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Europhysics Letters

Vol. 76, No. 3 (November 2006)



-  General
An adaptive Metropolis-Hastings scheme: Sampling and optimization    p. 353
D. H. Wolpert and C. F. Lee
Published online: 29 September 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10287-1
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Simulations of collision times in gravity-driven granular flow    p. 360
J. J. Drozd and C. Denniston
Published online: 7 October 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10286-2
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Does dynamics reflect topology in directed networks?    p. 367
M. Timme
Published online: 11 October 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10289-y
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-  The physics of elementary particles and fields
Relaxing to a three-dimensional brane junction    p. 374
D. Bazeia, F. A. Brito and L. Losano
Published online: 11 October 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10292-4
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Single production of charged gauge bosons from little Higgs models in association with top quark at the LHC    p. 381
Chong-Xing Yue, Shuo Yang and Li-Hong Wang
Published online: 29 September 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10282-6
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Split two-Higgs-doublet model and neutrino condensation    p. 388
F. Wang, W. Wang and J. M. Yang
Published online: 7 October 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10293-3
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Noncommutative geometry and geometric phases    p. 395
B. Basu, S. Dhar and S. Ghosh
Published online: 11 October 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10299-9
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-  Nuclear physics
The Hagedorn thermostat    p. 402
L. G. Moretto, K. A. Bugaev, J. B. Elliott and L. Phair
Published online: 27 September 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10280-8
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-  Electromagnetism, optics, acoustics, heat transfer, classical mechanics, and fluid dynamics
Helium - metrology at    p. 409
K. A. H. van Leeuwen and W. Vassen
Published online: 29 September 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10284-4
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Optical Zener-Bloch oscillations in binary waveguide arrays    p. 416
S. Longhi
Published online: 11 October 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10301-8
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Coherent backscattering of ultrasound without a source    p. 422
E. Larose, O. I. Lobkis and R. L. Weaver
Published online: 22 September 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10277-3
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Shear-thickening induced by Faraday waves in dilute wormlike micelles    p. 429
P. Ballesta and S. Manneville
Published online: 11 October 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10294-2
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-  Physics of gases, plasmas and electric discharges
Multiple-scattering effects in laser ablation plume propagation in gases    p. 436
S. Amoruso, J. Schou and J. G. Lunney
Published online: 11 October 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10296-0
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-  Condensed matter: structural, mechanical and thermal properties
Unravelling the role of Cu-O chain length on the superconducting properties of via Al doping and clustering    p. 443
M. Scavini, M. Daldosso, S. Cappelli, C. Oliva, M. Brunelli, C. Ferrero and A. Lascialfari
Published online: 11 October 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10300-9
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Roughness of tensile crack fronts in heterogenous materials    p. 450
E. Katzav and M. Adda-Bedia
Published online: 29 September 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10273-7
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Finite-temperature functional RG, droplets and decaying Burgers turbulence    p. 457
P. Le Doussal
Published online: 11 October 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10295-1
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Nucleation scenarios for wetting transition on textured surfaces: The effect of contact angle hysteresis    p. 464
C. Ishino and K. Okumura
Published online: 7 October 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10288-0
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-  Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties
Large magnetoresistance in intermetallic compounds ( = , and )    p. 471
R. Nirmala, S. K. Malik, A. V. Morozkin, Y. Yamamoto and H. Hori
Published online: 7 October 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10290-6
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Harper-Hofstadter problem for a 2D electron gas with k-linear Rashba spin-orbit coupling    p. 477
V. Ya. Demikhovskii and A. A. Perov
Published online: 11 October 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10285-3
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Magnus force and acoustic Stewart-Tolman effect in type-II superconductors    p. 484
V. D. Fil, D. V. Fil, A. N. Zholobenko, N. G. Burma, Yu. A. Avramenko, J. D. Kim, S. M. Choi and S. I. Lee
Published online: 11 October 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10298-x
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First-principle investigation of native and impurity defects in    p. 491
F. Bernardini and S. Massidda
Published online: 11 October 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10297-y
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Quantum-size effects on in superconducting nanofilms    p. 498
A. A. Shanenko, M. D. Croitoru and F. M. Peeters
Published online: 22 September 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10274-6
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Dichotomy in short superconducting nanowires: Thermal phase slippage vs. Coulomb blockade    p. 505
A. T. Bollinger, A. Rogachev and A. Bezryadin
Published online: 27 September 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10275-5
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-  Interdisciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology
Effect of and the ratio on high-temperature stability of materials    p. 512
J. Houška, J. Vlček, S. Hřeben, M. M. M. Bilek and D. R. McKenzie
Published online: 7 October 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10283-5
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Entropic approach curves of a polymer of fixed topology    p. 519
D. Marenduzzo and E. Orlandini
Published online: 29 September 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10278-2
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Intramolecular phase separation of copolymer “bottle brushes”: No sharp phase transition but a tunable length scale    p. 526
Hsiao-Ping Hsu, Wolfgang Paul and Kurt Binder
Published online: 22 September 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10276-4
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Measurement of the ground-state flux diagram of three coupled qubits as a first step towards the demonstration of adiabatic quantum computation    p. 533
A. Izmalkov, M. Grajcar, S. H. W. van der Ploeg, U. Hübner, E. Il'ichev, H.-G. Meyer and A. M. Zagoskin
Published online: 7 October 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10291-5
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Erratum
Erratum: Giant ground- and excited-state optical nonlinearity in one-dimensional cuprates    p. 540
Haranath Ghosh
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10337-8
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