Fundamental Processes in Energetic Atomic Collisions

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Fundamental Processes in Energetic Atomic Collisions

   1. Fundamental Processes in Atomic Collision Physics

      • H. S. W. Massey

      Pages 1-38

   2. Anisotropy of Collision Excited States

      • Joseph Macek

      Pages 39-67

   3. Atomic Photoionization

      • Anthony F. Starace

      Pages 69-110

   4. Electron and Positron Scattering

      • B. L. Moiseiwitsch

      Pages 111-144

   5. Coupling of the Radiation Field to the Electron-Atom Collision System

      • R. H. Pratt

      Pages 145-182

   6. The Radiative Decay of Inner Shell Vacancies

      • J. P. Briand

      Pages 183-252

   7. Electron Decay Processes

      • Werner Mehlhorn

      Pages 253-293

   8. Techniques of High Resolution Auger Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy in Energetic Ion Atom Collision

      • Nikolaus Stolterfoht

      Pages 295-318

   9. Theory of Coulomb Excitation and Ionization

      • Eugen Merzbacher

      Pages 319-348

   10. Electron Capture in Ion-Atom Collisions

       • Knud Taulbjerg

       Pages 349-388

   11. The Molecular Approach to Energetic Atomic Collisions: Specific Aspect of Outer Shell Collisions

       • M. Barat

       Pages 389-419

   12. Molecular Treatment of Atomic Collisions (Inner Shells)

       • J. S. Briggs

       Pages 421-445

   13. Coincidence Techniques in High Energetic Heavy Ion Atomic Physics

       • H. Schmidt-Böcking, W. Schadt, S. Kelbch

       Pages 447-482

3. Symposium on Coherence and Correlation in Atomic Collisions

   1. Threshold Laws

      • Hubert Klar

      Pages 483-488

   2. Spin Dependent Threshold Laws and Ionization Asymmetries in Electron-Atom Collisions

      • Hans Kleinpoppen

      Pages 489-508

   3. Correlation Effects in (e,2e) Processes

      • Giovanni Stefani

      Pages 509-518

   4. Shapes and Orientation in Collisionally Excited Atoms: A Comment on Density Matrices, Coordinate Frames and Coherence

      • Ingolf V. Hertel

      Pages 519-529

   5. Development and Analysis of Electron-Photon Angular Correlations from Electron Impact Excitation of Atoms

      • H. J. Beyer, H. Kleinpoppen

      Pages 531-550

   6. Ion-Photon Angular Correlations in Slow Atomic Collisions

      • Rainer Hippler

      Pages 551-557

In recent years, the impact of new experimental techniques (e.g., nuclear physics methods, availability of high-intensity light sources) as well as an increasing demand for atomic collision data in other fields of physics (e.g., plasma physics, astrophysics, laser physics, surface physics, etc.) have stimulated a renewed, strong interest in atomic collision research. Due to the explosive development of the various fields, scientists often even have dif­ ficulty in keeping up with their own area of research; as a result, the overlap between different fields tends to remain rather limited. Instead of having access to the full knowledge accumulated in other fields, one uses only the small fraction which at the moment seems to be of immediate importance to one's own area of interest. Clearly, many fruitful and stimulating ideas are lost in this way, causing progress to be made much more slowly than it could be. Atomic col­ lision physics is no exception to this rule. Although it is of basic interest to many other areas, it is mostly regarded merely as a (nonetheless important) tool by which to gain additional information.

• X-ray
• astrophysics
• atom
• atoms
• density
• experiment
• fields
• laser
• nuclear physics
• photon
• physics
• plasma
• radiation
• spectroscopy
• spin

• University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Federal Republic of Germany

  H. O. Lutz

• University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany

  J. S. Briggs

• University of Stirling, Stirling, UK

  H. Kleinpoppen

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