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Topics under investigation in atomic theory by this group include scattering, excitation, and ionization in electronatom and electronion collisions, atoms in strong fields, and photo absorption. Atomic and molecular spectra laser by rajkumar pdf download. Analysis of atomic and molecular superposition spectra. The university of oklahoma department of physics and astronomy. Topics covered include the interaction of radiation with atoms. Atomic and optical physics i physics mit opencourseware. Atomic, molecular, and optical amo physics is a rich and active area of fundamental research that has led to the development of powerful quantum devices in the areas of sensing, navigation, and time keeping. Lynn2 1jila, national institute of standards and technology and university of colorado, boulder, colorado 803090440.
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Topics under investigation in atomic theory by this group include scattering, excitation, and ionization in electronatom and electronion collisions, atoms in strong. Atomic physicists study isolated, separated ions and atoms, along with electron arrangements and excitation. Atomic, molecular, and optical physics amo is the study of matter matter and light matter interactions. Formulas are often given in a compendium format with brief introductions on their. Atomic, molecular and optical physics institute of physics. Amo theory includes classical, semiclassical and quantum treatments. Lecture notes for atomic and molecular physics pdf the main features of atomic spectra and the basic principles of laser. Atomic, molecular and optical physics and astronomy rice. The book includes worked examples and exercises, and also has two extra chapters on the application of atomic physics to solidstate physics and astrophysics. Most of the stuff we will not have time to cover since we are devoting only one week for lasers. Pdf this springer handbook of atomic, molecular, and optical physics comprises a. Laser cooling and trapping techniques, synchrotron light. Quantum mechanics atomic, molecular, and optical physics.
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Johnson department of physics, university of notre dame notre dame, indiana 46556, u. The last few decades have seen a renaissance in atomic. Typically, the theory and applications of emission, absorption, scattering of. Theory, practical implementation of calculational methods, and experiment will be discussed and compared in case studies. Atomic physics lecture notes pdf 141p this lecture note covers the following topics. The atomic, molecular, and optical physics program at lsu bring together the theoretical work of rau, schafer, gaarde, boyd professor oconnell, and hearne professor dowling. Free atomic physics books download ebooks online textbooks. Professor pagano, guido assistant professor pu, han professor for primary current research efforts of rice amo faculty please click on the faculty name see also the condensed matter page for related research examples of amo research at rice. Before the actual lecture the slides could be from last year but they will be updated just before or after the lecture i recommend that you use acrobat reader to view the files. Atomic and laser physics download book freebookcentre. Hall jila, university of colorado and national institute of standards and technology, boulder, colorado 803090440.
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