Bücher der Reihe Physics of Atoms and Molecules

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No one can deny that Professor Kazuo Takayanagi is one of these special individuals who have played a leading role in the field of atomic and molecular physics, as well as space physics. On 5th February, 1943, when he was attending secondary school, a solar eclipse was seen in his town.

Proceedings of a biennial international symposium held as a satellite meeting of the Eighteenth International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions in London, United Kingdom, July 29-30, 1993

Proceedings of two United Kingdom Engineering and Physical Science Research Committee workshops held in York, England, September 22-23, 1993 and April 15-16, 1994

Proceedings of a European conference held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, September 5-7, 1996

Together with the limited amounts of experimental data available up to the beginning of the sixties, the formulae gave an impression of the completeness of the study of photoionization, of the absolute clarity of the mechanism of the process, and of the possibility of calculating rather easily its probability using the formulae.

However, modern laser and photon correlation techniques have also been applied successfully to probe beyond the "traditional" quantum mechanical and quantum electrodynamical theories into nuclear structure theories, electro weak theories, and the growing field of local realistic theories versus quan tum theories.

This book is a short outline of the present state of the theory of electron collisions with atomic particles - atoms, molecules and ions.

This volume contains papers associated with the conference "Atomic Spectra and Collisions in External Fields II", that took place July 30-31 1987 at Royal Holloway and Beford New College.

This volume contains the invited papers and selected contributed papers presented at the International Symposium on 'Electron-Molecule Scattering and Photoionization' held at SERC's Daresbury Laboratory, Cheshire, England from 18th to 19th July, 1987.

Polarization effects (either polarization of an atom itself by an incident particle or polarization of the medium surrounding an atomic particle) have a significant effect in the practically important optical and x-ray frequency ranges and sometimes even predominate.

The primary electron-molecule interaction processes of elastic and in elastic electron scattering, electron-impact ionization, electron-impact dissociation, and electron attachment are discussed, and state-of-the art authoritative data on the cross sections of these processes as well as on rate and transport coefficients are provided.

The last few years have seen some remarkable advances in the understanding of atomic phenomena. They correspond to the invited talks at a conference dedicated to the study of "New Directions in Atomic Physics," which took place in Magdalene College, Cambridge in July of 1998.

Highlights include discussions of: high precision measurements of gas pressures spectral source lifespan and more.

Proceedings of two United Kingdom Engineering and Physical Science Research Committee workshops held in York, England, September 22-23, 1993 and April 15-16, 1994

Proceedings of a biennial international symposium held as a satellite meeting of the Eighteenth International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions in London, United Kingdom, July 29-30, 1993

The Hans Kleinpoppen Symposium on "Complete Scattering Experiments" th was held in honor of Hans Kleinpoppen's 70 birthday.

The primary electron-molecule interaction processes of elastic and in elastic electron scattering, electron-impact ionization, electron-impact dissociation, and electron attachment are discussed, and state-of-the art authoritative data on the cross sections of these processes as well as on rate and transport coefficients are provided.

Proceedings of a European conference held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, September 5-7, 1996

New sections include up-to-date discussions of multiphoton ionization, and electron-atom and atom-atom scattering in laser fields, reaffirming the work's position as the standard introduction to the field.

Together with the limited amounts of experimental data available up to the beginning of the sixties, the formulae gave an impression of the completeness of the study of photoionization, of the absolute clarity of the mechanism of the process, and of the possibility of calculating rather easily its probability using the formulae.

The papers collected in this volume have been presented during a workshop on "Electron-Atom and Molecule Collisions" held at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of the University of Bielefeld in May 1980. This workshop, part of a larger program concerned with the "Properties and Reactions of Isolated Molecules and Atoms," focused on the theory and computational techniques for the quanti­ tative description of electron scattering phenomena. With the advances which have been made in the accurate quantum mechanical characterisation of bound states of atoms and molecules, the more complicated description of the unbound systems and resonances important in electron collision processes has matured too. As expli­ cated in detail in the articles of this volume, the theory for the quantitative explanation of elastic and inelastic electron molecule collisions, of photo- and multiple photon ionization and even for electron impact ionization is well developed in a form which lends itself to a complete quantitative ab initio interpretation and pre­ diction of the observable effects. Many of the experiences gained and the techniques which have evolved over the years in the com­ putational characterization of bound states have become an essential basis for this development. To be sure, much needs to be done before we have a complete and detailed theoretical understanding of the known collisional processes and of the phenomena and effects, which may still be un­ covered with the continuing refinement of the experimental tech­ niques.

Proceedings of the Second European Study Conference held in Belfast, Norther Ireland, July 23-26, 1996

Covering both theory and applications, this important work provides a comprehensive introduction to the modern theory of X-ray and electronic spectra of free atoms.

As these processes occur in so many of the physical sciences, researchers in astrophysics, atmospheric physics, plasma physics, and laser physics will all benefit from the monograph.

The last few years have seen some remarkable advances in the understanding of atomic phenomena. They correspond to the invited talks at a conference dedicated to the study of "New Directions in Atomic Physics," which took place in Magdalene College, Cambridge in July of 1998.

Highlights include discussions of: high precision measurements of gas pressures spectral source lifespan and more.