Volume 56, Issue 3

P. E. Knowles, G. A. Beer, G. R. Mason, T. A. Porcelli, A. Adamczak, J. M. Bailey, J. L. Beveridge, G. M. Marshall, A. Olin, M. C. Fujiwara, T. M. Huber, R. Jacot-Guillarmod, F. Mulhauser, P. Kammel, J. Zmeskal, S. K. Kim, A. R. Kunselman, C. J. Martoff, and C. Petitjean

Phys. Rev. A 56, 1970 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Calculation of the $(e, 2 e)$ differential cross sections in the vicinity of autoionizing states for the electron-impact ionization of cadmium

D. H. Madison, V. D. Kravtsov, J. B. Dent, and M. Wilson

Phys. Rev. A 56, 1983 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

$L$ -shell resonant transfer excitation in ${Cu}^{q +} + H_{2}$ $(q = 18, 19)$ collisions

P. A. Závodszky, J. A. Wroblewski, S. M. Ferguson, T. W. Gorczyca, J. H. Houck, O. Woitke, J. A. Tanis, and N. R. Badnell

Phys. Rev. A 56, 1989 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Time-dependent and time-independent close-coupling methods for the electron-impact ionization of ${Be}^{+}$

M. S. Pindzola, F. Robicheaux, N. R. Badnell, and T. W. Gorczyca

Phys. Rev. A 56, 1994 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Velocity-space pictures of continuum electrons produced by slow, bare, highly charged ions

M. Abdallah, S. Kravis, C. L. Cocke, Y. Wang, V. D. Rodriguez, and M. Stöckli

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2000 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Theoretical investigation of barium-helium collisions. I. The adiabatic potential curves

J. Brust and Chris H. Greene

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2005 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Theoretical investigation of barium-helium collisions. II. The excitation transfer cross sections

J. Brust and Chris H. Greene

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2013 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Electron detachment of $H^{-}$ in collision with ${Ne}^{4 +}$ and ${Ar}^{4 +}$ ions

J. T. Lin, T. F. Jiang, J. Y. Kuang, and C. D. Lin

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2020 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

HgIn photoassociation, bound-bound transitions, and excimer emission

P. Bicchi, C. Marinelli, and R. A. Bernheim

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2025 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces

Surface effects in the energy loss of ions passing through a thin foil

J. Osma and F. J. García de Abajo

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2032 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Matter waves

Critical temperature of a trapped Bose gas: Mean-field theory and fluctuations

M. Houbiers, H. T. C. Stoof, and E. A. Cornell

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2041 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Spontaneous photon emission stimulated by two Bose-Einstein condensates

C. M. Savage, Janne Ruostekoski, and Dan F. Walls

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2046 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Accelerated guided atomic pulse

S. Dyrting, Weiping Zhang, and B. C. Sanders

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2051 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Lorentz-Lorenz shift in a Bose-Einstein condensate

Janne Ruostekoski and Juha Javanainen

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2056 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Mean field for a dilute Bose gas in the light field of an evanescent wave

H. Wallis

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2060 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Defining the (atom) laser

H. M. Wiseman

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2068 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Three-beam atom interferometer

H. Hinderthür, A. Pautz, V. Rieger, F. Ruschewitz, J. L. Peng, K. Sengstock, and W. Ertmer

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2085 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

Spin-rotation interaction of alkali-metal–He-atom pairs

Thad G. Walker, Joseph H. Thywissen, and William Happer

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2090 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Polarization-dependent $Mg {(3 p}^{1} P_{1} \to {5 s}^{1} S_{0},$ $4 d^{1} D_{2})$ –rare-gas-atom excited-state optical collisions: Experiment and theory

R. A. Lasell, B. S. Bayram, M. D. Havey, D. V. Kupriyanov, and S. V. Subbotin

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2095 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Atomic transport on one-dimensional optical lattices

W. Greenwood, P. Pax, and P. Meystre

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2109 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Dynamics of high-angular-momentum velocity-selective coherent population trapping

Chiara Menotti, Peter Horak, Helmut Ritsch, Jörg H. Müller, and Ennio Arimondo

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2123 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

One-dimensional model for coherent control

Stephanie B. Staley and Chris H. Greene

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2132 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Tunnel ionization of $H_{2}$ in a low-frequency laser field: A wave-packet approach

T.-T. Nguyen-Dang, F. Cha⁁teauneuf, S. Manoli, O. Atabek, and A. Keller

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2142 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Dissociation of $H_{2}^{+}$ and $D_{2}^{+}$ in an intense laser field

J. Ludwig, H. Rottke, and W. Sandner

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2168 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Appearance and structure of multiply charged negative ions of hydrogen in intense circularly polarized laser fields

Ernst van Duijn and H. G. Muller

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2182 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Multiply charged negative ions of hydrogen in linearly polarized laser fields

Ernst van Duijn and H. G. Muller

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2192 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Limitations on quantum ladder climbing in complex systems

R. B. Vrijen, D. I. Duncan, and L. D. Noordam

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2205 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Quantum optics

Cavity quantum electrodynamics for a cylinder: Inside a hollow dielectric and near a solid dielectric cylinder

H. Nha and W. Jhe

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2213 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Electromagnetically induced transparency in cold free atoms: Test of a sum rule for nonlinear optics

F. S. Cataliotti, C. Fort, T. W. Hänsch, M. Inguscio, and M. Prevedelli

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2221 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Effects of transverse profile of probe and driving fields on the gain in a Raman-driven four-level system

Han-Zhuang Zhang and Jin-Yue Gao

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2225 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Hanbury-Brown-Twiss interferometry for sonoluminescence bubble

Y. Hama, T. Kodama, and Sandra S. Padula

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2233 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Pattern dynamics in a large Fresnel number laser close to threshold

A. Labate, M. Ciofini, R. Meucci, S. Boccaletti, and F. T. Arecchi

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2237 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Cavity-induced modifications of quantum jumps

J. von Zanthier, G. S. Agarwal, and H. Walther

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2242 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Atomic Schrödinger cat states

G. S. Agarwal, R. R. Puri, and R. P. Singh

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2249 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Theory of laser-amplifier linear gain

J. Jahanpanah and R. Loudon

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2255 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Spectral line shape of nonresonant four-wave mixing in Markovian stochastic fields

R. Bratfalean and P. Ewart

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2267 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Electromagnetically induced transparency with coherent and stochastic fields

A. G. Kofman

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2280 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Solitary waves and atomic population transfer via the continuum

F. T. Hioe and C. E. Carroll

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2292 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Theory of spontaneous emission in an optical cavity

Ichiro Takahashi and Kikuo Ujihara

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2299 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Vacuum Rabi splitting of energy levels in a strongly coupled system of a two-level atom and dielectric microsphere

V. V. Klimov, V. S. Letokhov, and M. Ducloy

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2308 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Reconstruction of engineered atomic wave functions via phase-dependent population measurements

Xin Chen and John A. Yeazell

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2316 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Light-shift-induced level crossing and resonatorless optical bistability in sodium vapor

T. Ackemann, A. Heuer, Yu. A. Logvin, and W. Lange

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2321 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Polarization switching in an anisotropic cavity coherently pumped $J = 1 \to J^{'} = 0$ laser

C. Serrat, R. Vilaseca, G. J. de Valcárcel, and E. Roldán

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2327 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Stochastic wave-function approach to the calculation of multitime correlation functions of open quantum systems

Heinz-Peter Breuer, Bernd Kappler, and Francesco Petruccione

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2334 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Cavity QED with cold trapped ions

V. Bužek, G. Drobný, M. S. Kim, G. Adam, and P. L. Knight

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2352 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Noise at the turn-on of a class- $B$ laser

G. L. Lippi, L. M. Hoffer, and G. P. Puccioni

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2361 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Micromaser with injected atomic phase

Rebecca R. McGowan and William C. Schieve

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2373 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Optical resonator with steep internal dispersion

G. Müller, M. Müller, A. Wicht, R.-H. Rinkleff, and K. Danzmann

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2385 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Generation and properties of collective atomic Schrödinger-cat states

Christopher C. Gerry and Rainer Grobe

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2390 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Transverse patterns in a laser with an injected signal

Stefano Longhi

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2397 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

BRIEF REPORTS

Fundamental concepts

Correlations in ac Aharonov-Bohm phenomena

A. Vourdas

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2408 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Variational supersymmetric WKB approximation

Chun-Hui Miao and Shang-Wu Qian

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2412 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Bare Coulomb field: Explicit solution

Eugene S. Kryachko

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2415 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Ground state of positronium hydride

Alexei M. Frolov and Vedene H. Smith, , Jr.

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2417 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Beam-laser measurements of the lifetimes of the $6 p$ levels in Yb II

E. H. Pinnington, G. Rieger, and J. A. Kernahan

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2421 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Relativistic many-body perturbation-theory calculations of transition rates for copperlike, silverlike, and goldlike ions

Hsiang-Shun Chou and W. R. Johnson

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2424 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Relativistic configuration-interaction results for ${Xe}^{32 +}$ , ${Ba}^{34 +}$ , ${Nd}^{38 +}$ , and ${Gd}^{42 +}$ “ $^{5} D$ ” $J = 2$ to $J = 3$ energy differences

Donald R. Beck

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2428 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Non-partial-wave Coulomb-Born theory for the excitation of many-electron atomic ions

Yun-Bo Duan, Li Wang, Wen-Jia Qian, and Takaichi Kawamura

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2431 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Hyperspherical close-coupling calculation of electron-hydrogen scattering cross sections

Ming-Keh Chen, C. D. Lin, and J. Z. Tang

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2435 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces

Higher harmonic generation at metal surfaces by powerful bichromatic laser fields

S. Varró and F. Ehlotzky

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2439 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

Effective two-level model for a three-level atom in the Ξ configuration

Ying Wu and Xiaoxue Yang

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2443 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Shifted channel wave numbers in approximate Floquet calculations

H. C. Day, A. S. Fearnside, and R. M. Potvliege

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2447 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Spin-flip transitions in a magnetic trap

C. V. Sukumar and D. M. Brink

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2451 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Spatial alignment of gas-phase polyatomic molecules by an intense laser field

V. R. Bhardwaj, K. Vijayalakshmi, and D. Mathur

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2455 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Classical model for high-field ionization suppression in a short-range potential

A. T. Rosenberger, C. C. Sung, S. D. Pethel, and C. M. Bowden

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2459 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Quantum optics

Quantum and classical radiation from the surface of a sonoluminescent bubble

R. Esquivel-Sirvent, R. Jáuregui, and C. Villarreal

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2463 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Atomic localization in the presence of optical feedback

Stefano Mancini and Paolo Tombesi

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2466 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Interaction of a moving two-level atom with a single-mode quantized cavity field

Bimalendu Deb and Surajit Sen

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2470 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Dynamical algebraic connection between the Stark and Kerr effects

J. L. Gruver and J. Aliaga

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2473 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

Dispersion cancellation and quantum eraser experiments analyzed in the Wigner function formalism

Alberto Casado, Agustin Fernandez-Rueda, Trevor W. Marshall, Ramon Risco-Delgado, and Emilio Santos

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2477 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997

COMMENTS

Reply to “Comment on ‘Cyclic quantum-evolution dependence on the Hamiltonian and geometrical phase’ ”

Lian-Ao Wu

Phys. Rev. A 56, 2481 (1997) - Published 1 September, 1997