Volume 59, Issue 5

May 1999

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Fundamental concepts

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Calculation of the Casimir force between imperfectly conducting plates

S. K. Lamoreaux

Phys. Rev. A 59, R3149(R) (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Two-photon detachment of $H^{-}$ in the vicinity of the one-photon detachment threshold

L. Præstegaard, T. Andersen, and P. Balling

Phys. Rev. A 59, R3154(R) (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

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Production and relaxation pathways of multiply excited states in slow highly charged ion-atom collisions

H. Merabet, H.M. Cakmak, E.D. Emmons, A.A. Hasan, T. Osipov, R.A. Phaneuf, and R. Ali

Phys. Rev. A 59, R3158(R) (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Clusters (including fullerenes)

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Electron diffraction of trapped cluster ions

Mathias Maier-Borst, Douglas B. Cameron, Mordechai Rokni, and Joel H. Parks

Phys. Rev. A 59, R3162(R) (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Femtosecond time-resolved studies of the dynamics of noble-gas cluster explosions

J. Zweiback, T. Ditmire, and M. D. Perry

Phys. Rev. A 59, R3166(R) (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Disentangling molecular alignment and enhanced ionization in intense laser fields

Ch. Ellert and P. B. Corkum

Phys. Rev. A 59, R3170(R) (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

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Semiclassical interferences and catastrophes in the ionization of Rydberg atoms by half-cycle pulses

G. Alber and O. Zobay

Phys. Rev. A 59, R3174(R) (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Subkilohertz comparison of the single-ion optical-clock $^{2} S_{1 / 2} -^{2} D_{5 / 2}$ transition in two $^{88} {Sr}^{+}$ traps

G. P. Barwood, G. Huang, H. A. Klein, P. Gill, and R. B. M. Clarke

Phys. Rev. A 59, R3178(R) (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Production of high-charge states of Xe in a femtosecond laser pulse

A. Becker and F. H. M. Faisal

Phys. Rev. A 59, R3182(R) (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Matter waves

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Coherent photoassociation of a Bose-Einstein condensate

Juha Javanainen and Matt Mackie

Phys. Rev. A 59, R3186(R) (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Electromagnetically induced transparency with spectator momenta

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

Phys. Rev. A 59, R3190(R) (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

ARTICLES

Fundamental concepts

Quantum effect for an electric dipole

Gianfranco Spavieri

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3194 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger paradoxes with symmetric multiport beam splitters

Marek Żukowski and Dagomir Kaszlikowski

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3200 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Scheme to probe the decoherence of a macroscopic object

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

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3204 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Fisher information and semiclassical methods

A. Puente, M. Casas, and A. Plastino

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3211 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Ambiguities of arrival-time distributions in quantum theory

J. Finkelstein

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3218 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Photon wave functions in a localized coordinate space basis

Margaret Hawton

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3223 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Quantum-mechanical model for particles carrying electric charge and magnetic flux in two dimensions

Qiong-gui Lin

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3228 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Quantum evolution according to real clocks

Iñigo L. Egusquiza, Luis J. Garay, and José M. Raya

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3236 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Generalized coherent states

Ronald F. Fox

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3241 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Semiclassical theory for the Maslov-type wave packet: Hierarchy below the semiclassical Feynman kernel

Atsuko Inoue-Ushiyama and Kazuo Takatsuka

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3256 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Quantum states of an oscillator with periodic time-dependent frequency under quasiresonant condition: Unperturbed evolution, perturbative effects, and anharmonic effects

C. Degli Esposti Boschi and L. Ferrari

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3270 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Quantum information

Conjugated operators in quantum algorithms

Peter Høyer

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3280 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

One-to-one parametrization of quantum channels

Akio Fujiwara and Paul Algoet

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3290 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Bell measurements for teleportation

N. Lütkenhaus, J. Calsamiglia, and K.-A. Suominen

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3295 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Estimates for practical quantum cryptography

Norbert Lütkenhaus

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3301 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Nonlinear operations in quantum-information theory

Daniel R. Terno

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3320 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Accessible information and optimal strategies for real symmetrical quantum sources

Masahide Sasaki, Stephen M. Barnett, Richard Jozsa, Masao Osaki, and Osamu Hirota

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3325 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Multipartite pure-state entanglement

Ashish V. Thapliyal

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3336 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Solid-state effects on Coulomb capture and x-ray cascade of negative muons

H. Daniel, F. J. Hartmann, and R. A. Naumann

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3343 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Density-functional formulas for atomic electronic energy components in terms of moments of the electron density

Ágnes Nagy, Shubin Liu, and Robert G. Parr

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3349 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Finite-element multiconfiguration Hartree-Fock calculations of the atomic quadrupole moment of ${Ar}^{+} (^{2} P_{3 / 2})$

Dage Sundholm

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3355 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Density-functional theory beyond the Hohenberg-Kohn theorem

Andreas Görling

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3359 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Muonic cascades in isolated low-Z atoms and molecules

K. Kirch, D. Abbott, B. Bach, P. Hauser, P. Indelicato, F. Kottmann, J. Missimer, P. Patte, R. T. Siegel, L. M. Simons, and D. Viel

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3375 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Carbon $1 s$ photoelectron spectrum of methane: Vibrational excitation and core-hole lifetime

T. X. Carroll, N. Berrah, J. Bozek, J. Hahne, E. Kukk, L. J. Sæthre, and T. D. Thomas

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3386 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Bethe logarithm for the $1^{1} S$ and $2^{1} S$ states of helium

V. I. Korobov and S. V. Korobov

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3394 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Single and double photoionization of lithium

M.-T. Huang, R. Wehlitz, Y. Azuma, L. Pibida, I. A. Sellin, J. W. Cooper, M. Koide, H. Ishijima, and T. Nagata

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3397 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Laser-induced optical pumping measurements of cross sections for fine- and hyperfine-structure transitions in sodium induced by collisions with helium and argon atoms

Chris C. Dobson and C. C. Sung

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3402 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Coster-Kronig, fluorescence, and Auger yields of the $_{47} Ag L$ subshells measured through synchrotron photoionization

W. Jitschin, R. Stötzel, T. Papp, and M. Sarkar

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3408 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Vibrationally resolved O $1 s$ core-excitation spectra of CO and NO

R. Püttner, I. Dominguez, T. J. Morgan, C. Cisneros, R. F. Fink, E. Rotenberg, T. Warwick, M. Domke, G. Kaindl, and A. S. Schlachter

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3415 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Exchange and correlation energies of ground states of atoms and molecules in strong magnetic fields

P. Schmelcher, M. V. Ivanov, and W. Becken

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3424 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Excitation energies and oscillator strengths of Ca I using multireference many-body perturbation theory

Sonjoy Majumder, B. P. Das, and Rajat K. Chaudhuri

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3432 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Influence of $pp π$ ions on pion absorption in $H_{2}$

S. Jonsell, J. Wallenius, and P. Froelich

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3440 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Properties of the Goedecker-Umrigar functional for the many-electron problem and its generalization

A. Holas

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3454 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Analytic evaluation of Franck-Condon integrals for anharmonic vibrational wave functions

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

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3462 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Polarization effects in autoionization processes of alkaline-earth-metal atoms: Coulomb Green’s-function analysis

Michel Poirier and Rachid Semaoune

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3471 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Measurement of lifetimes and tensor polarizabilities of odd-parity states of atomic samarium

S. Rochester, C. J. Bowers, D. Budker, D. DeMille, and M. Zolotorev

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3480 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Molecular dynamics and a simplified master equation for spectral line shapes

A. D. May

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3495 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Dicke narrowing as an example of line mixing

S. Dolbeau, R. Berman, J. R. Drummond, and A. D. May

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3506 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Experimental investigation of the ${6 s}^{2}^{1} S_{0} \to 5 d 6 s^{3} D_{1, 2}$ forbidden transitions in atomic ytterbium

C. J. Bowers, D. Budker, S. J. Freedman, G. Gwinner, J. E. Stalnaker, and D. DeMille

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3513 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Inner-shell photoionization at relativistic energies

Dorin C. Ionescu, Allan H. Sørensen, and Ali Belkacem

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3527 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Absolute differential and total cross sections for charge transfer of $O^{+}$ with $H_{2}$

D. R. Sieglaff, B. G. Lindsay, K. A. Smith, and R. F. Stebbings

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3538 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Numerical time-dependent Schrödinger description of charge-exchange collisions

Merle E. Riley and Burke Ritchie

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3544 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Origin of dips and peaks in the absolute fully resolved cross sections for the electron-impact double ionization of He

A. Lahmam-Bennani, I. Taouil, A. Duguet, M. Lecas, L. Avaldi, and J. Berakdar

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3548 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Resonances and the continuum level density

A. T. Kruppa and K. Arai

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3556 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Correlation studies of energy gain and fragmentation in ion-fullerene collisions

J. Opitz, H. Lebius, B. Saint, S. Jacquet, B. A. Huber, and H. Cederquist

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3562 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Theoretical treatment of electron-capture processes in ion-molecule collisions: $B^{3 +} {+ H}_{2}$ as a test case

M. C. Bacchus-Montabonel

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3569 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Photoionization of atomic scandium in the ground state: Total cross sections and $3 \vec{p} 3 d$ resonances

Zikri Altun and Steven T. Manson

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3576 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Statistical model for fragmentation of $C_{60}$

R. Vandenbosch

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3584 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Total electron loss, charge transfer, and ionization in proton-hydrogen collisions at 10–100 keV

A. Kołakowska, M. S. Pindzola, and D. R. Schultz

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3588 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Total and partial recombination cross sections for $F^{6 +}$

D. M. Mitnik, M. S. Pindzola, and N. R. Badnell

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3592 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Dissociative recombination of ${HeH}^{+} :$ Product distributions and ion-pair formation

Å. Larson and A. E. Orel

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3601 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Nondipole effects in the photoionization of neon: Random-phase approximation

W. R. Johnson, A. Derevianko, K. T. Cheng, Valery K. Dolmatov, and Steven T. Manson

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3609 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Partial photoionization cross section and resonance structure of Br

Dong Lin and H. P. Saha

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3614 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Oscillator strengths and electron-excitation cross sections for atomic nitrogen

S. S. Tayal and C. A. Beatty

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3622 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Three-body decay of the $3 s^{2} A_{1}^{'} (N = 1,$ $K = 0)$ and $3 d^{2} E^{″} (N = 1,$ $G = 0,$ $R = 1)$ Rydberg states of the triatomic hydrogen molecule $H_{3}$

U. Müller and P. C. Cosby

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3632 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Photodetachment of ${Na}^{-}$

Chien-Nan Liu and Anthony F. Starace

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3643 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Observation of resonance structure in the ${Na}^{-}$ photodetachment cross section

Gunnar Haeffler, Igor Yu. Kiyan, Dag Hanstorp, Benjamin J. Davies, and David J. Pegg

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3655 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Collisional properties of ultracold potassium: Consequences for degenerate Bose and Fermi gases

John L. Bohn, James P. Burke, Jr., Chris H. Greene, H. Wang, P. L. Gould, and W. C. Stwalley

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3660 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Observation of the last bound levels near the ${Na}_{2}$ ground-state asymptote

Michael Elbs, Horst Knöckel, Tanja Laue, Christian Samuelis, and Eberhard Tiemann

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3665 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces

Observation of soft x rays of single-mode resonant transition radiation from a multilayer target with a submicrometer period

Koji Yamada, Teruo Hosokawa, and Hisataka Takenaka

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3673 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Clusters (including fullerenes)

${FeO}_{4} :$ A unique example of a closed-shell cluster mimicking a superhalogen

Gennady L. Gutsev, S. N. Khanna, B. K. Rao, and P. Jena

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3681 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Calculated polarizabilities of intermediate-size Si clusters

Koblar Jackson, Mark Pederson, Cai-Zhuang Wang, and Kai-Ming Ho

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3685 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Stability of lutetium microclusters: Molecular-dynamics simulations

T. Baştuğ, Ş. Erkoç, M. Hirata, and S. Tachimori

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3690 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

Transition from Rydberg to giant-dipole-moment states of hydrogen atoms in crossed fields: A suggestion for an experiment

Vitali Averbukh, Nimrod Moiseyev, Peter Schmelcher, and Lorenz S. Cederbaum

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3695 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Transfer-matrix formulation of field-assisted tunneling

C. Pérez del Valle, R. Lefebvre, and O. Atabek

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3701 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Spin manipulation by absorption-free optical pumping

M. Kitano, K. Yamane, and T. Ikushima

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3710 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Several asymptotic subrecoil laser-cooling behaviors in arbitrary degenerate Λ systems

Hong Yuan Ling

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3714 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Sub-Doppler spectroscopy in a thin film of resonant vapor

Stephan Briaudeau, Daniel Bloch, and Martial Ducloy

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3723 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Interference effects in two-photon above-threshold ionization by multiple orders of high-order harmonics with random or locked phases

Eric Cormier, Anna Sanpera, Maciej Lewenstein, and Pierre Agostini

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3736 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Optimal squeezing, pure states, and amplification of squeezing in resonance fluorescence

Peng Zhou and S. Swain

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3745 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Coherent population transfer beyond the adiabatic limit: Generalized matched pulses and higher-order trapping states

M. Fleischhauer, R. Unanyan, B. W. Shore, and K. Bergmann

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3751 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Observation of spin echoes of laser-cooled Rb atoms

Y. Takahashi, T. Shimizu, N. Tanaka, K. Honda, K. Toyoda, and T. Yabuzaki

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3761 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Decoherence and fidelity in ion traps with fluctuating trap parameters

S. Schneider and G. J. Milburn

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3766 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Efficiencies of adiabatic transfer in a multistate system

R. M. Godun, C. L. Webb, M. K. Oberthaler, G. S. Summy, and K. Burnett

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3775 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Phase-conjugate picture of a wave-packet interference design for arbitrary target states

Xin Chen and John A. Yeazell

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3782 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Transient nutation signal locking

R. N. Shakhmuratov

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3788 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Laser cooling of two trapped ions: Sideband cooling beyond the Lamb-Dicke limit

G. Morigi, J. Eschner, J. I. Cirac, and P. Zoller

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3797 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Measuring electron affinities with the photodetachment microscope

Christophe Valli, Christophe Blondel, and Christian Delsart

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3809 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Matter waves

Finite-temperature excitations of Bose gases in anisotropic traps

Jürgen Reidl, András Csordás, Robert Graham, and Péter Szépfalusy

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3816 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Radio-frequency output coupling of the Bose-Einstein condensate for atom lasers

Y. B. Band, P. S. Julienne, and M. Trippenbach

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3823 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Longitudinal quantum interferometry

Steffen Frank Straub and Matthias Freyberger

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3832 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Quantum statistics of atoms in microstructures

Erika Andersson, Márcia T. Fontenelle, and Stig Stenholm

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3841 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Mean-field theory for excitations of trapped Bose condensates at finite temperatures

M. Rusch and K. Burnett

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3851 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Laser-assisted coherent atomic tunneling between two trapped Bose-Einstein condensates

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

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3862 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Spatial fragmentation of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a double-well potential

R. W. Spekkens and J. E. Sipe

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3868 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Quantum kinetic theory for a condensed bosonic gas

R. Walser, J. Williams, J. Cooper, and M. Holland

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3878 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Internal Josephson effect in trapped double condensates

Patrik Öhberg and Stig Stenholm

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3890 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Quantum theory of atomic four-wave mixing in Bose-Einstein condensates

Elena V. Goldstein and Pierre Meystre

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3896 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Barrier effects on the collective excitations of split Bose-Einstein condensates

P. Capuzzi and E. S. Hernández

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3902 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

Spontaneous light-polarization symmetry breaking for an anisotropic ring-cavity dye laser

S. V. Sergeyev

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3909 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Dissipative dynamics of the Jaynes-Cummings model in the dispersive approximation: Analytical results

J. G. Peixoto de Faria and M. C. Nemes

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3918 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Influence of the pure vibrational dephasing processes on the dip structure in pumped sum-frequency generation spectroscopy

A. A. Villaeys and F. P. Lohner

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3926 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Quasiperiodic synchronization for two delay-coupled semiconductor lasers

A. Hohl, A. Gavrielides, T. Erneux, and V. Kovanis

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3941 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Parametric down-conversion for light beams possessing orbital angular momentum

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

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3950 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Transverse oscillation arising from spatial soliton formation in nonlinear optical cavities

Jack Boyce and Raymond Y. Chiao

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3953 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Squeezed few-photon states of the field generated from squeezed atoms

Hiroki Saito and Masahito Ueda

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3959 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Q switch and longitudinal modes of a laser oscillator with a stimulated-Brillouin-scattering mirror

M. Ostermeyer, K. Mittler, and R. Menzel

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3975 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Effective two-level Maxwell-Bloch formalism and coherent pulse propagation in a driven three-level medium

Victor V. Kozlov, Olga Kocharovskaya, and Marlan O. Scully

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3986 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Two-field electromagnetically induced transparency and switching between ultranarrow absorption and gain features in rubidium atoms

S. M. Sadeghi and J. Meyer

Phys. Rev. A 59, 3998 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Multilevel dark states in an inhomogeneously broadened open atomic system

Yifu Zhu, Shijun Wang, and Neil M. Mulchan

Phys. Rev. A 59, 4005 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Two-atom dark states in electromagnetic cavities

G. J. Yang, O. Zobay, and P. Meystre

Phys. Rev. A 59, 4012 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Transverse patterns in nondegenerate intracavity second-harmonic generation

Stefano Longhi

Phys. Rev. A 59, 4021 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Phase-matched high-order-harmonic generation in a gas-filled hollow fiber

Yusuke Tamaki, Yutaka Nagata, Minoru Obara, and Katsumi Midorikawa

Phys. Rev. A 59, 4041 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Pressure and power dependence of the optically heterodyne Raman-induced Kerr effect line shape

Parminder S. Bhatia and John W. Keto

Phys. Rev. A 59, 4045 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Superradiant self-diffraction

A. I. Lvovsky and S. R. Hartmann

Phys. Rev. A 59, 4052 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

BRIEF REPORTS

Quantum information

Quantum error correction with spatially correlated decoherence

Lu-Ming Duan and Guang-Can Guo

Phys. Rev. A 59, 4058 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Hadronic vacuum polarization and the Lamb shift

J. L. Friar, J. Martorell, and D. W. L. Sprung

Phys. Rev. A 59, 4061 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Fisher entropy and uncertaintylike relationships in many-body systems

E. Romera, J. C. Angulo, and J. S. Dehesa

Phys. Rev. A 59, 4064 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Lifetimes of the ${5 d}^{9} 6 p$ levels in Hg III

M. Henderson, R. E. Irving, L. J. Curtis, I. Martinson, T. Brage, and P. Bengtsson

Phys. Rev. A 59, 4068 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

$L_{1} - L_{2, 3} M$ Coster-Kronig transitions in argon

T. Kylli, J. Karvonen, H. Aksela, A. Kivimäki, S. Aksela, R. Camilloni, L. Avaldi, M. Coreno, M. de Simone, R. Richter, K. C. Prince, and S. Stranges

Phys. Rev. A 59, 4071 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Single-photon ionization of helium from 4.5 to 12 keV by Compton scattering and the photoelectric effect

D. V. Morgan and R. J. Bartlett

Phys. Rev. A 59, 4075 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Electron-impact-excitation cross sections out of the $2^{3} S$ metastable level of helium at high energies

John B. Boffard, Mark E. Lagus, L. W. Anderson, and Chun C. Lin

Phys. Rev. A 59, 4079 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

Polychromatic excitation of a two-level system

Andrew D. Greentree, Changjiang Wei, and Neil B. Manson

Phys. Rev. A 59, 4083 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Transient nutations decay: The effect of field-modified dipolar interaction

S. Agnello, R. Boscaino, M. Cannas, F. M. Gelardi, and R. N. Shakhmuratov

Phys. Rev. A 59, 4087 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Matter waves

Improved large- $N$ limit for Bose-Einstein condensates from perturbation theory

D. K. Watson and B. A. McKinney

Phys. Rev. A 59, 4091 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

Generation of optical macroscopic quantum superposition states via state reduction with a Mach-Zehnder interferometer containing a Kerr medium

Christopher C. Gerry

Phys. Rev. A 59, 4095 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999

COMMENTS

Comment on “Wigner phase-space distribution function for the hydrogen atom”

Jens Peder Dahl and Michael Springborg

Phys. Rev. A 59, 4099 (1999) - Published 1 May, 1999