat in the spin model for ${Nd}_{2 - x} {Ce}_{x} {CuO}_{4}$

Jan Bała

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14235 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Effective theory for midgap states in doped spin-ladder and spin-Peierls systems: Liouville quantum mechanics

David G. Shelton and Alexei M. Tsvelik

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14242 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Real-space approach to the calculation of magnetocrystalline anisotropy in metals

S. V. Beiden, W. M. Temmerman, Z. Szotek, G. A. Gehring, G. M. Stocks, Yang Wang, D. M. C. Nicholson, W. A. Shelton, and H. Ebert

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14247 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Renormalization-group study of Anderson and Kondo impurities in gapless Fermi systems

Carlos Gonzalez-Buxton and Kevin Ingersent

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14254 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Exchange-induced enhancement of $T_{C}$ in ${Co}_{1 - x} (EuS)_{x}$ macroscopic ferrimagnets

P. Fumagalli, A. Schirmeisen, and R. J. Gambino

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14294 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Structure, exchange interactions, and magnetic phase transition of ${Er}_{2} {Fe}_{17 - x} {Al}_{x}$ intermetallic compounds

Zhao-hua Cheng, Bao-gen Shen, Qi-wei Yan, Hui-qun Guo, Dong-feng Chen, Cheng Gou, Kai Sun, F. R. de Boer, and K. H. J. Buschow

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14299 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Photoelectron diffraction: A source for magnetic dichroism in angle-resolved photoemission from ferromagnets

R. Schellenberg, E. Kisker, A. Fanelsa, F. U. Hillebrecht, J. G. Menchero, A. P. Kaduwela, C. S. Fadley, and M. A. Van Hove

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14310 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Dynamics of the magnetization reversal in Au/Co/Au micrometer-size dot arrays

J.-P. Jamet, S. Lemerle, P. Meyer, J. Ferré, B. Bartenlian, N. Bardou, C. Chappert, P. Veillet, F. Rousseaux, D. Decanini, and H. Launois

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14320 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Quasistatic remagnetization processes in two-dimensional systems with random on-site anisotropy and dipolar interaction: Numerical simulations

D. V. Berkov and N. L. Gorn

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14332 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Electron-spin-resonance investigation of the heavy-fermion compound $Ce ({Cu}_{1 - x} {Ni}_{x})_{2} {Ge}_{2}$

H.-A. Krug von Nidda, A. Schütz, M. Heil, B. Elschner, and A. Loidl

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14344 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Electronic structure, local moments, and transport in ${Fe}_{2} VAl$

D. J. Singh and I. I. Mazin

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14352 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Field-induced spin-density-wave transitions and rapid oscillations observed in the microwave surface impedance of $(TMTSF)_{2} {ClO}_{4}$

P. Fertey, M. Poirier, and H. Müller

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14357 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

High-temperature photomagnetism in Co-doped yttrium iron garnet films

A. B. Chizhik, I. I. Davidenko, A. Maziewski, and A. Stupakiewicz

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14366 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Magnetic linear dichroism in valence-band photoemission: Experimental and theoretical study of Fe(110)

A. Rampe, G. Güntherodt, D. Hartmann, J. Henk, T. Scheunemann, and R. Feder

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14370 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Temperature scale and heat capacity of superfluid $^{3} He - B$ in the $100 μ K$ range

C. Bäuerle, Yu. M. Bunkov, S. N. Fisher, and H. Godfrin

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14381 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Superconducting magnetization above the irreversibility line in ${Tl}_{2} {Ba}_{2} {CuO}_{6 + δ}$

C. Bergemann, A. W. Tyler, A. P. Mackenzie, J. R. Cooper, S. R. Julian, and D. E. Farrell

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14387 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Electrodynamic response of disordered Josephson-junction arrays

Matteo Mombelli and Hans Beck

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14397 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Critical-temperature-oscillations dependence on Mn concentration in superconducting Nb/CuMn multilayers

C. Attanasio, C. Coccorese, L. V. Mercaldo, S. L. Prischepa, M. Salvato, and L. Maritato

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14411 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Direct observation of the superconducting energy gap developing in the conductivity spectra of niobium

A. V. Pronin, M. Dressel, A. Pimenov, A. Loidl, I. V. Roshchin, and L. H. Greene

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14416 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

$^{2} D$ NMR in $α {- (h}_{8} - B E D T - T T F)_{2} {ND}_{4} {Hg (SCN)}_{4}$

S. Endo, T. Goto, T. Fukase, H. Uozaki, K. Okamoto, and N. Toyota

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14422 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Differences between Ca-Th and Ca-Pr doped 1:2:3 superconductors: Evidence for disorder-depressed $T_{c}$ for Ca-Th doping

B. Lundqvist, P. Lundqvist, and Ö. Rapp

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14428 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Inhomogeneous states of nonequilibrium superconductors: Quasiparticle bags and antiphase domain walls

M. I. Salkola and J. R. Schrieffer

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14433 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Weakly localized bosons

D. Das and S. Doniach

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14440 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Anisotropy dependence of the $c$ -axis phonon dispersion in the high-temperature superconductors

Claus Falter, Michael Klenner, and Georg A. Hoffmann

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14444 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Electron-phonon coupling and properties of doped ${BaBiO}_{3}$

V. Meregalli and S. Y. Savrasov

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14453 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Specific-heat anomaly of overdoped ${Bi}_{1.8} {Pb}_{0.3} {Sr}_{1.9} {CuO}_{y}$

H. Mayama, Y. Okajima, and K. Yamaya

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14470 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Nature of the low-field transition in the mixed state of high-temperature superconductors

Seungoh Ryu and David Stroud

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14476 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Thermodynamics of the first-order vortex lattice melting transition in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$

Matthew J. W. Dodgson, Vadim B. Geshkenbein, Henrik Nordborg, and Gianni Blatter

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14498 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Magnetic studies on the field-driven transition from decoupled to coupled pancake vortex phase in ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8 + δ}$ with columnar defects

Noriko Chikumoto, Makoto Kosugi, Yuji Matsuda, Marcin Konczykowski, and Kohji Kishio

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14507 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Observation of vortex lattice melting in twinned ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - x}$ using neutron small-angle scattering

C. M. Aegerter, S. T. Johnson, W. J. Nuttall, S. H. Lloyd, M. T. Wylie, M. P. Nutley, E. M. Forgan, R. Cubitt, S. L. Lee, D. McK. Paul, M. Yethiraj, and H. A. Mook

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14511 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998

Tunneling spectroscopy with intrinsic Josephson junctions in ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8 + δ}$ and ${Tl}_{2} {Ba}_{2} {Ca}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{10 + δ}$

K. Schlenga, R. Kleiner, G. Hechtfischer, M. Mößle, S. Schmitt, Paul Müller, Ch. Helm, Ch. Preis, F. Forsthofer, J. Keller, H. L. Johnson, M. Veith, and E. Steinbeiß

Phys. Rev. B 57, 14518 (1998) - Published 1 June, 1998