The European Physical Journal B

Vol. 63 No. 2 (May II 2008)

Solids and Liquids
• Investigation of self-assembled fractal porous-silica over a wide range of length scales using a combined small-angle scattering method     p. 153
  D. Yamaguchi, H. Mayama, S. Koizumi, K. Tsujii and T. Hashimoto
  Abstract | PDF file (1.095 MB) | References



• Microwave surface resistance of pristine and neutron-irradiated MgB₂ samples in magnetic field     p. 165
  M. Bonura, A. Agliolo Gallitto, M. Li Vigni, C. Ferdeghini and C. Tarantini
  Abstract | PDF file (529.7 KB) | References



• Bond stretching phonon anomalies due to incommensurate charge density wave instabilities in high-T_c cuprates     p. 179
  R. Citro, S. Cojocaru and M. Marinaro
  Abstract | PDF file (267.7 KB) | References



• Phase transition in YbAl₃C₃     p. 187
  S.K. Dhar, P. Manfrinetti, M.L. Fornasini and P. Bonville
  Abstract | PDF file (224.2 KB) | References



• Intrinsic optical bistability in Kerr ferroelectric materials     p. 193
  A.-B.M.A. Ibrahim and J. Osman
  Abstract | PDF file (466.6 KB) | References



Mesoscopic and Nanoscale Systems
• Hall effect and negative magnetoresistance in thin crystals of NbSe₃     p. 199
  A.A. Sinchenko, Yu.I. Latyshev, A.P. Orlov, A.A. Ivanov and P. Monceau
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• Landau theory of ferroelectric transition in long cylindrical nanoparticles     p. 205
  P. Khare and D. Sa
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• Current and spin torque in a ferromagnet-quantum dot-ferromagnet tunneling system: quantum rate equations     p. 211
  L. Qin and Y. Guo
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• Nonlocal effects on second-harmonic generation in a Pöschl-Teller quantum well     p. 219
  G. Wang and Q. Guo
  Abstract | PDF file (282.0 KB) | References



Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
• Dynamic renormalization-group analysis of the d+1 dimensional Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation with both conservative and nonconservative noises     p. 227
  L. Zhang, G. Tang, Z. Xun, K. Han, H. Chen and B. Hu
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• Estimation of microscopic averages from metadynamics     p. 235
  G. Tiana
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• Metastability and functional integration in anisotropically coupled map lattices     p. 239
  A. Pitti, M. Lungarella and Y. Kuniyoshi
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• Does sex induce a phase transition?     p. 245
  P.M.C. de Oliveira, S. Moss de Oliveira, D. Stauffer, S. Cebrat and A. Pekalski
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Interdisciplinary Physics
• Delay times in a cellular traffic flow model for road sections with periodic outflow     p. 255
  T. Neumann and P. Wagner
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• The structural role of weak and strong links in a financial market network     p. 265
  A. Garas, P. Argyrakis and S. Havlin
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• Heterogeneous network with distance dependent connectivity     p. 273
  M. Medo and J. Smrek
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• Firing activity of complex space-clamped FitzHugh-Nagumo neural networks     p. 279
  D.Q. Wei, X.S. Luo and Y.L. Zou
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