Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics latest papers http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075 Published twice-monthly, Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics covers the study of atoms, ions, molecules and clusters, and their structure and interactions with particles, photons or fields. The journal also publishes articles dealing with those aspects of spectroscopy, quantum optics and non-linear optics, laser physics, astrophysics, plasma physics, chemical physics, optical cooling and trapping and other investigations where the objects of study are the elementary atomic, ionic or molecular properties of processes. en-gb Copyright © IOP Publishing 2009 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT http://syndication.iop.org/about/ custserv@iop.org (Customer Services) Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics http://images.iop.org/website-logos/ejs_logo.png http://stacks.iop.org/ Double photoionization of helium including quadrupole radiation effects http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/42/i=22/a=225204?rss=2.0 Author(s): J A Ludlow, J Colgan, Teck-Ghee Lee, M S Pindzola and F Robicheaux<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA; Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Probe absorptions in an asymmetric double quantum well http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/42/i=22/a=225501?rss=2.0 Author(s): Wen-Xing Yang, Ai-Xi Chen, Ting-Ting Zha and Ray-Kuang Lee<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China; Institute of Photonics Technologies, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan, Republic of China; Department of Applied Physics, School of Basic Science, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, People's Republic of China Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Multiple ionization of atomic argon irradiated by EUV free-electron laser pulses at 62 nm: evidence of sequential electron strip http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/42/i=22/a=221003?rss=2.0 Author(s): K Motomura, H Fukuzawa, L Foucar, X-J Liu, G Prumper, K Ueda, N Saito, H Iwayama, K Nagaya, H Murakami, M Yao, A Belkacem, M Nagasono, A Higashiya, M Yabashi, T Ishikawa, H Ohashi and H Kimura<br>Affiliation(s): Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan; RIKEN, XFEL Project Head Office, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan; Institut fur Kernphysik, Universitat Frankfurt, 60486 Frankfurt, Germany; National Metrology Institute of Japan, AIST, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan; Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Chemical Science, Berkely, CA 94720, USA; Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT R-matrix inner-shell electron-impact excitation of the Na-like iso-electronic sequence http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/42/i=22/a=225002?rss=2.0 Author(s): G Y Liang, A D Whiteford and N R Badnell<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Resonances in dissociative electron attachment to water http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/42/i=22/a=225203?rss=2.0 Author(s): N Bhargava Ram, Vaibhav S Prabhudesai and E Krishnakumar<br>Affiliation(s): Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India; Department of Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Integral cross sections for electron-impact excitation of the C 3Πu, E 3Σ+g and a'' 1Σ+g states of N2 http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/42/i=22/a=225202?rss=2.0 Author(s): C P Malone, P V Johnson, J A Young, X Liu, B Ajdari, M A Khakoo and I Kanik<br>Affiliation(s): Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, USA; Physics Department, California State University, Fullerton, CA 92834-6866, USA Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Theoretical study of single attosecond pulse generation with a three-colour laser field http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/42/i=22/a=225601?rss=2.0 Author(s): Rui-Feng Lu, Hai-Xiang He, Ya-Hui Guo and Ke-Li Han<br>Affiliation(s): State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Decoherence effects in interacting qubits under the influence of various environments http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/42/i=22/a=229801?rss=2.0 Author(s): Sumanta Das and G S Agarwal Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Scaling relations for the design of a recombination laser using tunnelling ionization http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/42/i=22/a=225401?rss=2.0 Author(s): G J Pert<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT The generation of a pair of photons from superexcited states of nitric oxide around the double ionization potential http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/42/i=22/a=225101?rss=2.0 Author(s): Takeshi Odagiri, Keishou Funatsu, Takehiko Tanabe, Isao H Suzuki, Masashi Kitajima and Noriyuki Kouchi<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama 2-12-1, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan; Photon Factory, IMSS, KEK, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan; National Metrology Institute of Japan, AIST, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Variational ansatz for the nonlinear Landau–Zener problem for cold atom association http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/42/i=22/a=221002?rss=2.0 Author(s): A Ishkhanyan, B Joulakian and K-A Suominen<br>Affiliation(s): Institute for Physical Research NAS of Armenia, 0203 Ashtarak-2, Armenia; LPMC, Universite Paul Verlaine-Metz, 1 Bld Arago, 57078 Metz Cedex 3, France; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, 20014 Turun yliopisto, Finland Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Relativistic electron-ion recombination in the presence of an intense laser field http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/42/i=22/a=221001?rss=2.0 Author(s): C Muller, A B Voitkiv and B Najjari<br>Affiliation(s): Max-Planck-Institut fur Kernphysik Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT A finite volume approach for solving the ground state helium http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/42/i=22/a=225001?rss=2.0 Author(s): Gyanendra P Sasmal<br>Affiliation(s): CES Technology, 8336 Charming Manor, West Chester, OH 45069, USA Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Controllable generation and propagation of ultraslow optical solitons via parameters management in a five-level hyper inverted-Y atomic system http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/42/i=22/a=225405?rss=2.0 Author(s): Liu-Gang Si, Xin-You Lu, Jia-Hua Li, Xiangying Hao and Meng Wang<br>Affiliation(s): Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Reduction of laser intensity scintillations in turbulent atmospheres using time averaging of a partially coherent beam http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/42/i=22/a=225403?rss=2.0 Author(s): G P Berman, A R Bishop, B M Chernobrod, V N Gorshkov, D C Lizon, D I Moody, D C Nguyen and S V Torous<br>Affiliation(s): Theoretical Division, T-4 & CNLS, MS B213, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA; Theory, Simulation & Computation Directorate, MS B210, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA; National Technical University of Ukraine 'KPI,' 37 Peremogy Avenue, Building 7, Kiev-56, 03056, Ukraine; The Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Nauky Ave. 46, Kiev 680028, Ukraine; ISR-6, MS H851, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA; ISR-2, MS B244, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Non-aligned hydrogen molecular ion in strong magnetic fields http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/42/i=22/a=225102?rss=2.0 Author(s): D Baye, A Joos de ter Beerst and J-M Sparenberg<br>Affiliation(s): Physique Quantique, C.P. 165/82, Physique Nucleaire Theorique et Physique Mathematique, C.P. 229, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, B 1050 Brussels, Belgium Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Complex Fano asymmetry parameters for helium L = 0, 1, 2 autoionizing levels excited by electron impact http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/42/i=22/a=225201?rss=2.0 Author(s): N L S Martin, B A deHarak and K Bartschat<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0055, USA; Physics Department, Illinois Wesleyan University, PO Box 2900, Bloomington, IL 61702-2900, USA; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Drake University, Des Moines, IA 50311, USA Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Dynamical decoherence control of multi-partite systems http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/42/i=22/a=223001?rss=2.0 Author(s): Goren Gordon<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Characterization of the transient thermal-lens effect using top-hat beam Z-scan http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/42/i=22/a=225404?rss=2.0 Author(s): Junyi Yang, Yuxiao Wang, Xueru Zhang, Changwei Li, Xiao Jin, Min Shui and Yinglin Song<br>Affiliation(s): School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, People's Republic of China; Department of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 15001, People's Republic of China Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Measurement of wakefield intensity http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/42/i=22/a=225402?rss=2.0 Author(s): T Nandi and B P Mohanty<br>Affiliation(s): Inter-University Accelerator Center, JNU New Campus, New Delhi 110 067, India; Department of Physics, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002, India Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT