The European Physical Journal D

Vol. 47 No. 3 (May 2008)

Editorial


• Opening a new section in EPJ D: the "Colloquia" contributions     p. 313
  C. Fabre and F.A. Gianturco
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Atomic Physics
• Variation of X-ray intensity ratio and lineshape with the effects of external magnetic field and chemical combination     p. 315
  S. Porikli, D. Demir and Y. Kurucu
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Comment
• "Energy levels and spectral lines of Ne VIII" [Eur. Phys. J. D 39, 173-188 (2006)]     p. 325
  K. Wilhelm, W. Curdt, I.E. Dammasch and D.M. Hassler
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Atomic and Molecular Collisions
• Formation of negative hydrogen ion in positronium-hydrogen collisions     p. 327
  S. Roy and C. Sinha
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• Ionization of sodium by the impact of alpha particle     p. 335
  S. Bhattacharya, K.B. Choudhury, N.C. Deb, C. Sinha, K. Roy and A.Z. Msezane
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• Ionisation of phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, and bismuth by electron impact     p. 339
  J.P. Santos and F. Parente
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• Rotational excitation of NH₃ and ND₃ due to He atom collisions     p. 351
  B.H. Yang and P.C. Stancil
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Clusters and Nanostructures
• Structural and electronic properties of Bi_n (n = 2-14) clusters from density-functional calculations     p. 359
  J.M. Jia, G.B. Chen, D.N. Shi and B.L. Wang
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• Improved endohedral fullerenelike structures of silicon clusters Si₃₁-Si₃₉ by density functional calculations     p. 367
  R.L. Zhou and B.C. Pan
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• Melting, freezing and nucleation in nanoclusters of potassium chloride - III - Modelling crystal growth dynamics     p. 373
  P.C.R. Rodrigues and F.M.S. Silva Fernandes
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• Macroscopic-microscopic theory of semi-spheroidal atomic cluster     p. 379
  D.N. Poenaru, R.A. Gherghescu, I.H. Plonski, A.V. Solov'yov and W. Greiner
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Plasma Physics
• Langmuir probe and spectroscopic studies of RF generated helium-nitrogen mixture plasma     p. 395
  M.A. Naveed, N.U. Rehman, S. Zeb, S. Hussain and M. Zakaullah
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• Analytic characterization of a resonance surface in an experimental ECR setup     p. 403
  R.S. Catalano, F. Consoli and S. Barbarino
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Laser Cooling and Quantum Gas
• Josephson oscillation of a superfluid Fermi gas     p. 413
  S.K. Adhikari
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• Effect of the lattice alignment on Bloch oscillations of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a square optical lattice     p. 421
  M.-C. Chung and A.R. Kolovsky
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• Schlieren imaging of nano-scale atom-surface inelastic transition using a Fresnel biprism atom interferometer     p. 427
  J. Grucker, J. Baudon, F. Perales, G. Dutier, V. Bocvarski, J.-C. Karam, G. Vassilev and M. Ducloy
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Nonlinear Dynamics
• Chaotic dynamics of coupled two-level atoms in the optical cavity     p. 433
  L. Chotorlishvili and Z. Toklikishvili
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Optical Physics
• Comparison of different switching techniques in a cavity soliton laser     p. 447
  K. Mahmoud Aghdami, F. Prati, P. Caccia, G. Tissoni, L.A. Lugiato, R. Kheradmand and H. Tajalli
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• Ether drift experiments and electromagnetic momentum     p. 457
  G. Spavieri, V. Guerra, R. De Abreu and G.T. Gillies
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