Volume 46, Issue 1

July 1992

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Atomic and Molecular Structure

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Storage-ring experiments with 10–100-keV ${Ca}^{-}$ beams: Role of blackbody radiation

H. K. Haugen, L. H. Andersen, T. Andersen, P. Balling, N. Hertel, P. Hvelplund, and S. P. Möller

Phys. Rev. A 46, R1(R) (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Atomic and Molecular Collisions and Interactions

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Resonance-Auger-electron–photoion coincidence studies on state-to-state dissociation dynamics of inner-shell-excited ${BF}_{3}$

K. Ueda, H. Chiba, Y. Sato, T. Hayaishi, E. Shigemasa, and A. Yagishita

Phys. Rev. A 46, R5(R) (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Excitation of inner-shell electrons by energy-pooling collisions

C. Gabbanini, A. Lucchesini, S. Gozzini, and L. Moi

Phys. Rev. A 46, R9(R) (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Atomic Interactions with Surfaces and Solids

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Effect of image potential and charge exchange on the trajectory of fast protons in surface scattering

H. Winter

Phys. Rev. A 46, R13(R) (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Atoms and Molecules in Electromagnetic Fields

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Double-slit interference with ultracold metastable neon atoms

Fujio Shimizu, Kazuko Shimizu, and Hiroshi Takuma

Phys. Rev. A 46, R17(R) (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Theory and computation of scalar and tensor polarizabilities and hyperpolarizabilities and of LoSurdo-Stark shifts in polyelectronic atoms

Spyros I. Themelis and Cleanthes A. Nicolaides

Phys. Rev. A 46, R21(R) (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Quantum Optics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Measurements of line overlap for resonant photopumping of 4→4 transitions in highly charged nickel-like ions

P. Beiersdorfer, J. Nilsen, A. Osterheld, D. Vogel, K. Wong, R. E. Marrs, and R. Zasadzinski

Phys. Rev. A 46, R25(R) (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Dispersive properties of electromagnetically induced transparency

S. E. Harris, J. E. Field, and A. Kasapi

Phys. Rev. A 46, R29(R) (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Ultrafast relaxation and modulation in the oxazine dye nile blue

F. Moshary, M. Arend, R. Friedberg, and S. R. Hartmann

Phys. Rev. A 46, R33(R) (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

ARTICLES

Fundamental Concepts

Quantum dynamics, metastable states, and contractive semigroups

E. C. G. Sudarshan

Phys. Rev. A 46, 37 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Time-of-flight neutron interferometry

H. Rauch, H. Wölwitsch, R. Clothier, H. Kaiser, and S. A. Werner

Phys. Rev. A 46, 49 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Peculiarities of the quantum interchannel motion: Why the quantum lattice wave does not slide down the potential slope

S. I. Serdyukova and B. N. Zakhariev

Phys. Rev. A 46, 58 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Dynamics of a generic quantum system under a periodic perturbation

Michael Wilkinson and Elizabeth J. Austin

Phys. Rev. A 46, 64 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Atomic and Molecular Structure

Generalized deformed oscillators for vibrational spectra of diatomic molecules

Dennis Bonatsos and C. Daskaloyannis

Phys. Rev. A 46, 75 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Approximation scheme for the three-particle propagator

A. Tarantelli and L. S. Cederbaum

Phys. Rev. A 46, 81 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Perturbation theory in multireference spaces

Wl/odzisl/aw Duch and Geerd H. F. Diercksen

Phys. Rev. A 46, 95 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Spatial generalizations of Kato’s cusp condition for atoms: Applications

I. Porras and F. J. Gálvez

Phys. Rev. A 46, 105 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

${He}^{+}$ 2p state lifetime by a quenching-asymmetry measurement

G. W. F. Drake, J. Kwela, and A. van Wijngaarden

Phys. Rev. A 46, 113 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Evaluation of the exactness of the approximate quantum numbers A and T of doubly excited helium states

Bao Cheng-guang and Duan Yiwu

Phys. Rev. A 46, 125 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Two-photon decay in silver and hafnium atoms

K. Ilakovac, V. Horvat, Z. Krečak, G. Jerbić-Zorc, N. Ilakovac, and T. Bokulić

Phys. Rev. A 46, 132 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Graphical studies of three-body wave functions obtained with the correlation-function hyperspherical-harmonic method

M. I. Haftel and V. B. Mandelzweig

Phys. Rev. A 46, 142 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Absolute optical oscillator strengths for the electronic excitation of atoms at high resolution. III. The photoabsorption of argon, krypton, and xenon

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

Phys. Rev. A 46, 149 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Coordinate-space approach to the bound-electron self-energy

Paul Indelicato and Peter J. Mohr

Phys. Rev. A 46, 172 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Atomic and Molecular Collisions and Interactions

Inclusion of electron correlation for the target wave function in low-energy $e^{-}$ + $N_{2}$ scattering

H.-D. Meyer, S. Pal, and U. V. Riss

Phys. Rev. A 46, 186 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Influence of multiple scattering on the Coulomb-explosion imaging of fast molecules

D. Zajfman, T. Graber, E. P. Kanter, and Z. Vager

Phys. Rev. A 46, 194 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Measurement of thermal-energy charge-transfer rate coefficient of ${Mo}^{6 +}$ and argon

Victor H. S. Kwong, Z. Fang, Y. Jiang, T. T. Gibbons, and L. D. Gardner

Phys. Rev. A 46, 201 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Iterative supersymmetric construction of phase-equivalent potentials

L. U. Ancarani and D. Baye

Phys. Rev. A 46, 206 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Theoretical study of electron-capture processes in the collision of the metastable $N^{5 +}$ (1s2s) multicharged ion on a He target

M. C. Bacchus-Montabonel

Phys. Rev. A 46, 217 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Angular distribution of Auger-electron emission following double-electron capture in $C^{6 +}$ +He collisions

F. Fremont, K. Sommer, D. Lecler, S. Hicham, P. Boduch, X. Husson, and N. Stolterfoht

Phys. Rev. A 46, 222 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Use of spin-labeling techniques to study the dynamics of Penning-ionization reactions

G. H. Rutherford, P. A. Soletsky, W. H. Bryan, F. B. Dunning, and G. K. Walters

Phys. Rev. A 46, 230 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Positron-impact ionization of Na

K. K. Mukherjee, N. Ranjit Singh, Keka Basu Choudhury, and P. S. Mazumdar

Phys. Rev. A 46, 234 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Distortion effects in soft-x-ray energy spectra for xenon gaseous detectors: A Monte Carlo simulation study

T. H. V. T. Dias, F. P. Santos, A. D. Stauffer, and C. A. N. Conde

Phys. Rev. A 46, 237 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Photon production from collisions of 100–350-keV positive ions with CO, ${CF}_{4}$ , and ${CH}_{4}$

Eric J. Freeman, Elisabeth L. Bryan, and Michael N. Monce

Phys. Rev. A 46, 246 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Beyond the primitive separable exchange approximation in electron-molecule scattering

C. William McCurdy and Thomas N. Rescigno

Phys. Rev. A 46, 255 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Multiplicity distribution of electron-positron pairs created by strong external fields

Christoph Best, Walter Greiner, and Gerhard Soff

Phys. Rev. A 46, 261 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Absolute cross-section measurements for electron-impact ionization of ${Cl}^{+}$

N. Djurić, E. W. Bell, E. Daniel, and G. H. Dunn

Phys. Rev. A 46, 270 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Differential cross sections for state-selective electron capture in 25–100-keV proton-helium collisions

D. R. Schultz, C. O. Reinhold, R. E. Olson, and D. G. Seely

Phys. Rev. A 46, 275 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Ionization of molecular hydrogen by proton impact. I. Single ionization

L. Nagy and L. Végh

Phys. Rev. A 46, 284 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Ionization of molecular hydrogen by proton impact. II. Two-electron processes

L. Nagy and L. Végh

Phys. Rev. A 46, 290 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Atomic Interactions with Surfaces and Solids

Negative-ion and electron emission from surfaces at low impact energies

D. H. Baker, L. D. Doverspike, and R. L. Champion

Phys. Rev. A 46, 296 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy

Rotationally resolved zero-kinetic-energy photoelectron spectrum of nitrogen

F. Merkt and T. P. Softley

Phys. Rev. A 46, 302 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Rotational line profiles in the He i–excited photoelectron spectrum of the $N_{2}$ molecule

P. Baltzer, L. Karlsson, and B. Wannberg

Phys. Rev. A 46, 315 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Atoms and Molecules in Electromagnetic Fields

Perturbation theory without wave functions for the Zeeman effect in hydrogen

Francisco M. Fernandez and Jorge A. Morales

Phys. Rev. A 46, 318 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Hyperfine-structure measurements on trapped Pb ii

Xin Feng, Guo-Zhong Li, R. Alheit, and G. Werth

Phys. Rev. A 46, 327 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Optical-Bloch-equation method for cold-atom collisions: Cs loss from optical traps

Y. B. Band and P. S. Julienne

Phys. Rev. A 46, 330 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Optically excited Zeeman coherences in atomic ground states: Nuclear-spin effects

Dieter Suter

Phys. Rev. A 46, 344 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Analytic solutions of Bloch and Maxwell-Bloch equations in the case of arbitrary field amplitude and phase modulation

A. V. Alekseev and N. V. Sushilov

Phys. Rev. A 46, 351 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Calculation of enhanced slowing and cooling due to the addition of a traveling wave to an intense optical standing wave

D. Gottesman, J. Mervis, M. Prentiss, and N. P. Bigelow

Phys. Rev. A 46, 356 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Stochastic ionization of hydrogen atoms in a circularly polarized microwave field

J. E. Howard

Phys. Rev. A 46, 364 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Macroscopic dark periods without a metastable state

Gerhard C. Hegerfeldt and Martin B. Plenio

Phys. Rev. A 46, 373 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Quantum Optics

Harmonic generation by laser-driven classical hydrogen atoms

Gunadya Bandarage, Alfred Maquet, Thierry Ménis, Richard Taïeb, Valérie Véniard, and J. Cooper

Phys. Rev. A 46, 380 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Frequency and polarization effects in stabilization

H. R. Reiss

Phys. Rev. A 46, 391 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Photon-counting statistics of the subthreshold nondegenerate parametric oscillator

Reeta Vyas

Phys. Rev. A 46, 395 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Rotating-wave approximation in high-gain lasers

Lee W. Casperson

Phys. Rev. A 46, 401 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Observation of two-photon noise-initiated fluctuations in far-infrared Dicke’s superradiance

J. S. Bakos, D. P. Scherrer, and F. K. Kneubühl

Phys. Rev. A 46, 410 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Twin photon beams resulting from the interference of independent broadband squeezed vacua

M. Belsley, D. T. Smithey, M. G. Raymer, and J. Mostowski

Phys. Rev. A 46, 414 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Loss of harmonic generation in intense laser fields

V. C. Reed and K. Burnett

Phys. Rev. A 46, 424 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Modulation instability of the lowest nonlinear mode of a cylindrical waveguide

N. N. Akhmediev, V. I. Korneev, and R. F. Nabiev

Phys. Rev. A 46, 430 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Spontaneous emission in a nonhomogeneous medium: Definition of an effective polarizability

André Reid and Michel Piché

Phys. Rev. A 46, 436 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Generalized squeezing, Bogoliubov quasiparticles, and information in two- and three-mode systems

A. Vourdas

Phys. Rev. A 46, 442 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Exciton-scattering mechanism for enhanced nonlinear response of molecular nanostructures

Jan A. Leegwater and Shaul Mukamel

Phys. Rev. A 46, 452 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Theory of the cancellation of four-photon resonances by an off-resonance three-photon cancellation

Morten Elk, P. Lambropoulos, and X. Tang

Phys. Rev. A 46, 465 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Velocity-tuned resonances and resonance fluorescence in a standing-wave field

G. S. Agarwal and Yifu Zhu

Phys. Rev. A 46, 479 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Nonclassical character of states exhibiting no squeezing or sub-Poissonian statistics

G. S. Agarwal and K. Tara

Phys. Rev. A 46, 485 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Special states of the plane rotator relevant to the light field

A. Lukš, V. Peřinová, and J. Křepelka

Phys. Rev. A 46, 489 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Quantum properties of field modes in trilinear optical processes

Gabriel Drobný and Igor Jex

Phys. Rev. A 46, 499 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Analysis of multifrequency dispersive optical bistability and switching in nonlinear ring cavities with large medium-response times

Pawel Pliszka and Partha P. Banerjee

Phys. Rev. A 46, 507 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Self-focusing in uniaxial gyrotropic media: Qualitative and numerical investigation

V. I. Karpman and A. G. Shagalov

Phys. Rev. A 46, 518 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Dynamics of a ring-laser gyroscope with backscattering

C. Etrich, Paul Mandel, R. Centeno Neelen, R. J. C. Spreeuw, and J. P. Woerdman

Phys. Rev. A 46, 525 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Hexagonal spatial patterns for a Kerr slice with a feedback mirror

G. D’Alessandro and W. J. Firth

Phys. Rev. A 46, 537 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Quantum optics

Unitary and Hermitian phase operators for the electromagnetic field

Y. K. Tsui and Michael F. Reid

Phys. Rev. A 46, 549 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Quantum Optics

Geometric phases in multiphoton ionization

Marcel Pont, R. M. Potvliege, Robin Shakeshaft, and Philip H. G. Smith

Phys. Rev. A 46, 555 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Micromaser and separated-oscillatory-field measurements

R. J. Brecha, A. Peters, C. Wagner, and H. Walther

Phys. Rev. A 46, 567 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Spontaneous generation of phase waves and solitons in stimulated Raman scattering. II. Quantum statistics of Raman-soliton generation

John C. Englund and Charles M. Bowden

Phys. Rev. A 46, 578 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Classical dynamics of strong-field ionization

C. M. Bowden, C. C. Sung, S. D. Pethel, and A. B. Ritchie

Phys. Rev. A 46, 592 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Multicolor photoionization and classical dynamics

C. M. Bowden, S. D. Pethel, C. C. Sung, and J. C. Englund

Phys. Rev. A 46, 597 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Composite-cavity-mode approach to single-mode semiconductor-laser feedback instabilities

M. H. Rose, M. Lindberg, W. W. Chow, S. W. Koch, and M. Sargent, III

Phys. Rev. A 46, 603 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Atomic emission rates in inhomogeneous media with applications to photonic band structures

Jonathan P. Dowling and Charles M. Bowden

Phys. Rev. A 46, 612 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Polarization control mechanisms in vectorial bistable lasers for one-frequency systems

G. Ropars, A. Le Floch, and R. Le Naour

Phys. Rev. A 46, 623 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

BRIEF REPORTS

Atomic and Molecular Structure

Beam-laser lifetime measurements for low-lying quartet states in Fe ii

B. Guo, W. Ansbacher, E. H. Pinnington, Q. Ji, and R. W. Berends

Phys. Rev. A 46, 641 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Fundamental Concepts

Wigner function of relativistic spin-1/2 particles

Ghi Ryang Shin, Iwo Bialynicki-Birula, and Johann Rafelski

Phys. Rev. A 46, 645 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Atomic and Molecular Structure

Analytical evaluation of higher-order binding corrections to the Lamb shift

K. Pachucki

Phys. Rev. A 46, 648 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Atomic and Molecular Collisions and Interactions

Reexamination of tests of the Wannier threshold law for two-electron escape

J. R. Friedman, X. Q. Guo, M. S. Lubell, and M. R. Frankel

Phys. Rev. A 46, 652 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Double photoionization of helium: Effect of the Coulomb repulsion on the angle-resolved cross section

M. Biagini

Phys. Rev. A 46, 656 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Dielectronic recombination of $O^{+}$

N. R. Badnell

Phys. Rev. A 46, 660 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Photodetachment of the negative iodine ion including relaxation effects

Vojislav Radojević and Hugh P. Kelly

Phys. Rev. A 46, 662 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Classical calculation of high-energy electron capture in 5-MeV proton-hydrogen collisions

D. R. Schultz, C. O. Reinhold, and R. E. Olson

Phys. Rev. A 46, 666 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy

Yellow emission bands produced during gold etching in $O_{2}$ - ${CF}_{4}$ rf glow-discharge plasmas: Evidence for gas-phase AuF

K. L. Saenger and C. P. Sun

Phys. Rev. A 46, 670 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Atoms and Molecules in Electromagnetic Fields

Quantum-mechanical mean of the ejected-electron energy in strong-field ionization

Burke Ritchie and Britton Chang

Phys. Rev. A 46, 674 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Quantum Optics

Laser dynamics of type-I intermittency

D. Y. Tang, M. Y. Li, and C. O. Weiss

Phys. Rev. A 46, 676 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Fluctuations and squeezing in resonance fluorescence emitted near a phase conjugator

Henk F. Arnoldus and Thomas F. George

Phys. Rev. A 46, 679 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Photon antibunching in the micromaser

Tran Quang

Phys. Rev. A 46, 682 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Amplitude Nth-power squeezing in kth-harmonic generation

Youbang Zhan

Phys. Rev. A 46, 686 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

COMMENTS

Hole projection, saddle points, and localization in the theory of autoionizing states

Cleanthes A. Nicolaides

Phys. Rev. A 46, 690 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

Reply to ‘‘Hole projection, saddle points, and localization in the theory of autoionizing states’’

Kwong T. Chung

Phys. Rev. A 46, 694 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992

ERRATA

Erratum: Electron-impact excitation of the $n {}^{1}P$ levels of helium: Theory and experiment

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

Phys. Rev. A 46, 696 (1992) - Published 1 July, 1992