Category Archives: Atomic & Nuclear Physics

Principles of Laser Spectroscopy and Quantum Optics

Principles of Laser Spectroscopy and Quantum Optics is an essential textbook for graduate students studying the interaction of optical fields with atoms. It also serves as an ideal reference text for researchers working in the fields of laser spectroscopy and … Continue reading

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Optically Polarized Atoms: Understanding light-atom interactions

Optically Polarized Atoms is addressed at upper-level undergraduate and graduate students involved in research in atomic, molecular, and optical Physics. It will also be useful to researchers practising in this field. It gives an intuitive, yet sufficiently detailed and rigorous … Continue reading

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A Primer in Density Functional Theory (Lecture Notes in Physics)

Density functional theory (DFT) is by now a well-established method for tackling the quantum mechanics of many-body systems. Originally applied tocompute properties of atoms and simple molecules, DFT has quickly become a work horse for more complex applications in the … Continue reading

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Lie Algebras and Applications (Lecture Notes in Physics)

This book, designed for advanced graduate students and post-graduate researchers, introduces Lie algebras and some of their applications to the spectroscopy of molecules, atoms, nuclei and hadrons. The book contains many examples that help to elucidate the abstract algebraic definitions. … Continue reading

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Many-Particle Quantum Dynamics in Atomic and Molecular Fragmentation (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics)

This is the first comprehensive treatment of the interactions of atoms and molecules with charged particles, photons and laser fields. Addressing the subject from a unified viewpoint, the volume reflects our present understanding of many-particle dynamics in rearrangement and fragmentation … Continue reading

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Energy Conversion and Particle Acceleration in the Solar Corona (Lecture Notes in Physics)

The conversion of energy generated in the Sun’s interior creates its hot corona and a wealth of dynamical phenomena such as flares and mass ejections. Based on recent significant progress in understanding magnetic reconnection and a wealth of new observations … Continue reading

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Laser Ablation and its Applications (Springer Series in Optical Sciences)

Laser ablation describes the interaction of intense optical fields with matter, in which atoms are selectively driven off by thermal or nonthermal mechanisms. This is the first book that combines the most recent results in this rapidly advancing field with … Continue reading

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Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics)

The primary objectives of this book are, firstly, to present the essential theoretical background needed to understand recent fusion research and, secondly, to describe the current status of fusion research for graduate students and senior undergraduates. It will also serve … Continue reading

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Quantitative EPR

This is the first comprehensive practical guide for people who perform EPR measurements, or supervise the use of EPR spectroscopy, and want to obtain quantitative results. No existing book provides this level of practical guidance to ensure successful use of … Continue reading

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Construction of Mappings for Hamiltonian Systems and Their Applications (Lecture Notes in Physics)

Based on the method of canonical transformation of variables and the classical perturbation theory, this innovative book treats the systematic theory of symplectic mappings for Hamiltonian systems and its application to the study of the dynamics and chaos of various … Continue reading

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