New Directions in Atomic Physics

by Whelan, Colm T.; Dreizler, Reiner M.; Macek, J. H.; Walters, H. R. J.

• ISBN13: 9780306461811
• ISBN10: 0306461811
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-09-30
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

The last few years have seen some remarkable advances in the understanding of atomic phenomena. It is now possible to isolate atomic systems in traps, measure in coincidence the fragments of collision processes, and by the use of storage rings produce and study multicharged ions; one can look at bulk matter in such a way that the fundamental atomic character is clearly evident, and work has begun to tease out the properties of antimatter. The papers in this book correspond to the invited talks at a conference dedicated to the study of all aspects of modern atomic physics. The meeting was designed both as a way of taking stock of what has been achieved and, it was hoped, as a means of stimulating new research, in new areas, along new lines. Consequently, an effort was made to touch on as many directions as possible. Amongst the topics included were: Coincidence studies of atomic collisions, hollow atom, clusters, atom traps, Bose-Einstein condensates, atomic interferometry, density functional theory, atomic physics with anti-matter and surface adsorbates. The papers in this book covered a wide range of topics in modern atomic physics. These topics were chosen to reflect some of the main new directions in research. An effort was made to identify novel approaches and areas of study which hold out the maximal potential for further developments.

Table of Contents

Collective Resonances in Metallic Clusters	1	(17)
J.-P. Connerade
Recent Advances in Electron-Electron Coincidence Experiments	17	(16)
G. Stefani
Recoil Ion Momentum Spectroscopy Momentum Space Images of Atomic Reactions	33	(14)
R. Dorner
T. Weber
Kh. Khayyat
V. Mergel
H. Brauning
M. Achler
O. Jagutzki
L. Speilberger
J. Ullrich
R. Moshammer
W. Schmitt
R. E. Olson
C. Woods
H. Schmidt-Bocking
A Brief Report on Density Functional Theory	47	(12)
R. M. Dreizler
Ion-Atom Collisions	59	(12)
J. H. Macek
Superfluidity and Feshbach Resonances in BEC	71	(16)
Robin Cote
Eddy Timmermans
Paolo Tommasini
(e,2e) Processes	87	(18)
Colm T. Whelan
Positrons, Positronium and Anti-Hydrogen	105	(20)
H. R. J. Walters
Ionization in Time-Dependent Processes: Proton-Hydrogen Collisions	125	(6)
S. Yu. Ovchinnikov
Magnetic Atom Optics	131	(12)
E. A. Hinds
Optics and Interferometry with Atoms and Molecules	143	(10)
Jorg Schmiedmayer
Negative Ion Resonances in Surface Dynamics: New Results and Applications	153	(14)
Lidija Siller
Richard E. Palmer
Atomic Collisions with Antiparticles	167	(12)
H. Knudsen
Electron Impact Ionization of Helium [(e,2e) & (e,3e)] Investigated with Cold Target Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy	179	(6)
E. Erturk
L. Spielberger
M. Achler
L. Schmidt
R. Dorner
Th. Weber
O. Jagutzki
V. Mergel
Kh. Khayyat
A. Lahmam-Bennani
H. Schmidt-Bocking
Near Threshold Electron Impact Ionization of Neon and Argon	185	(6)
Bruno Rouvellou
Stephane Rioual
Amedee Pochat
The Role of Compound States in the Continuum Emission from Moderately Ionized Rare-Earth Plasmas	191	(6)
Cormac McGuinness
Nicola Murphy
(e,3e) Double Ionization: Comparative Results for He, Ne and Ar	197	(6)
Azzedine Lahmam-Bennani
Alain Duguet
Double Ionization of Helium by Fast Electron Impact	203	(6)
A. Dorn
R. Moshammer
C. D. Schroter
T. J. M. Zouros
W. Schmitt
H. Kollmus
R. Mann
J. Ullrich
Hollow Atoms and Interactions of Highly Charged Ions with Surfaces	209	(8)
Gianni Giardino
Electron Scattering by Diatomic Molecules Adsorbed on Surfaces	217	(6)
K. Higgins
P. G. Burke
Ionization Ion-Atom Collisions: Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy and Ejected Electron Spectroscopy	223	(10)
S. F. C. O'Rourke
W. Schmitt
R. Moshammer
J. Ullrich
B. S. Nesbitt
D. S. F. Crothers
Time Reversal Violation in the YbF Molecule	233	(6)
B. E. Sauer
S. B. Cahn
G. D. Redgrave
E. A. Hinds
Thomas Process and Wave Function Imaging in p-He Transfer Ionization Investigated by COLTRIMS	239	(6)
V. Mergel
R. Dorner
M. Achler
Kh. Khayyat
O. Jagutzki
L. Spielberger
A. Salin
C. J. Wood
R. E. Olson
Dz. Belkic
C. L. Cocke
J.. H McGuire
H. Schmidt-Bocking
Positron and Positronium Collisions	245	(6)
Gaetana Laricchia
Autoionizing 3s3p6np Resonances along the Argon-Like Sequence	251	(6)
Paul van Kampen
Collisionless Modes of a Trapped Bose Gas	257	(6)
M. J. Bijlsma
H. T. C. Stoof
(e,2e) Measurements on Lithium with Spin-Polarized Beams of Electrons and Atoms	263	(6)
M. Streun
G. Baum
Photoabsorption of Positive Ions	269	(6)
Gerard O'Sullivan
Electron Spectroscopy as a Tool for Environmental Science	275	(6)
N. J. Mason
J. M. Gingell
Atomic Physics on High-Performance (Parallel) Computers	281	(10)
R. J. Allan
The R Matrix-Floquet Theory of Multiphoton Processes	291	(6)
D. H. Glass
J. Colgan
P. G. Burke
Soft X-Ray Narrowband Continuum Emission from Laser Produced Plasmas	297	(4)
Padraig A. Dunne
On the Use of the (e,2e) Technique as a Surface Probe	301	(8)
D. W. Essex
Colm T. Whelan
Electron Pair Emission from Solids and Clean Surfaces upon Electron and Photon Impact	309	(6)
J. Berakdar
Some Remarks on the Scattering of Electrons from a Metallic Surface	315	(4)
D. W. Essex
Colm T. Whelan
Triple Differential Cross Sections for the Electron Impact Ionization of Helium, Neon and Argon from 0.1 to 1keV. Theory and Experiment Compared	319	(14)
A. A. Pinkas
M. A. Coplan
J. H. Moore
S. Jones
D. H. Madison
J. Rasch
Colm T. Whelan
R. J. Allan
H. R. J. Walters
Bose-Einstein Condensates in Spatially Periodic Potentials	333	(6)
Kirstine Berg-Sørensen
Klaus Mølmer
An Atom Interferometer as a Thermometer	339	(6)
M. K. Oberthaler
C. L. Webb
R. M. Godun
P. D. Featonby
G. S. Summy
C. J. Foot
K. Burnett
Characteristics of Low Energy (e,2e) Processes	345	(10)
J. Rasch
Colm T. Whelan
New Results for Double Excitation Processes with Helium Targets	355	(8)
Pascale J. Marchalant
J. Rasch
Colm T. Whelan
H. R. J. Walters
Anisotropic Expansion of Finite Temperature Bose Gases-Emergence of Interaction Effects Between Condensed and Non-Condensed Atoms	363	(6)
Chien Liu
B. D. Busch
Zachary Dutton
Lene Vestergaard Hau
Index	369