Interface phenomena are most fascinating because of the mixing of different scales and the interference of diverse physical processes. This makes it necessary to use different levels of description: microscopic, kinetic, and gas-dynamical. A unified quasiclassical approach is used to answer practical questions dealing with inelastic gas-surface scattering, the kinetics of adsorption layers, the evolution of inhomogeneities and defects at the surface, the Knudsen layer, the development of boundar...
An Introduction to the Gas Phase is adapted from a set of lecture notes for a core first year lecture course in physical chemistry taught at the University of Oxford. The book is intended to give a relatively concise introduction to the gas phase at a level suitable for any undergraduate scientist. After defining the gas phase, properties of gases such as temperature, pressure, and volume are discussed. The relationships between these properties are explained at a molecular level, and simple mod...
Inorganic Radicals, Metal Complexes and Nonconjugated Carbon Centered Radicals 2 (Molecules and Radicals, 26A2)
by W. Kaim and B. Schwederski
Volume II/26 supplements the previous compilations II/l, II/9 and II/17 of the magnetic properties of free radicals. Due to the still rapid growth of the field and the inclusion of new subjects the volume is divided into subvolumes which will appear in fast succession. Together with the earlier publications volume II/26 offers an up-to-date and comprehensive survey and collection of structures and data on the important chemical intermediates.
This book reviews the most significant advances in concepts, methods, and applications of quantum systems in a broad variety of problems in modern chemistry, physics, and biology. In particular, it discusses atomic, molecular, and solid structure, dynamics and spectroscopy, relativistic and correlation effects in quantum chemistry, topics of computational chemistry, physics and biology, as well as applications of theoretical chemistry and physics in advanced molecular and nano-materials and bioc...
Handbook of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Atomic, molecular and optical physics (AMO Physics) is the study of the interaction between light and matter. These interactions are investigated on various scales (from the atomic to molecular level) with the purpose to find answers to important scientific questions. All that is the driving reason to extent the research opportunities in atomic, molecular and optical physics to a broad range of topics. The first part of the book presents the leading investigations in the theoretical and experim...
"Light and Matter, Volume 1: Electromagnetism, Optics, Spectroscopy and Lasers" covers both the theory and applications of the different ways in which light interacts with matter. Introducing the reader to the nature of light, it explains the key processes which occur as light travels through matter. It also discusses more advanced topics, such as the ways in which light interacts with charged particles, and quantum descriptions of the interaction mechanisms.
Cathodic Arcs (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, #50)
by Andre Anders
Cathodic arcs are among the longest studied yet least understood objects in science. Plasma-generating, tiny spots appear on the cathode; they are highly dynamic and hard to control. With an approach emphasizing the fractal character of cathode spots, strongly fluctuating plasma properties are described such as the presence of multiply charged ions that move with supersonic velocity. Richly illustrated, the book also deals with practical issues, such as arc source construction, macroparticle rem...
Nonlinear Waves (Research Reports in Physics)
Since 1972 the Schools on Nonlinear Physics in Gorky have been a meeting place for Soviet scientists working in this field. Instead of producing for the first time English proceedings it has been decided to present a good cross section of nonlinear physics in the USSR. Thus the participants at the last School were invited to provide English reviews and research papers for these two volumes (which in the years to come will be followed by the proceedings of forthcoming schools). The second volume...
Microdosimetry (Radiation Protection Dosimetry S.)
Solid State Dosimetry (Radiation Protection Dosimetry S.)
Le livre donne une histoire virtuellement exhaustive de la naissance et du developpement (jusqu'a C. 1925) de la theorie moleculaire avec sur toile de fond l'histoire de la theorie de la matiere en general et de l'atomisme en particulier. Etant base sur les sources memes (primaires et secondaires), il couvre toutes les sciences concernees (physique, chimie, biologie / medecine, cristallographie, mineralogie, mathematiques, philosophie). Ainsi, du fait de son interdisciplinarite soutenue, il offr...
During the three years since the publication of the first edition many applications of lasers in Chemistry have moved across the boundary from academic laboratories to routine instrumental analysis, laser mass spectrometry for instance. New photochemical techniques have been developed for the study of molecules, e.g. ultrafast spectroscopy. In keeping with his successfull concept, the author has retained a balance between coverage of more widely used laser methods and new developments.
This book is an attempt to bridge the gap between the instrumental principles of multi-dimensional time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) and typical applications of the technique. Written by an originator of the technique and by sucessful users, it covers the basic principles of the technique, its interaction with optical imaging methods and its application to a wide range of experimental tasks in life sciences and clinical research. The book is recommended for all users of time-resolv...
Advanced Quantum Mechanics: Materials and Photons is a textbook which emphasizes the importance of advanced quantum mechanics for materials science and all experimental techniques which employ photon absorption, emission, or scattering. Important aspects of introductory quantum mechanics are covered in the first seven chapters to make the subject self-contained and accessible for a wide audience. The textbook can therefore be used for advanced undergraduate courses and introductory graduate cour...
Our original objective in writing this book was to demonstrate how the concept of the equation of motion of a Brownian particle — the Langevin equation or Newtonian-like evolution equation of the random phase space variables describing the motion — first formulated by Langevin in 1908 — so making him inter alia the founder of the subject of stochastic differential equations, may be extended to solve the nonlinear problems arising from the Brownian motion in a potential. Such problems appear unde...
Our world is nested, both physically and socially, and at each level we find innovations that are necessary for the next. Consider: atoms combine to form molecules, molecules combine to form single-celled organisms; when people come together, they build societies. Physics has gone far in mapping the basic mechanics of the simplest things and the dynamics of the overall nesting, as have biology and the social sciences for their fields. But what can we say about this beautifully complex whole? How...
ULIS 2009 was mainly devoted to provide a common forum for three communities of scientists, all of them studying theoretically and experimentally processes induced by the interaction of laser light at extreme intensity and matter, but finalized to three distinct objectives, namely: generation of high energy particle and radiation, thermonuclear fusion for energy production and basic knowledge of atoms and molecules.
Recent Advances in Spectroscopy (Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings)
In recent years there have been great advances in the fields of laboratory and astronomical spectroscopy. These have been equally matched by large-scale computations using state-of-the-art theoretical methods. The accurate atomic opacities that are available today play a great role in the field of biomedical research using nanotechnology. The proceedings of the "International Conference on Recent Advances in Spectroscopy: Theoretical, Experimental and Astrophysical Perspectives" contain both inv...
This volume describes a new technology based on harnessing the irreducible uncertainty of the quantum world. Quantum technology manipulates nature at the most elementary level. The first chapter gives the essential principles of quantum mechanical theory using simple geometric arguments. No mathematical knowledge or treatment is assumed. The book then describes various examples of present and future quantum technologies such as schemes to manipulate and trap single atoms with beams of light, qua...
Interaction of Ultrashort Electromagnetic Pulses with Matter (SpringerBriefs in Physics)
by Valeriy Astapenko
The book is devoted to the theory describing the interaction of ultra-short electromagnetic pulses (USP) with matter, including both classical and quantum cases. This theme is a hot topic in modern physics because of the great achievements in generating USP. Special attention is given to the peculiarities of UPS-matter interaction. One of the important items of this book is the derivation and applications of a new formula which describes the total photo-process probability under the action of U...
Progress in Atomic Spectroscopy (Physics of Atoms and Molecules) (International Astronomical Union Transactions, #18)
W. HANLE and H. KLEINPOPPEN In 1919, in the first edition of Atombau and Spektrallinien, Sommerfeld referred to the immense amount of information which had been accumu- lated during the first period of 60 years of spectroscopic practice. Sommer- feld emphasized that the names of Planck and Bohr would be connected forever with the efforts that had been made to understand the physics and the theory of spectral lines. Another period of almost 60 years has elapsed since the first edition of Sommerfe...