Volume 59, Issue 3

March 1999

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Fundamental concepts

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Semiclassical time-dependent propagation in three dimensions for a Coulomb potential

Gerd van de Sand and Jan M. Rost

Phys. Rev. A 59, R1723(R) (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Real-time study of the femtosecond harpooning reaction in ${Ba \dots FCH}_{3}$

V. Stert, P. Farmanara, W. Radloff, F. Noack, S. Skowronek, J. Jimenez, and A. González Ureña

Phys. Rev. A 59, R1727(R) (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Mirroring behavior of partial photodetachment and photoionization cross sections in the neighborhood of a resonance

Chien-Nan Liu and Anthony F. Starace

Phys. Rev. A 59, R1731(R) (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Clusters (including fullerenes)

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Very high multiplicity distributions of electrons emitted in multicapture collision between ${Xe}^{25 +}$ and $C_{60}$

Serge Martin, Li Chen, Alain Denis, and Jean Désesquelles

Phys. Rev. A 59, R1734(R) (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Biaxial spatial orientation of atomic angular momentum

Valery Milner and Yehiam Prior

Phys. Rev. A 59, R1738(R) (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Interplay of electron correlation and intense field dynamics in the double ionization of helium

A. Becker and F. H. M. Faisal

Phys. Rev. A 59, R1742(R) (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Resonance technique to probe $^{129} Xe$ surface interactions

K. L. Sauer, R. J. Fitzgerald, and W. Happer

Phys. Rev. A 59, R1746(R) (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Long spin relaxation times in a single-beam blue-detuned optical trap

Roee Ozeri, Lev Khaykovich, and Nir Davidson

Phys. Rev. A 59, R1750(R) (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Optical control and entanglement of atomic Schrödinger fields

M. G. Moore and P. Meystre

Phys. Rev. A 59, R1754(R) (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

ARTICLES

Fundamental concepts

Low-energy relativistic effects and nonlocality in time-dependent tunneling

Gastón García-Calderón, Alberto Rubio, and Jorge Villavicencio

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1758 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Worldline path integral for the massive Dirac propagator: A four-dimensional approach

C. Alexandrou, R. Rosenfelder, and A. W. Schreiber

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1762 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Unitary equivalence and phase properties of the quantum parametric and generalized harmonic oscillators

M. Maamache, J.-P. Provost, and G. Vallée

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1777 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Sensitivity to measurement errors in the quantum kicked top

J. K. Breslin and G. J. Milburn

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1781 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

States that minimize the evolution time to become an orthogonal state

Jonas Söderholm, Gunnar Björk, Tedros Tsegaye, and Alexei Trifonov

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1788 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Energy-reflection symmetry of Lie-algebraic problems: Where the quasiclassical and weak-coupling expansions meet

M. Shifman and A. Turbiner

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1791 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Entanglement processing and statistical inference: The Jaynes principle can produce fake entanglement

Ryszard Horodecki, Michał Horodecki, and Paweł Horodecki

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1799 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Time-of-arrival states

J. Oppenheim, B. Reznik, and W. G. Unruh

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1804 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Diffraction in time in terms of Wigner distributions and tomographic probabilities

Vladimir Man’ko, Marcos Moshinsky, and Anju Sharma

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1809 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Quantum tomography of mesoscopic superpositions of radiation states

G. M. D’Ariano, C. Macchiavello, and L. Maccone

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1816 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Quantum information

Capacity of quantum Gaussian channels

A. S. Holevo, M. Sohma, and O. Hirota

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1820 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Quantum secret sharing

Mark Hillery, Vladimír Bužek, and André Berthiaume

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1829 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Comprehensive analysis of electron correlations in three-electron atoms

Toru Morishita and C. D. Lin

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1835 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

High-resolution spectroscopy of the $1 S - 2 S$ transition in atomic hydrogen

A. Huber, B. Gross, M. Weitz, and T. W. Hänsch

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1844 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Configuration localized Morse wave functions: Application to vibrational transitions in anharmonic diatomic molecules

M. Carvajal, J. M. Arias, and J. Gómez-Camacho

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1852 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Modified Thomas-Fermi-Dirac approach for the evaluation of atomic ground-state properties

I. Porras and A. Moya

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1859 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Ground state of ${CH}_{2}^{+} :$ Experimental aspects and theoretical implications

A. Baer, M. Grieser, L. Knoll, J. Levin, R. Repnow, D. Schwalm, Z. Vager, R. Wester, A. Wolf, and D. Zajfman

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1865 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Ground-state hyperfine measurement in laser-trapped radioactive $^{21} Na$

M. A. Rowe, S. J. Freedman, B. K. Fujikawa, G. Gwinner, S.-Q. Shang, and P. A. Vetter

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1869 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Measurements of $2 s^{2} S_{1 / 2} - 2 p^{2} P_{1 / 2, 3 / 2}$ transition energies in lithiumlike heavy ions. II. Experimental results for ${Ag}^{44 +}$ and discussion along the isoelectronic series

Ph. Bosselmann, U. Staude, D. Horn, K.-H. Schartner, F. Folkmann, A. E. Livingston, and P. H. Mokler

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1874 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Measured lifetimes of metastable levels of Mn X, Mn XI, Mn XII, and Mn XIII ions

D. P. Moehs and D. A. Church

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1884 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Quantum-mechanical calculation of Stark widths of Ne VII $n = 3, Δ n = 0$ transitions

Yuri V. Ralchenko, Hans R. Griem, Igor Bray, and Dmitry V. Fursa

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1890 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Theoretical and experimental binding energies for the $d^{7} s^{2}^{4} F$ levels in ${Ru}^{-},$ including calculated hyperfine structure and $M 1$ decay rates

Peggy L. Norquist, Donald R. Beck, René C. Bilodeau, Michael Scheer, Raphaël A. Srawley, and Harold K. Haugen

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1896 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Photoelectron spectra of $N_{2}^{+} :$ Rotational line profiles studied with He I–excited angle-resolved spectroscopy and with synchrotron radiation

G. Öhrwall, P. Baltzer, and J. Bozek

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1903 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Multichannel Schwinger’s principle for rearrangement collisions: Positronium formation in positron-hydrogen collisions

Sabyasachi Kar and Puspajit Mandal

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1913 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Spin polarization and quantum-statistical effects in ultracold ionizing collisions

C. Orzel, M. Walhout, U. Sterr, P. S. Julienne, and S. L. Rolston

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1926 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Casimir-Polder long-range interaction potentials between alkali-metal atoms

M. Marinescu and L. You

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1936 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Multiple ionization of CO due to electron impact

Cechan Tian and C. R. Vidal

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1955 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Dynamic role of coupled-channel wave phases on the structural determination of angular distributions

Min-Ho Lee, Nark Nyul Choi, and Sung-Ho Suck Salk

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1966 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Convergence and completeness of the pseudostate expansion for proton-hydrogen collisions in two-center close-coupling calculations

Nobuyuki Toshima

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1981 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Collisional fragmentation of fast ${HeH}^{+}$ ions: The ${He}^{2 +} + H^{-}$ channel

M. Barbatti, L. P. G. de Assis, Ginette Jalbert, L. F. S. Coelho, I. Borges, Jr., and N. V. de Castro Faria

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1988 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Total and state-selective electron capture cross sections for $N^{4 +}$ -H collisions

Emil Y. Sidky, Wolfgang Fritsch, and C. D. Lin

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1994 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Analytical calculation of cold-atom scattering

V. V. Flambaum, G. F. Gribakin, and C. Harabati

Phys. Rev. A 59, 1998 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Total cross sections of electron and positron collisions with $C_{3} F_{8}$ and $C_{3} H_{8}$ molecules and differential elastic and vibrational excitation cross sections by electron impact on these molecules

Hiroshi Tanaka, Yoshio Tachibana, Masashi Kitajima, Osamu Sueoka, Hideki Takaki, Akira Hamada, and Mineo Kimura

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2006 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Electron-impact excitation of the Mg atom from the ground and metastable states: R-matrix calculation with pseudostates

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

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2016 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

$L_{23} [L_{23}] - M M [L_{23}]$ and $L_{23} [M^{2}] - M M [M^{2}]$ Auger vacancy satellite spectra of argon

F. von Busch, U. Kuetgens, J. Doppelfeld, and S. Fritzsche

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2030 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Standing-wave rearrangement scattering formalism for multiarrangement quantum-defect theory

A. Matzkin

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2043 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Photodetachment cross section of $H^{-}$ in a gradient electric field

Guangcan Yang, Jian-min Mao, and Mengli Du

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2053 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Positronium–hydrogen-atom scattering in a five-state model

Sadhan K. Adhikari and P. K. Biswas

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2058 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Auger decay of multiply excited atomic systems

Kwong T. Chung

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2065 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Radiative lifetimes and collisional deactivation cross sections of the $5 d 6 p$ states of laser-ablated Ba in He gas

Yukari Matsuo, Takashi Nakajima, Tohru Kobayashi, and Michio Takami

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2071 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

Light narrowing of rubidium magnetic-resonance lines in high-pressure optical-pumping cells

S. Appelt, A. Ben-Amar Baranga, A. R. Young, and W. Happer

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2078 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Exciting, cooling, and vortex trapping in a Bose-condensed gas

R. J. Marshall, G. H. C. New, K. Burnett, and S. Choi

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2085 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

1-bit memory using one electron: Parametric oscillations in a Penning trap

C. H. Tseng, D. Enzer, G. Gabrielse, and F. L. Walls

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2094 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Asymmetries and dark angular windows in relativistic free-free transitions in a powerful laser field

J. Z. Kamiński and F. Ehlotzky

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2105 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Photon correlation in an ion-trap system

M. Jakob and G. Yu. Kryuchkyan

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2111 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Laser cooling of metastable He atoms in an inhomogeneous electric field

R. Schumann, C. Schubert, U. Eichmann, R. Jung, and G. von Oppen

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2120 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Enhancement of dielectronic recombination by an electric field

Lung Ko, Victor Klimenko, and T. F. Gallagher

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2126 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Selective excitation of the vibrational-rotational states and dissociation of diatomic molecules by picosecond infrared laser pulses: Modeling for HF in the ground electronic state

I. V. Andrianov and G. K. Paramonov

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2134 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Classical evolution of quantum elliptic states

Paolo Bellomo and C. R. Stroud, Jr.

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2139 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Vibrational relaxation of trapped molecules

R. C. Forrey, V. Kharchenko, N. Balakrishnan, and A. Dalgarno

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2146 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Charge-resonance-enhanced ionization of molecular ions in intense laser pulses: Geometric and orientation effects

André D. Bandrauk and Jonathan Ruel

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2153 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Reconstructing wave packets by quantum-state holography

I. Sh. Averbukh, M. Shapiro, C. Leichtle, and W. P. Schleich

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2163 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Nonlinear Raman vibrational excitation of a trapped ion

Heping Zeng, Yuzhu Wang, and Yusaburo Segawa

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2174 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Observation of autoionizing Rydberg-electron wave packets in Xe

J. A. Ramswell, V. G. Stavros, J. Lei, Q. Hong, and H. H. Fielding

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2186 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Matter waves

Schrödinger wave functions in strong periodic potentials with applications to atom optics

M. Horne, I. Jex, and A. Zeilinger

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2190 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Vortex stabilization in Bose-Einstein condensate of alkali-metal atom gas

Tomoya Isoshima and Kazushige Machida

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2203 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Visibility limit in multiparticle eigenstates of definite relative phase

John H. Marburger, III and Kunal K. Das

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2213 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Time-domain high-finesse atom interferometry

H. Hinderthür, F. Ruschewitz, H.-J. Lohe, S. Lechte, K. Sengstock, and W. Ertmer

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2216 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Barrier resonances in Bose-Einstein condensation

Juan J. G. Ripoll and Víctor M. Pérez-García

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2220 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Numerical approach to the ground and excited states of a Bose-Einstein condensed gas confined in a completely anisotropic trap

B. I. Schneider and D. L. Feder

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2232 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

Resonance fluorescence quenching and spectral line narrowing via quantum interference in a four-level atom driven by two coherent fields

Fu-li Li and Shi-Yao Zhu

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2330 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

BRIEF REPORTS

Fundamental concepts

Analytic solution of two-state time-independent coupled Schrödinger equations in an exponential model

Vladimir I. Osherov and Hiroki Nakamura

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2486 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Quantum-mechanical versus semiclassical calculations of dc-field-induced tunneling rates of Li ${1 s}^{2} 2 s^{2} S,$ ${1 s}^{2} 2 p^{2} P^{o},$ and ${1 s}^{2} 3 d^{2} D$

Spyros I. Themelis and Cleanthes A. Nicolaides

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2500 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Absolute differential and total cross sections for single electron capture in low-energy ${Kr}^{+} - A r$ collisions

H. Martínez and P. G. Reyes

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2504 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Measurement of the photoionization cross section of the ${6 P}_{3 / 2}$ state of cesium

B. M. Patterson, T. Takekoshi, and R. J. Knize

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2508 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Guided random-walk calculation of energies and $〈 \sqrt{r^{2}} 〉$ values of the $^{1} Σ_{g}$ state of $H_{2}$ in a magnetic field

Mario Encinosa

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2521 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

Analytic solution for retardation in two-atom systems

Ho Trung Dung and Kikuo Ujihara

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2524 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999

Self-channeling and pulse shortening of femtosecond pulses in multiphoton-ionized dispersive dielectric solids

S. Henz and J. Herrmann

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2528 (1999) - Published 1 March, 1999