Volume 61, Issue 2

February 2000

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Fundamental concepts

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Tensorial phases in multiple beam atomic interference

M. Mei, T. W. Hänsch, and M. Weitz

Phys. Rev. A 61, 020101(R) (2000) - Published 7 January, 2000

Quantum information

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Schemes for parallel quantum computation without local control of qubits

S. C. Benjamin

Phys. Rev. A 61, 020301(R) (2000) - Published 18 January, 2000

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

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Evolution of the germanium $K β^{'''}$ x-ray satellites from threshold to saturation

C. Sternemann, A. Kaprolat, M. H. Krisch, and W. Schülke

Phys. Rev. A 61, 020501(R) (2000) - Published 18 January, 2000

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

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Photoionization of atomic iodine and its ions

M. Ya. Amusia, N. A. Cherepkov, L. V. Chernysheva, and S. T. Manson

Phys. Rev. A 61, 020701(R) (2000) - Published 14 January, 2000

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

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Charge-state evolution of highly charged ions transmitted through microcapillaries

K. Tökési, L. Wirtz, C. Lemell, and J. Burgdörfer

Phys. Rev. A 61, 020901(R) (2000) - Published 18 January, 2000

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

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Tunable soft-x-ray radiation by high-order harmonic generation

C. Altucci, R. Bruzzese, C. de Lisio, M. Nisoli, S. Stagira, S. De Silvestri, O. Svelto, A. Boscolo, P. Ceccherini, L. Poletto, G. Tondello, and P. Villoresi

Phys. Rev. A 61, 021801(R) (1999) - Published 22 December, 1999

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Probing the spectral and temporal structures of high-order harmonic generation in intense laser pulses

Xiao-Min Tong and Shih-I Chu

Phys. Rev. A 61, 021802(R) (2000) - Published 5 January, 2000

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Quantum-noise-induced macroscopic revivals in second-harmonic generation

M. K. Olsen, R. J. Horowicz, L. I. Plimak, N. Treps, and C. Fabre

Phys. Rev. A 61, 021803(R) (2000) - Published 5 January, 2000

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Consistent-histories and dipolar-basis representation of nonlinear response functions

Shaul Mukamel

Phys. Rev. A 61, 021804(R) (2000) - Published 12 January, 2000

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Self-pulsing instabilities in an optical parametric oscillator: Experimental observation and modeling of the mechanism

Pierre Suret, Dominique Derozier, Marc Lefranc, Jaouad Zemmouri, and Serge Bielawski

Phys. Rev. A 61, 021805(R) (2000) - Published 14 January, 2000

ARTICLES

Fundamental concepts

Bound states of neutral particles in external electric fields

Qiong-gui Lin

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022101 (1999) - Published 22 December, 1999

Quantum synthesis of arbitrary unitary operators

B. Hladký, G. Drobný, and V. Bužek

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022102 (2000) - Published 5 January, 2000

Factorized representation for parity-projected Wigner $d^{j} (β)$ matrices

N. L. Manakov, A. V. Meremianin, and Anthony F. Starace

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022103 (2000) - Published 5 January, 2000

Quantum equations of motion for a dissipative system

R. J. Wysocki

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022104 (2000) - Published 7 January, 2000

Quantum anti-Zeno effect

M. Lewenstein and K. Rza̧żewski

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022105 (2000) - Published 10 January, 2000

Experimental demonstration of Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger correlations using nuclear magnetic resonance

Richard J. Nelson, David G. Cory, and Seth Lloyd

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022106 (2000) - Published 10 January, 2000

Exact diagonalization of two quantum models for the damped harmonic oscillator

M. Rosenau da Costa, A. O. Caldeira, S. M. Dutra, and H. Westfahl, Jr.

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022107 (2000) - Published 10 January, 2000

Quantum approach to coupling classical and quantum dynamics

Lajos Diósi, Nicolas Gisin, and Walter T. Strunz

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022108 (2000) - Published 10 January, 2000

Violations of local realism in multiphoton interference experiments

Marek Żukowski

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022109 (2000) - Published 12 January, 2000

Exact result for the force autocorrelation in the rotating-wave approximation

G. W. Ford and R. F. O’Connell

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022110 (2000) - Published 12 January, 2000

Violation of Bell’s inequalities and two-mode quantum-optical state measurement

J. W. Wu

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022111 (2000) - Published 12 January, 2000

Anapole moments and magnetic fields in alkali-metal atoms from Stark mixing

A. Bhattacharya and B. Talukdar

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022112 (2000) - Published 13 January, 2000

Optimal generalized quantum measurements for arbitrary spin systems

A. Acín, J. I. Latorre, and P. Pascual

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022113 (2000) - Published 14 January, 2000

Bell theorem involving all possible local measurements

Dagomir Kaszlikowski and Marek Żukowski

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022114 (2000) - Published 14 January, 2000

Surface roughness contribution to the Casimir interaction between an isolated atom and a cavity wall

V. B. Bezerra, G. L. Klimchitskaya, and C. Romero

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022115 (2000) - Published 14 January, 2000

Classical interventions in quantum systems. I. The measuring process

Asher Peres

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022116 (2000) - Published 18 January, 2000

Classical interventions in quantum systems. II. Relativistic invariance

Asher Peres

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022117 (2000) - Published 18 January, 2000

Time-of-arrival distribution for arbitrary potentials and Wigner’s time-energy uncertainty relation

A. D. Baute, R. Sala Mayato, J. P. Palao, J. G. Muga, and I. L. Egusquiza

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022118 (2000) - Published 18 January, 2000

Nonlocality without inequalities has not been proved for maximally entangled states

Adán Cabello

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022119 (2000) - Published 18 January, 2000

Quantum information

Problem of equilibration and the computation of correlation functions on a quantum computer

Barbara M. Terhal and David P. DiVincenzo

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022301 (2000) - Published 4 January, 2000

Quantum codes and macroscopic superpositions

Julio Gea-Banacloche

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022302 (2000) - Published 4 January, 2000

Identity verification in quantum key distribution

Guihua Zeng and Weiping Zhang

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022303 (2000) - Published 6 January, 2000

Quantum gates with neutral atoms: Controlling collisional interactions in time-dependent traps

T. Calarco, E. A. Hinds, D. Jaksch, J. Schmiedmayer, J. I. Cirac, and P. Zoller

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022304 (2000) - Published 10 January, 2000

Quantum gates by coupled asymmetric quantum dots and controlled-NOT-gate operation

Tetsufumi Tanamoto

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022305 (2000) - Published 12 January, 2000

Fidelity for multimode thermal squeezed states

Gh.-S. Paraoanu and Horia Scutaru

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022306 (2000) - Published 13 January, 2000

Experimental implementation of dense coding using nuclear magnetic resonance

Ximing Fang, Xiwen Zhu, Mang Feng, Xi’an Mao, and Fei Du

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022307 (2000) - Published 13 January, 2000

Assisted cloning and orthogonal complementing of an unknown state

Arun Kumar Pati

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022308 (2000) - Published 14 January, 2000

Quantum cryptography with squeezed states

Mark Hillery

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022309 (2000) - Published 14 January, 2000

Canonical quantum teleportation

Sixia Yu and Chang-Pu Sun

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022310 (2000) - Published 18 January, 2000

Entanglement and state preparation

Morton H. Rubin

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022311 (2000) - Published 18 January, 2000

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Graph-theoretical study of the nodal structure of the degenerate-state wave functions

Sergey N. Maximoff, Sergey A. Shpilkin, and Evgenii A. Smolenskii

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022501 (2000) - Published 4 January, 2000

Local spin-density approximation for spin eigenspaces and its application to the excited states of atoms

Andreas K. Theophilou and Petros G. Papaconstantinou

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022502 (2000) - Published 6 January, 2000

Resonant x-ray Raman scattering in a laser field

Faris Gel’mukhanov, Peter Cronstrand, and Hans Ågren

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022503 (2000) - Published 7 January, 2000

Lithium isotope shifts as a measure of nuclear size

Zong-Chao Yan and G. W. F. Drake

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022504 (2000) - Published 11 January, 2000

Ground states of H, He,…, Ne, and their singly positive ions in strong magnetic fields: The high-field regime

M. V. Ivanov and P. Schmelcher

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022505 (2000) - Published 11 January, 2000

Many-body and model-potential calculations of low-energy photoionization parameters for francium

A. Derevianko, W. R. Johnson, and H. R. Sadeghpour

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022506 (2000) - Published 11 January, 2000

Lifetime measurements of the ${4 f}^{14} 5 d$ metastable states in single ytterbium ions

N. Yu and L. Maleki

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022507 (2000) - Published 12 January, 2000

Spin-boson Hamiltonian and optical absorption of molecular dimers

Christiane Koch and Bernd Esser

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022508 (2000) - Published 13 January, 2000

Properties and hyperfine structure of helium-muonic atoms

Alexei M. Frolov

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022509 (2000) - Published 13 January, 2000

Electric-field influence on doubly excited Feshbach resonance states of the positronium negative ion below the $N = 3$ threshold of the positronium atom

I. A. Ivanov and Y. K. Ho

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022510 (2000) - Published 13 January, 2000

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Excitation of Ar ${3 p}^{5} {4 s - 3 p}^{5} 4 p$ transitions by electron impact

C. M. Maloney, J. L. Peacher, K. Bartschat, and D. H. Madison

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022701 (2000) - Published 4 January, 2000

High-resolution VUV spectroscopy of $H^{-}$ in the region near the $H (n = 2)$ threshold

P. Balling, H. H. Andersen, C. A. Brodie, U. V. Pedersen, V. V. Petrunin, M. K. Raarup, P. Steiner, and T. Andersen

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022702 (2000) - Published 5 January, 2000

Correlated three-electron continuum states in triple ionization by fast heavy-ion impact

M. Schulz, R. Moshammer, W. Schmitt, H. Kollmus, R. Mann, S. Hagmann, R. E. Olson, and J. Ullrich

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022703 (2000) - Published 5 January, 2000

Random Green matrices: From proximity resonances to Anderson localization

Marian Rusek, Jan Mostowski, and Arkadiusz Orłowski

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022704 (2000) - Published 6 January, 2000

Dielectronic recombination of Pb $^{79 +}$ atomic ions at high spectral resolution

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

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022705 (2000) - Published 6 January, 2000

Determination of differential cross sections for electron-impact excitation of electronic states of molecular oxygen

L. Campbell, M. A. Green, M. J. Brunger, P. J. O. Teubner, and D. C. Cartwright

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022706 (2000) - Published 10 January, 2000

Effective collision strengths for hyperfine-structure transitions with inclusion of resonance effects

Hong Lin Zhang and Douglas H. Sampson

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022707 (2000) - Published 10 January, 2000

Elastic cross sections for $e^{-} - {CH}_{4}$ collisions at intermediate energies

I. Iga, M.-T. Lee, M. G. P. Homem, L. E. Machado, and L. M. Brescansin

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022708 (2000) - Published 10 January, 2000

Lifetime effects on the dissociation of core-excited $N_{2}$ and CO molecules

N. Saito, A. Hempelmann, F. Heiser, O. Hemmers, K. Wieliczek, J. Viefhaus, and U. Becker

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022709 (2000) - Published 10 January, 2000

Quantum-mechanically complete study of charge transfer from nonisotropic initial to nonisotropic final states in $H^{+} - Na {(3 p}_{\pm 1})$ collisions

Z. Roller-Lutz, Y. Wang, H. O. Lutz, S. E. Nielsen, and A. Dubois

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022710 (2000) - Published 11 January, 2000

Coordinate-space Faddeev-Hahn-type approach to three-body charge-transfer reactions involving exotic particles

Renat A. Sultanov and Sadhan K. Adhikari

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022711 (2000) - Published 12 January, 2000

Electronic response of $C_{60}$ in slow collisions with highly charged ions

H. Cederquist, A. Fardi, K. Haghighat, A. Langereis, H. T. Schmidt, S. H. Schwartz, J. C. Levin, I. A. Sellin, H. Lebius, B. Huber, M. O. Larsson, and P. Hvelplund

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022712 (2000) - Published 12 January, 2000

Multiplet and lifetime effects in the $4 d$ photoelectron spectrum of Eu

Ch. Gerth, K. Godehusen, M. Richter, P. Zimmermann, J. Schulz, Ph. Wernet, B. Sonntag, A. G. Kochur, and I. D. Petrov

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022713 (2000) - Published 12 January, 2000

Momentum spectroscopy of electrons lost by light projectiles in collisions with neon targets

T. Jalowy, D. H. Jakubaßa-Amundsen, M. W. Lucas, and K. O. Groeneveld

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022714 (2000) - Published 12 January, 2000

Charge transfer and fragmentation in cluster-atom collisions

O. Knospe, J. Jellinek, U. Saalmann, and R. Schmidt

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022715 (2000) - Published 13 January, 2000

Dynamic wave-packet scattering in autoionizing two-electron atoms

R. van Leeuwen, M. L. Bajema, and R. R. Jones

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022716 (2000) - Published 13 January, 2000

Photoionization of radium: Investigating many-body effects at high Z

Mickey Kutzner, Paul Pelley, Lauralea Banks, and Richard Robertson

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022717 (2000) - Published 13 January, 2000

Close-coupling calculations of ${Ca}^{-}$ formation by charge transfer from Rydberg atoms

Ilya I. Fabrikant and Mikhail I. Chibisov

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022718 (2000) - Published 14 January, 2000

Positron annihilation on large molecules

Koji Iwata, G. F. Gribakin, R. G. Greaves, C. Kurz, and C. M. Surko

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022719 (2000) - Published 18 January, 2000

Mechanisms of positron annihilation on molecules

G. F. Gribakin

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022720 (2000) - Published 18 January, 2000

Manipulation of Feshbach resonances in ultracold atomic collisions using time-dependent magnetic fields

F. H. Mies, E. Tiesinga, and P. S. Julienne

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022721 (2000) - Published 18 January, 2000

Low-lying $^{3} P^{o}$ and $^{3} S^{e}$ states of ${Rb}^{-}, {Cs}^{-}$ , and ${Fr}^{-}$

C. Bahrim and U. Thumm

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022722 (2000) - Published 18 January, 2000

Measurements of electron-impact ionization cross sections of argon, krypton, and xenon by comparison with photoionization

A. A. Sorokin, L. A. Shmaenok, S. V. Bobashev, B. Möbus, M. Richter, and G. Ulm

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022723 (2000) - Published 18 January, 2000

Upper-limit determination of resonant trielectronic recombination cross-section for krypton using crystal channeling

M. Chevallier, C. Cohen, N. Cue, D. Dauvergne, J. Dural, P. Gangnan, R. Kirsch, A. L’Hoir, D. Lelièvre, J.-F. Libin, P. H. Mokler, J.-C. Poizat, H.-T. Prinz, J.-M. Ramillon, J. Remillieux, P. Roussel-Chomaz, J.-P. Rozet, F. Sanuy, D. Schmaus, C. Stephan, M. Toulemonde, D. Vernhet, and A. Warczak

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022724 (2000) - Published 18 January, 2000

Variational R-matrix methods for many-electron systems: Unified nonrelativistic theory

Radosław Szmytkowski

Phys. Rev. A 61, 022725 (2000) - Published 20 January, 2000

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

Clusters (including fullerenes)

Evidence for wavelength dependence of Xe M-shell emission from clusters

H. Honda, E. Miura, K. Katsura, E. Takahashi, and K. Kondo

Phys. Rev. A 61, 023201 (2000) - Published 7 January, 2000

Investigating a qubit candidate: Spectroscopy on the $S_{1 / 2}$ to $D_{5 / 2}$ transition of a trapped calcium ion in a linear Paul trap

H. C. Nägerl, Ch. Roos, D. Leibfried, H. Rohde, G. Thalhammer, J. Eschner, F. Schmidt-Kaler, and R. Blatt

Phys. Rev. A 61, 023405 (2000) - Published 7 January, 2000

Theoretical description of two-dimensional vibrational spectroscopy by infrared-infrared-visible sum frequency generation

Minhaeng Cho

Phys. Rev. A 61, 023406 (2000) - Published 10 January, 2000

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

Cavity electromagnetically induced transparency of driven-three-level atoms: A transparent window narrowing below a natural width

Cleo L. Bentley, Jr., Jiaren Liu, and Yan Liao

Phys. Rev. A 61, 023811 (2000) - Published 14 January, 2000

Laser-assisted resonance-energy transfer

Philip Allcock, Robert D. Jenkins, and David L. Andrews

Phys. Rev. A 61, 023812 (2000) - Published 18 January, 2000

Production and detection of highly squeezed states in cavity QED

L. G. Lutterbach and L. Davidovich

Phys. Rev. A 61, 023813 (2000) - Published 18 January, 2000

BRIEF REPORTS

Fundamental concepts

Quantum-mechanical versus semiclassical calculations of dc-field-induced tunneling rates for helium for field strengths in the range 0.067–1.0 a.u.

Spyros I. Themelis, Theodoros Mercouris, and Cleanthes A. Nicolaides

Phys. Rev. A 61, 024101 (1999) - Published 20 December, 1999

Periodic Hamiltonian and Berry’s phase in harmonic oscillators

Dae-Yup Song

Phys. Rev. A 61, 024102 (2000) - Published 4 January, 2000

Comparison between quantum and approximate semiclassical dynamics of an externally driven spin-harmonic oscillator system

R. I. Cukier and M. Morillo

Phys. Rev. A 61, 024103 (2000) - Published 14 January, 2000

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Intermediate-energy total cross sections for electron scattering on ${WF}_{6}$

Grzegorz P. Karwasz, Roberto S. Brusa, Lavinia Del Longo, and Antonio Zecca

Phys. Rev. A 61, 024701 (2000) - Published 5 January, 2000

Auger decay of the photoexcited ${1 s}^{- 1} np$ Rydberg series in neon

T. W. Gorczyca

Phys. Rev. A 61, 024702 (2000) - Published 13 January, 2000

Clusters (including fullerenes)

Calculated polarizabilities of small Si clusters

Ke Deng, Jinlong Yang, and C. T. Chan

Phys. Rev. A 61, 025201 (2000) - Published 13 January, 2000

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

Propagation of the electromagnetic field in optical-limiting reverse-saturable absorbers

S. Kim, D. McLaughlin, and M. Potasek

Phys. Rev. A 61, 025801 (2000) - Published 11 January, 2000

Non-Markovian decay of an atom coupled to a reservoir: Modification by frequency modulation

Maciej Janowicz

Phys. Rev. A 61, 025802 (2000) - Published 12 January, 2000

COMMENTS

Comment on “Čerenkov effect and the Lorentz contraction”

G. Cavalleri and E. Tonni

Phys. Rev. A 61, 026101 (2000) - Published 4 January, 2000

Comment on “Exact wave function of a harmonic plus an inverse harmonic potential with time-dependent mass and frequency”

M. Maamache

Phys. Rev. A 61, 026102 (2000) - Published 13 January, 2000

Reply to “Comment on Exact wave function of a harmonic plus an inverse harmonic potential with time-dependent mass and frequency”

Chung-In Um, Shang-Moon Shin, Kyu-Hwang Yeon, and Thomas F. George

Phys. Rev. A 61, 026103 (2000) - Published 13 January, 2000

ERRATA

Erratum: Operational time of arrival in quantum phase space [Phys. Rev. A 60, 2689 (1999)]

Piotr Kochański and Krzysztof Wódkiewicz

Phys. Rev. A 61, 029901 (2000) - Published 6 January, 2000

Erratum: Dynamics of noise-induced heating in atom traps [Phys. Rev. A 58, 3914 (1998)]

M. E. Gehm, K. M. O’Hara, T. A. Savard, and J. E. Thomas

Phys. Rev. A 61, 029902 (2000) - Published 7 January, 2000

Erratum: Deterministic Bell states and measurement of the motional state of two trapped ions [Phys. Rev. A 59, R2539 (1999)]

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

Phys. Rev. A 61, 029903 (2000) - Published 13 January, 2000

Volume 61, Issue 2

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Fundamental concepts

Quantum information

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

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

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

ARTICLES

Fundamental concepts

Quantum information

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

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

Clusters (including fullerenes)

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

Matter waves

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

BRIEF REPORTS

Fundamental concepts

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Clusters (including fullerenes)

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics