Volume 48, Issue 2

August 1993

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Atomic and Molecular Collisions and Interactions

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of Ca in the 3p-3d giant-resonance region

K. Ueda, J. B. West, K. J. Ross, H. Hamdy, H. J. Beyer, and H. Kleinpoppen

Phys. Rev. A 48, R863(R) (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Fundamental Concepts

RAPID COMMUNICATION

High-efficiency single-photon detectors

P. G. Kwiat, A. M. Steinberg, R. Y. Chiao, P. H. Eberhard, and M. D. Petroff

Phys. Rev. A 48, R867(R) (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Atomic and Molecular Structure

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Green-function approach to electron angular correlations in the Wannier threshold law

A. K. Kazansky and V. N. Ostrovsky

Phys. Rev. A 48, R871(R) (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Atomic and Molecular Collisions and Interactions

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Double ionization of helium by a single photon with energy 89–140 eV

Daniel Proulx and Robin Shakeshaft

Phys. Rev. A 48, R875(R) (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Atoms and Molecules in Electromagnetic Fields

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Magneto-optical trapping of metastable xenon: Isotope-shift measurements

M. Walhout, H. J. L. Megens, A. Witte, and S. L. Rolston

Phys. Rev. A 48, R879(R) (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Quadratic collisional loss rate of a ${}^{7}{Li}$ trap

J. Kawanaka, K. Shimizu, H. Takuma, and F. Shimizu

Phys. Rev. A 48, R883(R) (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Two-level system in a strong laser field: A comparative analysis between the Landau-Lifshitz solution and an exact numerical one

Raanan Bavli and Yuri Dakhnovskii

Phys. Rev. A 48, R886(R) (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Quantum Optics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Experimental determination of quantum-phase distributions using optical homodyne tomography

M. Beck, D. T. Smithey, and M. G. Raymer

Phys. Rev. A 48, R890(R) (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Double ionization in the perturbative and tunneling regimes

B. Walker, E. Mevel, Baorui Yang, P. Breger, J. P. Chambaret, A. Antonetti, L. F. DiMauro, and P. Agostini

Phys. Rev. A 48, R894(R) (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

ARTICLES

Fundamental Concepts

Quantum dynamical model for wave-function reduction in classical and macroscopic limits

Chang-Pu Sun

Phys. Rev. A 48, 898 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Structure of Berry’s phase: Some group-theoretical examples

S. Giller, C. Gonera, P. Kosiński, and P. Maślanka

Phys. Rev. A 48, 907 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Ways to describe dynamical state-vector reduction

Philip Pearle

Phys. Rev. A 48, 913 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Adiabatic motion of a neutral spinning particle in an inhomogeneous magnetic field

Robert G. Littlejohn and Stefan Weigert

Phys. Rev. A 48, 924 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Dipole-dipole interaction of two excited hydrogen atoms

P. A. Braun, V. N. Ostrovsky, and N. V. Prudov

Phys. Rev. A 48, 941 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Supersymmetry and a time-dependent Landau system

V. Alan Kostelecký, V. I. Man’ko, Michael Martin Nieto, and D. Rodney Truax

Phys. Rev. A 48, 951 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Quantum chaos of the hydrogen atom in a generalized van der Waals potential

K. Ganesan and M. Lakshmanan

Phys. Rev. A 48, 964 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Non-Boolean derived logics for classical systems

Michael D. Westmoreland and Benjamin W. Schumacher

Phys. Rev. A 48, 977 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Effects of anharmonicity on nonclassical states of the time-dependent harmonic oscillator

Sumiyoshi Abe and Rudolf Ehrhardt

Phys. Rev. A 48, 986 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Quantum tunneling in dissipative systems

Edward G. Harris

Phys. Rev. A 48, 995 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Analytic solution for the dissipative anharmonic quantum oscillator and semiclassical analysis

F. X. Kärtner and A. Schenzle

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1009 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Franson’s experiment using polarized photons

L. C. B. Ryff

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1020 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Complementarity of one-particle and two-particle interference

Gregg Jaeger, Michael A. Horne, and Abner Shimony

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1023 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Models for local Ohmic quantum dissipation

Michael R. Gallis

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1028 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Fundamental concepts

Qualitative study of a model three-level Hamiltonian with SU(3) dynamical symmetry

D. A. Sadovskií and B. I. Zhilinskií

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1035 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Fundamental Concepts

Supersqueezed states

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

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1045 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Wave mechanics of particle detectors

A. A. Broyles

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1055 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Macroscopic limit of a solvable dynamical model

Hiromichi Nakazato and Saverio Pascazio

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1066 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Interaction of light with an accelerating dielectric

F. V. Kowalski, J. Murray, and A. C. Head

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1082 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Exact supersymmetry in the nonrelativistic hydrogen atom

R. D. Tangerman and J. A. Tjon

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1089 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Atomic and Molecular Structure

Analysis of the Thouless coherent state using the 1/K expansion

Yngve Öhrn and Osvaldo Goscinski

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1093 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Interaction of ${Ar}^{17 +}$ ions on metallic surfaces at grazing incidence

B. d’Etat, J. P. Briand, G. Ban, L. de Billy, J. P. Desclaux, and P. Briand

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1098 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Relativistic variational calculations with finite nuclear size: Application to hydrogenic atoms in strong magnetic fields

Z. Chen and S. P. Goldman

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1107 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Measurements of radiative-decay rates of the 2 $s^{2}$ 2p $(^{2}$ P°)-2s2 $p^{2}$ $(^{4}$ P) intersystem transitions of $C^{+}$

Z. Fang, Victor H. S. Kwong, Jiebing Wang, and W. H. Parkinson

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1114 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Atomic and Molecular Collisions and Interactions

Differential electron emission for isotachic $H^{+}$ and ${He}^{2 +}$ impact on helium

R. D. DuBois

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1123 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Effects of relativity and M2 transitions on the resonance contributions to electron-impact ionization of highly charged Li-like ions

M. H. Chen and K. J. Reed

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1129 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Compton scattering of photons from bound electrons: Full relativistic independent-particle-approximation calculations

P. M. Bergstrom, Jr., T. Surić, K. Pisk, and R. H. Pratt

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1134 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Ab initio calculation of scattering length and cross sections at very low energies for electron-helium scattering

H. P. Saha

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1163 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Stabilized double-electron capture in ${Kr}^{q +}$ (q=17,18)–Kr collisions

S. Martin, A. Denis, A. Delon, J. Désesquelles, and Y. Ouerdane

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1171 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Production of free electron-positron pairs in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

D. C. Ionescu and J. Eichler

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1176 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Velocity dependence of absolute cross sections for charge capture by ${Ar}^{7 +}$ from ground-state and excited-state sodium

S. Maleki, M. L. A. Raphaelian, M. P. Stöckli, B. P. Walch, and B. D. DePaola

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1185 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Threshold-energy region in the electron-excitation cross sections of the sodium resonant transition

C. H. Ying, F. Perales, L. Vušković, and B. Bederson

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1189 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Coplanar asymmetric (e,2e) experiments on xenon 4d and 5p orbitals

L. Avaldi, R. Camilloni, R. Multari, G. Stefani, X. Zhang, H. R. J. Walters, and Colm T. Whelan

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1195 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Fast negative helium ions produced by double electron capture in single ${He}^{+}$ -He collisions

S. Ouaskit, B. Farizon-Mazuy, M. Farizon, M. J. Gaillard, E. Gerlic, M. Stern, A. Clouvas, and A. Katsanos

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1204 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

K-shell ionization of atoms by electron and positron impact

S. P. Khare, Vandana Saksena, and J. M. Wadehra

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1209 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Vibrational-excitation cross sections of molecular oxygen by electron impact

Tong W. Shyn and Christopher J. Sweeney

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1214 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Muonium atom spin exchange with alkali-metal vapors: Mu+Cs

James J. Pan, Masayoshi Senba, Donald J. Arseneau, James R. Kempton, Donald G. Fleming, Susan Baer, Alicia C. Gonzalez, and Rodney Snooks

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1218 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Photodetachment of $H^{-}$ with excitation to H(N=2)

M. Cortés and F. Martín

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1227 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Excitation of the copper resonance lines by low-energy electrons

Connor Flynn, Zuyi Wei, and Bernhard Stumpf

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1239 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Extensive $L^{2}$ calculation of partial photoionization cross sections of He in the 4lnl’ resonance region

I. Sánchez and F. Martín

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1243 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Inelastic electron–dipole-molecule scattering at sub-milli-electron-volt energies: HF and ${NH}_{3}$

X. Ling, M. T. Frey, K. A. Smith, and F. B. Dunning

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1252 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Ion-collision spectrometric study of the dissociation dynamics of $S_{2}^{+}$ and ${CS}^{+}$ radicals

G. Ravindra Kumar, Latika Menon, and D. Mathur

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1257 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Theory of the angle-dependent autoionization cross section in ion-atom collisions

Ivan L. Cordrey and Joseph H. Macek

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1264 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Double photoionization of helium using many-body perturbation theory

Ken-ichi Hino, Takeshi Ishihara, Futoshi Shimizu, Nobuyuki Toshima, and J. H. McGuire

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1271 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Effects of channel interaction, exchange, and relaxation on the angular distribution and spin polarization of Auger electrons from noble-gas atoms

J. Tulkki, N. M. Kabachnik, and H. Aksela

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1277 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Double electron capture in ${Ne}^{8 +}$ -He collisions at intermediate energies

M. L. A. Raphaelian, H. G. Berry, N. Berrah, and D. Schneider

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1292 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Double electron capture and the angular distribution of ejected electrons in ${Ne}^{8 +}$ -He collisions

Z. Chen and C. D. Lin

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1298 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Atomic interactions with solids and surfaces

Thick-target external-bremsstrahlung spectra of ${}^{147}{Pm}$ and ${}^{35}S$ β rays

A. S. Dhaliwal, M. S. Powar, and M. Singh

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1308 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

W value in liquid krypton

E. Aprile, A. Bolotnikov, D. Chen, and R. Mukherjee

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1313 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy

Estimation of the ground-state potentials of alkali-metal diatomic molecules with the use of the multiparameter generalized reduced-potential-curve method

F. Jenč, B. A. Brandt, V. Špirko, and O. Bludský

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1319 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

KL edges in x-ray-absorption spectra of third-period atoms: Si, P, S, and Cl

Adriano Filipponi, Trevor A. Tyson, Keith O. Hodgson, and Settimio Mobilio

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1328 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Atomic and Molecular Clusters

Binding energy, microstructure, and shell model of Coulomb clusters

Kenji Tsuruta and Setsuo Ichimaru

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1339 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Atoms and Molecules in Electromagnetic Fields

Alignment in two-step pulsed laser excitation of Rydberg levels in light atoms: The example of sodium

Keith B. MacAdam and Michael A. Morrison

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1345 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Comparison of kinetic-energy distributions and ionic fragment yields of ${CO}_{2}$ and $N_{2}$ O arising from Coulomb explosions induced by multiphoton ionization and fast-ion impact

T. S. Luk, D. A. Tate, K. Boyer, and C. K. Rhodes

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1359 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Sensitive measurement of phase shifts due to the ac Stark effect in a Ca optical Ramsey interferometer

Atsuo Morinaga, Toshiharu Tako, and Nobuhiko Ito

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1364 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Nonlinear ring structures in forward scattering of resonant monochromatic laser radiation

P. Jungner, Å. Lindberg, and B. Ståhlberg

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1369 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Probe transmission in a one-dimensional optical molasses: Theory for circularly-cross-polarized cooling beams

J.-Y. Courtois and G. Grynberg

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1378 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Population trapping in a Raman-coupled model interacting with a two-mode quantized cavity field

Bimalendu Deb, Gautam Gangopadhyay, and Deb Shankar Ray

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1400 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Direct measurement of velocity-changing collision cross sections by laser optical pumping

G. Shimkaveg, W. W. Quivers, Jr., R. R. Dasari, and M. S. Feld

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1409 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Quasiclassical analysis of laser cooling by velocity-selective coherent population trapping

E. Korsunsky, D. Kosachiov, B. Matisov, Yu. Rozhdestvensky, L. Windholz, and C. Neureiter

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1419 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Quantum suppression of collisional loss rates in optical traps

H. M. J. M. Boesten, B. J. Verhaar, and E. Tiesinga

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1428 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Laser cooling of trapped ions with polarization gradients

J. I. Cirac, R. Blatt, A. S. Parkins, and P. Zoller

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1434 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Quantum Optics

Billiard balls and matter-wave interferometry

R. Friedberg and S. R. Hartmann

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1446 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Optical spectra from a degenerate optical parametric oscillator coupling with N two-level atoms

Shaozheng Jin and Min Xiao

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1473 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Dynamics of coherently pumped lasers with linearly polarized pump and generated fields

R. Corbalán, R. Vilaseca, M. Arjona, J. Pujol, E. Roldán, and G. J. de Valcárcel

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1483 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Multiphoton and tunnel ionization by an optical field with polar asymmetry

N. B. Baranova, H. R. Reiss, and B. Ya. Zel’dovich

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1497 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Rate equations between electronic-state manifolds

P. R. Berman, G. Rogers, and B. Dubetsky

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1506 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Observation of extreme sensitivity to induced molecular coherence in stimulated Raman scattering

M. Belsley, D. T. Smithey, K. Wedding, and M. G. Raymer

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1514 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Squeezing induced in a harmonic oscillator by a sudden change in mass or frequency

M. Sebawe Abdalla and R. K. Colegrave

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1526 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Quantum-nondemolition schemes to measure quadrature phases using intracavity harmonic generation

M. Dance, M. J. Collett, and D. F. Walls

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1532 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Interferometers and minimum-uncertainty states

Mark Hillery and Leonard Mlodinow

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1548 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Effect of finite Q on squeezed states in a micromaser

Shahid Qamar and M. Suhail Zubairy

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1559 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Theoretical description of two-photon phase conjugation in polar molecules

C. Hoerner, J. P. Lavoine, and A. A. Villaeys

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1564 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Laser Ginzburg-Landau equation and laser hydrodynamics

K. Staliunas

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1573 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Two-photon absorption and nonclassical states of light

L. Gilles and P. L. Knight

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1582 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Theory of radiation forces and momenta for mobile atoms in light fields

V. E. Lembessis, M. Babiker, C. Baxter, and R. Loudon

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1594 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Effects of atomic coherences in the Jaynes-Cummings model: Photon statistics and entropy

E. I. Aliskenderov, Ho Trung Dung, and L. Knöll

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1604 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Transverse instabilities in the polarizations and intensities of counterpropagating light waves

Alexander L. Gaeta and Robert W. Boyd

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1610 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Gap solitary waves with gain and two-photon absorption

M. J. Steel and C. Martijn de Sterke

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1625 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Laser second threshold: Its exact analytical dependence on detuning and relaxation rates

A. A. Bakasov and N. B. Abraham

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1633 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Laser-noise suppression in the dressed-atom approach. I. Fluctuations in a regularly pumped laser

Alexander Khazanov, Genady Koganov, and Reuben Shuker

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1661 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Laser-noise suppression in the dressed-atom approach. II. Minimization principle for conventionally pumped lasers

Alexander Khazanov, Genady Koganov, and Reuben Shuker

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1671 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

BRIEF REPORTS

Quantum Optics

Common dynamics of the differential-flow-induced chemical instability and the multimode instability in a laser with a saturable absorber

Vladimir Z. Yakhnin, Arkady B. Rovinsky, and Michael Menzinger

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1683 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Fundamental Concepts

Quantum random walks

Y. Aharonov, L. Davidovich, and N. Zagury

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1687 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Atomic and Molecular Structure

Calculation of hyperfine coupling constants of radicals by density-functional theory

Nobuhiko Ishii and Tatsuo Shimizu

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1691 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

n=2 to n=1 forbidden transitions in H-like and He-like silver and niobium

A. Simionovici, B. B. Birkett, J. P. Briand, P. Charles, D. D. Dietrich, K. Finlayson, P. Indelicato, D. Liesen, and R. Marrus

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1695 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Atomic and Molecular Collisions and Interactions

Spin asymmetry in resonant electron-hydrogen elastic scattering

Ian E. McCarthy and Bo Shang

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1699 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy

Linear polarization of L $α_{1}$ and L $α_{2}$ x-ray lines of gold

K. S. Kahlon, N. Singh, Raj Mittal, B. S. Sood, and K. L. Allawadhi

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1701 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Quantum Optics

Force of radiation on a two-level atom near a small dielectric

K. Yoshida

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1703 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Exchange force in the near-resonant Kapitza-Dirac effect

G. Lenz, P. Pax, and P. Meystre

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1707 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

COMMENTS

Origin of ‘‘fast electrons’’ from slow atomic collisions

K. Yasui

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1711 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Reply to ‘‘Origin of ‘fast electrons’ from slow atomic collisions’’

R. A. Baragiola, E. V. Alonso, A. Oliva, A. Bonanno, and F. Xu

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1714 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Comment on ‘‘Further investigations of the operationally defined quantum phase’’

Zdeněk Hradil and Jiří Bajer

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1717 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993

Reply to ‘‘Comment on ‘Further investigations of the operationally defined quantum phase’ ’’

J. W. Noh, A. Fougères, and L. Mandel

Phys. Rev. A 48, 1719 (1993) - Published 1 August, 1993