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Vol. 97, No. 4 (February 2012)



-  General
Synchronous fluctuation in broad-band processes and application to the electroencephalographic brain data    40001
D. C. Lin, J. L. Perez Velazquez and V. Nenadovic
Published online: 21 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/40001

Local equilibrium of the Gibbs interface in two-phase systems    40002
T. Savin, K. S. Glavatskiy, S. Kjelstrup, H. C. Öttinger and D. Bedeaux
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/40002

Quantum refrigerator driven by current noise    40003
Yi-Xin Chen and Sheng-Wen Li
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/40003

Recovery of state-specific potential of molecular motor from single-molecule trajectory    40004
Shoichi Toyabe, Hiroshi Ueno and Eiro Muneyuki
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/40004

Synchronizing large number of nonidentical oscillators with small coupling    40005
Ye Wu, Jinghua Xiao, Gang Hu and Meng Zhan
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/40005

Quantum escape in the presence of a time-periodic oscillating force    40006
Anindita Shit, Sudip Chattopadhyay and Jyotipratim Ray Chaudhuri
Published online: 21 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/40006

Radiation pressure vs. friction effects in the description of the Poynting-Robertson scattering process    40007
D. Bini, D. Gregoris and S. Succi
Published online: 21 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/40007

Demographic noise can lead to the spontaneous formation of species    40008
T. Rogers, A. J. McKane and A. G. Rossberg
Published online: 21 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/40008

Dynamical regimes and transitions in Plio-Pleistocene Asian monsoon    40009
N. Malik, Y. Zou, N. Marwan and J. Kurths
Published online: 22 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/40009



-  The Physics of Elementary Particles and Fields
A generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation: Classical field-theoretic approach    41001
F. D. Nobre, M. A. Rego-Monteiro and C. Tsallis
Published online: 14 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/41001


-  Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Ultra-long-range giant dipole molecules in crossed electric and magnetic fields    43001
M. Kurz, M. Mayle and P. Schmelcher
Published online: 9 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/43001

Acoustic waves from mechanical impulses due to fluorescence resonant energy (Förster) transfer - Blowing a whistle with light    43002
J. R. Zurita-Sánchez and C. Henkel
Published online: 21 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/43002



-  Electromagnetism, Optics, Acoustics, Heat Transfer, Classical Mechanics, and Fluid Dynamics
Noseleaf pit in Egyptian slit-faced bat as a doubly curved reflector    44001
Qiao Zhuang, Xiao-Min Wang, Ming-Xuan Li, Jie Mao and Fu-Xun Wang
Published online: 13 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/44001

Lattice Boltzmann study of thermal phase separation: Effects of heat conduction, viscosity and Prandtl number    44002
Yanbiao Gan, Aiguo Xu, Guangcai Zhang, Ping Zhang and Yingjun Li
Published online: 10 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/44002

Stable nonlinear amplification of solitons without gain saturation    44003
O. V. Borovkova, V. E. Lobanov and B. A. Malomed
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/44003

Contact line dissipation in short-time dynamic wetting    44004
A. Carlson, G. Bellani and G. Amberg
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/44004

Unconventional Fano resonances in light scattering by small particles    44005
M. I. Tribelsky, A. E. Miroshnichenko and Y. S. Kivshar
Published online: 21 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/44005

Electromagnetic wave scattering by a superconductor    44006
M. C. N. Fiolhais and H. Essén
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/44006

Nonlinear Mach-Zehnder-Fano interferometer    44007
Yi Xu and Andrey E. Miroshnichenko
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/44007

Manipulating thrust wakes: A parallel with biomimetic propulsion    44008
V. Raspa, C. Gaubert and B. Thiria
Published online: 21 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/44008

Causality-induced pulse steepening and shock-like waves in superluminal media    44009
J. M. Hickmann, M. A. R. C. Alencar, W. F. Silva and S. T. Souza
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/44009

Evidence of slow acoustic surface waves on a 1D phononic surface by a pulsed laser spectroscopic technique resolved in time and space    44010
I. Malfanti, A. Taschin, P. Bartolini and R. Torre
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/44010

Acoustic energy measurement for a standing acoustic wave in a micro-channel    44011
O. Dron and J.-L. Aider
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/44011



-  Physics of Gases, Plasmas and Electric Discharges
Plasmon resonant light scattering on spheroidal metallic nanoparticle embedded in a dielectric matrix    45001
N. I. Grigorchuk
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/45001


-  Condensed Matter: Structural, Mechanical and Thermal Properties
Non-monotonic variation of viscous dissipation in confined liquid films: A reconciliation    46001
S. de Beer, W. K. den Otter, D. van den Ende, W. J. Briels and F. Mugele
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/46001

Dynamics of helical vortices and helical-vortex rings    46002
E. B. Sonin
Published online: 14 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/46002

Preferential spreading of molten metal over an anisotropically microstructured surface    46003
Wen Liu, Lingbo Lu, Yulong Li, Yuguang Cai and Dusan P. Sekulic
Published online: 17 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/46003

Distribution of velocities in an avalanche    46004
P. Le Doussal and K. J. Wiese
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/46004

Nano-domain orientation modulation of photoresponse based on anisotropic transport in manganite films    46005
H. Ni, K. Zhao, K. J. Jin, Y. C. Kong, H. K. Wong, W. F. Xiang, S. Q. Zhao and S. X. Zhong
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/46005

Spiral dynamics in the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation: Disorder vs. freezing    46006
Subir K. Das
Published online: 21 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/46006



-  Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure, Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties
Revealing common artifacts due to ferromagnetic inclusions in highly oriented pyrolytic graphitea    47001
M. Sepioni, R. R. Nair, I.-Ling Tsai, A. K. Geim and I. V. Grigorieva
Published online: 27 January 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/47001

Correlation and disorder-enhanced nematic spin response in superconductors with weakly broken rotational symmetry    47002
B. M. Andersen, S. Graser and P. J. Hirschfeld
Published online: 21 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/47002

Thermally activated flux flow and fluctuation conductivity in LiFeAs single crystal    47003
Yoo Jang Song, Byeongwon Kang, Jong-Soo Rhee and Yong Seung Kwon
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/47003

Engineering of radiation of optically active molecules with chiral nano-meta-particles    47004
V. V. Klimov, D. V. Guzatov and M. Ducloy
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/47004

Spontaneous polaron transport in biopolymers    47005
B. Chakrabarti, B. M. A. G. Piette and W. J. Zakrzewski
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/47005



-  Interdisciplinary Physics and Related Areas of Science and Technology
Evolution of public cooperation on interdependent networks: The impact of biased utility functions    48001
Zhen Wang, Attila Szolnoki and Matjaž Perc
Published online: 10 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/48001

Popularity-driven networking    48003
E. Ben-Naim and P. L. Krapivsky
Published online: 15 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/48003

Epidemic phase transition of the SIS type in networks    48004
P. Van Mieghem
Published online: 15 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/48004

Community structure detection based on Potts model and network's spectral characterization    48005
Hui-Jia Li, Yong Wang, Ling-Yun Wu, Zhi-Ping Liu, Luonan Chen and Xiang-Sun Zhang
Published online: 21 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/48005

Anti-correlation and subsector structure in financial systems    48006
X. F. Jiang and B. Zheng
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/48006

Elastic fluctuations as observed in a confocal slice    48007
C. A. Lemarchand, A. C. Maggs and M. Schindler
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/48007

Short-term synaptic facilitation improves information retrieval in noisy neural networks    48008
J. F. Mejias, B. Hernandez-Gomez and J. J. Torres
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/48008

Damped oscillations in the ratios of stock market indices    48009
Ming-Chya Wu
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/48009

Collective Weibull behavior of social atoms: Application of the rank-ordering statistics to historical extreme events    48010
Chien-Chih Chen, Chih-Yuan Tseng, Luciano Telesca, Sung-Ching Chi and Li-Chung Sun
Published online: 21 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/48010

Universality in the precipitation and river runoff    48011
M. I. Bogachev and A. Bunde
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/48011

Characterizing equilibrium in epitaxial growth    48012
P. N. Patrone, R. E. Caflisch and D. Margetis
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/48012



-  Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Minimal global magnetic millihertz fluctuation level determined from mid-latitude underground observations    49001
E. Pozzo di Borgo, J. Marfaing and G. Waysand
Published online: 1 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/49001

Universal law for waiting internal time in seismicity and its implication to earthquake network    49002
Sumiyoshi Abe and Norikazu Suzuki
Published online: 16 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/49002

Fermions in a Walecka-type cosmology    49003
M. O. Ribas, P. Zambianchi jr., F. P. Devecchi and G. M. Kremer
Published online: 20 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/49003



-  Erratum

Comment
Tunable pulse delay and advancement device based on a cavity electromechanical system    49901
Cheng Jiang, Bin Chen and Ka-Di Zhu
Published online: 10 February 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/49901