The European Physical Journal B

Optical spectrum and local lattice structure for ruby p. 1

Double SQUID tunable flux qubit manipulated by fast pulses: operation requirements, dissipation and decoherence p. 7

Quantum size effects on the (0001) surface of double hexagonal close packed americium p. 13

Orbital contribution to the magnetic properties of nanowires: is the orbital polarization ansatz justified? p. 23

BEEM spectra of various Au-Si samples and their analysis p. 29

Brillouin-zone mapping of the spin waves in a ferromagnetic bilayer system p. 37

Electronic structure of spin-chain compounds: common features p. 43

Localization-delocalization transition in chains with long-range correlated disorder p. 49

Structural and magnetic properties of polymerized C₆₀ with Fe p. 57

Shiva diagrams for composite-boson many-body effects: how they work p. 63

Magnetic structures and crystal field in the heavy electron materials YbAgGe and YbPtIn p. 77

Bloch oscillations of a soliton in a molecular chain p. 85

The effect of the asymptotic response dynamics on the generalized synchronization p. 89

Calculation of critical exponents by self-similar factor approximants p. 93

Coupling between aging and convective motion in a colloidal glass of Laponite p. 101

Reliability of rank order in sampled networks p. 109

The value of information in a multi-agent market model - The luck of the uninformed p. 115