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Physical Review B

Volume 69, Issue 17

1 May 2004

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BRIEF REPORTS

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

Field-induced polarization rotation in (001)-cut $Pb ({Mg}_{1 / 3} {Nb}_{2 / 3})_{0.76} {Ti}_{0.24} O_{3}$

R. R. Chien, V. Hugo Schmidt, Chi-Shun Tu, L.-W. Hung, and H. Luo

Phys. Rev. B 69, 172101 (2004) - Published 11 May, 2004

Stability of the chevron domain at triple-line reconstructions

Frédéric Lançon, Tamara Radetic, and Ulrich Dahmen

Phys. Rev. B 69, 172102 (2004) - Published 13 May, 2004

Structure and stability of rare-earth and transition-metal oxides

Luca Marsella and Vincenzo Fiorentini

Phys. Rev. B 69, 172103 (2004) - Published 14 May, 2004

Universal binding-energy relation for crystals that accounts for surface relaxation

Robin L. Hayes, Michael Ortiz, and Emily A. Carter

Phys. Rev. B 69, 172104 (2004) - Published 19 May, 2004

Incorporation of local structure in continuous dislocation theory

R. LeSar and J. M. Rickman

Phys. Rev. B 69, 172105 (2004) - Published 25 May, 2004

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Microchemical inhomogeneity of multicomponent systems and its evaluation from interatomic potentials

J. H. Li, H. B. Guo, W. S. Lai, and B. X. Liu

Phys. Rev. B 69, 172201 (2004) - Published 5 May, 2004

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

Phonons and magnetic excitations in the Mott insulator ${LaTiO}_{3}$

M. N. Iliev, A. P. Litvinchuk, M. V. Abrashev, V. N. Popov, J. Cmaidalka, B. Lorenz, and R. L. Meng

Phys. Rev. B 69, 172301 (2004) - Published 12 May, 2004

Magnetism

Scaling approach to itinerant quantum critical points

Catherine Pépin, Jérome Rech, and Revaz Ramazashvili

Phys. Rev. B 69, 172401 (2004) - Published 4 May, 2004

Magnetic response of dilute cobalt nanoparticles in an organic matrix: The effects of aging and interface chemistry

J. P. Wilcoxon, E. L. Venturini, and P. Provencio

Phys. Rev. B 69, 172402 (2004) - Published 5 May, 2004

Temperature-driven dynamical phase transition: Spin reorientation in antiferromagnetism

D. S. Deng, X. F. Jin, and Ruibao Tao

Phys. Rev. B 69, 172403 (2004) - Published 14 May, 2004

Nonlocal density functional study of the ${MnO}_{6}$ cluster

P. Młynarski

Phys. Rev. B 69, 172404 (2004) - Published 19 May, 2004

Modification of interface magnetic anisotropy by ion irradiation on epitaxial Cu/Ni/Cu(002)/ Si(100) films

J.-S. Lee, K.-B. Lee, Y. J. Park, T. G. Kim, J. H. Song, K. H. Chae, J. Lee, C. N. Whang, K. Jeong, D.-H. Kim, and S.-C. Shin

Phys. Rev. B 69, 172405 (2004) - Published 20 May, 2004

Pressure effects on the Kondo-lattice compound ${Ce}_{2} {Pd}_{3} {Si}_{5}$

Melike Abliz, Hedo Masato, Jiro Kitagawa, Yoshiya Uwatoko, and Masayasu Ishikawa

Phys. Rev. B 69, 172406 (2004) - Published 20 May, 2004

Magnetocrystalline anisotropy and orbital polarization in ferromagnetic transition metals

Yuannan Xie and John A. Blackman

Phys. Rev. B 69, 172407 (2004) - Published 28 May, 2004

Role of the barrier in spin-dependent tunneling addressed with superconductor spectroscopy

C. H. Kant, J. T. Kohlhepp, H. J. M. Swagten, B. Koopmans, and W. J. M. de Jonge

Phys. Rev. B 69, 172408 (2004) - Published 28 May, 2004

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Frustrated two-dimensional Josephson junction array near incommensurability

In-Cheol Baek, Young-Je Yun, and Mu-Yong Choi

Phys. Rev. B 69, 172501 (2004) - Published 17 May, 2004

Second sound from cavitation in superfluid $^{4} He$

Andrey Ganshin and Norbert Mulders

Phys. Rev. B 69, 172502 (2004) - Published 28 May, 2004

ARTICLES

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

Absence of low-temperature phase transitions in epitaxial ${BaTiO}_{3}$ thin films

D. A. Tenne, X. X. Xi, Y. L. Li, L. Q. Chen, A. Soukiassian, M. H. Zhu, A. R. James, J. Lettieri, D. G. Schlom, W. Tian, and X. Q. Pan

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174101 (2004) - Published 3 May, 2004

Multipole representation of the elastic field of dislocation ensembles

Zhiqiang Wang, Nasr Ghoniem, and Richard LeSar

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174102 (2004) - Published 7 May, 2004

Crystal-melt interfacial free energies and mobilities in fcc and bcc Fe

D. Y. Sun, M. Asta, and J. J. Hoyt

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174103 (2004) - Published 10 May, 2004

Ionic displacement correlations from the zero-point motion of pressurized solid argon

Hadley M. Lawler, Eric K. Chang, and Eric L. Shirley

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174104 (2004) - Published 11 May, 2004

Decay kinetics in low-energy emission of KCl:Tl: A Jahn-Teller model interpretation

P. Fabeni, D. Mugnai, G. P. Pazzi, and A. Ranfagni

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174105 (2004) - Published 19 May, 2004

Texture of tetragonal $α - {FeSi}_{2}$ films on Si(001)

C. Detavernier, C. Lavoie, J. Jordan-Sweet, and A. S. Özcan

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174106 (2004) - Published 21 May, 2004

Lattice instabilities and ferroelectricity in $A {ScO}_{3}$ perovskite alloys

S. V. Halilov, M. Fornari, and D. J. Singh

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174107 (2004) - Published 21 May, 2004

Hydrogen-affected cross-slip process in fcc nickel

M. Wen, S. Fukuyama, and K. Yokogawa

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174108 (2004) - Published 26 May, 2004

dc electric-field dependence of the dielectric constant in polar dielectrics: Multipolarization mechanism model

Chen Ang and Zhi Yu

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174109 (2004) - Published 27 May, 2004

${Cu}^{2 +}$ impurities in fluorite-type crystals: Mechanisms favoring an off-center motion

P. García Fernández, J. A. Aramburu, M. T. Barriuso, and M. Moreno

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174110 (2004) - Published 27 May, 2004

Mechanisms for the reconstructive phase transition between the $B 1$ and $B 2$ structure types in NaCl and PbS

Harold T. Stokes, Dorian M. Hatch, Jianjun Dong, and James P. Lewis

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174111 (2004) - Published 27 May, 2004

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Origin of the complex dielectric relaxation spectra of molecular glass formers

F. J. Bermejo, W. S. Howells, M. Jiménez-Ruiz, M. A. González, D. L. Price, M. L. Saboungi, and C. Cabrillo

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174201 (2004) - Published 3 May, 2004

Temperature- and composition-driven changes in site occupation of indium solutes in ${Gd}_{1 + 3 x} {Al}_{2 - 3 x}$

Matthew O. Zacate and Gary S. Collins

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174202 (2004) - Published 25 May, 2004

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

Polaron formation for nonlocal electron-phonon coupling: A variational wave-function study

C. A. Perroni, E. Piegari, M. Capone, and V. Cataudella

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174301 (2004) - Published 3 May, 2004

Quantum hydrogen vibrational dynamics in LiH: Neutron-scattering measurements and variational Monte Carlo simulations

J. Boronat, C. Cazorla, D. Colognesi, and M. Zoppi

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174302 (2004) - Published 13 May, 2004

Generating and detecting phonon solitons in MgO using picosecond ultrasonics

Wisit Singhsomroje and Humphrey J. Maris

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174303 (2004) - Published 24 May, 2004

Magnetism

Micromagnetic analysis of exchange-coupled hard-soft planar nanocomposites

Giovanni Asti, Massimo Solzi, Massimo Ghidini, and Franco M. Neri

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174401 (2004) - Published 4 May, 2004

Thickness-dependent magnetic excitations in Permalloy films with nonuniform magnetization

J. Ben Youssef, N. Vukadinovic, D. Billet, and M. Labrune

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174402 (2004) - Published 4 May, 2004

Spin current carried by magnons

Baigeng Wang, Jian Wang, Jin Wang, and D. Y. Xing

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174403 (2004) - Published 4 May, 2004

Spectrum and transition rates of the $XX$ chain analyzed via Bethe ansatz

Daniel Biegel, Michael Karbach, Gerhard Müller, and Klaus Wiele

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174404 (2004) - Published 6 May, 2004

High-field magnetization of $S = 1$ antiferromagnetic bond-alternating chain compounds

Yasuo Narumi, Koichi Kindo, Masayuki Hagiwara, Hiroki Nakano, Akira Kawaguchi, Kouichi Okunishi, and Masanori Kohno

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174405 (2004) - Published 6 May, 2004

Evolution of the Fermi surface and the oscillatory exchange coupling across Cr and Cr-based alloys

R. J. Hughes, S. B. Dugdale, Zs. Major, M. A. Alam, T. Jarlborg, E. Bruno, and B. Ginatempo

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174406 (2004) - Published 6 May, 2004

Monte Carlo simulation of a planar rotator model with symmetry-breaking fields

E. Rastelli, S. Regina, and A. Tassi

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174407 (2004) - Published 6 May, 2004

Effect of interface bonding on spin-dependent tunneling from the oxidized Co surface

K. D. Belashchenko, E. Y. Tsymbal, M. van Schilfgaarde, D. A. Stewart, I. I. Oleynik, and S. S. Jaswal

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174408 (2004) - Published 7 May, 2004

$Z_{3}$ quantum criticality in a spin- $\frac{1}{2}$ chain model

P. Lecheminant and E. Orignac

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174409 (2004) - Published 7 May, 2004

Smeared phase transition in a three-dimensional Ising model with planar defects: Monte Carlo simulations

Rastko Sknepnek and Thomas Vojta

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174410 (2004) - Published 7 May, 2004

Diameter dependence of ferromagnetic spin moment in Au nanocrystals

H. Hori, Y. Yamamoto, T. Iwamoto, T. Miura, T. Teranishi, and M. Miyake

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174411 (2004) - Published 17 May, 2004

Influence of a uniform current on collective magnetization dynamics in a ferromagnetic metal

J. Fernández-Rossier, M. Braun, A. S. Núñez, and A. H. MacDonald

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174412 (2004) - Published 17 May, 2004

Origin of circular dichroism in simple antiferromagnetic fluorides

D. J. Lockwood, R. M. White, and W. M. Yen

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174413 (2004) - Published 18 May, 2004

Orbital polarization, surface enhancement and quantum confinement in nanocluster magnetism

Xiangang Wan, Lei Zhou, Jinming Dong, T. K. Lee, and Ding-sheng Wang

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174414 (2004) - Published 18 May, 2004

Resonant x-ray scattering from ${UAs}_{0.8} {Se}_{0.2} :$ Multi- $k$ configurations

N. Bernhoeft, J. A. Paixão, C. Detlefs, S. B. Wilkins, P. Javorský, E. Blackburn, and G. H. Lander

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174415 (2004) - Published 19 May, 2004

Updated tests of scaling and universality for spin-spin correlations in the two- and three- dimensional spin- $S$ Ising models using high-temperature expansions

P. Butera and M. Comi

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174416 (2004) - Published 19 May, 2004

Size-dependent effects on the magnetization dynamics of Condon domains

A. Gordon, N. Logoboy, and W. Joss

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174417 (2004) - Published 19 May, 2004

High-temperature weak ferromagnetism on the verge of a metallic state: Impact of dilute Sr doping on ${BaIrO}_{3}$

G. Cao, X. N. Lin, S. Chikara, V. Durairaj, and E. Elhami

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174418 (2004) - Published 20 May, 2004

Raman and infrared measurements on the $[{Mn}_{4}]_{2}$ dimer: A single-molecule magnet with an exchange bias

J. M. North, N. S. Dalal, D. Foguet-Albiol, A. Vinslava, and G. Christou

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174419 (2004) - Published 20 May, 2004

X-band ESR determination of Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interaction in the two-dimensional ${SrCu}_{2} ({BO}_{3})_{2}$ system

Andrej Zorko, Denis Arčon, Hans van Tol, Louis Claude Brunel, and Hiroshi Kageyama

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174420 (2004) - Published 20 May, 2004

Critical properties of the Fermi-Bose Kondo and pseudogap Kondo models: Renormalized perturbation theory

Marijana Kirćan and Matthias Vojta

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174421 (2004) - Published 20 May, 2004

Phase-resolved pulsed precessional motion at a Schottky barrier

M. Buess, T. P. J. Knowles, U. Ramsperger, D. Pescia, and C. H. Back

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174422 (2004) - Published 20 May, 2004

Magnetic ordering and superconductivity in the $R_{2} {Ir}_{3} {Ge}_{5} (R = Y, L a, Ce - N d, Gd - T m, Lu)$ system

Yogesh Singh and S. Ramakrishnan

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174423 (2004) - Published 25 May, 2004

Anisotropic manifestation of short-range magnetic correlations in ${Ce}_{0.6} {La}_{0.4} {RhIn}_{5}$

V. F. Correa, L. Tung, S. M. Hollen, P. G. Pagliuso, N. O. Moreno, J. C. Lashley, J. L. Sarrao, and A. H. Lacerda

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174424 (2004) - Published 25 May, 2004

Magnetism in the dilute Kondo lattice model

M. Gulacsi, I. P. McCulloch, A. Juozapavicius, and A. Rosengren

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174425 (2004) - Published 26 May, 2004

Imaging the dephasing of spin wave modes in a square thin film magnetic element

A. Barman, V. V. Kruglyak, R. J. Hicken, J. M. Rowe, A. Kundrotaite, J. Scott, and M. Rahman

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174426 (2004) - Published 26 May, 2004

Magnetic properties of ${Sm}_{3} {Fe}_{28.1 - x} {Co}_{x} {Mo}_{0.9}$ $(x = 0, 4, 8, 12, 14, 16)$ compounds

W. X. Li, J. G. Guo, B. D. Liu, J. Shen, G. H. Wu, N. X. Chen, and F. M. Yang

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174427 (2004) - Published 27 May, 2004

Normal modes of spin excitations in magnetic nanoparticles

Marcos Grimsditch, Gary K. Leaf, Hans G. Kaper, Dmitry A. Karpeev, and Robert E. Camley

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174428 (2004) - Published 28 May, 2004

Effect of electron correlations on the electronic and magnetic structure of Ti-doped $α$ -hematite

Amrit Bandyopadhyay, Julian Velev, W. H. Butler, Sanjoy K. Sarker, and O. Bengone

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174429 (2004) - Published 28 May, 2004

Thermodynamic properties of ferromagnetic mixed-spin chain systems

Noboru Fukushima, Andreas Honecker, Stefan Wessel, and Wolfram Brenig

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174430 (2004) - Published 28 May, 2004

Magnetization in the case of anisotropic exchange interaction

Huai-Yu Wang, Chong-Yu Wang, and En-Ge Wang

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174431 (2004) - Published 28 May, 2004

${EuMn}_{2} {Ge}_{2}$ and ${EuMn}_{2} {Si}_{2} :$ Magnetic structures and valence transitions

M. Hofmann, S. J. Campbell, and A. V. J. Edge

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174432 (2004) - Published 28 May, 2004

Anomaly in the dielectric response at the charge-orbital-ordering transition of $\Pr_{0.67} {Ca}_{0.33} {MnO}_{3}$

Silvana Mercone, Alexandre Wahl, Alain Pautrat, Michaël Pollet, and Charles Simon

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174433 (2004) - Published 28 May, 2004

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Anisotropy in the incommensurate spin fluctuations of ${Sr}_{2} {RuO}_{4}$

T. Nagata, M. Urata, H. Kawano-Furukawa, H. Yoshizawa, H. Kadowaki, and Pengcheng Dai

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174501 (2004) - Published 6 May, 2004

Mixed-parity superconductivity in centrosymmetric crystals

I. A. Sergienko

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174502 (2004) - Published 18 May, 2004

Critical parameters of disordered nanocrystalline superconducting Chevrel-phase ${PbMo}_{6} S_{8}$

H. J. Niu and D. P. Hampshire

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174503 (2004) - Published 21 May, 2004

Induced ferromagnetism due to superconductivity in superconductor-ferromagnet structures

F. S. Bergeret, A. F. Volkov, and K. B. Efetov

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174504 (2004) - Published 27 May, 2004

Nodeless pairing state in single-crystal ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7}$

Dale R. Harshman, W. J. Kossler, X. Wan, Anthony T. Fiory, A. J. Greer, D. R. Noakes, C. E. Stronach, E. Koster, and John D. Dow

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174505 (2004) - Published 28 May, 2004

Thermodynamic properties of excess-oxygen-doped ${La}_{2} {CuO}_{4.11}$ near a simultaneous transition to superconductivity and long-range magnetic order

G. A. Jorge, M. Jaime, L. Civale, C. D. Batista, B. L. Zink, F. Hellman, B. Khaykovich, M. A. Kastner, Y. S. Lee, and R. J. Birgeneau

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174506 (2004) - Published 28 May, 2004

Evidence for an incommensurate magnetic resonance in ${La}_{2 - x} {Sr}_{x} {CuO}_{4}$

J. M. Tranquada, C. H. Lee, K. Yamada, Y. S. Lee, L. P. Regnault, and H. M. Rønnow

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174507 (2004) - Published 28 May, 2004

Interplay of structural and electronic phase separation in single-crystalline ${La}_{2} {CuO}_{4.05}$ studied by neutron and Raman scattering

V. P. Gnezdilov, Yu. G. Pashkevich, J. M. Tranquada, P. Lemmens, G. Güntherodt, A. V. Yeremenko, S. N. Barilo, S. V. Shiryaev, L. A. Kurnevich, and P. M. Gehring

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174508 (2004) - Published 28 May, 2004

Angle-dependent magnetoresistance of the layered organic superconductor $κ - (ET)_{2} Cu (NCS)_{2} :$ Simulation and experiment

P. A. Goddard, S. J. Blundell, J. Singleton, R. D. McDonald, A. Ardavan, A. Narduzzo, J. A. Schlueter, A. M. Kini, and T. Sasaki

Phys. Rev. B 69, 174509 (2004) - Published 28 May, 2004