Advances In Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics - B Bederson, H Walther (Ap, 1996) Ww.pdf

Aduances in
ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL. PHYSICS
VOLUME 36
Editors
BENJAMINBEDERSON
New York University
New York, New York
HERBERTWALTHER
Max-Plank-Institutfir Quantenoptik
Garching bei Miinchen
Germany
Editorial Board
P. R. BERMAN
Uniuersity of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
M. GAVRILA
F. 0. M. Institute uoor Atoom-en Molecuul’sica
Amsterdam, herlands
M. INOKUTI
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, Illinois
W. D. PHILIPS
National Institute for Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Founding Editor
SIRDAVID BATES
ADVANCES IN
ATOMIC,
MOLECULAR,
AND OPTICAL
PHYSICS
Edited by
Benjamin Bederson
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
NEWYORK,NEWYORK
Herbert Walther
UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH AND
MAX-PLANK INSTITUTFUR QUANTENOPTIK
MUNICH, GERMANY
Volume 36
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Contents
CONTRIBUTORS vi i
Complete Experiments in Electron-Atom Collisions
Nils Anderson and Klaus Bartschat
I . Introduction ........................................ 1
I1 . Elastic Scattering ...................................... 8
111. Impact Excitation ..................................... 24
IV . Conclusion