Highly Excited Atoms Cambridge Monographs On Atomic Molecular And Chemical Physics.pdf

This book is an introduction to the physics of highly excited, easily perturbed or
interacting atoms.
The book begins with a brief introduction to the traditional view of electron
shells and their properties, and then goes on to discuss Rydberg states, quantum
defect theory, atomic / values, centrifugal barrier effects, giant resonances,
autoionisation, inner-shell and double-excitation spectra, K-matrix theory,
atoms in high laser fields, statistical methods, quantum chaos and atomic effects
in solids. A full chapter is devoted to the properties of atomic clusters. The
emphasis is throughout on radial properties, orbital collapse, many-body effects,
the breakdown of the independent particle approach, the emergence of chaos and
the behaviour of atoms inside clusters and solids. A very full account of autoion-
isation includes not only the standard treatment for isolated resonances, but also
several alternative approaches. The book discusses many experimental examples
and has many diagrams and prehensive reference list.
This book will be of interest to atomic, molecular, chemical, optical and laser
physicists, as well as to researchers in the emerging field of cluster physics.
CAMBRIDGE MONOGRAPHS ON ATOMIC, MOLECULAR
AND CHEMICAL PHYSICS: 9
General Editors: A. Dalgarno, P. L. Knight, F. H. Read, R. N. Zare
HIGHLY EXCITED ATOMS
CAMBRIDGE MONOGRAPHS ON ATOMIC, MOLECULAR
AND CHEMICAL PHYSICS
1. R. Schinke Photodissociation Dynamics
2. L. Frommhold Collision-induced Absorption in Gases
3. T. F. Gallagher Rydberg Atoms
4. M. Auzinsh and R. Ferber Optical Polarization of Molecules
5. I. E. McCarthy and E. Weigold Electron-atom Collisions
6. V. Schmidt Electron Spectrometry of Atoms using Synchrotron Radiation
7. Z. Rudzikas Theoretical Atomic Spectroscopy
8. J. H. McGuire Electron Correlation Dynamics in Atomic Collisions
9. J.-P. Connerade Highly Excited Atoms
10. R. Bltimel and W. P. Reinhardt Chaos in Atomic Physics
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