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Atomic and Quantum Physics : an Introduction to the Fundamentals of Experiment and Theory /

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Atomic physics and its underlying quantum theory are the point of departure for many modern areas of physics, astrophysics, chemistry, biology, and even electrical engineering. This textbook provides a careful and eminently readable introduction to the results and methods of empirical atomic physics...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haken, H.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Wolf, Hans Christoph
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1987.
Edition:Second enlarged edition.
Subjects:
Physics.
Quantum theory.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Mass and Size of the Atom
  • Isotopes
  • The Nucleus of the Atom
  • The Photon
  • The Electron
  • Some Basic Properties of Matter Waves
  • Bohr's Model of the Hydrogen Atom
  • The Mathematical Framework of Quantum Theory
  • Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom
  • Lifting of the Orbital Degeneracy in the Spectra of Alkali Atoms
  • Orbital and Spin Magnetism. Fine Structure
  • Atoms in a Magnetic Field: Experiments and their Semiclassical Description
  • Atoms in a Magnetic Field: Quantum Mechanical Treatment
  • Atoms in an Electric Field
  • General Laws of Optical Transitions
  • Many-Electron Atoms
  • X-Ray Spectra, Internal Shells
  • Structure of the Periodic System. Ground States of the Elements
  • Nuclear Spin, Hyperfine Structure
  • The Laser
  • Modern Methods of Optical Spectroscopy
  • Fundamentals of the Quantum Theory of Chemical Bonding
  • Appendix
  • Solutions to the Problems
  • Bibliography
  • Subject Index
  • Fundamental Constants of Atomic Physics
  • Energy Conversion Table.