Volume 57, Issue 4

S. Tresch, R. Jacot-Guillarmod, F. Mulhauser, C. Piller, L. A. Schaller, L. Schellenberg, H. Schneuwly, Y.-A. Thalmann, A. Werthmüller, P. Ackerbauer, W. H. Breunlich, M. Cargnelli, B. Gartner, R. King, B. Lauss, J. Marton, W. Prymas, J. Zmeskal, C. Petitjean, D. Chatellard, J.-P. Egger, E. Jeannet, F. J. Hartmann, and M. Mühlbauer

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2496 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Metastable $^{4} F^{o}$ state of ${Sr}^{-}$ bound by core polarization

Hugo W. van der Hart

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2502 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

$^{19} F^{+}$ atom in its ground $^{3} P$ state: The $J = 0 \leftarrow 1$ fine-structure interval

John M. Brown, Lyndon R. Zink, and Kenneth M. Evenson

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2507 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Doppler effects in resonant x-ray Raman scattering

Faris Gel’mukhanov, Hans Ågren, and Paweł Sałek

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2511 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Physics of transformation from Schrödinger theory to Kohn-Sham density-functional theory: Application to an exactly solvable model

Zhixin Qian and Viraht Sahni

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2527 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Nuclear electric quadrupole moment of $^{6} Li$

J. Cederberg, D. Olson, J. Larson, G. Rakness, K. Jarausch, J. Schmidt, B. Borovsky, P. Larson, and B. Nelson

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2539 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Quantum diagnosis of molecules: A method for measuring directly the Wigner function of a molecular vibrational state

L. Davidovich, M. Orszag, and N. Zagury

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2544 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Bound excited states of $H^{-}$ and ${He}^{-}$ in the statically screened Coulomb potential

Jose M. Mercero, Joseph E. Fowler, Cecilia Sarasola, and Jesus M. Ugalde

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2550 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Density-functional-theory response-property calculations with accurate exchange-correlation potentials

S. J. A. van Gisbergen, F. Kootstra, P. R. T. Schipper, O. V. Gritsenko, J. G. Snijders, and E. J. Baerends

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2556 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Numerical study of positron-hydrogen scattering

J. M. Larkin, J. H. Eberly, D. G. Lappas, and R. Grobe

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2572 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Measurement of $K$ -shell fluorescence yields of selected elements from Cs to Pb using radioisotope x-ray fluorescence

Rıdvan Durak and Yusuf Şahin

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2578 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Intermediate- to high-energy positrons scattered by alkali-metal atoms

David D. Reid and J. M. Wadehra

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2583 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Effect of the ground-state correlations on the helium double photoionization and ionization with excitation

Anatoli S. Kheifets and Igor Bray

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2590 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Nonlocal theory of dissociative electron attachment to $H_{2}$ and HF molecules

G. A. Gallup, Y. Xu, and I. I. Fabrikant

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2596 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Neutral dissociation of hydrogen following photoexcitation of HCl at the chlorine $K$ edge

D. L. Hansen, M. E. Arrasate, J. Cotter, G. R. Fisher, K. T. Leung, J. C. Levin, R. Martin, P. Neill, R. C. C. Perera, I. A. Sellin, M. Simon, Y. Uehara, B. Vanderford, S. B. Whitfield, and D. W. Lindle

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2608 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Solution of the Holstein equation of radiation trapping in one-dimensional geometries by the geometric quantization technique

N. N. Bezuglov, A. F. Molisch, A. N. Klucharev, F. Fuso, and M. Allegrini

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2612 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Electron nuclear dynamics of charge-transfer collisions of protons with atomic oxygen

Magnus Hedström, Erik Deumens, and Yngve Öhrn

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2625 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Many-body calculations of the static atom-wall interaction potential for alkali-metal atoms

A. Derevianko, W. R. Johnson, and Stephan Fritzsche

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2629 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Collision-induced depolarized Raman scattering from dense mercury vapor

A. Bonechi, F. Barocchi, M. Moraldi, C. Bierman, R. Winter, and Lothar Frommhold

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2635 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Relativistic calculations of photoionization cross sections

Hong Lin Zhang

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2640 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Excitation autoionization rates from ground and excited levels in Li-like ${Ar}^{15 +}$ to S-like ${Ar}^{2 +}$

M. Cohen, K. B. Fournier, and W. H. Goldstein

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2651 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Semiclassical theory of nonadiabatic transitions in a two-state exponential model

Vladimir I. Osherov, Vladimir G. Ushakov, and Hiroki Nakamura

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2672 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Triply differential cross section for Compton scattering

Z. Kaliman, T. Surić, K. Pisk, and R. H. Pratt

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2683 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Target ionization and projectile charge changing in $0.5 - 8 - MeV / q {Li}^{q +} + He (q = 1, 2, 3)$ collisions

O. Woitke, P. A. Závodszky, S. M. Ferguson, J. H. Houck, and J. A. Tanis

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2692 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Single electron capture from molecular hydrogen targets by impact of protons and α particles

H. F. Busnengo, S. E. Corchs, and R. D. Rivarola

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2701 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Theoretical calculations of dielectronic recombination in crossed electric and magnetic fields

D. C. Griffin, F. Robicheaux, and M. S. Pindzola

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2708 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Triple differential cross-section measurements for $Kr (3 d)$ electron-impact ionization

Steven J. Cavanagh and Birgit Lohmann

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2718 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Angular distribution of electronic decay following molecular and Rydberg excitations at the Cl $2 p$ edge of HCl

A. Kivimäki, E. Kukk, J. Karvonen, J. Mursu, E. Nõmmiste, H. Aksela, and S. Aksela

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2724 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces

Measurements of absolute electron-emission spectra from grazing-incidence ion-surface collisions

R. Minniti, S. B. Elston, C. O. Reinhold, J. Y. Lim, and J. Burgdörfer

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2731 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Charge-state dependence of energy loss in random solids

B. Rosner, S. Datz, W. Wu, N. L. Jones, D. R. Schultz, and C. O. Reinhold

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2737 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Experimental evidence for a discrete transition to channeling for 1.0-MeV protons in Si〈100〉

Z. Y. Zhao, A. M. Arrale, S. L. Li, D. K. Marble, D. L. Weathers, S. Matteson, J. M. Anthony, B. Gnade, and F. D. McDaniel

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2742 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Energy-loss spectrum of swift ions in charge-state equilibrium

Lev G. Glazov

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2746 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Bethe stopping-power formula for structured projectiles

E. J. McGuire

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2758 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Resonance, antiresonance, and decoherence in the excitation of channeled ions in crystals

A. Salin, A. Arnau, and P. M. Echenique

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2772 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Feasibility of observing two-electron interference

Tetsuji Kodama, Nobuyuki Osakabe, Junji Endo, Akira Tonomura, Kohji Ohbayashi, Tsuneyuki Urakami, Shinji Ohsuka, Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Yutaka Tsuchiya, and Yoshiki Uchikawa

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2781 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Clusters (including fullerenes)

Time-resolved photofragmentation of stored silver clusters ${Ag}_{n}^{+}$ $(n = 8 - 21)$

U. Hild, G. Dietrich, S. Krückeberg, M. Lindinger, K. Lützenkirchen, L. Schweikhard, C. Walther, and J. Ziegler

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2786 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

Optical deflection of molecules

Hirofumi Sakai, A. Tarasevitch, J. Danilov, H. Stapelfeldt, R. W. Yip, C. Ellert, E. Constant, and P. B. Corkum

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2794 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Sensitive detection of sodium in a flame using parametric four-wave mixing and seeded parametric four-wave mixing

Mark J. Fernée, Peter F. Barker, Alan E. W. Knight, and Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2802 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Classical and quantum mechanics of an integrable limit of the hydrogen atom in combined circularly polarized microwave and magnetic fields

M. J. Raković, T. Uzer, and David Farrelly

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2814 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Ab initio rates of multiphoton ionization of the isoelectronic species H, ${He}^{+}$ , and ${Li}^{2 +}$ in the vuv and xuv frequency regions

U. Lambrecht, L. Dimou, and F. H. M. Faisal

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2832 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Angular-resolved above-threshold-dissociation dynamics by a Fourier-transform grid method with divergent coupling

R. Numico, A. Keller, and O. Atabek

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2841 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Quantum singular oscillator as a model of a two-ion trap: An amplification of transition probabilities due to small-time variations of the binding potential

V. V. Dodonov, V. I. Man’ko, and L. Rosa

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2851 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

X-ray photoionization in the presence of a bichromatic laser field

D. B. Milošević and F. Ehlotzky

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2859 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Tuning the hydrogen atom in crossed fields between the Zeeman and Stark limits

D. A. Sadovskií and B. I. Z̑hilinskií

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2867 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Selective photochemistry via adiabatic passage: An extension of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage for degenerate final states

Mark N. Kobrak and Stuart A. Rice

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2885 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Theory of the $π$ -periodic motion of two ions in a Paul trap

Marijan Koštrun, Winthrop W. Smith, and Juha Javanainen

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2895 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Atomic spin polarization by Raman cooling

H. J. Lee and S. Chu

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2905 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Laser cooling of trapped atoms to the ground state: A dark state in position space

G. Morigi, J. I. Cirac, K. Ellinger, and P. Zoller

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2909 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Controlling ionization products through laser-induced continuum structure

S. Cavalieri, R. Eramo, L. Fini, M. Materazzi, O. Faucher, and D. Charalambidis

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2915 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Matter waves

Quantum state of two trapped Bose-Einstein condensates with a Josephson coupling

M. J. Steel and M. J. Collett

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2920 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Raman scattering from a Bose condensate

Jesús Martínez-Linares and G. S. Agarwal

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2931 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Damping of hydrodynamic modes in a trapped Bose gas above the Bose-Einstein transition temperature

G. M. Kavoulakis, C. J. Pethick, and H. Smith

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2938 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Validity of the Gross-Pitaevski equation describing bosons in a trap

Stig Stenholm

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2942 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Damping in dilute Bose gases: A mean-field approach

S. Giorgini

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2949 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

Soliton generation in the nonlinear interaction of two waves

Alexander A. Zabolotskii

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2958 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Beam modes beyond the paraxial approximation: A scalar treatment

C. J. R. Sheppard and S. Saghafi

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2971 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Quantum-nondemolition measurements using cold trapped atoms: Comparison between theory and experiment

A. Sinatra, J. F. Roch, K. Vigneron, Ph. Grelu, J.-Ph. Poizat, Kaige Wang, and P. Grangier

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2980 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Electromagnetically induced absorption and transparency due to resonant two-field excitation of quasidegenerate levels in Rb vapor

A. M. Akulshin, S. Barreiro, and A. Lezama

Phys. Rev. A 57, 2996 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Polarization of the 61st harmonic from 1053-nm laser radiation in neon

D. Schulze, M. Dörr, G. Sommerer, J. Ludwig, P. V. Nickles, T. Schlegel, W. Sandner, M. Drescher, U. Kleineberg, and U. Heinzmann

Phys. Rev. A 57, 3003 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Low-temperature Bose-Einstein condensates in time-dependent traps: Beyond the $U (1)$ symmetry-breaking approach

Y. Castin and R. Dum

Phys. Rev. A 57, 3008 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Acoustical and optical branches in the spectral waves of a laser

Christophe Szwaj, Serge Bielawski, and Dominique Derozier

Phys. Rev. A 57, 3022 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Nonlinear phase shift as a result of cascaded third-order processes

S. Saltiel, K. Koynov, P. Tzankov, A. Boardman, and S. Tanev

Phys. Rev. A 57, 3028 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Observation of excess quantum noise in a geometrically stable laser

Å. M. Lindberg, M. A. van Eijkelenborg, K. Joosten, G. Nienhuis, and J. P. Woerdman

Phys. Rev. A 57, 3036 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Nonlinear dynamics in an optical system with controlled two-dimensional feedback: Black-eye patterns and related phenomena

M. A. Vorontsov and B. A. Samson

Phys. Rev. A 57, 3040 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Relation between Huttner-Barnett QED in dielectrics and classical electrodynamics: Determining the dielectric permittivity

S. M. Dutra and K. Furuya

Phys. Rev. A 57, 3050 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Cavity-induced two-photon absorption in unidentical atoms

M. S. Kim and G. S. Agarwal

Phys. Rev. A 57, 3059 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Superradiance in a structured radiation reservoir

Søren Bay, P. Lambropoulos, and Klaus Mølmer

Phys. Rev. A 57, 3065 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Quantum Langevin equations for semiconductor light-emitting devices and the photon statistics at a low-injection level

Hiroshi Fujisaki and Akira Shimizu

Phys. Rev. A 57, 3074 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Nonlinear spectroscopy in the strong-coupling regime of cavity QED

R. J. Thompson, Q. A. Turchette, O. Carnal, and H. J. Kimble

Phys. Rev. A 57, 3084 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Determination of atom-field observables via resonant interaction

A. Luis and L. L. Sánchez-Soto

Phys. Rev. A 57, 3105 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

BRIEF REPORTS

Fundamental concepts

Radiating electron: Fluctuations without dissipation in the equation of motion

G. W. Ford and R. F. O’Connell

Phys. Rev. A 57, 3112 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Oscillator strength sum rules with an external electromagnetic field

R. Cabrera-Trujillo, John R. Sabin, Yngve Öhrn, and J. Oddershede

Phys. Rev. A 57, 3115 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Exterior complex scaling method applied to doubly excited states of helium

Nils Elander and Evgeny Yarevsky

Phys. Rev. A 57, 3119 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

Transfer of angular spectrum and image formation in spontaneous parametric down-conversion

C. H. Monken, P. H. Souto Ribeiro, and S. Pádua

Phys. Rev. A 57, 3123 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Generation of picosecond squeezed pulses using an all-solid-state cw mode-locked source

E. M. Daly, A. S. Bell, E. Riis, and A. I. Ferguson

Phys. Rev. A 57, 3127 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

COMMENTS

Loss-error compensation in quantum-state measurements

G. M. D’Ariano and C. Macchiavello

Phys. Rev. A 57, 3131 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Reply to “Loss-error compensation in quantum-state measurements”

T. Kiss, U. Herzog, and U. Leonhardt

Phys. Rev. A 57, 3134 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

ERRATA

Erratum: Periodic orbit theory of a circular billiard in homogeneous magnetic fields [Phys. Rev. A 56, 182 (1997)]

J. Blaschke and M. Brack

Phys. Rev. A 57, 3136 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998

Erratum: Muon catalyzed fusion in 3-K solid deuterium [Phys. Rev. A 56, 1970 (1997)]

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 57, 3136 (1998) - Published 1 April, 1998