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Atomic and Molecular Collisions and Interactions

Angular-differential cross sections for H(2p) formation in intermediate-energy proton-helium collisions

D. G. Seely, S. W. Bross, A. D. Gaus, J. W. Edwards, D. R. Schultz, T. J. Gay, J. T. Park, and J. L. Peacher

Phys. Rev. A 45, R1287(R) (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Measurement of the LMM dielectronic recombination resonances of neonlike gold

M. B. Schneider, D. A. Knapp, M. H. Chen, J. H. Scofield, P. Beiersdorfer, C. L. Bennett, J. R. Henderson, M. A. Levine, and R. E. Marrs

Phys. Rev. A 45, R1291(R) (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Evidence for atomic processes in molecular valence double ionization

U. Becker, O. Hemmers, B. Langer, A. Menzel, R. Wehlitz, and W. B. Peatman

Phys. Rev. A 45, R1295(R) (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Atomic Interactions with Surfaces and Solids

Convoy-electron emission in 20–100-keV grazing proton bombardment of Cu(100)

E. A. Sánchez, M. L. Martiarena, O. Grizzi, and V. H. Ponce

Phys. Rev. A 45, R1299(R) (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Atoms and Molecules in Electromagnetic Fields

Observation of anomalous light-induced drift

G. J. van der Meer, J. Smeets, S. P. Pod’yachev, and L. J. F. Hermans

Phys. Rev. A 45, R1303(R) (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

ARTICLES

Fundamental Concepts

Semiclassical approximation of cross sections with many rainbow peaks

J. H. Jensen

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1307 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Reduced Schrödinger-Coulomb Green’s function for excited states

Gregory S. Adkins and Jeffrey D. Cammerata

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1314 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Harmonic oscillator with time-dependent mass and frequency and a perturbative potential

Célia M. A. Dantas, I. A. Pedrosa, and B. Baseia

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1320 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Gauge invariance and approximate variational calculations of relativistic few-particle states in the Hamiltonian QED

Jurij W. Darewych and Wesley Berseth

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1325 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Perturbation theory with canonical transformations

Francisco M. Fernández

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1333 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Non-Abelian Born-Oppenheimer electric gauge force and the natural metric on Hilbert subspaces

Péter Lévay

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1339 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Nondemolition observation of a free quantum particle

V. P. Belavkin and P. Staszewski

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1347 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Exact solution of the problem of a two-dimensional Dirac particle with flux 1/2

Shen Shunqing and Tao Ruibao

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1357 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Mass effects and one-particle detectors in quantum-measuring processes

Kiyotaka Kakazu

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1361 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Geometric phases in two-level atoms excited by pulses propagating without loss

Tanaji Sen and J. L. Milovich

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1371 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Atomic and Molecular Structure

Many-body multiconfigurational Dirac-Fock calculation of hyperfine interaction in 7s, 7p1/2, and 7p3/2 states of Ra cii

J. Andriessen, H. Postma, A. M. van den Brink, and T. P. Das

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1389 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Magnetic-dipole hyperfine-structure constants for the nd2 triplet states of Sc ii and Y ii

Donald R. Beck

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1399 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Relativistic excitation energies and oscillator strengths for the 6s2 1S0→6s6p 1P1,3P1 transitions in Hg-like ions

Hsiang-Shun Chou and Keh-Ning Huang

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1403 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Observation of Ps(n=2) from well-characterized metal surfaces in ultrahigh vacuum

D. C. Schoepf, S. Berko, K. F. Canter, and P. Sferlazzo

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1407 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Thomas-Fermi-type method for the direct calculation of electronic densities and properties of atoms and ions

B. M. Deb and P. K. Chattaraj

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1412 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Absolute optical oscillator strengths for the electronic excitation of atoms at high resolution. II. The photoabsorption of neon

W. F. Chan, G. Cooper, X. Guo, and C. E. Brion

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1420 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Atomic structure in the Pauli-correlated approximation

Viraht Sahni, Yan Li, and Manoj K. Harbola

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1434 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Importance of parametrizing constraints in quantum-mechanical variational calculations

Kwong T. Chung and A. K. Bhatia

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1449 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Reduced L1 level width and Coster-Kronig yields by relaxation and continuum interactions in atomic zinc

S. Fritzsche, B. Fricke, and W.-D. Sepp

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1465 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Torus quantization of symmetrically excited helium

Jörg Müller, Joachim Burgdörfer, and Donald Noid

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1471 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Correlated wave functions and hyperfine splittings of the 2s state of muonic He3,4 atoms

Ming-Keh Chen

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1479 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Corrections to the beryllium ground-state energy

E. Lindroth, H. Persson, S. Salomonson, and A-M. Mårtensson-Pendrill

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1493 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

First-order perturbation calculations for transition-metal atoms and ions

J. Mei and J. W. Davenport

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1497 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Lifetime measurements of rubidium nD3/2 (n=6–9) states using the Hanle effect

W. A. van Wijngaarden and J. Sagle

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1502 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Requirements for correlation energy density functionals from coordinate transformations

Andreas Görling and Mel Levy

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1509 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Analysis of coupled-cluster methods for higher-order static properties

Sourav Pal and Keya Basu Ghose

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1518 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Large-N expansion method for a spin-1/2 particle in the presence of vector and scalar potentials

M. M. Panja, M. Bag, R. Dutt, and Y. P. Varshni

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1523 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Precision measurements of K and L transitions in xenon: Experiment and theory for the K,L, and M levels

T. Mooney, E. Lindroth, P. Indelicato, E. G. Kessler, Jr., and R. D. Deslattes

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1531 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Atomic and Molecular Collisions and Interactions

Near-threshold photodetachment of the Li ion

J. Dellwo, Y. Liu, D. J. Pegg, and G. D. Alton

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1544 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Semiclassical quantization of the hydrogen atom in a generalized van der Waals potential

K. Ganesan and M. Lakshmanan

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1548 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Use of the Van Regemorter formula for collision strengths or cross sections

Douglas H. Sampson and Hong Lin Zhang

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1556 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Coupled-Sturmian and perturbative treatments of electron transfer and ionization in high-energy p-He+ collisions

Thomas G. Winter and Steven G. Alston

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1562 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Observation of density-enhanced dielectronic satellite spectra produced during subpicosecond laser-matter interactions

A. Zigler, V. L. Jacobs, D. A. Newman, P. G. Burkhalter, D. J. Nagel, T. S. Luk, A. McPherson, K. Boyer, and C. K. Rhodes

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1569 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Intermediate-velocity atomic collisions. V. Electron capture and loss in C3+ and O5+ collisions with H2 and He

E. C. Montenegro, G. M. Sigaud, and W. E. Meyerhof

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1575 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Positiveness and monotonicity of continuum-continuum Coulomb dipole matrix elements

Sung Dahm Oh and R. H. Pratt

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1583 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Extensive eigenchannel R-matrix study of the H photodetachment spectrum

H. R. Sadeghpour, Chris H. Greene, and Michael Cavagnero

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1587 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Arbitrary-order three-turning-point phase-integral formula for the S matrix in Regge-pole theory

A. Amaha, A. Dzieciol, N. Fröman, P. O. Fröman, and K.-E. Thylwe

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1596 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Electron-impact excitation of the n1P levels of helium: Theory and experiment

David C. Cartwright, George Csanak, Sandor Trajmar, and D. F. Register

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1602 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Magnetic-sublevel cross sections for excitation of the n1P levels of helium by electron impact

George Csanak, David C. Cartwright, and Sandor Trajmar

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1625 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Slow-electron collisions with CO molecules in an exact-exchange plus parameter-free polarization model

Ashok Jain and D. W. Norcross

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1644 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Rapid-ionization approach based on the factorization method

Douglas H. Sampson and Hong Lin Zhang

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1657 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Radiative lifetimes, collisional mixing, and quenching of the cesium 5DJ levels

A. Sasso, W. Demtröder, T. Colbert, C. Wang, E. Ehrlacher, and J. Huennekens

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1670 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Effect of intermediate coupling on angular distribution of Auger electrons

Mau Hsiung Chen

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1684 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Atomic Interactions with Surfaces and Solids

Projectile- and charge-state-dependent electron yields from ion penetration of solids as a probe of preequilibrium stopping power

Hermann Rothard, Jo/rgen Schou, and Karl-Ontjes Groeneveld

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1701 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy

Energy-dispersive measurements of Lα1 and Ll x-ray linewidths

Tibor Papp, John L. Campbell, John A. Maxwell, Jian-Xiong Wang, and William J. Teesdale

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1711 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Lifetime measurement of the Mg i intercombination line

A. Godone and C. Novero

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1717 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Atoms and Molecules in Electromagnetic Fields

Relativistic and nonrelativistic finite-basis-set calculations of low-lying levels of hydrogenic atoms in intense magnetic fields

Zonghua Chen and S. P. Goldman

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1722 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Optical-microwave double-resonance spectroscopy of highly excited Rydberg states of ytterbium

H. Maeda, Y. Matsuo, M. Takami, and A. Suzuki

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1732 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Observation of a midinfrared fine-structure transition for the single trapped barium ion

A. A. Madej, J. D. Sankey, G. R. Hanes, K. J. Siemsen, and A. R. W. McKellar

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1742 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Hamiltonian bifurcation theory of closed orbits in the diamagnetic Kepler problem

J.-M. Mao and J. B. Delos

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1746 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Binding energy and triplet-singlet splitting for the hydrogen molecule in ultrahigh magnetic fields

A. V. Korolev and M. A. Liberman

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1762 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Line polarization of laser-excited Na D2-transition resonance fluorescence

X-K. Meng, W. R. MacGillivray, and M. C. Standage

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1767 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Quantum Optics

Corpuscular theory of intensity noise with gain compression

J. Arnaud

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1775 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Quantum optics

Suppression of fluorescence in a lossless cavity

P. M. Alsing, D. A. Cardimona, and H. J. Carmichael

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1793 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Quantum Optics

Effect of squeezing on the degenerate parametric oscillator

Javed Anwar and M. Suhail Zubairy

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1804 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Multiphoton resonances and Bloch-Siegert shifts observed in a classical two-level system

M. W. Beijersbergen, R. J. C. Spreeuw, L. Allen, and J. P. Woerdman

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1810 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Collapses and revivals in the energy exchange in the process of k-photon down-conversion with quantized pump

Gabriel Drobný and Igor Jex

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1816 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

SL(2,openC) multilevel dynamics

Demosthenes Ellinas

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1822 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

One-dimensional laser cooling below the Doppler limit

V. Finkelstein, P. R. Berman, and J. Guo

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1829 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Spectral modification of the Stokes line of a Raman-coupled three-level system in a cavity

Gautam Gangopadhyay and Deb Shankar Ray

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1843 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Fluorescence studies of multiphoton ionization of Ca and Sr: Emission from highly excited ionic states

H. K. Haugen and H. Stapelfeldt

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1847 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Spectral hole burning and gain saturation in short-cavity semiconductor lasers

K. Henneberger, F. Herzel, S. W. Koch, R. Binder, A. E. Paul, and D. Scott

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1853 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Amplification of higher-order squeezing

Mark Hillery and Daoqi Yu

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1860 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Theory of the semiconductor photon echo

M. Lindberg, R. Binder, and S. W. Koch

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1865 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Trapping states in a three-level Λ system

J. C. Retamal, L. Roa, and C. Saavedra

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1876 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Dynamic quantum-noise reduction in multilevel-laser systems

H. Ritsch and P. Zoller

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1881 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Intensity instabilities of semiconductor lasers under current modulation, external light injection, and delayed feedback

Joachim Sacher, Dieter Baums, Peter Panknin, Wolfgang Elsässer, and Ernst O. Göbel

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1893 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Quantum Langevin equations for a two-mode parametric amplifier: Noise squeezing without negative diffusion

L. Sainz de los Terreros and F. J. Bermejo

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1906 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Quantum limits to all-optical phase shifts in a Kerr nonlinear medium

Barry C. Sanders and Gerard J. Milburn

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1919 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Dynamical squeezing

H. Svensmark

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1924 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Quantum-noise measurements of Raman amplifiers using an interferometer

R. C. Swanson, P. R. Battle, and J. L. Carlsten

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1932 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Analytic representations in the unit disk and applications to phase states and squeezing

A. Vourdas

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1943 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Transient stimulated hyper-Raman scattering in an organic crystal

Q. Z. Wang, P. P. Ho, R. R. Alfano, and R. Kashyap

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1951 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Statistics of the transient frequency modulation in the switch-on of a single-mode semiconductor laser

Salvador Balle, F. de Pasquale, N. B. Abraham, and M. San Miguel

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1955 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Two-level system in a Gaussian field: An approximate solution

E. Bava, A. Godone, C. Novero, and H. O. Di Rocco

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1967 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Classical resonances in quantum mechanics

J. Henkel and M. Holthaus

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1978 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Quantum theory of dynamic interference experiments

N. Hussain, N. Imoto, and R. Loudon

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1987 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Inversionless amplification in a three-level medium

Olga Kocharovskaya, Paul Mandel, and Y. V. Radeonychev

Phys. Rev. A 45, 1997 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Amplification of nonlinear waves in a symmetric planar waveguide

Nail Akhmediev, Nina Mitskevich, and Rashit Nabiev

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2006 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Simulations of gap-soliton generation

C. Martijn de Sterke

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2012 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Generation of harmonic radiation by hydrogen atoms in intense laser fields

Marko Horbatsch and John K. Liakos

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2019 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Steady-state behavior of three-level systems in a broadband squeezed bath

Amitabh Joshi and R. R. Puri

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2025 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Beam-pointing fluctuations in a gain-guided Raman amplifier

S. J. Kuo, D. T. Smithey, and M. G. Raymer

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2031 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Higher-order squeezing and photon statistics for squeezed thermal states

Paulina Marian

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2044 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Fourth-order interference effects at large distances

J. G. Rarity and P. R. Tapster

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2052 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Theory of dressed-state lasers in the bad-cavity limit

Jakub Zakrzewski and Maciej Lewenstein

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2057 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

BRIEF REPORTS

Atomic and Molecular Structure

First-order perturbation theory and resonance energies of two-electron atoms

E. de Prunelé

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2070 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Finite-difference scheme for the numerical solution of the Schrödinger equation

Ronald E. Mickens and Issa Ramadhani

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2074 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Density-functional-theory calculations of static dipole polarizability of some ions of interest in Mössbauer spectroscopy

K. D. Sen and L. J. Bartolotti

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2076 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Feshbach-type projection calculations of triply excited resonances in He

Mirosl/aw Bylicki

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2079 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Atomic and Molecular Collisions and Interactions

Ratio of double-to-single ionization of He by N7+ projectiles

N. C. Deb, D. S. F. Crothers, K. M. Dunseath, and Bablu Bhattacharjee

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2083 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Simple formula for the cross sections of resonant charge transfer between atoms and their positive ions at low impact velocity

Shuji Sakabe and Yasukazu Izawa

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2086 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Temperature dependence of YbHe continuum emission spectra

K. Ueda, H. Chiba, and Y. Sato

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2090 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Unexpectedly small intrashell L1-L3 vacancy transition rate in Sm62

R. Stötzel, U. Werner, M. Sarkar, and W. Jitschin

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2093 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Low-momentum-transfer incoherent γ-ray scattering by moderate- to high-atomic-number elements

D. A. Bradley, C. S. Chong, A. A. Tajuddin, A. Shukri, and A. M. Ghose

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2097 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Photoeffect cross sections of several rare-earth elements for 323-keV photons

T. K. Umesh, S. J. Anasuya, J. Shylaja Kumari, Channe Gowda, K. P. Gopinathan Nair, and Ramakrishna Gowda

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2101 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Atomic Interactions with Surfaces and Solids

Measurements of ionization produced in silicon crystals by low-energy silicon atoms

Brian L. Dougherty

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2104 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy

Level structure of the 3d94s6p, 3d94s4f, 4d95s7p, and 4d94s4f configurations in copper and silver

M. Aslam Baig, A. Rashid, M. Hanif, W. Dussa, Ishaq Ahmad, and J. Hormes

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2108 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

X-ray multielectronic photoexcitations near the K edge of xenon

Moshe Deutsch and Peter Kizler

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2112 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Quantum Optics

Theory of multiphoton ionization tested on negative ions

Theodoros Mercouris and Cleanthes A. Nicolaides

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2116 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Preparation of a pure atomic state

M. Orszag, J. C. Retamal, and C. Saavedra

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2118 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Amplitude-squared squeezing inside and outside a cavity

Daoqi Yu

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2121 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Power-spectrum description by complex series expansion

K.-E. Peiponen, Toshimitsu Asakura, and E. M. Vartiainen

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2125 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Generalized dimensions of laser attractors

U. Hübner, W. Klische, and C. O. Weiss

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2128 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Phase dynamics of coherent light in the M-photon Jaynes-Cummings model

H. X. Meng, C. L. Chai, and Z. M. Zhang

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2131 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

COMMENTS

Comment on ‘‘2s-2p transitions in heliumlike and lithiumlike krypton’’

B. Denne-Hinnov

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2135 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Comment on ‘‘Complete Keldysh theory and its limiting cases’’

Peter W. Milonni

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2138 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

Reply to ‘‘Comment on ‘Complete Keldysh theory and its limiting cases’ ’’

H. R. Reiss

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2140 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

ERRATA

Erratum: Multiphoton processes in an intense laser field. VI. Two-color ionization with incommensurable frequencies

Martin Dörr, R. M. Potvliege, Daniel Proulx, and Robin Shakeshaft

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2142 (1992) - Published 1 February, 1992

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