"Springer Handbook of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics" ed. by Gordon W. F. Drake

This Handbook comprises a comprehensive reference source that unifies the entire fields of atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics, assembling the principal ideas, techniques and results of the field from atomic spectroscopy to applications in comets. It is both a source of information and an inspiration for graduate students and other researchers new to the field.

The book contains chapters covering current areas of great research interest, such as Bose – Einstein condensation, quantum information, and cosmological variations of the fundamental constants.

Contents
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
1 Units and Constants
1.1 Electromagnetic Units
1.2 Atomic Units
1.3 Mathematical Constants
References
A Mathematical Methods
2 Angular Momentum Theory
3 Group Theory for Atomic Shells
4 Dynamical Groups
5 Perturbation Theory
6 Second Quantization
7 Density Matrices
8 Computational Techniques
9 Hydrogenic Wave Functions
B Atoms
10 Atomic Spectroscopy
11 High Precision Calculations for Helium
12 Atomic Multipoles
13 Atoms in Strong Fields
14 Rydberg Atoms
15 Rydberg Atoms in Strong Static Fields
16 Hyperfine Structure
17 Precision Oscillator Strength and Lifetime Measurements
18 Spectroscopy of Ions Using Fast Beams and Ion Traps
19 Line Shapes and Radiation Transfer
20 Thomas-Fermi and Other Density-Functional Theories
21 Atomic Structure: Multiconfiguration Hartree-Fock Theories
22 Relativistic Atomic Structure
23 Many-Body Theory of Atomic Structure and Processes
24 Photoionization of Atoms
25 Autoionization
26 Green's Functions of Field Theory
27 Quantum Electrodynamics 28 Tests of Fundamental Physics
29 Parity Nonconserving Effects in Atoms
30 Atomic Clocks and Constraints on Variations of Fundamental Constants
C Molecules
31 Molecular Structure
32 Molecular Symmetry and Dynamics
33 Radiative Transition Probabilities
34 Molecular Photodissociation
35 Time-Resolved Molecular Dynamics
36 Nonreactive Scattering
37 Gas Phase Reactions
38 Gas Phase Ionic Reactions
39 Clusters
40 Infrared Spectroscopy
41 Laser Spectroscopy in the Submillimeter and Far-Infrared Regions
42 Spectroscopic Techniques: Lasers
43 Spectroscopic Techniques: Cavity-Enhanced Methods
44 Spectroscopic Techniques: Ultraviolet
D Scattering Theory
45 Elastic Scattering: Classical, Quantal, and Semiclassical
46 Orientation and Alignment in Atomic and Molecular Collisions
47 Electron-Atom, Electron-lon, and Electron-Molecule Collisions
48 Positron Collisions
49 Adiabatic and Diabatic Collision Processes at Low Energies
50 lon-Atom and Atom-Atom Collisions
51 lon-Atom Charge Transfer Reactions at Low Energies
52 Continuum Distorted Wave and Wannier Methods
53 Ionization in High Energy lon-Atom Collisions
54 Electron-lon and lon-lon Recombination
55 Dielectronic Recombination
56 Rydberg Collisions: Binary Encounter, Born and Impulse Approximations
57 Mass Transfer at High Energies: Thomas Peak
58 Classical Trajectory and Monte Carlo Techniques
59 Collisional Broadening of Spectral Lines
E Scattering Experiments
60 Photodetachment
61 Photon-Atom Interactions: Low Energy
62 Photon-Atom Interactions: Intermediate Energies
63 Electron-Atom and Electron-Molecule Collisions
64 lon-Atom Scattering Experiments: Low Energy
65 lon-Atom Collisions - High Energy
66 Reactive Scattering
67 lon-Molecule Reactions
F Quantum Optics
68 Light-Matter Interaction
69 Absorption and Gain Spectra
70 Laser Principles
71 Types of Lasers
72 Nonlinear Optics
73 Coherent Transients
74 Multiphoton and Strong-Field Processes
75 Cooling and Trapping
76 Quantum Degenerate Gases
77 De Broglie Optics
78 Quantized Field Effects
79 Entangled Atoms and Fields: Cavity QED
80 Quantum Optical Tests of the Foundations of Physics
81 Quantum Information
G Applications
82 Applications of Atomic and Molecular Physics to Astrophysics
83 Comets
84 Aeronomy
85 Applications of Atomic and Molecular Physics to Global Change
86 Atoms in Dense Plasmas
87 Conduction of Electricity in Gases
88 Applications to Combustion
89 Surface Physics
90 Interface with Nuclear Physics
91 Charged-Particle-Matter Interactions
92 Radiation Physics
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Detailed Contents
Subject Index