Atomic Spectroscopy and Radiative Processes

✍ Scribed by Egidio Landi Degl'Innocenti (auth.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Mailand
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 432
Series: UNITEXT for Physics
Edition: 2
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book describes the basic physical principles of atomic spectroscopy and the absorption and emission of radiation in astrophysical and laboratory plasmas. It summarizes the basics of electromagnetism and thermodynamics and then describes in detail the theory of atomic spectra for complex atoms, with emphasis on astrophysical applications. Both equilibrium and non-equilibrium phenomena in plasmas are considered. The interaction between radiation and matter is described, together with various types of radiation (e.g., cyclotron, synchrotron, bremsstrahlung, Compton). The basic theory of polarization is explained, as is the theory of radiative transfer for astrophysical applications. Atomic Spectroscopy and Radiative Processes bridges the gap between basic books on atomic spectroscopy and the very specialized publications for the advanced researcher: it will provide under- and postgraduates with a clear in-depth description of theoretical aspects, supported by practical examples of applications.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
General Laws of the Electromagnetic Field....Pages 1-14
Spectrum and Polarisation....Pages 15-40
Radiation from Moving Charges....Pages 41-83
Quantisation of the Electromagnetic Field....Pages 85-98
Relativistic Wave Equations....Pages 99-118
Atoms with a Single Valence Electron....Pages 119-147
Atoms with Multiple Valence Electrons....Pages 149-190
Term Energies....Pages 191-205
More Details on Atomic Spectra....Pages 207-235
Laws of Thermodynamic Equilibrium....Pages 237-259
Interaction Between Matter and Radiation....Pages 261-290
Selection Rules and Line Strengths....Pages 291-305
Non-equilibrium Plasmas....Pages 307-314
Radiative Transfer....Pages 315-335
Second Order Processes....Pages 337-368
Appendix....Pages 369-419
Back Matter....Pages 421-430

✦ Subjects

Astrophysics and Astroparticles; Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences

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