The European Physical Journal D (EPJ D)

Atomic Physics

Radiative lifetimes along even-parity J = 1, 2 Rydberg series of neutral tin p. 1

W. Zhang, S. You, C. Sun, Y. Zhang, J. Xu, Z. Ma, Y. Feng, H. Liu, P. Quinet, É. Biémont and Z. Dai

Published online: 23 June 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00181-x

Visible superfluorescence from optically pumped europium atoms p. 9

S. Bhattacharyya and S. G. Nakhate

Published online: 30 June 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00195-4

Soft X-ray laser emission from W⁴⁶⁺ p. 17

Wessam El Din S. Abdelaziz

Published online: 17 July 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00209-3

Elastic scattering of 59.54-keV γ-rays in elements with 22 ≤ Z ≤ 92 at momentum transfer 0.4 ≤ x ≤ 4.7 Å^-1 p. 23

S. Kumar, V. Sharma, J. S. Shahi, D. Mehta and N. Singh

Published online: 17 July 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00208-4

QED corrections for the valence electron in the heavy and superheavy metal atoms from the 11 and 12 groups p. 35

I. A. Goidenko

Published online: 07 August 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00216-4

Electron–electron interaction effects in heliumlike atoms confined in finite external square-well potential p. 43

S. A. Ndengué and O. Motapon

Published online: 07 August 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00222-6

Efficient atomization of cesium metal in solid helium by low energy (10 μJ) femtosecond pulses p. 53

M. Melich, J. Dupont-Roc and Ph. Jacquier

Published online: 15 August 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00231-5

Theoretical studies on dielectronic recombination of neonlike gold and its effects on plasma ionization balance and radiation energy p. 57

X. J. Liu, Y. Z. Qu, B. J. Xiao and J. G. Wang

Published online: 15 August 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00234-2

Systematics of perturbative semiclassical quantum defect expansions probed by RKR-QDT and a Fisher-information-based criterion p. 67

S. Cohen

Published online: 22 August 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00236-0

Molecular Physics and Chemical Physics

On the suitability of the ILJ function to match different formulations of the electrostatic potential for water-water interactions p. 75

N. Faginas Lago, F. Huarte Larrañaga and M. Albertí

Published online: 07 August 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00215-5

Structure and stability of AgXe_n^Z (–3, , 0, +1) clusters. Theoretical insights p. 87

X. Li, X. Cao, J. H. Jiang and Y. F. Zhao

Published online: 07 August 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00214-6

Atomic and Molecular Collisions

Double ionization of Sc⁺ ions by electron impact p. 93

S. Kumari, L. K. Jha and B. N. Roy

Published online: 17 July 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00211-9

Dynamics of coupled ultraslow optical solitons in a coherent four-state double-Λ system p. 99

H. J. Li, L. Deng and G. Huang

Published online: 15 August 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00233-3

Clusters and Nanostructures

A DFT study on small M-doped titanium (M = V, Fe, Ni) clusters: structures, chemical bonds and magnetic properties p. 111

J. G. Du, X. Y. Sun and G. Jiang

Published online: 23 June 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00177-6

Plasma Physics

Mass spectrometric studies of laser ablated plume from a superconducting material p. 121

M. Saleem, A. Hameed, M. J. Iqbal and M. A. Baig

Published online: 07 August 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00227-1

MHD waves and instabilities in flowing solar flux-tube plasmas in the framework of Hall magnetohydrodynamics p. 127

I. Zhelyazkov

Published online: 07 August 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00217-3

Numerical analysis of the irradiation uniformity of a directly driven inertial confinement fusion capsule p. 139

M. Temporal and B. Canaud

Published online: 07 August 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00218-2

Nonlinear Dynamics

Dynamically compressed bright and dark solitons in highly anisotropic Bose-Einstein condensates p. 147

W. P. Zhong, M. Belić, R. H. Xie, G. Chen and Y. Q. Lu

Published online: 07 August 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00223-5

Optical Phenomena and Photonics

Non-Bragg bandgaps of quasi-one-dimensional comb-like structures composed of positive and negative index materials p. 155

L. W. Zhang, Y. W. Zhang, L. He and Z. G. Wang

Published online: 17 July 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00204-8

Slow vector optical solitons in a cold four-level inverted-Y atomic system p. 161

L. G. Si, W. X. Yang, X. Y. Lü, J. H. Li and X. X. Yang

Published online: 17 July 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00205-7

Quantum Optics

Squeezing molecular matter waves with a squeezed associating light p. 167

H. Jing, J. Kong and Y. G. Deng

Published online: 07 August 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00219-1

Non-Markovian effects on entanglement dynamics in lossy cavities p. 173

Y. J. Zhang, Z. X. Man and Y. J. Xia

Published online: 07 August 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00226-2

Non-Markovian weak coupling limit of quantum Brownian motion p. 181

S. Maniscalco, J. Piilo and K.-A. Suominen

Published online: 07 August 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00230-6

Quantum Information

Splitting four ensembles of two-qubit quantum information via three Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen pairs p. 189

W. Zhang, Y. M. Liu, X. F. Yin and Z. J. Zhang

Published online: 23 June 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00180-y

Entanglement witnesses and characterizing entanglement properties of some PPT states p. 197

M. A. Jafarizadeh, N. Behzadi and Y. Akbari

Published online: 23 June 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00176-7

Generation of Ising interaction and cluster states in a one-dimensional coupled resonator waveguide p. 205

P. B. Li, Y. Gu, Q. H. Gong and G. C. Guo

Published online: 30 June 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00188-3

Quantum-state transfer on spin-chain channels with random imperfections p. 211

D. X. Kong and A. M. Wang

Published online: 15 August 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00232-4

Quantum computation in a decoherence-free subspace with superconducting devices p. 223

Z.-Y. Xue, S. L. Zhu and Z. D. Wang

Published online: 07 August 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00224-4

Quantum entanglement in an interacting electron gas p. 229

S. D. Hamieh and H. Zaraket

Published online: 07 August 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00228-0

Multipartite entanglement purification with quantum nondemolition detectors p. 235

Y. B. Sheng, F. G. Deng, B. K. Zhao, T. J. Wang and H. Y. Zhou

Published online: 22 August 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00237-y

Ultraintense and Ultrashort Laser Fields

Method to eliminate the damage aroused by intrinsic prepulse of Blumlein transmission line in capillary discharge soft X-ray laser system p. 243

Q. Wang, Y. Xie, Y. P. Zhao, Q. S. Zhu, M. Z. Mo and D. W. Yang

Published online: 07 August 2009

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2009-00229-y

EPJ

The European Physical Journal D

Volume 55 / No 1 (October 2009)

Atomic Physics

Radiative lifetimes along even-parity J = 1, 2 Rydberg series of neutral tin p. 1

Visible superfluorescence from optically pumped europium atoms p. 9

Soft X-ray laser emission from W 46+ p. 17

Elastic scattering of 59.54-keV γ-rays in elements with 22 ≤ Z ≤ 92 at momentum transfer 0.4 ≤ x ≤ 4.7 Å-1 p. 23

QED corrections for the valence electron in the heavy and superheavy metal atoms from the 11 and 12 groups p. 35

Electron–electron interaction effects in heliumlike atoms confined in finite external square-well potential p. 43

Efficient atomization of cesium metal in solid helium by low energy (10 μJ) femtosecond pulses p. 53

Theoretical studies on dielectronic recombination of neonlike gold and its effects on plasma ionization balance and radiation energy p. 57

Systematics of perturbative semiclassical quantum defect expansions probed by RKR-QDT and a Fisher-information-based criterion p. 67

Molecular Physics and Chemical Physics

On the suitability of the ILJ function to match different formulations of the electrostatic potential for water-water interactions p. 75

Structure and stability of AgXe n Z (–3, , 0, +1) clusters. Theoretical insights p. 87

Atomic and Molecular Collisions

Double ionization of Sc+ ions by electron impact p. 93

Dynamics of coupled ultraslow optical solitons in a coherent four-state double-Λ system p. 99

Clusters and Nanostructures

A DFT study on small M-doped titanium (M = V, Fe, Ni) clusters: structures, chemical bonds and magnetic properties p. 111

Plasma Physics

Mass spectrometric studies of laser ablated plume from a superconducting material p. 121

MHD waves and instabilities in flowing solar flux-tube plasmas in the framework of Hall magnetohydrodynamics p. 127

Numerical analysis of the irradiation uniformity of a directly driven inertial confinement fusion capsule p. 139

Nonlinear Dynamics

Dynamically compressed bright and dark solitons in highly anisotropic Bose-Einstein condensates p. 147

Optical Phenomena and Photonics

Non-Bragg bandgaps of quasi-one-dimensional comb-like structures composed of positive and negative index materials p. 155

Slow vector optical solitons in a cold four-level inverted-Y atomic system p. 161

Quantum Optics

Squeezing molecular matter waves with a squeezed associating light p. 167

Non-Markovian effects on entanglement dynamics in lossy cavities p. 173

Non-Markovian weak coupling limit of quantum Brownian motion p. 181

Quantum Information

Splitting four ensembles of two-qubit quantum information via three Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen pairs p. 189

Entanglement witnesses and characterizing entanglement properties of some PPT states p. 197

Generation of Ising interaction and cluster states in a one-dimensional coupled resonator waveguide p. 205

Quantum-state transfer on spin-chain channels with random imperfections p. 211

Quantum computation in a decoherence-free subspace with superconducting devices p. 223

Quantum entanglement in an interacting electron gas p. 229

Multipartite entanglement purification with quantum nondemolition detectors p. 235

Ultraintense and Ultrashort Laser Fields

Method to eliminate the damage aroused by intrinsic prepulse of Blumlein transmission line in capillary discharge soft X-ray laser system p. 243

Conference announcements

Soft X-ray laser emission from W⁴⁶⁺ p. 17

Elastic scattering of 59.54-keV γ-rays in elements with 22 ≤ Z ≤ 92 at momentum transfer 0.4 ≤ x ≤ 4.7 Å^-1 p. 23

Structure and stability of AgXe_n^Z (–3, , 0, +1) clusters. Theoretical insights p. 87

Double ionization of Sc⁺ ions by electron impact p. 93