Volume 38, Issue 3

August 1988

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ARTICLES

General Physics, Atomic and Molecular Structure

Electronic structure of the ${Fe}_{2}$ molecule in the local-spin-density approximation

S. Dhar and N. R. Kestner

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1111 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Application of the generalized-exchange local-spin-density-functional theory: Negative ions

Yufei Guo, S. Manoli, and M. A. Whitehead

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1120 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Numerical study of the role of shielding and exchange effects and of correlation and relativistic corrections in the Dirac-Fock approximation

S. S. Liaw, G. Feldman, and T. Fulton

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1126 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Relativistic equation for the multielectron atom

A. A. Broyles

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1137 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Density-functional theory of many-electron systems subjected to time-dependent electric and magnetic fields

Swapan K. Ghosh and Asish K. Dhara

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1149 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Covariant phase-space representation for harmonic oscillators

Y. S. Kim and E. P. Wigner

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1159 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Dynamical-group approach to the Hulthén potential

P. Matthys and H. De Meyer

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1168 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Impact broadening of the dtμ formation resonances

N. T. Padial, James S. Cohen, and M. Leon

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1172 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Area of overlap and interference in phase space versus Wigner pseudoprobabilities

W. Schleich, D. F. Walls, and J. A. Wheeler

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1177 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Dileptonic-helium ground-state energy

P. du T. van der Merwe

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1187 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Loosely bound states of three particles

Zheng Zhen and Joseph Macek

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1193 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Atomic and Molecular Collision Processes and Interactions

Evaluation of nlm-n’l’m’ capture amplitude in the target continuum distorted-wave theory

N. C. Deb

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1202 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Total-cross-section measurements for positron and electron scattering by $O_{2}$ , ${CH}_{4}$ , and ${SF}_{6}$

M. S. Dababneh, Y.-F. Hsieh, W. E. Kauppila, C. K. Kwan, Steven J. Smith, T. S. Stein, and M. N. Uddin

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1207 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Time-dependent aspects of electron degradation. II. General theory

Mitio Inokuti, Mineo Kimura, and Michael A. Dillon

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1217 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Collision energy pooling for Sr(5 $^{3}$ $P_{J}$ )+Sr(5 $_{J ’}^{3}$ ) → Sr(6 $^{3, 1}$ S)+Sr(5 $^{1}$ S)

J. F. Kelly, M. Harris, and A. Gallagher

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1225 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Nonclassical photon states generated by stimulated Compton scattering

Ching Tsung Lee

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1230 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Determination of cross sections and oscillator strengths for argon by electron-energy-loss spectroscopy

G. P. Li, T. Takayanagi, K. Wakiya, H. Suzuki, T. Ajiro, S. Yagi, S. S. Kano, and H. Takuma

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1240 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Nonsingular integral equation for two-body scattering and applications in two and three dimensions

H. T. C. Stoof, L. P. H. de Goey, W. M. H. M. Rovers, P. S. M. Kop Jansen, and B. J. Verhaar

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1248 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy, Interaction with Radiation

Photoionization of magnesium from the excited 3snd ${}^{1}D$ states to the doubly excited 3pnl $^{1}$ F autoionization states

T. N. Chang and X. Tang

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1258 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Hyperfine structure and isotopic shift of the n ${}^{2}P_{J}$ levels (n=7–10) of ${}^{203}$ ,205Tl measured by Doppler-free two-photon spectroscopy

M. Grexa, G. Hermann, G. Lasnitschka, and B. Fricke

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1263 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Two-photon spectroscopy of singlet autoionizing levels of atomic sulfur

S. T. Pratt

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1270 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Numerical multiconfiguration Hartree-Fock studies of atomic photoionization cross sections: Dynamical core-polarization effects in atomic sodium

H. P. Saha, C. Froese-Fischer, and P. W. Langhoff

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1279 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Anomalous x-ray atomic scattering factor for some light elements

M. S. Wang and Sheau-Huey Chia

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1286 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Coupled-electron-pair approximation calculations on open-shell molecules: The two lowest states of ${HeNe}^{+}$

J. Wasilewski, V. Staemmler, and S. Koch

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1289 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Quantum Optics, Nonlinear Optics, and Related Topics

Spontaneous initiation, radiation propagation, and gain buildup in hot-plasma x-ray lasers

G. Hazak and A. Bar-Shalom

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1300 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Resonant operation of the cross-field free-electron laser: Kinetic and fluid equilibria

G. L. Johnston, F. Hartemann, R. C. Davidson, and G. Bekefi

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1309 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Quantum-field superpositions via self-phase modulation of coherent wave packets

T. A. B. Kennedy and P. D. Drummond

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1319 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Light-induced-drift stationary states

E. Mariotti, J. H. Xu, M. Allegrini, G. Alzetta, S. Gozzini, and L. Moi

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1327 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Dissipative effects on squeezed light generated in systems governed by the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

M. J. Potasek and B. Yurke

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1335 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Quantum tunneling rates in dispersive optical bistability for low cavity damping

H. Risken and K. Vogel

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1349 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Buildup of x-ray laser gain by fluctuations in channeled relativistic beam systems

M. Strauss

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1358 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Plasmas and Fluids

Collisionless shock in a laser-produced ablating plasma

A. R. Bell, P. Choi, A. E. Dangor, O. Willi, D. A. Bassett, and C. J. Hooker

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1363 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Characterization of morphology transitions in diffusion-controlled systems

E. Ben-Jacob, P. Garik, T. Mueller, and D. Grier

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1370 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Static and dynamic correlations in fluids with internal quantum states: Computer simulations and theory

P. de Smedt, P. Nielaba, J. L. Lebowitz, J. Talbot, and L. Dooms

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1381 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Wetting-nonwetting transition at the liquid-air interface of methanol-cyclohexane-water mixtures

M. Kahlweit, G. Busse, D. Haase, and J. Jen

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1395 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Full second-order cold-fluid theory of the diocotron and magnetron resonances

D. J. Kaup, S. Roy Choudhury, and Gary E. Thomas

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1402 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Development of an electron avalanche and its transition into streamers

E. E. Kunhardt and Y. Tzeng

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1410 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Hierarchy of collapse regimes for upper-hybrid and lower-hybrid waves

E. A. Kuznetsov and M. M. Škorić

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1422 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Radiation of ion-sound waves from a pulsating Langmuir soliton

Y. Murusidze, D. D. Tskhakaya, S. Kuhn, and M. Hörhager

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1427 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Analytic solutions for Rayleigh-Taylor growth rates in smooth density gradients

David H. Munro

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1433 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Transport properties of electrons in water vapor

K. F. Ness and R. E. Robson

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1446 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

‘‘Elapsed times’’ in Monte Carlo simulations for strongly coupled classical one-component plasmas

Shuji Ogata and Setsuo Ichimaru

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1457 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

X-ray observations between 10 and 150 keV from the Alcator-C tokamak

J. E. Rice and K. L. Chamberlain

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1461 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Pattern selection in steady binary-fluid convection

Mary Silber and Edgar Knobloch

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1468 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

van der Waals gas bubble as a dynamical system

R. A. Wentzell

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1478 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Simultaneous diffusion and reaction processes in plasma dynamics

Hans Wilhelmsson

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1482 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Nonlinear solution for optimal shaping of the driving electron beam in the plasma wake-field accelerator

Yiton T. Yan and Hudong Chen

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1490 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Statistical Physics, Biological Physics, and Many-Body Topics

Persistence of three-frequency quasiperiodicity under large perturbations

Peter M. Battelino

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1495 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Topological and metric properties of Hénon-type strange attractors

Predrag Cvitanović, Gemunu H. Gunaratne, and Itamar Procaccia

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1503 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Effective potential and finite-temperature renormalization of the $φ^{4}$ chain

Riccardo Giachetti, Valerio Tognetti, and Ruggero Vaia

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1521 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Director orientation at the nematic-phase–isotropic-phase interface for the model of hard spherocylinders

R. Holyst and A. Poniewierski

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1527 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Singularity spectrum for period n-tupling in area-preserving maps

Sang-Yoon Kim and Bambi Hu

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1534 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Solitons hiding in DNA and their possible significance in RNA transcription

E. W. Prohofsky

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1538 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Study of phase-separation dynamics by use of cell dynamical systems. II. Two-dimensional demonstrations

S. Puri and Y. Oono

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1542 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Organization of periodic orbits in the driven Duffing oscillator

H. G. Solari and R. Gilmore

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1566 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Direct measurement of orientation correlations in a two-dimensional liquid-crystal system

David H. Van Winkle and Noel A. Clark

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1573 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

BRIEF REPORTS

Fundamental Concepts

Berry phases for partial cycles

Thomas F. Jordan

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1590 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Accurate theoretical prediction of the experimental ground-state total atomic energies

Mariusz Klobukowski and Serafin Fraga

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1593 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Comparison of 1/N expansion and shifted 1/N expansion for eigenenergies of an atomic potential

Y. P. Varshni

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1595 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Atomic and Molecular Collision Processes and Interactions

Collision-limited lifetimes of atom traps

J. E. Bjorkholm

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1599 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Ionization of K(nd) Rydberg-state atoms at a surface

D. F. Gray, Z. Zheng, K. A. Smith, and F. B. Dunning

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1601 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Close-coupling analysis of electron-impact excitation of Na(4s)

Alfred Z. Msezane, Carlos R. Handy, Giorgio Mantica, and Joongyu Lee

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1604 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Photon cross sections near the x-ray-absorption edges of Ti, Ni, Pt, and Au

K. Parthasaradhi, A. Esposito, S. Mobilio, and M. Pelliccioni

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1608 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Triple-center determination of differential cross sections for electron transfer and elastic scattering in α-H collisions

Thomas G. Winter

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1612 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy, Interaction with Radiation

Precision measurement of the hyperfine structure of the ${}^{133}{Cs}$ 6 $P_{3 / 2}$ state

Carol E. Tanner and Carl Wieman

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1616 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Quantum Optics, Nonlinear Optics, and Related Topics

Approximate analytical approaches to nonlinear pulse propagation in optical fibers: A comparison

D. Anderson, M. Lisak, and T. Reichel

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1618 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Radiation pressure from the vacuum: Physical interpretation of the Casimir force

P. W. Milonni, R. J. Cook, and M. E. Goggin

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1621 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Plasmas and Fluids

Collective mechanism for atomic recombination in plasmas

M. D. Girardeau and F. A. Gutierrez

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1624 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Local order in a dense liquid

H. J. M. Hanley, T. R. Welberry, D. J. Evans, and G. P. Morriss

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1628 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Statistical Physics, Biological Physics, and Many-Body Topics

Integro-differential Schrödinger equation as an extension of the differential Schrödinger equation

B. Baseia

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1632 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Reconciliation of 1/d corrections to the Eden model

R. Friedberg and W. M. Zheng

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1636 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Continuum limit of sine-Gordon and $φ^{4}$ chains by use of an effective potential

Riccardo Giachetti, Valerio Tognetti, and Ruggero Vaia

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1638 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Local conservation laws and equations of motion for Green’s functions

K. Gütter, P.-G. Reinhard, and C. Toepffer

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1641 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Period-doubling bifurcation in an electronic circuit with a fast-recovery diode and square-wave input

Chil-Min Kim, Chang-Ho Cho, Chul-Se Lee, Jae-Hag Yim, Jintai Kim, and Yongduk Kim

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1645 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Noise reduction in dynamical systems

Eric J. Kostelich and James A. Yorke

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1649 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Electroclinic effect above the smectic-A–smectic- $C^{/ e m p h >}$ transition

Ruozi Qiu, John T. Ho, and S. K. Hark

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1653 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

COMMENTS

Comment on ‘‘Rotational hyperpolarizability of a homonuclear diatomic molecule’’

David M. Bishop and D. P. Shelton

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1656 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Comment on ‘‘Obtainment of thermal noise from a pure quantum state’’

S. M. Barnett and P. L. Knight

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1657 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

ERRATA

Erratum: Discrepancy between theory and experiment for noncoplanar symmetric ( $e, 2 e$ ) momentum profiles of $H_{2} ({}^{1}Σ_{g}^{+})$

J. W. Liu

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1659 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Erratum: Rydberg states of helium: Relativistic and second-order corrections

Richard J. Drachman

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1659 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Erratum: Electric-field-induced modulations in photodetachment [Phys. Rev. A 37, 632 (1988)]

A. R. P. Rau and Hin-Yiu Wong

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1660 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Erratum: Traveling waves in large-aspect-ratio thermosolutal convection

A. E. Deane, E. Knobloch, and J. Toomre

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1661 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

Erratum: Perturbation approximations for scattering amplitudes in ion-atom collisions

Joseph Macek

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1661 (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Alignment of $H (2 p)$ in $H^{+}$ -H, $H_{2}$ collisions

R. Hippler, H. Madeheim, W. Harbich, H. Kleinpoppen, and H. O. Lutz

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1662(R) (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Forced rotational autoionization of high-lying states of $H_{2}$

Emily Y. Xu, Hanspeter Helm, and Ravinder Kachru

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1666(R) (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Tricritical exponents for trails on a square lattice obtained by the scanning simulation method

H. Meirovitch and H. A. Lim

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1670(R) (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Molecular correlations in a ferroelectric liquid crystal

A. M. Glass, J. W. Goodby, D. H. Olson, and J. S. Patel

Phys. Rev. A 38, 1673(R) (1988) - Published 1 August, 1988