Volume 34, Issue 2

August 1986

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General Physics, Atomic and Molecular Structure

Density-functional theory for excited states in a quasi-local-density approximation

Walter Kohn

Phys. Rev. A 34, 737 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Pion molecular orbitals

C. Tranquille and Daphne F. Jackson

Phys. Rev. A 34, 742 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Interpretation of new data on the pion charge-exchange reaction on bound hydrogen

Daphne F. Jackson and Jennifer R. H. Smith

Phys. Rev. A 34, 763 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

New self-interaction-corrected local-density approximation to the density-functional theory

Pietro Cortona

Phys. Rev. A 34, 769 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Shifted large-N expansion for the bound states of the Hellmann potential

R. Dutt, U. Mukherji, and Y. P. Varshni

Phys. Rev. A 34, 777 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Phase-space approach to the exchange-energy functional of density-functional theory

Swapan K. Ghosh and Robert G. Parr

Phys. Rev. A 34, 785 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Atomic-beam measurement of parity nonconservation in cesium

S. L. Gilbert and C. E. Wieman

Phys. Rev. A 34, 792 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Para-Fermi algebras and the many-electron correlation problem

M. D. Gould and J. Paldus

Phys. Rev. A 34, 804 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Experimental confirmation of Aharonov-Bohm effect using a toroidal magnetic field confined by a superconductor

Nobuyuki Osakabe, Tsuyoshi Matsuda, Takeshi Kawasaki, Junji Endo, Akira Tonomura, Shinichiro Yano, and Hiroji Yamada

Phys. Rev. A 34, 815 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Demonstration of moleculelike modes of doubly excited states in hyperspherical coordinates

S. Watanabe and C. D. Lin

Phys. Rev. A 34, 823 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Asymptotic adiabatic hyperspherical potential curves

Zheng Zhen and Joseph Macek

Phys. Rev. A 34, 838 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Baer-Kouri-Levin-Tobocman equations for reactive scattering: Use of free-wave Green’s functions for three finite-mass atom systems

Y. Shima, M. Baer, and D. J. Kouri

Phys. Rev. A 34, 846 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Simple correlated wave functions for accurate electron densities: An application to neon

Annik Vivier Bunge and Rodolfo O. Esquivel

Phys. Rev. A 34, 853 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Atomic and Molecular Collision Processes and Interactions

Dielectronic recombination of ${Mg}^{+}$ in the presence of electric fields

C. Bottcher, D. C. Griffin, and M. S. Pindzola

Phys. Rev. A 34, 860 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

K-shell ionization cross sections for Al, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Ni, Cu, and Ag by protons and oxygen ions in the energy range 0.3–6.4 MeV

M. Geretschläger and O. Benka

Phys. Rev. A 34, 866 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Relativistic distorted-wave results for nickel-like gadolinium

Peter L. Hagelstein

Phys. Rev. A 34, 874 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

l- and n-changing processes in the Rydberg states of Li induced by thermal collisions with $H_{2}$ , $N_{2}$ , CO, and $D_{2}$

B. Dubreuil and M. Harnafi

Phys. Rev. A 34, 885 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Bethe stopping theory for a harmonic oscillator and Bohr’s oscillator model of atomic stopping

Peter Sigmund and Uffe Haagerup

Phys. Rev. A 34, 892 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

New insights into Mott-scattering electron polarimetry

G. D. Fletcher, T. J. Gay, and M. S. Lubell

Phys. Rev. A 34, 911 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Electron collisional excitation in F-like selenium

Peter L. Hagelstein

Phys. Rev. A 34, 924 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Spectral and electron-collision properties of atomic ions: Threshold phase shifts

Constantine E. Theodosiou, Steven T. Manson, and Mitio Inokuti

Phys. Rev. A 34, 943 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Electron- ${CH}_{4}$ scattering in the Ramsauer-Townsend minimum region (0.10–1.0 eV)

Ashok Jain

Phys. Rev. A 34, 954 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

New quantum numbers in collision theory. II. Angular momentum diagrams and interpretation

Chun-Woo Lee

Phys. Rev. A 34, 959 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Scattering of electrons by atomic hydrogen at intermediate energies: Total cross section from 12 to 54 eV

Joseph Callaway and Dipak H. Oza

Phys. Rev. A 34, 965 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

SO(2,1) Lie algebra and the Jacobi-matrix method for scattering

P. C. Ojha

Phys. Rev. A 34, 969 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Gauge-invariant approximations for scattering in a strong external field

Leonard Rosenberg

Phys. Rev. A 34, 978 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Branching ratios for excitation to highly excited levels or ionization of complex ions

Douglas H. Sampson

Phys. Rev. A 34, 986 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Excitation of the 1 $s_{5}$ ,1 $s_{4}$ , 1 $s_{3}$ , and 1 $s_{2}$ levels of argon by low-energy electrons

K. Tachibana

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1007 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Partial widths and resonance normalization

Deborah K. Watson

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1016 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Charge transfer in the eikonal approximation

C. Sinha, S. Tripathi, and N. C. Sil

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1026 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Resonance effects in electron-atom scattering in a chaotic nonresonant laser field

K. Unnikrishnan

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1031 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Antisymmetrization of a mean-field theory of collisions

B. G. Giraud, M. A. Nagarajan, and C. J. Noble

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1034 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy, Interaction with Radiation

Weak-interaction effects in heavy atomic systems. II

W. R. Johnson, D. S. Guo, M. Idrees, and J. Sapirstein

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1043 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Generation and detection of Rydberg wave packets by short laser pulses

G. Alber, H. Ritsch, and P. Zoller

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1058 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Pressure broadening of molecular lines in a Stark field

G. Buffa, A. Di Lieto, P. Minguzzi, O. Tarrini, and M. Tonelli

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1065 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Relativistic calculations of dielectronic recombination coefficients for the Ne isoelectronic sequence

Mau Hsiung Chen

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1073 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Dielectronic recombination coefficient for F-like selenium

Mau Hsiung Chen

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1079 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Rare-gas electron-energy spectra produced by collision-free multiquantum processes

U. Johann, T. S. Luk, H. Egger, and C. K. Rhodes

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1084 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Calculation of molecular mean excitation energies via the polarization propagator formalism: $H_{2}$ and $H_{2}$ O

Jan Geertsen, Jens Oddershede, and John R. Sabin

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1104 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Calculation of total cross section and angular distribution of threshold and above-threshold ionization of atomic hydrogen at the fourth harmonic of a ${Nd}^{3 +}$ -glass laser

Y. Gontier, N. K. Rahman, and M. Trahin

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1112 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Lifetimes of n ${}^{2}P$ states of thallium by analysis of cascade fluorescence following two-photon excitation

John V. James, Charles C. Wang, and Curtis Doty

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1117 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Kα satellite transition assignments for medium-Z elements

William J. Kuhn and Bruce L. Scott

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1125 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Increasing quantum yield of sodium salicylate above 80 eV photon energy: Implications for photoemission cross sections

D. W. Lindle, T. A. Ferrett, P. A. Heimann, and D. A. Shirley

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1131 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Laser-induced fluorescence of ${Hg}_{2}$ H $1_{u}$ excimer molecules

R. J. Niefer, J. Supronowicz, J. B. Atkinson, and L. Krause

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1137 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Three-photon resonantly enhanced multiphoton ionization and third-harmonic generation with unfocused laser beams

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

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1143 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Influence of third-harmonic fields on multiphoton ionization of noble gases in unfocused laser beams

W. R. Garrett, W. R. Ferrell, M. G. Payne, and John C. Miller

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1165 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Polarization effects in elastic photon-atom scattering

S. C. Roy, B. Sarkar, Lynn D. Kissel, and R. H. Pratt

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1178 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Migration of population to higher-angular-momentum Rydberg states through the degenerate Raman coupling

Rainer Grobe, Gerd Leuchs, and Kazimierz Rza̧ewski

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1188 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Correlation effects in the $M_{4}$ ,5 $N_{4}$ ,5O Auger spectra of Xe

H. Pulkkinen, H. Aksela, and S. Aksela

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1195 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Quantum Optics, Nonlinear Optics, and Related Topics

Focusing singularity of the cubic Schrödinger equation

D. W. McLaughlin, G. C. Papanicolaou, C. Sulem, and P. L. Sulem

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1200 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Chaos and incoherence in a model of multiple-photon excitation of molecular vibrations

Jay R. Ackerhalt and P. W. Milonni

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1211 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Time reversal of optical nutation signals

Y. S. Bai, A. G. Yodh, and T. W. Mossberg

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1222 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Free-electron-laser radiation induced by a periodic dielectric medium

G. Bekefi, J. S. Wurtele, and I. H. Deutsch

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1228 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Influence of phase diffusion on spontaneous oscillations in driven optical systems

M. Brambilla, L. A. Lugiato, G. Strini, and L. M. Narducci

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1237 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Effect of beam quality on the free-electron laser

H. P. Freund and A. K. Ganguly

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1242 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Coupled Lorenz systems, cusp maps, and the lowering of the second laser threshold

N. M. Lawandy, D. V. Plant, and Kayee Lee

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1247 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Mean switching time of bistable two-mode lasers

X. W. Wang, D. L. Lin, and F. T. Hioe

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1251 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Violations of classical inequalities in quantum optics

M. D. Reid and D. F. Walls

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1260 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Parametric bistable resonance in coherent Raman scattering in crystals

W. Gadomski and B. Ratajska-Gadomska

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1277 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Plasmas and Fluids

High-resolution n=3 to n=2 spectra of neonlike silver

P. Beiersdorfer, M. Bitter, S. von Goeler, S. Cohen, K. W. Hill, J. Timberlake, R. S. Walling, M. H. Chen, P. L. Hagelstein, and J. H. Scofield

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1297 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Model for interactions among charges in a structureless fluid, thermal ionization balance, and phase transition

John P. Hernandez

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1316 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Temporal dependence of the mass-ablation rate in uv-laser-irradiated spherical targets

P. A. Jaanimagi, J. Delettrez, B. L. Henke, and and M. C. Richardson

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1322 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Impurity accumulation spectroscopically observed during ion cyclotron resonance frequency heating experiments in the JIPP T-II-U tokamak

K. Ono, T. Oomori, Y. Ueda, K. Sato, K. Toi, T. Watari, I. Ogawa, K. Kawahata, R. Ando, Y. Kawasumi, N. Noda, and S. Tanahashi

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1328 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Universality classes for the isotropic-to-nematic transition in systems of interacting, semiflexible polymers

R. G. Petschek

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1338 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Nonlinear thermal response of a Lennard-Jones fluid near the triple point

G. V. Paolini, G. Ciccotti, and C. Massobrio

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1355 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Statistical Physics, Biological Physics, and Many-Body Topics

Climbing of dislocations in nonequilibrium patterns

G. Tesauro and M. C. Cross

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1363 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Percolation effects in immiscible displacement

David Wilkinson

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1380 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Spectra and gap amplification for systems with two widely different incommensurate periodicities

M. Ya. Azbel, Per Bak, and P. M. Chaikin

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1392 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Probability density function over the Lorenz attractor: An alternative formulation

R. F. S. Andrade

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1403 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Search for randomness in the kicked quantum rotator

Giulio Casati, Joseph Ford, Italo Guarneri, and Franco Vivaldi

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1413 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

X-ray studies of transitions between nematic, smectic- $A_{1}$ , - $A_{2}$ , and - $A_{d}$ phases

K. K. Chan, P. S. Pershan, L. B. Sorensen, and F. Hardouin

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1420 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Multicluster growth via irreversible cooperative filling on lattices

J. W. Evans, J. A. Bartz, and D. E. Sanders

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1434 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Thermal conductivity of the Lennard-Jones fluid

Denis J. Evans

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1449 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Nonequilibrium fluctuations studied by a rarefied-gas simulation

Alejandro L. Garcia

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1454 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Thermodynamic equilibrium under long-range forces. I. Dielectric fluid

H. M. Lai, K. Young, and W. M. Suen

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1458 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Solvability conditions for dendritic growth in the boundary-layer model with capillary anisotropy

J. S. Langer and Daniel C. Hong

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1462 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Configurational viscosity of dilute colloidal suspensions

David Ronis

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1472 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

First-passage times for non-Markovian processes: Correlated impacts on a free process

J. Masoliver, Katja Lindenberg, and Bruce J. West

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1481 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Computer simulation of a phase transition at constant temperature and pressure

Juan J. Morales, So/ren Toxvaerd, and Luis F. Rull

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1495 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Theory of nonlinear response

Akio Morita

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1499 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

The local hypernetted-chain approximation for the 2:1 restricted primitive model electrolyte at a charged hard wall

P. Nielaba, T. Alts, B. D’Aguanno, and F. Forstmann

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1505 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Nonuniversality and metric properties of a forced nonlinear oscillator

M. Octavio, A. DaCosta, and J. Aponte

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1512 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Many-body polarization and overlap effects in the dynamic structure factor of dense krypton gas

J. J. Salacuse, W. Schommers, and P. A. Egelstaff

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1516 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Simulation of large Eden clusters

J. G. Zabolitzky and D. Stauffer

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1523 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Critical behavior on some fractals

Wang Zidan, Gong Changde, and Arno Holz

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1531 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Oscillatory convection in binary mixtures

E. Knobloch

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1538 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Transition to stochasticity in Hamiltonian systems: Some numerical results

Andrea Malagoli, Giovanni Paladin, and Angelo Vulpiani

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1550 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

BRIEF REPORTS

Fundamental Concepts

Rigorous analytical lower bound on the ground-state energies of hydrogenic atoms in high magnetic fields

Gerald Rosen

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1556 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Infeld-Hull factorization and the simplified solution of the Dirac-Coulomb equation

M. K. F. Wong

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1559 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Atomic and Molecular Collision Processes and Interactions

Electron scattering from CO in the ${}^{2}Π$ resonance region

Stephen J. Buckman and Birgit Lohmann

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1561 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Tests of separable expansions of the exchange kernel in inelastic electron collisions

L. A. Collins and B. I. Schneider

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1564 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Vibrational excitation cross sections for $F_{2}$ by electron impact

Y. Fujita, S. Yagi, S. S. Kano, H. Takuma, T. Ajiro, T. Takayanagi, K. Wakiya, and H. Suzuki

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1568 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

K-shell photoelectric cross sections for intermediate-Z elements at 26 keV

Suresh Kumar, N. Singh, K. L. Allawadhi, and B. S. Sood

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1571 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Polarization dependence of laser-assisted charge transfer

Keka Basu Choudhury and D. P. Sural

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1572 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy, Interaction with Radiation

Subnatural optical pumping dips

C. M. Klimcak, J. C. Camparo, R. A. Cook, and R. P. Frueholz

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1575 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Plasmas and Fluids

Ionization and recombination rates in non-Maxwellian plasmas

P. Alaterre, J.-P. Matte, and M. Lamoureux

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1578 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Modulational instabilities of electron cyclotron waves

P. K. Shukla, M. Y. Yu, and L. Stenflo

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1582 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Measurement of tagged-particle diffusion using delayed two-photon absorption

A. Streater, G. Kintz, J. Cooper, A. Santos, K. Burnett, and J. W. Dufty

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1584 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Motion of charged particles in an axisymmetric magnetic mirror

S. G. Tagare

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1587 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Oscillatory behavior of effective viscosity versus density for gases in the transition regime

M. García-Sucre and G. J. Mata

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1591 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Statistical Physics, Biological Physics, and Many-Body Topics

Simple analytical solution for multiplicative nonlinear stochastic differential equations by a perturbation technique

Akio Morita and Junichiro Makino

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1595 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Nonlinear particle diffusion in a host medium

Theo F. Nonnenmacher

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1599 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

ERRATA

Erratum: Fractal measures and their singularities: The characterization of strange sets [Phys. Rev. A 33, 1141 (1986)]

Thomas C. Halsey, Mogens H. Jensen, Leo P. Kadanoff, Itamar Procaccia, and Boris I. Shraiman

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1601 (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Quantum Optics, Nonlinear Optics, and Related Topics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Spin-polarized hydrogen maser

Harald F. Hess, Greg P. Kochanski, John M. Doyle, Thomas J. Greytak, and Daniel Kleppner

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1602(R) (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Recirculating cryogenic hydrogen maser

M. D. Hürlimann, W. N. Hardy, A. J. Berlinsky, and R. W. Cline

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1605(R) (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Hole-burning line shape at high intensity

M. Yamanoi and J. H. Eberly

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1609(R) (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Spontaneous mode splitting in optically pumped molecular lasers due to the ac Stark effect

S. C. Mehendale and R. G. Harrison

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1613(R) (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Generation of chaotic dynamics by feedback on a laser

F. T. Arecchi, W. Gadomski, and R. Meucci

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1617(R) (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

Statistical Physics, Biological Physics, and Many-Body Topics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Structure of Arnold tongues and the f(α) spectrum for period doubling: Experimental results

James A. Glazier, Mogens H. Jensen, Albert Libchaber, and Joel Stavans

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1621(R) (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Renormalization procedure for incommensurate self-dual lattices

W. M. Zheng

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1625(R) (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Direct observation of crises and the related low-frequency noise in a Josephson analog

Yao Huang Kao, Jeun Chyuan Huang, and Yih Shun Gou

Phys. Rev. A 34, 1628(R) (1986) - Published 1 August, 1986