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020 _a9780511755552 (ebook)
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020 _z9780521536356 (paperback)
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050 0 0 _aQC173.4.A87
_bC87 2003
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100 1 _aCurtis, L. J.
_q(Lorenzo J.),
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aAtomic structure and lifetimes :
_ba conceptual approach /
_cLorenzo J. Curtis.
246 3 _aAtomic Structure & Lifetimes
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2003.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 267 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aThis book presents an approach to introductory graduate courses on atomic structure. The author's approach utilizes conceptually powerful semiclassical modeling methods, and demonstrates the degree to which the Maslov-indexed EBK quantization elucidates the quantum mechanical formulation of level energies and lifetimes. It merges this with an update and extension of semiempirical data systematizations developed by Bengt Edlén to describe complex atoms, and adapts them to include the specification of lifetimes. The text emphasizes the historical basis of the nomenclature and methodologies of spectroscopy. However, interaction mechanisms are presented deductively, based on quantum mechanical and field theoretical models, rather than tracing their indirect paths of discovery. Many worked examples provide applications to areas such as astrophysics, hyperfine structure, and coherent anisotropic excitation. The book presents a firm foundation for specialists in atomic physics, as well as a capstone application for specialists in astrophysics, chemistry, condensed matter, and other related fields.
650 0 _aAtomic structure.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521829397
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511755552
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