Volume 34, Issue 1

July 1986

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ARTICLES

General Physics, Atomic and Molecular Structure

Necessary and sufficient conditions for a phase-space function to be a Wigner distribution

Francis J. Narcowich and R. F. O’Connell

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Evolution and exact eigenstates of a resonant quantum system

Shau-Jin Chang and Kang-Jie Shi

Phys. Rev. A 34, 7 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Matrix elements of the Breit Hamiltonian

S. Fraga, M. Klobukowski, J. Muszynska, K. M. S. Saxena, and J. A. Sordo

Phys. Rev. A 34, 23 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Densities, operators, and basis sets

John E. Harriman

Phys. Rev. A 34, 29 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Universal nature of van der Waals forces for Coulomb systems

Elliott H. Lieb and Walter E. Thirring

Phys. Rev. A 34, 40 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Quasiclassical ground-state energies for quarkonia potentials

E. Papp

Phys. Rev. A 34, 47 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

l-separated Hylleraas basis functions in the perturbation expansion of atomic states: Accurate partial-wave energies of second order in 1/Z for the 1 $s^{2}$ ground state

H. Michael Schmidt

Phys. Rev. A 34, 56 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Dynamic polarizabilities and Rydberg states of the sodium isoelectronic sequence

B. Kundu, D. Ray, and P. K. Mukherjee

Phys. Rev. A 34, 62 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Atomic and Molecular Collision Processes and Interactions

Algebraic-eikonal approach to electron-molecule scattering. II. Rotational and vibrational excitation of LiF and KI

R. Bijker and R. D. Amado

Phys. Rev. A 34, 71 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Ionization of Rydberg atoms

C. E. Burkhardt, R. L. Corey, W. P. Garver, J. J. Leventhal, M. Allegrini, and L. Moi

Phys. Rev. A 34, 80 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Relativistic calculation of atomic N-shell ionization by protons

Mau Hsiung Chen and Bernd Crasemann

Phys. Rev. A 34, 87 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Principal-quantum-number dependence of coherence and correlation parameters for excitation of helium by electrons

George Csanak and David C. Cartwright

Phys. Rev. A 34, 93 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Electron-impact ionization of multicharged metal ions: ${Ni}^{3 +}$ , ${Cu}^{2 +}$ , ${Cu}^{3 +}$ , and ${Sb}^{3 +}$

D. C. Gregory and A. M. Howald

Phys. Rev. A 34, 97 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Secondary-electron-production cross sections for electron-impact ionization of helium

R. R. Goruganthu and R. A. Bonham

Phys. Rev. A 34, 103 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Continuum electron intramolecular outscattering from bare MeV/u H and He projectiles traversing hydrocarbon gases

J. E. Gaiser, J. M. Joyce, and G. Bissinger

Phys. Rev. A 34, 127 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Resonances in $H^{-}$ associated with the N=4, 5, and 6 hydrogen thresholds

Y. K. Ho and J. Callaway

Phys. Rev. A 34, 130 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Elastic electron scattering cross sections for molecular hydrogen

M. A. Khakoo and S. Trajmar

Phys. Rev. A 34, 138 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Electron-impact excitation of the a ${}^{3}Σ_{g}^{+}$ , B ${}^{1}Σ_{u}^{+}$ , c ${}^{3}Π_{u}$ , and C ${}^{1}Π_{u}$ states of $H_{2}$

M. A. Khakoo and S. Trajmar

Phys. Rev. A 34, 146 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Nonadiabatic transitions between quasistationary states in a laser field

P. S. Krstić and R. K. Janev

Phys. Rev. A 34, 157 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Effects of external electric fields on high Rydberg states formed in foil and gas interactions of 85-MeV ${Ne}^{6 +}$ ions

D. Schneider, W. Zeitz, R. Kowallik, G. Schiwietz, T. Schneider, N. Stolterfoht, and U. Wille

Phys. Rev. A 34, 169 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Charge transfer and excitation processes in p-He collisions studied using a unified atomic-orbital–molecular-orbital matching method

M. Kimura and C. D. Lin

Phys. Rev. A 34, 176 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy, Interaction with Radiation

Absolute two-photon absorption and three-photon ionization cross sections for atomic oxygen

Douglas J. Bamford, Leonard E. Jusinski, and William K. Bischel

Phys. Rev. A 34, 185 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Theoretical calculation of two-photon absorption cross sections in atomic oxygen

Roberta P. Saxon and Jörg Eichler

Phys. Rev. A 34, 199 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Resonant multiphoton ionization of $H_{2}$ via the E,F ${}^{1}Σ_{g}^{+}$ state: Absorption of photons in the ionization continuum

C. Cornaggia, D. Normand, J. Morellec, G. Mainfray, and C. Manus

Phys. Rev. A 34, 207 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Multiple ionization and x-ray line emission resulting from inner-shell electron ionization

V. L. Jacobs and B. F. Rozsnyai

Phys. Rev. A 34, 216 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Collective emission of Ba Rydberg atoms in a resonant cavity

P. Kulina, C. Leonard, and R. -H. Rinkleff

Phys. Rev. A 34, 227 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Experimental study of quartet transitions in B iii

Sven Mannervik, Henrik Cederquist, and Indrek Martinson

Phys. Rev. A 34, 231 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Experiments on ‘‘above-threshold ionization’’ of atomic hydrogen

H. G. Muller, H. B. van Linden van den Heuvell, and M. J. van der Wiel

Phys. Rev. A 34, 236 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Sturmian expansion of Green’s function and its application to multiphoton ionization of hydrogen

Robin Shakeshaft

Phys. Rev. A 34, 244 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Quantum Optics, Nonlinear Optics, and Related Topics

Deterministic chaos and dynamical instabilities in a multimode cw dye laser

H. Atmanspacher and H. Scheingraber

Phys. Rev. A 34, 253 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Extreme narrowing of inhomogeneously broadened electron-spin-resonance spectrum: Line-shape measurements and the role of the single spin packet

M. Giordano, M. Martinelli, L. Pardi, S. Santucci, and C. Umeton

Phys. Rev. A 34, 264 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Theory of feedback-generated squeezed states

H. A. Haus and Y. Yamamoto

Phys. Rev. A 34, 270 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Vector-field quantum model of degenerate four-wave mixing

Seng-Tiong Ho, Prem Kumar, and Jeffrey H. Shapiro

Phys. Rev. A 34, 293 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Hyperpolarizability dispersion measured for ${CH}_{4}$

D. P. Shelton

Phys. Rev. A 34, 304 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Periodicity windows in a dynamical system with a delayed feedback

Réal Vallée and Claude Delisle

Phys. Rev. A 34, 309 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Time-dependent spectrum of resonance fluorescence for atoms prepared in pure dressed states

Ning Lu, P. R. Berman, Y. S. Bai, J. E. Golub, and T. W. Mossberg

Phys. Rev. A 34, 319 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Saturation effects on polarized-light-pulse propagation and the resultant laser-induced fluorescence

Yehuda B. Band

Phys. Rev. A 34, 326 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Four-field excitation of multiphoton NMR resonances in spin I=(1/2)

Eric M. Krauss and Shimon Vega

Phys. Rev. A 34, 333 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Evolution of the polarization state of an intense optical wave in uniaxial crystals

Marek Roman, Stanisl/aw Kielich, and Wojciech Gadomski

Phys. Rev. A 34, 351 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Plasmas and Fluids

Cathode region of a transitory discharge in ${CO}_{2}$ . I. Theory of the cathode region

P. Bayle, J. Vacquie, and M. Bayle

Phys. Rev. A 34, 360 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Cathode region of a transitory discharge in ${CO}_{2}$ . II. Spatio-temporal evolution

P. Bayle, J. Vacquie, and M. Bayle

Phys. Rev. A 34, 372 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Positive- and negative-effective-viscosity phenomena in isotropic and anisotropic Beltrami flows

B. J. Bayly and V. Yakhot

Phys. Rev. A 34, 381 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Nonlinear traveling waves in a helical wiggler free-electron laser

Ronald C. Davidson, George L. Johnston, and Abhijit Sen

Phys. Rev. A 34, 392 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Intense molecular emissions in the region of 431 nm in long-pulsed, electron-beam-generated helium plasmas and afterglows

L. W. Downes, S. D. Marcum, and W. E. Wells

Phys. Rev. A 34, 401 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Second-harmonic generation by coalescence of two counterpropagating surface waves in a laser-produced plasma

R. Dragila and S. Vukovic

Phys. Rev. A 34, 407 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Absorption-spectroscopy diagnosis of pusher conditions in laser-driven implosions

A. Hauer, R. D. Cowan, B. Yaakobi, O. Barnouin, and R. Epstein

Phys. Rev. A 34, 411 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Intermediate-coupling calculation of atomic spectra from hot plasma

A. Goldberg, B. F. Rozsnyai, and P. Thompson

Phys. Rev. A 34, 421 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Equations of state of detonation products: Influence of the repulsive intermolecular potential

Olivier Heuzé

Phys. Rev. A 34, 428 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Free energies of electron-screened ion plasmas in the hypernetted-chain approximation

Hiroshi Iyetomi and Setsuo Ichimaru

Phys. Rev. A 34, 433 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Stochastic development of an electron avalanche

E. E. Kunhardt, Y. Tzeng, and J. P. Boeuf

Phys. Rev. A 34, 440 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Ion broadening of Ar i lines in a plasma

Douglas W. Jones, W. L. Wiese, and L. A. Woltz

Phys. Rev. A 34, 450 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Integral-equation approach to the surface structure of classical insulating liquids

R. A. McGough and M. D. Miller

Phys. Rev. A 34, 457 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Statistical Physics, Biological Physics, and Many-Body Topics

Internal and external fluctuations around nonequilibrium steady states in one-dimensional heat-conduction problems

A. Díaz-Guilera and J. M. Rubí

Phys. Rev. A 34, 462 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Langevin equations and computed correlation functions for a rotating and translating asymmetric top

M. W. Evans and G. J. Evans

Phys. Rev. A 34, 468 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Quantum chaos and a periodically perturbed Eberly-Chirikov pendulum

Ronald F. Fox and John Eidson

Phys. Rev. A 34, 482 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Far-infrared spectroscopy on oriented films of dry and hydrated DNA

A. Wittlin, L. Genzel, F. Kremer, S. Häseler, A. Poglitsch, and A. Rupprecht

Phys. Rev. A 34, 493 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Kinetics of n-species annihilation: Mean-field and diffusion-controlled limits

D. Ben-Avraham and S. Redner

Phys. Rev. A 34, 501 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Perturbation theory of single-soliton diffusion in one-dimensional nonlinear Klein-Gordon theories

Christian Kunz

Phys. Rev. A 34, 510 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Bogolyubov-Tyablikov-like approximation for nematic liquid crystals: Bridge between continuum and mean-field theories

G. F. Kventsel and J. Katriel

Phys. Rev. A 34, 518 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

High-pressure volumetric measurements near a smectic-nematic-isotropic triple point

Matthew W. Lampe and Peter J. Collings

Phys. Rev. A 34, 524 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Time-dependent density-functional theory for multicomponent systems

Tie-Cheng Li and Pei-qing Tong

Phys. Rev. A 34, 529 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Comparison of the Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook approximation with the exact Coulomb collision operator

S. Livi and E. Marsch

Phys. Rev. A 34, 533 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Self-avoiding walk with a topological obstacle

S. Puri, B. Schaub, and Y. Oono

Phys. Rev. A 34, 541 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Density-functional theory of curvature elasticity in nematic liquids. II. Effect of long-range dispersion interactions

Kalyan Singh and Yashwant Singh

Phys. Rev. A 34, 548 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Layering transitions in colloidal crystals as observed by diffraction and direct-lattice imaging

David H. Van Winkle and C. A. Murray

Phys. Rev. A 34, 562 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Kneading theory of the circle map

E. Pia

Phys. Rev. A 34, 574 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Noisy precursors and resonant properties of the period-doubling modes in a nonlinear dynamical system

Piotr Pierański and Jerzy Mal/ecki

Phys. Rev. A 34, 582 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Distribution of matrix elements of chaotic systems

Mario Feingold and Asher Peres

Phys. Rev. A 34, 591 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Anti-H-theorem in Markov processes

Chang-an Hu

Phys. Rev. A 34, 596 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Ultrasonic investigation of the glass transition in glycerol

Yoon H. Jeong, Sidney R. Nagel, and S. Bhattacharya

Phys. Rev. A 34, 602 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

BRIEF REPORTS

Fundamental Concepts

Positron annihilation in positronium hydrides

Y. K. Ho

Phys. Rev. A 34, 609 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Nonrelativistic Schrödinger Green’s function for crossed time-dependent electric and magnetic fields

Norman J. Morgenstern Horing, H. L. Cui, and Giovanni Fiorenza

Phys. Rev. A 34, 612 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Simple way of determining the dependence of the Hamiltonian on the action variable for certain one-dimensional potentials

S. M. Susskind

Phys. Rev. A 34, 616 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Lamb shifts and fine-structure splittings for light muonic ions: Hyperfine-structure corrections

Robin Swainson and G. W. F. Drake

Phys. Rev. A 34, 620 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

BRIEF REPORTS

Local exchange approximations

A. W. Weiss

Phys. Rev. A 34, 624 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

BRIEF REPORTS

Atomic and Molecular Collision Processes and Interactions

Differential cross sections for electron capture in fast proton-hydrogen collisions

Kin-ya Kobayashi and Takeshi Ishihara

Phys. Rev. A 34, 626 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy, Interaction with Radiation

Statistical model for the redistribution of resonantly scattered light

D. L. Huber

Phys. Rev. A 34, 629 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Collision-induced rototranslational spectra of $H_{2}$ -He: Accounting for the anisotropic interaction

Massimo Moraldi, Aleksandra Borysow, Jacek Borysow, and Lothar Frommhold

Phys. Rev. A 34, 632 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Relativistic dispersion relation for x-ray atomic anomalous scattering factor

M. S. Wang

Phys. Rev. A 34, 636 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Quantum Optics, Nonlinear Optics, and Related Topics

Index of refraction of a free-electron-laser beam

B. A. Lippmann

Phys. Rev. A 34, 638 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Bunching and antibunching properties of various coherent states of the radiation field

M. H. Mahran and M. Venkata Satyanarayana

Phys. Rev. A 34, 640 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Plasmas and Fluids

Nonlinear stability of ion-acoustic waves

P. K. Shukla

Phys. Rev. A 34, 644 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Complex Lorenz system for collisional inhomogeneous plasmas

J. Weiland, J. P. Mondt, and R. A. Gerwin

Phys. Rev. A 34, 647 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

BRIEF REPORTS

Transport in a random conducting-insulating system: A simplified approach

A. G. Rojo

Phys. Rev. A 34, 651 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Electromagnetic perturbations of the relativistic quantum plasma

Horacio D. Sivak

Phys. Rev. A 34, 653 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

BRIEF REPORTS

Statistical Physics, Biological Physics, and Many-Body Topics

Complete asymptotic expansion for integrals arising from one-dimensional diffusion with random traps

Noam Agmon and M. L. Glasser

Phys. Rev. A 34, 656 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Fluctuations of dynamical scaling indices in nonlinear systems

Jean-Pierre Eckmann and Itamar Procaccia

Phys. Rev. A 34, 659 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Entropy production in coherence-vector formulation for N-level systems

K. Lendi

Phys. Rev. A 34, 662 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Persistent breather excitations in an ac-driven sine-Gordon system with loss

P. S. Lomdahl and M. R. Samuelsen

Phys. Rev. A 34, 664 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Polymer persistence length characterized as a critical length for instability caused by a fluctuating twist

Gerald S. Manning

Phys. Rev. A 34, 668 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

COMMENTS

Comment on ‘‘Valence-bond theory and the evaluation of electronic energy matrix elements between nonorthogonal Slater determinants’’

G. A. Gallup

Phys. Rev. A 34, 671 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Reply to ‘‘Comment on ‘Valence-bond theory and the evaluation of electronic energy matrix elements between nonorthogonal Slater determinants’ ’’

G. G. Balint-Kurti

Phys. Rev. A 34, 672 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Ab initio valence-bond theory

Mario Raimondi, Joseph Gerratt, and David L. Cooper

Phys. Rev. A 34, 673 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Reply to ‘‘Ab initio valence-bond theory’’

G. G. Balint-Kurti

Phys. Rev. A 34, 674 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

ERRATA

Erratum: Computer simulation of close random packing of equal spheres

W. S. Jodrey and E. M. Tory

Phys. Rev. A 34, 675 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Erratum: Electron-impact excitation of krypton

G. D. Meneses, F. J. da PaixÅao, and N. T. Padial

Phys. Rev. A 34, 675 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Erratum: Electromagnetic drift modes in an inhomogeneous electron gas

P. K. Shukla, H. L. Pécseli, and J. Juul Rasmussen

Phys. Rev. A 34, 675 (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Fundamental Concepts

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Contractions and expansions of Lie groups and the algebraic approach to scattering

A. Frank, Y. Alhassid, and F. Iachello

Phys. Rev. A 34, 677(R) (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Resolved nuclear hyperfine structure of a muonated free radical using level-crossing spectroscopy

R. F. Kiefl, S. Kreitzman, M. Celio, R. Keitel, G. M. Luke, J. H. Brewer, D. R. Noakes, P. W. Percival, T. Matsuzaki, and K. Nishiyama

Phys. Rev. A 34, 681(R) (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Atomic and Molecular Collision Processes and Interactions

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Capture of atomic electrons by high-velocity positrons

J. H. McGuire, N. C. Sil, and N. C. Deb

Phys. Rev. A 34, 685(R) (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Quantum Optics, Nonlinear Optics, and Related Topics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Pump grating-modulation effects in liquid suspensions of microspheres

R. McGraw and D. Rogovin

Phys. Rev. A 34, 689(R) (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Plasmas and Fluids

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Flow patterns and nonlinear behavior of traveling waves in a convective binary fluid

Elisha Moses and Victor Steinberg

Phys. Rev. A 34, 693(R) (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Convective instabilities of a normal liquid ${}^{3}-^{4}$ He mixture

H. Gao and R. P. Behringer

Phys. Rev. A 34, 697(R) (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Density-sensitive electric quadrupole decays in Ni-like ions observed in laser-produced plasmas

J.-F. Wyart, C. Bauche-Arnoult, J.-C. Gauthier, J.-P. Geindre, P. Monier, M. Klapisch, A. Bar-Shalom, and A. Cohn

Phys. Rev. A 34, 701(R) (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

Statistical Physics, Biological Physics, and Many-Body Topics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Frank energy for a discotic liquid crystal

Claudio Giannessi

Phys. Rev. A 34, 705(R) (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Distance dependence of tunneling in dissipative systems

Philip Phillips and Robert Silbey

Phys. Rev. A 34, 707(R) (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Scaling of the growth probability measure for fractal structures

Paul Meakin

Phys. Rev. A 34, 710(R) (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Physicality of the Little model

Avital Frumkin and Elisha Moses

Phys. Rev. A 34, 714(R) (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

High-pressure study of a reentrant isotropic phase

W. N. Knisely and P. H. Keyes

Phys. Rev. A 34, 717(R) (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Percolationlike phenomena in oil-continuous microemulsions

Mahn Won Kim and John S. Huang

Phys. Rev. A 34, 719(R) (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Diffusion-limited growth of polymer chains

R. M. Bradley and D. Kung

Phys. Rev. A 34, 723(R) (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Type-II intermittency in a peroidically driven nonlinear oscillator

P. Richetti, F. Argoul, and A. Arneodo

Phys. Rev. A 34, 726(R) (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Mean-field theory of the Ashkin-Teller spin glass

P. L. Christiano and S. Goulart Rosa, Jr.

Phys. Rev. A 34, 730(R) (1986) - Published 1 July, 1986