Volume 51, Issue 5

B. Boschung, J.-Cl. Dousse, B. Galley, Ch. Herren, J. Hoszowska, J. Kern, Ch. Rhême, Z. Halabuka, T. Ludziejewski, P. Rymuza, Z. Sujkowski, and M. Polasik

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3650 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Dispersion forces between molecules with one or both molecules excited

E. A. Power and T. Thirunamachandran

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3660 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Determination of electron binding energies of ground-state dipole-bound molecular anions

C. Desfrançois

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3667 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Effect of a laser field on resonant photoionization and recombination processes

Leonard Rosenberg

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3676 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Low-energy electron capture by $N^{4 +}$ ions from H atoms: Experimental study using merged beams and theoretical analysis by molecular representation

L. Folkerts, M. A. Haque, C. C. Havener, N. Shimakura, and M. Kimura

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3685 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Relativistic ab initio description of the K-vacancy production in heavy-ion–atom collision systems with solid targets

P. Kürpick, W.-D. Sepp, and B. Fricke

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3693 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Energy sharing and angular distribution in the double photoionization of helium

A. K. Kazansky and V. N. Ostrovsky

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3698 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Effective-potential method for relativistic electron-ion scattering

Leonard Rosenberg

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3703 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Wannier-ridge theory of angular distribution

A. K. Kazansky and V. N. Ostrovsky

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3712 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Recoil longitudinal momentum and Q-value measurements in electron-capture processes of fast multiply charged ions colliding with He

W. Wu, K. L. Wong, C. L. Cocke, J. P. Giese, and E. C. Montenegro

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3718 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Unexpected product fine-structure distributions in (3+1)-photon ionization of xenon

C. Bordas, M. J. Dyer, T. Fairfield, H. Helm, and K. C. Kulander

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3726 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Angular distributions in the double ionization of the noble gases by electron impact

C. Dal Cappello, H. Hda, and A. C. Roy

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3735 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Calculation of the excitation cross sections for the ${}^{1}Σ_{u}^{+}$ and C ${}^{1}Π_{u}^{+}$ states in e- $H_{2}$ scattering at 60 eV

Zhifan Chen and A. Z. Msezane

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3745 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Vacuum polarization effects in low-energy muonic atom collisions

V. S. Melezhik

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3751 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Electron-correlation effects in the photoionization of $N_{2}$

R. E. Stratmann, Gunadya Bandarage, and Robert R. Lucchese

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3756 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Double- and triple-differential cross sections for electron-impact ionization of helium

R. Biswas and C. Sinha

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3766 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Superelastic electron scattering by polarized excited sodium

T. Y. Jiang, Z. Shi, C. H. Ying, L. Vušković, and B. Bederson

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3773 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

K-shell vacancies carried by swift O and Si ions inside ferromagnetic hosts

Lokesh C. Tribedi, K. G. Prasad, and P. N. Tandon

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3783 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Inner-shell vacancy distribution in energetic Ar ions by penetration in solids

Y. Zou, Y. Awaya, C. P. Bhalla, T. Kambara, Y. Kanai, M. Oura, Y. Nakai, K. Ando, A. Hitachi, and S. Kravis

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3790 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Analytic description of the scattering of electrons by molecules

J. Gómez-Camacho, J. M. Arias, and M. A. Nagarajan

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3799 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Accurate elastic and inelastic scattering factors from He to Ne using correlated wave functions

Jiahu Wang, Rodolfo O. Esquivel, Vedene H. Smith, Jr., and Carlos F. Bunge

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3812 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Rotational excitation of $N_{2}$ and ${Cl}_{2}$ molecules by electron impact in the energy range 0.01–1000 eV: Investigation of excitation mechanisms

Holger Kutz and Hans-Dieter Meyer

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3819 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Destruction cross sections for fast hydrogen molecules incident on helium, neon, and argon

N. V. de Castro Faria, I. Borges, Jr., L. F. S. Coelho, and Ginette Jalbert

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3831 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Intramultiplet mixing in the electron-volt energy range for ${Ne}^{* *}$ {(2p $)^{5}$ (3p)}+He

W. Boom, R. A. M. L. van Galen, B. J. P. Klaver, S. S. Op de Beek, J. T. A. Heier, H. C. W. Beijerinck, and B. J. Verhaar

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3837 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Long-range behavior of the optical potential for the elastic scattering of charged composite particles

E. O. Alt and A. M. Mukhamedzhanov

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3852 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces

Energy loss and dissociation of 10-MeV/amu $H_{3}^{+}$ ions in carbon foils

Y. Susuki, M. Fritz, K. Kimura, M. Mannami, N. Sakamoto, H. Ogawa, I. Katayama, T. Noro, and H. Ikegami

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3868 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Velocity dependence of KLL Auger emission from hollow atoms formed during collisions of hydrogenic $N^{6 +}$ ions on surfaces

J. Limburg, S. Schippers, I. Hughes, R. Hoekstra, R. Morgenstern, S. Hustedt, N. Hatke, and W. Heiland

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3873 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Matter waves

Measurement of the electric polarizability of sodium with an atom interferometer

Christopher R. Ekstrom, Jörg Schmiedmayer, Michael S. Chapman, Troy D. Hammond, and David E. Pritchard

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3883 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Wigner-function calculations for the coherent superposition of matter waves

P. B. Lerner, H. Rauch, and M. Suda

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3889 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Refractive index of a dilute Bose gas

Olivier Morice, Yvan Castin, and Jean Dalibard

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3896 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Clusters (including fullerenes)

Random-matrix model for hot metallic clusters

C. Brechignac, Ph. Cahuzac, J. Leyginer, A. Sarfati, and V. M. Akulin

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3902 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

Cutoff in molecular harmonic-generation spectra resulting from classical chaotic dynamics

Vitali Averbukh and Nimrod Moiseyev

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3911 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Absorption and dispersion spectra of a polychromatic field in a two-level medium driven by a strong polychromatic pumping field

Yu. A. Zinin and N. V. Sushilov

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3916 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Long lifetimes of high molecular Rydberg states in crossed magnetic and electric fields: An experimental and classical computational study

Annette Mühlpfordt, U. Even, Eran Rabani, and R. D. Levine

Phys. Rev. A 51, 3922 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

BRIEF REPORTS

Fundamental concepts

Construction of exactly soluble double-well potentials

Ariel Caticha

Phys. Rev. A 51, 4264 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Heisenberg-picture approach to the exact quantum motion of a time-dependent harmonic oscillator

Jeong-Young Ji, Jae Kwan Kim, and Sang Pyo Kim

Phys. Rev. A 51, 4268 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Charge-exchange processes between excited helium and fully stripped ions

L. Salasnich and F. Sattin

Phys. Rev. A 51, 4281 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Cross sections for the photodetachment of $B^{-}$

D. H. Lee, C. Y. Tang, J. S. Thompson, W. D. Brandon, U. Ljungblad, D. Hanstorp, D. J. Pegg, J. Dellwo, and G. D. Alton

Phys. Rev. A 51, 4284 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

Double-ring structure: Another variant in the spatial distribution of cold sodium atoms

M. T. de Araujo, L. G. Marcassa, S. C. Zilio, and V. S. Bagnato

Phys. Rev. A 51, 4286 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Quantum optics

Spatial distortions of laser pulses in coherent on-resonance propagation: Small-scale self-focusing

J. de Lamare, Ph. Kupecek, and M. Comte

Phys. Rev. A 51, 4289 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

COMMENTS

Comment on ‘‘Circular Rydberg orbits in circularly polarized microwave radiation’’

Anabel Peregrine-Smew, David Farrelly, and T. Uzer

Phys. Rev. A 51, 4293 (1995) - Published 1 May, 1995

Volume 51, Issue 5

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Clusters (including fullerenes)

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

Quantum optics

ARTICLES

Fundamental concepts

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces

Matter waves

Clusters (including fullerenes)

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

Quantum optics

BRIEF REPORTS

Fundamental concepts

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

Quantum optics

COMMENTS

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