Atomic and molecular physics

The Proceedings of the tenth Advanced Study Institute (ASI) on Tech- niques and Concepts of High Energy Physics are dedicated to Jane and Bob Wilson.

The "e;VOLGA"e; conferences, hosted in odd-numbered years by the Department of Theoretical and Experimental Reactor Physics of the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI), are some of the most prestigious technical meetings held in Russia.

The fundamental structure of matter and spacetime at the shortest length scales remains an exciting frontier of basic research in theoretical physics.

In May 1998 a hundred renowned scientists from 20 different countries met at the Max-Planck-Institut fur Aeronomie to communicate their latest results and ideas in astrophysical and space plasma, as a follow-up to previous similar meetings which were held in Varenna, Abastumai, Potsdam, Toki and Guaruja.

INSTEAD OF A "e;FESTSCHRIFT"e; In June 1998 Hans Primas turned 70 years old.

Nuclei in their ground states behave as quantum fluids, Fermi liquids.

Among the many technological and legal efforts being made to restore our environment, electrostatic technologies may well hold the solution to the cleaning of air, water and soil.

One of the most important issues in the construction of future magnetic confinement fusion machines is that of the materials of which they are constructed, and one of the key points of proper material choice is the recycle of hydrogen isotopes with materials at the plasma face.

The modern Persian word for cosmology is "e;Keyhan-shenakht"e;, which is also the title of a Persian book written more than 800 years ago.

For more than 25 years the Standard Model of particle physics has withstood the confrontation with experimental results of increasing precision, but this does not imply that the Standard Model can answer all questions about the ultimate constituents of nature.

Particle production is an important topic in nuclear and particle physics.

Among the key problems in modern field theory are the formulation of chiral group theories on the lattice and the quantitative understanding of the quark confinement mechanism.

The material contained in this work concerns relativistic quantum mechanics, and as such pertains to classical fields.

techniques, and raises new issues of physical interpretation as well as possibilities for deepening the theory.

This book represents the proceedings from the NATO sponsored Advanced Research Workshop entitled "e;Observational Tests of Inflation"e; held at the University of Durham, England on the 10th-14th December, 1990.

The Twenty Fourth Jerusalem Symposium reflected the high standards of these distinguished scientific meetings, which convene once a year at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Jerusalem to discuss a specific topic in the broad area of quantum chemistry and biochemistry.

One of the most spectacular discoveries of molecular astronomy has been the detection of maser emission.

This textbook is intended as an introduction to the physics of solar and stellar coronae, emphasizing kinetic plasma processes.

An (e,2e) experiment is the measurement of an electron impact ionization process where both the exiting electrons are detected in coincidence.

Singularities in Fluids, Plasmas and Optics, which contains the proceedings of a NATO Workshop held in Heraklion, Greece, in July 1992, provides a survey of the state of the art in the analysis and computation of singularities in physical problems drawn from fluid mechanics, plasma physics and nonlinear optics.

Dimensional scaling offers a new approach to quantum dynamical correlations.

This volume contains the proceedings of the NATO-Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) "e;Manipulation of atoms under high fields and temperatures: Applications"e;, sponsored by the NATO Scientific Affairs Division, Special Programme on Nanoscale Science.

Edgard Gunzig and Pasquale Nardone RGGR Universite Libre de Bruxelles CP231 1050 Bruxelles Belgium The NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "e;The Origin of Structure in the Universe"e; was organized to bring together workers in various aspects of relativistic cosmology with the aim of assessing the present status of our knowledge on the formation and evolution of structure.

This monograph, which is the outcome of the ASI on High Pressure Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Materials Science, illustrates new developments in the field of high pressure science.

Cosmic electrodynamics is the specific branch of plasma physics which studies electromagnetic phenomena -- mostly the role of electromagnetic forces in dynamics of highly-conducting compressible medium in the solar interior and atmosphere, solar wind, in the Earth's magnetosphere and magnetospheres of other planets as well as pulsars and other astrophysical objects.

This volume contains a selection of scientific papers related to the structure and dynamics of non-rigid molecules.

In last years increasing attention has been again devoted to interpretations of quantum theory.

The last decade has witnessed significant advances in the ability to generate short light pulses throughout the optical spectrum.

Soft X-rays are a powerful probe of matter.

The mystery of the diffuse interstellar bands has been variously a curiosity, a co- nundrum, and a nuisance for astronomers in the seven decades since the features were first noticed, but recently they have become a forefront issue in astrophysics.

This volume contains the lectures presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) on "e; Frontiers of Chemical Dynamics "e;, held in the Club AIda, Kerner, Turkey, from 5th September to 16th September 1994.

Freja is a joint Swedish and German satellite, launched on October 6, 1992 and orbiting at 600--1750 km, covering the lower part of the auroral acceleration region.

The rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full Ecclesiastes What is quantum chemistry?

In this volume a thorough review is given of waves in dusty plasmas, a fascinating new domain combining plasmas and charged dust, two omnipresent ingredients of the Universe.

This book is intended to give a clear and concise introductory account of the basic ideas underlying nuclear and elementary particle physics.

Recent developments in supersymmetric field theory, string theory, and brane theory have been revolutionary.

A comprehensive survey of recent theoretical and experimental progress in the area of electron-photon interaction and dense media.

ICAME is the major International Conference on research in which Mossbauer Spectroscopy plays a key role.

The NATO-sponsored Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on "e;Emerging Applications of Vacuum-Arc-Produced Plasma, Ion and Electron Beams"e; was held at the Baikal Dunes Resort, Lake Baikal, Russia, on June 24-28, 2002.

Many facets of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) are relevant to the in-depth discussion of theoretical and experimental aspects of high-energy nucleus-nucleus collisions.

The NATO Advanced Study Institute and EC Summer School "e;Progress in String Field and Particle Theory"e; was held in Cargse from June 25th till July 11th 2002.

Remarkable recent developments in the field of quantum communications and quantum information processing include the achievement of quantum teleportation, quantum communication channels based on entangled states, and the discovery of quantum computing algorithms.

A comprehensive survey of the most recent results from the field of quark-gluon structure of the nucleon, in particular how the spin of the nucleon is shared by its constituents.

A broad range of topics of current interest are discussed, from nuclear structure at the edge of stability to nuclear astrophysics and cosmic ray physics at the highest energies.