Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

by Stroke

• ISBN13: 9780120038510
• ISBN10: 012003851X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-20
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

Benjamin Bederson contributed to the world of physics in many areas: in atomic physics, where he achieved renown by his scattering and polarizability experiments, as the Editor-in-Chief for the American Physical Society, where he saw the introduction of electronic publishing and a remarkable growth of the APS journals, with ever increasing world-wide contributions to these highly esteemed journals, and as the originator of a number of international physics conferences in the fields of atomic and collision physics, which are continuing to this day. Bederson was also a great teacher and university administrator. The first part of this volume of Advances in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (AAMOP), entitled Benjamin Bederson: Works, Comments and Legacies, contains articles written from a personal perspective. His days at Los Alamos during World War II, working on the A bomb, are recounted by V. Fitch. H. Walther writes on the time when both were editors of AAMOP. H. Lustig, E. Merzbacher and B. Crasemann, with whom Bederson had a long-term association at the American Physical Society, contribute their experiences, one of them in the style of a poem. C.D. Rice recalls his days when he was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science at NYU, and the education in physics that he received from Bederson, then Dean of the Graduate School. The contribution by R. Stuewer is on Bederson as physicist historian (his latest interest). N. Lane draws some parallels between "two civic scientists, Benjamin Bederson and the other Benjamin". The papers are introduced by H.H. Stroke, in an overview of Bederson's career. A biography and bibliography are included. The second part of the volume contains scientific articles on the Casimir effects (L. Spruch), dipole polarizabilities (X. Chu, A. Dalgarno), two-electron molecular bonds revisited (G. Chen, S.A. Chin, Y. Dou, K.T. Kapale, M. Kim, A.A. Svidzinsky, K. Uretkin, H. Xiong, M.O. Scully, and resonance fluorescence of two-level atoms (H. Walther). J. Pinard and H.H. Stroke review spectroscopy with radioactive atoms. T. Miller writes on electron attachment and detachment in gases, and, with H. Gould, on recent developments in the measurement of static electric dipole polarizabilities. R. Celotta and J.A. Stroscio's most recent work on trapping and moving atoms on surfaces is contributed here. C.C. Lin and J.B. Borrard's article is on electron-impact excitation cross sections. The late Edward Pollack wrote his last paper for this volume, Atomic and Ionic Collisions. L. Vuskovic and S. Popovi´c write on atomic interactions in a weakly ionized gas and ionizing shock waves. The last scientific article is by H. Kleinpoppen, B. Lohmann, A. Grum-Grzhimailo and U. Becker on approaches to perfect/complete scattering in atomic and molecular physics. The book ends with an essay on teaching by R.E. Collins. * Benjamin Bederson - Atomic Physicist, Civil Scientist. * The Physical Review and Its Editor. * Los Alamos in World War II - View from Below. * Physics in Poetry. * Casimir Effects - Pedagogical Notes. * Atomic Physics in Collisions, Polarizabilities, Gases, Atomic Physics and Radioactive Atoms. * Molecular Bond Revisited. * Resonance Fluorescence in 2-Level Atoms. * Trapping and Moving Atoms on Surfaces.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xiii
Introduction	3	(6)
H. Henry Stroke
Appreciation of Ben Bederson as Editor of Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics	9	(2)
Herbert Walther
Benjamin Bederson Curriculum Vitae	11	(6)
Research Publications of Benjamin Bederson	17	(6)
A Proper Homage to Our Ben	23	(6)
Harry Lustig
Benjamin Bederson in the Army, World War II	29	(6)
Val L. Fitch
Physics Needs Heroes Too	35	(6)
C. Duncan Rice
Two Civic Scientists---Benjamin Bederson and the other Benjamin	41	(8)
Neal Lane
An Editor Par Excellence	49	(8)
Eugen Merzbacher
Ben as APS Editor	57	(8)
Bernd Crasemann
Ben Bederson: Physicist-Historian	65	(10)
Roger H. Stuewer
Introduction	65	(1)
Wartime Reminiscences	66	(3)
Physics and New York City	69	(4)
APS Forum on the History of Physics	73	(1)
Conclusion	74	(1)
References	74	(1)
Pedagogical Notes on Classical Casimir Effects	75	(8)
Larry Spruch
Introduction	76	(1)
Dimensional Analysis and Physical Arguments	77	(1)
The Vanishing of ECI	78	(3)
An Unauthorized Thank You	81	(1)
References	81	(2)
Polarizabilities of 3P Atoms and van der Waals Coefficients for Their Interaction with Helium Atoms	83	(10)
X. Chu
A. Dalgarno
Introduction	84	(1)
Theory: Dynamic Polarizabilities	84	(2)
Numerical Method	86	(2)
Results: Static Dipole Polarizabilities	88	(1)
Van der Waals Coefficients	89	(1)
Acknowledgement	90	(1)
References	90	(3)
The Two Electron Molecular Bond Revisited: From Bohr Orbits to Two-Center Orbitals	93	(146)
Goong Chen
Siu A. Chin
Yusheng Dou
Kishore T. Kapale
Moochan Kim
Anatoly A. Svidzinsky
Kerim Urtekin
Han Xiong
Marlan O. Scully
Introduction	95	(12)
Recent Progress Based on Bohr's Model	107	(4)
General Results and Fundamental Properties of Wave Functions	111	(24)
Analytical Wave Mechanical Solutions for One Electron Molecules	135	(10)
Two Electron Molecules: Cusp Conditions and Correlation Functions	145	(10)
Modelling of Diatomic Molecules	155	(29)
Alternative Approaches	184	(7)
Conclusions and Outlook	191	(1)
Acknowledgements	191	(1)
Appendices	192	(1)
Separation of Variables for the H2+ -like Schrodinger Equation	192	(1)
The Asymptotic Expansion of Λ (λ) for Large λ	193	(1)
The Asymptotic Expansion of Λ λ as λ → 1	194	(2)
Expansions of Solution Near λ ~~ 1 and λ >> 1: Trial Wave Functions of James and Coolidge	196	(2)
The Many-Centered, One Electron Problem in Momentum Space	198	(5)
Derivation of the Cusp Conditions	203	(5)
Center of Mass Coordinates for the Kinetic Energy -1/2m1 2/1 - 1/2m2 2/2	208	(2)
Verifications of the Cusp Conditions for Two-Centered Orbitals in Prolate Spheroidal Coordinates	210	(6)
Integrals with the Heitler--London Wave Functions	216	(1)
Derivations Related to the Laplacian for Section 6.4	217	(5)
Recursion Relations and Their Derivations for Section 6.4	222	(9)
Derivations for the 5-Term Recurrence Relations (6.81)	231	(1)
Dimensional Scaling in Spherical Coordinates	232	(4)
References	236	(3)
Resonance Fluorescence of Two-Level Atoms	239	(34)
H. Walther
Introduction	239	(1)
Theory of the Spectrum of Resonance Fluorescence	240	(4)
Total Scattered Intensity, Intensity Correlations, and Photon Antibunching	244	(1)
More Theoretical Results---Variants of the AC Stark Effect	245	(2)
Experimental Studies of the Spectrum	247	(4)
Spectrum at Low Scattering Intensities and Extremely High Resolution	251	(9)
Experiments on the Intensity Correlation---Photon Antibunching	260	(6)
Photon Correlation Measured with a Single Trapped Particle	266	(3)
Conclusion	269	(1)
References	270	(3)
Atomic Physics with Radioactive Atoms	273	(26)
Jacques Pinard
H. Henry Stroke
Introduction	274	(1)
``Off-line'' Experiments	275	(5)
``On-line'' Experiments	280	(14)
Bohr--Weisskopf Effect	294	(2)
References	296	(3)
Thermal Electron Attachment and Detachment in Gases	299	(44)
Thomas M. Miller
Introduction	300	(3)
FALP Apparatus	303	(6)
Electron Attachment	309	(14)
Electron Detachment	323	(6)
Electron Affinity	329	(1)
New Plasma Effects	330	(2)
Concluding Remarks	332	(2)
Acknowledgements	334	(2)
References	336	(7)
Recent Developments in the Measurement of Static Electric Dipole Polarizabilities	343	(20)
Harvey Gould
Thomas M. Miller
Introduction	344	(2)
Definitions	346	(1)
Deflection in Electric Field Gradients	347	(2)
Light Force Method	349	(1)
Interferometry Experiments	350	(2)
Laser-Cooled Atoms	352	(2)
Alkali Polarizability, Lifetime and the Dispersion Coefficient	354	(1)
Ionic Polarizabilities from Lifetimes	354	(1)
Core Polarizability from Microwave Spectroscopy of Rydberg Atoms and Ions	355	(1)
Concluding Remarks	356	(1)
Acknowledgements	357	(1)
References	357	(6)
Trapping and Moving Atoms on Surfaces	363	(22)
Robert J. Celotta
Joseph A. Stroscio
Introduction	364	(1)
Moving Atoms	365	(4)
Atom Dynamics	369	(11)
Summary and Comments	380	(1)
Future Expectations	380	(2)
Acknowledgements	382	(1)
References	382	(3)
Electron-Impact Excitation Cross Sections of Sodium	385	(28)
Chun C. Lin
John B. Boffard
Introduction	385	(2)
Excitation out of the Ground State	387	(14)
Excitation out of Laser Excited States	401	(6)
Concluding Remarks	407	(2)
Acknowledgements	409	(1)
References	409	(4)
Atomic and Ionic Collisions	413	(38)
Edward Pollack
Ben Bederson	414	(1)
Introduction	414	(2)
Collisions Involving Heavy Solar Wind Ions	416	(6)
Collisions Involving H0 Projectiles	422	(19)
Proton Collisions in the Io Plasma Torus	441	(2)
Surface Collisions with Highly-Charged Ions	443	(3)
Acknowledgement	446	(1)
References	447	(4)
Atomic Interactions in Weakly Ionized Gas: Ionizing Shock Waves in Neon	451	(20)
Leposava Vuskovic
Svetozar Popovic
Introduction	452	(3)
Electron Impact Ionization from Excited Neon	455	(2)
Energy Pooling Processes in Neon	457	(5)
Ionizing Shock Waves in Neon	462	(4)
Concluding Remarks	466	(1)
Acknowledgements	466	(1)
References	466	(5)
Approaches to Perfect/Complete Scattering Experiments in Atomic and Molecular Physics	471	(64)
H. Kleinpoppen
B. Lohmann
A. Grum-Grzhimailo
U. Becker
Introductory Remarks	472	(2)
Analysis of Atomic Collisions	474	(22)
Angle and Spin Resolved Analysis of Resonantly Excited Auger Decay	496	(16)
Complete Experiments for Half-Collision; Auger Decay	512	(7)
Analysis of Molecular Collisions	519	(4)
Concluding Remarks	523	(4)
References	527	(8)
Reflections on Teaching	535	(24)
Richard E. Collins
Dedication	535	(1)
Introduction	536	(1)
Recollections	537	(6)
Characteristics of Great Teachers	543	(2)
Characteristics of Great Teaching	545	(4)
Rewards of Teaching	549	(1)
Who Should Teach?	550	(2)
Recognition of Excellent Teaching	552	(1)
Evaluation of Teaching	553	(2)
Assessment of Students	555	(1)
Conclusion	556	(1)
Acknowledgement	557	(1)
References	557	(2)
Index	559	(16)
Contents of Volumes in This Serial	575