Volume 41, Issue 3

February 1990

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ARTICLES

Fundamental Concepts

Phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics under phase-space transformations: Wigner functions of an oscillator system in crossed magnetic and electric fields

Lipo Wang

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1193 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Ordering problem in quantum mechanics: Prime quantization and a physical interpretation

S. Twareque Ali and H.-D. Doebner

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1199 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Equation-of-motion approach to the problem of damped motion in quantum mechanics

M. Razavy

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1211 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Perturbation theory for the triple-well anharmonic oscillator

R. J. Damburg, R. Kh. Propin, and Yu. I. Ryabykh

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1218 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Atomic and Molecular Structure

Two-body fragmentation channels of three-body systems

Michael Cavagnero, Zheng Zhen, and Joseph Macek

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1225 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Electron affinities of alkaline-earth-metal atoms

P. Fuentealba, A. Savin, H. Stoll, and H. Preuss

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1238 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Bethe logarithms for hydrogen up to n=20, and approximations for two-electron atoms

G. W. F. Drake and Robin A. Swainson

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1243 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Radius of convergence and analytic behavior of the $\frac{1}{Z}$ expansion

Jonathan D. Baker, David E. Freund, Robert Nyden Hill, and John D. Morgan, III

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1247 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Point transformations applied to density-functional calculations

Toshikatsu Koga

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1274 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Muon reactivation in muon-catalyzed d-t fusion from accurate p- ${He}^{+}$ stripping and excitation cross sections

C. D. Stodden, H. J. Monkhorst, K. Szalewicz, and T. G. Winter

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1281 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Atomic and Molecular Collisions and Interactions

State-selective dielectronic-recombination measurements for He- and Li-like carbon and oxygen ions

Lars H. Andersen, Jakob Bolko, and Poul Kvistgaard

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1293 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Positron–hydrogen-atom S-wave coupled-channel scattering at low energies

B. J. Archer, G. A. Parker, and R. T Pack

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1303 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Measurement of threshold temperature effects in dissociative electron attachment to HI and DI

A. Chutjian, S. H. Alajajian, and K-F. Man

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1311 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Recoil-ion–projectile-ion–cusp-electron triple-coincidence measurements for 1-MeV/u bare and one-electron O and C projectiles on Ne

J. Freyou, M. Breinig, C. C. Gaither, III, and T. A. Underwood

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1315 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Electron-impact excitation of the x ${}^{1}Σ_{g}^{-}$ , y ${}^{1}Π_{g}$ , and $o_{3}$ ${}^{1}Π_{u}$ Rydberg electronic states of the nitrogen molecule

James S. Allen, Sunggi Chung, and Chun C. Lin

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1324 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Observation of 2 $p^{3}$ states in the electron-ionization efficiency curve of helium between 58 and 59 eV

R. N. Gosselin and P. Marmet

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1335 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Two-photon absorption and photoionization cross-section measurements in the 5 $p^{5}$ 6p configuration of xenon

Stefan Kröll and William K. Bischel

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1340 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Low-order perturbation theory for shake-up cross sections in atomic photoionization in a local-potential model

T. M. Luke, J. D. Talman, H. Aksela, and M. Leväsalmi

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1350 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Propagator for the time-dependent harmonic oscillator

J. Macek

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1361 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Electron-loss calculations using the free-collision model

Mati Meron and Brant M. Johnson

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1365 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Correlation enhancement of the electron-impact ionization cross section for excited-state Ne-like ions

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

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1375 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Dynamics of neutral vacuum decay

Leonard Rosenberg

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1383 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Ionization and excitation of ${np}^{4}$ (n+1)p levels of noble gases by electron impact

J. A. Sánchez, J. A. Aguilera, B. Martnez, and J. Campos

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1392 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Lattice calculation of muon-pair production with capture in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

M. R. Strayer, C. Bottcher, V. E. Oberacker, and A. S. Umar

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1399 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Charge-transfer reactions of ground-state $C^{+}$ $(^{2}$ P) and metastable-state $C^{+}$ $(^{4}$ P) ions with $H_{2}$ molecules

Yaodong Xu, T. F. Moran, and E. W. Thomas

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1408 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Differential cross sections for electron-impact excitation of the electronic states of $N_{2}$

M. J. Brunger and P. J. O. Teubner

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1413 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Measurement and comparison with theory of the temperature dependence of satellite-to-resonance line ratios of heliumlike nickel from the JET tokamak

K.-D. Zastrow, E. Källne, and H. P. Summers

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1427 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Atomic Interactions with Surfaces and Solids

Transport of fast electrons through thin foils

S. Lencinas, J. Burgdörfer, J. Kemmler, O. Heil, K. Kroneberger, N. Keller, H. Rothard, and K. O. Groeneveld

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1435 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy

Analytical and algebraic solutions of the rotating Morse oscillators: Matrix elements of arbitrary powers of (r- $r_{e}$ $)^{l}$ exp[-ma(r- $r_{e}$ )]

A. López-Pieiro and B. Moreno

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1444 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Beam-foil spectroscopy of n=3 to n=2 transitions in highly stripped bismuth

D. D. Dietrich, A. Simionovici, M. H. Chen, G. Chandler, C. J. Hailey, P. O. Egan, P. H. Mokler, S. Reusch, and D. H. H. Hoffmann

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1450 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Atoms and Molecules in Electromagnetic Fields

Collisional relaxation of the 6s[3/2 $]_{1}^{0}$ and 6s’[1/2 $]_{1}^{0}$ $m_{J}$ levels of xenon using resonantly enhanced multiphoton ionization

D. Charalambidis, A. Lyras, P. Lambropoulos, X. Tang, S. J. Bajic, and R. N. Compton

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1457 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Influence of pre-Gaussian noise on selective ionization

L. C. de Winter and T. L. Weeding

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1466 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Resonances that originate from shadow poles of the scattering matrix in multiphoton processes

Martin Dörr and R. M. Potvliege

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1472 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Perturbed angular distribution of electrons following photoionization of 6sns ${}^{1}S_{0}$ barium Rydberg states

H. Hieronymus, M. Kohl, J. Neukammer, A. König, H. Rinneberg, and H. Spinger-Bolk

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1477 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Resonances in $H^{-}$ associated with the N=7 hydrogen threshold

Y. K. Ho

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1492 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Depolarization of optically pumped sodium atoms by wall surfaces

M. Tanaka, T. Ohshima, K. Katori, M. Fujiwara, T. Itahashi, H. Ogata, and M. Kondo

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1496 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Spin relaxation of hydrogen-atom isotopes via electron spin exchange with paramagnetic gases

Ralph Eric Turner, R. F. Snider, and D. G. Fleming

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1505 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Quantum Optics

Theory of lasers without inversion

Victor R. Blok and Gennady M. Krochik

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1517 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Squeezed states: Operators for two types of one- and two-mode squeezing transformations

Fan Hong-yi

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1526 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Time-dependent characteristics of a strongly driven Raman system undergoing quantum jumps

Arundhati S. Jayarao, Richard D’Souza, and S. V. Lawande

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1533 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Transient multiwave mixing in a nonlinear medium

I. C. Khoo and Ping Zhou

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1544 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Perturbative corrections to the rotating-wave approximation for two-level molecules and the effects of permanent dipoles on single-photon and multiphoton spectra

Mary Ann Kmetic and William J. Meath

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1556 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Many-photon antibunching in generalized pair coherent states

Ching Tsung Lee

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1569 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Radiative emission of driven two-level atoms into the modes of an enclosing optical cavity: The transition from fluorescence to lasing

A. Lezama, Yifu Zhu, Manoj Kanskar, and T. W. Mossberg

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1576 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Langevin equation for the squeezing of light by means of a parametric oscillator

T. W. Marshall and E. Santos

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1582 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Radiative properties of atoms near a conducting plane: An old problem in a new light

D. Meschede, W. Jhe, and E. A. Hinds

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1587 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Coherence in two-photon down-conversion induced by a laser

Z. Y. Ou, L. J. Wang, X. Y. Zou, and L. Mandel

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1597 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Population trapping in short-pulse laser ionization

Jonathan Parker and C. R. Stroud, Jr.

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1602 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Multiphoton processes in an intense laser field. II. Partial rates and angular distributions for ionization of atomic hydrogen at 532 nm

R. M. Potvliege and Robin Shakeshaft

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1609 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Raman-Nath theory of degenerate four-wave mixing in semiconductors

D. Richardson, E. M. Wright, and S. W. Koch

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1620 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Dispersive effects on the main-wave modulational instability in free-electron lasers

F. B. Rizzato

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1629 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Optically driven spin nutations in the ground state of atomic sodium

Dieter Suter, Martin Rosatzin, and Jürgen Mlynek

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1634 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Excitation of a multilevel system by a train of identical phase-coherent Gaussian-shaped laser pulses

Gerald F. Thomas

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1645 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

SU(2) and SU(1,1) phase states

A. Vourdas

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1653 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Eigenmode analysis of optical guiding in free-electron lasers

Ming Xie, David A. G. Deacon, and John M. J. Madey

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1662 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Spatial and temporal evolution of the first-order phase transition in intrinsic optical bistability

Ramarao Inguva and Charles M. Bowden

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1670 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Radiative effects in the theory of beam propagation at nonlinear interfaces

Yu. S. Kivshar, A. M. Kosevich, and O. A. Chubykalo

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1677 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Effects of multiplicative white and colored noise in dye-laser theory

Shiqun Zhu

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1689 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

BRIEF REPORTS

Atomic and Molecular Structure

Variational expressions for first-order properties involving continuum wave functions

A. E. Orel and T. N. Rescigno

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1695 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Improved many-body perturbation theory calculations of the n=2 states of lithiumlike uranium

S. A. Blundell, W. R. Johnson, and J. Sapirstein

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1698 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Construction and application of gradient-expansion approximations for exchange energy with self-interaction correction

Yan Li and J. B. Krieger

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1701 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Atomic and Molecular Collisions and Interactions

Nuclear-charge screening in electron capture

Steven Alston

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1705 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Influence of shape resonances on minima in cross sections for photoionization of excited atoms

Zineb Felfli and Steven T. Manson

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1709 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Adiabatic limit for the semiclassical ionization cross section by heavy ions: A general result

E. C. Montenegro

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1711 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy

Autoionization rates for selected double-Rydberg states of barium

C. P. Bhalla, K. R. Karim, and M. Wilson

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1715 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Quantum Optics

Density operator with coherent, number, and squeezed states

Richard T. Hammond

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1718 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Higher-order criteria for nonclassical effects in photon statistics

Ching Tsung Lee

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1721 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Low-frequency approximation for simultaneous electron-photon excitation of atoms

A. Maquet and J. Cooper

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1724 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

COMMENTS

Comment on ‘‘Test of local causality with very short light pulses’’

Morton H. Rubin

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1728 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Reply to ‘‘Comment on ‘Test of local causality with very short light pulses’ ’’

Karl Svozil

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1729 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Comment on ‘‘Fine structure and analytical quantum-defect wave functions’’

P. L. Goodfriend

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1730 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Reply to ‘‘Comment on ‘Fine-structure and analytical quantum-defect wave functions’ ’’

V. Alan Kostelecký, Michael Martin Nieto, and D. Rodney Truax

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1732 (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Fundamental Concepts

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Quantum-mechanical models of position measurements

Masanao Ozawa

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1735(R) (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Evidence for a velocity threshold for the binding of the 3p state of fast ${He}^{+}$ ions inside solids

M. Chevallier, A. Clouvas, N. V. de Castro Faria, B. Farizon Mazuy, M. J. Gaillard, J. C. Poizat, J. Remillieux, and J. Désesquelles

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1738(R) (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Atoms and Molecules in Electromagnetic Fields

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Observation of bound-free photodissociation of $H_{3}^{+}$

Y. K. Bae and P. C. Cosby

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1741(R) (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990

Quantum Optics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Harmonic generation by a classical hydrogen atom in the presence of an intense radiation field

Gunadya Bandarage, Alfred Maquet, and J. Cooper

Phys. Rev. A 41, 1744(R) (1990) - Published 1 February, 1990