Volume 52, Issue 1

July 1995

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Low-energy electron scattering by ${CF}_{4}$ , ${CCl}_{4}$ , ${SiCl}_{4}$ , ${SiBr}_{4}$ , and ${SiI}_{4}$

Alexandra P. P. Natalense, Márcio H. F. Bettega, Luiz G. Ferreira, and Marco A. P. Lima

Phys. Rev. A 52, R1(R) (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Fundamental concepts

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Path integrals and equations of motion for the traversal-time distributions in classical diffusion and quantum mechanics

D. Sokolovski

Phys. Rev. A 52, R5(R) (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Theory of longitudinal recoil-ion momentum distribution in ion-atom ionization

V.D. Rodríguez, Y.D. Wang, and C.D. Lin

Phys. Rev. A 52, R9(R) (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Guiding and trapping a neutral atom on a wire

Jörg Schmiedmayer

Phys. Rev. A 52, R13(R) (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Quantum optics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Optimal control of optical pulse propagation in a medium of three-level systems

Ningjun Wang and Herschel Rabitz

Phys. Rev. A 52, R17(R) (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Generation of coherent hard-x-ray radiation in crystalline solids by high-intensity femtosecond laser pulses

Péter Kálmán and Thomas Brabec

Phys. Rev. A 52, R21(R) (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Generation of high-order harmonics from solid surfaces by intense femtosecond laser pulses

D. von der Linde, T. Engers, G. Jenke, P. Agostini, G. Grillon, E. Nibbering, A. Mysyrowicz, and A. Antonetti

Phys. Rev. A 52, R25(R) (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Formation of stable solitons in quadratic nonlinear media

L. Bergé, V.K. Mezentsev, J. Juul Rasmussen, and J. Wyller

Phys. Rev. A 52, R28(R) (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

ARTICLES

Fundamental concepts

Conditional probabilities in quantum theory and the tunneling-time controversy

Aephraim M. Steinberg

Phys. Rev. A 52, 32 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Generalized uncertainty relations and characteristic invariants for the multimode states

E. C. G. Sudarshan, Charles B. Chiu, and G. Bhamathi

Phys. Rev. A 52, 43 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Puri’s criterion and higher-order squeezing

Robert Lynch and Harry A. Mavromatis

Phys. Rev. A 52, 55 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Floquet theory of bound-continuum transitions due to a periodic interaction

K. Unnikrishnan

Phys. Rev. A 52, 58 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

δ-function bosons in a one-dimensional potential well

You-Quan Li

Phys. Rev. A 52, 65 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Intrinsic mechanism for entropy change in classical and quantum evolution

E. Eisenberg and L. P. Horwitz

Phys. Rev. A 52, 70 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Reexamining the assumption that elements of reality can be Lorentz invariant

O. Cohen and B. J. Hiley

Phys. Rev. A 52, 76 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Green’s functions via path integrals for systems with position-dependent masses

L. Chetouani, L. Dekar, and T. F. Hammann

Phys. Rev. A 52, 82 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Three-level Lipkin model in the context of the ${su}_{q}$ (3) algebra

L. Brito, C. Providência, J. da Providência, S. S. Avancini, F. F. de Souza Cruz, D. P. Menezes, and M. M. Watanabe Moraes

Phys. Rev. A 52, 92 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

q analogs of the radial Schrödinger equation in N space dimensions

E. Papp

Phys. Rev. A 52, 101 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Transmission spectra for one-dimensional potentials in the semiclassical approximation

L. V. Chebotarev

Phys. Rev. A 52, 107 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Comparison of quasiclassical and exact dipole moments for bound-free transitions in hydrogen

M. S. Adams, M. V. Fedorov, V. P. Krainov, and D. D. Meyerhofer

Phys. Rev. A 52, 125 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Interaction of the collective and electronic motion of atomic ions in magnetic fields

P. Schmelcher

Phys. Rev. A 52, 130 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Interaction sites of a ${Na}^{+}$ ion and a Na atom with a $C_{60}$ molecule

A. S. Hira and A. K. Ray

Phys. Rev. A 52, 141 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Classical chaos and its quantum measures in Rydberg states of multielectron atoms

M. Yu. Ivanov, D. Bitouk, K. Rza̧żewski, and S. Kotochigova

Phys. Rev. A 52, 149 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Laser-rf double-resonance spectroscopy of ${}^{177, 179}{Hf}$

W. G. Jin, M. Wakasugi, T. T. Inamura, T. Murayama, T. Wakui, H. Katsuragawa, T. Ariga, T. Ishizuka, and I. Sugai

Phys. Rev. A 52, 157 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Fast-beam measurements of the 10D-10F fine-structure intervals in helium

Nelson E. Claytor, E. A. Hessels, and S. R. Lundeen

Phys. Rev. A 52, 165 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Electron-correlation effects on the static longitudinal polarizability of polymeric chains

Benoît Champagne, David H. Mosley, Marjan Vrac̆ko, and Jean-Marie André

Phys. Rev. A 52, 178 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Monte Carlo study of population and alignment relaxation by trapped line radiation

A. Hishikawa, T. Fujimoto, and P. Erman

Phys. Rev. A 52, 189 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Hyperfine structures of ${Ca}^{+}$ and ${Sr}^{+}$ ions: Summary of trends in hyperfine interactions in the alkaline-earth-metal ions and corresponding series with similar electronic structures

Xing Yuan, S. N. Panigrahy, R. W. Dougherty, T. P. Das, and J. Andriessen

Phys. Rev. A 52, 197 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Polarization effects in autoionization processes: The 5d5g states in barium

E. Luc-Koenig, M. Aymar, R. Van Leeuwen, W. Ubachs, and W. Hogervorst

Phys. Rev. A 52, 208 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Pair-function calculations for two-electron systems in model plasma environments

Zhengming Wang and Peter Winkler

Phys. Rev. A 52, 216 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Nonvariational calculation of the sticking probability and fusion rate for the μdt molecular ion

R. Krivec and V. B. Mandelzweig

Phys. Rev. A 52, 221 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Systematic multiconfiguration-Dirac-Fock study of the x-ray spectra accompanying the ionization in collision processes: The structure of the K $β_{1, 3}$ $L^{0}$ $M^{r}$ lines

Marek Polasik

Phys. Rev. A 52, 227 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Local norm-conserving pseudo-Hamiltonians

Andrea Bosin, Vincenzo Fiorentini, Andrea Lastri, and Giovanni B. Bachelet

Phys. Rev. A 52, 236 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Thermalization of free positronium atoms by collisions with silica-powder grains, aerogel grains, and gas molecules

Y. Nagashima, M. Kakimoto, T. Hyodo, K. Fujiwara, A. Ichimura, T. Chang, J. Deng, T. Akahane, T. Chiba, K. Suzuki, B. T. A. McKee, and A. T. Stewart

Phys. Rev. A 52, 258 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Relativistic configuration-interaction calculations for the n=2 states of lithiumlike ions

M. H. Chen, K. T. Cheng, W. R. Johnson, and J. Sapirstein

Phys. Rev. A 52, 266 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Collision-induced infrared absorption by $H_{2}$ -He complexes: Accounting for the anisotropy of the interaction

Massimo Moraldi and Lothar Frommhold

Phys. Rev. A 52, 274 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Relativistic self-interaction-free density-functional formalism

Martin M. Rieger and P. Vogl

Phys. Rev. A 52, 282 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Transition energies of ytterbium, lutetium, and lawrencium by the relativistic coupled-cluster method

Ephraim Eliav, Uzi Kaldor, and Yasuyuki Ishikawa

Phys. Rev. A 52, 291 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

van der Waals and retardation (Casimir) interactions of an electron or an atom with multilayered walls

Fei Zhou and Larry Spruch

Phys. Rev. A 52, 297 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Dispersion forces and long-range electronic transition dipole moments of alkali-metal dimer excited states

M. Marinescu and A. Dalgarno

Phys. Rev. A 52, 311 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Low-energy electron collision processes in ${NF}_{3}$

T. N. Rescigno

Phys. Rev. A 52, 329 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Enhanced charge transfer to molecular ions by electronic excitation of the target

R. Bruckmeier, Ch. Wunderlich, and H. Figger

Phys. Rev. A 52, 334 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Quantum and classical two-dimensional analysis of rainbow structures in the Xe+ ${CO}_{2}$ rotational excitation at 0.2 eV collision energy and on a repulsive potential

J. R. Pliego, Jr., J. P. Braga, and S. D. Bosanac

Phys. Rev. A 52, 342 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Single and double ionization of helium by intermediate-to-high-velocity ${He}^{+}$ projectiles

J. L. Forest, J. A. Tanis, S. M. Ferguson, R. R. Haar, K. Lifrieri, and V. L. Plano

Phys. Rev. A 52, 350 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Double-electron detachment cross sections in intermediate-energy $H^{-}$ plus noble-gas collisions

J. S. Allen, X. D. Fang, A. Sen, R. Matulioniene, and T. J. Kvale

Phys. Rev. A 52, 357 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Resonant contributions to bound-state Compton scattering

Leonard Rosenberg

Phys. Rev. A 52, 364 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Relativistic calculation of pair-production positron energy-angle distributions for low-energy photons on atoms

H. K. Tseng

Phys. Rev. A 52, 369 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Electric-field effects on the N=2 Feshbach resonances of $H^{-}$

Y. K. Ho

Phys. Rev. A 52, 375 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Effective excitation method of a three-level medium in a selective photoionization

A. S. Choe, Yongjoo Rhee, Jongmin Lee, Pil Soon Han, S. K. Borisov, M. A. Kuzmina, and V. A. Mishin

Phys. Rev. A 52, 382 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Dominant two-center electron-electron interactions in collisions of 120-MeV ${Ne}^{6 +}$ ions with gas targets

B. Sulik, S. Ricz, I. Kádár, G. Xiao, G. Schiwietz, K. Sommer, P. Grande, R. Köhrbrück, M. Grether, and N. Stolterfoht

Phys. Rev. A 52, 387 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Method for production of a ${}^{3}{He}$ beam with high polarization and high intensity

M. Tanaka, M. Fujiwara, S. Nakayama, and L. W. Anderson

Phys. Rev. A 52, 392 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Total cross sections for electron scattering by polyatomic molecules at 10–1000 eV: $H_{2}$ S, ${SiH}_{4}$ , ${CH}_{4}$ , ${CF}_{4}$ , ${CCl}_{4}$ , ${SF}_{6}$ , $C_{2}$ $H_{4}$ , ${CCl}_{3}$ F, ${CClF}_{3}$ , and ${CCl}_{2}$ $F_{2}$

Yuhai Jiang, Jinfeng Sun, and Linde Wan

Phys. Rev. A 52, 398 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Electron-impact excitation of the ${}^{3}Π_{u}^{-}$ (v=0,1,2,3; N=1) states of $H_{2}$ : Cross sections and anisotropy parameters

G. D. Meneses, L. M. Brescansin, M. T. Lee, S. E. Michelin, L. E. Machado, and G. Csanak

Phys. Rev. A 52, 404 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Absolute cross sections for the electron-impact single ionization of ${Mo}^{4 +}$ and ${Mo}^{5 +}$ ions

M. E. Bannister, F. W. Meyer, Y. S. Chung, N. Djurić, G. H. Dunn, M. S. Pindzola, and D. C. Griffin

Phys. Rev. A 52, 413 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Photorecombination of highly charged uranium ions

M. S. Pindzola, F. J. Robicheaux, N. R. Badnell, M. H. Chen, and M. Zimmermann

Phys. Rev. A 52, 420 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces

Dynamic K- and L-shell filling of ${Ne}^{9 +}$ projectiles interacting with an Al(111) surface

M. Grether, A. Spieler, R. Köhrbrück, and N. Stolterfoht

Phys. Rev. A 52, 426 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Secondary-electron emission from porous solids

Jean M. Millet and Jean-Pierre J. Lafon

Phys. Rev. A 52, 433 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Monte Carlo calculations of the energy loss for $H_{2}^{+}$ molecular ions transmitted through thin C and Al foils

Mario M. Jakas and Néstor E. Capuj

Phys. Rev. A 52, 439 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Multiple-cascade model for the filling of hollow Ne atoms moving below an Al surface

N. Stolterfoht, A. Arnau, M. Grether, R. Köhrbrück, A. Spieler, R. Page, A. Saal, J. Thomaschewski, and J. Bleck-Neuhaus

Phys. Rev. A 52, 445 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Clusters (including fullerenes)

Angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of $C_{60}$

T. Liebsch, O. Plotzke, F. Heiser, U. Hergenhahn, O. Hemmers, R. Wehlitz, J. Viefhaus, B. Langer, S. B. Whitfield, and U. Becker

Phys. Rev. A 52, 457 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

Influences of ac Stark shifts on coherent population trapping in the atom-field coupling system via Raman two-photon processes

Gao-xiang Li and Jin-sheng Peng

Phys. Rev. A 52, 465 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Asymptotically stable solitary waves in a Kerr dispersive medium in the presence of linear amplification and nonlinear losses

V. S. Grigoryan

Phys. Rev. A 52, 694 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Pulse propagation near highly reflective surfaces: Applications to photonic band-gap structures and the question of superluminal tunneling times

Michael Scalora, Jonathan P. Dowling, Aaron S. Manka, Charles M. Bowden, and Joseph W. Haus

Phys. Rev. A 52, 726 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Pattern formation in a liquid-crystal light valve with feedback, including polarization, saturation, and internal threshold effects

R. Neubecker, G.-L. Oppo, B. Thuering, and T. Tschudi

Phys. Rev. A 52, 791 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

BRIEF REPORTS

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Measurement of the vibrational populations of molecular ions and its application to dissociative recombination in storage rings

D. Zajfman and Z. Amitay

Phys. Rev. A 52, 839 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Zero-order electro-optical effects in photoionization

Alexander Alijah and Vladimir D. Kondratovich

Phys. Rev. A 52, 843 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

l-resolved intercombination transitions in Rydberg atoms in collisions with electrons

M. I. Syrkin

Phys. Rev. A 52, 847 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

State-selective scaling for capture to the level n=4 by multicharged ions on light atoms

M. S. Gravielle and J. E. Miraglia

Phys. Rev. A 52, 851 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Metastable-hydrogen-atom scattering by crossed beams: Total cross sections for $H^{*}$ (2s)–Ar, Xe, and ${CCl}_{4}$ at thermal energies

B. G. Brunetti, S. Falcinelli, E. Giaquinto, A. Sassara, M. Prieto-Manzanares, and F. Vecchiocattivi

Phys. Rev. A 52, 855 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Resonance enhancement of electron-projectile excitation in collisions of $O^{5 +}$ ions with $H_{2}$ targets

T. W. Gorczyca and M. S. Pindzola

Phys. Rev. A 52, 859 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Nuclear relaxation of ${}^{3}{He}$ in the presence of $O_{2}$

B. Saam, W. Happer, and H. Middleton

Phys. Rev. A 52, 862 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces

Trapping of a classical electron between two heavy scattering centers

Mario M. Jakas

Phys. Rev. A 52, 866 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

Normalization of the asymptotic form of three-body (dtμ $)^{+}$ and (ddμ $)^{+}$ wave functions

Y. Kino, M. R. Harston, I. Shimamura, E. A. G. Armour, and M. Kamimura

Phys. Rev. A 52, 870 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Quantum optics

Definition and construction of the quantum soliton states in optical fibers

Duan Lu-ming and Guo Guang-can

Phys. Rev. A 52, 874 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Spatial structure of light and a nonlinear refractive index generated by fanning in photorefractive media

A. A. Zozulya and D. Z. Anderson

Phys. Rev. A 52, 878 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

COMMENTS

Interference and angular distribution of transition radiation

Wl/adysl/aw Żakowicz

Phys. Rev. A 52, 882 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Reply to ‘‘Interference and angular distribution of transition radiation’’

Roy J. Glauber and Maciej Lewenstein

Phys. Rev. A 52, 884 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

ERRATA

Erratum: Quadratic Zeeman effect in hydrogen Rydberg states: Rigorous error estimates for energy eigenvalues, energy eigenfunctions, and oscillator strengths

P. Falsaperla and G. Fonte

Phys. Rev. A 52, 885 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995

Erratum: Influence of relaxation phenomena in the unified description of resonant and nonresonant radiative transitions

V. L. Jacobs, J. Cooper, and S. L. Haan

Phys. Rev. A 52, 888 (1995) - Published 1 July, 1995