Springer handbook of atomic, molecular, and optical physics /
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Imprint: | New York : Springer, c2006. |
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Description: | 1 online resource (lviii, 1504 p.) : ill. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8879106 |
Table of Contents:
- Units and Constants
- Part A. Mathematical Methods: Angular Momentum Theory
- Group Theory for Atomic Shells
- Dynamical Groups
- Perturbation Theory
- Second Quantization
- Density Matrices
- Computational Techniques
- Hydrogenic Wave Functions
- Part B. Atoms: Atomic Spectroscopy
- High Precision Calculations for Helium
- Atomic Multipoles
- Atoms in Strong Fields
- Rydberg Atoms
- Rydberg Atoms in Strong Static Fields
- Hyperfine Structure
- Precision Oscillator Strength and Lifetime Measurements
- Ion Beam Spectroscopy
- Line Shapes and Radiation Transfer
- Thomas +sG+1/4" Fermi and Other Density-Functional Theories
- Atomic Structure: Multiconfiguration Hartree +sG+1/4" Fock Theories
- Relativistic Atomic Structure
- Many-Body Theory of Atomic Structure and Processes
- Photoionization of Atoms
- Autoionization
- Green's Functions of Field Theory
- Quantum Electrodynamics
- Tests of Fundamental Physics
- Parity Nonconserving Effects in Atoms
- Atomic Clocks and Constraints on Variations of Fundamental Constants
- Molecular Structure
- Molecular Symmetry and Dynamics
- Radiative Transition Probabilities
- Molecular Photodissociation
- Time-Resolved Molecular Dynamics
- Nonreactive Scattering
- Gas Phase Reactions
- Gas Phase Ionic Reactions
- Clusters
- Infrared Spectroscopy
- Laser Spectroscopy in the Submillimeter and Far-Infrared Region
- Spectroscopic Techniques: Lasers
- Spectroscopic Techniques: Cavity-Enhanced Methods
- Spectroscopic Techniques: Ultraviolet
- Part C. Scattering Theory: Elastic Scattering: Classical, Quantal, and Semiclassical
- Orientation and Alignment in Atomic and Molecular Collisions
- Electron-Atom, Electron-Ion, and Electron-Molecule Collisions
- Positron Collisions
- Adiabatic and Diabatic Collision Processes at Low Energies
- Ion +sG+1/4"Atom and Atom +sG+1/4" Atom Collisions
- Ion +sG+1/4" Atom Charge Transfer Reactions at Low Energies
- Continuum Distorted-Wave and Wannier Methods
- Ionization in High Energy Ion +sG+1/4" Atom Collisions
- Electron +sG+1/4" Ion and Ion +sG+1/4" Ion Recombination
- Dielectronic Recombination
- Rydberg Collisions: Binary Encounter, Born and Impulse Approximations
- Mass Transfer at High Energies: Thomas Peak
- Classical Trajectory and Monte Carlo Techniques
- Collisional Broadening of Spectral Lines
- Part D. Scattering Experiments: Photodetachment
- Photon +sG+1/4" Atom Interactions: Low Energy
- Photon +sG+1/4" Atom Interactions: Intermediate Energies
- Electron +sG+1/4" Atom and Electron +sG+1/4" Molecule Collisions
- Ion +sG+1/4" Atom Scattering Experiments: Low Energy
- Ion +sG+1/4" Atom Collisions:High Energy
- Reactive Scattering
- Ion +sG+1/4" Molecule Reactions
- Part E. Quantum Optics: Light +sG+1/4" Matter Interaction
- Absorption and Gain Spectra
- Laser Principles
- Types of Lasers
- Nonlinear Optics
- Coherent Transients
- Multiphoton and Strong-Field Processes
- Cooling and Trapping
- Quantum Degenerate Gases: Bose +sG+1/4" Einstein Condensation
- De Broglie Optics
- Quantized Field Effects
- Entangled Atoms and Fields: Cavity QED
- Quantum Optical Tests of the Foundations of Physics
- Quantum Information
- Part F. Applications: Applications of Atomic and Molecular Physics to Astrophysics
- Comets
- Aeronomy
- Applications of Atomic and Molecular Physics to Global Change
- Atoms in Dense Plasmas
- Conduction of Electricity in Gases
- Applications to Combustion
- Surface Physics
- Interface with Nuclear Physics
- Charged-Particle +sG+1/4" Matter Interactions
- Radiation Physics
- About the Authors
- Subject Index