Accepted in January 2008, to be published in Physical Review E

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

CHAOS AND PATTERN FORMATION

Collective oscillations in the classical nonlinear response of a chaotic system
Sergey V. Malinin and Vladimir Y. Chernyak
[abstract]

FLUID DYNAMICS

Shear-induced particle migration in one-, two-, and three-dimensional flows
C. Gao and J. F. Gilchrist
[abstract]

Pattern formation driven by an acid-base neutralization reaction in aqueous media in a gravitational field
A. Zalts, C. El Hasi, D. Rubio, A. Ure\~{n}a, and A. D'Onofrio

STATISTICAL PHYSICS

Stochastic resonance in a double quantum dot system
Amitabh Joshi

COLLOIDAL DISPERSIONS, SUSPENSIONS, AND AGGREGATES

Arrested state of clay-water suspensions: Gel or glass?
B. Ruzicka, L. Zulian, R. Angelini, M. Sztucki, A. Moussa\"{\i}d, and G. Ruocco
[abstract]

STRUCTURED AND COMPLEX FLUIDS

Structural and dynamical heterogeneity in deeply supercooled liquid silicon
Tetsuya Morishita
[abstract]

LIQUID CRYSTALS

Force between colloidal particles in a nematic liquid crystal studied by optical tweezers
Kenji Takahashi, Masatoshi Ichikawa, and Yasuyuki Kimura
[abstract]

Bent-core liquid-crystalline derivative of tetrathiafulvalene: Photoresponsivity and deracemization
J. Mart\'{\i}nez-Perdiguero, I. Alonso, J. Ortega, C. L. Folcia, J. Etxebarria, I. Pintre, M. B. Ros, and D. B. Amabilino

ARTICLES

INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICS

Lattice Boltzmann model for traffic flow
Jianping Meng, Yuehong Qian, Xingli Li, and Shiqiang Dai
[abstract]

Chain motifs: The tails and handles of complex networks
Paulino R. Villas Boas, Francisco A. Rodrigues, Gonzalo Travieso, and Luciano da Fontoura Costa
[abstract]

Collective synchronization as a method of learning and generalization from sparse data
Takaya Miyano and Takako Tsutsui
[abstract]

Transient dynamics for sequence-processing neural networks: Effect of degree distributions
Yong Chen, Pan Zhang, Lianchun Yu, and Shengli Zhang
[abstract]

Conduits of steady-state autocatalytic plumes
Michael C. Rogers, Mick D. Mantle, Andrew J. Sederman, and Stephen W. Morris
[abstract]

Mixed evolutionary strategies imply coexisting opinions on networks
Lang Cao and Xiang Li

Models of financial markets with extensive participation incentives
C. H. Yeung, K. Y. Michael Wong, and Y.-C. Zhang
[abstract]

Analyzing single-bond experiments: Influence of the shape of the energy landscape and universal law between the width and depth of the bond
Julien Husson and Fr\ ' { e} d\ ' { e} ric Pincet

CHAOS AND PATTERN FORMATION

Construction and test of a moving boundary model for negative streamer discharges
Fabian Brau, Alejandro Luque, Bernard Meulenbroek, Ute Ebert, and Lothar Sch\"{a}fer
[abstract]

Quantum properties of irrational triangular billiards
F. M. de Aguiar

Wavy fronts and speed bifurcation in excitable systems with cross diffusion
E. P. Zemskov, K. Kassner, and M. J. B. Hauser
[abstract]

Transition from traveling to standing waves in the 4:1 resonant Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
Bradley Marts and Anna L. Lin
[abstract]

Transitions from phase-locked dynamics to chaos in a piecewise-linear map
Zhanybai T. Zhusubaliyev, Erik Mosekilde, Soma De, and Soumitro Banerjee
[abstract]

Inferring the directionality of coupling with conditional mutual information
Martin Vejmelka and Milan Palu\v{s}
[abstract]

Transmission of information in active networks
M. S. Baptista and J. Kurths
[abstract]

FLUID DYNAMICS

Fingering instability in immiscible displacement
Alexander Babchin, Irina Brailovsky, Peter Gordon, and Gregory Sivashinsky
[abstract]

Universal retraction process of a droplet shape after a large strain jump
S. Assighaou and L. Benyahia
[abstract]

Transverse-velocity fluctuations in a liquid under steady shear
Jos\ ' { e} M. Ortiz de Z\'{a}rate and Jan V. Sengers
[abstract]

Behavior of heavy particles in isotropic turbulence
Jaedal Jung, Kyongmin Yeo, and Changhoon Lee
[abstract]

Anomalous scaling of a passive scalar advected by a turbulent velocity field with finite correlation time and uniaxial small-scale anisotropy
E. Jur\v{c}i\v{s}inov\'{a} and M. Jur\v{c}i\v{s}in
[abstract]

Local and nonlocal strain rate fields and vorticity alignment in turbulent flows
Peter E. Hamlington, J\ " { o} rg Schumacher, and Werner J. A. Dahm
[abstract]

Linear temporal and spatiotemporal stability analysis of two-layer falling films with density stratification
J. Hu, X. Y. Yin, H. Ben Hadid, and D. Henry
[abstract]

PLASMA PHYSICS

$\alpha$-effect dynamos with zero kinetic helicity
Karl-Heinz R\"{a}dler and Axel Brandenburg
[abstract]

Efficient electron heating in relativistic shocks and gamma-ray-burst afterglow
M. Gedalin, M. A. Balikhin, and D. Eichler
[abstract]

CLASSICAL PHYSICS

Multiple-mode wave solutions to display superpositions and collisions in nonlinear evolution equations
Qinsheng Bi and Zhengdi Zhang

Damage process of a fiber bundle with a strain gradient
Ferenc Kun and S\ ' { a} ndor Nagy
[abstract]

Coherence and incoherence in extended broadband triplet interaction
G. I. de Oliveira and F. B. Rizzato
[abstract]

Integrability of an $N$-coupled nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger system for polarized optical waves in an isotropic medium via symbolic computation
Hai-Qiang Zhang, Tao Xu, Juan Li, and Bo Tian
[abstract]

Nonlinear mode coupling and resonant excitations in two-component Bose-Einstein condensates
Ju-Kui Xue, Guan-Qiang Li, Ai-Xia Zhang, and Ping Peng
[abstract]

Enigma of probability amplitudes in Hamiltonian formulation of integrable semidiscrete nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger systems
Oleksiy O. Vakhnenko
[abstract]

Periodic waves in fiber Bragg gratings
K. W. Chow, Ilya M. Merhasin, Boris A. Malomed, K. Nakkeeran, K. Senthilnathan, and P. K. A. Wai
[abstract]

COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS

Singular forces and point-like colloids in lattice Boltzmann hydrodynamics
R. W. Nash, R. Adhikari, and M. E. Cates
[abstract]

Numerical validation of a consistent axisymmetric lattice Boltzmann model
T. Reis and T. N. Phillips
[abstract]

Lattice Boltzmann equation linear stability analysis: Thermal and athermal models
D. N. Siebert, L. A. Hegele Jr., and P. C. Philippi
[abstract]

Impact of high-order moments on the statistical modeling of transition arrays
Franck Gilleron, Jean-Christophe Pain, Jacques Bauche, and Claire Bauche-Arnoult
[abstract]

Slip velocity and Knudsen layer in the lattice Boltzmann method for microscale flows
Seung Hyun Kim, Heinz Pitsch, and Iain D. Boyd
[abstract]

Alternative approach to the solution of the dispersion relation for a generalized lattice Boltzmann equation
T. Reis and T. N. Phillips
[abstract]

STATISTICAL PHYSICS

Critical points of quadratic renormalizations of random variables and phase transitions of disordered polymer models on diamond lattices
C\ ' { e} cile Monthus and Thomas Garel
[abstract]

Array enhancement of stochastic synchronization and signal-to-noise ratio gain in the nonlinear regime of signal transmission
I. A. Khovanov
[abstract]

Quantum-classical correspondence principles for locally nonequilibrium driven systems
Eric Smith
[abstract]

Dependence of ground-state energy of classical $n$-vector spins on $n$
Samarth Chandra
[abstract]

Fluctuations in the zeros of differentiable Gaussian processes
J. M. Smith, K. I. Hopcraft, and E. Jakeman
[abstract]

Structural and entropic insights into the nature of the random-close-packing limit
A. V. Anikeenko, N. N. Medvedev, and T. Aste
[abstract]

Optimal sequence for Parrondo games
Luis Dinis
[abstract]

Site percolation on planar $\Phi^{3}$ random graphs
J-P. Kownacki
[abstract]

Three types of outflow dynamics on square and triangular lattices and universal scaling
Grzegorz Kondrat and Katarzyna Sznajd-Weron
[abstract]

Phase space gaps and ergodicity breaking in systems with long-range interactions
Freddy Bouchet, Thierry Dauxois, David Mukamel, and Stefano Ruffo
[abstract]

Finite-size fluctuations and stochastic resonance in globally coupled bistable systems
David Cubero
[abstract]

Transport phenomena in the asymmetric quantum multibaker map
Leonardo Ermann, Gabriel G. Carlo, and Marcos Saraceno
[abstract]

Absorbing phase transition in a conserved lattice gas model in one dimension
Sang-Gui Lee and Sang B. Lee
[abstract]

Interacting stochastic oscillators
Jiajun Zhang, Zhanjiang Yuan, Junwei Wang, and Tianshou Zhou
[abstract]

Possible effects of tilt order on phase transitions of a fixed connectivity surface model
Hiroshi Koibuchi
[abstract]

Statistical mechanics of the two-dimensional hydrogen-bonding self-avoiding walk including solvent effects
D. P. Foster and C. Pinettes
[abstract]

Effects of initial correlations on the dynamics of dissipative systems
Eli Pollak, Jiushu Shao, and Dong Hui Zhang
[abstract]

Disordered ensembles of random matrices
O. Bohigas, J. X. de Carvalho, and M. P. Pato
[abstract]

Non-Markovian diffusion over a parabolic potential barrier: Influence of the friction-memory function
B. Yilmaz, S. Ayik, Y. Abe, and D. Boilley
[abstract]

Regularization of the displacement moments for asymmetric L\'{e}vy flights
S. A. Mench\'on, C. A. Condat, and P. W. Lamberti
[abstract]

Fluctuation-response relation of many Brownian particles under nonequilibrium conditions
Takenobu Nakamura and Shin-ichi Sasa
[abstract]

Nonlinear thermal control in an $N$-terminal junction
Dvira Segal
[abstract]

EQUILIBRIUM AND LINEAR TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS

Structure of molecular liquids: Hard rod-disk mixtures
David L. Cheung, Lucian Anton, Michael P. Allen, and Andrew J. Masters
[abstract]

Capillary pressure in a porous medium with distinct pore surface and pore volume fractal dimensions
M. R. Deinert, A. Dathe, J-Y. Parlange, and K. B. Cady

GRANULAR MATERIALS

Nonlinear theory of nonstationary low Mach number channel flows of freely cooling nearly elastic granular gases
Baruch Meerson, Itzhak Fouxon, and Arkady Vilenkin
[abstract]

Attempted density blowup in a freely cooling dilute granular gas: Hydrodynamics versus molecular dynamics
Andrea Puglisi, Michael Assaf, Itzhak Fouxon, and Baruch Meerson
[abstract]

Emergence of Gamma distributions in granular materials and packing models
T. Aste and T. Di Matteo
[abstract]

COLLOIDAL DISPERSIONS, SUSPENSIONS, AND AGGREGATES

Thermodiffusion in a multicomponent lyotropic mixture in the vicinity of the critical micellar concentration by using the $Z$-scan technique
M. P. Santos, S. L. G\'{o}mez, E. Bringuier, and A. M. Figueiredo Neto
[abstract]

Global structure and finite-size effects in the $f(\alpha)$ of diffusion-limited aggregates
W. G. Hanan and D. M. Heffernan
[abstract]

Nonequilibrium steady states in fluids of platelike colloidal particles
Markus Bier and Ren\ ' e van Roij
[abstract]

Disordering transitions and peak effect in polydisperse particle systems
C. Reichhardt and C. J. Olson Reichhardt
[abstract]

Evidence for a size-dependent transition between noncrystalline structures and crystalline structures with defects in frozen Lennard-Jones clusters
W. Polak
[abstract]

Interplay between hydrodynamic and Brownian fluctuations in sedimenting colloidal suspensions
J. T. Padding and A. A. Louis

STRUCTURED AND COMPLEX FLUIDS

Glassy dynamics in thin films of polystyrene
Koji Fukao and Hiroki Koizumi
[abstract]

FILMS, INTERFACES, AND CRYSTAL GROWTH

Bubble-raft model for a paraboloidal crystal
Mark J. Bowick, Luca Giomi, Homin Shin, and Creighton K. Thomas
[abstract]

Expressions for local contributions to the surface tension from the virial route
A. Ghoufi, F. Goujon, V. Lachet, and P. Malfreyt
[abstract]

Dynamics of nanoscale ripple relaxation on alloy surfaces
Ashwin Ramasubramaniam and Vivek B. Shenoy
[abstract]

Morphology of fine-particle monolayers deposited on nanopatterned substrates
N. A. M. Ara\'{u}jo, A. Cadilhe, and Vladimir Privman
[abstract]

LIQUID CRYSTALS

Road to disorder in smectic elastomers
Evgeny P. Obraztsov, Adrian S. Muresan, Boris I. Ostrovskii, and Wim H. de Jeu
[abstract]

Nonstandard electroconvection and flexoelectricity in nematic liquid crystals
Alexei Krekhov, Werner Pesch, N\ ' { a} ndor \'{E}ber, Tibor T\'{o}th-Katona, and \ ' { A} gnes Buka
[abstract]

Monte Carlo simulation of two-dimensional hard rectangles: Confinement effects
Derek A. Triplett and Kristen A. Fichthorn
[abstract]

Computer simulation study of a simple tetrahedratic mesogenic lattice model
Silvano Romano
[abstract]

Mechanical response of smectic-$C$ elastomers
J. M. Adams and M. Warner
[abstract]

POLYMERS

Path-integral approach to the dynamics of a random chain with rigid constraints
Franco Ferrari, Jaros{ \ l} aw Paturej, and Thomas A. Vilgis
[abstract]

Strain hardening of polymer glasses: Entanglements, energetics, and plasticity
Robert S. Hoy and Mark O. Robbins
[abstract]

Universal features of water dynamics in solutions of hydrophilic polymers, biopolymers, and small glass-forming materials
Silvina Cerveny, \ ' { A} ngel Alegr\'{\i}a, and Juan Colmenero

Dynamics of single-molecule force-ramp experiments: The role of fluctuations
Douglas B. Staple, Felix Hanke, and Hans J\ " { u} rgen Kreuzer
[abstract]

BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS

Excitation of coherent oscillations in a noisy medium
Jan K\"ohler, J\ " org Mayer, and Heinz Georg Schuster
[abstract]

Strong coupling between adenine nucleobases in DNA single strands revealed by circular dichroism using synchrotron radiation
Umesh Kadhane, Anne I. S. Holm, S{ \ o} ren Vr{ \ o} nning Hoffmann, and Steen Br{ \ o} ndsted Nielsen

Individual-based model with global competition interaction: Fluctuation effects in pattern formation
E. Brigatti, V. Schw\"{a}mmle, and Minos A. Neto
[abstract]

Effects of protein maturation on the noise in gene expression
Guang Qiang Dong and David R. McMillen
[abstract]

Refined procedure of evaluating experimental single-molecule force spectroscopy data
Alexander Fuhrmann, Dario Anselmetti, Robert Ros, Sebastian Getfert, and Peter Reimann
[abstract]

Coexistence of multiple mutant clones in blood
David Dingli, Jorge M. Pacheco, and Arne Traulsen
[abstract]

Role of finite populations in determining evolutionary dynamics
Tane S. Ray, Karl A. Payne, and L. Leo Moseley

Dynamic light scattering and atomic force microscopy imaging on fragments of $\beta$-connectin from human cardiac muscle
S. Marchetti, F. Sbrana, R. Raccis, L. Lanzi, C. M. C. Gambi, M. Vassalli, B. Tiribilli, A. Pacini, and A. Toscano
[abstract]

Adaptation-induced collective dynamics of a single-cell protozoan
Maiko Ogata, Tsuyoshi Hondou, Yoshinori Hayakawa, Yoshikatsu Hayashi, and Ken Sugawara
[abstract]

BRIEF REPORTS

INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICS

Synchronization in the Kuramoto model: A dynamical gradient network approach
Maoyin Chen, Yun Shang, Yong Zou, and J\ " { u} rgen Kurths
[abstract]

Promotion of cooperation induced by appropriate payoff aspirations in a small-world networked game
Xiaojie Chen and Long Wang
[abstract]

CHAOS AND PATTERN FORMATION

Leading Pollicott-Ruelle resonances for chaotic area-preserving maps
Roberto Venegeroles
[abstract]

STATISTICAL PHYSICS

Diffusion on a heptagonal lattice
Seung Ki Baek, Su Do Yi, and Beom Jun Kim
[abstract]

Simulated dark-matter halos as a test of nonextensive statistical mechanics
Chlo\ ' { e} F\'{e}ron and Jens Hjorth
[abstract]

Fluctuation theorem for entropy production during effusion of a relativistic ideal gas
B. Cleuren, K. Willaert, A. Engel, and C. Van den Broeck
[abstract]

Brownian motion of a charged particle driven internally by correlated noise
Francis N. C. Paraan, Mikhail P. Solon, and J. P. Esguerra
[abstract]

Nonequilibrium nanothermodynamics
J. Carrete, L. M. Varela, and L. J. Gallego
[abstract]

COMMENTS

Comment on ``Reliability of the 0-1 test for chaos''
Georg A. Gottwald and Ian Melbourne