Physical Review A – December 1993
(Volume 48, Issue 6)

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Atomic and Molecular Collisions and Interactions

Rapid Communication
Add to article collection Effect of rotations on stabilization in high-intensity photodissociation of H2+
E. E. Aubanel, A. Conjusteau, and A. D. Bandrauk
pp. R4011-R4014 [View Page Images , PDF (704 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

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Add to article collection Vibrational dependence of negative-ion formation by dissociative attachment of low-energy electrons
M. Külz, A. Kortyna, M. Keil, B. Schellhaaβ, and K. Bergmann
pp. R4015-R4018 [View Page Images , PDF (749 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

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Atoms and Molecules in Electromagnetic Fields

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Add to article collection Reflection beam splitter for multilevel atoms
R. Deutschmann, W. Ertmer, and H. Wallis
pp. R4023-R4026 [View Page Images , PDF (688 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

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Add to article collection Possibility of breakdown of atomic stabilization in an intense high-frequency field
Alejandro Bugacov, Marcel Pont, and Robin Shakeshaft
pp. R4027-R4030 [View Page Images , PDF (652 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Rapid Communication
Add to article collection Nonlinear effects of radiation trapping in ground-state oriented sodium vapor
G. Ankerhold, M. Schiffer, D. Mutschall, T. Scholz, and W. Lange
pp. R4031-R4034 [View Page Images , PDF (611 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Rapid Communication
Add to article collection Continuous polarization-gradient precooling-assisted velocity-selective coherent population trapping
M. S. Shahriar, P. R. Hemmer, M. G. Prentiss, P. Marte, J. Mervis, D. P. Katz, N. P. Bigelow, and T. Cai
pp. R4035-R4038 [View Page Images , PDF (783 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Quantum Optics

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Add to article collection Necessity of sine-cosine joint measurement
G. M. D’Ariano and M. G. Paris
pp. R4039-R4042 [View Page Images , PDF (620 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

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Add to article collection Interplay of linear and nonlinear effects in the formation of optical vortices in a nonlinear resonator
G. L. Lippi, T. Ackemann, L. M. Hoffer, A. Gahl, and W. Lange
pp. R4043-R4046 [View Page Images , PDF (1081 kB) , Figure Images, or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

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Add to article collection Radial squeezed states and Rydberg wave packets
Robert Bluhm and V. Alan Kostelecký
pp. R4047-R4050 [View Page Images , PDF (662 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

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Add to article collection High-order harmonic emission from mixed fields
Michael D. Perry and John K. Crane
pp. R4051-R4054 [View Page Images , PDF (582 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

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Add to article collection Lasing without inversion: Gain enhancement through spectrally colored population pumping
Girish S. Agarwal, Gautam Vemuri, and T. W. Mossberg
pp. R4055-R4058 [View Page Images , PDF (516 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

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Add to article collection Multiphoton dissociation for coherent and incoherent fields
S. Miret-Artés and D. A. Micha
pp. R4059-R4061 [View Page Images , PDF (482 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

ARTICLES

Fundamental Concepts

Add to article collection Path-integral Monte Carlo method in quantum statistics for a system of N identical fermions
A. P. Lyubartsev and P. N. Vorontsov-Velyaminov
pp. 4075-4083 [View Page Images , PDF (1290 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Measurements, errors, and negative kinetic energy
Yakir Aharonov, Sandu Popescu, Daniel Rohrlich, and Lev Vaidman
pp. 4084-4090 [View Page Images , PDF (1244 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Functional representations in non-Fourier basis with applications
R. K. Pathak, A. K. Chandra, and K. Bhattacharyya
pp. 4097-4101 [View Page Images , PDF (748 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Atomic and Molecular Structure

Add to article collection Anapole moments of atoms
Robert R. Lewis
pp. 4107-4112 [View Page Images , PDF (904 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Weak and nucleoweak decays of muonic molecules
L. Chatterjee, A. Chakraborty, and S. Mondal
pp. 4124-4129 [View Page Images , PDF (844 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Radiative lifetimes of triply excited states of the Li isoelectronic sequence
Nicos A. Piangos and Cleanthes A. Nicolaides
pp. 4142-4148 [View Page Images , PDF (957 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Upper and lower bounds on the radial electron density in atoms
J. Antolín, A. Zarzo, and J. C. Angulo
pp. 4149-4155 [View Page Images , PDF (1025 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Application of unitary-group methods to composite systems
R. D. Kent and M. Schlesinger
pp. 4156-4161 [View Page Images , PDF (809 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Riccati-Padé quantization and oscillators V(r)=grα
Francisco M. Fernández, R. Guardiola, and M. Znojil
pp. 4170-4174 [View Page Images , PDF (713 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Hydrogen atom in a high magnetic field
Der-San Chuu and Yu-Kuo Lee
pp. 4175-4181 [View Page Images , PDF (854 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Classical mechanics of two-electron atoms
Klaus Richter, Gregor Tanner, and Dieter Wintgen
pp. 4182-4196 [View Page Images , PDF (2668 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Weighted-density exchange and local-density Coulomb correlation energy functionals for finite systems: Application to atoms
O. V. Gritsenko, N. A. Cordero, A. Rubio, L. C. Balbás, and J. A. Alonso
pp. 4197-4212 [View Page Images , PDF (2411 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Atomic and Molecular Collisions and Interactions

Add to article collection Fast inelastic ion-ion, ion-electron, and ion-positron collisions
M. C. Chidichimo, D. W. Schranz, and B. Zygelman
pp. 4245-4258 [View Page Images , PDF (1655 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Intermediate-velocity atomic collisions. VI. Screening, antiscreening, and related processes in He++( H2, He)
E. C. Montenegro, W. S. Melo, W. E. Meyerhof, and A. G. de Pinho
pp. 4259-4266 [View Page Images , PDF (1300 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Electron-impact ionization of In+ and Xe+
E. W. Bell, N. Djurić, and G. H. Dunn
pp. 4286-4291 [View Page Images , PDF (992 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Test of local model potentials for positron scattering from rare gases
F. A. Gianturco, Ashok Jain, and J. A. Rodriguez-Ruiz
pp. 4321-4332 [View Page Images , PDF (1807 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Ne ionization induced by the impact of 106-keV/u H+ and 3He2+: Two-center effects on the soft-electron emission
S. Suárez, C. Garibotti, G. Bernardi, P. Focke, and W. Meckbach
pp. 4339-4349 [View Page Images , PDF (2050 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Temperature dependence of He(2 3PJ) reactions: Collision-induced mixing and conversion to He2( 3Πg) molecules
X. Zhao, P. A. Soletsky, W. H. Bryan, F. B. Dunning, and G. K. Walters
pp. 4350-4357 [View Page Images , PDF (1123 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Extreme-ultraviolet absorption spectrum of Ga+
P. Dunne, G. O’Sullivan, and V. K. Ivanov
pp. 4358-4364 [View Page Images , PDF (1031 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Satellite structure of the neon valence shell by electron-momentum spectroscopy
O. Samardzic, S. W. Braidwood, E. Weigold, and M. J. Brunger
pp. 4390-4399 [View Page Images , PDF (1653 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Population of high-L sulfur Rydberg levels by ion–Rydberg-atom charge exchange
F. J. Deck, E. A. Hessels, and S. R. Lundeen
pp. 4400-4404 [View Page Images , PDF (949 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Gaseous 3-3He magnetic dipolar spin relaxation
N. R. Newbury, A. S. Barton, G. D. Cates, W. Happer, and H. Middleton
pp. 4411-4420 [View Page Images , PDF (1476 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Charge-state dependence of binary-encounter-electron cross sections and peak energies
H. I. Hidmi, P. Richard, J. M. Sanders, H. Schöne, J. P. Giese, D. H. Lee, T. J. Zouros, and S. L. Varghese
pp. 4421-4428 [View Page Images , PDF (1213 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Photoionization of the scandium atom. I. General features
F. Robicheaux and Chris H. Greene
pp. 4429-4440 [View Page Images , PDF (2356 kB) , Figure Images, or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Photoionization of the scandium atom. II. Classifications
F. Robicheaux and Chris H. Greene
pp. 4441-4449 [View Page Images , PDF (1739 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Atomic interactions with solids and surfaces

Add to article collection DD nuclear-fusion reactions with small D2O and H2O clusters impacting heavy ice
Y. K. Bae, R. J. Beuhler, Y. Y. Chu, G. Friedlander, and L. Friedman
pp. 4461-4466 [View Page Images , PDF (1016 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Energy loss of hydrogen projectiles in gases
A. Schiefermüller, R. Golser, R. Stohl, and D. Semrad
pp. 4467-4475 [View Page Images , PDF (1736 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Above-surface neutralization of slow N6+ ions during interactions with a Cu(001) target
F. W. Meyer, C. C. Havener, and P. A. Zeijlmans van Emmichoven
pp. 4476-4478 [View Page Images , PDF (550 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Work-function dependence of above-surface neutralization of multicharged ions
F. W. Meyer, L. Folkerts, I. G. Hughes, S. H. Overbury, D. M. Zehner, P. A. Zeijlmans van Emmichoven, and J. Burgdörfer
pp. 4479-4484 [View Page Images , PDF (1028 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy

Add to article collection Experimental and theoretical study of the hyperfine structure in the 4f75d6s6p configuration of Gd i
H.-D. Kronfeldt, G. Klemz, S. Kröger, and J.-F. Wyart
pp. 4500-4514 [View Page Images , PDF (1885 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Atoms and Molecules in Electromagnetic Fields

Add to article collection Distortion of atomic states by time-dependent electric fields
Predrag Krstić and Yukap Hahn
pp. 4515-4527 [View Page Images , PDF (1997 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Ponderomotive potential and dynamical Stark shift in multiphoton ionization
P. Mulser, S. Uryupin, R. Sauerbrey, and B. Wellegehausen
pp. 4547-4550 [View Page Images , PDF (554 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Quantum Optics

Add to article collection Intense-field renormalization of cavity-induced spontaneous emission
G. S. Agarwal, W. Lange, and H. Walther
pp. 4555-4568 [View Page Images , PDF (1913 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Parametric oscillator pumped by a quantum current
E. G. Lima and F. A. de Oliveira
pp. 4569-4575 [View Page Images , PDF (1095 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection High-order harmonic generation in laser-produced ions
Shoichi Kubodera, Yutaka Nagata, Yasuhiro Akiyama, Katsumi Midorikawa, Minoru Obara, Hideo Tashiro, and Koichi Toyoda
pp. 4576-4582 [View Page Images , PDF (1227 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Effects of the laser parameters on the determination of the Sn isotope ratio
Shuichi Hasegawa and Atsuyuki Suzuki
pp. 4588-4593 [View Page Images , PDF (902 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Transverse patterns in nascent optical bistability
M. Tlidi, M. Georgiou, and Paul Mandel
pp. 4605-4609 [View Page Images , PDF (1091 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Many-port homodyne detection of an optical phase
M. G. Raymer, J. Cooper, and M. Beck
pp. 4617-4628 [View Page Images , PDF (2081 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Detection of quantum noise
I. R. Senitzky
pp. 4629-4638 [View Page Images , PDF (1508 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Gain in a three-level Λ system driven by a single pump
A. D. Wilson-Gordon
pp. 4639-4647 [View Page Images , PDF (1227 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Multiphoton detachment of H-
Cecil Laughlin and Shih-I Chu
pp. 4654-4663 [View Page Images , PDF (1428 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]

Add to article collection Prepulse technique for producing low-Z Ne-like x-ray lasers
Joseph Nilsen, Brian J. MacGowan, Luiz B. Da Silva, and Juan C. Moreno
pp. 4682-4685 [View Page Images , PDF (617 kB), or Buy this Article (Use Article Pack) ]