Volume 48, Issue 5

November 1993

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Fundamental Concepts

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Quantum-algebraic description of quantum superintegrable systems in two dimensions

Dennis Bonatsos, C. Daskaloyannis, and K. Kokkotas

Phys. Rev. A 48, R3407(R) (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Atomic and Molecular Collisions and Interactions

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Electron transfer in ${Ca}^{*}$ (4snl)-Ca(4 $s^{2}$ ) collisions

Ilya I. Fabrikant

Phys. Rev. A 48, R3411(R) (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Ellipsoidal angular distribution of electrons emitted from Rydberg atoms

Gyula Szabo, Jianyi Wang, and Joachim Burgdörfer

Phys. Rev. A 48, R3414(R) (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Stochastic path-integral simulation of quantum scattering

T. C. Schmidt and K. Möhring

Phys. Rev. A 48, R3418(R) (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Elusive C ${}^{3}Π_{u}$ state lifetime of molecular nitrogen

Peter Erman

Phys. Rev. A 48, R3421(R) (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Atoms and Molecules in Electromagnetic Fields

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Quantum calculations for one-dimensional laser cooling: Temporal evolution

T. Bergeman

Phys. Rev. A 48, R3425(R) (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Cold-collision properties derived from frequency shifts in a cesium fountain

Boudewijn Verhaar, Kurt Gibble, and Steven Chu

Phys. Rev. A 48, R3429(R) (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Quantum Optics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

High-order Harmonic-generation cutoff

Anne L’Huillier, M. Lewenstein, P. Salières, Ph. Balcou, M. Yu. Ivanov, J. Larsson, and C. G. Wahlström

Phys. Rev. A 48, R3433(R) (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Influence of ellipticity on harmonic generation

K. S. Budil, P. Salières, Anne L’Huillier, T. Ditmire, and M. D. Perry

Phys. Rev. A 48, R3437(R) (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Electron energy distribution in the photodetachment of $H^{-}$ by two radiation fields

Saverio Bivona, Riccardo Burlon, and Claudio Leone

Phys. Rev. A 48, R3441(R) (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

ARTICLES

Fundamental Concepts

Feynman path integral for an infinite potential barrier

Robert D. Nevels, Zuoguo Wu, and Chenhong Huang

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3445 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Relative-state formulation of quantum systems

Masashi Ban

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3452 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Regions of stability of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a potential hill

Boris V. Gisin and Amos A. Hardy

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3466 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Nonlocal computation in quantum cellular automata

Siegfried Fussy, Gerhard Grössing, Herbert Schwabl, and Armin Scrinzi

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3470 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Energy levels of the quartic double well using a phase-integral method

S. Bravo Yuste and A. Martín Sánchez

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3478 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Quantum beats in waveguides with time-dependent boundaries

M. Razavy

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3486 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Canonical generator of conformal transformations in nonrelativistic quantum many-body systems at finite temperatures

Tadashi Toyoda

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3492 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Analytical description of some quantum systems with space- and time-periodic Hamiltonians

I. E. Tralle

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3499 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Determination of two-body potentials from n-body spectra

E. J. O. Gavin, H. Leeb, and H. Fiedeldey

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3504 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Angular-momentum measurement and nonlocality in Bohm’s interpretation of quantum theory

C. Dewdney and Z. Malik

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3513 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Bound states in the continuum from supersymmetric quantum mechanics

J. Pappademos, U. Sukhatme, and A. Pagnamenta

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3525 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Simple rule for complex quantum systems

V. M. Akulin

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3532 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Atomic and Molecular Structure

Hyperfine-structure measurements of the ${}^{151, 153}{Eu}^{+}$ ground state

O. Becker, K. Enders, G. Werth, and J. Dembczynski

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3546 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Energy levels and transition amplitudes for alkali-metal atoms in the Brueckner approximation

S. S. Liaw

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3555 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Two electrons in an external oscillator potential: Particular analytic solutions of a Coulomb correlation problem

M. Taut

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3561 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Electron-pair analysis for doubly excited ridge states. II. L=1

Lijun Zhang and A. R. P. Rau

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3567 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Theory and computation of triply excited resonances: Application to states of ${He}^{-}$

Cleanthes A. Nicolaides, Nicos A. Piangos, and Yannis Komninos

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3578 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Computation of resonances by two methods involving the use of complex coordinates

Mirosl/aw Bylicki and Cleanthes A. Nicolaides

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3589 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Levels of the 4 $p^{4}$ configuration of Ge-like Kr v

A. G. Trigueiros, A. J. Mania, S.-G. Pettersson, and J. G. Reyna Almandos

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3595 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Doubly excited ${}^{3}$ $P^{o}$ resonance states of He below the N=2 and N=3 ${He}^{+}$ thresholds

Y. K. Ho

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3598 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Core-valence correlation on the low-lying ${}^{1, 3}$ $F^{o}$ terms of Ca i

Dage Sundholm, Jeppe Olsen, Michel Godefroid, and Guy Van Meulebeke

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3606 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Model of n coupled generalized deformed oscillators for vibrations of polyatomic molecules

Dennis Bonatsos and C. Daskaloyannis

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3611 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Atomic and Molecular Collisions and Interactions

Velocity dependence of one- and two-electron processes in intermediate-velocity ${Ar}^{16 +}$ +He collisions

W. Wu, J. P. Giese, I. Ben-Itzhak, C. L. Cocke, P. Richard, M. Stockli, R. Ali, H. Schöne, and R. E. Olson

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3617 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Tunneling dynamics in dissipative curve-crossing problems

Dmitrii E. Makarov and Nancy Makri

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3626 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Multiphoton ionization of Mg in the wavelength region of 300–214 nm

Y. L. Shao, C. Fotakis, and D. Charalambidis

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3636 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Relativistic effects on the polarization of line radiation emitted from He-like and H-like ions following electron-impact excitation

K. J. Reed and M. H. Chen

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3644 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Molecular treatment of electron capture in collisions of $O^{5 +}$ ions with H atoms at energies from 6 eV/amu to 10 keV/amu: Transfer-excitation processes

N. Shimakura, S. Suzuki, and M. Kimura

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3652 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Atomic-electron capture in the presence of a narrow nuclear resonance: ${}^{40}{Ar}$ (p,p $)^{40}$ Ar reaction

A. D. González, J. P. Giese, and E. Horsdal-Pedersen

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3663 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Electron capture in $H^{+}$ + $N_{2}$ collisions

E. J. Quintana, V. R. Heckman, and E. Pollack

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3670 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Radiative recombination and excited-state photoionization of lithium

Jayanti Lahiri and Steven T. Manson

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3674 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Charge exchange between bare beryllium and boron with metastable hydrogen atoms at low energies

Juan Ignacio Casaubon

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3680 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Angular distributions for double-electron capture in $C^{4 +}$ -He collisions

N. Keller, L. R. Andersson, R. D. Miller, M. Westerlind, S. B. Elston, I. A. Sellin, C. Biedermann, and H. Cederquist

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3684 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Differential cross sections for the multiple ionization of Ne and Ar by protons

Alejandro D. González and Erik Horsdal Pedersen

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3689 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Scattering and (e,2e) reactions in classical s-wave helium

G. Handke, M. Draeger, W. Ihra, and H. Friedrich

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3699 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Coupled-Sturmian treatment of electron transfer and ionization in proton-neon collisions

Thomas G. Winter

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3706 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Double photoionization of helium: Use of a correlated two-electron continuum wave function

M. A. Kornberg and J. E. Miraglia

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3714 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Doubly excited shape resonances in $H^{-}$

Y. K. Ho and A. K. Bhatia

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3720 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Relativistic fermionium production by electrons in a crystal

Geir Inge Sandnes and Haakon A. Olsen

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3725 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Atomic interactions with solids and surfaces

Electron emission following the interaction of highly charged ions with a Pt(110) target

R. Köhrbrück, N. Stolterfoht, S. Schippers, S. Hustedt, W. Heiland, D. Lecler, J. Kemmler, and J. Bleck-Neuhaus

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3731 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy

Continuum Raman scattering with short laser pulses

A. Keller and O. Atabek

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3741 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Hyperfine structure and isotope shift in the far-infrared ground-state transitions of atomic oxygen

P. De Natale, M. Bellini, W. Goetz, M. Prevedelli, and M. Inguscio

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3757 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Laser magnetic-resonance measurement of the ${}^{3}$ $P_{1}$ $-^{3}$ $P_{2}$ fine-structure splittings in ${}^{17}O$ and ${}^{18}O$

John M. Brown, Kenneth M. Evenson, and Lyndon R. Zink

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3761 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Atomic and Molecular Clusters

Water-cluster distribution with respect to pressure and temperature in the gas phase

Byung Jin Mhin, Sang Joo Lee, and Kwang S. Kim

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3764 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Atoms and Molecules in Electromagnetic Fields

Spatial distribution of atoms in a magneto-optical trap

V. S. Bagnato, L. G. Marcassa, M. Oria, G. I. Surdutovich, R. Vitlina, and S. C. Zilio

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3771 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Semiclassical laser-cooling theory for a trapped multistate ion

Juha Javanainen and Sung Mi Yoo

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3776 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Experimental evidence of strong-field effects in light-induced collisional energy-transfer processes in europium and strontium atoms

Marina Mazzoni and Lorenzo Fini

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3786 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Relativistic corrections to the Zeeman effect in heliumlike atoms

John M. Anthony and Kunnat J. Sebastian

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3792 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Wave-packet dynamics: Level-crossing-induced changes in momentum distributions

K.-A. Suominen and B. M. Garraway

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3811 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Collision-enhanced resonance of laser-diode-excited Cs in a buffer gas

F. de Tomasi, M. Allegrini, E. Arimondo, G. S. Agarwal, and P. Ananthalakshmi

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3820 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Optimal control of quantum systems by chirped pulses

B. Amstrup, J. D. Doll, R. A. Sauerbrey, G. Szabó, and A. Lorincz

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3830 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Harmonic generation by the $H_{2}^{+}$ molecular ion in intense laser fields

T. Zuo, S. Chelkowski, and A. D. Bandrauk

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3837 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Molecular photodissociation with diverging couplings: An application to $H_{2}^{+}$ in intense cw laser fields. I. The single-photon problem

M. Chrysos, O. Atabek, and R. Lefebvre

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3845 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Molecular photodissociation with diverging couplings: An application to $H_{2}^{+}$ in intense cw laser fields. II. The multiphoton problem

M. Chrysos, O. Atabek, and R. Lefebvre

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3855 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Quantum Optics

Localization of chaos in the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation

N. Finlayson, K. J. Blow, L. J. Bernstein, and K. W. DeLong

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3863 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Amplitude-phase multistability in multiatomic optical systems

S. Ya. Kilin and T. B. Krinitskaya

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3870 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Free and dissipative evolution of squeezed and displaced number states in the third-order nonlinear oscillator

V. Peřinová and J. Křepelka

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3881 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Two theorems for the group velocity in dispersive media

Eric L. Bolda, Raymond Y. Chiao, and John C. Garrison

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3890 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Amplitude squeezing and a transition from lasing with inversion to lasing without inversion in a four-level laser

Yifu Zhu and Min Xiao

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3895 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Intrinsic decoherence in the atom-field interaction

H. Moya-Cessa, V. Bužek, M. S. Kim, and P. L. Knight

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3900 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

High-order harmonic radiation from solid layers irradiated by subpicosecond laser pulses

S. Hüller and J. Meyer-ter-Vehn

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3906 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Probe absorption spectrum of a laser-driven atom near a phase conjugator

Henk F. Arnoldus and Thomas F. George

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3910 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Soliton dynamics, anti-Stokes generation, and diffraction in stimulated Raman scattering

M. Scalora, C. M. Bowden, and J. W. Haus

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3916 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Surface-state hydrogen maser

A. C. Maan, B. J. Verhaar, H. T. C. Stoof, and Isaac F. Silvera

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3921 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Statistics of nonclassical lasers generated via pump-noise suppression

Chang Zhu

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3930 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Frequency conversion and amplification of photon-number detection

G. M. D’Ariano and C. Macchiavello

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3947 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Analytic solution for quasiprobability distributions of the Jaynes-Cummings model with cavity damping

B. Daeubler, H. Risken, and L. Schoendorff

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3955 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Single-atom fluorescence with nonclassical light

Irina E. Lyublinskaya and Reeta Vyas

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3966 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

BRIEF REPORTS

Atomic and Molecular Structure

Observation of the negative ions: ${Ra}^{-}$ , ${Pa}^{-}$ , and ${Pu}^{-}$

X.-L. Zhao, M.-J. Nadeau, M. A. Garwan, L. R. Kilius, and A. E. Litherland

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3980 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Further tests of a scaled local exchange-correlation functional

Qingsheng Zhao and Libero J. Bartolotti

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3983 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Atomic and Molecular Collisions and Interactions

Scattering on two solenoids

Pavel Šťovíček

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3987 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Atoms and Molecules in Electromagnetic Fields

Preparation of high-principal-quantum-number ‘‘circular’’ states of rubidium

P. Nussenzveig, F. Bernardot, M. Brune, J. Hare, J. M. Raimond, S. Haroche, and W. Gawlik

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3991 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Quantum Optics

High-frequency stabilization and high-order harmonic generation of an excited Morse oscillator under intense fields

T. F. Jiang

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3995 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

COMMENTS

Comment on ‘‘Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen state for space-time variables in a two-photon interference experiment’’

P. G. Kwiat, A. M. Steinberg, and R. Y. Chiao

Phys. Rev. A 48, 3999 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

Reply to ‘‘Comment on ‘Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen state for space-time variables in a two-photon interference experiment’ ’’

Y. H. Shih, A. V. Sergeinko, and Morton H. Rubin

Phys. Rev. A 48, 4001 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993

ERRATA

Erratum: Berry's phase for anharmonic oscillators

Nilanjana Datta and Gautam Ghosh

Phys. Rev. A 48, 4003 (1993) - Published 1 November, 1993