Trends in Atomic and Molecular Physics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Intense, Ultrashort, Laser-Solid Interactions

   • Sudeep Banerjee, G. Ravindra Kumar, Lokesh C. Tribedi

   Pages 1-13

3. Intense-Field Many-Body S-Matrix Theory of Atomic and Molecular Processes in Femtosecond Laser Pulses

   • F. H. M. Faisal, A. Becker, J. Muth-Böhm

   Pages 15-34

4. Structure and Properties of Atomic Clusters

   • Sugata Mukherjee

   Pages 35-57

5. Inner Shell Ionization Processes

   • C. T. Whelan

   Pages 59-83

6. Electron Impact Ionisation: A Progress Report

   • Hubert Klar

   Pages 85-101

7. Electron Impact Ionisation of Atoms and Molecules

   • S. P. Khare, Surekha Tomar

   Pages 103-119

8. Total Ionization Cross Sections for Electron Scattering from Atomic and Molecular Targets Using Quantum Mechanical Semi-Empirical Approach from Threshold to 400 eV

   • K. L. Baluja

   Pages 121-132

9. Radiative Electron Capture and the Photoionization of Hydrogenlike Ions

   • Jörg Eichler

   Pages 133-145

10. Electron Excitation of Autoionizing States in Alkalis

    • Rajesh Srivastava

    Pages 147-158

11. Depopulation of Low-Rydberg Atoms: A Semi-Classical Study

    • Anil Kumar

    Pages 159-171

12. Chemical Binding and Electron Correlation Effect Studied by Inelastic X-Ray and High Energy Electron Spectroscopy

    • A. N. Tripathi

    Pages 173-188

13. Quantum Optical Resonance

    • S. Mathur, U. N. Upadhyaya

    Pages 189-218

14. Collision Physics as a Tool for Environmental Physics

    • N. J. Mason, S. K. Pathak, J. M. Gingell, N. C. Jones

    Pages 219-234

15. Confined Atoms: A New Path Towards Controlled Orbital Collapse

    • J.-P Connerade, P. Anantha Lakshmi, V. K. Dolmatov

    Pages 235-249

16. Ionization of Atoms Under Heavy Particle Impact

    • S. C. Mukherjee

    Pages 251-266

17. Classical and Quantum Mechanical Investigations on Charge Transfer in Heavy Ion-Atom Interactions

    • C. R. Mandal

    Pages 267-280

18. Low Energy Electron Emission in Fast Ion-Atom Collisions

    • Lokesh C. Tribedi

    Pages 281-297

19. Neutral Atom Traps for Bose-Einstein Condensation

    • B. N. Jagatap, A. P. Marathe, K. G. Manohar, R. C. Sethi, S. A. Ahmad

    Pages 299-316

20. Correlation and Photoionization: Retrospect and Prospect

    • S. N. Tiwary

    Pages 317-338

Contemporary research in atomic and molecular physics concerns itself with studies of interactions of electron, positron, photons, and ions with atoms, molecules, and clusters; interactions of intense ultrashort laser interaction with atoms, molecules, and solids; laser assisted atomic collisions, optical, and magnetic traps of neutral atoms to produce ultracold and dense samples; high resolution atomic spectroscopy and experiments by using synchrotron radiation sources and ion storage rings. In recent years, important advances have been made in the experimental as well as theoretical understanding of atomic and molecular physics. The advances in atomic and molecu­ lar physics have helped us to understand many other fields, like astrophyics, atmo­ spheric physics, environmental science, laser physics, surface physics, computational physics, photonics, and electronics. XII National Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics was held at the Physics Department, M. 1. S. University, Udaipur from 29th Dec. 1998 to 2ndJan. 1999 under the auspices of the Indian Society of Atomic and Molecular Physics. This volume is an outcome of the contributions from the invited speakers at the conference. The volume contains 24 articles contributed by the distinguished scientists in the field. The contrib­ utors have covered a wide range of topics in the field in which current research is being done. This also reflects the trend of research in this field in Indian universities and research institutes. We are grateful to the national programme committee, national, and local organiz­ ing committees, and members of the Physics Department and Computer Centre, M. 1.

• Cross section
• cluster
• collision
• electron capture
• molecule
• scattering

• Department of Physics College of Science Campus, M. L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India

  Krishan K. Sud, Upendra N. Upadhyaya

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