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| Description | | - Provides a modern introduction to AMO physics and laser spectroscopy.
- Written from an experimentalist's perspective.
- Unique problem-solving approach, emphasizing estimates and approximate methods.
- Includes both fundamental and "hot" topics, as well as the recent developments.
- Contains several appendices with key reference data and tutorials.
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Readership: Advanced undergraduates, graduate students and researchers working in physics and chemistry who are interested in atomic, molecular and optical (AMO) physics.
| Contents |
1.
Atomic Structure
2.
Atoms in External Fields
3.
Interaction of Atoms with Light
4.
Interaction of Light with Atoms in External Fields
5.
Atomic Collisions
6.
Cold Atoms
7.
Molecules
8.
Experimental Methods
9.
Miscellaneous Topics
A.
Units, conversion factors, and typical values
B.
Reference data for hydrogen and alkali atoms
C.
Spectroscopic notation for atoms and diatomic molecules
D.
Description of polarization states of light
E.
Euler angles and rotation matrices
F.
The Wigner-Eckart theorem and irreducible tensors
G.
The density matrix
H.
Elements of the Feynman diagram technique
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Dmitry Budker, Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley,
Derek F. Kimball, Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, and
David P. DeMille, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven
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