Volume 58, Issue 10

1 September 1998

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

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Laser-induced quasicrystalline order in charge-stabilized colloidal systems

Chinmay Das and H. R. Krishnamurthy

Phys. Rev. B 58, R5889(R) (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

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

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Coarse-grained molecular dynamics and the atomic limit of finite elements

Robert E. Rudd and Jeremy Q. Broughton

Phys. Rev. B 58, R5893(R) (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

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First-principles theory of vibrational effects on the phase stability of Cu-Au compounds and alloys

V. Ozoliņš, C. Wolverton, and Alex Zunger

Phys. Rev. B 58, R5897(R) (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Magnetism

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Low-temperature electrical transport and double exchange in ${La}_{0.67} {(P b, C a)}_{0.33} {MnO}_{3}$

M. Jaime, P. Lin, M. B. Salamon, and P. D. Han

Phys. Rev. B 58, R5901(R) (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

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Collapse of the spin gap with pressure in spin-ladder compounds

D. Schmeltzer and A. R. Bishop

Phys. Rev. B 58, R5905(R) (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

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Thermodynamics of the $(1, \frac{1}{2})$ ferrimagnet in finite magnetic fields

K. Maisinger, U. Schollwöck, S. Brehmer, H. J. Mikeska, and Shoji Yamamoto

Phys. Rev. B 58, R5908(R) (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

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Spin-wave gap and spin dynamics of γ-Mn alloys

R. S. Fishman and S. H. Liu

Phys. Rev. B 58, R5912(R) (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

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Local magnetic moment coupling of Gd on Fe(100) studied by magnetic dichroism in angular-dependent photoemission

Giancarlo Panaccione, Piero Torelli, Giorgio Rossi, Gerrit van der Laan, Maurizio Sacchi, and Fausto Sirotti

Phys. Rev. B 58, R5916(R) (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

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Ultrafast spin dynamics in nickel

W. Hübner and G. P. Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 58, R5920(R) (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

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Effect of atomic steps on the magnetic anisotropy in vicinal Co/Cu(001)

R. K. Kawakami, M. O. Bowen, Hyuk J. Choi, Ernesto J. Escorcia-Aparicio, and Z. Q. Qiu

Phys. Rev. B 58, R5924(R) (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

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Strong influence of the ${Mn}^{3 +}$ content on the binding energy of the lattice polarons in manganese perovskites

J. M. De Teresa, K. Dörr, K. H. Müller, L. Schultz, and R. I. Chakalova

Phys. Rev. B 58, R5928(R) (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Superfluidity and superconductivity

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Evolution of the low-energy excitation spectrum from the pure Hubbard ladder to the SO(5) ladder: A numerical study

Daniel Duffy, Stephan Haas, and Eugene Kim

Phys. Rev. B 58, R5932(R) (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

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Relationship between the pseudo- and superconducting gaps: Effects of residual pairing correlations below $T_{c}$

Ioan Kosztin, Qijin Chen, Boldizsár Jankó, and K. Levin

Phys. Rev. B 58, R5936(R) (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

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Strong shift of the irreversibility line in high- $T_{c}$ superconductors upon vortex shaking with an oscillating magnetic field

M. Willemin, C. Rossel, J. Hofer, H. Keller, A. Erb, and E. Walker

Phys. Rev. B 58, R5940(R) (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

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Collective excitations in high-temperature superconductors

M. I. Salkola and J. R. Schrieffer

Phys. Rev. B 58, R5944(R) (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

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Vortex matter in superconducting mesoscopic disks: Structure, magnetization, and phase transitions

J. J. Palacios

Phys. Rev. B 58, R5948(R) (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

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Unusual states of inhomogeneous $d_{x^{2} - y^{2}} {+ i d}_{xy}$ superconductors

M. I. Salkola and J. R. Schrieffer

Phys. Rev. B 58, R5952(R) (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

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Normal-state pseudogap in ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8}$ characterized by impurity scattering

J. L. Tallon

Phys. Rev. B 58, R5956(R) (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

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Pseudogap behavior in single-crystal ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8 + δ}$ probed by Cu NMR

K. Ishida, K. Yoshida, T. Mito, Y. Tokunaga, Y. Kitaoka, K. Asayama, Y. Nakayama, J. Shimoyama, and K. Kishio

Phys. Rev. B 58, R5960(R) (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

ARTICLES

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

Wurtzite-to-rocksalt structural transformation in cadmium sulphide shocked along the a axis

Surinder M. Sharma and Y. M. Gupta

Phys. Rev. B 58, 5964 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Sn-119 Mössbauer study of dilute tin-lead alloys

Scott N. Dickson and James G. Mullen

Phys. Rev. B 58, 5972 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Transition-metal aluminide formation: Ti, V, Fe, and Ni aluminides

R. E. Watson and M. Weinert

Phys. Rev. B 58, 5981 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Simple model for relating EELS and XAS spectra of metals to changes in cohesive energy

David A. Muller

Phys. Rev. B 58, 5989 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Embedded-atom models of 12 cubic metals incorporating second- and third-order elastic-moduli data

Somchart Chantasiriwan and Frederick Milstein

Phys. Rev. B 58, 5996 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Theoretical study of the response of 12 cubic metals to uniaxial loading

Frederick Milstein and Somchart Chantasiriwan

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6006 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Elastic constants of silicon using Monte Carlo simulations

M. Karimi, H. Yates, John R. Ray, T. Kaplan, and M. Mostoller

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6019 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Onset of propagation of planar cracks in heterogeneous media

Sharad Ramanathan and Daniel S. Fisher

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6026 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Field-theoretic approach to the Lifshitz point

C. Mergulhão, Jr. and and C. E. I. Carneiro

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6047 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Molecular-dynamics simulations of premelting processes in ${Cr}_{2} O_{3}$

Miguel Angel San Miguel Barrera, Javier Fernández Sanz, Luis Javier Álvarez, and José Antonio Odriozola

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6057 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Influence of interfacial texture and asymmetric growth in diffusion-limited amorphization in Ni-Zr multilayers upon medium-temperature annealing

W. S. Lai and B. X. Liu

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6063 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Periodically poled Cs-exchanged ${RbTiOAsO}_{4}$ optical waveguides: High-resolution x-ray diffraction, scattering, and topography study

Z. W. Hu, P. A. Thomas, and W. P. Risk

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6074 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Decay enhancement of self-trapped excitons at high density and low temperature in an ion-irradiated ${BaF}_{2}$ single crystal

Kazuie Kimura and Wan Hong

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6081 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Optical transitions and EPR properties of two-coordinated Si, Ge, Sn and related $H (I),$ $H (II),$ and $H (III)$ centers in pure and doped silica from ab initio calculations

Gianfranco Pacchioni and Roberto Ferrario

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6090 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Atomic-force-microscopy studies of phase separations in macromolecular systems

Yu. G. Kuznetsov, A. J. Malkin, and A. McPherson

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6097 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

XAFS study of interchain and intrachain order in ${Se}_{1 - x} {Te}_{x}$ glasses: Nearest neighbors

M. Majid, S. Bénazeth, C. Souleau, and J. Purans

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6104 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Structure of the glassy fast-ion conductor ${AgPS}_{3}$ by neutron diffraction

Philip S. Salmon, Shuqin Xin, and Henry E. Fischer

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6115 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Ion-electron correlations in liquid metals from orbital-free ab initio molecular dynamics

J. A. Anta, B. J. Jesson, and P. A. Madden

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6124 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Experimental and theoretical studies of dipole and quadrupole contributions to the vanadium K-edge XANES for ${VOPO}_{4} {\cdot 2 H}_{2} O$ xerogel

B. Poumellec, V. Kraizman, Y. Aifa, R. Cortès, A. Novakovich, and R. Vedrinskii

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6133 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Spinless particle in a rapidly fluctuating random magnetic field

V. G. Benza and B. Cardinetti

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6147 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Reflection coefficient and localization length of waves in one-dimensional random media

Kihong Kim

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6153 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Enhancement of optical nonlinearity due to breathers in finite polyenes

J. D. Kress, A. Saxena, A. R. Bishop, and R. L. Martin

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6161 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Effect of hydroxyl bonds on persistent spectral hole burning in ${Eu}^{3 +}$ -doped $BaO - P_{2} O_{5}$ glasses

Masayuki Nogami, Naoto Umehara, and Tomokatsu Hayakawa

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6166 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Thermal expansion analysis of ${Fe}_{3 - x} {Mn}_{x} Al$ alloys

Goutam Dev Mukherjee, C. Bansal, and Ashok Chatterjee

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6172 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Short-range interference effect in the diffusion of light in random media

Sakae Kawato, Toshiaki Hattori, Tadashi Takemori, and Hiroki Nakatsuka

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6180 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

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

Spin-polaron damping in the spin-fermion model for cuprate superconductors

R. O. Kuzian, R. Hayn, A. F. Barabanov, and L. A. Maksimov

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6194 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Self-trapping problem of electrons or excitons in one dimension

G. Wellein and H. Fehske

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6208 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Anisotropic thermal expansion in the silicate $β$ -eucryptite: A neutron diffraction and density functional study

A. I. Lichtenstein, R. O. Jones, H. Xu, and P. J. Heaney

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6219 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Dynamical atomic charges: The case of $AB O_{3}$ compounds

Ph. Ghosez, J.-P. Michenaud, and X. Gonze

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6224 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Magnetism

Magnetization plateaux in $N$ -leg spin ladders

D. C. Cabra, A. Honecker, and P. Pujol

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6241 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Effect of spin-1 impurities in dimerized Heisenberg chains

P. M. Hansen, J. A. Riera, A. Delia, and E. Dagotto

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6258 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Field-induced transition of the $S = 1$ antiferromagnetic chain with anisotropy

Tôru Sakai

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6268 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Local order and magnetism in liquid Al-Pd-Mn alloys

V. Simonet, F. Hippert, H. Klein, M. Audier, R. Bellissent, H. Fischer, A. P. Murani, and D. Boursier

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6273 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Intermediate valence in the filled skutterudite compound ${YbFe}_{4} {Sb}_{12}$

N. R. Dilley, E. J. Freeman, E. D. Bauer, and M. B. Maple

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6287 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Low-temperature magnetic structure of ${YBaCuFeO}_{5}$ and the effect of partial substitution of yttrium by calcium

M. J. Ruiz-Aragón, E. Morán, U. Amador, J. L. Martínez, N. H. Andersen, and H. Ehrenberg

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6291 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Magnetocrystalline anisotropy in (111) ${CoPt}_{3}$ thin films probed by x-ray magnetic circular dichroism

W. Grange, M. Maret, J.-P Kappler, J. Vogel, A. Fontaine, F. Petroff, G. Krill, A. Rogalev, J. Goulon, M. Finazzi, and N. B. Brookes

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6298 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Higher-order and next-nearest-neighbor Néel anisotropies

Y. T. Millev, R. Skomski, and J. Kirschner

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6305 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Magnetic anisotropy of ${Fe}_{x} {Co}_{1 - x}$ multilayers on Cu(001): Reorientation transition of magnetic moments due to different interlayer coupling

J. Zabloudil, L. Szunyogh, U. Pustogowa, C. Uiberacker, and P. Weinberger

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6316 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Static and dynamical properties of the ferromagnetic Kondo model with direct antiferromagnetic coupling between the localized $t_{2 g}$ electrons

Seiji Yunoki and Adriana Moreo

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6403 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Nonmonotonic magnetic-field dependence and scaling of the thermal conductivity for superconductors with nodes of the order parameter

Yu. S. Barash and A. A. Svidzinsky

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6476 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Possible $d$ -wave superconductivity in borocarbides: Upper critical field of ${YNi}_{2} B_{2} C$ and ${LuNi}_{2} B_{2} C$

Guangfeng Wang and Kazumi Maki

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6493 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

Nonequilibrium dynamic phases and plastic flow of driven vortex lattices in superconductors with periodic arrays of pinning sites

C. Reichhardt, C. J. Olson, and Franco Nori

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6534 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998

High-temperature magnetoconductivity of ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ} :$ Reconsideration of the Maki-Thompson contribution

J. Axnäs, B. Lundqvist, and Ö. Rapp

Phys. Rev. B 58, 6628 (1998) - Published 1 September, 1998