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Atoms in Unusual Situations

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  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. Jean Pierre Briand

    1. Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series B: (NSSB, volume 143)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Quantum Electrodynamics and Relativity in elementary systems or highly stripped very heavy ions

    1. On Low Energy Experiments in Qed for Detecting Effects Specifically due to Vacuum Polarization

      • Emilio Zavattini
      Pages 365-379

  2. Many electron systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 381-381
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    2. States of an Atomic Electron Pair

      • A. R. P. Rau
      Pages 383-395

    3. Non-Relativistic Many-Body Perturbation Theory

      • Ingvar Lindgren
      Pages 397-428

    4. Many-Body Q.E.D.

      • Marvin H. Mittleman
      Pages 429-432

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 433-438
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About this book

Atomic Physics is certainly the oldest field in which Quantum Mechanics has been used and has provided the most significant proofs of this new theory. Most of the basic concepts, except those more recently developed in field quantization, have been understood for quite a time. Atomic Physics began to serve as a basis for other fields such as molecu­ lar, solid state or nuclear physics. A renewal of interest in Atomic Physics began in the sixties, after the discovery of Quantum Electro­ dynamics, and later when it provided some basic tests of fundamental questions like parity violation, time reversal or Dirac theory. More recently the development of new technologies led to the ex­ ploration of very extreme cases in which the most secrete aspects of atoms have been observed. - Rydberg states where the atoms are so big that they can be described by classical theories; - Heavy or super-heavy ions or exotic atoms where unknown QED or relativistic effects can be observed (very heavy hydrogenlike or helium­ like ions, positron production in very violent collisions ••. ); - Huge external perturbations as those appearing in super-dense plasmas or ultra-high fields. The aim of this school was to gather atomic physicists from all over the world working in all these areas of Atomic Physics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

    Jean Pierre Briand

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Atoms in Unusual Situations

  • Editors: Jean Pierre Briand

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series B:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9337-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1986

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-42399-4Published: 05 March 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-9339-0Published: 18 July 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-9337-6Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0258-1221

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 440

  • Topics: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics

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