Volume 88, Issue 17

29 April 2002

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The four images show the delayed breakdown of a 'cluster' of steel beads [in the middle box in (a)] undergoing vertical shaking at a constant amplitude. After a relatively long period of stability, the cluster suddenly collapses at t = 42 s and diffuses rapidly over the other boxes. The cluster lifetime depends only on the number of boxes and one shaking parameter and can be calculated from a simple flux model.

From the article:

Sudden Collapse of a Granular Cluster
Devaraj van der Meer, Ko van der Weele, and Detlef Lohse
Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 174302 (2002)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

$0_{gs}^{+} \to 2_{1}^{+}$ Excitations in the Mirror Nuclei $^{32} Ar$ and $^{32} Si$

P. D. Cottle, Z. Hu, B. V. Pritychenko, J. A. Church, M. Fauerbach, T. Glasmacher, R. W. Ibbotson, K. W. Kemper, L. A. Riley, H. Scheit, and M. Steiner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 172502 (2002) - Published 12 April, 2002

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Spontaneous Branching of Anode-Directed Streamers between Planar Electrodes

Manuel Arrayás, Ute Ebert, and Willem Hundsdorfer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 174502 (2002) - Published 16 April, 2002

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Driving Current through Single Organic Molecules

J. Reichert, R. Ochs, D. Beckmann, H. B. Weber, M. Mayor, and H. v. Löhneysen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 176804 (2002) - Published 10 April, 2002

LETTERS

General Physics

Generalized Nonadditive Entropies and Quantum Entanglement

N. Canosa and R. Rossignoli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 170401 (2002) - Published 10 April, 2002

Entangling Many Atomic Ensembles through Laser Manipulation

L.-M. Duan

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 170402 (2002) - Published 11 April, 2002

Stability of Continuously Pumped Atom Lasers

S. A. Haine, J. J. Hope, N. P. Robins, and C. M. Savage

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 170403 (2002) - Published 11 April, 2002

Divergence-Free WKB Method

Tadanori Hyouguchi, Satoshi Adachi, and Masahito Ueda

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 170404 (2002) - Published 11 April, 2002

Bell-Type Inequalities to Detect True $n$ -Body Nonseparability

Daniel Collins, Nicolas Gisin, Sandu Popescu, David Roberts, and Valerio Scarani

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 170405 (2002) - Published 12 April, 2002

Quantum Phases of Dipolar Bosons in Optical Lattices

K. Góral, L. Santos, and M. Lewenstein

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 170406 (2002) - Published 12 April, 2002

Exact $c$ -Number Representation of Non-Markovian Quantum Dissipation

Jürgen T. Stockburger and Hermann Grabert

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 170407 (2002) - Published 15 April, 2002

Quantum Tunneling of Bose-Einstein Condensates in Optical Lattices under Gravity

W. M. Liu, W. B. Fan, W. M. Zheng, J. Q. Liang, and S. T. Chui

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 170408 (2002) - Published 15 April, 2002

Proof of Bose-Einstein Condensation for Dilute Trapped Gases

Elliott H. Lieb and Robert Seiringer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 170409 (2002) - Published 16 April, 2002

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Determination of Absolute Neutrino Masses from Bursts of Z Bosons in Cosmic Rays

Z. Fodor, S. D. Katz, and A. Ringwald

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 171101 (2002) - Published 16 April, 2002

Elementary Particles and Fields

$n$ - $\bar{n}$ Oscillations in Models with Large Extra Dimensions

Shmuel Nussinov and Robert Shrock

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 171601 (2002) - Published 12 April, 2002

Precise Measurement of $B$ Meson Lifetimes with Hadronic Decay Final States

K. Abe et al. (Belle Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 171801 (2002) - Published 15 April, 2002

Search for the Scalar Top Quark in $p \bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.8 TeV$

V. M. Abazov et al. (D0 Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 171802 (2002) - Published 16 April, 2002

Nuclear Physics

The Hypernuclei ${}_{Λ}^{4}H e$ and ${}_{Λ}^{4}H$ : Challenges for Modern Hyperon-Nucleon Forces

A. Nogga, H. Kamada, and W. Glöckle

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 172501 (2002) - Published 9 April, 2002

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

$0_{gs}^{+} \to 2_{1}^{+}$ Excitations in the Mirror Nuclei $^{32} Ar$ and $^{32} Si$

P. D. Cottle, Z. Hu, B. V. Pritychenko, J. A. Church, M. Fauerbach, T. Glasmacher, R. W. Ibbotson, K. W. Kemper, L. A. Riley, H. Scheit, and M. Steiner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 172502 (2002) - Published 12 April, 2002

Angular Momentum and Cross Sections for Fusion with Weakly Bound Nuclei: Breakup, a Coherent Effect

Vandana Tripathi, A. Navin, K. Mahata, K. Ramachandran, A. Chatterjee, and S. Kailas

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 172701 (2002) - Published 11 April, 2002

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Tunneling Resonances and Coherence in an Optical Lattice

B. K. Teo, J. R. Guest, and G. Raithel

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 173001 (2002) - Published 10 April, 2002

Core-Excited Resonance Enhancement in the Two-Photon Complete Fragmentation of Helium

J. Colgan and M. S. Pindzola

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 173002 (2002) - Published 11 April, 2002

Measurement of Transition Dipole Moments in Lithium Dimers Using Electromagnetically Induced Transparency

J. Qi, F. C. Spano, T. Kirova, A. Lazoudis, J. Magnes, L. Li, L. M. Narducci, R. W. Field, and A. M. Lyyra

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 173003 (2002) - Published 15 April, 2002

Time-Dependent Close-Coupling Calculations of Dielectronic Capture in He

D. M. Mitnik, D. C. Griffin, and M. S. Pindzola

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 173004 (2002) - Published 15 April, 2002

Resonant Control of Elastic Collisions in an Optically Trapped Fermi Gas of Atoms

T. Loftus, C. A. Regal, C. Ticknor, J. L. Bohn, and D. S. Jin

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 173201 (2002) - Published 12 April, 2002

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Experimental Evidence for Supercontinuum Generation by Fission of Higher-Order Solitons in Photonic Fibers

J. Herrmann, U. Griebner, N. Zhavoronkov, A. Husakou, D. Nickel, J. C. Knight, W. J. Wadsworth, P. St. J. Russell, and G. Korn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 173901 (2002) - Published 11 April, 2002

Superfluidity versus Disorder in the Discrete Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation

A. Trombettoni, A. Smerzi, and A. R. Bishop

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 173902 (2002) - Published 15 April, 2002

Attosecond Streak Camera

J. Itatani, F. Quéré, G. L. Yudin, M. Yu. Ivanov, F. Krausz, and P. B. Corkum

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 173903 (2002) - Published 16 April, 2002

Quantum Theory of Attosecond XUV Pulse Measurement by Laser Dressed Photoionization

Markus Kitzler, Nenad Milosevic, Armin Scrinzi, Ferenc Krausz, and Thomas Brabec

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 173904 (2002) - Published 16 April, 2002

Synchronization of Chaotic Semiconductor Laser Systems: A Vectorial Coupling-Dependent Scenario

Michael Peil, Tilmann Heil, Ingo Fischer, and Wolfgang Elsäßer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 174101 (2002) - Published 10 April, 2002

Permutation Entropy: A Natural Complexity Measure for Time Series

Christoph Bandt and Bernd Pompe

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 174102 (2002) - Published 11 April, 2002

Collisional Granular Flow as a Micropolar Fluid

Namiko Mitarai, Hisao Hayakawa, and Hiizu Nakanishi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 174301 (2002) - Published 12 April, 2002

Sudden Collapse of a Granular Cluster

Devaraj van der Meer, Ko van der Weele, and Detlef Lohse

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 174302 (2002) - Published 15 April, 2002

Computational and Experimental Analysis of Pinch-Off and Scaling

Alvin U. Chen, Patrick K. Notz, and Osman A. Basaran

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 174501 (2002) - Published 12 April, 2002

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Spontaneous Branching of Anode-Directed Streamers between Planar Electrodes

Manuel Arrayás, Ute Ebert, and Willem Hundsdorfer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 174502 (2002) - Published 16 April, 2002

Plasma and Beam Physics

Model and Observations of Schottky-Noise Suppression in a Cold Heavy-Ion Beam

H. Danared, A. Källberg, K.-G. Rensfelt, and A. Simonsson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 174801 (2002) - Published 10 April, 2002

Experimental Observations of Transverse Shear Waves in Strongly Coupled Dusty Plasmas

J. Pramanik, G. Prasad, A. Sen, and P. K. Kaw

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 175001 (2002) - Published 16 April, 2002

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Avalanche Behavior in Yield Stress Fluids

Philippe Coussot, Q. D. Nguyen, H. T. Huynh, and Daniel Bonn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 175501 (2002) - Published 11 April, 2002

Quantum Antidot Formation and Correlation to Optical Shift of Gold Nanoparticles Embedded in MgO

Jun Xu, J. Moxom, S. H. Overbury, C. W. White, A. P. Mills, Jr., and R. Suzuki

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 175502 (2002) - Published 16 April, 2002

Origin of the Stability of Ge(105) on Si: A New Structure Model and Surface Strain Relaxation

Y. Fujikawa, K. Akiyama, T. Nagao, T. Sakurai, M. G. Lagally, T. Hashimoto, Y. Morikawa, and K. Terakura

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 176101 (2002) - Published 15 April, 2002

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Anharmonic Raman Spectra in High-Pressure Ice from Ab Initio Simulations

Anna Putrino and Michele Parrinello

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 176401 (2002) - Published 16 April, 2002

Electrically Controlled Nuclear Spin Polarization and Relaxation by Quantum-Hall States

K. Hashimoto, K. Muraki, T. Saku, and Y. Hirayama

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 176601 (2002) - Published 10 April, 2002

Variable Range Hopping in Two-Dimensional Systems of Interacting Electrons

D. N. Tsigankov and A. L. Efros

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 176602 (2002) - Published 16 April, 2002

Localization of Optically Excited States by Self-Trapping

Michael Rohlfing and Johannes Pollmann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 176801 (2002) - Published 10 April, 2002

Transition from an Electron Solid to the Sequence of Fractional Quantum Hall States at Very Low Landau Level Filling Factor

W. Pan, H. L. Stormer, D. C. Tsui, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. Baldwin, and K. W. West

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 176802 (2002) - Published 10 April, 2002

Nonequilibrium Quasiparticle Distribution Induced by Kondo Defects

J. Kroha and A. Zawadowski

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 176803 (2002) - Published 10 April, 2002

FEATURED IN PHYSICS

Driving Current through Single Organic Molecules

J. Reichert, R. Ochs, D. Beckmann, H. B. Weber, M. Mayor, and H. v. Löhneysen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 176804 (2002) - Published 10 April, 2002

Charge Distribution in a Kondo-Correlated Quantum Dot

D. Sprinzak, Yang Ji, M. Heiblum, D. Mahalu, and Hadas Shtrikman

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 176805 (2002) - Published 12 April, 2002

Field-Induced Spin-Density-Wave Phases in Quasi-One-Dimensional Conductors: Theory versus Experiments

A. G. Lebed

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 177001 (2002) - Published 10 April, 2002

Dual Neutral Variables and Knot Solitons in Triplet Superconductors

Egor Babaev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 177002 (2002) - Published 16 April, 2002

$d$ -Wave Induced Zero-Field Resonances in dc $π$ -Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices

B. Chesca, R. R. Schulz, B. Goetz, C. W. Schneider, H. Hilgenkamp, and J. Mannhart

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 177003 (2002) - Published 16 April, 2002

Anomalous Magnetic Field Dependence of the Thermodynamic Transition Line in the Isotropic Superconductor $(K, B a) {BiO}_{3}$

S. Blanchard, T. Klein, J. Marcus, I. Joumard, A. Sulpice, P. Szabo, P. Samuely, A. G. M. Jansen, and C. Marcenat

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 177201 (2002) - Published 11 April, 2002

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

ERRATA

Erratum: Nonadiabatic Conditional Geometric Phase Shift with NMR [Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 097901 (2001)]

Wang Xiang-Bin and Matsumoto Keiji

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 179901 (2002) - Published 15 April, 2002

Volume 88, Issue 17

On the Cover

From the article:

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

LETTERS

General Physics

Gravitation and Astrophysics

Elementary Particles and Fields

Nuclear Physics

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

Plasma and Beam Physics

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

COMMENTS

ERRATA