
Lectures on Ion-Atom Collisions
From Nonrelativistic to Relativistic Velocities
Joerg Eichler(Author)
Elsevier (Publisher)
Published on 23. September 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-444-52047-0 (ISBN)
Description
Atomic collisions offer some unique opportunities to study atomic structure and reaction mechanisms in experiment and theory, especially for projectiles of high atomic number provided by modern accelerators. The book is meant as an introduction into the field and provides some basic theoretical understanding of the atomic processes occurring when a projectile hits another atom. It also furnishes the tools for a mathematical description, however, without going deeper into the technical details, which can be found in the literature given. With this aim, the focus is on reactions, in which only a single active electron participates. Collisional excitation, ionization and charge transfer are discussed for collision velocities ranging from slow to comparable to the
speed of light. For the highest projectile velocities, energy can be converted into mass, so that electron-positron pairs are created. In addition to the systematic treatment, a theoretical section specializes on electron-electron
correlations and three chapters are devoted to selected highlights bordering to surface science and to physics with antiprotons.
speed of light. For the highest projectile velocities, energy can be converted into mass, so that electron-positron pairs are created. In addition to the systematic treatment, a theoretical section specializes on electron-electron
correlations and three chapters are devoted to selected highlights bordering to surface science and to physics with antiprotons.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Graduate students and professional scientists interested in atomic collisions. Also graduate students and scientists in adjacent fields.
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Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-444-52047-0 (9780444520470)
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From Nonrelativistic to Relativistic Velocities
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Content
Preface
Contents
I. Nonrelativistic collisions
1. Introduction
2. Low-energy collisions: Basis expansions
3. High-energy collisions: Perturbation theory for direct reactions
4. High-energy collisions: Charge transfer
II. Relativistic collisions
5. Relativisit kinematics and fields of moving charges
6. Relativistic electron motion
7. Relativistic ion-atom collisions: General theory
8. Direct reactions: Excitation and ionization
9. Relativistic electron transfer
10. Radiative electron capture (REC)
11. Electron-positron pair production
III. Selected topics
12. Selcted topics I: Hyperspherical coordinates
13. Selected topics II: Hollow atoms in micro-capillaries
14. Selected topics III: Resonant coherent excitation
15. Selected topics IV: Atomic physics with antiprotons
Appendices
A. Fundamental constants and units
Bibliography
Index
Contents
I. Nonrelativistic collisions
1. Introduction
2. Low-energy collisions: Basis expansions
3. High-energy collisions: Perturbation theory for direct reactions
4. High-energy collisions: Charge transfer
II. Relativistic collisions
5. Relativisit kinematics and fields of moving charges
6. Relativistic electron motion
7. Relativistic ion-atom collisions: General theory
8. Direct reactions: Excitation and ionization
9. Relativistic electron transfer
10. Radiative electron capture (REC)
11. Electron-positron pair production
III. Selected topics
12. Selcted topics I: Hyperspherical coordinates
13. Selected topics II: Hollow atoms in micro-capillaries
14. Selected topics III: Resonant coherent excitation
15. Selected topics IV: Atomic physics with antiprotons
Appendices
A. Fundamental constants and units
Bibliography
Index