Volume 53, Issue 2

February 1996

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Resonance states in ${Li}^{-}$ and $B^{-}$

D. H. Lee, W. D. Brandon, D. Hanstorp, and D. J. Pegg

Phys. Rev. A 53, R633(R) (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Soft-x-ray generation by multiphoton scattering of a laser beam from fast free electrons

F. F. Körmendi and Gy. Farkas

Phys. Rev. A 53, R637(R) (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Quantum-classical hybrid approach to helium double photoionization

Jan-Michael Rost

Phys. Rev. A 53, R640(R) (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Dissociative recombination of cold O $H^{+}$ : Evidence for indirect recombination through excited core Rydberg states

Z. Amitay, D. Zajfman, P. Forck, T. Heupel, M. Grieser, D. Habs, R. Repnow, D. Schwalm, A. Wolf, and Steven L. Guberman

Phys. Rev. A 53, R644(R) (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Evanescent-wave guiding of atoms in hollow optical fibers

Michael J. Renn, Elizabeth A. Donley, Eric A. Cornell, Carl E. Wieman, and Dana Z. Anderson

Phys. Rev. A 53, R648(R) (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Demonstration of x-ray lasing in nickel-like tin

Yuelin Li, Georg Pretzler, Peixiang Lu, and Ernst E. Fill

Phys. Rev. A 53, R652(R) (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

ARTICLES

Fundamental concepts

Emergence of classicality via decoherence described by Lindblad operators

Michael R. Gallis

Phys. Rev. A 53, 655 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Uniform regularized semiclassical propagator for the $x^{- 2}$ potential

Robert S. Manning and Gregory S. Ezra

Phys. Rev. A 53, 661 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Single-particle density of states, bound states, phase-shift flip, and a resonance in the presence of an Aharonov-Bohm potential

Alexander Moroz

Phys. Rev. A 53, 669 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Embedding of velocity-power forces into a class of energy-dependent potentials and their quantization

J. Geicke

Phys. Rev. A 53, 695 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Temperature changes and squeezing properties of the system of time-dependent harmonic oscillators

Jeong-Young Ji and Jae Kwan Kim

Phys. Rev. A 53, 703 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Electron temperature and density dependence of E1 and E2 lines in the spectra of cobaltlike to potassiumlike ions

K. B. Fournier, W. H. Goldstein, M. May, and M. Finkenthal

Phys. Rev. A 53, 709 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

High-resolution measurements of the K-MM radiative Auger effect in medium-mass atoms

Ch. Herren and J.-Cl. Dousse

Phys. Rev. A 53, 717 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Muonic three-body Coulomb systems in the hyperspherical approach

M. Decker, W. Sandhas, and V. B. Belyaev

Phys. Rev. A 53, 726 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Chaos in a quasiclassical hadronic atom

Francesco Benvenuto, Giulio Casati, and Dima L. Shepelyansky

Phys. Rev. A 53, 737 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Nonhydrogenic Rydberg atoms in a magnetic field: A rigorous semiclassical approach

Bruno Hüpper, Jörg Main, and Günter Wunner

Phys. Rev. A 53, 744 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

3p-photoionization resonances of atomic Fe, Co, and Ni studied by the observation of singly and doubly charged photoions

H. Feist, M. Feldt, Ch. Gerth, M. Martins, P. Sladeczek, and P. Zimmermann

Phys. Rev. A 53, 760 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Ab initio potential-energy surfaces and electron-spin-exchange cross sections for H- $O_{2}$ interactions

James R. Stallcop, Harry Partridge, and Eugene Levin

Phys. Rev. A 53, 766 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Radiationless resonant Raman scattering interpretation of argon photoion yields measured in coincidence with K-LL Auger decay

G. Bradley Armen, Jon C. Levin, and Ivan A. Sellin

Phys. Rev. A 53, 772 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Energy-dependent rotational polarization in elementary rearrangement collisions

Nark Nyul Choi and Sung-Ho Suck Salk

Phys. Rev. A 53, 785 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Bound-state methods for low-energy electron-ion scattering

Leonard Rosenberg

Phys. Rev. A 53, 791 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Evidence for multielectron resonances at the Sr K edge

P. D’Angelo, H.-F. Nolting, and N. V. Pavel

Phys. Rev. A 53, 798 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Electron excitation of optically-allowed transitions in ${CO}_{2}$ , ${SF}_{6}$ , CO, $F_{2}$ , and ${SO}_{2}$

I. W. Fomunung, Zhifan Chen, and A. Z. Msezane

Phys. Rev. A 53, 806 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Galilean invariance of the Schrödinger equation in the adiabatic approximation: The central-field method

A. López-Castillo

Phys. Rev. A 53, 818 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

ARTICLES

Multilevel effects on the balance of dipole-allowed to dipole-forbidden transitions in Rydberg atoms induced by a dipole interaction with slow charged projectiles

M. I. Syrkin

Phys. Rev. A 53, 825 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

ARTICLES

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Inversion of total and differential cross-section data for electron-methane scattering

D. R. Lun, K. Amos, and L. J. Allen

Phys. Rev. A 53, 831 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Photodetachment of ${Li}^{-}$ from the Li 3s threshold to the Li 6s threshold

Cheng Pan, Anthony F. Starace, and Chris H. Greene

Phys. Rev. A 53, 840 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Electron degradation and thermalization in $H_{2}$ gas

Ken-ichi Kowari

Phys. Rev. A 53, 853 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Continuum absorption spectra in the far wings of the Hg ${}^{1}$ $S_{0}$ $\to^{3}$ $P_{1}$ resonance line broadened by Ar

Y. Sato, T. Nakamura, M. Okunishi, K. Ohmori, H. Chiba, and K. Ueda

Phys. Rev. A 53, 867 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Slow collisions between highly charged ions and $C_{60}$ : Absolute ΔE values and cross sections

N. Selberg, A. Bárány, C. Biedermann, C. J. Setterlind, H. Cederquist, A. Langereis, M. O. Larsson, A. Wännström, and P. Hvelplund

Phys. Rev. A 53, 874 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces

Image acceleration of highly charged ions by metal surfaces

C. Lemell, H. P. Winter, F. Aumayr, J. Burgdörfer, and F. Meyer

Phys. Rev. A 53, 880 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Spectra of secondary electrons induced by channeled and nonchanneled ions in Si and Al

P. F. A. Alkemade, L. Flinn, W. N. Lennard, and I. V. Mitchell

Phys. Rev. A 53, 886 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Binary-electron emission in grazing ion-surface collisions

M. L. Martiarena, E. A. Sánchez, O. Grizzi, and V. H. Ponce

Phys. Rev. A 53, 895 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

ARTICLES

Measurement and characterization of the three-dimensional coherence function in neutron interferometry

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

Phys. Rev. A 53, 902 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

ARTICLES

Matter waves

Ground state of a weakly interacting Bose gas of atoms in a tight trap

Maciej Lewenstein and Li You

Phys. Rev. A 53, 909 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

Decay of trapped ultracold alkali atoms by recombination

A. J. Moerdijk, H. M. J. M. Boesten, and B. J. Verhaar

Phys. Rev. A 53, 916 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Spin relaxation of optically pumped potassium in an argon buffer gas

Cody Martin and L. W. Anderson

Phys. Rev. A 53, 921 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Nonperturbative analysis of four-wave mixing in a four-level system with three strong fields

D. A. Coppeta, P. L. Kelley, P. J. Harshman, and T. K. Gustafson

Phys. Rev. A 53, 925 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Keplerian squeezed states and Rydberg wave packets

Robert Bluhm, V. Alan Kostelecký, and Bogdan Tudose

Phys. Rev. A 53, 937 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

ARTICLES

High-velocity dark states in velocity-selective coherent population trapping

M. Widmer, M. R. Doery, M. J. Bellanca, W. F. Buell, T. H. Bergeman, and H. J. Metcalf

Phys. Rev. A 53, 946 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

ARTICLES

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

Collective laser cooling of two trapped ions

A. W. Vogt, J. I. Cirac, and P. Zoller

Phys. Rev. A 53, 950 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Composite level approach to the hyperfine structure of the sodium D1 transition

R. S. Gurjar and K. K. Sharma

Phys. Rev. A 53, 969 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Theory of a coherent atomic-beam generator

A. M. Guzmán, M. Moore, and P. Meystre

Phys. Rev. A 53, 977 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Observation of interference in transitions due to local geometric phases

D. Bouwmeester, G. P. Karman, C. A. Schrama, and J. P. Woerdman

Phys. Rev. A 53, 985 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Autler-Townes effect for an atom in a 100% amplitude-modulated laser field. I. A dressed-atom approach

M. F. Van Leeuwen, S. Papademetriou, and C. R. Stroud, Jr.

Phys. Rev. A 53, 990 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Autler-Townes effect for an atom in a 100% amplitude-modulated laser field. II. Experimental results

S. Papademetriou, M. F. Van Leeuwen, and C. R. Stroud, Jr.

Phys. Rev. A 53, 997 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

‘‘Freely’’ falling two-level atom in a running laser wave

Karl-Peter Marzlin and Jürgen Audretsch

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1004 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Quantum optics

Coherent population trapping and electromagnetically induced transparency in multi-Zeeman-sublevel atoms

Hong Yuan Ling, Yong-Qing Li, and Min Xiao

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1014 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Preservation of nonclassical character during the amplification of a Schrödinger cat state

H. Huang, S.-Y. Zhu, and M. S. Zubairy

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1027 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Zero-point noise in a nonstationary dielectric cavity

M. Artoni, A. Bulatov, and J. Birman

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1031 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Spontaneous-emission coupling from multiemitters to the quasimode of a Fabry-Pérot microcavity

Q. Deng and D. G. Deppe

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1036 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Nonlinear optical response of cold atoms

Tohya Hiroshima and Yoshihisa Yamamoto

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1048 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Stochastic simulations of the quantum Zeno effect

W. L. Power and P. L. Knight

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1052 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Role of inhomogeneous broadening in lasing without inversion in ladder systems

Gautam Vemuri and Girish S. Agarwal

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1060 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Inversionless lasing and photon statistics in a V-type atomic system

Yifu Zhu, A. I. Rubiera, and Min Xiao

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1065 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Quasipatterns in a polarization instability

D. Leduc, M. Le Berre, E. Ressayre, and A. Tallet

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1072 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Four-wave mixing in a Bloch two-level system with incoherent laser light having a Lorentzian spectral density: Analytic solution and a diagrammatic approach

Darin J. Ulness and A. C. Albrecht

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1081 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Amplitude-squeezed quantum states produced by the evolution of a quadrature-squeezed coherent state in a Kerr medium

Kasivishvanathan Sundar

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1096 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Floquet-state perturbation theory for the radio-frequency modulation of the Mössbauer resonance

Ilkka Tittonen, Mikk Lippmaa, and Juha Javanainen

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1112 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Quantum-limited linewidth of a bad-cavity laser with inhomogeneous broadening

A. Z. Khoury, M. I. Kolobov, and L. Davidovich

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1120 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Cavity quantum electrodynamics inside a hollow spherical cavity

W. Jhe and K. Jang

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1126 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Selective reflection from a dense atomic vapor

J. Guo, J. Cooper, and A. Gallagher

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1130 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Local-field effects in a dense collection of two-level atoms embedded in a dielectric medium: Intrinsic optical bistability enhancement and local cooperative effects

Michael E. Crenshaw and Charles M. Bowden

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1139 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Dynamic noise reduction in multilevel lasers: Nonlinear theory and the pump-operator approach

Hans-Jürgen Briegel, Georg M. Meyer, and Berthold-Georg Englert

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1143 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Observation of transparency and population trapping due to atomic coherent effects

Yuzhu Wang, Gu Xu, Chao Ye, Jiaming Zhao, Shanyu Zhou, and Yashu Liu

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1160 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Conditional resonance-fluorescence spectra of single atoms

Gerhard C. Hegerfeldt and Martin B. Plenio

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1164 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

BRIEF REPORTS

Complementarity and quantum erasure with dispersive atom-field interactions

Christopher C. Gerry

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1179 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

BRIEF REPORTS

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Multiperturber effects in the Faraday spectrum of Rb atoms immersed in a high-density Xe gas

J. P. Woerdman, F. J. Blok, M. Kristensen, and C. A. Schrama

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1183 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Kinetic-energy release in the dissociative capture-ionization of CO molecules by 97-MeV ${Ar}^{14 +}$ ions

R. L. Watson, G. Sampoll, V. Horvat, and O. Heber

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1187 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Quasicausal expansion of the quantum Liouville propagator

G. W. Bund, S. S. Mizrahi, and M. C. Tijero

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1191 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

Effect of quantum interference on multiphoton resonant excitation involving high-lying Rydberg orbitals

L. Deng, W. R. Garrett, M. G. Payne, and D. Z. Li

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1194 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Quantum optics

Determination of field correlation functions from measured quadrature component distributions

Th. Richter

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1197 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

ERRATA

Erratum: Distribution of electrons in double photoionization of helium and heavier atoms in the asymptotic region

E. G. Drukarev

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1200 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996

Erratum: Distribution of electrons in double photoionization of helium and heavier atoms in the asymptotic region [Phys. Rev. A 52, 3910 (1995)]

E. G. Drukarev

Phys. Rev. A 53, 1200 (1996) - Published 1 February, 1996