Volume 55, Issue 3

March 1997

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Fundamental concepts

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Quantum-state estimation

Z. Hradil

Phys. Rev. A 55, R1561(R) (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Kinematical bounds on evolution and optimization of mixed quantum states

M. D. Girardeau, M. Ina, S. Schirmer, and T. Gulsrud

Phys. Rev. A 55, R1565(R) (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Precise determination of the dipole matrix element and radiative lifetime of the ${}^{39}K$ 4p state by photoassociative spectroscopy

H. Wang, J. Li, X. T. Wang, C. J. Williams, P. L. Gould, and W. C. Stwalley

Phys. Rev. A 55, R1569(R) (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Hidden crossing nature of nonadiabatic coupling between quasiresonant one-electron molecular states

R. K. Janev

Phys. Rev. A 55, R1573(R) (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Electrostatic bottle for long-time storage of fast ion beams

D. Zajfman, O. Heber, L. Vejby-Christensen, I. Ben-Itzhak, M. Rappaport, R. Fishman, and M. Dahan

Phys. Rev. A 55, R1577(R) (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Matter waves

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Low-energy excitations of trapped Bose condensates

L. You, W. Hoston, and M. Lewenstein

Phys. Rev. A 55, R1581(R) (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Secular motion of three-dimensional Rydberg states in a microwave field

Andreas Buchleitner and Dominique Delande

Phys. Rev. A 55, R1585(R) (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Role of collisions in creation of overlapping Bose condensates

S. J. J. M. F. Kokkelmans, H. M. J. M. Boesten, and B. J. Verhaar

Phys. Rev. A 55, R1589(R) (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Ultrahigh harmonic generation from diatomic molecular ions in highly excited vibrational states

Pablo Moreno, Luis Plaja, and Luis Roso

Phys. Rev. A 55, R1593(R) (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

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Resonant cooling in position-dependent magnetic fields

J. De Luca, R. Napolitano, and V. S. Bagnato

Phys. Rev. A 55, R1597(R) (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Quantum optics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Amplification of laser beams propagating through a collectionof strongly driven, Doppler-broadened two-level atoms

William J. Brown, Jeff R. Gardner, Daniel J. Gauthier, and R. Vilaseca

Phys. Rev. A 55, R1601(R) (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Atoms as nonlinear mixers for detection of quantum correlations at ultrahigh frequencies

N. Ph. Georgiades, E. S. Polzik, and H. J. Kimble

Phys. Rev. A 55, R1605(R) (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Ultrafast photon-number correlations from dual-pulse, phase-averaged homodyne detection

D. F. McAlister and M. G. Raymer

Phys. Rev. A 55, R1609(R) (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

ARTICLES

Fundamental concepts

Capacity of the noisy quantum channel

Seth Lloyd

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1613 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Electromagnetic field quantization in amplifying dielectrics

Reza Matloob, Rodney Loudon, Maurizio Artoni, Stephen M. Barnett, and John Jeffers

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1623 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Reduced control dynamics for complex quantum systems

Jair Botina and Herschel Rabitz

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1634 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Violation of Bell's inequality in a driven three-level cascade atomic system

Nadeem A. Ansari

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1639 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Cerenkov effect and the Lorentz contraction

Miroslav Pardy

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1647 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Quantum adiabatic approximation and the geometric phase

Ali Mostafazadeh

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1653 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Quantum-state diffusion model and the driven damped nonlinear oscillator

M. Rigo, G. Alber, F. Mota-Furtado, and P. F. O'Mahony

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1665 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Transition form factor of the hydrogen Rydberg atom

I. Bersons and A. Kulsh

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1674 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Nonclassical states and measurement of general motional observables of a trapped ion

S. A. Gardiner, J. I. Cirac, and P. Zoller

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1683 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Information and metrics in Hilbert space

M. Raviculé, M. Casas, and A. Plastino

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1695 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Quantum prediction algorithms

Adrian Kent and Jim McElwaine

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1703 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Collective observables and enhanced violation of Bell's inequality

Anthony Chefles and Stephen M. Barnett

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1721 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Dynamical localization: Hydrogen atoms in magnetic and microwave fields

Francesco Benvenuto, Giulio Casati, and Dima L. Shepelyansky

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1732 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Limits on the monopole polarization magnetic field from measurements of the electric dipole moments of atoms, molecules, and the neutron

V. V. Flambaum

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1736 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Hydrogen atom in a magnetic field: Ghost orbits, catastrophes, and uniform semiclassical approximations

Jörg Main and Günter Wunner

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1743 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

All-electron $X_{α}$ self-consistent-field calculations of relativistic effects in the molecular properties of ${Tl}_{2}$ , ${fPb}_{2}$ , and ${Bi}_{2}$ molecules

T. Ba̧stŭg, K. Rashid, W.-D. Sepp, D. Kolb, and B. Fricke

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1760 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Critical assessment of the self-interaction-corrected–local-density-functional method and its algorithmic implementation

S. Goedecker and C. J. Umrigar

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1765 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Configuration-interaction calculations with infinite angular expansions

S. P. Goldman and T. Glickman

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1772 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Upper bounds to the eigenvalues of the no-pair Hamiltonian

Rocio Jáuregui, Carlos F. Bunge, and Eugenio Ley-Koo

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1781 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Theoretical study of the negative ions of boron, aluminum, gallium, indium, and thallium

W. P. Wijesundera

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1785 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Expansions of density functionals in terms of homogeneous functionals:Justification and nonlocal representation of the kinetic energy, exchange energy,and classical Coulomb repulsion energy for atoms

Shubin Liu and Robert G. Parr

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1792 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Absolute generalized oscillator strengths for the vibronic bands of $A^{1}$ Π, $B^{1}$ $Σ^{+}$ , $C^{1}$ $Σ^{+}$ , and $E^{1}$ Π transitions of carbon monoxide

Z. P. Zhong, R. F. Feng, K. Z. Xu, S. L. Wu, L. F. Zhu, X. J. Zhang, Q. Ji, and Q. C. Shi

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1799 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Spectroscopic study of lithiumlike carbon by dielectronic recombination of a stored ion beam

S. Mannervik, S. Asp, L. Broström, D. R. DeWitt, J. Lidberg, R. Schuch, and K. T. Chung

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1810 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Analytic evaluation of three-electron atomic integrals with Slater wave functions

Frank E. Harris

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1820 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Kr spectra from an electron-beam ion trap: 300 nm to 460 nm

F. G. Serpa, E. W. Bell, E. S. Meyer, J. D. Gillaspy, and J. R. Roberts

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1832 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Determination of radiative lifetimes of neutral sulfur by time-resolved vacuum-ultraviolet laser spectroscopy

U. Berzinsh, Luo Caiyan, R. Zerne, S. Svanberg, and E. Biémont

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1836 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Relativistic, retardation, and radiative corrections in Rydberg states of lithium

A. K. Bhatia and Richard J. Drachman

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1842 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Physical interpretation of density-functional theory and of its representation of the Hartree-Fock and Hartree theories

Viraht Sahni

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1846 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Radiative corrections in atomic physics in the presence of perturbing potentials

S. A. Blundell, K. T. Cheng, and J. Sapirstein

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1857 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Lamb shift measurement in the ${1 t}^{1}$ S ground state of helium

K. S. E. Eikema, W. Ubachs, W. Vassen, and W. Hogervorst

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1866 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Line-integral formulas for exchange and correlation potentials separately

Mel Levy and Norman H. March

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1885 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Emission cross sections for electron-impact-induced line radiation in the vuv from Ne, Ar, and Kr: Measurements and comparison with theory

Wolfgang Jans, Bernd Möbus, Michael Kühne, Gerhard Ulm, Andreas Werner, and Karl-Heinz Schartner

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1890 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Femtosecond time-resolved observation of above-threshold ionization in ${Na}_{2}$

A. Assion, T. Baumert, J. Helbing, V. Seyfried, and G. Gerber

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1899 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Evidence for a metastable state of the fundamental dianion $H^{2 -}$

T. Sommerfeld, U. V. Riss, H.-D. Meyer, and L. S. Cederbaum

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1903 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Photon-emission studies of slow $C^{4 +}$ -Ne collisions

M.O. Larsson, A. Wännström, M. Wang, A. Arnesen, F. Heijkenskjöld, A. Langereis, B. Nyström, R.W. McCullough, and H. Cederquist

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1911 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Vacuum-ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy of laser-excited aligned Ca atomsin the 3p-3d resonance region

M. Wedowski, K. Godehusen, F. Weisbarth, P. Zimmermann, M. Martins, Th. Dohrmann, A. von dem Borne, B. Sonntag, and A. N. Grum-Grzhimailo

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1922 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Calculation of rotationally inelastic processes in electron collisions with ${CO}_{2}$ smolecules

F. A. Gianturco and T. Stoecklin

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1937 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Medium modification of two-particle scattering in nonideal Bose systems

H. Stein, K. Morawetz, and G. Röpke

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1945 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Radiative double-electron capture in collisions of fast heavy ions with solid carbon targets

V. L. Yakhontov and M. Ya. Amusia

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1952 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Electron-impact excitation from metastable helium: ${2 t}^{1, 3}$ S→ ${nt}^{1, 3}$ L (L=0, 1, 2; n=2,…,∞)

D. C. Cartwright and G. Csanak

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1962 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Triple differential cross sections for electron-impact ionization of ${He}^{+}$ s

Xingfu Jia, Qicun Shi, Zhangjin Chen, Ji Chen, and Kezun Xu

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1971 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Nonresonant transfer excitation mode in $S^{15 +}$ +H collisions

A. Zerarka

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1976 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Electron-ion recombination of FetII

Sultana N. Nahar

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1980 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Projectile-energy dependence of H-like Ar Lyman-α emission in solids

R. L. Watson, V. Horvat, and J. M. Blackadar

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1988 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Correlated scattering states of N-body Coulomb systems

Jamal Berakdar

Phys. Rev. A 55, 1994 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Accurate evaluation of multiple-excitation cross sections from one-electron amplitudes

F. Martín and A. Salin

Phys. Rev. A 55, 2004 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Projectile charge-state dependence of transfer ionization to single capture ratio in collisions of multiply charged ions with He

E. C. Montenegro, K. L. Wong, W. Wu, P. Richard, I. Ben-Itzhak, C. L. Cocke, R. Moshammer, J. P. Giese, Y. D. Wang, and C. D. Lin

Phys. Rev. A 55, 2009 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Determination of scattering phase shifts via the generalized unitarity theoremfor spin-orbit interactions

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

Phys. Rev. A 55, 2015 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Threshold law for ionization cross sections in the Temkin-Poet model

J. H. Macek and W. Ihra

Phys. Rev. A 55, 2024 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

High-resolution threshold photodetachment spectroscopy of ${OH}^{-}$

Jim R. Smith, Joseph B. Kim, and W. C. Lineberger

Phys. Rev. A 55, 2036 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Resonance interference and absolute cross sections in near-threshold electron-impact excitationof the ${3 s}^{2}$ $t^{1}$ S→ ${3 s 3 p t}^{3}$ P and ${3 s}^{2}$ $t^{1}$ S→ ${3 s 3 p t}^{1}$ P transitions in ${Ar}^{6 +}$

Y-S. Chung, N. Djuric-acute, B. Wallbank, G. H. Dunn, M. E. Bannister, and A. C. H. Smith

Phys. Rev. A 55, 2044 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Variation of the angular anisotropy in resonant Auger decay along the Mg 2p→nl excitations

U. Hergenhahn, S. B. Whitfield, J. Tulkki, F. Heiser, N. M. Kabachnik, B. Langer, and U. Becker

Phys. Rev. A 55, 2050 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Three-body dispersion coefficients for alkali-metal atoms

Mircea Marinescu and Anthony F. Starace

Phys. Rev. A 55, 2067 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces

Velocity dependence of the K Auger deexcitation of $O^{7 +}$ projectiles impinging on solid Cu(111) at 51 and 102 keV

A. Saal, L. Aberle, R. Page, J. Thomaschewski, J. Bleck-Neuhaus, M. Grether, and A. Spieler

Phys. Rev. A 55, 2075 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Electronic energy loss of helium ions in aluminum

Neng-ping Wang and Istvan Nagy

Phys. Rev. A 55, 2083 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Consistent calculation of the stopping power for slow ions in two-dimensional electron gases

You-Nian Wang and Teng-Cai Ma

Phys. Rev. A 55, 2087 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Coulomb explosion of 173-MeV ${HeH}^{+}$ ions traversing carbon foils

M. P. Carpenter, R. W. Dunford, D. S. Gemmell, T. Graber, R. V. F. Janssens, E. P. Kanter, J. A. Nolen, and Z. Vager

Phys. Rev. A 55, 2090 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Above-surface neutralization of slow highly charged ions in front of ionic crystals

Lotten Hägg, Carlos O. Reinhold, and Joachim Burgdörfer

Phys. Rev. A 55, 2097 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

Numerical studies of the dynamics of multiphoton processes with arbitrary field polarization: Methodological considerations

Etienne Huens, Bernard Piraux, Alejandro Bugacov, and Mariusz Gajda

Phys. Rev. A 55, 2132 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Stabilization against ionization via high-Rydberg states

A. Wójcik, R. Parzyn-acuteski, and A. Grudka

Phys. Rev. A 55, 2144 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Atomic coherence effects in four-level systems: Doppler-free absorption within an electromagnetically-induced-transparency window

S. N. Sandhya and K. K. Sharma

Phys. Rev. A 55, 2155 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

BRIEF REPORTS

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Expected strong angular dependence of multi-ionization cross sections of diatomic molecules

C. Caraby, A. Cassimi, L. Adoui, and J. P. Grandin

Phys. Rev. A 55, 2450 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Matter waves

Rotational properties of trapped bosons

F. Brosens, J. T. Devreese, and L. F. Lemmens

Phys. Rev. A 55, 2453 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

Physical picture for spontaneous-emission cancellation

G. S. Agarwal

Phys. Rev. A 55, 2457 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

Steady-state behavior in atomic three-level Λ and ladder systems with incoherent population pumping

M. Blaauboer

Phys. Rev. A 55, 2459 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997

ERRATA

Erratum: Stationary coupled-cluster approaches to molecular properties: A comparative study [Phys. Rev A 54, 250 (1996)]

Phys. Rev. A 55, 2482 (1997) - Published 1 March, 1997