Atomic and molecular physics

The book is devoted to processes at the interaction of high energy charged particles and photons with crystals.

The book reviews the results of vibration-rotational spectroscopy of molecules obtained recently by combining modern computational methods of quantum chemistry with the new techniques of high-resolution rotational and vibration-rotational spectroscopy.

The aim of this book on particle physics is to present the theory in a simple way.

This volume contains contributions by friends, colleagues and associates of John R Klauder on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

In recent years, there has been considerable growth in research activities related to spin phenomena in high energy physics and their theoretical interpretations.

The nucleon optical model is widely used to calculate the elastic scattering cross-sections and polarisations for the interaction of neutrons and protons with atomic nuclei.

Nuclear molecules are analogous to ordinary electronic molecules.

Much instrumentation has been developed for imaging the trajectories of elementary particles produced in high energy collisions.

Robert Eugene Marshak (1916-92) devoted much of his life to helping other people carry out scientific research and gather to discuss their work.

This book explains how the car, as a structure, behaves in various types of accidents.

The scientific career of John Stewart Bell was distinguished by its breadth and its quality.

This book reviews the major progress made in the fields of atomic, molecular and optical physics in the last decade.

This book emphasizes the experimental aspects of the author's own laboratory.

Modern particle accelerators and storage rings, whether used for high-energy physics, synchrotron light sources, or other purposes, require particle beams with the highest possible intensity.

This book is a collection of papers on electromagnetic wave mechanics and its applications written by experts in this field.

In view of the rapid growth in both experimental and theoretical studies of multiphoton processes and multiphoton spectroscopy of atoms, ions and molecules in chemistry, physics, biology, materials science, etc.

This book describes a body of work whose ultimate goal is to optimize the design of microbatteries.

Modulation spectrometry of neutrons refers to a measuring principle, characterized by classification of neutron histories in a probabilistic way, not the usual deterministic way.

This book aims to present a unified account of the physics of atoms and molecules from a modern viewpoint.

Hans A Bethe received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1967 for his work on the production of energy in stars.

This book presents and describes a series of unusual and striking strong-field phenomena concerning atoms and free electrons.

Today, coupled-cluster (CC) theory has emerged as the most accurate, widely applicable approach for the correlation problem in molecules.

The cluster which is an ensemble of two thousands of atoms or molecules, has emerged as a completely new class of materials at the frontier of materials science.

This book provides a detailed presentation of modern quantum theories for treating the reaction dynamics of small molecular systems.

This book provides a coherent and comprehensive overview of the generation and application of mono-energetic positron beams.

This volume is a natural continuation of the book Algebraic Renormalization, Perturbative Renormalization, Symmetries and Anomalies, by O Piguet and S P Sorella, with the aim of applying the algebraic renormalization procedure to gauge field models quantized in nonstandard gauges.

Electron-molecule collisions have been studied extensively by both experimentalists and theorists since the early years of this century.

The physics of clusters is a new and rapidly developing area.

In 1936, at age 31, Carl David Anderson became the second youngest Nobel laureate for his discovery of antimatter when he observed positrons in a cloud chamber.

Our journey in search of the origin of matter - and, by extension, the origin of the Universe itself - has taken us deeper and deeper inside atoms.

Nuclear double beta decay is one of the most promising tools for probing beyond-the-standard-model physics on beyond-accelerator energy scales.

In view of the rapid growth in both experimental and theoretical studies of multi-photon processes and multi-photon spectroscopy of atoms, ions and molecules in chemistry, physics, biology, materials science, etc.

This invaluable volume is a collection of conference talks by James D Bjorken, who has made a huge impact on particle physics and the development of the Standard Model.

This volume is intended to serve as an updated critical guide to the extensive literature on the basic physical mechanisms controlling the radiation and reliability responses of MOS oxides.

This book is an extended introductory treatise on the atomic scale structure and physicochemical properties of oxide melts (mainly silicates), from both the basic science and applied engineering points of view.

The monograph is devoted to the relatively new and fast developing field of cluster physics.

Excitons are considered as the basic concept used by describing the spectral properties of photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes and excitation dynamics in photosynthetic light-harvesting antenna and reaction centers.

This invaluable volume contains a biography of Nobel laureate Norman F Ramsey as well as reprints and retrospective commentaries on 56 papers relating to spectroscopy with coherent radiation.

In this book, important conceptual developments of the two major revolutions of modern physics - the quantum and relativity theories - are presented in a nonmathematical, dialectical form of dialogue.

The Standard Model of particle physics is extremely successful in describing nature.

This book contains various experimental and theoretical reports on the status and prospects of one of the most interesting and difficult areas of modern high energy physics - elastic and diffractive scattering.

The Third International Conference on Isotopes focused on the theme of "e;Isotope Production and Applications in the 21st Century"e; and included presentations by several eminent experts in this field.

This book deals with the evolution of the properties of clusters, nanostructures and cluster-based materials, with emphasis on the role of the interface.

Molecular dynamics is a well-established technique for simulating complex many-particle systems in many areas of physics, chemistry, and astrophysics.

Professor Kun Huang is widely known for his collaboration with Max Born in writing the classic monograph, "e;Dynamical Theory of Crystal Lattices"e;.

This volume contains contributions from cooperative research activities in physics and chemistry and addresses heterogeneous systems like atoms and molecules in complex environments, dye molecules like the retinal chromophore in the protein box of the human eye, interacting atoms/molecules in the interlayer of adsorbed structures, nucleation and domain formation processes in magnetic and martensitic systems.

Quantum chromodynamics is the fundamental theory of strong interactions.

This volume is devoted to recent achievements and new challenges in the field of nuclear structure.

This book describes advances in both experimental and theoretical treatments in the field of energy transfer processes that are relevant to various fields, such as spectroscopy, laser technology, phosphors, artificial solar energy conversion, and photobiology.

The Conference "e;Bologna 2000: Structure of the Nucleus at the Dawn of the Century"e; was devoted to a discipline which has seen a strong revival of research activities in the last decade.