Volume 27, Issue 6

H. C. Bryant, David A. Clark, Kenneth B. Butterfield, C. A. Frost, H. Sharifian, H. Tootoonchi, J. B. Donahue, P. A. M. Gram, M. E. Hamm, R. W. Hamm, J. C. Pratt, M. A. Yates, and W. W. Smith

Phys. Rev. A 27, 2889 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Direct radiative recombination of electrons with atomic ions: Cross sections and rate coefficients

Young Soon Kim and R. H. Pratt

Phys. Rev. A 27, 2913 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Photon echoes in lithium vapor with the use of angled excitation beams

R. Beach, B. Brody, and S. R. Hartmann

Phys. Rev. A 27, 2925 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Lifetime measurements in the ${}^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}$ and ${}^{2}D_{\frac{3}{2}, \frac{5}{2}}$ sequences of indium

G. Jönsson, H. Lundberg, and S. Svanberg

Phys. Rev. A 27, 2930 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Target-density effects in muonic-atom cascades

J. D. Knight, C. J. Orth, M. E. Schillaci, R. A. Naumann, F. J. Hartmann, and H. Schneuwly

Phys. Rev. A 27, 2936 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Stark ionization in dc and ac fields: An $L^{2}$ complex-coordinate approach

A. Maquet, Shih-I Chu, and William P. Reinhardt

Phys. Rev. A 27, 2946 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Time dependences of two-, three-, and four-photon ionization of atomic hydrogen in the ground $1 {}^{2}S$ and metastable $2 {}^{2}S$ states

Craig R. Holt, M. G. Raymer, and William P. Reinhardt

Phys. Rev. A 27, 2971 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Radiationless transitions to atomic $M_{1, 2, 3}$ shells: Results of relativistic theory

Mau Hsiung Chen, Bernd Crasemann, and Hans Mark

Phys. Rev. A 27, 2989 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

High-resolution studies on bound odd-parity Rydberg states in Ba I

E. R. Eliel and W. Hogervorst

Phys. Rev. A 27, 2995 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Raman studies of argon dimers in a supersonic expansion. I. Spectroscopy

H. P. Godfried and Isaac F. Silvera

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3008 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Raman studies of argon dimers in a supersonic expansion. II. Kinetics of dimer formation

H. P. Godfried and Isaac F. Silvera

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3019 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Photoelectron measurements of the mercury $4 f$ , $5 p$ , and $5 d$ subshells

P. H. Kobrin, P. A. Heimann, H. G. Kerkhoff, D. W. Lindle, C. M. Truesdale, T. A. Ferrett, U. Becker, and D. A. Shirley

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3031 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Transition probability of the Si III 189.2-nm intersystem line

H. S. Kwong, B. Carol Johnson, Peter L. Smith, and W. H. Parkinson

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3040 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

$K$ -shell binding energy of Be and its fluorescence yield

Cleanthes A. Nicolaides, Yannis Komninos, and Donald R. Beck

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3044 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Ionization mechanisms near three-photon resonances in Xe-Ar and Xe-Kr mixtures

M. G. Payne, W. R. Ferrell, and W. R. Garrett

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3053 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

X-ray incoherent scattering total cross sections and energy-absorption cross sections by means of simple calculation routines

R. Ribberfors

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3061 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Photodetachment of $K^{-}$ and ${Rb}^{-}$ to the lowest-lying ${}^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}$ , ${}^{2}P_{\frac{1}{2}}$ , and ${}^{2}P_{\frac{3}{2}}$ states of K and Rb

N. Rouze and R. Geballe

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3071 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Level crossing and polarization rotation in doubly resonant third-harmonic generation in $I_{2}$

Chen-Yu Tai and Ann Tarn

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3078 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Delayed four-wave-mixing spectroscopy in molecular crystals: A nonperturbative approach

D. P. Weitekamp, Koos Duppen, and Douwe A. Wiersma

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3089 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Quantum theory of optical bistability. III. Atomic fluorescence in a low- $Q$ cavity

H. J. Carmichael, D. F. Walls, P. D. Drummond, and S. S. Hassan

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3112 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

$M_{4, 5} N_{6, 7} X$ Auger spectra of free Yb atoms

Seppo Aksela and Helena Aksela

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3129 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Quantum Optics, Nonlinear Optics, and Related Topics

Variational approach to nonlinear pulse propagation in optical fibers

D. Anderson

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3135 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Transport of broadband radiation through a nonlinear dispersive medium

James S. Cohen and O. P. Judd

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3146 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Plasmas, Fluids, Statistical Physics, and Related Many-Body Topics

Generalized transport coefficients for hard spheres

W. Edward Alley and Berni J. Alder

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3158 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

The neutron scattering function for hard spheres

W. E. Alley, B. J. Alder, and Sidney Yip

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3174 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Broadening of Lyman lines of hydrogen and hydrogenic ions by low-frequency fields in dense plasmas

Robert Cauble and Hans R. Griem

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3187 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Alternate paths to chaos in optical bistability

M. W. Derstine, H. M. Gibbs, F. A. Hopf, and D. L. Kaplan

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3200 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Calculation of free-free Gaunt factors in hot dense plasmas

I. J. Feng, M. Lamoureux, R. H. Pratt, and H. K. Tseng

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3209 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Long-time tails and diffusion

Ronald F. Fox

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3216 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Critical behavior at the nematic-smectic- $A$ transition in butyloxybenzylidene heptylaniline (4O.7)

C. W. Garland, M. Meichle, B. M. Ocko, A. R. Kortan, C. R. Safinya, L. J. Yu, J. D. Litster, and R. J. Birgeneau

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3234 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Density-functional theory of correlations in dense plasmas: Improvement on the hypernetted-chain scheme

Hiroshi Iyetomi and Setsuo Ichimaru

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3241 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Theory and experiment on optical bistability in a Fabry-Perot interferometer with an intracavity nematic liquid-crystal film

I. C. Khoo, J. Y. Hou, R. Normandin, and V. C. Y. So

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3251 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Analytic theory of series field coil ion diodes

C. W. Mendel, Jr.

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3258 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Electron thermalization in gas mixtures

B. L. Tembe and A. Mozumder

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3274 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Excitation mechanisms for hydrogen atoms in an inverse-brush-cathode discharge

B. Leblanc and B. L. Stansfield

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3279 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Dispersion relation for propagation of light in cholesteric liquid crystals

C. Oldano, E. Miraldi, and P. Taverna Valabrega

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3291 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Nonequilibrium internal and translational temperature of clusters in homogeneous nucleation

José M. Soler and Nicolás García

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3300 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Evaporation of clusters during free flight after homogeneous nucleation in nozzle expansion

José M. Soler and Nicolás García

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3307 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Closed-form irreducible differential formulations of the Wilson renormalization group

D. D. Vvedensky, T. S. Chang, and J. F. Nicoll

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3311 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

BRIEF REPORTS

Electron density to electron momentum density: The use of an energy constraint

Shridhar R. Gadre, Shridhar P. Gejji, and Rajeev K. Pathak

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3328 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Hyperfine structure of the $7 p$ state in Fr

Jean-Louis Heully and Ann-Marie Mårtensson-Pendrill

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3332 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Off-diagonal correlation functions in systems with thermal gradients and their detectability by light scattering

Itamar Procaccia, Marvin Silverberg, and David Ronis

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3334 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Coupled spin-lattice solitary waves in a compressible classical Heisenberg chain

Jan Fivez

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3338 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Mean-field theory of equilibrium polymerization

Marko V. Jarić

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3342 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Sine-Gordon solitons: Particles obeying relativistic dynamics

D. J. Bergman, E. Ben-Jacob, Y. Imry, and K. Maki

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3345 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

COMMENTS

Comment on "Investigation of laser temporal pulse duration on Rayleigh scattering"

M. Skowronek

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3349 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

Comment: Authors' reply to Comment of Skowronek

Tsu-Jye A. Nee and James R. Roberts

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3351 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

ERRATA

Erratum: Green's functions for the rapid computation of nonrelativistic wave functions

Douglas W. McColm and Glen W. Erickson

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3355 (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Excitation and charge transfer in ${He}^{+}$ + H collisions. A molecular approach including two-electron translation factors

L. F. Errea, L. Méndez, and A. Riera

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3357(R) (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Coupled-state calculations for excitation, charge transfer, and ionization in 1-75-keV proton-hydrogen-atom collisions

W. Fritsch and C. D. Lin

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3361(R) (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Oscillatory behavior of the peak energy for stopping cross sections as a function of $Z_{2}$ for He ions and protons

R. Gowda, H. G. Olson, and D. Powers

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3365(R) (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Momentum-transfer scaling in hydrogen-isotope collision systems

E. Rille, J. L. Peacher, T. J. Kvale, E. Redd, D. M. Blankenship, and J. T. Park

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3369(R) (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Electron capture for fast highly charged ions in gas targets: An empirical scaling rule

A. S. Schlachter, J. W. Stearns, W. G. Graham, K. H. Berkner, R. V. Pyle, and J. A. Tanis

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3372(R) (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Evolution of the inelastic x-ray scattering by $L$ and $M$ electrons into $K$ fluorescence in argon

J. Tulkki

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3375(R) (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Activation rates in bistable systems in the presence of correlated noise

Peter Hänggi and Peter Riseborough

Phys. Rev. A 27, 3379(R) (1983) - Published 1 June, 1983