Volume 45, Issue 5

March 1992

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Atomic and Molecular Collisions and Interactions

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Simulation of convoy-electron emission

Carlos O. Reinhold, Joachim Burgdörfer, Jürgen Kemmler, and Peter Koschar

Phys. Rev. A 45, R2655(R) (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Mechanism of ballistic collisions

Joseph M. Sindoni and Ramesh D. Sharma

Phys. Rev. A 45, R2659(R) (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Absence of the Thomas peak in the classical-trajectory Monte Carlo calculations for proton-hydrogen collisions in the MeV region

Nobuyuki Toshima

Phys. Rev. A 45, R2663(R) (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Precision measurement of the 2 ${}^{3}$ S→3 ${}^{3}$ P transition in ${}^{4}{He}$

C. S. Adams, E. Riis, A. I. Ferguson, and W. R. C. Rowley

Phys. Rev. A 45, R2667(R) (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Atoms and Molecules in Electromagnetic Fields

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Spin-exchange frequency shift in a cesium atomic fountain

E. Tiesinga, B. J. Verhaar, H. T. C. Stoof, and D. van Bragt

Phys. Rev. A 45, R2671(R) (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Quantum Optics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Dynamics of a nondegenerate cascade laser

G. J. de Valcárcel, E. Roldán, and R. Vilaseca

Phys. Rev. A 45, R2674(R) (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Ionization of Rydberg atoms by circularly and elliptically polarized microwave fields

Jennifer A. Griffiths and David Farrelly

Phys. Rev. A 45, R2678(R) (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Coherent π-pulse propagation with pulse breakup in an erbium-doped fiber waveguide amplifier

Masataka Nakazawa, Kazunori Suzuki, Yasuo Kimura, and Hirokazu Kubota

Phys. Rev. A 45, R2682(R) (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

ARTICLES

Fundamental Concepts

Combining quantum and classical perturbation theories

J. H. Jensen

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2686 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Integration of the Heisenberg equation of motion for quantum tunneling

Martin Kamela and M. Razavy

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2695 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Atomic and Molecular Structure

State-specific theory and method for the computation of diatomic molecules: Application to ${He}_{2}^{2 +}$ ${}^{1}Σ_{g}^{+}$

Naoum C. Bacalis, Yannis Komninos, and Cleanthes A. Nicolaides

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2701 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Natural lifetimes of excited states of neutral nitrogen determined by time-resolved laser spectroscopy

G. J. Bengtsson, J. Larsson, S. Svanberg, and D. D. Wang

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2712 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Radiative lifetime of the 3s3 $p^{3}$ $(^{5}$ $S_{2}^{o}$ ) metastable level of $P^{+}$

Anthony G. Calamai, Xiaofeng Han, and William H. Parkinson

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2716 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Direct solution of the Faddeev equations for the three-body Coulomb problem with L=0

Chi-Yu Hu, A. A. Kvitsinsky, and S. P. Merkuriev

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2723 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Self-energy of excited states in a strong Coulomb field

Peter J. Mohr and Yong-Ki Kim

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2727 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Accurate variational calculations of energies of the 2 ${}^{2}$ S, 2 ${}^{2}$ P, and 3 ${}^{2}$ D states and the dipole, quadrupole, and dipole-quadrupole polarizabilities and hyperpolarizability of the lithium atom

Janusz Pipin and David M. Bishop

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2736 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Formation of n=2 positronium from untreated metal surfaces

T. D. Steiger and R. S. Conti

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2744 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Lifetimes of some 6p levels of neutral argon

J. A. Aguilera, F. Blanco, J. Campos, and M. Ortiz

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2753 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Schrödinger equation for two-electron atoms expressed in terms of symmetric sparse matrices involving only O(4,2) representations

E. de Prunelé

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2757 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Frequency dependence of linear and nonlinear optical properties of conjugated polyenes: An ab initio time-dependent coupled Hartree-Fock study

Shashi P. Karna, Gautam B. Talapatra, Wijekoon M. K. P. Wijekoon, and Paras N. Prasad

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2763 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Relativistic calculation of the 2 ${}^{1}$ $S_{0}$ –2 ${}^{1, 3}$ $P_{1}$ transitions in berylliumlike molybdenum and berylliumlike iron

Eva Lindroth and Jonas Hvarfner

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2771 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Total-cross-section measurements for electron scattering by ${NH}_{3}$ , ${SiH}_{4}$ , and $H_{2}$ S in the intermediate-energy range

Antonio Zecca, Grzegorz P. Karwasz, and Roberto S. Brusa

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2777 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Dipole moments and transition probabilities of the ${}^{3}Π_{g}$ – $b^{3}$ $Σ_{u}^{+}$ , ${}^{3}Π_{u}$ – $a^{3}$ $Σ_{g}^{+}$ , and ${}^{3}Π_{g}$ – $c^{3}$ $Π_{u}$ systems of molecular hydrogen

Steven L. Guberman and A. Dalgarno

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2784 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Configuration-interaction formulation of the Dyson equation

A. Tarantelli and L. S. Cederbaum

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2790 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Matrix elements in the basis of hydrogenic wave functions using an integral transformation

Nazakat Ullah

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2807 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Retarded radiation field and spontaneous emission for the hydrogen atom as an emitting antenna

A. O. Barut and B. Blaive

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2810 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Atomic and Molecular Collisions and Interactions

Unified dielectronic and radiative-recombination cross sections for $U^{90 +}$

N. R. Badnell and M. S. Pindzola

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2820 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Electric-field effects in photodetachment from ${Cl}^{-}$ and $S^{-}$ ions in a microwave field

M. C. Baruch, W. G. Sturrus, N. D. Gibson, and D. J. Larson

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2825 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

State interference in resonance Auger and x-ray emission

Amary Cesar and Hans Ågren

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2833 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

K-shell ionization cross sections of Al, Si, S, Ca, and Zn for oxygen ions in the energy range 1.1–8 MeV

M. Geretschläger, Z̆. S̆mit, and E. Steinbauer

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2842 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Ionization in fast-neutral-particle–atom collisions: H and He atoms impacting on He

O. Heil, R. D. DuBois, R. Maier, M. Kuzel, and K-O. Groeneveld

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2850 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

X-ray attenuation and anomalous scattering factors of medium-Z elements around their K edge

M. Kefi, J-M. André, Y. Heno, G. Giorgi, and C. Bonnelle

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2859 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Density-matrix theory of charge transfer

V. May and M. Schreiber

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2868 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Experimental study of Rydberg states excited from the d shell of atomic bromine and iodine

Laurent Nahon and Paul Morin

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2887 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Electron-impact excitation of the T and V states of ethylene: An ab initio study

T. N. Rescigno and B. I. Schneider

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2894 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Dissociation of multicharged CO molecular ions produced in collisions with 97-MeV ${Ar}^{14 +}$ : Total-kinetic-energy distributions

G. Sampoll, R. L. Watson, O. Heber, V. Horvat, K. Wohrer, and M. Chabot

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2903 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Symmetry-resolved K-shell photoabsorption spectra of free $N_{2}$ molecules

E. Shigemasa, K. Ueda, Y. Sato, T. Sasaki, and A. Yagishita

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2915 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Electron capture and target ionization in collisions of bare projectile ions incident on helium

J. L. Shinpaugh, J. M. Sanders, J. M. Hall, D. H. Lee, H. Schmidt-Böcking, T. N. Tipping, T. J. M. Zouros, and P. Richard

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2922 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Total cross sections of electron-impact ionization of ${Ar}^{7 +}$

Y. Zhang, C. B. Reddy, R. S. Smith, D. E. Golden, D. W. Mueller, and D. C. Gregory

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2929 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Search for a narrow resonant transfer and excitation resonance of titanium projectiles channeled in a gold crystal

P. F. Dittner, C. R. Vane, H. F. Krause, J. Gomez del Campo, N. L. Jones, P. A. Zeijlmans van Emmichoven, U. Bechthold, and S. Datz

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2935 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Asymptotic behavior in phase-space scattering

J. G. Muga and R. F. Snider

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2940 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Doubly differential cross sections of secondary electrons ejected from atomic hydrogen by electron impact

T. W. Shyn

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2951 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Center-of-mass energy distributions of the fragments from the collisional breakup reaction $H_{3}^{+}$ → $H^{+}$ + $H^{+}$ + $H^{-}$ in argon at high velocities

N. V. de Castro Faria, W. Wolff, L. F. S. Coelho, and H. E. Wolf

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2957 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Double-electron capture as a two-step process

M. S. Gravielle and J. E. Miraglia

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2965 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Poles of the S matrix for a Dirac square-well potential

Thomas J. Maier and Reiner M. Dreizler

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2974 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Collisional destruction of fast $H_{3}^{+}$ ions in noble gases

W. Wolff, L. F. S. Coelho, H. E. Wolf, and N. V. de Castro Faria

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2978 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Near-threshold structures in anomalous scattering factors

Bin Zhou, Lynn Kissel, and R. H. Pratt

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2983 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Atomic Interactions with Surfaces and Solids

Partially linearized Thomas-Fermi-Weizsäcker theory for screening and stopping of charged particles in jellium

Károly Ladányi, István Nagy, and Barnabás Apagyi

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2989 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Recombination of 5-eV O $(^{3}$ P) atoms with surface-adsorbed NO: Spectra and their dependence on surface material and temperature

O. J. Orient, K. E. Martus, A. Chutjian, and E. Murad

Phys. Rev. A 45, 2998 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

One-electron matrix elements in the theory of ion–metal-surface scattering

Uwe Wille

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3004 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Exact stopping cross section of the quantum harmonic oscillator for a penetrating point charge of arbitrary strength

Henning Holme Mikkelsen and Henrik Flyvbjerg

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3025 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy

Detection of ultrafast molecular-excited-state dynamics with time- and frequency-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy

Gerhard Stock and Wolfgang Domcke

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3032 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Atoms and Molecules in Electromagnetic Fields

Role of the ponderomotive energy in two-color photodetachment of an ion

Alejandro Bugacov, Bernard Piraux, Marcel Pont, and Robin Shakeshaft

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3041 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Two ions in a Penning trap: Implications for precision mass spectroscopy

Eric A. Cornell, Kevin R. Boyce, Deborah L. K. Fygenson, and David E. Pritchard

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3049 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Wave-packet model for excitation by ultrashort pulses

Kalle-Antti Suominen, Barry M. Garraway, and Stig Stenholm

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3060 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Low-intensity limit of the laser cooling of a multistate atom

Sung Mi Yoo and Juha Javanainen

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3071 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Coherent laser excitation of ${}^{137}{Ba}$ and ${}^{138}{Ba}$

Kai-Shue Lam

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3084 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Semiclassical mechanics of the quadratic Zeeman effect

Kristin D. Krantzman, John A. Milligan, and David Farrelly

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3093 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Quantum Optics

Suppressed excitation due to the dynamic Stark effect that arises from amplified spontaneous emission

Jon P. Davis and Edward Dressler

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3104 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

s-order nondiagonal and diagonal measurements of noncommuting observables

Fernando A. M. de Oliveira

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3113 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Coulomb scattering near mirrors: Quantum corrections to the Rutherford formula

Jonathan P. Dowling

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3121 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Nonlocal cancellation of dispersion

J. D. Franson

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3126 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Dynamics of an M-level atom interacting with cavity fields. III. Nonclassical behavior of the initially squeezed field

Fu-li Li, Xiao-shen Li, D. L. Lin, and Thomas F. George

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3133 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Quantum noise reduction in two-photon oscillators

P. A. Maia Neto and L. Davidovich

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3139 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Simple modeling of single-mode inhomogeneously broadened laser dynamics

B. Meziane and H. Ladjouze

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3150 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Recurrence and azimuthal-symmetry breaking of a cylindrical Gaussian beam in a saturable self-focusing medium

J. M. Soto-Crespo, E. M. Wright, and N. N. Akhmediev

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3168 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Gravity-wave detection via an optical parametric oscillator

N. C. Wong

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3176 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Propagation of electromagnetic solitary waves in dispersive nonlinear dielectrics

L. Xu, D. H. Auston, and A. Hasegawa

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3184 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Photon number distribution of detuned two-mode vacuum and excited squeezed states

M. Zahler and Y. Ben-Aryeh

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3194 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Suppression of ionization in one- and two-dimensional-model calculations

L. You, J. Mostowski, and J. Cooper

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3203 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Saturation effects in a laser with multiplicative white noise

Shiqun Zhu

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3210 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Transient behavior of a parametric amplifier with an added fourth-order interaction

C. Cabrillo, F. J. Bermejo, P. Garcia-Fernandez, R. Toral, P. Colet, and M. San Miguel

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3216 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Hamiltonians for the photon-number-phase amplifiers

G. M. D’Ariano

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3224 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Input-output analysis of nonlinear dissipative quantum systems in the Fokker-Planck approximation

F. Kärtner, T. Langer, C. Ginzel, and A. Schenzle

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3228 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Triggered superradiance

C. H. Keitel, M. O. Scully, and G. Süssmann

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3242 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Stochastic models for light-scattering noise in nonlinear optical Kerr media

Robert McGraw

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3250 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Quantum-nondemolition measurement of small photon numbers and the preparation of number states

Rüdiger Schack, Arvid Breitenbach, and Axel Schenzle

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3260 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Photodetachment of $H^{-}$ in the presence of a low-frequency laser field

S. Bivona, R. Burlon, and C. Leone

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3268 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Dynamics of synchronously pumped mode-locked color-center lasers

W. Forysiak and J. V. Moloney

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3275 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Phase fluctuations in the Jaynes-Cummings model with and without the rotating-wave approximation

Jin-sheng Peng and Gao-xiang Li

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3289 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Stimulated Brillouin scattering in a two-level system

A. Postan, Jagdish Rai, and Charles M. Bowden

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3294 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Stochastic dynamics of individual quantum systems: Stationary rate equations

W. G. Teich and G. Mahler

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3300 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Resonance fluorescence from three-level atoms: Atomic coherences and squeezed light

Werner Vogel and Rainer Blatt

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3319 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

BRIEF REPORTS

Fundamental Concepts

Magnus approximation in the adiabatic picture

S. Klarsfeld and J. A. Oteo

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3329 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Atomic and Molecular Structure

Analytic evaluation of the self-energy and outer-vertex corrections to the decay rate of orthopositronium in the Fried-Yennie gauge

Gregory S. Adkins, Ali A. Salahuddin, and Koenraad E. Schalm

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3333 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Upper bounds to the exact kinetic energy of atomic systems

F. J. Gálvez and I. Porras

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3336 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Many-electron radial and angular integrals in the unitary-group approach

R. D. Kent, M. Schlesinger, and G. W. F. Drake

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3339 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Atomic and Molecular Collisions and Interactions

Angular distribution of electron-positron pairs produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

Frank Decker and Jörg Eichler

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3343 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Quantum Optics

Calculation of the background emitted during high-harmonic generation

K. Burnett, V. C. Reed, J. Cooper, and P. L. Knight

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3347 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

s-order positive quasiprobabilities: Nonlinear dynamics without divergences

Fernando A. M. de Oliveira

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3350 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Bistable spheroidal optical solitons

R. H. Enns and S. S. Rangnekar

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3354 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Quantum phase and a q-deformed quantum oscillator

Demosthenes Ellinas

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3358 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

ERRATA

Erratum: Multipole corrections to the angular distribution of photoelectrons at low energies [Phys. Rev. A 42, 6942 (1990)]

J. W. Cooper

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3362 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992

Erratum: Multipole corrections to the angular distribution of photoelectrons at low energies

J. W. Cooper

Phys. Rev. A 45, 3362 (1992) - Published 1 March, 1992