Fundamental Processes in Energetic Atomic Collisions

✍ Scribed by H. S. W. Massey (auth.), H. O. Lutz, J. S. Briggs, H. Kleinpoppen (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 674
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In recent years, the impact of new experimental techniques (e.g., nuclear physics methods, availability of high-intensity light sources) as well as an increasing demand for atomic collision data in other fields of physics (e.g., plasma physics, astrophysics, laser physics, surface physics, etc.) have stimulated a renewed, strong interest in atomic collision research. Due to the explosive development of the various fields, scientists often even have dif­ ficulty in keeping up with their own area of research; as a result, the overlap between different fields tends to remain rather limited. Instead of having access to the full knowledge accumulated in other fields, one uses only the small fraction which at the moment seems to be of immediate importance to one's own area of interest. Clearly, many fruitful and stimulating ideas are lost in this way, causing progress to be made much more slowly than it could be. Atomic col­ lision physics is no exception to this rule. Although it is of basic interest to many other areas, it is mostly regarded merely as a (nonetheless important) tool by which to gain additional information.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Fundamental Processes in Atomic Collision Physics....Pages 1-38
Anisotropy of Collision Excited States....Pages 39-67
Atomic Photoionization....Pages 69-110
Electron and Positron Scattering....Pages 111-144
Coupling of the Radiation Field to the Electron-Atom Collision System....Pages 145-182
The Radiative Decay of Inner Shell Vacancies....Pages 183-252
Electron Decay Processes....Pages 253-293
Techniques of High Resolution Auger Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy in Energetic Ion Atom Collision....Pages 295-318
Theory of Coulomb Excitation and Ionization....Pages 319-348
Electron Capture in Ion-Atom Collisions....Pages 349-388
The Molecular Approach to Energetic Atomic Collisions: Specific Aspect of Outer Shell Collisions....Pages 389-419
Molecular Treatment of Atomic Collisions (Inner Shells)....Pages 421-445
Coincidence Techniques in High Energetic Heavy Ion Atomic Physics....Pages 447-482
Threshold Laws....Pages 483-488
Spin Dependent Threshold Laws and Ionization Asymmetries in Electron-Atom Collisions....Pages 489-508
Correlation Effects in (e,2e) Processes....Pages 509-518
Shapes and Orientation in Collisionally Excited Atoms: A Comment on Density Matrices, Coordinate Frames and Coherence....Pages 519-529
Development and Analysis of Electron-Photon Angular Correlations from Electron Impact Excitation of Atoms....Pages 531-550
Ion-Photon Angular Correlations in Slow Atomic Collisions....Pages 551-557
Vector Polarisation Analysis for Quasi-Two-Electron Systems: Mg-Inert Gas Collisions....Pages 559-566
Autoionization Processes and Alignment in Atomic Collisions....Pages 567-574
Alignment in Inner Shell Processes....Pages 575-583
Laser Effects in Atomic Collisions....Pages 585-610
Spin Effects in Atomic Collision Processes....Pages 611-620
Inelastic Scattering Processes with Polarised Particles....Pages 621-635
Highly Charged Recoil Ions....Pages 637-647
Electron Excitation and Positron Emission in Quasi-Molecular Collisions of very Heavy Ions....Pages 649-657
Summary Lecture....Pages 659-668
Back Matter....Pages 669-675

✦ Subjects

Physics, general