Advances in Atomic and Molecular Physics
Academic Press
Published on 1. April 1989
559 pages
978-0-08-056485-2 (ISBN)
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Advances in Atomic and Molecular Physics
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D.R. Bates | Benjamin Bederson
Advances in Atomic and Molecular Physics: v. 25
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02/1989
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- Cover
- Contents
- Contributors
- Chapter 1. Alexander Dalgarno: Life and Personality
- Chapter 2. Alexander Dalgarno: Contributions to Atomic and Molecular Physics
- I. Introduction
- II. Atomic and Molecular Structure
- III. Atomic and Molecular Interactions
- IV. Atomic and Molecular Collisions
- V. Summary
- References
- Chapter 3. Alexander Dalgarno: Contributions to Aeronomy
- I. Introduction
- II. Selected Contributions
- References
- Chapter 4. Alexander Dalgarno: Contributions to Astrophysics
- I. Introduction
- II. Selected Areas of Contribution
- III. Dalgarno's Wider Contributions to Astrophysics
- References
- Chapter 5. Electric Dipole Polarizability Measurements
- I. Introduction
- II. Bulk Measurements
- III. Atomic Beam Measurements
- IV. Conclusions
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 6. Flow Tube Studies of Ion-Molecule Reactions
- I. Introduction
- II. Ion-Molecule Reactions at Thermal Energies
- III. Negative Ion Kinetics
- IV. Vibrational Energy Transfer in Ion-Neutral Collisions
- V. The O2+ + CH4 & H2COOH+ + H Reaction: A Detailed Mechanistic Study
- VI. Conclusions
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 7. Differential Scattering in He-He and He+-He Collisions at KeV Energies
- I. Introduction
- II. He-He Collisions at Small Angles
- III. He+ + He Collisions at Small Angles
- IV. He-He Scattering at Large Angles
- V. Conclusion
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 8. Atomic Excitation in Dense Plasmas
- I. Introduction
- II. Characteristics of Dense Plasmas
- III. Excitation Models for Dense Plasmas
- IV. Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 9. Pressure Broadening and Laser-Induced Spectral Line Shapes
- I. Atomic Line Shape Theory in the Weak Field Limit
- II. Spectral Line Shapes in Strong Fields
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 10. Model-Potential Methods
- I. Introduction
- II. Development of Model Potentials
- III. Applications of Model Potentials
- IV. Molecular Model Potentials
- References
- Chapter 11. Z-Expansion Methods
- I. Introduction
- II. Z-1-Expansion of Schrödinger's Equation
- III. The Screening Approximation
- IV. The Hartree-Fock Approximation
- V. Some Representative Results
- VI. Summary and Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 12. Schwinger Variational Methods
- I. Introduction
- II. Early Development
- III. Studies by Nuclear Physicists
- IV. The Schwinger Variational Method in Atomic and Molecular Physics
- V. Summary
- References
- Chapter 13. Fine-Structure Transitions in Proton-Ion Collisions
- I. Introduction
- II. Semiclassical Calculations
- III. Close-Coupled Quantal Calculations
- IV. Summary
- References
- Chapter 14. Electron Impact Excitation
- I. Introduction
- II. The Close-Coupling Approximation
- III. Convergence of the Close-Coupling Expansion
- IV. The Effect of Resonances on Electron Excitation Rates
- V. Inner Shell Excitation Autoionization
- VI. Resonances in Cu
- References
- Chapter 15. Recent Advances in the Numerical Calculation of Ionization Amplitudes
- I. Introduction
- II. Formal Solutions of the Stationary Schrödinger Equation
- III. The Boundary Function Method
- IV. Path Integral and Semiclassical Methods
- V. Calculations on a Two-Dimensional Model
- VI. Calculations in Three Dimensions
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 16. The Numerical Solution of the Equations of Molecular Scattering
- I. Introduction
- II. Numerical Methods
- III. Close-Coupled Equations
- IV. Solution Following Methods
- V. Potential Following Methods
- VI. Adiabatic and Diabatic Representations
- VII. Propagators
- VIII. Summary
- References
- Chapter 17. High Energy Charge Transfer
- I. Introduction
- II. Transition Amplitudes
- III. Distorted Wave Series
- IV. First Order Models
- V. The Continuum Distorted Wave, Vainshtein Presnyakov and Sobelman, Glauber and Symmetrical Eikonal Models
- VI. Second Order Theories
- VII. Relativistic Electron Capture
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 18. Relativistic Random-Phase Approximation
- I. Introduction
- II. Derivation of the RRPA Equations
- III. Reduction to Radial Equations
- IV. Basis Set Expansion of the Radial RRPA Equations
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 19. Relativistic Sturmian and Finite Basis Set Methods in Atomic Physics
- I. Introduction
- II. Variational Representation of the Dirac Equation
- III. Relativistic Sturmian Basis Sets
- IV. Test Calculations with Relativistic Sturmian Basis Sets and Comparisons with B-Spline Methods
- V. Variational Dirac-Hartree-Fock Calculations
- VI. Suggestions for Future Work
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 20. Dissociation Dynamics of Polyatomic Molecules
- I. Introduction
- II. Unimolecular Reaction Rate Theories
- III. Semiclassical and Quasiclassical Trajectory Methods
- IV. Unimolecular Dissociation through State Selection
- V. Overtone-Excited Processes
- VI. Case Study: Overtone-Induced Dissociation of Hydrogen Peroxide-Experiment and Theory
- VII. Dissociation through Electronically Excited States-Interface Between Photodissociation and IVR
- VIII. Unimolecular Quantum Dynamics and Molecular Dissociation
- IX. Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 21. Photodissociation Processes in Diatomic Molecules of Astrophysical Interest
- I. Introduction
- II. Direct Photodissociation
- III. Spontaneous Radiative Dissociation
- IV. Predissociation
- V. Coupled States Photodissociation
- VI. Near-Threshold Photodissociation
- VII. Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 22. The Abundances and Excitation of Interstellar Molecules
- I. Introduction
- II. Molecular Hydrogen
- III. Ion-Molecule Chemistry
- IV. Chemistry of Shock-Heated Gas
- V. The CH+ Problem
- VI. The Excitation of Interstellar CN
- VII. Models of Interstellar Clouds
- VIII. Summary
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Index
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