Volume 74, Issue 2

D. L. Robbins, P. Beiersdorfer, A. Ya. Faenov, T. A. Pikuz, D. B. Thorn, H. Chen, K. J. Reed, A. J. Smith, K. R. Boyce, G. V. Brown, R. L. Kelley, C. A. Kilbourne, and F. S. Porter

Phys. Rev. A 74, 022713 (2006) - Published 9 August, 2006

Differential and integrated cross sections for excitation to the $3 s$ , $3 p$ , and $3 d$ states of atomic hydrogen by electron impact below the $n = 4$ threshold

Philip L. Bartlett, J. F. Williams, Igor Bray, A. G. Mikosza, and Andris T. Stelbovics

Phys. Rev. A 74, 022714 (2006) - Published 10 August, 2006

Photoionization cross section measurements of the $3 p {}^{1, 3}P$ excited states of helium in the near-threshold region

Shahid Hussain, M. Saleem, M. Rafiq, and M. A. Baig

Phys. Rev. A 74, 022715 (2006) - Published 15 August, 2006

Quasistatic interpretation of the He- and Ne-induced blue asymmetry of the $326.1 − nm$ Cd line shapes in the core and near-wing regions

Ryszard S. Trawiński, Roman Ciuryło, and Józef Szudy

Phys. Rev. A 74, 022716 (2006) - Published 15 August, 2006

Angular distribution of characteristic photons after radiative electron capture at strong central fields

E. G. Drukarev, X. Ma, A. I. Mikhailov, I. A. Mikhailov, and P. H. Mokler

Phys. Rev. A 74, 022717 (2006) - Published 17 August, 2006

Systematics of $K α$ x-ray satellite structure

V. Horvat, R. L. Watson, and Yong Peng

Phys. Rev. A 74, 022718 (2006) - Published 17 August, 2006

Positivity of Bloch-Boltzmann equations

Stanisław Kryszewski and Justyna Czechowska

Phys. Rev. A 74, 022719 (2006) - Published 18 August, 2006

Equivalent multipole operators for degenerate Rydberg states

V. N. Ostrovsky, D. Vrinceanu, and M. R. Flannery

Phys. Rev. A 74, 022720 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

Theoretical calculations of the total and ionization cross sections for electron impact on some simple biomolecules

Minaxi Vinodkumar, K. N. Joshipura, Chetan Limbachiya, and Nigel Mason

Phys. Rev. A 74, 022721 (2006) - Published 28 August, 2006

Clusters (including fullerenes)

Coulomb explosion of hydrogen clusters irradiated by an ultrashort intense laser pulse

Hongyu Li, Jiansheng Liu, Cheng Wang, Guoquan Ni, Ruxin Li, and Zhizhan Xu

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023201 (2006) - Published 4 August, 2006

Dipole polarizabilities of medium-sized gold clusters

Jinlan Wang, Mingli Yang, Julius Jellinek, and Guanghou Wang

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023202 (2006) - Published 16 August, 2006

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

Sympathetic cooling of fullerene ions by laser-cooled ${Mg}^{+}$ ions in a linear rf trap

Vladimir L. Ryjkov, XianZhen Zhao, and Hans A. Schuessler

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023401 (2006) - Published 2 August, 2006

Photodetachment of $H^{-}$ by a short laser pulse in crossed static electric and magnetic fields

Liang-You Peng, Qiaoling Wang, and Anthony F. Starace

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023402 (2006) - Published 3 August, 2006

High-order harmonic generation from arbitrarily oriented diatomic molecules including nuclear motion and field-free alignment

C. B. Madsen and L. B. Madsen

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023403 (2006) - Published 3 August, 2006

Creation and control of a single coherent attosecond xuv pulse by few-cycle intense laser pulses

Juan J. Carrera, X. M. Tong, and Shih-I Chu

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023404 (2006) - Published 8 August, 2006

Frequency shift of hyperfine transitions due to blackbody radiation

E. J. Angstmann, V. A. Dzuba, and V. V. Flambaum

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023405 (2006) - Published 11 August, 2006

Realization of an intense cold Rb atomic beam based on a two-dimensional magneto-optical trap: Experiments and comparison with simulations

Saptarishi Chaudhuri, Sanjukta Roy, and C. S. Unnikrishnan

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023406 (2006) - Published 18 August, 2006

Strong-field ionization of atoms and molecules: The two-term saddle-point method

Thomas Kim Kjeldsen and Lars Bojer Madsen

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023407 (2006) - Published 18 August, 2006

Dark pulses for resonant two-photon transitions

P. Panek and A. Becker

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023408 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

Self-driven nonlinear dynamics in magneto-optical traps

T. Pohl, G. Labeyrie, and R. Kaiser

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023409 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

Sub-Doppler magneto-optical trap temperatures measured using Rydberg tagging

J. Tallant, K. R. Overstreet, A. Schwettmann, and J. P. Shaffer

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023410 (2006) - Published 24 August, 2006

Above-threshold ionization of Mg by linearly and circularly polarized laser fields: Origin of the subpeaks in the photoelectron energy spectra

Takashi Nakajima and Gabriela Buica

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023411 (2006) - Published 25 August, 2006

High-order above-threshold ionization of argon: Plateau resonances and the Floquet quasienergy spectrum

R. M. Potvliege and Svetlana Vučić

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023412 (2006) - Published 31 August, 2006

Oscillator strength spectrum of hydrogen in strong magnetic and electric fields with arbitrary mutual orientation

Xiaoxu Guan

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023413 (2006) - Published 31 August, 2006

Matter waves

Creation of macroscopic superpositions of flow states with Bose-Einstein condensates

Jacob Dunningham and David Hallwood

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023601 (2006) - Published 2 August, 2006

Stabilization of a matter-wave droplet in free space by feedback control of interatomic interactions

Hiroki Saito and Masahito Ueda

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023602 (2006) - Published 2 August, 2006

Stability and dynamics of vortex clusters in nonrotated Bose-Einstein condensates

V. Pietilä, M. Möttönen, T. Isoshima, J. A. M. Huhtamäki, and S. M. M. Virtanen

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023603 (2006) - Published 4 August, 2006

Vortex properties of a resonant superfluid

Meng Gao, Hongyu Wu, and Lan Yin

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023604 (2006) - Published 10 August, 2006

Generation and detection of matter-wave gap vortices in optical lattices

Elena A. Ostrovskaya, Tristram J. Alexander, and Yuri S. Kivshar

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023605 (2006) - Published 15 August, 2006

Fermionic superfluidity with positive scattering length

Bout Marcelis and Servaas Kokkelmans

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023606 (2006) - Published 15 August, 2006

Deviation from one dimensionality in stationary properties and collisional dynamics of matter-wave solitons

Lev Khaykovich and Boris A. Malomed

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023607 (2006) - Published 16 August, 2006

Landau functions for noninteracting bosons

Andreas Sinner, Florian Schütz, and Peter Kopietz

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023608 (2006) - Published 17 August, 2006

Single-mode acceleration of matter waves in circular waveguides

O. Dutta, M. Jääskeläinen, and P. Meystre

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023609 (2006) - Published 17 August, 2006

Evolution of additional (hidden) quantum variables in the interference of Bose-Einstein condensates

W. J. Mullin, R. Krotkov, and F. Laloë

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023610 (2006) - Published 18 August, 2006

Cyclic phase in $F = 2$ spinor condensate: Long-range order, kinks, and roughening transition

W. V. Pogosov and K. Machida

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023611 (2006) - Published 18 August, 2006

Asymmetric double-well potential for single-atom interferometry

A. I. Sidorov, B. J. Dalton, S. M. Whitlock, and F. Scharnberg

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023612 (2006) - Published 18 August, 2006

Superfluidity without symmetry breaking: The time-dependent Hartree-Fock approximation for Bose-condensed condensates

C.-H. Zhang and H. A. Fertig

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023613 (2006) - Published 21 August, 2006

Defect modes of a Bose-Einstein condensate in an optical lattice with a localized impurity

Valeriy A. Brazhnyi, Vladimir V. Konotop, and Víctor M. Pérez-García

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023614 (2006) - Published 21 August, 2006

Atom interferometer as a selective sensor of rotation or gravity

B. Dubetsky and M. A. Kasevich

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023615 (2006) - Published 21 August, 2006

Bose-Einstein condensates in rf-dressed adiabatic potentials

M. White, H. Gao, M. Pasienski, and B. DeMarco

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023616 (2006) - Published 21 August, 2006

Ring trap for ultracold atoms

Olivier Morizot, Yves Colombe, Vincent Lorent, Hélène Perrin, and Barry M. Garraway

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023617 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

Classification of zero-energy resonances by dissociation of Feshbach molecules

Thomas M. Hanna, Krzysztof Góral, Emilia Witkowska, and Thorsten Köhler

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023618 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

Optimal conversion of Bose-Einstein-condensed atoms into molecules via a Feshbach resonance

Jaeyoon Jeong, Chris P. Search, and Ivana Djuric

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023619 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

Theoretical study of a cold-atom beam splitter

Naceur Gaaloul, Annick Suzor-Weiner, Laurence Pruvost, Mourad Telmini, and Eric Charron

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023620 (2006) - Published 24 August, 2006

Microscopic structure of a quantized vortex core in atomic Fermi gases

M. Machida, Y. Ohashi, and T. Koyama

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023621 (2006) - Published 25 August, 2006

Thermal fluctuations of vortex clusters in quasi-two-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates

W. V. Pogosov and K. Machida

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023622 (2006) - Published 28 August, 2006

Dispersive and classical shock waves in Bose-Einstein condensates and gas dynamics

M. A. Hoefer, M. J. Ablowitz, I. Coddington, E. A. Cornell, P. Engels, and V. Schweikhard

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023623 (2006) - Published 29 August, 2006

Effect of thermal fluctuations on spin degrees of freedom in spinor Bose-Einstein condensates

W. V. Pogosov and K. Machida

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023624 (2006) - Published 31 August, 2006

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

Mechanical response of the quantum vacuum to dynamic deformations of a cavity

Jalal Sarabadani and MirFaez Miri

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023801 (2006) - Published 2 August, 2006

Spatial distinguishability of photons produced by spontaneous parametric down-conversion with a focused pump

Ryan S. Bennink, Yun Liu, D. Duncan Earl, and Warren P. Grice

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023802 (2006) - Published 3 August, 2006

Local-field correction to the spontaneous decay rate of atoms embedded in bodies of finite size

Ho Trung Dung, Stefan Yoshi Buhmann, and Dirk-Gunnar Welsch

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023803 (2006) - Published 3 August, 2006

Experimental investigation of the parameter space for optical-field-ionization cluster-jet x-ray lasers

M.-C. Chou, P.-H. Lin, T.-S. Hung, J.-Y. Lin, J. Wang, and S.-Y. Chen

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023804 (2006) - Published 4 August, 2006

Sagnac interferometry in a slow-light medium

Graham T. Purves, Charles S. Adams, and Ifan G. Hughes

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023805 (2006) - Published 7 August, 2006

Temporal Young’s interference experiment by attosecond double and triple soft-x-ray pulses

Kenichi L. Ishikawa

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023806 (2006) - Published 7 August, 2006

Quantum electrodynamics of accelerated atoms in free space and in cavities

Alexey Belyanin, Vitaly V. Kocharovsky, Federico Capasso, Edward Fry, M. Suhail Zubairy, and Marlan O. Scully

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023807 (2006) - Published 15 August, 2006

Transverse effects in paired-photon generation via an electromagnetically induced transparency medium. I. Perturbation theory

Jianming Wen and Morton H. Rubin

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023808 (2006) - Published 15 August, 2006

Transverse effects in paired-photon generation via an electromagnetically induced transparency medium. II. Beyond perturbation theory

Jianming Wen and Morton H. Rubin

Phys. Rev. A 74, 023809 (2006) - Published 15 August, 2006

BRIEF REPORTS

Fundamental concepts

Wigner-Araki-Yanase theorem on distinguishability

Takayuki Miyadera and Hideki Imai

Phys. Rev. A 74, 024101 (2006) - Published 22 August, 2006

Role of the Bell singlet state in the suppression of disentanglement

Ru-Fen Liu and Chia-Chu Chen

Phys. Rev. A 74, 024102 (2006) - Published 29 August, 2006

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

Electron capture in collisions of $N^{2 +}$ and $O^{2 +}$ ions with $H (1 s)$ at low impact energies

P. Barragán, L. F. Errea, L. Méndez, I. Rabadán, and A. Riera

Phys. Rev. A 74, 024701 (2006) - Published 10 August, 2006

Clusters (including fullerenes)

Structure of small clusters of parahydrogen molecules

Rafael Guardiola and Jesús Navarro

Phys. Rev. A 74, 025201 (2006) - Published 7 August, 2006

Atomic and molecular processes in external fields

Coherent control of optically induced birefringence in azoaromatic molecules

C. R. Mendonça, U. M. Neves, I. Guedes, S. C. Zilio, and L. Misoguti

Phys. Rev. A 74, 025401 (2006) - Published 28 August, 2006

Angular distributions of multiphoton detachment of $H^{-}$ in various infrared laser fields

Lihua Bai, Jingtao Zhang, Xiaoming Zhang, and Zhizhan Xu

Phys. Rev. A 74, 025402 (2006) - Published 31 August, 2006

Matter waves

Resonance reactions and enhancement of weak interactions in collisions of cold molecules

V. V. Flambaum and J. S. M. Ginges

Phys. Rev. A 74, 025601 (2006) - Published 23 August, 2006

Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics

Deterministic generation of a pure continuous-variable entangled state for two ions trapped in a cavity

Gao-xiang Li, Hua-tang Tan, Shao-ping Wu, and Guang-ming Huang

Phys. Rev. A 74, 025801 (2006) - Published 10 August, 2006

Comment on “Photoionization of helium atoms irradiated with intense vacuum ultraviolet free-electron laser light. Part II. Theoretical modeling of multiphoton and single-photon processes”

Alfred Maquet, Bernard Piraux, Armin Scrinzi, and Richard Taïeb

Phys. Rev. A 74, 027401 (2006) - Published 1 August, 2006

Reply to “Comment on ‘Photoionization of helium atoms irradiated with intense vacuum ultraviolet free-electron laser light. Part II. Theoretical modeling of multiphoton and single-photon processes’ ”

A. R. B. de Castro, T. Laarmann, J. Schulz, H. Wabnitz, and T. Möller

Phys. Rev. A 74, 027402 (2006) - Published 1 August, 2006

Comment on “Approximation for a Coulomb-Volkov solution in strong fields”

A. B. Voitkiv

Phys. Rev. A 74, 027403 (2006) - Published 31 August, 2006

Comment on “Teleportation of entangled states without Bell-state measurement”

F. De Zela

Phys. Rev. A 74, 027801 (2006) - Published 9 August, 2006

ERRATA

Erratum: Differentiation of density functionals that conserves the normalization of the density [Phys. Rev. A 63, 022506 (2001)]

Tamás Gál

Phys. Rev. A 74, 029901 (2006) - Published 15 August, 2006

Erratum: Entanglement and dephasing of quantum dissipative systems [Phys. Rev. A 73, 042110 (2006)]

T. Stauber and F. Guinea

Phys. Rev. A 74, 029902 (2006) - Published 15 August, 2006

Publisher's Note: Bright solitons in Bose-Fermi mixtures [Phys. Rev. A 73, 053602 (2006)]

Tomasz Karpiuk, Mirosław Brewczyk, and Kazimierz Rzążewski

Phys. Rev. A 74, 029903 (2006) - Published 18 August, 2006

Publisher's Note: Evolution of additional (hidden) quantum variables in the interference of Bose-Einstein condensates [Phys. Rev. A 74, 023610 (2006)]

W. J. Mullin, R. Krotkov, and F. Laloë

Phys. Rev. A 74, 029904 (2006) - Published 28 August, 2006

Erratum: State estimation on correlated copies [Phys. Rev. A 71, 062321 (2005)]

Rafał Demkowicz-Dobrzański

Phys. Rev. A 74, 029905 (2006) - Published 31 August, 2006