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ISBN:
9780511524509
Serie:
Cambridge monographs on atomic, molecular, and chemical physics 10
Inhalt:
This book describes the manifestations of chaos in atoms and molecules. The study of chaos is today one of the most active and prolific areas in atomic physics. This is the first attempt to provide a coherent introduction to this fascinating area. In line with its scope, the book is divided into two parts. The first part (chapters 1–5) deals with the theory and principles of classical chaos. The ideas developed here are then applied to actual atomic and molecular physics systems in the second part of the book (chapters 6–10) covering microwave driven surface state electrons, the hydrogen atom in a strong microwave field, the kicked hydrogen atom, chaotic scattering with CsI molecules and the helium atom. The book contains many diagrams and a detailed references list
Inhalt:
1. Introduction -- 2. Chaos: tools and concepts -- 3. Chaos in classical mechanics -- 4. Chaos in quantum mechanics -- 5. The kicked rotor: paradigm of chaos -- 6. Microwave-driven surface state electrons -- 7. The hydrogen atom in a strong microwave field -- 8. The kicked hydrogen atom -- 9. Chaotic scattering with CsI molecules -- 10. The helium atom -- 11. Chaos in atomic physics: state of the art and research directions
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780521455022
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780521017909
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521455022
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511524509
