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About this book
The book provides a concise description of the density matrix and statistical tensor formalism and presents a general approach to the description of angular correlation and polarization phenomena. It illustrates an application of the angular momentum technique to a broad variety of atomic processes.
The book contains derivations of the most important expressions for observable quantities in electron-atom and ion-atom scattering, including that for polarized beams and/or polarized targets, in photo-induced processes, autoionization and cascades of atomic transitions.
Spin-polarization and angular distributions of the reaction products are described, including the angular correlations in different types of coincidence measurements. The considered processes exemplify the general approach and the number of examples can be easily extended by a reader. The book supplies researchers, both theoreticians and experimentalists with a collection of helpful formulae and tables, and can serve as a reference book.
Based on a highly regarded course at Moscow State University and elsewhere, the book provides real guidance on theoretical calculations of practical use.
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Physics Today, April 2001
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Polarization and Correlation Phenomena in Atomic Collisions
Book Subtitle: A Practical Theory Course
Authors: Vsevolod V. Balashov, Alexei N. Grum-Grzhimailo, Nikolai M. Kabachnik
Series Title: Physics of Atoms and Molecules
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3228-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2000
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46266-5Published: 30 April 2000
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3328-7Published: 06 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-3228-3Published: 14 March 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 246
Topics: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics, Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons, Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra