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Physical Review A

Volume 33, Issue 3

March 1986

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ARTICLES

General Physics, Atomic and Molecular Structure

Adiabatic switching and long-time corrections to the exponential decay law

E. J. Robinson

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1461 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Stochastic quantization study of the quantum-mechanical motional narrowing of molecular vibrational spectra

Toshio Fukumi

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1464 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Hyperfine structure of excited 4 $f^{11}$ 5d6 $s^{2}$ levels in ${}^{167}{ErI}$ : Measurements and multiconfiguration Dirac-Fock calculations

W. J. Childs, L. S. Goodman, and K. T. Cheng

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1469 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Test of density-functional approximations in an exactly soluble model

Pinchus M. Laufer and J. B. Krieger

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1480 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Completeness in configuration-interaction calculations

E. J. McGuire

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1492 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Application of the composite-particle representation: Spin-polarized atomic hydrogen as a bosonic system

Ji-Zhi Pan, Jian-Min Yuan, Da Hsuan Feng, and Cheng-Li Wu

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1511 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Clustering of levels in a solvable many-body problem with a degenerate ground state

M. Razavy and R. B. Ludwig

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1519 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Direct approximation to the reduced density matrices: Calculation of the isoelectronic sequence of beryllium up to argon

C. Valdemoro, L. Lain, F. Beitia, A. Ortiz de Zarate, and F. Castao

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1525 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Stochastic mechanics according to E. Schrödinger

J. C. Zambrini

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1532 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Interaction of elementary atoms with matter

Stanisl/aw Mrówczyński

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1549 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Atomic and Molecular Collision Processes and Interactions

Atomic collisions with relativistic heavy ions. V. The states of ions in matter

R. Anholt and W. E. Meyerhof

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1556 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Small-angle elastic electron scattering and moments of the molecular electronic charge density

R. A. Bonham and M. Fink

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1569 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Statistical multipoles for cusp electrons and Rydberg electrons

Joachim Burgdörfer

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1578 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Stripping of $H^{-}$ in low-energy collisions with antiprotons: Classical-trajectory Monte Carlo calculation

James S. Cohen and Giovanni Fiorentini

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1590 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Ionization and charge transfer in ${He}^{2 +}$ –rare-gas collisions

R. D. DuBois

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1595 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Energy loss of protons and helium ions passing through matter

Toshiaki Kaneko

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1602 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Determination of internal energy distribution in ${Na}_{2}$ $^{+}$ produced by associative-ionization collisions in crossed beams

J. Keller, R. Bonanno, M-X. Wang, M. S. de Vries, and J. Weiner

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1612 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Electron capture in ${Ar}^{+}$ + $H_{2}$ collisions in the keV energy regime

M. Kimura, S. Chapman, and N. F. Lane

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1619 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Multichannel variational expressions of scattering theory

Robert R. Lucchese

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1626 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Electron-impact excitation of atomic copper

Alfred Z. Msezane and Ronald J. W. Henry

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1631 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Angular distributions for electron-impact excitation of Mg ii, Zn ii, and Cu i

Alfred Z. Msezane and Ronald J. W. Henry

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1636 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Scalar and tensor polarizabilities of ${}^{2}D$ Rydberg states in Rb

M. S. O’Sullivan and B. P. Stoicheff

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1640 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Coulomb effect and threshold effect in electronic stopping power for slow protons

Dieter Semrad

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1646 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Energy straggling of light-ion beams

T. Kaneko and Y. Yamamura

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1653 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy, Interaction with Radiation

Ultrahigh-resolution two-photon optical Ramsey spectroscopy of an atomic fountain

R. G. Beausoleil and T. W. Hansch

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1661 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Model studies of collective atomic excitations by intense laser fields

Zofia Bialynicka-Birula and Iwo Bialynicki-Birula

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1671 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Lifetime of excited atomic states

J. D. Cresser, A. Z. Tang, G. J. Salamo, and F. T. Chan

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1677 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Spontaneous emission from a single two-level atom in the presence of N initially unexcited identical atoms

F. W. Cummings

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1683 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Two-level rotating-wave approximations for molecules in a static electric field with an application to rotationally averaged spectra

Mary Ann Kmetic, R. A. Thuraisingham, and William J. Meath

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1688 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Anomalous narrowing of magnetic-resonance linewidths in optically pumped alkali-metal vapors

T. McClelland, L. K. Lam, and T. M. Kwon

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1697 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Dissociative attachment in optically pumped lithium molecules

M. W. McGeoch and R. E. Schlier

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1708 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Photoelectron spectroscopy of Rydberg states of atomic iodine

S. T. Pratt

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1718 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Precision measurement of the crossing between the (J,M)=(0,0) and (1,1) sublevels and fine-structure splittings in 3 ${}^{3}P$ helium

Dong-Hai Yang, Patrick McNicholl, and Harold Metcalf

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1725 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Collision-enhanced Hanle resonances and transverse optical pumping in four-wave light mixing in Na vapor

Y. H. Zou and N. Bloembergen

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1730 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Search for 2S-state metastability in muonic helium at 40 atm

M. Eckhause, P. Guss, D. Joyce, J. R. Kane, R. T. Siegel, W. Vulcan, R. E. Welsh, R. Whyley, R. Dietlicher, and A. Zehnder

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1743 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Effective single-particle potential for photoabsorption of open-shell atoms

Zhi-Ding Qian, Steven L. Carter, and Hugh P. Kelly

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1751 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Quantum Optics, Nonlinear Optics, and Related Topics

Exact quantum-electrodynamics results for scattering, emission, and absorption from a Rydberg atom in a cavity with arbitrary Q

G. S. Agarwal and R. R. Puri

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1757 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Nonlinear pulse distortion in single-mode optical fibers at the zero-dispersion wavelength

Govind P. Agrawal and M. J. Potasek

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1765 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Dispersive optical bistability: Stability of the steady states

Thomas Erneux and Paul Mandel

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1777 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Extraresonances in degenerate four-wave mixing induced by sequential decay

H. Friedmann, A. D. Wilson-Gordon, and M. Rosenbluh

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1783 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Theory of multiwave propagation and frequency conversion in a Raman medium

A. P. Hickman, J. A. Paisner, and William K. Bischel

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1788 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Floquet-Liouville supermatrix approach: Time development of density-matrix operator and multiphoton resonance fluorescence spectra in intense laser fields

Tak-San Ho, Kwanghsi Wang, and Shih-I Chu

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1798 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Effects of arbitrary relaxation and strong-field dressing of energy levels on nonlinear optical susceptibilities

M. Sanjay Kumar and G. S. Agarwal

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1817 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Autoresonance laser accelerator

A. Loeb and L. Friedland

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1828 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Purely absorptive bistability in double-ring cavities

P. M. Mejías, R. Martínez-Herrero, and E. Bernabeu

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1836 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Mode-mode competition and unstable behavior in a homogeneously broadened ring laser

L. M. Narducci, J. R. Tredicce, L. A. Lugiato, N. B. Abraham, and D. K. Bandy

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1842 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Angular momentum distribution of electrons in above-threshold ionization

Kazimierz Rza̧ewski and Rainer Grobe

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1855 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Plasmas and Fluids

Statistical mechanics of a two-temperature, classical plasma

David B. Boercker and Richard M. More

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1859 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Critical dynamics at a Hopf bifurcation to oscillatory Rayleigh-Bénard convection

R. E. Ecke, H. Haucke, Y. Maeno, and J. C. Wheatley

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1870 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Quantum statistics with internal symmetry

Hans-Thomas Elze and Walter Greiner

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1879 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Statistical ray tracing in plasmas with random density fluctuations

R. Epstein and R. S. Craxton

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1892 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Symmetry of cross-correlation tensors in molecular dynamics: Rotation and translation in condensed matter

M. W. Evans

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1903 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Fundamental sensitivity propagators in dissipative systems with a statistical enslaving of fast-relaxing variables

Ariel Fernández and Herschel Rabitz

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1913 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Dynamics of binary phase separation in liquid ${}^{3}-^{4}$ He mixtures

James K. Hoffer and Dipen N. Sinha

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1918 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Inequalities for frequency-moment sum rules of electron liquids

Naoki Iwamoto

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1940 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Effect of capillary waves on surface tension

R. F. Kayser

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1948 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Nonlinear free-surface Rayleigh-Taylor instability

H. J. Kull

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1957 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Generalized viscosity, pair potential, and memory functions from S(q,ω) measurements for liquid metals

Karl-Erik Larsson and Waclaw Gudowski

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1968 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Diffusion-limited surface deposition in the limit of large anisotropy

Paul Meakin

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1984 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Condensation of a charged relativistic Bose gas in the presence of a magnetic field

David E. Miller and P. S. Ray

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1990 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Critical slowing of chemical reactions

Scott T. Milner and Paul C. Martin

Phys. Rev. A 33, 1996 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Radiative transport at the 184.9-nm Hg resonance line. I. Experiment and theory

H. A. Post

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2003 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Radiative transport at the 184.9-nm Hg resonance line. II. Extensive experiments

H. A. Post, P. van de Weijer, and R. M. M. Cremers

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2017 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

High-density properties of integral-equation theories of fluids: Universal analytic structure and details for the one-component plasma

Yaakov Rosenfeld

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2025 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Kinetic theory of the thermal conductivity of a strongly coupled semiclassical hydrogen plasma

Véronique Zehnlé, Bernard Bernu, and Jean Wallenborn

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2043 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Electrophoresis in strong fields

M. Olvera de la Cruz, J. M. Deutsch, and S. F. Edwards

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2047 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Physical mechanisms in the plasma wake-field accelerator

T. Katsouleas

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2056 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Aggregate models of pattern formation

Jayanth R. Banavar, Mahito Kohmoto, and James Roberts

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2065 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Velocity distribution function and transport coefficients of electron swarms in gases: Spherical-harmonics decomposition of Boltzmann’s equation

R. E. Robson and K. F. Ness

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2068 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

BRIEF REPORTS

Charge transfer in $N^{2 +}$ +H collisions at slow to intermediate velocities

S. Bienstock, A. Dalgarno, and T. G. Heil

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2078 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Exact formulas for multipole moments using Slater-type molecular orbitals

Herbert W. Jones

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2081 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Hartree-Fock calculations of atoms and molecular chains in strong magnetic fields

D. Neuhauser, K. Langanke, and S. E. Koonin

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2084 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Eigenvalue formulas for short-range potentials

A. E. S. Green, J. M. Schwartz, and A. Khosravi

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2087 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Electron-impact dissociation of HCl

Bruce C. Garrett, Lynn T. Redmon, and Michael J. Redmon

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2091 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Balmer-line emission from low-energy H impact on Kr and Xe

B. Van Zyl, H. Neumann, and M. W. Gealy

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2093 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Quantitative determination of the fraction of Rydberg electrons in a convoy-electron cusp

P. Engar, M. Breinig, R. DeSerio, C. E. Gonzalez-Lepera, and I. A. Sellin

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2096 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

L-shell and K-shell vacancy production in slow, near-symmetric, and asymmetric ion-atom collisions

D. Schneider, U. Wille, N. Stolterfoht, and G. Nolte

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2099 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Post-collision-interaction effects in the ionization of helium by fast electrons at small momentum transfer

H. Klar and A. Franz

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2103 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Resonant two-photon autoionization of $H_{2}$ . II. Photoelectron angular distribution

K. Rai Dastidar, S. Ganguly, and T. K. Rai Dastidar

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2106 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

High-precision millimeter-wave spectroscopy with a Stark-sweep method

A. Di Lieto, P. Minguzzi, and M. Tonelli

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2109 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Photoelectron angular distributions for atomic chlorine

Siamak Shahabi and Anthony F. Starace

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2111 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Spectrum of trebly ionized xenon (Xe iv)

H. O. DiRocco, J. G. Reyna Almandos, M. Gallardo, and W. Persson

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2114 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Hyperfine structure of the 5d ${}^{2}D_{J}$ states in the alkaline-earth Ba ion by fast-ion-beam laser-rf spectroscopy

Roger E. Silverans, Gustaaf Borghs, Peter De Bisschop, and Marleen Van Hove

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2117 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Possibility of quantum jumps in a three-level system

J. Javanainen

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2121 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Comment on the ultimate single-ion laser-frequency standard

F. T. Arecchi, A. Schenzle, R. G. DeVoe, K. Jungmann, and R. G. Brewer

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2124 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Possibility of quantum jumps

A. Schenzle, R. G. De Voe, and R. G. Brewer

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2127 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Hamiltonian systems with three degrees of freedom, singular-point analysis, and chaotic behavior

W.-H. Steeb, J. A. Louw, P. G. L. Leach, and F. M. Mahomed

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2131 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Logarithmic nonlinearities within the framework of stochastic mechanics

Antnio B. Nassar

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2134 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Connectivity of hydrogen bonds in water between lecithin bilayers

W. Weiss, A. Enders, and G. Nimtz

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2137 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Nonpermuting zero-damping and infinite-system limits in an exactly solvable model of a particle interacting with a field

H. Dekker

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2140 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Basin-structure invariance of circle maps with bistable dynamics

G. C. Martínez-Mekler, Raúl Mondragón, and Rafael Pérez

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2143 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Weakly ionized Thomas-Fermi atoms

Berthold-Georg Englert

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2146 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

COMMENTS

Motion of a Gaussian wave packet in a periodically pulsed harmonic oscillator

Christopher C. Gerry

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2148 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Comment on ‘‘Analytic solution for the bound-state wave functions of the exponentially screened Coulomb potential’’

H. K. Tseng and C. Y. Wang

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2150 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Comments on ‘‘Relativistic modulational instability of an electromagnetic wave in a magnetized plasma’’

N. N. Rao, M. Y. Yu, and P. K. Shukla

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2152 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Comment on ‘‘Chiral-racemic phase diagram of a blue-phase liquid crystal’’

P. J. Collings

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2153 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

ERRATA

Erratum: Relativistic modulational instability of an electromagnetic wave in a magnetized plasma

Bhimsen K. Shivamoggi

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2155 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

Erratum: Triple-differential cross sections for the fast-electron-impact ionization of atomic hydrogen

K. S. Baliyan and M. K. Srivastava

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2155 (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Exit charge-state dependence of convoy-electron production in heavy-ion–solid collisions

H.-P. Hülskötter, M. Breinig, J. Burgdörfer, R. DeSerio, S. B. Elston, C. E. Gonzalez Lepera, C. Kelbch, H. Schmidt-Böcking, I. A. Sellin, and Y. Yamazaki

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2156(R) (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Coincidence experiment concerning the origin of convoy electrons produced by swift deuterium beams traversing carbon foils

M. G. Menendez, M. M. Duncan, S. D. Berry, I. A. Sellin, W. Meckbach, P. Focke, and I. B. E. Nemirovsky

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2160(R) (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Photoionization of the Ba 6 snl ${}^{1}$ L states

Constantine E. Theodosiou

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2164(R) (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Multiphoton ionization of rubidium atoms near the 4d $^{2}$ D quadrupole transition

Adila Dodhy, R. N. Compton, and J. A. D. Stockdale

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2167(R) (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Effect of dielectronic recombination on the kinetics of neonlike selenium

Barbara L. Whitten, Andrew U. Hazi, Mau H. Chen, and Peter L. Hagelstein

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2171(R) (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Intrinsic linewidth of a free-electron laser

W. Becker, J. Gea-Banacloche, and M. O. Scully

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2174(R) (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

First-passage times for non-Markovian processes

J. Masoliver, Katja Lindenberg, and Bruce J. West

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2177(R) (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Measurements of tilt angle and heat capacity in the vicinity of one smectic-A–chiral–smectic-C transition

S. Dumrongrattana, G. Nounesis, and C. C. Huang

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2181(R) (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Stochastic and regular motion in a four-particle system

J. Reichl and H. Büttner

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2184(R) (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Tilt and splay of surfactants on surfaces

S. A. Safran, Mark O. Robbins, and S. Garoff

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2186(R) (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Entrainment regions for periodically forced oscillators

D. G. Aronson, R. P. McGehee, I. G. Kevrekidis, and R. Aris

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2190(R) (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Role of linear velocity in ‘‘rotational’’ diffusion

M. W. Evans

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2193(R) (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986

RAPID COMMUNICATION

Analytical structure function of a polydisperse Percus-Yevick fluid with Schulz (gamma) distributed diameters

W. L. Griffith, R. Triolo, and A. L. Compere

Phys. Rev. A 33, 2197(R) (1986) - Published 1 March, 1986