Volume 56, Issue 5

November 1997

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Fundamental concepts

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Thermodynamics and the measure of entanglement

Sandu Popescu and Daniel Rohrlich

Phys. Rev. A 56, R3319(R) (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

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Coherent states for the hydrogen atom

Pushan Majumdar and H. S. Sharatchandra

Phys. Rev. A 56, R3322(R) (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Enhancement of the electric dipole moment of the electron in the BaF molecule

M. G. Kozlov, A. V. Titov, N. S. Mosyagin, and P. V. Souchko

Phys. Rev. A 56, R3326(R) (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

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Photoionization of lithium below the ${Li}^{+}$ $1 s 2 s$ $^{3} S$ threshold

Kwong T. Chung

Phys. Rev. A 56, R3330(R) (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Spectra of light emitted during slow ion-atom collisions

Herbert F. M. DaCosta, David A. Micha, and Keith Runge

Phys. Rev. A 56, R3334(R) (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Fluorination effects in electron scatterings from ${CH}_{4},$ ${CH}_{3} F_{1}$ , ${CH}_{2} F_{2},$ ${CH}_{1} F_{3},$ and ${CF}_{4}$

H. Tanaka, T. Masai, M. Kimura, T. Nishimura, and Y. Itikawa

Phys. Rev. A 56, R3338(R) (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Assignment of fine structure in the HBr absorption spectrum at the Br $3 d \to$ Rydberg resonances using the Auger resonant Raman effect

Y. F. Hu, G. M. Bancroft, J. Karvonen, E. Nommiste, A. Kivimaki, H. Aksela, S. Aksela, and Z. F. Liu

Phys. Rev. A 56, R3342(R) (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Matter waves

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Low-energy elementary excitations of a trapped Bose-condensed gas

P. Öhberg, E. L. Surkov, I. Tittonen, S. Stenholm, M. Wilkens, and G. V. Shlyapnikov

Phys. Rev. A 56, R3346(R) (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

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Quantum reflection from an atomic mirror

B. Segev, R. Co⁁té, and M. G. Raizen

Phys. Rev. A 56, R3350(R) (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

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Stimulated focusing and deflection of an atomic beam using picosecond laser pulses

A. Goepfert, I. Bloch, D. Haubrich, F. Lison, R. Schütze, R. Wynands, and D. Meschede

Phys. Rev. A 56, R3354(R) (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

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Pulsed field ionization of Rydberg atoms

F. Robicheaux

Phys. Rev. A 56, R3358(R) (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Quantum optics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Electromagnetically induced transparency in atoms with hyperfine structure

Hui Xia, S. J. Sharpe, A. J. Merriam, and S. E. Harris

Phys. Rev. A 56, R3362(R) (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

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Multistable localized structures and superlattices in semiconductor optical resonators

D. Michaelis, U. Peschel, and F. Lederer

Phys. Rev. A 56, R3366(R) (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Statistics of power-dropout events in semiconductor lasers with time-delayed optical feedback

David W. Sukow, Jeff R. Gardner, and Daniel J. Gauthier

Phys. Rev. A 56, R3370(R) (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

ARTICLES

Fundamental concepts

Quantum-mechanical Maxwell’s demon

Seth Lloyd

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3374 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

General theory of the decoherence effect in quantum mechanics

Roland Omnès

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3383 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Analysis of the causal behavior in energy transfer between atoms

E. A. Power and T. Thirunamachandran

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3395 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Classical position probability distribution in stationary and separable quantum systems

Gilbert Reinisch

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3409 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Noncyclic geometric phase, coherent states, and the time-dependent variational principle: Application to coupled electron-nuclear dynamics

Erik Sjöqvist and Magnus Hedström

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3417 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Arrival time in quantum mechanics

V. Delgado and J. G. Muga

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3425 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Duality in potential curve crossing: Application to quantum coherence

Kazuo Fujikawa and Hiroshi Suzuki

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3436 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Quantum copying: A network

V. Bužek, S. L. Braunstein, M. Hillery, and D. Bruß

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3446 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Search for parity nonconservation in atomic dysprosium

A. T. Nguyen, D. Budker, D. DeMille, and M. Zolotorev

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3453 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Phase operators and a special kind of transformation in the Hilbert space of a two-mode boson

Sixia Yu

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3464 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

von Neumann capacity of noisy quantum channels

C. Adami and N. J. Cerf

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3470 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Nonlocality of the original Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen state

O. Cohen

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3484 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Incompatibility between local realism and quantum mechanics for pairs of neutral kaons

F. Selleri

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3493 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Liouville extension of quantum mechanics: One-dimensional gas with δ-function interaction

T. Petrosky and G. Ordonez

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3507 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Vacuum polarization screening corrections to the ground-state energy of two-electron ions

A. N. Artemyev, V. M. Shabaev, and V. A. Yerokhin

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3529 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Calculation of lifetimes of low-lying odd-parity levels of Sm

S. G. Porsev

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3535 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Nearly collisionless sub-Doppler spectroscopy of molecular jets

A. I. Burshtein

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3543 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Low-energy antiproton interaction with helium

W. R. Gibbs

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3553 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Hyperspherical hierarchy of three-electron radial excitations

Toru Morishita, Oleg I. Tolstikhin, Shinichi Watanabe, and Michio Matsuzawa

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3559 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Dipole-dipole collision-induced transport of resonance excitation in a high-density atomic vapor

H. van Kampen, V. A. Sautenkov, A. M. Shalagin, E. R. Eliel, and J. P. Woerdman

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3569 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Radiative corrections in the Zeeman effect of $2^{3} P$ states of helium

Isabel Gonzalo and Emilio Santos

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3576 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Molecular effects on antiproton capture by $H_{2}$ and the states of $\bar{p} p$ formed

James S. Cohen

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3583 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Calculational scheme for exact exchange and correlation potentials based on the equation of motion for density matrix plus the perturbation theory

A. Holas and N. H. March

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3597 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Nonvariational calculation of the hyperfine splitting and other properties of the ground state of the muonic helium atom

R. Krivec and V. B. Mandelzweig

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3614 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Radiative decay of Trojan wave packets

Zofia Bialynicka-Birula and Iwo Bialynicki-Birula

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3623 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Numerical simulation of electronic wave-packet evolution

P. Fassbinder, W. Schweizer, and T. Uzer

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3626 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Doubly excited states of $H^{-}$ in parallel electric and magnetic fields

Y. K. Ho

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3630 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Positron scattering from polar molecules: Rotovibrationally inelastic collisions with CO targets

F. A. Gianturco, T. Mukherjee, and P. Paioletti

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3638 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Comparison of relativistic partial-wave calculations of triply differential electron-atom bremsstrahlung with simpler theories

C. David Shaffer and R. H. Pratt

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3653 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

High-resolution photoelectron spectrometry of autoionizing resonances between the $^{3} P$ and $^{1} D$ thresholds in atomic chlorine

J. Jiménez-Mier, S. J. Schaphorst, C. D. Caldwell, and M. O. Krause

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3659 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Auger decay of the $C 1 s \to 2 π^{*}$ excitation of CO

Shaleen K. Botting and Robert R. Lucchese

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3666 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Dynamic electron correlations in single capture from helium by fast protons

Dž. Belkić, R. Gayet, J. Hanssen, I. Mančev, and A. Nuñez

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3675 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Measurements of positrons from pair production in Coulomb collisions of 33-TeV lead ions with fixed targets

C. R. Vane, S. Datz, E. F. Deveney, P. F. Dittner, H. F. Krause, R. Schuch, H. Gao, and R. Hutton

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3682 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Ab initio study of interelectronic correlations in electron-impact ionization of hydrogen

Daiji Kato and Shinichi Watanabe

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3687 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Projectile charge-state dependence on final-state momentum distributions for single ionization of helium

C. J. Wood, C. R. Feeler, and R. E. Olson

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3701 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Lattice Schrödinger-equation approach for excitation and ionization of ${He}^{+}$ by antiproton impact

D. R. Schultz, J. C. Wells, P. S. Krstić, and C. O. Reinhold

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3710 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Absolute cross sections for near-threshold electron-impact excitation of the ${3 s}^{2}^{1} S \to 3 s 3 p^{1} P$ and ${3 s}^{2}^{1} S \to 3 s 3 p^{3} P$ transitions in ${Si}^{2 +}$

B. Wallbank, N. Djurić, O. Woitke, S. Zhou, G. H. Dunn, A. C. H. Smith, and M. E. Bannister

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3714 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Measurements of absolute photoionization cross sections of the excited $7 d$ and $8 d$ states of cesium

Haruka Maeda and Fumitoshi Ambe

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3719 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Electron-impact-excitation cross sections of lithiumlike ions

V. I. Fisher, Yu. V. Ralchenko, V. A. Bernshtam, A. Goldgirsh, Y. Maron, L. A. Vainshtein, and Igor Bray

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3726 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Postcollision-interaction recapture of photoelectrons and zero-kinetic-energy electron emission: A quantum model

G. Bradley Armen and Jon C. Levin

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3734 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Momentum spectra for single and double electron ionization of He in relativistic collisions

C. J. Wood, R. E. Olson, W. Schmitt, R. Moshammer, and J. Ullrich

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3746 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Calculation of electron-impact excitation from metastable states of the Sr atom

V. Gedeon, V. Lengyel, O. Zatsarinny, and C. A. Kocher

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3753 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Electron-impact excitation for F-like selenium

Chen Guo-xin and Qiu Yu-bo

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3765 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces

Surface stopping

S. Peter Apell, John R. Sabin, and S. B. Trickey

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3769 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Strong shell effects in the scattering of slow highly charged Ar ions from a Au(111) surface

W. Huang, H. Lebius, R. Schuch, M. Grether, and N. Stolterfoht

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3777 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Charge-dependent electronic stopping of swift nonrelativistic heavy ions

Peter Sigmund

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3781 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Formation and filling of hollow Ne atoms below an Al surface

M. Grether, D. Niemann, A. Spieler, and N. Stolterfoht

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3794 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Matter waves

Diffraction of matter waves in space and in time

Časlav Brukner and Anton Zeilinger

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3804 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Atom optical elements for Bose-Einstein condensates

S. Choi and K. Burnett

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3825 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Influence of pumping on the relative phase of twin-trap Bose-Einstein condensates

M. J. Steel and D. F. Walls

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3832 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Collective and single-particle excitations of a trapped Bose gas

F. Dalfovo, S. Giorgini, M. Guilleumas, L. Pitaevskii, and S. Stringari

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3840 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

Mott scattering in strong laser fields

C. Szymanowski, V. Véniard, R. Taïeb, A. Maquet, and C. H. Keitel

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3846 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Ultrafast laser-pulse control for selective excitation of high vibrational states and dissociation of diatomic molecules in an environment

M. V. Korolkov and G. K. Paramonov

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3860 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Methods for the measurement of the duration of high-harmonic pulses

Eric Constant, Vladimir D. Taranukhin, Albert Stolow, and P. B. Corkum

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3870 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Electron-atom ionizing collisions in the presence of a bichromatic laser field

D. B. Milošević and F. Ehlotzky

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3879 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Phase-coherent control of the molecular polar order in polymers using dual-frequency interferences between circularly polarized beams

Anne-Catherine Etilé, Céline Fiorini, Fabrice Charra, and Jean-Michel Nunzi

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3888 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Laser-modified electron correlations and deflection of atoms by laser light

O. Zobay and G. Alber

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3897 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Dynamics of coherent optical pumping in a sodium atomic beam

E. A. Korsunsky, W. Maichen, and L. Windholz

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3908 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Dynamics of an intense laser-driven multiwell system: A model of ionized clusters

S. X. Hu and Z. Z. Xu

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3916 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Eigenvalues of collision operators: Properties and methods of computation

Stanisław Kryszewski and Joanna Gondek

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3923 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Semiclassical theory for the interaction dynamics of laser light and sodium atoms including the hyperfine structure

S. Dangel and R. Holzner

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3937 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Quantum transport of atoms in an optical lattice

P. M. Visser and G. Nienhuis

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3950 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

High-frequency Floquet-theory content of wave-packet dynamics

J. C. Wells, I. Simbotin, and M. Gavrila

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3961 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Linear response of a nonrelativistic hydrogenlike atom to a single-mode radiation field. I. Exact theory: The atomic ground state

Tudor A. Marian

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3974 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Linear response of a nonrelativistic hydrogenlike atom to a single-mode radiation field. II. Electric dipole approximation: General formalism

Tudor A. Marian

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3988 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Parameters for polarization gradients in three-dimensional electromagnetic standing waves

S. A. Hopkins and A. V. Durrant

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4012 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Nonlinear collective oscillations of an ion cloud in a Paul trap

R. Alheit, X. Z. Chu, M. Hoefer, M. Holzki, G. Werth, and R. Blümel

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4023 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Time- and energy-dependent response of Cs in a strong electric field

F. Robicheaux

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4032 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Discrepancies in experiments with cold hydrogen atoms

S. J. J. M. F. Kokkelmans and B. J. Verhaar

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4038 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Time-dependent Floquet theory and absence of an adiabatic limit

Daniel W. Hone, Roland Ketzmerick, and Walter Kohn

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4045 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Trap-loss collisions of $^{85} Rb$ and $^{87} Rb :$ Dependence on trap parameters

S. D. Gensemer, V. Sanchez-Villicana, K. Y. N. Tan, T. T. Grove, and P. L. Gould

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4055 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Quantum optics

Topological charge and angular momentum of light beams carrying optical vortices

M. S. Soskin, V. N. Gorshkov, M. V. Vasnetsov, J. T. Malos, and N. R. Heckenberg

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4064 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Multiple coincidences and the quantum state reconstruction problem

H. Paul, P. Törmä, T. Kiss, and I. Jex

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4076 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Experimental observation of the Risken-Nummedal-Graham-Haken multimode laser instability

E. M. Pessina, G. Bonfrate, F. Fontana, and L. A. Lugiato

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4086 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Linear anisotropies and polarization properties of vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers

M. Travagnin

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4094 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Stochastic and deterministic absorption in single-photon interference experiments

Kayoko Awaya and Makoto Tomita

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4106 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Partial coherence with twin photons

P. H. Souto Ribeiro

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4111 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Core-polarization effects on near-threshold photoionization of Mg

Hisn-Chang Chi

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4118 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Nonlinear amplification of x-ray channeling radiation

H. K. Avetissian, K. Z. Hatsagortsian, G. F. Mkrtchian, and Kh. V. Sedrakian

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4121 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Phase-dependent fluorescence linewidth narrowing in a three-level atom damped by a finite-bandwidth squeezed vacuum

M. R. Ferguson, Z. Ficek, and B. J. Dalton

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4125 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Nonlinear Brewster angle in transmission

T. Dürr, R. Hildebrandt, G. Marowsky, and R. Stolle

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4139 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Quantum theory of the mazer. I. General theory

Georg M. Meyer, Marlan O. Scully, and Herbert Walther

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4142 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Quantum theory of the mazer. II. Extensions and experimental considerations

Markus Löffler, Georg M. Meyer, Michael Schröder, Marlan O. Scully, and Herbert Walther

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4153 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Quantum theory of the mazer. III. Spectrum

Michael Schröder, Karl Vogel, Wolfgang P. Schleich, Marlan O. Scully, and Herbert Walther

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4164 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Preparation of nonclassical states in cavities with a moving mirror

S. Bose, K. Jacobs, and P. L. Knight

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4175 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Robust transmission and reconstruction of fragile optical states

T. C. Ralph

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4187 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Second-harmonic generation and the conservation of orbital angular momentum with high-order Laguerre-Gaussian modes

J. Courtial, K. Dholakia, L. Allen, and M. J. Padgett

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4193 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Decay of excited molecules in absorbing planar cavities

M. S. Tomaš and Z. Lenac

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4197 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Vortex states for the quantized radiation field

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

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4207 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Reflection of light from a disordered medium backed by a phase-conjugating mirror

J. C. J. Paasschens, M. J. M. de Jong, P. W. Brouwer, and C. W. J. Beenakker

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4216 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Investigation of Zn and Cu prepulse plasmas relevant to collisional excitation x-ray lasers

B. Rus, P. Zeitoun, T. Mocek, S. Sebban, M. Kálal, A. Demir, G. Jamelot, A. Klisnick, B. Králiková, J. Skála, and G. J. Tallents

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4229 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Dynamics of short-pulse splitting in dispersive nonlinear media

Marek Trippenbach and Y. B. Band

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4242 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Time-delayed second-harmonic generation in cesium vapor

A. I. Lvovsky and S. R. Hartmann

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4254 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Resonant two-dimensional patterns in optical cavities with a rotated beam

Boris Y. Rubinstein and Len M. Pismen

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4264 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Resonance fluorescence near a photonic band edge: Dressed-state Monte Carlo wave-function approach

Tran Quang and Sajeev John

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4273 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Operational approach for reconstruction of quantum distributions in a preamplified homodyne-detection scheme

Marcelo A. Marchiolli, Salomon S. Mizrahi, and Victor V. Dodonov

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4278 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Well-dressed states for wave-packet dynamics in cavity QED

D. W. Vernooy and H. J. Kimble

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4287 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

BRIEF REPORTS

Fundamental concepts

Energy translation operator

F. Robicheaux

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4296 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Wave functions of a time-dependent harmonic oscillator with and without a singular perturbation

I. A. Pedrosa, G. P. Serra, and I. Guedes

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4300 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Renormalized perturbation theory by the moment method for degenerate states

Marcelo D. Radicioni, Carlos G. Diaz, and Francisco M. Fernández

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4304 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Decoherence and Schrödinger-cat states in a Stern-Gerlach-type experiment

Anu Venugopalan

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4307 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Two-body effects in the decay rate of atomic levels

S. G. Karshenboim

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4311 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Propensity rule for the magnetic substate distribution in electron capture at high impact energies

C. C. Montanari, M. S. Gravielle, and J. E. Miraglia

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4314 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Selective production of doubly excited spectra

J. Désesquelles, A. Denis, S. Martin, and L. Chen

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4317 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Dispersion coefficients for highly excited molecular states of K $_{2}$

Mircea Marinescu and Anthony F. Starace

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4321 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Matter waves

Factoring and Fourier transformation with a Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Johann Summhammer

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4324 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

Scaling laws in velocity-selective coherent population trapping in the presence of polarization-gradient cooling

C. Menotti, G. Morigi, J. H. Müller, and E. Arimondo

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4327 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Revivals, damping, and coherence times of atomic wave packets in optical lattices

R. Ejnisman, P. Rudy, H. Pu, and N. P. Bigelow

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4331 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

COMMENTS

Comment on “Entangled entanglement”

R. L. Schafir

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4335 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Reply to “Comment on ‘Entangled entanglement’ ”

Günther Krenn and Anton Zeilinger

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4336 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Comment on “Boson-realization model for the vibrational spectra of tetrahedral molecules”

R. Lemus, F. Pérez-Bernal, A. Frank, R. Bijker, and J. M. Arias

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4337 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997

Removal of the spurious components from the vibrations of a polyatomic molecule

Zhong-Qi Ma, Xi-Wen Hou, and Mi Xie

Phys. Rev. A 56, 4341 (1997) - Published 1 November, 1997