The European Physical Journal B

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Critical exponents of random XX and XY chains: Exact results via random walks p. 409

Learning, competition and cooperation in simple games p. 413

An NMR approach to the superconducting regime of the spin ladder compound Sr₂Ca₁₂Cu₂₄O₄₁ p. 417

Magnetization dynamics and relaxation in epitaxial FePd thin films with a stripe domain structure p. 445

Dynamic triggering of a spin-transition by a pulsed magnetic field p. 451

⁸⁹Y NMR probe of Zn induced local magnetism in YBa₂(Cu_1-yZn_y)₃O_6+x p. 457

Field-induced magnetic reorientation and effective anisotropy of a ferromagnetic monolayer within spin wave theory p. 477

Optical and photoemission evidence for a Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid in the Bechgaard salts p. 503

Noise effects on one-Pauli channels p. 527

Non-equilibrium dynamics of simple spherical spin models p. 531

How to evaluate ground-state landscapes of spin glasses thermodynamical correctly p. 539

Dielectric resonances in three-dimensional binary disordered media p. 561

Enskog-Landau kinetic equation for multicomponent mixture. Analytical calculation of transport coefficients p. 579

Detecting quantum signatures of optical fields by ultrasmall Josephson junctions p. 585

Surface shape resonances of ridges on a thin film p. 589

Apparent multifractality in financial time series p. 595

Very low friction for natural diamond in water of different pH values p. 405

Density-matrix renormalization study of the Hubbard model on a Bethe lattice p. 421

Optical properties and temperature dependence of critical transitions in ZnSe p. 429

Simultaneous measurements of thermal diffusivity, thermal conductivity and thermopower with application to copper and ceramic superconductors p. 437

Charge ordering and elastic constants in Fe_3-xZn_xO₄ p. 491

The mystery of the alkali metals; the induced anomalous Hall effect in thin Cs films p. 495

Magnetic impurities in gapless Fermi systems: perturbation theory p. 513

On the properties of small-world network models p. 547

Experimental study of the porosity of loose stacks of stiff cylindrical fibres: Influence of the aspect ratio of fibres p. 571

A history-dependent stochastic predator-prey model: Chaos and its elimination p. 601

A polymer chain trapped between two parallel repulsive walls: A Monte-Carlo test of scaling behavior p. 607