Atomic and molecular physics

This volume contains the invited papers presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "e;Stochasticity and Intramolecular Redistribution of Energy"e; held in Orsay (France) from June 23 to July 3, 1986.

Writing even in overview of more than a half-century of professional life of a giant of twentieth century science and technology such as Edward Teller is a daunting task.

A variety of nonlinear effects occur in a plasma.

The last decade has seen a rapid development and growing importance in the application of nuclear physics methods to material sciences.

This book evolved out of some one hundred lectures given by twenty experts at a special instructional conference sponsored by the University Grants Commis- sion, India.

2 The linearized ideal MHO equations.

Quantum mechanical calculations in physics, chemistry and biology are widely recognized as useful interpretative and predictive tools.

where d 3 3)2 ( L x - -- i3x j3x j i i>j Thus the Gegenbauer polynomials play a role in the theory of hyper spherical harmonics which is analogous to the role played by Legendre polynomials in the familiar theory of 3-dimensional spherical harmonics; and when d = 3, the Gegenbauer polynomials reduce to Legendre polynomials.

This book has come into being as a result of scientific debates.

An understanding of the processes involved in the basic and applied physics and chemistry of the interaction of plasmas with materials is vital to the evolution of technologies such as those relevant to microelectronics, fusion and space.

Although the debate about the true nature of the quantum behavior of atomic systems has never ceased, there are two periods during which it has been particularly intense: the years that saw the founding of quantum mechanics and, increasingly, these modern times.

In summary, we can conclude that the contributions of the different ionization processes to the total ionization rate for the most abundant interstellar species are basically known.

A comprehensive, up-to-date review of the physics and applications of a major class of laser, the most important example of which is the copper vapour laser.

In the last few years it was seen the emergence of various new quantum phenomena specifically related with electronic or optical confinement on a sub-wavelength-size.

Gas at temperatures exceeding one million degrees is common in the Universe.

The majority of the "e;memorable"e; results of relativistic quantum theory were obtained within the framework of the local quantum field approach.

In this volume we compare modem observations of solar flares with results from recent theoretical research and simulation studies on current-carrying loops and their interaction.

These are the Proceedings of Colloquium No.

Molecular Physics and Hypersonic Flows bridges the gap between the fluid dynamics and molecular physics communities, emphasizing the role played by elementary processes in hypersonic flows.

Interest in the problem of interaction between radiation and astrophysical plasmas arose decades ago.

This volwne is the proceedings of the third school in particle astrophysics that Schramm and Galeotti have organized at Erice.

For all practical purposes the basic physical equations governing the behaviour of a system at the molecular level can only be solved approximately.

This book is about the interaction of laser radiation with various surfaces at variable parameters of radiation.

This book is mostly concerned on the experimental research of the nonlinear optical characteristics of various media, low- and high-order harmonic generation in different materials, and formation, and nonlinear optical characterization of clusters.

The focus of the present work is nonrelativistic and relativistic quantum mechanics with standard applications to the hydrogen atom.

The IGISOL group at the University of Jyvaskyla studies the properties of nuclei far off the line of beta stability.

This volume presents a considerable number of interrelated contributions dealing with the new scientific ability to shape and control matter and electromagnetic fields on a sub-wavelength scale.

EPR of Free Radicals in Solids: Trends in Methods and Applications, 2nd ed.

Proceedings of the International Conference on Exotic Atoms and Related Topics (EXA 2011) held in Vienna, Austria, September 5-9, 2011 E.

This text is an introduction to the physics of collisional plasmas, as opposed to plasmas in space.

This volume is an exercises and solutions manual that complements the book "e;Particles and Fundamental Interactions"e; by Sylvie Braibant, Giorgio Giacomelli, and Maurizio Spurio.

The book provides theoretical and phenomenological insights on the structure of matter, presenting concepts and features of elementary particle physics and fundamental aspects of nuclear physics.

Ion beams have been used for decades for characterizing and analyzing materials.

This book provides a thorough account of the current status of achievements made in the area of soft X-Ray laser source development and of the increasingly diverse applications being demonstrated using such radiation sources.

Advances in Space Environment Research - Volume I contains the proceedings of two international workshops, the World Space Environment Forum (WSEF2002) and the High Performance Computing in Space Environment Research (HPC2002), organized by the World Institute for Space Environment Research (WISER) from 22 July to 2 August 2002 in Adelaide, Australia.

Significant advances have been made recently in both the theoretical understanding and observation of small-scale turbulence in different layers of the Sun, and in the instabilities that give rise to them.

The goal of the Daniel Chalonge School on Astrofundamental Physics is to contribute to a theory of the universe (and particularly of the early universe) up to the marks, and at the scientific height of, the unprecedented accuracy, existent and expected, in the observational data.

This volume contains the proceedings of the third Euroconference on Atomic Phys- ics at Accelerators (APAC 2001), with the title Stored Particles and Fundamental Physics.

This volume contains the lectures and seminars on Coronas, Gas Discharges, Diagnostics, Plasma Chemistry, and Applications pre- sented at the Advanced Study Institute on Breakdown and Discharges in Gases.

The book presents the following counterintuitive theoretical results breaking several paradigms of quantum mechanics and providing alternative interpretations of some important phenomena in atomic and molecular physics.

Atom was considered an indivisible particle of matter until some decades back.

This book is written by Rajnish Pandit for the Particle Science Learning Center and the Physics Heritage Foundation.

This volume describes an impressive array of the current photonic-related technologies being used in the investigation of biological systems.

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