Volume 54, Issue 1

July 1996

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Postselection-free energy-time entanglement

D. V. Strekalov, T. B. Pittman, A. V. Sergienko, Y. H. Shih, and P. G. Kwiat

Phys. Rev. A 54, R1(R) (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

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Radiative lifetime of the $2 P$ state of lithium

W. I. McAlexander, E. R. I. Abraham, and R. G. Hulet

Phys. Rev. A 54, R5(R) (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

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Superelastic electron scattering on lithium

V. Karaganov, Igor Bray, P. J. O. Teubner, and P. Farrell

Phys. Rev. A 54, R9(R) (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

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Electron-capture cross section at near-thermal collision energies for ${Si}^{4 +}$ +D

Marc Pieksma, M. Gargaud, R. McCarroll, and C. C. Havener

Phys. Rev. A 54, R13(R) (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

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Electron correlation in three-body Coulomb states of barium

R. van Leeuwen, W. Ubachs, P. Camus, and W. Hogervorst

Phys. Rev. A 54, R17(R) (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

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Phase shift induced from the dc Stark effect in an atom interferometer comprised of four copropagating laser beams

A. Morinaga, M. Nakamura, T. Kurosu, and N. Ito

Phys. Rev. A 54, R21(R) (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

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Reconstructing the vibrational state of a trapped ion

C. D'Helon and G. J. Milburn

Phys. Rev. A 54, R25(R) (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

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Dipolar decay in two recent Bose-Einstein condensation experiments

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

Phys. Rev. A 54, R29(R) (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

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Dynamics of Rydberg wave packets generated by half-cycle pulses

C. O. Reinhold, J. Burgdörfer, M. T. Frey, and F. B. Dunning

Phys. Rev. A 54, R33(R) (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

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Observation of fractional revivals of a molecular wave packet

Marc J. J. Vrakking, D. M. Villeneuve, and Albert Stolow

Phys. Rev. A 54, R37(R) (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

ARTICLES

Fundamental concepts

Modified WKB approximation

J. B. Bronzan

Phys. Rev. A 54, 41 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Quantum stereographic projection and the homographic oscillator

T. Hakioğlu and M. Arik

Phys. Rev. A 54, 52 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Extension of the Dirac-Bergmann theory of constrained systems

An Min Wang and Tu Nan Ruan

Phys. Rev. A 54, 57 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Reconstruction of the exact ground-state energy of the quartic anharmonic oscillator from the coefficients of its divergent perturbation expansion

I. A. Ivanov

Phys. Rev. A 54, 81 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Relativistic neoclassical radiation theory

Michael D. Crisp

Phys. Rev. A 54, 87 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Angular velocity operator and q-deformation structure

Sumiyoshi Abe

Phys. Rev. A 54, 93 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Security against eavesdropping in quantum cryptography

Norbert Lütkenhaus

Phys. Rev. A 54, 97 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Anomalous diffusion and environment-induced quantum decoherence

Luca Bonci, Paolo Grigolini, Adam Laux, and Roberto Roncaglia

Phys. Rev. A 54, 112 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Extended Feynman rule and the two-slit experiment

Pedro Sancho

Phys. Rev. A 54, 119 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Role of core-scattered closed orbits in nonhydrogenic atoms

P. A. Dando, T. S. Monteiro, D. Delande, and K. T. Taylor

Phys. Rev. A 54, 127 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Approximate quantum Fourier transform and decoherence

Adriano Barenco, Artur Ekert, Kalle-Antti Suominen, and Päivi Törmä

Phys. Rev. A 54, 139 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Quantum networks for elementary arithmetic operations

Vlatko Vedral, Adriano Barenco, and Artur Ekert

Phys. Rev. A 54, 147 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Right-unitary transformation theory and applications

Zhong Tang

Phys. Rev. A 54, 154 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Bell’s inequality, trichotomic observables, and supplementary assumptions

Liberato De Caro and Augusto Garuccio

Phys. Rev. A 54, 174 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Probabilities for histories in nonrelativistic quantum mechanics

Norifumi Yamada

Phys. Rev. A 54, 182 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Potential curves for the ground and numerous highly excited electronic states of $K_{2}$ and NaK

S. Magnier and Ph. Millié

Phys. Rev. A 54, 204 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Hartree-Fock studies of atoms in strong magnetic fields

Matthew D. Jones, Gerardo Ortiz, and David M. Ceperley

Phys. Rev. A 54, 219 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Electron-impact-induced K plus M shell ionization in solid targets of medium-Z elements studied by means of high-resolution x-ray spectroscopy

T. Ludziejewski, P. Rymuza, Z. Sujkowski, G. Borchert, J.-Cl. Dousse, Ch. Rhême, and M. Polasik

Phys. Rev. A 54, 232 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Model for the optical excitations of molecules: Interactions and electron-pairing effects

B. L. Johnson and G. Kirczenow

Phys. Rev. A 54, 241 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Stationary coupled-cluster approaches to molecular properties: A comparative study

Nayana Vaval and Sourav Pal

Phys. Rev. A 54, 250 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Physical interpretation of information entropy: Numerical evidence of the Collins conjecture

Rodolfo O. Esquivel, Ana L. Rodríguez, Robin P. Sagar, Minhhuy Hô, and Vedene H. Smith, Jr.

Phys. Rev. A 54, 259 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Explicit formulas for the matrix elements of a symmetrized combination of two U(2n) generators in the unitary-group approach

Michael W. Lucht

Phys. Rev. A 54, 266 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Variational calculation of polarizability and second hyperpolarizability of two-electron systems

Manoj K. Harbola and Arup Banerjee

Phys. Rev. A 54, 283 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Exact solution for a hydrogen atom in a magnetic field of arbitrary strength

Yu. P. Kravchenko, M. A. Liberman, and B. Johansson

Phys. Rev. A 54, 287 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Femtosecond wave-packet propagation in spin-orbit-coupled electronic states of ${}^{39, 39}K_{2}$ and ${}^{39, 41}K_{2}$

Soeren Rutz, Regina de Vivie-Riedle, and Elmar Schreiber

Phys. Rev. A 54, 306 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Optical spectroscopy of high-L n=10 Rydberg states of nitrogen

P. L. Jacobson, R. D. Labelle, W. G. Sturrus, R. F. Ward, Jr., and S. R. Lundeen

Phys. Rev. A 54, 314 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Discrete structure in the 3d photoabsorption spectra of neutral, singly ionized and doubly ionized bromine

Anthony Cummings and Gerry O’Sullivan

Phys. Rev. A 54, 323 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Laser-induced fluorescence measurements of resonance broadening in xenon

R. J. Cedolin, R. K. Hanson, and M. A. Cappelli

Phys. Rev. A 54, 335 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Convergence behavior of multireference perturbation theory: Forced degeneracy and optimization partitioning applied to the beryllium atom

James P. Finley, Rajat K. Chaudhuri, and Karl F. Freed

Phys. Rev. A 54, 343 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Positronium formation in positron–alkali-metal-atom collisions: An optical potential approach

Franco A. Gianturco and Raffaello Melissa

Phys. Rev. A 54, 357 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Finite-element calculations for the three-body Coulomb problem with two equal masses

J. Ackermann and J. Shertzer

Phys. Rev. A 54, 365 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Energies and radiative and nonradiative decay rates of doubly excited 3 ${lnl}^{'}$ and 4 ${lnl}^{'}$ (n⩾4) states in ${Ne}^{8 +}$

H. Merabet, G. Cremer, F. Frémont, J.-Y. Chesnel, and N. Stolterfoht

Phys. Rev. A 54, 372 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

X-ray resonant scattering involving dissociative states

Faris Gelmukhanov and Hans Ågren

Phys. Rev. A 54, 379 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Adiabatic hyperspherical study of the helium trimer

B. D. Esry, C. D. Lin, and Chris H. Greene

Phys. Rev. A 54, 394 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Collisional broadening and shifting parameters of the Raman Q branch of $H_{2}$ perturbed by $N_{2}$ determined from speed-dependent line profiles at high temperatures

P. M. Sinclair, J. Ph. Berger, X. Michaut, R. Saint-Loup, R. Chaux, H. Berger, J. Bonamy, and D. Robert

Phys. Rev. A 54, 402 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Stochastic realization shift in the ground-state hyperfine transition of an alkali-metal vapor

J. C. Camparo

Phys. Rev. A 54, 410 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Symmetry of approximate Hamiltonians generated in Birkhoff-Gustavson normal form

Karl Sohlberg and Randall B. Shirts

Phys. Rev. A 54, 416 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Single-electron capture by hydrogen atoms and helium ions from helium atoms

Ivan Mančev

Phys. Rev. A 54, 423 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Electron-impact cross sections involving electronically excited states in $H_{2}$ molecules: B $^{1}$ $Σ_{u}^{+}$ →I $^{1}$ $Π_{g}$ transition

R. Celiberto, M. Capitelli, N. Durante, and U. T. Lamanna

Phys. Rev. A 54, 432 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Triply differential cross section for ionization in ion-atom collisions

G. Gasaneo, W. Cravero, M. D. Sánchez, and C. R. Garibotti

Phys. Rev. A 54, 439 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Contribution of excitation autoionization to the electron-impact ionization of ${Ar}^{7 +}$

Huaguo Teng and Zhizhan Xu

Phys. Rev. A 54, 444 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Diffusion of barium atoms in the 6s5d $^{3}$ $D_{J}$ metastable levels and the 6 $s^{2}$ $^{1}$ $S_{0}$ ground state through noble-gas perturbers

R. K. Namiotka, E. Ehrlacher, J. Sagle, M. Brewer, D. J. Namiotka, A. P. Hickman, A. D. Streater, and J. Huennekens

Phys. Rev. A 54, 449 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Measurement of the contributions of high-n satellite lines to the Kβ lines of He-like ${Ar}^{16 +}$

A. J. Smith, P. Beiersdorfer, V. Decaux, K. Widmann, K. J. Reed, and M. H. Chen

Phys. Rev. A 54, 462 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Calculation of the electron-proton scattering cross sections in a strongly magnetized plasma

P. Neugebauer, H. Riffert, H. Herold, and H. Ruder

Phys. Rev. A 54, 467 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Mean lifetime measurements of ${HeH}^{2 +}$ (2pσ) isotopes

I. Ben-Itzhak, J. P. Bouhnik, B. D. Esry, I. Gertner, O. Heber, and B. Rosner

Phys. Rev. A 54, 474 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Azimuthal asymmetry in elastic electron scattering by polarized 3P sodium atoms

Z. Shi, C. H. Ying, and L. Vušković

Phys. Rev. A 54, 480 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Evolution from spectator to normal Auger lines through the thresholds observed in the Ca 3p excitation region

K. Ueda, J. B. West, N. M. Kabachnik, Y. Sato, K. J. Ross, H. J. Beyer, H. Hamdy, and H. Kleinpoppen

Phys. Rev. A 54, 490 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Collinear electron–helium-ion collisions: Chaotic scattering dominated by triple-collision orbits

Xiaodong Tang, Yan Gu, and Jian-Min Yuan

Phys. Rev. A 54, 496 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Single- and double-electron loss of $H^{-}$ in collisions with ${SF}_{6}$ , ${CH}_{4}$ , and CO

I. Domínguez, J. de Urquijo, C. Cisneros, H. Martínez, and I. Alvarez

Phys. Rev. A 54, 506 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Polarization studies of rare-gas resonance radiation: Argon, krypton, and xenon

C. Norén, W. L. Karras, J. W. McConkey, and P. Hammond

Phys. Rev. A 54, 510 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Branching and anisotropy of barrier tunneling and fluorescent decay in $H_{2}$ . I. Experiment

E. R. Wouters, L. D. A. Siebbeles, P. C. Schuddeboom, B. R. Chalamala, and W. J. van der Zande

Phys. Rev. A 54, 522 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Branching and anisotropy of barrier tunneling and fluorescent decay in $H_{2}$ . II. Theory

L. D. A. Siebbeles, E. R. Wouters, and W. J. van der Zande

Phys. Rev. A 54, 531 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Hyperspherical theory of three-particle fragmentation and Wannier’s threshold law

J. H. Macek and S. Yu. Ovchinnikov

Phys. Rev. A 54, 544 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Two-dimensional R-matrix propagator: Application to electron-hydrogen scattering

K. M. Dunseath, M. Le Dourneuf, M. Terao-Dunseath, and J.-M. Launay

Phys. Rev. A 54, 561 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Quasiclassical-trajectory Monte Carlo methods for collisions with two-electron atoms

James S. Cohen

Phys. Rev. A 54, 573 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Electron-impact single ionization of low-charged molybdenum ions

D. Hathiramani, K. Aichele, G. Hofmann, M. Steidl, M. Stenke, R. Völpel, E. Salzborn, M. S. Pindzola, J. A. Shaw, D. C. Griffin, and N. R. Badnell

Phys. Rev. A 54, 587 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Numerical solution of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation for intermediate-energy collisions of antiprotons with hydrogen

J. C. Wells, D. R. Schultz, P. Gavras, and M. S. Pindzola

Phys. Rev. A 54, 593 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Angular anisotropy of the Kr 3 $d_{3 / 2, 5 / 2}^{- 1}$ 5p→4 $p^{- 2}$ 5p resonant Auger decay studied by utilizing the Auger resonant Raman effect

H. Aksela, J. Jauhiainen, E. Nõmmiste, S. Aksela, S. Sundin, A. Ausmees, and S. Svensson

Phys. Rev. A 54, 605 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Consistency test of double ionization of helium by photons and charged particles

J. Wang, J. H. McGuire, J. Burgdörfer, and Y. Qiu

Phys. Rev. A 54, 613 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

The $L_{γ 1, 5}$ , $L_{γ 2, 3, (6)}$ , $L_{γ_{4}}$ , and Lα x-ray fluorescence cross sections for the elements with 71⩽Z⩽83 at 22.6 keV

Sanjiv Puri, D. Mehta, Nirmal Singh, and P. N. Trehan

Phys. Rev. A 54, 617 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces

Dielectronic recombination and energy loss for He-like ${}^{79}{Br}$ ions channeled in a thin single crystal of Si

J. U. Andersen, J. Chevallier, G. C. Ball, W. G. Davies, J. S. Forster, J. S. Geiger, J. A. Davies, H. Geissel, and E. P. Kanter

Phys. Rev. A 54, 624 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Energy loss of ions moving near a solid surface

You-Nian Wang and W.-K. Liu

Phys. Rev. A 54, 636 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Projectile velocity and target temperature dependence of charge-state distributions of multicharged ions scattered during grazing interactions with a Au(110) surface

Q. Yan, D. M. Zehner, F. W. Meyer, and S. Schippers

Phys. Rev. A 54, 641 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Clusters (including fullerenes)

Theoretical studies of electronic excited states for ${Na}_{3}$

Pei-Hong Zhang and Jia-Ming Li

Phys. Rev. A 54, 665 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

3n+l quantum number in the cluster problem

Erik Koch

Phys. Rev. A 54, 670 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

Quantum-statistical enhancement of spontaneous emission in velocity-selective coherent population trapping: Mean-field calculations

Martin Naraschewski, Hartmut Wallis, and Axel Schenzle

Phys. Rev. A 54, 677 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Influence of resonant pulse propagation on collision-induced stimulated effects in the $S_{1 / 2}$ - $P_{1 / 2, 3 / 2}$ system

J. Czub, J. Fiutak, and W. Miklaszewski

Phys. Rev. A 54, 746 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Propagation of laser pulses and coherent population transfer in dissipative three-level systems: An adiabatic dressed-state picture

Michael Fleischhauer and Aaron S. Manka

Phys. Rev. A 54, 794 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

BRIEF REPORTS

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Convexity and the translational-invariance constraint on the exchange-correlation functional

Daniel Joubert and Mel Levy

Phys. Rev. A 54, 961 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Diffusion quantum Monte Carlo calculation of the binding energy of positronium hydroxide

Takashi Yoshida, Gensho Miyako, Nan Jiang, and D. M. Schrader

Phys. Rev. A 54, 964 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

Relaxation and generation of hyperfine coherences in an optically pumped heavy-alkali-metal vapor undergoing double-resonance excitation

J. A. Vallés and J. M. Alvarez

Phys. Rev. A 54, 977 (1996) - Published 1 July, 1996

Volume 54, Issue 1

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

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

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