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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452014403321

Autore

Foot C. J

Titolo

Atomic physics [[electronic resource] /] / C.J. Foot

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-282-36566-5

9786612365669

0-19-152314-3

1-4356-0967-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Oxford master series in physics

Oxford master series in atomic, optical and laser physics

Soggetti

Nuclear physics

Atomic theory

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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