Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

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Volume 157, issue 3, 1989

Simulation of a cellular automat with an oriented bootstrap rule pp. 1075-1079

J.A.M.S. Duarte

Theory of powders pp. 1080-1090

S.F. Edwards and R.B.S. Oakeshott

Statistical mechanics of powder mixtures pp. 1091-1100

Anita Mehta and S.F. Edwards

Dynamical properties of 2D systems with site disorder pp. 1101-1138

Th.M. Nieuwenhuizen

A two fluid model for sedimentation phenomena pp. 1139-1179

Benoît Noetinger

Non-equilibrium fluctuations of a Rayleigh particle in a two-component gas pp. 1180-1194

E. Javier Vitela and Manuel Coronado

The asymmetric continuous distribution function of the effective field of the Ising model in the spin glass and the ferromagnetic states on the Bethe lattice pp. 1195-1202

Mitsuhiro Sasaki and Shigetoshi Katsura

Microscopic theory of spin reorientations - heterophase approach and basic model pp. 1203-1226

A.A. Bakasov and V.I. Yukalov

Zero-temperature phase transitions in quantum systems with symmetry-conserving impurities pp. 1227-1258

G. Busiello, L. De Cesare, K. Lukierska-Walasek and K. Walasek

Diffusion in three binary gaseous systems containing neon isotopes at 300 K pp. 1259-1260

Peter J. Dunlop, C.M. Bignell and W.L. Taylor

The waiting time problem pp. 1261-1273

Domingo P. Prato and Pedro A. Pury

Volume 157, issue 2, 1989

Classification of square lattice cellular automata pp. 645-655

Dietrich Stauffer

Universality of critical screening in the formation of fractal patterns pp. 656-668

J.H. Kaufman, G.M. Dimino and P. Meakin

Comparison between simultaneous and sequential updating in 2n+1−1 cellular automata pp. 669-687

G. Le Caër

Theory of turbulent shear flow pp. 688-704

Jürgen Piest

Dynamic light scattering by non-ergodic media pp. 705-741

P.N. Pusey and W. Van Megen

Interface in a three dimensional XY model with a spatially varying coupling constant pp. 742-751

Paul Muzikar and N. Giordano

Rotational diffusion of a tracer colloid particle pp. 752-768

R.B. Jones

Diffusion within a sphere; a non-Gaussian statistical model for particle displacements in a dense colloidal suspension pp. 769-796

R.J.A. Tough and C. van den Broeck

Thermodynamic aspect of the glass transition pp. 797-825

Moorad Alexanian and Timothy W. Haywood

Summation of dipolar fields in simulated liquid-vapour interfaces pp. 826-838

John Lekner

Capillary waves of a vapor-liquid interface in a gravitational field very close to the critical temperature pp. 839-856

J.M.J. Van Leeuwen and J.V. Sengers

Generalized Ornstein-Zernike approach to many-particle equilibrium correlation functions pp. 857-890

J. BŁawzdziewicz, B. Cichocki and R. Hołyst

A continuous-time generalization of the persistent random walk pp. 891-898

Jaume Masoliver, Katja Lindenberg and George H. Weiss

Towards finding exact residual entropies of the Ising antiferromagnets pp. 899-906

Sava Milošević, Borko Stošić and Tatjana Stošić

Stability analysis for absorptive optical bistability in a Fabry-Pérot cavity pp. 907-932

A.J. van Wonderen, B.J. Douwes and L.G. Suttorp

Spectral estimation of finite collision times in liquid solutions pp. 933-954

A.I. Burshtein and James McConnell

On the basis of statistical mechanics. The Liouville equation for systems with an infinite countable number of degrees of freedom pp. 955-982

Janusz Szczepański

Upper and lower bounds for the partition function of lattice models pp. 983-999

Michael Heise

Stable, metastable and unstable solutions of a spin-1 Ising system obtained by the molecular-field approximation and the path probability method pp. 1000-1017

Mustafa Keskin, Mehmet Ari and Paul H.E Meijer

On fluctuations in interfacial fluid systems pp. 1018-1032

Ll. Torner, J.M. Rubí and A. Díaz-Guilera

Exact spectrum for n electrons in the single band Hubbard model pp. 1033-1041

W.J. Caspers and P.L. Iske

Wetting and surface melting: Capillary fluctuations vs. layerwise short-range order pp. 1042-1058

A.A. Chernov and L.V. Mikheev

Test-particle motion in a relativistic plasma pp. 1059-1073

Ph. de Gottal and J. Gariel

Volume 157, issue 1, 1989

Wave propagation and inhomogeneous media: Beyond effective medium theories pp. 3-12

Bernard Souillard

Some aspects of mathematical morphology for physical applications pp. 13-20

D. Jeulin

Fractals and multifractals: Applications in physics pp. 21-30

A. Coniglio, L. De Arcangelis and H.J. Herrmann

New percolating structures in random fractals in 2d and 3d pp. 31-36

M. Perreau and J.C.S. Levy

Computer simulation of localization effects on Euclidean and fractal lattices pp. 37-41

Roch Bourbonnais, Alain Benoît and Roger Maynard

Localization of leaky guided waves pp. 42-48

Didier Sornette, Louis Macon and Jean Coste

Fractal structure of gas evaporated metal aggregates pp. 49-52

T. Farestam, G.A. Niklasson, A. Torebring, C. Larsson and C.G. Granqvist

Preparation and characterization of composite films of magnesium oxide embedding nanometer-sized metal crystallites pp. 53-57

Kazuhiro Mihama and Nobuo Tanaka

Nonlinear dissipation in a finite-sized quantum system pp. 58-63

Michael Wilkinson

Criticism of the image analysis of discontinuous thin films pp. 64-67

A. Beghdadi, M. Gadenne, P. Gadenne, J. Lafait, A. Le Negrate and A. Constans

Electrical transport properties near a classical conductivity or percolation threshold pp. 72-88

David J. Bergman

Multifractals and noise in metal-insulator mixtures pp. 89-100

A.-M.S. Tremblay, B. Fourcade and P. Breton

Universal fluctuations and long-range correlations for wave propagation in random media pp. 101-110

Eric Akkermans

Granular properties of high Tc superconductors pp. 111-119

J.C. Garland

Critical behavior of Hall conductivity and magnetoconductivity near the percolation threshold in granular Sn:Ar mixtures pp. 120-124

M. Rohde and H. Micklitz

Critical behavior of the Hall effect near the percolation threshold using a new network model pp. 125-129

Edgardo Duering and David J. Bergman

Site-bond percolation in the description of electrical transport properties of thick resistive films pp. 130-134

A. Kusy and A. Kolek

Anomalous Aharonov-Bohm effect in percolating superconducting films pp. 135-139

A. Gerber and G. Deutscher

Some problems on current noise in resistor network pp. 140-146

Gaël Giraud, J.P. Clerc, J.M. Laugier, R. Faure, C.D. Essoh and J. Bellissard

Electronic transport in a conducting ceramic: Hopping on a fractal pp. 147-147

L. Zuppiroli, R. Kormann and T. Suski

On the conductivity of polycrystals and a phase-interchange inequality pp. 148-153

Marco Avellaneda, A.V. Cherkaev, K.A. Lurie and Graeme Milton

Experimental investigation of two-dimensional In Ge thin films pp. 154-158

Leandro R. Tessler and Guy Deutscher

Phase transitions in granular superconducting matter and the magnetic properties of high Tc ceramics pp. 159-163

A. Raboutou, P. Peyral, C. Lebeau and J. Rosenblatt

Optical properties of superconducting Y Ba Cu O pp. 164-170

A. Bjørneklett, A. Borg and O. Hunderi

Percolation-localization crossover in sputtered Pd films pp. 171-176

N. Papandreou, P. Nedellec and J. Rosenblatt

Determination of electrons scattering lengths in thin discontinuous gold-films pp. 177-180

A. Carl, G. Dumpich and E.F. Wassermann

The measurement and comparative analysis of the electrical and thermal conductivities and permeability of sintered nickel pp. 181-184

N. Deprez, D.S. McLachlan and I. Sigalas

Temperature dependence of resistance in discontinuous metal films: Aluminium films on NaCl substrates pp. 185-187

E. Dobierzewska-Mozrzymas and S. Snela

Measurement and analysis of a model dual conductivity medium using a generalized effective medium theory pp. 188-191

D.S. McLachlan

Mean field theory for weakly nonlinear composites pp. 192-197

X.C. Zeng, P.M. Hui, D.J. Bergman and D. Stroud

Non-ohmic effects in granular metals pp. 198-203

D. Bourbie, G. Olivier and M. Mostefa

Dielectric behaviour of composite media pp. 204-209

J.P. Clerc, Gaël Giraud, J.M. Laugier and J.M. Luck

A quantitative analysis of resistor networks with logarithmically wide distribution of conductances pp. 210-213

Stéphane Tyč and B.I. Halperin

Infrared studies of textured ceramic high-Tc superconductors pp. 214-219

D.B. Tanner, T. Timusk, S.L. Herr, K. Kamarás, C.D. Porter, D.A. Bonn, J.D. Garrett, C.V. Stager, J.E. Greedan and M. Reedyk

Large scale inhomogeneities in granular metals pp. 220-222

R.S. Newrock, M.G. DiStefano, H.-K. Sin and S.A. Dodds

Low temperature conductivity of cermets pp. 223-229

A. Gilabert, M. Khatami, S. Berthier, J. Lafait and P. Nédellec

Calculation of electrical transport in continuum systems by diffusion simulation pp. 230-234

Lawrence M. Schwartz and Jayanth R. Banavar

Microstructure and optical properties of random media pp. 238-243

Ping Sheng

Many-particle systems: Models of inhomogeneous matter pp. 244-261

U. Kreibig, M. Quinten and D. Schoenauer

Infrared absorption of inhomogeneous media with metallic inclusions pp. 262-268

Robert P. Devaty

Optical properties of 2D-systems of small particles on a substrate pp. 269-278

M.M. Wind, P.A. Bobbert, J. Vlieger and D. Bedeaux

In-situ measurements of the optical properties of gold films near the percolation threshold pp. 279-284

P. Gadenne, Y. Yagil and G. Deutscher

Long wavelength properties of granular metal-insulator films: A microscopic approach pp. 285-292

Thierry Robin and Bernard Souillard

Static and dynamic multiple scattering of light pp. 293-300

G. Maret and P.E. Wolf

Nonlinear optics in composites and in heterogeneous media pp. 301-308

D. Ricard

The optical properties of thin films and superlattices pp. 309-322

Ola Hunderi

Optical properties of copper island films with consideration of grain size and interisland spacing distribution pp. 323-327

P. Biegański, E. Dobierzewska-Mozrzymas and J. Peisert

Optical properties of model 3D random composites pp. 328-332

F. Carmona and P. Prudhon

Optical properties of cermets consisting of metal in a WO3 matrix pp. 333-338

P.V. Ashrit, G. Bader, Fernand E. Girouard, Vo-Van Truong and Tomuo Yamaguchi

Optical absorption of small Ag clusters deposited on a cold substrate by attenuated total reflection spectroscopy pp. 339-343

T. Yamaguchi, H. Tamura and E. Anno

Electrical and optical properties of Au Al2O3 films: Dimensionality effects pp. 344-351

M. Gadenne and P. Gadenne

Diffraction properties of recursive surface fractals pp. 352-355

C. Allain and M. Cloitre

Calculation of the optical dielectric function of 2D and 3D inhomogeneous media by real space renormalization pp. 356-363

S. Berthier and K. Driss-Khodja

Effective medium theories with pair and three-point correlation effects pp. 364-367

G.A. Niklasson

A diagrammatic approach to the optical properties of composites pp. 368-368

R.G. Barrera, G. Monsivals, W.L. Mochan and E. Anda

Renormalized polarizability in the Maxwell Garnett theory pp. 369-369

R.G. Barrera, G. Monsivais, W.L. Mochan and M. Del Castillo

Numerical study of optical absorption in two-dimensional metal-insulator and normal-superconductor composites pp. 370-370

X.C. Zeng, D. Stroud and P.M. Hui

Anomalous optical absorption in porous metal films pp. 371-376

M. Jebari, Y. Borensztein and G. Vuye

The convergence of integral expressions for the effective properties of heterogeneous media pp. 377-381

M.A.J. Michels

Optical properties of a noble metal with a string-of-pearls insulator inhomogeneity pp. 382-387

Armand Wirgin

Far-infrared absorption by small particles pp. 388-394

Y.H. Kim and D.B. Tanner

Far infrared absorption by small bismuth particles pp. 395-399

R.E. Sherriff and R.P. Devaty

Infrared absorption of Au Al2O3 thin cermet films: Experiment, Bruggeman model, far and near the percolation threshold pp. 400-406

M. Gadenne, J. Lafait and P. Gadenne

Optical constants of (GaAs)N (AlAs)N [N = 2−220] superlattices pp. 407-410

H. Anma, T. Yamaguchi, H. Okumura and S. Yoshida

Optical absorption and electrical conductivity in amorphous Ge/SiOx superlattices pp. 411-417

A. Bittar, G.V.M. Williams and H.J. Trodahl

Weak localization and enhanced backscattering of light in dilute suspensions pp. 418-422

Mark Yosefin and David J. Bergman

Optical properties of noble metal/MgF2 multilayered cermets pp. 423-427

T. Yamaguchi, R. Chauvaux and V.-V. Truong

Nonlinear dielectrics: Electrostatics of random media and propagation of electromagnetic waves in a homogeneous slab pp. 428-436

Raphael Blumenfeld and David J. Bergman

Nonlinear optical properties of commercial and experimental semiconductor-doped glasses pp. 437-442

D. Ricard, P. Roussignol, C. Flytzanis and N. Neuroth

Ionic transport and membrane potential in porous media with interfacial charges pp. 446-453

Pabitra N. Sen

Dielectric and conductivity properties of inhomogeneous media pp. 454-460

F. Brouers

Conducting filled polymers pp. 461-469

F. Carmona

Microstructure and transport in midrange microemulsions pp. 470-481

H.T. Davis, J.F. Bodet, L.E. Scriven and W.G. Miller

Applications of inhomogeneous materials: Optical and electrical properties pp. 482-488

G.A. Niklasson

Diffusion and relaxation in porous media pp. 489-492

Kenneth S. Mendelson

Novel geometrical effects in electrolytic conduction in porous media pp. 493-496

Lawrence M. Schwartz, Pabitra N. Sen and David Linton Johnson

Invasion of a porous medium under gravity: A quantitative analysis pp. 497-498

J.F. Gouyet, M. Rosso, E. Clément, C. Baudet and J.P. Hulin

Geometrical models for the high frequency dielectric properties of brine saturated sandstones pp. 499-502

Lawrence M. Schwartz, Stéphane Tyč, Pabitra N. Sen and Po-zen Wong

The role of multipoles in the dielectric anomaly of porous media pp. 503-508

F. Claro and F. Brouers

An experimental model of diffusion on bidimensional systems pp. 509-513

P. Rigord and J.P. Hulin

Scaling behavior for dynamic permeability in porous media pp. 514-519

Ping Sheng, Min-Yau Zhou, E. Charlaix, A.P. Kushnick and J.P. Stokes

Dielectric properties of disordered insulators pp. 520-523

G.A. Niklasson, K. Brantervik and T.S. Eriksson

Viscous fingers on fractals pp. 524-528

Yigal Meir and Amnon Aharony

Systematic study of percolative network formation and effective electric response in low-concentration-carbon-black/polymer composites pp. 529-534

M.A.J. Michels, J.C.M. Brokken-Zijp, W.M. Groenewoud and A. Knoester

The diffusion front on fractals and superlocalization from linear response requirements pp. 535-538

J.P. Bouchaud and A. Georges

Surface geometry of metallic colloids in alkalihalides: Optical and electronic effects pp. 539-543

M. Barland, E. Duval, C. Maï, G. Mariotto, M. Montagna and G. Viliani

Electro-optical and dielectric properties of oil continuous aerosol ot/water/isooctane micro-emulsions pp. 544-547

D. Bedeaux, E. van der Linden and M.A. Van Dijk

Interfacial charges manifestations: Kerr and dielectric constants relaxations studies in a microemulsion system pp. 548-554

M. Paillette

Adjustable optical properties of coatings based on cermet thin films near the percolation threshold pp. 555-560

C. Sella, A. Bichri, J.C. Martin, J. Lafait, K. Driss-Khodja and S. Berthier

Critical behavior of rigid-normal elastic and diluted-normal networks pp. 561-564

Edgardo Duering and David J. Bergman

Importance of disorder in the conductivity of packings under compression pp. 565-569

A. Gervois, M. Ammi, T. Travers, D. Bideau, J.-C. Messager and J.-P. Troadec

Free deformations of a random spring network pp. 570-574

A. Gilabert, S. Roux, E. Guyon and D. Sornette

Percolation of electrical and elastic properties of granular materials at the transition from a suspension to a loose packing pp. 575-579

D. Marion and A. Nur

Critical behaviors of central-force lattices pp. 580-586

Etienne Guyon, Alex Hansen, Einar L. Hinrichsen and Stéphane Roux

Heterogeneous media and rough surfaces: A fractal approach for heat diffusion studies pp. 587-592

D. Fournier and A.C. Boccara

Probing porous media with superfluid acoustics pp. 593-600

David Linton Johnson

Elastic and thermal properties of hierarchical structures: Application to silica aerogels pp. 601-609

Roger Maynard

Exchange across fractal and porous interfaces: Experimental determination of a frequency dependent scale-length for a blocking electrode pp. 610-617

B. Sapoval and E. Chassaing

Joule heat distribution in inhomogeneous materials pp. 618-618

Jörgen Axell, Johan Helsing and Göran Grimvall

Universal shape of diffusion fronts in inhomogeneous media from linear response requirements pp. 619-619

Jean-Philippe Bouchaud and Antoine Georges

Structure of noise generated on diffusion fronts pp. 620-624

J.F. Gouyet, B. Sapoval, Y. Boughaleb and M. Rosso

The densification of mass-fractal aerogels to fused silica: A Raman study of vibrational evolution pp. 625-629

J. Pelous, J.L. Sauvajol, T. Woignier and R. Vacher

Solid-liquid transition of metallic clusters. Occurrence of surface melting pp. 630-630

R. Kofman, P. Cheyssac, R. Garrigos, Y. Lereah and G. Deutscher