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Robert L. Brooks
The Fundamentals of Atomic
and Molecular Physics
1 3
Robert L. Brooks
Department of Physics
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
ISSN 2192-4791 ISSN 2192-4805 (electronic)
ISBN 978-1-4614-6677-2 ISBN 978-1-4614-6678-9 (eBook)
DOI -1-4614-6678-9
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