Quantum Electrodynamics of Strong Fields

1. Front Matter

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2. Opening Remarks

   • Walter Greiner

   Pages 1-23

3. The Status of Quantum Electrodynamical Precision — Theoretical Points of View

   • G. W. Erickson

   Pages 25-40

4. Quantum Electrodynamics of Strong Fields

   • Berndt Müller

   Pages 41-75

5. Atomic Collisions with Sticky Nuclei

   • W. E. Meyerhof

   Pages 77-106

6. Positrons from Heavy Ion Collisions-Experiments at the UNILAC

   • H. Backe, W. Bonin, E. Kankeleit, M. Krämer, R. Krieg, V. Metag et al.

   Pages 107-133

7. Heavy Ion Collision Induced Characteristic X-Ray Production — Cross Section Experiments

   • P. Armbruster

   Pages 135-154

8. Experiments on the Excitation of the Innermost Electrons in Extremely Strong Fields

   • Fritz Bosch

   Pages 155-178

9. Systematics and Discussion of Ionization Probability Measurements

   • P. Armbruster

   Pages 179-194

10. Theory of Positron Creation in Supercritical Quasimolecules

    • U. Müller, J. Reinhardt, T. de Reus, P. Schlüter, G. Soff, K. H. Wietschorke et al.

    Pages 195-231

11. Spectroscopy of Superheavy Quasimolecules

    • G. Soff, T. de Reus, U. Müller, J. Reinhardt, P. Schluter, K. H. Wietschorke et al.

    Pages 233-272

12. Search for Spontaneous Positron Production in Heavy-Ion Collisions

    • H. Bokemeyer, K. Bethge, H. Folger, J. S. Greenberg, H. Grein, A. Gruppe et al.

    Pages 273-292

13. Pair Creation in Heavy Ion-Atom Collisions

    • P. Kienle

    Pages 293-316

14. δ-Ray Spectroscopy of Quasi-Atoms

    • C. Kozhuharov

    Pages 317-333

15. 2pσ Molecular Orbital Raditation of Colliding Atoms: Dynamical-Model Predictions Versus Experimental Data

    • K.-H. Heinig, H.-U. Jäger, K.-H. Kaun, H. Richter, H. Woittennek

    Pages 335-358

16. Continuum X-Ray Emission in Adiabatic Heavy Ion-Atom Collisions

    • P. Vincent

    Pages 359-382

17. Density Functional Approach to the Relativistic Many Body Problem

    • R. M. Dreizler, E. K. U. Gross

    Pages 383-412

18. Experimental Tests of QED and Electroweak Theories in e+e− Annihilations at PETRA

    • A. Böhm

    Pages 413-439

19. The Muon (g — 2) Experiments at CERN

    • Emilio Picasso

    Pages 441-462

20. Electron-Electron Correlation in Highly Charged Atoms

    • W. R. Johnson, K. T. Cheng

    Pages 463-487

The NATO Advanced Study Institute on Quantum Electrodynamics of Strong Fields was held at Lahnstein on the Rhine from 15-26 June, 1981. The school was devoted to the advances, theoretical and exper­ imental, in the physics of strong fields made during the past decade. The topic of the first week was almost exclusively quantum electrodynamics, with discussions of symmetry breaking in the ground state, of the physics of heavy ion collisions and of precision tests of perturbative quantum electrodynamics. This was followed in the second week by the presentation of a broad range of other areas where strong fields occur, reaching from nuclear physics over quantum chromodynamics to gravitation theory and astrophysics. We were fortunate to be able to call on a body of lecturers who not only have made considerable personal contributions to these advances but who are also noted for their lecturing skills. Their dedication for their subject was readily transmitted to the stu­ dents resulting in a very successful school. This enthusiasm is also reflected in their contributions to these Proceedings which, as I believe, will in time become a standard source of reference for future work on the physics of strong fields and will help to spread the benefits of the school to a larger audience than those who were able to attend. I regret that the Soviet colleagues Ya. B. Zeldovich and V. S. Popov were unable to participate.

• X-ray
• atoms
• dynamics
• electrodynamics
• electrons
• fields
• gravitation
• magnetic field
• molecule
• nuclear physics
• physics
• quantum physics
• quantum theory
• quark
• spectroscopy

• Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

  W. Greiner

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