Atoms in Strong Fields

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Summary: Nice Problems in Atomic Physics

   1. Summary: Nice Problems in Atomic Physics

      • J. P. Connerade

      Pages 1-13

3. Atoms in Electric and Magnetic Fields

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Atoms in Static Electric and Magnetic Fields: The Experimental Aspect

      • J. Pinard

      Pages 17-42

   3. Theory of the Zeeman Effect in Highly Excited Atoms

      • K. T. Taylor

      Pages 43-60

   4. Theory of the Stark Effect in Highly Excited Atoms

      • David A. Harmin

      Pages 61-106

   5. Hydrogen Atom in a Strong Uniform Electric Field

      • R. Damburg

      Pages 107-132

   6. Hydrogen in Strong DC and Low Frequency Fields

      • M. H. Nayfeh, D. Humm, K. Ng

      Pages 133-153

   7. Elliptic Atomic States

      • Antoine Bommier, Dominique Delande, Jean-Claude Gay

      Pages 155-174

   8. Diamagnetism of the Hydrogen Atom in the Quasi-Landau-Regime

      • A. Holle, J. Main, G. Wiebusch, H. Rottke, K. H. Welge

      Pages 175-187

   9. Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy in Strong Fields

      • J. P. Connerade

      Pages 189-212

   10. The Single Atom Maser, Chaos and Order of Ions in a Trap and Rydberg Atoms in Crossed Electric and Magnetic Fields

       • Herbert Walther

       Pages 213-227

4. Chaos

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229

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   2. Chaos in Quantum Dynamics: An Overview

      • Giulio Casati

      Pages 231-245

   3. Hydrogen Atom in a Uniform Magnetic Field — A Hamiltonian System Exhibiting Chaos

      • H. Friedrich

      Pages 247-268

   4. Classical Chaos in One Dimensional Hydrogen in Strong DC and AC Electric Fields

      • D. C. Humm, Munir H. Nayfeh

      Pages 269-274

5. Phenomena in very Strong Fields

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 275-275

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   2. Resonant Pair Production in Strong Electric Fields

      • G. Tiktopoulos

      Pages 277-282

   3. Research on Strong-Field Processes in the Ultraviolet Region

      • K. Boyer, G. Gibson, H. Jara, T. S. Luk, I. A. McIntyre, A. McPherson et al.

      Pages 283-292

6. Large-Order Perturbation Theory

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 293-293

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This book collects the lectures given at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Atoms in Strong Fields", which took place on the island of Kos, Greece, during the two weeks of October 9-21,1988. The designation "strong field" applies here to an external electromagnetic field that is sufficiently strong to cause highly nonlinear alterations in atomic or molecular struc­ ture and dynamics. The specific topics treated in this volume fall into two general cater­ gories, which are those for which strong field effects can be studied in detail in terrestrial laboratories: the dynamics of excited states in static or quasi-static electric and magnetic fields; and the interaction of atoms and molecules with intense laser radiation. In both areas there exist promising opportunities for research of a fundamental nature. An electric field of even a few volts per centimeter can be very strong on the atom­ ic scale, if it acts upon a weakly bound state. The study of Rydberg states with high reso­ lution laser spectroscopic techniques has made it possible to follow the transition from weak-field to strong-field behavior in remarkable detail, using static fields of modest lab­ oratory strength; in the course of this transition the atomic system evolves from one which can be thoroughly understood in terms of field-free quantum numbers, to one which cannot be meaningfully associated at all with the zero-field states of the atom.

• UV
• Zeeman effect
• excited atoms
• hydrogen atom
• molecule
• scattering
• spectroscopy

• Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece

  Cleanthes A. Nicolaides

• National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA

  Charles W. Clark

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA

  Munir H. Nayfeh

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