Volume 59, Issue 4

April 1999

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Fundamental concepts

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Deterministic Bell states and measurement of the motional state of two trapped ions

E. Solano, R. L. de Matos Filho, and N. Zagury

Phys. Rev. A 59, R2539(R) (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Large nondipole correlation effects near atomic photoionization thresholds

M. Ya Amusia, A. S. Baltenkov, Z. Felfli, and A. Z. Msezane

Phys. Rev. A 59, R2544(R) (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Semiclassical calculation of transition matrix elements for atoms in external fields

Jörg Main and Günter Wunner

Phys. Rev. A 59, R2548(R) (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Electron-impact excitation from the ${(3 p}^{5} 4 s)$ metastable states of argon

K. Bartschat and V. Zeman

Phys. Rev. A 59, R2552(R) (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Strong temperature dependence of laser-enhanced charge transfer in collisions of sodium clusters with sodium atoms

Z. Roller-Lutz, Y. Wang, H. O. Lutz, U. Saalmann, and R. Schmidt

Phys. Rev. A 59, R2555(R) (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Calculation of the ${He}^{-} {1 s 2 s}^{2}^{2} S$ resonance using fully correlated Hylleraas functions

Y. K. Ho and Zong-Chao Yan

Phys. Rev. A 59, R2559(R) (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Ionization through the Auger decay of doubly excited ${4 d}^{9} {5 p}^{5} {nln}^{'} l^{'}$ states in Xe

H. Aksela, S. Alitalo, J. Jauhiainen, A. Kivimäki, T. Matila, T. Kylli, E. Nõmmiste, and S. Aksela

Phys. Rev. A 59, R2563(R) (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Geometry modifications and alignment of $H_{2} O$ in an intense femtosecond laser pulse

J. H. Sanderson, A. El-Zein, W. A. Bryan, W. R. Newell, A. J. Langley, and P. F. Taday

Phys. Rev. A 59, R2567(R) (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Matter waves

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Measurement scheme for relative phase diffusion between two Bose-Einstein condensates

J. Ruostekoski and D. F. Walls

Phys. Rev. A 59, R2571(R) (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Space-time localized structures in the degenerate optical parametric oscillator

M. Tlidi and Paul Mandel

Phys. Rev. A 59, R2575(R) (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Complete quenching of fluorescence from a two-level atom driven by a weak, narrow-band, nonclassical light field

W. S. Smyth and S. Swain

Phys. Rev. A 59, R2579(R) (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Efficient phase conjugation via two-photon coherence in an optically dense crystal

B. S. Ham, P. R. Hemmer, and M. S. Shahriar

Phys. Rev. A 59, R2583(R) (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Preventing laser beam filamentation through use of the squeezed vacuum

Robert W. Boyd and G. S. Agarwal

Phys. Rev. A 59, R2587(R) (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

ARTICLES

Fundamental concepts

Critique of protective measurements

N. D. Hari Dass and Tabish Qureshi

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2590 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Universal geometric approach to uncertainty, entropy, and information

Michael J. W. Hall

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2602 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Exact quantum states of a general time-dependent quadratic system from classical action

Dae-Yup Song

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2616 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Validity of Feynman’s prescription of disregarding the Pauli principle in intermediate states

F. A. B. Coutinho, Y. Nogami, and Lauro Tomio

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2624 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Quantum information

Macroscopically distinct quantum-superposition states as a bosonic code for amplitude damping

P. T. Cochrane, G. J. Milburn, and W. J. Munro

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2631 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Quantum communication using a nonlocal Zeno effect

Lucien Hardy and Wim van Dam

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2635 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Lower bounds for attainable fidelities in entanglement purification

G. Giedke, H. J. Briegel, J. I. Cirac, and P. Zoller

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2641 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Realizing the quantum baker’s map on a NMR quantum computer

Todd A. Brun and Rüdiger Schack

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2649 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Quantum communication with dark photons

S. J. van Enk, H. J. Kimble, J. I. Cirac, and P. Zoller

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2659 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Eavesdropping optimization for quantum cryptography using a positive operator-valued measure

Howard E. Brandt

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2665 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Kinetic-energy systems, density scaling, and homogeneity relations in density-functional theory

Garnet Kin-Lic Chan and Nicholas C. Handy

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2670 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Nonadiabatic coupling using a corrected Born-Oppenheimer basis: The vibronic spectrum of ${HD}^{+}$

Inbal Tuvi and Y. B. Band

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2680 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Perturbative approach in the WKB analysis: Application to the Stark effect

S. H. Patil

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2684 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

$^{4} S$ resonances of ${He}^{-}$ below the ${He}^{+} (n = 1)$ threshold

N. Brandefelt and E. Lindroth

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2691 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Ground state and S-wave autodissociating resonant states of positronium hydride

Zong-Chao Yan and Y. K. Ho

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2697 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Long-lived high-spin states of small anions: $^{6} Π$ state of ${CO}^{-}$

A. Dreuw and L. S. Cederbaum

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2702 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Calculated self-energy contributions for an $ns$ valence electron using the multiple-commutator method

Leonti Labzowsky, Igor Goidenko, Maria Tokman, and Pekka Pyykkö

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2707 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Nonadiabatic polarization potentials in electron- and positron-molecule scattering: Application to $e^{-} + H_{2}$

Ahmed Bouferguene, Ignacio Ema, and Charles A. Weatherford

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2712 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Nonlinear calculation of stopping powers for protons and antiprotons in solids: The Barkas effect

N. R. Arista and A. F. Lifschitz

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2719 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Angular dependence of L x-ray production cross sections in uranium at 22.6- and 59.5-keV photon energies

D. Mehta, Sanjiv Puri, Nirmal Singh, M. L. Garg, and P. N. Trehan

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2723 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

X-ray emission by ultrafast inner-shell ionization from vapors of Na, Mg, and Al

Kengo Moribayashi, Akira Sasaki, and T. Tajima

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2732 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Group-theoretical approach to final-state angular correlations in double photoionization of helium

Yanghui Qiu and Joachim Burgdörfer

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2738 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Autoionization distribution of atomic high doubly excited states: A “breathing spheres” approach

W. Huang, U. Eichmann, and W. Sandner

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2744 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Measurement of electron-impact excitation cross sections out of metastable levels of argon and comparison with ground-state excitation

John B. Boffard, Garrett A. Piech, Mark F. Gehrke, L. W. Anderson, and Chun C. Lin

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2749 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

(e,2e) study of cadmium ionization in the ${4 d}^{9} {5 s}^{2} 5 p$ autoionizing region

N. L. S. Martin, R. P. Bauman, and M. Wilson

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2764 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Differential electron- ${Cu}^{5 +}$ elastic scattering cross sections extracted from electron emission in ion-atom collisions

C. Liao, S. Hagmann, C. P. Bhalla, S. R. Grabbe, C. L. Cocke, and P. Richard

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2773 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Repulsive ${1 / r}^{3}$ interaction

Bo Gao

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2778 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Dielectronic recombination of Ne-like tungsten

E. Behar, P. Mandelbaum, and J. L. Schwob

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2787 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Nonperturbative theory of projectile-electron loss in fast collisions with heavy atomic targets

A. B. Voitkiv, G. M. Sigaud, and E. C. Montenegro

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2794 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Dissociative recombination of ${He}_{2}^{+}$ molecular ions

L. Carata, A. E. Orel, and A. Suzor-Weiner

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2804 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Photon, electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces

Charge states and energy loss of $300 - {M e V / u U}^{73 +}$ ions channeled in a silicon crystal

D. Dauvergne et al.

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2813 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Clusters (including fullerenes)

Fragmentation scheme of $C_{60}^{4 +}$ ions produced in low-energy collisions of ${Ar}^{8 +}$ and $C_{60}$

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

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2827 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

Coulomb explosion of $N_{2}$ and ${CO}_{2}$ using linearly and circularly polarized femtosecond laser pulses

Ph. Hering and C. Cornaggia

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2836 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Adiabatic theory of electron detachment from negative ions in a two-color laser field

M. Yu. Kuchiev and V. N. Ostrovsky

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2844 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Complete population transfer between nonresonant tunneling states induced by a train of laser pulses

N. Tsukada, Y. Nomura, and T. Isu

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2852 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Multiphoton ionization of dissociating $D_{2}^{+}$ molecules

C. Trump, H. Rottke, and W. Sandner

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2858 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Multiphoton detachment of $H^{-}$ near the one-photon threshold: Exterior complex-scaling–generalized pseudospectral method for complex quasienergy resonances

Dmitry A. Telnov and Shih-I Chu

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2864 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Spectrum of neutral helium in strong magnetic fields

Matthew D. Jones, Gerardo Ortiz, and David M. Ceperley

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2875 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Changes in Floquet-state structure at avoided crossings: Delocalization and harmonic generation

T. Timberlake and L. E. Reichl

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2886 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Polarization effects in high-harmonic generation in the presence of static-electric field

Bingbing Wang, Xiaofeng Li, and Panming Fu

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2894 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Characteristics of correlation satellites below 25 eV in xenon probed by pulsed-field-ionization–zero-kinetic-energy photoelectron spectroscopy

R. C. Shiell, M. Evans, S. Stimson, C.-W. Hsu, C. Y. Ng, and J. W. Hepburn

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2903 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Laser-driven population transfer in four-level atoms: Consequences of non-Abelian geometrical adiabatic phase factors

R. G. Unanyan, B. W. Shore, and K. Bergmann

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2910 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Quantum-state engineering of a trapped ion by coherent-state superpositions

H. Moya-Cessa, S. Wallentowitz, and W. Vogel

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2920 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Photoionization suppression by continuum coherence: Experiment and theory

L. P. Yatsenko, T. Halfmann, B. W. Shore, and K. Bergmann

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2926 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Bifurcations of closed orbits in singlet helium Stark spectra

Annemieke Kips, Wim Vassen, and Wim Hogervorst

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2948 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Matter waves

Precision Monte Carlo test of the Hartree-Fock approximation for a trapped Bose gas

Markus Holzmann, Werner Krauth, and Martin Naraschewski

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2956 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Markov approximation for the atomic output coupler

M. W. Jack, M. Naraschewski, M. J. Collett, and D. F. Walls

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2962 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Component separation in harmonically trapped boson-fermion mixtures

Nicolai Nygaard and Klaus Mølmer

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2974 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Photonic band gaps and defect states induced by excitations of Bose-Einstein condensates in optical lattices

Karl-Peter Marzlin and Weiping Zhang

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2982 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Bosons in a toroidal trap: Ground state and vortices

L. Salasnich, A. Parola, and L. Reatto

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2990 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

Strong interaction between a two-level atom and the whispering-gallery modes of a dielectric microsphere: Quantum-mechanical consideration

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

Phys. Rev. A 59, 2996 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Cavity-induced coherence effects in spontaneous emissions from preselection of polarization

Anil K. Patnaik and G. S. Agarwal

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3015 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Low-frequency fluctuations in vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor lasers with optical feedback

C. Masoller and N. B. Abraham

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3021 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Dynamics of the quantized radiation field in a cavity vibrating at the fundamental frequency

Ying Wu, M.-C. Chu, and P. T. Leung

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3032 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Giant pulse lasing in three-level systems

J. Mompart, R. Corbalán, and R. Vilaseca

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3038 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Reconstruction of an entangled state in cavity QED

M. S. Kim and G. S. Agarwal

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3044 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Creation of photons in an oscillating cavity with two moving mirrors

Diego A. R. Dalvit and Francisco D. Mazzitelli

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3049 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Resonant Raman amplification of ultrashort pulses in a V-type medium

V. V. Kozlov, P. G. Polynkin, and M. O. Scully

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3060 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

BRIEF REPORTS

Fundamental concepts

Mesoscopic superpositions of states: Approach to classicality and diagonalization in a coherent state basis

G. S. Agarwal

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3071 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Optimized Lieb-Oxford bound for the exchange-correlation energy

Garnet Kin-Lic Chan and Nicholas C. Handy

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3075 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Multielectron photoexcitations in x-ray-absorption spectra of $4 p$ elements

J. Padežnik Gomilšek, A. Kodre, I. Arčon, A. M. Loireau-Lozac’h, and S. Bénazeth

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3078 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Enhancement factor for the electron electric dipole moment in francium and gold atoms

T. M. R. Byrnes, V. A. Dzuba, V. V. Flambaum, and D. W. Murray

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3082 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Theoretical and experimental study of He free-jet expansions

L. Pedemonte, G. Bracco, and R. Tatarek

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3084 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Rayleigh and Raman scattering from helium for wavelengths down to 16 nm

Thomas Grosges, Bernard Piraux, and Robin Shakeshaft

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3088 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Experimental search for interference effects in the total $e^{-} + {Sc}^{3 +}$ recombination rate

S. Schippers, T. Bartsch, C. Brandau, A. Müller, J. Linkemann, A. A. Saghiri, and A. Wolf

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3092 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Photon, electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces

Secondary-electron emission from nonmetallic (perovskite) surfaces under slow proton impact: Absence of apparent threshold

H. Tawara, K. Hosaka, and N. Matsunami

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3095 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

Stability of polygonal Coulomb crystals

Sh. Amiranashvili, N. Gusein-zade, and A. Ignatov

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3098 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Observation of periodic structures of atoms in a two-color magneto-optical trap

D. M. B. P. Milori, M. A. G. Martinez, A. M. Tuboy, L. G. Marcassa, J. Flemming, R. Ejnisman, S. C. Zilio, and V. S. Bagnato

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3101 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Perturbation of water by intense light-induced fields of picosecond duration and ion-induced fields of attosecond duration

V. R. Bhardwaj, F. A. Rajgara, K. Vijayalakshmi, V. Kumarappan, D. Mathur, and A. K. Sinha

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3105 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Matter waves

Density of states of particles in a generic power-law potential in any dimensional space

Mingzhe Li, Lixuan Chen, and Chuanhong Chen

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3109 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Center-of-mass response of confined systems

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

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3112 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

Nonlinear optical generation in a hydrogen discharge

D. W. Tokaryk, G. Z. Zhang, and B. P. Stoicheff

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3116 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Second-harmonic generation in a plane nonlinear optical antiwaveguide

Boris V. Gisin

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3120 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

COMMENTS

Comment on “Harmonic oscillator with time-dependent mass and frequency and a perturbative potential”

M. Maamache, K. Bencheikh, and H. Hachemi

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3124 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Comment on “Induced transitions and energy of a damped oscillator”

George J. Papadopoulos and Ioannis A. Hadjiagapiou

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3127 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Impossibility of distinguishing between identical particles in quantum collision processes

Gy. Bencze and Colston Chandler

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3129 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Reply to “Possibility of distinguishing between identical particles in quantum collision processes”

Igor Bray

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3133 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Comment on “Single two-level ion in an anharmonic oscillator trap: Time evolution of the Q function and population inversion”

C. F. Lo and K. L. Liu

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3136 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Reply to “Comment on ‘Single two-level ion in an anharmonic oscillator trap: Time evolution of the Q function and population inversion’”

S. Shelly Sharma, N. K. Sharma, and Larry Zamick

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3138 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

ERRATA

Erratum: Second-order squeezed states [Phys. Rev. A 55, 3051 (1997)]

Paulina Marian

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3141 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999

Erratum: Analysis of multiphoton ionization of metal atoms in the saturation regime using subpicosecond KrF laser pulses [Phys. Rev. A 58, 3836 (1998)]

B. Witzel, C. J. G. J. Uiterwaal, H. Schröder, D. Charalambidis, and K.-L. Kompa

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3141 (1999) - Published 1 April, 1999