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R-Matrix Theory of Atomic Collisions

Application to Atomic, Molecular and Optical Processes

  • Provides an up-to-date account of atomic collision theory and its applications
  • Displays application of R-matrix theory to atomic and nuclear physics
  • Includes also atomic ionization and multiphoton processes
  • Completed by a detailed appendix on the related mathematacs and computer programmes
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics (SSAOPP, volume 61)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Collision Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Potential Scattering

      • Philip G. Burke
      Pages 3-55
    3. Multichannel Collision Theory

      • Philip G. Burke
      Pages 57-100
    4. Resonances and Threshold Behaviour

      • Philip G. Burke
      Pages 101-164
  3. R-Matrix Theory and Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
  4. R-matrix Theory and Applications

    1. Electron Collisions with Atoms and Ions

      • Philip G. Burke
      Pages 227-310
    2. Intermediate-Energy Collisions

      • Philip G. Burke
      Pages 311-354
    3. Positron Collisions with Atoms and Ions

      • Philip G. Burke
      Pages 355-378
    4. Multiphoton Processes: Floquet Theory

      • Philip G. Burke
      Pages 433-491
    5. Multiphoton Processes: Time-Dependent Theory

      • Philip G. Burke
      Pages 493-531
    6. Collisions with Molecules

      • Philip G. Burke
      Pages 533-590
    7. Electron Interactions in Solids

      • Philip G. Burke
      Pages 591-603
  5. Appendices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 605-605
  6. Appendix

    1. Clebsch–Gordan and Racah Coefficients

      • Philip G. Burke
      Pages 607-617
    2. Legendre Polynomials and Related Functions

      • Philip G. Burke
      Pages 619-637
    3. Bessel Functions and Related Functions

      • Philip G. Burke
      Pages 639-645
    4. Applications of Angular Momentum Algebra

      • Philip G. Burke
      Pages 647-664

About this book

Commencing with a self-contained overview of atomic collision theory, this monograph presents recent developments of R-matrix theory and its applications to a wide-range of atomic molecular and optical processes. These developments include the electron and photon collisions with atoms, ions and molecules which are required in the analysis of laboratory and astrophysical plasmas, multiphoton processes required in the analysis of superintense laser interactions with atoms and molecules and positron collisions with atoms and molecules required in antimatter studies of scientific and technologial importance. Basic mathematical results and general and widely used R-matrix computer programs are summarized in the appendices.

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“This work is a fundamental monograph devoted to the R-matrix theory … . The author describes a generalized R-matrix theory of atomic collisions and its application to the ab initio study of atomic, molecular and optical collision processes. It is written for physicists … .” (Michael Perelmuter, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1223, 2011)

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Mathematics & Physics, Queen's University, Belfast, United Kingdom

    Philip George Burke

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