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Imprint:New York : Springer, c2006.
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
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Varying Form of Title:Handbook of atomic, molecular, and optical physics
Atomic, molecular and optical physics
Other title:Atomic, molecular and optical physics handbook.
Other authors / contributors:Drake, Gordon W. F.
ISBN:9780387263083
038726308X
Notes:"A thoroughly revised and updated Atomic, molecular and optical physics handbook"--Pref.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other form:Print version: Springer handbook of atomic, molecular, and optical physics. New York : Springer, c2006 038720802X 9780387208022
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