New Trends in Atomic and Molecular Physics: Advanced Technological Applications

✍ Scribed by Émile Biémont (auth.), Man Mohan (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 356
• Series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics 76
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The field of Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMP) has reached significant advances in high–precision experimental measurement techniques. The area covers a wide spectrum ranging from conventional to new emerging multi-disciplinary areas like physics of highly charged ions (HCI), molecular physics, optical science, ultrafast laser technology etc. This book includes the important topics of atomic structure, physics of atomic collision, photoexcitation, photoionization processes, Laser cooling and trapping, Bose Einstein condensation and advanced technology applications of AMP in the fields of astronomy, astrophysics, fusion, biology and nanotechnology. This book is useful for researchers, professors, graduate, postgraduate and PhD students dealing with atomic and molecular physics. The book has a wide scope with applications in neighboring fields like plasma physics, astrophysics, cold collisions, nanotechnology and future fusion energy sources like ITER (international Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) Tokomak plasma machine, which need accurate AMP data.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Recent Investigations of Radiative Lifetimes and Transition Probabilities in Heavy Elements (37≤ Z ≤92)....Pages 1-21
Atomic Structure Calculations Useful for Fusion and Astrophysics....Pages 23-37
Highly Charged Ions in Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Penning Traps....Pages 39-56
Dominance of Higher-Order Contributions to Electronic Recombination....Pages 57-66
High Accuracy Non-LTE Modeling of X-Ray Radiation in Dense Matter....Pages 67-90
Dielectronic Satellites and Auger Electron Heating: Irradiation of Solids by Intense XUV-Free Electron Laser Radiation....Pages 91-114
The Iron Project: Photoionization and Photoexcitation of Fe XVII in Solar Opacity....Pages 115-132
Hybrid Theory of Electron-Hydrogenic Systems Elastic Scattering....Pages 133-147
Relativistic Electron-Atom Collisions: Recent Progress and Applications....Pages 149-166
Formation of a Narrow Group of Intense Lines in the Emission and Photoexcitation Spectra....Pages 167-188
Fluorescence in Astrophysical Plasmas....Pages 189-200
Topological Insulators with Ultracold Atoms....Pages 201-215
Modulation Transfer Through Coherence and Its Application to Atomic Frequency Offset Locking....Pages 217-234
Quantum Physics Inspired Optical Effects in Tight-Binding Lattices....Pages 235-251
Astronomy and Cancer Research: X-Rays and Nanotechnology from Black Holes to Cancer Therapy....Pages 253-265
Transmission of Slow Highly Charged Ions Through Ultra-thin Carbon Nano-sheets....Pages 267-277
Relevance of Electron-Molecule Collision Data for Engineering Purposes....Pages 279-299
Data-Intensive Profile for the VAMDC....Pages 301-316
Seismology of the Sun: Inference of Thermal, Dynamic and Magnetic Field Structures of the Interior....Pages 317-341
Back Matter....Pages 343-350

✦ Subjects

Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics;Characterization and Evaluation of Materials;Spectroscopy and Microscopy;Low Temperature Physics;Nanotechnology and Microengineering