Volume 58, Issue 5

1 August 1998

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BRIEF REPORTS

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

Raman-scattering study of phase transitions in methylmercury(II) halides ${CH}_{3} Hg X (X = C l, B r, I)$

D. Kirin

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2353 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Constrained local plasma density approximation for the calculation of the stopping power for slow ions in solids

Neng-ping Wang, István Nagy, and Pedro M. Echenique

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2357 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Defect production in tungsten: A comparison between field-ion microscopy and molecular-dynamics simulations

Y. Zhong, K. Nordlund, M. Ghaly, and R. S. Averback

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2361 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

High-pressure elastic constants of solid krypton from quasiharmonic lattice-dynamics calculations

J. S. Tse, V. P. Shpakov, and V. R. Belosludov

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2365 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Molecular-dynamics simulations of liquid aluminum oxide

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

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2369 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

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

Molecular-dynamics study of the Girifalco-model $C_{60}$ at two high-temperature isotherms

Maria C. Abramo and G. Coppolino

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2372 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Anisotropy-isotropy transition in a Sierpinski gasket fractal

Bibhas Bhattacharyya and Arunava Chakrabarti

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2376 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Thermal conductivity of solid argon with oxygen admixtures

P. Stachowiak, V. V. Sumarokov, J. Mucha, and A. Jeżowski

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2380 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Molecular hydrogen internuclear distance in high-pressure fluid and solid phases at room temperature

Lorenzo Ulivi, Marco Zoppi, Luciano Gioè, and Gabriele Pratesi

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2383 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Avalanche ionization and dielectric breakdown in silicon with ultrafast laser pulses

P. P. Pronko, P. A. VanRompay, C. Horvath, F. Loesel, T. Juhasz, X. Liu, and G. Mourou

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2387 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Magnetism

Possible magnetism in small palladium clusters

Keeyung Lee

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2391 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Renormalized sextic coupling constant for the two-dimensional Ising model from field theory

A. I. Sokolov and E. V. Orlov

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2395 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Onsager reaction field theory for the three-dimensional anisotropic $XY$ model

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

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2399 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Spreading of damage and susceptibility in the quantum $S = 1 / 2$ Heisenberg ferromagnet

U. M. S. Costa, I. V. Rojdestvenski, and M. L. Lyra

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2403 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

$S = \frac{1}{2}$ chain-boundary excitations in the Haldane phase of one-dimensional $S = 1$ systems

E. Polizzi, F. Mila, and E. S. Sørensen

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2407 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Theoretical analysis of the experiments on the double-spin-chain compound ${KCuCl}_{3}$

Tota Nakamura and Kiyomi Okamoto

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2411 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Instability of the double-exchange-induced canted antiferromagnetic ordering

E. L. Nagaev

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2415 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Magnetic and electrical transport properties of orthocobaltites $R_{0.5} {Ba}_{0.5} {CoO}_{3}$ $(R = L a, P r, N d, S m, E u, G d, T b, D y)$

I. O. Troyanchuk, N. V. Kasper, D. D. Khalyavin, H. Szymczak, R. Szymczak, and M. Baran

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2418 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Magnetic and transport properties of some insulating manganites

I. O. Troyanchuk, D. D. Khalyavin, E. F. Shapovalova, N. V. Kasper, and S. A. Guretskii

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2422 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Cation disorder and the metal-insulator transition temperature in manganese oxide perovskites

Lide M. Rodriguez-Martinez and J. Paul Attfield

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2426 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Magnetic ordering of ultrathin Mn films on Fe(100) studied via capture of polarized electrons by fast ions

T. Igel, R. Pfandzelter, and H. Winter

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2430 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Thermal activation and ac-field-induced discontinuous domain jumps in perovskite ${La}_{0.7} {Ca}_{0.3} {MnO}_{3}$

X. L. Wang, J. Horvat, H. K. Liu, and S. X. Dou

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2434 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Muon-spin-relaxation study of the ground state of the two-dimensional $S = 1$ kagoméantiferromagnet [2-(3-N-methyl-pyridium)-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-1-oxyl 3-N-oxide]BF $_{4}$

Isao Watanabe, Nobuo Wada, Hideo Yano, Tsuneyuki Okuno, Kunio Awaga, Seiko Ohira, Kusuo Nishiyama, and Kanetada Nagamine

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2438 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Superconductivity-induced Anderson localization

D. E. Katsanos, S. N. Evangelou, and C. J. Lambert

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2442 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Resistivity investigations of plastic vortex creep in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{6.95}$ crystals

A. V. Bondarenko, V. A. Shklovskij, M. A. Obolenskii, R. V. Vovk, A. A. Prodan, M. Pissas, D. Niarchos, and G. Kallias

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2445 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Effects of finite impurity concentration in van Hove superconductors

I. Tifrea and M. Crisan

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2448 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Penetration depth and the conductivity sum rule for a model with incoherent $c$ -axis coupling

Eugene H. Kim

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2452 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Structural and magnetic properties of the complex perovskite oxide ${Ba}_{2} {HoHfO}_{5.5}$

J. Albino Aguiar, D. A. Landinez Tellez, Y. P. Yadava, and J. M. Ferreira

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2454 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Detection of a coherent boson current in the normal state of a high-temperature superconductor ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{y}$ film patterned to micrometer-sized rings

K. Kawabata, S. Tsukui, Y. Shono, O. Michikami, H. Sasakura, K. Yoshiara, Y. Kakehi, and T. Yotsuya

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2458 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

ARTICLES

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

Suppression of switchable polarization in KDP by ionizing radiation

T. D. Usher

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2462 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Ab initio single- and multiple-scattering EXAFS Debye-Waller factors: Raman and infrared data

Nicholas Dimakis and Grant Bunker

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2467 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Temperature-induced orientational disorder in ${NaClO}_{3}$

Ricardo C. Zamar, Cecilia E. González, and Daniel J. Pusiol

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2476 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

High-pressure bct-fcc phase transition in Ga

Takemura Kenichi, Kobayashi Kazuaki, and Arai Masao

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2482 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Peierls barriers and stresses for edge dislocations in Pd and Al calculated from first principles

J. Hartford, B. von Sydow, G. Wahnström, and B. I. Lundqvist

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2487 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Raman and Brillouin spectroscopic studies of ${CH}_{4}$ single crystals in phases I and II

E. Gregoryanz, M. J. Clouter, N. H. Rich, and R. Goulding

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2497 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Pressure-induced ferroelastic instability and lattice dynamics of ${Cs}_{2} {HgCl}_{4}$ crystals within the semiempirical rigid-ion model

A. V. Kityk, Ya. I. Shchur, A. V. Zadorozhna, I. B. Trach, I. S. Girnyk, I. Yu. Martynyuk-Lototska, and O. G. Vlokh

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2505 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Mechanisms of transition between $1 q$ and $2 q$ incommensurate phases in a two-dimensional crystal model

S. V. Dmitriev, T. Shigenari, and K. Abe

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2513 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Correlation between dielectric and electro-optic properties related to domain dynamics in ${RbHSeO}_{4}$ crystals

L. Guilbert, J. P. Salvestrini, M. D. Fontana, and Z. Czapla

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2523 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Electron emission from carbon foils induced by keV ions

S. M. Ritzau and R. A. Baragiola

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2529 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Interatomic potential for silicon defects and disordered phases

João F. Justo, Martin Z. Bazant, Efthimios Kaxiras, V. V. Bulatov, and Sidney Yip

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2539 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Oscillatory regime of ordering during interdiffusion

A. M. Gusak and A. O. Kovalchuk

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2551 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Interpretation of the temperature dependence of ${Mn}^{2 +}$ high-field ESR spectra in the first incommensurately modulated phase of betaine calcium chloride dihydrate

H. Metz, R. Heidler, D. Michel, and W. Windsch

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2556 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Delafossite oxides $AB O_{2}$ $(A = Ag, Cu;$ $B = Al, Cr, Fe, In, Nd, Y)$ studied by perturbed-angular-correlation spectroscopy using a $^{111} Ag (β^{-})^{111} Cd$ probe

R. N. Attili, R. N. Saxena, A. W. Carbonari, J. Mestnik Filho, M. Uhrmacher, and K. P. Lieb

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2563 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Equilibrium equations for piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials

S. Ponti and G. Barbero

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2570 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Structural refinement of $1 / 1$ bcc approximants to quasicrystals: Bergman-type $W (TiZrNi)$ and Mackay-type $M (TiZrFe)$

W. J. Kim, P. C. Gibbons, K. F. Kelton, and W. B. Yelon

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2578 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Trace map of a general aperiodic Thue-Morse chain: Electronic properties

Anathnath Ghosh and S. N. Karmakar

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2586 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

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

Strong anisotropy in the inelastic neutron scattering from PdH at high energy transfer

D. K. Ross, V. E. Antonov, E. L. Bokhenkov, A. I. Kolesnikov, E. G. Ponyatovsky, and J. Tomkinson

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2591 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Summation of free-energy diagrams of an anharmonic crystal and equation of state for a Lennard-Jones solid

Ramesh C. Shukla and E. R. Cowley

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2596 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Neutrino-induced Doppler-broadening study on oriented EuO single crystals

N. Stritt, J. Jolie, M. Jentschel, H. G. Börner, and C. Doll

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2603 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Inelastic-neutron-scattering studies of a quasi-one-dimensional charge-density-wave system: Characterization of interchain interactions

J-F. Bardeau, A. Bulou, B. I. Swanson, and B. Hennion

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2614 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Variational Gaussian approximation to the soliton of the (1+1)-dimensional sine-Gordon model

Hermann G. Kümmel

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2620 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Magnetism

Critical temperature and density of spin flips in the anisotropic random-field Ising model

Marc Thilo Figge, Maxim V. Mostovoy, and Jasper Knoester

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2626 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Ferromagnetic transition and phase diagram of the one-dimensional Hubbard model with next-nearest-neighbor hopping

S. Daul and R. M. Noack

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2635 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Volume dependence of the magnetic phases of ordered FeCr

S. L. Qiu, P. M. Marcus, and V. L. Moruzzi

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2651 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Scaling of domain-wall energies in the three-dimensional gauge glass model

J. Maucourt and D. R. Grempel

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2654 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Incommensurate phase of the pure and doped spin-Peierls system ${CuGeO}_{3}$

Somendra M. Bhattacharjee, Thomas Nattermann, and Christopher Ronnewinkel

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2658 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Ordering of localized moments in Kondo lattice models

Graeme Honner and Miklós Gulácsi

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2662 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

${Ca}_{4} {Cu}_{5} O_{10} :$ Copper oxide chains highly occupied by Zhang-Rice singlets

A. Hayashi, B. Batlogg, and R. J. Cava

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2678 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Structure and magnetic order in ${La}_{1 - x} {Ca}_{x} {MnO}_{3}$ $(0 < x <~ 0.33)$

Q. Huang, A. Santoro, J. W. Lynn, R. W. Erwin, J. A. Borchers, J. L. Peng, K. Ghosh, and R. L. Greene

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2684 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Antiferromagnetic structure of UNiAl

K. Prokeš, F. Bourdarot, P. Burlet, P. Javorský, M. Olšovec, V. Sechovský, E. Brück, F. R. de Boer, and A. A. Menovsky

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2692 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Control of magnetism by crystal chemistry in $T^{'}$ -phase $R_{2} {Cu}_{1 - x} {Pd}_{x} O_{4}$ ( $R = Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd;$ $0 <~ x <~ 0.2$ )

J. F. Vente and P. D. Battle

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2699 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Scaling and labeling the high-resolution isotropic axis of two-dimensional multiple-quantum magic-angle-spinning spectra of half-integer quadrupole spins

Pascal P. Man

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2764 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Phase coherence and the boson analogy of vortex liquids

A. K. Nguyen and A. Sudbø

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2802 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Anomalous magnetoresistance near the superconductor-insulator transition in ultrathin films of $a - {Mo}_{x} {Si}_{1 - x}$

S. Okuma, T. Terashima, and N. Kokubo

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2816 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

Thickness dependence of the vortex-glass transition and critical scaling of current-voltage characteristics in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$ thin films

Akihito Sawa, Hirofumi Yamasaki, Yasunori Mawatari, Haruhiko Obara, Masaichi Umeda, and Shin Kosaka

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2868 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998

ERRATA

Erratum: Magnetic excitation spectrum of dimerized antiferromagnetic chains [Phys. Rev. B 54, R9624 (1996)]

Götz S. Uhrig and H. J. Schulz

Phys. Rev. B 58, 2900 (1998) - Published 1 August, 1998