Atomic and molecular physics

Single-photon generation and detection is at the forefront of modern optical physics research.

This book is devoted to the modern problems of quantum optics.

This volume contains the proceedings of the "e;International Conference on Spin Excitations in Nuclei"e; held in Telluride, Colo- rado, March 25-27, 1982.

In response to the explosion of theories and experiments since the appearance of the first edition, the author has revised and expanded his basic text.

The purpose of Encyclopaedia of Atomic Spectra and Atomic Structure is to provide teachers with recent researches that allows students to share.

This user-friendly book on group theory introduces topics in as simple a manner as possible and then gradually develops those topics into more advanced ones, eventually building up to the current state-of-the-art.

For decades, scientists have envisioned the possibility of storing energy in the form of nuclear excitations, resulting in specific nuclear configurations known as isomers.

This book presents more than 300 exercises, with guided solutions, on topics that span both the experimental and the theoretical aspects of particle physics.

This symposium was a dedication to John L Hall, who was recently awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, (report below).

This book covers the development of both experiment and theory in natural surface particle chemistry.

The physics of strongly interacting many-body systems known as nuclear physics is a mature discipline which has achieved a remarkably quantitative success.

This is a textbook on the theory and calculation of molecular electromagnetic and spectroscopic properties designed for a one-semester course with lectures and exercise classes.

Bose-Einstein condensation, superfluidity, and superconductivity are quantum mechanics made visible.

an integrated approach to electron transfer phenomena This two-part stand-alone volume in the prestigious Advances in Chemical Physics series provides the most comprehensive overview of electron transfer science today.

This book focuses on new experimental and theoretical advances concerning the role of strange and heavy-flavour quarks in high-energy heavy-ion collisions and in astrophysical phenomena.

Atomic hydrogen, the simplest of all stable atoms, has been a challenge to spectroscopists and theoreticians for many years.

Nuclei in the Cosmos, a volume of conference papers, gathers together astronomers, astrophysicists, and nuclear physicists for a thorough discussion of nucleosynthesis, its role in the evolution of the universe, and its intriguing possibilities as a diagnostic tool for stellar interiors.

This volume contains proceedings from the International School of History of Science, Sixty-Two Years of Uncertainty: Historical Philosophical and Physical Inquiries into the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, convened at the Ettore Maj orana Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Sicily, 5-15 August 1989.

"e;This is the second in a series of three volumes of proceedings of the 23rd Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference (PBNC 2022) which was held by Chinese Nuclear Society.

Density functional theory (DFT) provides the most widely used models for simulating molecules and materials based on the fundamental laws of quantum mechanics.

The 9th International Workshop on "e;Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena"e; was held November 6-10, 1989, at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Cal ifornia.

The subject of antenna design, primarily a discipline within electrical en- neering, is devoted to the manipulation of structural elements of and/or the electrical currents present on a physical object capable of supporting such a current.

This book is exceptional in offering a thorough but accessible introduction to calorimetry that will meet the needs of both students and researchers in the field of particle physics.

Polarized beams and targets have been irreplaceable tools in nuclear and particle physics experiments for a long time and have provided us rich information on the role played by spin-degrees of freedom in the sub-nuclear world.

Modern plasma physics, encompassing wave-particle interactions and collec- tive phenomena characteristic of the collision-free nature of hot plasmas, was founded in 1946 when 1.

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.

This book proposes and develops the equilibrium compound nucleus post-fission theory, a powerful tool for studying the fission process and making numerical calculations of post-fission nuclear data.

Written by two of the most prominent leaders in particle physics, Relativistic Quantum Mechanics: An Introduction to Relativistic Quantum Fields provides a classroom-tested introduction to the formal and conceptual foundations of quantum field theory.

Since the third Workshop on "e;Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena"e; in 1973, one area within the scope of this con- ference received increased attention: laser fusion.

This book compiles the accomplishments of the recent research project on photochemistry "e;Photosynergetics"e;, supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, aiming to develop and elucidate new methods and molecules leading to advanced utilization of photo-energies.

This book highlights quantum optics technologies that can revolutionize the way we encode, store, transmit, and handle information.

This meeting on Hadron Spectroscopy and the Confinement Problem took place from June 27 to July 8, 1995.

In 1905, Albert Einstein declared speeds greater than light to be impossible.

The first Nato Advanced Studies Institute entirely devoted to density functional theory was held in Portugal in September 1983.

This second edition is based on the successful concept of the first edition in presenting a unified perspective on molecular charge and energy transfer processes.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

The central subject of this volume is the atomic and molecular physics of heavy par- ticles as investigated with charged particle accelerators.

This book takes the reader for a short journey over the structures of matter showing that their main properties can be obtained even at a quantitative level with a minimum background knowledge including, besides first year calculus and physics, the extensive use of dimensional analysis and the three cornerstones of science, namely the atomic idea, the wave-particle duality and the minimization of energy as the condition for equilibrium.

Discusses fundamentals concepts of physics and their applications to a number of engineering problems.

Higher Excited States of Polyatomic Molecules, Volume II focuses on a higher level of activity in vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy.

As useful to students and nuclear professionals as its popular predecessors, this fifth edition provides the most up-to-date and accessible introduction to radiation detector materials, systems, and applications.

The present volume contains the texts of the invited talks delivered at the Sixth International Conference on Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories held in Arad, Israel during the period November 5-10 1989.

The computational models of physical systems comprise parameters, independent and dependent variables.

This volume presents a selection of articles based on inspiring lectures held at the "e;Capri"e; Advanced Summer School, an original event conceived and promoted by Leonida Antonio Gizzi and Ralph Assmann that focuses on novel schemes for plasma-based particle acceleration and radiation sources, and which brings together researchers from the conventional accelerator community and from the high-intensity laser-matter interaction research fields.