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Atomic physics
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This modern text on atomic physics is suitable for students at advanced undergraduate level. It covers both the fundamentals of the subject, as well as cutting-edge developments of the past decade,...
This modern text on atomic physics is suitable for students at advanced undergraduate level. It covers both the fundamentals of the subject, as well as cutting-edge developments of the past decade, and contains plenty of tutorial material, including examples, illustrations, summaries and graded problem sets.
Details
- Creator
- C.J. Foot
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- ISBNs
- 1383021465, 0191037079, 1282365665, 9786612365669, 0191523143, 1435609670, 0198506953, 0198506961
- OCLC
- ocn437109434, on1406788543
- Previously issued in print: 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents; 1 Early atomic physics; 2 The hydrogen atom; 3 Helium; 4 The alkalis; 5 The LS-coupling scheme; 6 Hyperfine structure and isotope shift; 7 The interaction of atoms with radiation; 8 Doppler-free laser spectroscopy; 9 Laser cooling and trapping; 10 Magnetic trapping, evaporation cooling and Bose-Einstein condensation; 11 Atom interferometry; 12 Ion traps; 13 Quantum computing; A: Appendix A: Perturbation theory; B: Appendix B: The calculation of electrostatic energies; C: Appendix C: Magnetic dipole transitions; D: Appendix D: The line shape in saturated absorption spectroscopy
- E: Appendix E: Raman and two-photon transitionsF: Appendix F: The statistical mechanics of Bose-Einstein condensation; References; Index