Many-Body Atomic Physics

by J. J. Boyle, M. S. Pindzola

Overview

This book is a survey of the field of many-body atomic physics. The contributions encompass three major areas of study—atomic structure, atomic photoionization, and electron-atom collisions—and deal with the historical development of many-body theory, theoretical considerations, and applications. It will be a suitable introduction to the field for graduate students and researchers in atomic physics and quantum chemistry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521021999
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/03/2005
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	428
Product dimensions:	6.77(w) x 9.69(h) x 1.06(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Contributors; Introduction; Part I. Atomic Structure: 1. Development of atomic many-body theory Ingvar Lindgren; 2. Relativistic MBPT for highly charged ions W. R. Johnson; 3. Parity nonconservation in atoms S. A. Blundell, W. R. Johnson, and J. Sapirstein; Part II. Photoionization of Atoms: 4. Single photoionization processes J. J. Boyle, and M. D. Kutzner; 5. Photoionization dominated by double excitation T. N. Chang; 6. Direct double photoionization in atoms Z. W. Liu; 7. Photoelectron angular distributions Steven T. Manson; Part III. A. Atomic Scattering - General Considerations: 8. The many-body approach to electron-atom collisions M. Ya Amusia; 9. Theoretical aspects of electron impact ionization P. L. Altick; Part III. B. Atomic Scattering - Low-Order Applications: 10. Perturbation series methods D. H. Madison; 11. Target dependence of the triply differential cross section Cheng Pan and Anthony F. Starace; 12. Overview of Thomas processes for fast mass transfer J. H. McGuire, Jack C. Straton and T. Ishihara; Part III. C. Atomic Scattering - All-Order Applications: 13. R-matrix Theory: Some Recent Applications Philip G. Burke: 14. Electron scattering: application of Dirac R-matrix theory Wasantha Wijesundera, Ian Grant and Patrick Norrington; 15. Close coupling and distorted-wave theory D. C. Griffin and M. S. Pindzola; Appendix: Units and notation; References; Index.