Atomic Physics at Accelerators

This volume is a comprehensive and up-to-date compendium of worldwide experimental programs dedicated to the pursuit of atomic mass measurements. A tutorial section includes the various fields of physics in which atomic masses play an important role: nuclear physics, quantum electrodynamics, stellar nucleosynthesis, and weak interaction studies. There is a section devoted to theoretical approaches for both atomic and nuclear interactions, as well as a host of new projects for further advancing the field. This volume presents both an introduction and review of the current state of the art concerning mass measurements, evaluation, and prediction, and is suitable for graduate students and researchers in the field. No other volume is so devoted to the question of the atomic mass.

Foreword - organizing APAC2000; D. Lunney. Tutorial on Aspects of Atomic Masses (in honor of the 78th birthday of Aaldert Wapstra). The evaluation of atomic masses; G. Audi. Experimental overview of mass measurements; A. Lèpine-Szily. The quest for a microscopic nuclear mass formula; J.M. Pearson. Effects of QED and beyond from the atomic binding energy; G. Soff, et al. Nuclear masses and the r- and p-processes of nucleosynthesis; S. Goriely. Standard-model tests with superallowed beta decay: an important application of very precise mass measurements; J.C. Hardy, I.S. Towner. Memories of mass determinations; A.H. Wapstra. Mass Measurements and Nuclear Structure. Masses and proton separation energies obtained from Qalpha and Qrho measurements; C.N. Davids, et al. Anomalies in the alphadecay energies and half lives of neutron-deficient Po isotopes; M. Huyse, et al. Shape coexistence and the N=28 shell closure far from stability; F. Sarazin, et al. Decay experiments on N " Z nuclei: the role of masses Q values and separation energies; E. Roeckl. Mass Measurements for Metrology. Ultra-precise mass measurements using the UW-PTMS; R.S. Van Dyck Jr., et al. Precise measurements on the masses of Cs, Rb and Na: a new route to the fine structure constant; S. Rainville, et al. Prompt (n.gamma) mass measurements for the AVOGADRO project; A. Paul, et al. Precision measurement of the charged pion mass by high resolution x-ray spectroscopy; G.L. Borchert, et al. A possible new value for the electron mass from g-factor measurements on hydrogen-like ions; G. Werth, et al. On-Line Ion Trap Mass Measurement Programs. ISOLTRAP mass measurements e an overview; G. Bollen. The Canadian Penning Trap spectrometer at Argonne; G. Savard, et al. New mass measurements using highly charged ions at SMILETRAP; T. Fritioff, et al. On-Line Mass Programs. The SPEG mass measurement program at GANIL; H. Savajols. Mass measurements at the Wright nuclear structure laboratory; D.S. Brenner. Mass measurements in nuclear reactions; Y.E. Penionzhkevich. On-Line Mass Programs Using Circulating Ions. Mass measurements at GANIL using the CSS2 and CIME cyclotrons; M. Chartier, et al. Schottky Mass Measurements of cooled exotic nuclei; Yu.A. Litvinov, et al. Isochronous mass measurements of hot exotic nuclei; M. Hausmann, et al. Recent results on Ne and Mg from the MISTRAL mass program at ISOLDE; D. Lunney, et al. Recent Mass Measurements for Nuclea Physics. Towards shorter-lived nuclides in ISOLTRAP mass measurements; F. Herfurth, et al. Mass Measurement of Exotic Nuclei Around N = Z = 40 With CSS2; A.-S. Lalleman, et al. Determination of Atomic Masses and Nuclear Binding Energies via Neutron Induced Reactions; C. Wagemans, et al. Mass Measurements of 114-124,130Xe With the Isoltrap Penning Trap Spectrometer; J. Dilling, et al. Accurate mass determination of neutron-deficient nuclides close to Z=82 with ISOLTRAP; S. Schwarz, et al. Atomic Theory. QED effects in heavy few-electron ions; V.M. Shabaev, et al. Relativistic calculations for trapped ions; P. Indelicato, et al. Parity nonconserving radiative corrections in the highly-charged ions; I. Bednyakov, et al. Vacuum polarization screening corrections to the low-lying energy levels of helium-like ions; T. Beier, et al. Calculation of QED Effects in Hydrogen; U.D. Jentschura, et al. Testing of QED-Theory and Precise Measurements of the Rydberg Series for He-Like Multicharged Ions; V.G. Pal'chikov. Accurate Calculations on Dielectronic Recombination Resonances in Cu-Like Pb; M. Tokman, et al. Calculation of the Interelectronic-Interaction correction to Radiative Recombination of an Electron with a Heavy He-Like Ion; V.A. Yerokhin, et al. Evaluation of the two-photon Self-Energy Correction for Hydrogenlike Ions; H. Goidenko, et al. Nuclear Theory and Mass Models. Mass Predictions from Mean-Field Calculations; P.H. Heenen. Monte Carlo Shell Model Mass Predictions; T. Otsuka. From Exploding Stars to the Laboratory: Nucl