Volume 68, Issue 10

M. Affronte, T. Guidi, R. Caciuffo, S. Carretta, G. Amoretti, J. Hinderer, I. Sheikin, A. G. M. Jansen, A. A. Smith, R. E. P. Winpenny, J. van Slageren, and D. Gatteschi

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104403 (2003) - Published 4 September, 2003

Interplay between magnetism and non-Fermi-liquid behavior in ${Sc}_{1 - x} U_{x} {Pd}_{3}$

R. P. Dickey, V. S. Zapf, P.-C. Ho, E. J. Freeman, N. A. Frederick, and M. B. Maple

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104404 (2003) - Published 4 September, 2003

Theoretical study of half-doped models for manganites: Fragility of CE phase with disorder, two types of colossal magnetoresistance, and charge-ordered states for electron-doped materials

H. Aliaga, D. Magnoux, A. Moreo, D. Poilblanc, S. Yunoki, and E. Dagotto

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104405 (2003) - Published 4 September, 2003

Quantum two-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet: Bridging the gap between field-theoretical and semiclassical approaches

Bernard B. Beard, Alessandro Cuccoli, Ruggero Vaia, and Paola Verrucchi

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104406 (2003) - Published 5 September, 2003

Quantum tunneling of two coupled single-molecular magnets

Jian-Ming Hu, Zhi-De Chen, and Shun-Qing Shen

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104407 (2003) - Published 8 September, 2003

Magnetic circular dichroism and spin polarization in $3 \vec{d} 4 f$ resonant photoemission from Tb metal in the perpendicular geometry

M. Taguchi, G. van der Laan, E. Arenholz, S. S. Dhesi, and E. Dudzik

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104408 (2003) - Published 8 September, 2003

Interplay of quantum and thermal fluctuations in a frustrated magnet

S. V. Isakov and R. Moessner

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104409 (2003) - Published 10 September, 2003

Effect of atomic relaxations on magnetic properties of adatoms and small clusters

Š. Pick, V. S. Stepanyuk, A. N. Baranov, W. Hergert, and P. Bruno

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104410 (2003) - Published 11 September, 2003

Electronic structure of half-metallic double perovskites

Z. Szotek, W. M. Temmerman, A. Svane, L. Petit, and H. Winter

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104411 (2003) - Published 12 September, 2003

Resonant x-ray-diffraction study of the charge ordering in ${NaV}_{2} O_{5}$

Y. Joly, Grenier, and J. E. Lorenzo

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104412 (2003) - Published 16 September, 2003

Coercivity ratio and anisotropy distribution in chemically synthesized ${L 1}_{0} FePt$ nanoparticle systems

S. Wang, S. S. Kang, J. W. Harrell, X. W. Wu, and R. W. Chantrell

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104413 (2003) - Published 16 September, 2003

Non-Vegard behavior of the $U_{x} {La}_{1 - x} S$ system

A. Bombardi, F. d’Acapito, K. Mattenberger, O. Vogt, and G. H. Lander

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104414 (2003) - Published 17 September, 2003

Critical behavior of frustrated spin systems with nonplanar orderings

Pietro Parruccini

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104415 (2003) - Published 17 September, 2003

Valence and spin state of Co and Ni ions and their relation to metallicity and ferromagnetism in ${LaCo}_{0.5} {Ni}_{0.5} O_{3}$

Tôru Kyômen, Ryutaro Yamazaki, and Mitsuru Itoh

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104416 (2003) - Published 17 September, 2003

Evolution from long-range order to Kondo lattice in ${Gd}_{1 - x} {Yb}_{x} {Ni}_{2} B_{2} C$

S. L. Bud’ko, J. D. Strand, N. E. Anderson, Jr., R. A. Ribeiro, and P. C. Canfield

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104417 (2003) - Published 17 September, 2003

Strong anharmonicity and spin-phonon coupling in the quasi-two-dimensional quantum spin system ${Sr}_{1 - x} {Ba}_{x} {Cu}_{2} ({BO}_{3})_{2}$

K.-Y. Choi, Yu. G. Pashkevich, K. V. Lamonova, H. Kageyama, Y. Ueda, and P. Lemmens

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104418 (2003) - Published 17 September, 2003

Polarization effects in coherent scattering from magnetic specimen: Implications for x-ray holography, lensless imaging, and correlation spectroscopy

S. Eisebitt, M. Lörgen, W. Eberhardt, J. Lüning, J. Stöhr, C. T. Rettner, O. Hellwig, E. E. Fullerton, and G. Denbeaux

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104419 (2003) - Published 18 September, 2003

On-site Coulomb energy versus crystal-field splitting for the insulator-metal transition in ${La}_{1 - x} {Sr}_{x} {TiO}_{3}$

T. Higuchi, D. Baba, T. Takeuchi, T. Tsukamoto, Y. Taguchi, Y. Tokura, A. Chainani, and S. Shin

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104420 (2003) - Published 18 September, 2003

Magnetic and electrical properties of $({La}_{1 - x} {Dy}_{x})_{0.7} {Ca}_{0.3} {MnO}_{3}$ perovskites

S. M. Yusuf, K. R. Chakraborty, S. K. Paranjpe, R. Ganguly, P. K. Mishra, J. V. Yakhmi, and V. C. Sahni

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104421 (2003) - Published 18 September, 2003

High-temperature magnetic order and coexisting spin dynamics in ${PrCu}_{2} :$ Manifestations of multipolar effects

A. Schenck, F. N. Gygax, and Y. Ōnuki

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104422 (2003) - Published 19 September, 2003

Ordering instability of weakly interacting electrons in a dirty metal

Chetan Nayak and Xiao Yang

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104423 (2003) - Published 19 September, 2003

First-order reversal-curve diagrams and reversible magnetization

C. R. Pike

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104424 (2003) - Published 22 September, 2003

Electrical transport and magnetotransport studies in WEAK ITINERANT amorphous ${Fe}_{90 - x} {Mn}_{x} {Zr}_{10} (0 <~ x <~ 16)$ alloys

V. Srinivas, A. Perumal, A. K. Nigam, G. Chandra, A. E. George, and R. A. Dunlap

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104425 (2003) - Published 23 September, 2003

Magnetic ordering and spin-liquid state of ${YMnO}_{3}$

Junghwan Park, J.-G. Park, Gun Sang Jeon, Han-Yong Choi, Changhee Lee, W. Jo, R. Bewley, K. A. McEwen, and T. G. Perring

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104426 (2003) - Published 23 September, 2003

Absence of phase stiffness in the quantum rotor phase glass

Philip Phillips and Denis Dalidovich

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104427 (2003) - Published 23 September, 2003

Inhomogeneous states in a small magnetic disk with single-ion surface anisotropy

V. E. Kireev and B. A. Ivanov

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104428 (2003) - Published 24 September, 2003

Renormalization and damping of dipole-exchange spin waves in ultrathin antiferromagnetic films

J. Milton Pereira, Jr. and M. G. Cottam

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104429 (2003) - Published 25 September, 2003

Magnetic, structural, and transport properties of the Heusler alloys ${Co}_{2} MnSi$ and NiMnSb

Lance Ritchie, Gang Xiao, Y. Ji, T. Y. Chen, C. L. Chien, Ming Zhang, Jinglan Chen, Zhuhong Liu, Guangheng Wu, and X. X. Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104430 (2003) - Published 29 September, 2003

Large magnetovolume effects and band structure of itinerant-electron metamagnetic $La ({Fe}_{x} {Si}_{1 - x})_{13}$ compounds

A. Fujita, K. Fukamichi, J.-T. Wang, and Y. Kawazoe

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104431 (2003) - Published 29 September, 2003

Thermoelectric power of cerium and ytterbium intermetallics

V. Zlatić, B. Horvatić, I. Milat, B. Coqblin, G. Czycholl, and C. Grenzebach

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104432 (2003) - Published 29 September, 2003

Spiral phase and phase separation of the double-exchange model in the large- $S$ limit

Lan Yin

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104433 (2003) - Published 29 September, 2003

Reflection of electrons from a domain wall in magnetic nanojunctions

V. K. Dugaev, J. Berakdar, and J. Barnaś

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104434 (2003) - Published 29 September, 2003

Haldane-gapped spin chains: Exact low-temperature expansions of correlation functions

Robert M. Konik

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104435 (2003) - Published 30 September, 2003

First-principles relativistic study of spin waves in thin magnetic films

L. Udvardi, L. Szunyogh, K. Palotás, and P. Weinberger

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104436 (2003) - Published 30 September, 2003

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Static semifluxons in a long Josephson junction with $π$ -discontinuity points

H. Susanto, S. A. van Gils, T. P. P. Visser, Ariando, H. J. H. Smilde, and H. Hilgenkamp

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104501 (2003) - Published 2 September, 2003

Effect of flux flow on microwave losses in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - x}$ superconducting films

A. G. Zaitsev, R. Schneider, G. Linker, F. Ratzel, R. Smithey, and J. Geerk

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104502 (2003) - Published 4 September, 2003

Upper critical field in dirty two-band superconductors: Breakdown of the anisotropic Ginzburg-Landau theory

A. A. Golubov and A. E. Koshelev

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104503 (2003) - Published 4 September, 2003

Pressure-induced insulating state in an organic superconductor

J. Hagel, J. Wosnitza, C. Pfleiderer, J. A. Schlueter, J. Mohtasham, and G. L. Gard

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104504 (2003) - Published 4 September, 2003

Fractionalization of a flux quantum in a one-dimensional parallel Josephson junction array with alternating $π$ junctions

Mahesh Chandran and R. V. Kulkarni

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104505 (2003) - Published 5 September, 2003

Strong three-dimensional correlations in the vortex system for $({Bi}_{0.7} {Pb}_{0.3})_{2.2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8}$

L. S. Uspenskaya, A. B. Kulakov, and A. L. Rakhmanov

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104506 (2003) - Published 9 September, 2003

Temperature-dependent local structure in the ${Nb}_{3} Ge$ superconductor studied by high-resolution Ge K-edge EXAFS measurements

N. L. Saini, M. Filippi, H. Oyanagi, H. Ihara, A. Iyo, and A. Bianconi

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104507 (2003) - Published 9 September, 2003

Superconductivity in ${CoO}_{2}$ layers and the resonating valence bond mean-field theory of the triangular lattice $t - J$ model

Brijesh Kumar and B. Sriram Shastry

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104508 (2003) - Published 11 September, 2003

Magnetic phase diagram of ${Nd}_{1.85} {Ce}_{0.15} {CuO}_{4 + δ}$ from magnetization and muon spin relaxation measurements

A. Lascialfari, P. Ghigna, and F. Tedoldi

Phys. Rev. B 68, 104524 (2003) - Published 25 September, 2003