Haken / Wolf The Physics of Atoms and Quanta

Introduction to Experiments and Theory
3rd Auflage 1993
ISBN: 978-3-642-97468-7
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 462 Seiten, eBook

The second edition of this book again enjoyed a very positive reception from both uni versity teachers and students. In this edition we have removed all of the typographical errors that came to our attention. In order to keep the book as current as possible, new developments in the direct observation of individual atoms in electromagnetic traps (Paul traps) and of atoms in molecules on solid surfaces using the scanning tunnel microscope have been added to this edition. Furthermore, new experiments in atomic interferometry have been included; they have become possible by making use of modern microstructure technology. Finally, the possibility of cooling atomic beams using laser radiation has taken on increasing impor tance; therefore we have treated this subject as well. This third English Edition cor responds to a future Fifth German Edition. We again thank all those colleagues and students who have pointed out to us errors in previous editions. It is a pleasure for us to thank again Springer-Verlag, in particular Dr. H. Latsch, Dr. H. J. Kolsch and C.-D. Bachem for their always excellent cooperation.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haken, Hermann

Wolf, Hans C.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Brewer, W.D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. The Mass and Size of the Atom.- 3. Isotopes.- 4. The Nucleus of the Atom.- 5. The Photon.- 6. The Electron.- 7. Some Basic Properties of Matter Waves.- 8. Bohr’s Model of the Hydrogen Atom.- 9. The Mathematical Framework of Quantum Theory.- 10. Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom.- 11. Lifting of the Orbital Degeneracy in the Spectra of Alkali Atoms.- 12. Orbital and Spin Magnetism. Fine Structure.- 13. Atoms in a Magnetic Field: Experiments and Their Semiclassical Description.- 14. Atoms in a Magnetic Field: Quantum Mechanical Treatment.- 15. Atoms in an Electric Field.- 16. General Laws of Optical Transitions.- 17. Many-Electron Atoms.- 18. X-Ray Spectra, Internal Shells.- 19. Structure of the Periodic System. Ground States of the Elements.- 20. Nuclear Spin, Hyperfine Structure.- 21. The Laser.- 22. Modem Methods of Optical Spectroscopy.- 23. Fundamentals of the Quantum Theory of Chemical Bonding.- A. The Dirac Delta Function and the Normalisation of the Wavefunction of a Free Particle in Unbounded Space.- B. Some Properties of the Hamiltonian Operator, Its Eigenfunctions and Its Eigenvalues.- C. Derivation of Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Relation.- Solutions to the Problems.- Bibliography of Supplementary and Specialised Literature.