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Physical Review A – February 1997
Volume 55, Issue 2

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Fundamental concepts

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Correcting quantum errors in higher spin systems
H. F. Chau
pp. R839-R841 [View PDF (105 kB)]

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

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Ionization of Au78+ and electron capture by Au79+ at 10.8 GeV/nucleon
N. Claytor, A. Belkacem, T. Dinneen, B. Feinberg, and Harvey Gould
pp. R842-R845 [View PDF (73 kB)]

Electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces

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Scattering of alkali atoms and ions from alkali-halide surfaces: No evidence found for electronic surface states within the band gap of the insulator
A. Mertens, C. Auth, H. Winter, and A. G. Borisov
pp. R846-R848 [View PDF (79 kB)]

Matter waves

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Optical measurements of the condensate phase
A. Imamog-barlu and T. A. B. Kennedy
pp. R849-R852 [View PDF (102 kB)]
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Breathing modes and hidden symmetry of trapped atoms in two dimensions
L. P. Pitaevskii and A. Rosch
pp. R853-R856 [View PDF (118 kB)]
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Observation of atomic tunneling from an accelerating optical potential
C. F. Bharucha, K. W. Madison, P. R. Morrow, S. R. Wilkinson, Bala Sundaram, and M. G. Raizen
pp. R857-R860 [View PDF (89 kB)]

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

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Anomalous ellipticity dependence of high-order harmonic generation
M. Kakehata, H. Takada, H. Yumoto, and K. Miyazaki
pp. R861-R864 [View PDF (76 kB)]
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Very-high-n Stark wave packets generated by an electric-field step
M. T. Frey, F. B. Dunning, C. O. Reinhold, and J. Burgdörfer
pp. R865-R868 [View PDF (110 kB)]

ARTICLES

Fundamental concepts

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Geometric phases for generalized squeezed coherent states
S. Seshadri, S. Lakshmibala, and V. Balakrishnan
pp. 869-875 [View PDF (164 kB)]
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Evolution under polynomial Hamiltonians in quantum and optical phase spaces
A. L. Rivera, N. M. Atakishiyev, S. M. Chumakov, and K. B. Wolf
pp. 876-889 [View PDF (530 kB)]
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Polarization and magnetization fields in the Aharonov-Bohm effect
W. P. Healy and Ranjith Ananda Samandra
pp. 890-899 [View PDF (175 kB)]
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Theory of quantum error-correcting codes
Emanuel Knill and Raymond Laflamme
pp. 900-911 [View PDF (249 kB)]
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Macroscopic test of quantum mechanics versus stochastic electrodynamics
S. Chaturvedi and Peter D. Drummond
pp. 912-914 [View PDF (88 kB)]
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Resummation of anisotropic quartic oscillator: Crossover from anisotropic to isotropic large-order behavior
H. Kleinert, S. Thoms, and W. Janke
pp. 915-928 [View PDF (262 kB)]
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Microscopic theory of quantization of radiation in molecular dielectrics. II. Analysis of microscopic field operators
Gediminas Juzeliu-barnas
pp. 929-934 [View PDF (152 kB)]
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Nonunitary connection between explicitly time-dependent and nonlinear approachesfor the description of dissipative quantum systems
Dieter Schuch
pp. 935-940 [View PDF (118 kB)]
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Nonlinear Schrödinger equation for particles obeying an exclusion-inclusion principle
G. Kaniadakis
pp. 941-944 [View PDF (121 kB)]
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Perfect quantum-error-correction coding in 24 laser pulses
Samuel L. Braunstein and John A. Smolin
pp. 945-950 [View PDF (134 kB)]
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Proposal for an experiment to measure the Hausdorff dimensionof quantum-mechanical trajectories
H. Kröger
pp. 951-966 [View PDF (735 kB)]

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

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Separated-oscillatory-field measurement of the n=10 +F3-+G4 interval in helium: A 200-part-per-billion measurement
C. H. Storry, N. E. Rothery, and E. A. Hessels
pp. 967-977 [View PDF (174 kB)]
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Binding energy of the metastable He- ion
P. Kristensen, U. V. Pedersen, V. V. Petrunin, T. Andersen, and K. T. Chung
pp. 978-983 [View PDF (116 kB)]
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Search for very weakly interacting, short-lived, C-odd bosons and the orthopositronium decay rate problem
M. Skalsey and R. S. Conti
pp. 984-987 [View PDF (109 kB)]
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Hyperspherical approach to the calculation of few-body atomic resonances
S. Berkovic, R. Krivec, V. Mandelzweig, and L. Stotland
pp. 988-993 [View PDF (101 kB)]
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Shape of the two-photon-continuum emission from the 1s2s1S0 state in He-like krypton
R. Ali, I. Ahmad, R. W. Dunford, D. S. Gemmell, M. Jung, E. P. Kanter, P. H. Mokler, H. G. Berry, A. E. Livingston, S. Cheng, and L. J. Curtis
pp. 994-1006 [View PDF (1,177 kB)]
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Precision measurement of the ratio of scalar to tensor transition polarizabilities for the cesium 6S-7S transition
D. Cho, C. S. Wood, S. C. Bennett, J. L. Roberts, and C. E. Wieman
pp. 1007-1011 [View PDF (115 kB)]

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

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Time delay in electromagnetic scattering
H. M. Nussenzveig
pp. 1012-1019 [View PDF (164 kB)]
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Electron scattering by Ca atoms and photodetachment of Ca- ions: An R-matrix study
Jianmin Yuan and L. Fritsche
pp. 1020-1027 [View PDF (156 kB)]
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Nonuniqueness in the close-coupling method for e-He scattering
Andris T. Stelbovics and Lindsay Berge
pp. 1028-1038 [View PDF (210 kB)]
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Dielectronic recombination for average ions
L. B. Zhao and S. C. Li
pp. 1039-1043 [View PDF (109 kB)]
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Dynamical coupling effects in the vibrational excitation of H2sand N2scolliding with positrons
F. A. Gianturco and T. Mukherjee
pp. 1044-1055 [View PDF (219 kB)]
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Rotational autoionization and energy levels of triplet nf, v=0 Rydberg states of H2s
M. D. Lindsay and F. M. Pipkin
pp. 1056-1063 [View PDF (169 kB)]
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Ab initio study of charge transfer in low-energy collisions of Si4+ with helium
P. C. Stancil, B. Zygelman, N. J. Clarke, and D. L. Cooper
pp. 1064-1068 [View PDF (141 kB)]
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Optical excitation function of H(1s-2p) produced by electron impact from threshold to 1.8 keV
G. K. James, J. A. Slevin, D. E. Shemansky, J. W. McConkey, I. Bray, D. Dziczek, I. Kanik, and J. M. Ajello
pp. 1069-1087 [View PDF (289 kB)]
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Projectile velocity dependence of emission line polarization degrees following slow Ar8+-Li(2s) state-selective electron-capture collisions
C. Laulhé, E. Jacquet, G. Cremer, J. Pascale, Ph. Boduch, G. Rieger, M. Chantepie, and D. Lecler
pp. 1088-1098 [View PDF (284 kB)]
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Penning detachment of H- by impact of excited He and Li atoms
F. Martín and R. S. Berry
pp. 1099-1107 [View PDF (201 kB)]
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Relativistic multiconfiguration approach to the spin polarization of slow electrons elastically scattered from krypton
J. E. Sienkiewicz and W. E. Baylis
pp. 1108-1112 [View PDF (141 kB)]
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Single-photon multiple ionization of neon in the K-edge region
D. V. Morgan, M. Sagurton, and R. J. Bartlett
pp. 1113-1118 [View PDF (109 kB)]

Electron, atom, and molecule interactions with solids and surfaces

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Simultaneous measurement of the average ion-induced electron emission yield and the mean charge for isotachic ions in carbon foils
A. M. Arrale, Z. Y. Zhao, J. F. Kirchhoff, D. L. Weathers, F. D. McDaniel, and S. Matteson
pp. 1119-1123 [View PDF (100 kB)]
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Ion-by-ion measurements of backward secondary electron emission of carbon foilsunder the impact of MeV H+, H0, H-, and H2+ projectiles
A. Billebaud, M. Fallavier, R. Kirsch, J.-C. Poizat, J. Remillieux, and Z. Vidovic-acute
pp. 1124-1128 [View PDF (119 kB)]

Matter waves

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Superslow neutrons and the dispersion law for neutron waves in matter
V. G. Nosov and A. I. Frank
pp. 1129-1139 [View PDF (213 kB)]
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Bose-stimulated scattering off a cold atom trap
H. David Politzer
pp. 1140-1146 [View PDF (143 kB)]
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Hartree-Fock theory for Bose-Einstein condensates and the inclusion of correlation effects
B. D. Esry
pp. 1147-1159 [View PDF (245 kB)]
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Diffuse atomic reflection at a rough mirror
Carsten Henkel, Klaus Mølmer, Robin Kaiser, Nathalie Vansteenkiste, Christoph I. Westbrook, and Alain Aspect
pp. 1160-1178 [View PDF (364 kB)]
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Momentum distribution for bosons with positive scattering length in a trap
T. T. Chou, Chen Ning Yang, and L. H. Yu
pp. 1179-1181 [View PDF (102 kB)]

Clusters (including fullerenes)

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Ultrafast electron dynamics and inner-shell ionization in laser driven clusters
C. Rose-Petruck, K. J. Schafer, K. R. Wilson, and C. P. J. Barty
pp. 1182-1190 [View PDF (126 kB)]

Atomic and molecular processes in electromagnetic fields

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Theory of optical suppression of ultracold-collision rates by polarized light
Reginaldo Napolitano, John Weiner, and Paul S. Julienne
pp. 1191-1207 [View PDF (358 kB)]
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Schrödinger-cat states in Paul traps
O. Castaños, R. Jáuregui, R. López-Peña, J. Recamier, and V. I. Man'ko
pp. 1208-1216 [View PDF (435 kB)]
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Dark-state cooling in the presence of gravity: Gravitational limit of laser cooling
R. Dum and M. Ol'shanii
pp. 1217-1223 [View PDF (176 kB)]
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Wave-packet recollision and pulse-shape effects in high-harmonic generation
J. B. Watson, A. Sanpera, K. Burnett, and P. L. Knight
pp. 1224-1233 [View PDF (277 kB)]
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Resonance fluorescence and Autler-Townes spectra of a two-level atom driven by two fieldsof equal frequencies
H. S. Freedhoff and Z. Ficek
pp. 1234-1238 [View PDF (143 kB)]
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Quantum structure and dynamics for atom galleries
D. W. Vernooy and H. J. Kimble
pp. 1239-1261 [View PDF (576 kB)]
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Laser-enhanced tunneling through resonant intermediate levels
Stéphane Guérin and Hans-Rudolf Jauslin
pp. 1262-1275 [View PDF (346 kB)]
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Spatial separation of ion clouds between sympathetically laser-cooled Cd+ -ion isotopes in a Penning trap
Hidetsuka Imajo, Kazuhiro Hayasaka, Ryuzo Ohmukai, Utako Tanaka, Masayoshi Watanabe, and Shinji Urabe
pp. 1276-1280 [View PDF (231 kB)]
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Kinetics for evaporative cooling of a trapped gas
Kirstine Berg-Sørensen
pp. 1281-1287 [View PDF (175 kB)]
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Interference of resonance fluorescence from two four-level atoms
T. Wong, S. M. Tan, M. J. Collett, and D. F. Walls
pp. 1288-1299 [View PDF (308 kB)]
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Absolute nonresonant multiphoton ionization cross section of NO at 532 nm
Chun He and Christopher H. Becker
pp. 1300-1306 [View PDF (122 kB)]
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Double multiphoton ionization of a model atom
M. S. Pindzola, F. Robicheaux, and P. Gavras
pp. 1307-1313 [View PDF (214 kB)]
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Polarization of high-order harmonics
Philippe Antoine, Bertrand Carré, Anne L'Huillier, and Maciej Lewenstein
pp. 1314-1324 [View PDF (243 kB)]
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Regular and chaotic multiphoton dissociation
Vassilis Constantoudis and Cleanthes A. Nicolaides
pp. 1325-1330 [View PDF (126 kB)]
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Laser collimation of a chromium beam
R. E. Scholten, R. Gupta, J. J. McClelland, R. J. Celotta, M. S. Levenson, and M. G. Vangel
pp. 1331-1338 [View PDF (155 kB)]

Quantum optics

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Nonlinear theory of noninversion lasers of an open three-level system
Shi-Yao Zhu, De-Zhong Wang, and Jin-Yue Gao
pp. 1339-1346 [View PDF (164 kB)]
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Quantum theory of optical pulse propagation through an absorbing and dispersive slab
M. Artoni and R. Loudon
pp. 1347-1357 [View PDF (291 kB)]
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Photon correlation spectroscopy of the Jaynes-Cummings system
B. C. Sanders, H. J. Carmichael, and B. F. Wielinga
pp. 1358-1370 [View PDF (360 kB)]
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Semiclassical study of the laser transition
G. M. Stéphan
pp. 1371-1384 [View PDF (278 kB)]
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Reflection of the Jaynes-Cummings dynamics in the spectrum of a regularly pumped micromaser
Ulrike Herzog and János A. Bergou
pp. 1385-1390 [View PDF (133 kB)]
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Modal analysis of polarization self-modulated lasers
M. Brunel, M. Vallet, G. Ropars, A. Le Floch, F. Bretenaker, G. Jouliéand, and J.-C. Keromnes
pp. 1391-1397 [View PDF (163 kB)]
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Manipulating the motion of a single atom in a standing wave via feedback
J. A. Dunningham, H. M. Wiseman, and D. F. Walls
pp. 1398-1411 [View PDF (258 kB)]
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Vacuum-field-induced filamentation in laser-beam propagation
E. M. Nagasako, Robert W. Boyd, and G. S. Agarwal
pp. 1412-1415 [View PDF (105 kB)]
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Homodyne detection for measuring internal quantum correlations of optical pulses
T. Opatrný, D.-G. Welsch, and W. Vogel
pp. 1416-1422 [View PDF (148 kB)]
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Optical stimulated nutation echo
A. Szabo and R. N. Shakhmuratov
pp. 1423-1429 [View PDF (163 kB)]
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Conditional variance reduction by measurements on correlated field modes
J. K. Breslin and G. J. Milburn
pp. 1430-1436 [View PDF (153 kB)]
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Lasing at 60.8 nm in Ne-like sulfur ions in ablated material excited by a capillary discharge
F. G. Tomasel, J. J. Rocca, V. N. Shlyaptsev, and C. D. Macchietto
pp. 1437-1440 [View PDF (65 kB)]
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Modeling of an injected gas laser
P. Even, K. Ait Ameur, and G. M. Stéphan
pp. 1441-1453 [View PDF (569 kB)]
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Dipole relaxation in dispersive photonic band-gap structures
A. Kamli, M. Babiker, A. Al-Hajry, and N. Enfati
pp. 1454-1461 [View PDF (675 kB)]
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Density-matrix reconstruction by unbalanced homodyning
T. Opatrný and D.-G. Welsch
pp. 1462-1465 [View PDF (126 kB)]
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Wigner distribution for density of states in quantum optics
G. S. Agarwal and Gautam Vemuri
pp. 1466-1472 [View PDF (127 kB)]
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Coupled-mode description for the polarization state of a vertical-cavity semiconductor laser
A. K. Jansen van Doorn, M. P. van Exter, A. M. van der Lee, and J. P. Woerdman
pp. 1473-1484 [View PDF (198 kB)]
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Atom-atom interaction in strongly modified reservoirs
Søren Bay, P. Lambropoulos, and Klaus Mølmer
pp. 1485-1496 [View PDF (226 kB)]
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Radiative and guided wave emission of Er3+satoms located in planar multidielectric structures
H. Rigneault, S. Robert, C. Begon, B. Jacquier, and P. Moretti
pp. 1497-1502 [View PDF (187 kB)]
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Many-electron hyperpolarizability density analysis: Application to the dissociation processof one-dimensional H2s
Masayoshi Nakano, Hidemi Nagao, and Kizashi Yamaguchi
pp. 1503-1513 [View PDF (606 kB)]

BRIEF REPORTS

Fundamental concepts

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Pancharatnam phase for ordinary and generalized squeezed states
I. Mendas
pp. 1514-1517 [View PDF (93 kB)]

Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics

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Density-functional approach to one-positron and neutral-atom bound states
Tunna Baruah, Rajeev K. Pathak, and Anjali Kshirsagar
pp. 1518-1521 [View PDF (100 kB)]
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Effective fractal dimension of energy levels
W. F. Wang and P. P. Ong
pp. 1522-1525 [View PDF (95 kB)]
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First ionization potentials of osmium and iridium determined by mass-analyzed double-resonance field-ionization spectroscopy
Pina Colarusso, Marie-Ange Lebeault-Dorget, and Benoit Simard
pp. 1526-1529 [View PDF (98 kB)]
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Retarded long-range potentials for the alkali-metal atoms and a perfectly conducting wall
M. Marinescu, A. Dalgarno, and J. F. Babb
pp. 1530-1532 [View PDF (78 kB)]

Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions

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Total cross sections of positron scattering from various molecules using the rule of additivity
Ritu Raizada and K. L. Baluja
pp. 1533-1536 [View PDF (84 kB)]
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Quasifree-electron process in the single ionization of He by fast protons
W. Wu, S. Datz, N. L. Jones, H. F. Krause, B. Rosner, K. D. Sorge, and C. R. Vane
pp. 1537-1539 [View PDF (81 kB)]
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Boundary conditions of the exact impulse wave function
M. Gravielle and J. E. Miraglia
pp. 1540-1543 [View PDF (111 kB)]
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Technique for measuring the linewidth of autoionizing Rydberg states
Grzegorz Waligorski, Lei Zhou, and W. E. Cooke
pp. 1544-1547 [View PDF (82 kB)]

COMMENTS

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sComment on 'Puri's criterion and higher-order squeezing'
Xia Yunjie, Yan Kezhu, and Kong Xianghe
pp. 1548-1549 [View PDF (41 kB)]
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Comment on ``Saddle-point ionization and the Runge-Lenz invariant''
David Farrelly
pp. 1550-1551 [View PDF (46 kB)]
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Reply to ``Comment on `Saddle-point ionization and the Runge-Lenz invariant't''
James E. Howard
pp. 1552-1554 [View PDF (67 kB)]

ERRATA

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Erratum: Geometric and nongeometric effects in an unbounded mechanical system [Phys. Rev. A 53, 3805 (1996)]
Zhen Qi
pp. 1555 [View PDF (49 kB)]
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Erratum: Three disks in a row: A two-dimensional scattering analog of the double-well problem [Phys. Rev. A 54, 2745 (1996)]
Andreas Wirzba and Per E. Rosenqvist
pp. 1555 [View PDF (49 kB)]
 
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