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Nuclear physics.
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Electronic books.
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Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (473 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780128003015
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539
Language:
English
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Front Cover -- Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter One: Detection of Metastable Atoms and Molecules using Rare Gas Matrices -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic Concepts -- 2.1 Relevant Background -- 2.2 Principle of Operation of the Detector -- 3. Experimental Details -- 3.1 TOF Spectroscopy -- 3.2 Apparatus Details -- 3.3 Apparatus Performance -- 3.3.1 Spectral Output -- 3.3.2 Temperature Variation -- 3.3.3 Excimer Lifetimes -- 4. Calibrations -- 4.1 Calibration of O(1S) Production -- 4.2 Calibration of O(1D) Production -- 4.2 Calibration of the Electron Energy Scale -- 5. O(1S) Measurements -- 5.1 O2 -- 5.2 N2O -- 5.3 CO2 -- 5.4 CO -- 5.5 NO -- 5.6 H2O, D2O -- 5.7 SO2 -- 6. O(1D) Measurements -- 7. Sulfur Measurements -- 8. CO Measurements -- 9. Future Possibilities -- References -- Chapter Two: Interactions in Ultracold Rydberg Gases -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Pair Interactions -- 2.1 Rydberg Pair Interaction and Important Issues -- 2.2 Calculation of Rydberg Pair Interactions -- 2.3 Angular Dependence -- 2.4 Experiments -- 3. Rydberg Atom Molecules -- 3.1 Trilobite Molecules -- 3.1.1 The Fermi Pseudo-Potential Picture of Trilobite Molecules -- 3.1.2 The Multichannel Quantum Defect Approach to Trilobite Molecules -- 3.1.3 External Fields -- 3.1.4 Features of the Trilobite Interaction Potentials -- 3.1.5 Molecular Frame Permanent Dipole Moments -- 3.1.6 Experimental Measurement of Trilobite Molecules -- 3.2 Macrodimers -- 3.2.1 Theory of Macrodimers -- 3.2.2 Experimental Detection of Macrodimers -- 4. Many-Body and Multiparticle Effects -- 4.1 Förster Resonance -- 4.2 Dipole Blockade -- 5. Conclusion and Perspectives -- Chapter Three: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics in the Early Universe: From Recombination to Reionization -- 1. Introduction.
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1.1 The Expanding Universe -- 1.2 The Thermal History of the Universe -- 1.3 The Need for Dark Matter -- 1.4 The Role of AMO Physics -- 1.5 Distance Measurements -- 1.6 Acronyms and Variables -- 2. Cosmological Recombination -- 2.1 What Is Cosmological Recombination All About? -- 2.1.1 Initial Conditions and Main Aspect of the Recombination Problem -- 2.1.2 The Three Stages of Recombination -- 2.1.3 What Is So Special About Cosmological Recombination? -- 2.2 Why Should We Bother? -- 2.2.1 Importance of Recombination for the CMB Anisotropies -- 2.2.2 Spectral Distortions from the Recombination Era -- 2.3 Why Do We Need Advanced Atomic Physics? -- 2.4 Simple Model for Hydrogen Recombination -- 2.5 Multilevel Recombination Model and Recfast -- 2.6 Detailed Recombination Physics During Hi Recombination -- 2.6.1 Two-Photon Transitions from Higher Levels -- 2.6.2 The Effect of Raman Scattering -- 2.6.3 Additional Small Corrections and Collision -- 2.7 Detailed Recombination Physics During Hei Recombination -- 2.8 HyRec and CosmoRec -- 3. Pregalactic Gas Chemistry -- 3.1 Fundamentals -- 3.2 Key Reactions -- 3.2.1 Molecular Hydrogen (H2) -- 3.2.2 Deuterated Molecular Hydrogen (HD) -- 3.2.3 Lithium Hydride -- 3.3 Complications -- 3.3.1 Spectral Distortion of the CMB -- 3.3.2 Stimulated Radiative Association -- 3.3.3 Influence of Rotational and Vibrational Excitation -- 4. Population III Star Formation -- 4.1 The Assembly of the First Protogalaxies -- 4.2 Gravitational Collapse and Star Formation -- 4.2.1 The Initial Collapse Phase -- 4.2.2 Three-Body H2 Formation -- 4.2.3 Transition to the Optically Thick Regime -- 4.2.4 Cooling at Very High Densities -- 4.2.5 Influence of Other Coolants -- 4.3 Evolution After the Formation of the First Protostar -- 5. The 21-cm Line of Atomic Hydrogen -- 5.1 Physics of the 21-cm Line -- 5.1.1 Basic 21-cm Physics.
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5.1.2 Collisional Coupling -- 5.1.3 Wouthuysen-Field Effect (Photon Coupling) -- 5.2 Global 21-cm Signature -- 5.2.1 Cosmic Dark Ages and Exotic Heating (zbold0mu mumu dotted40) -- 5.2.2 Lyman-α Coupling (zα z z ) -- 5.2.3 Gas Heating (zh z zα) -- 5.2.4 Growth of H II Regions (zr z zh) -- 5.2.5 Astrophysical Sources and Histories -- 5.3 21-cm Tomography -- 5.3.1 Fluctuations in the Spin Temperature -- 5.3.2 Gas Temperature -- 5.3.3 Ionization Fluctuations -- 5.3.4 Density and Minihalos -- 5.3.5 Redshift Space Distortions -- 6. The Reionization of Intergalactic Hydrogen -- 6.1 Sources of Reionization: Stars -- 6.2 Sources of Reionization: Quasars -- 6.2.1 Secondary Ionizations -- 6.3 The Growth of Ionized Bubbles -- 6.3.1 Photoionization Rates and Recombinations -- 6.3.2 Line Cooling -- 6.4 Reionization as a Global Process -- 7. Summary -- Appendix A. Acronyms -- Appendix B. Symbols -- Chapter Four: Atomic Data Needs for Understanding X-ray Astrophysical Plasmas -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Charge State Distribution -- 2.1 Ionization Processes -- 2.1.1 Collisional Ionization -- 2.1.2 Photoionization -- 2.1.3 Auger Ionization -- 2.2 Recombination -- 2.2.1 Dielectronic Recombination -- 2.2.2 Radiative Recombination -- 2.3 Charge Exchange -- 2.4 Future Needs -- 3. Spectral Features -- 3.1 Energy Levels and Wavelengths -- 3.2 Collisional Excitation Rates -- 3.2.1 H-Like Ions -- 3.2.2 He-Like Ions -- 3.2.3 Neon-Like Ions -- 3.2.4 Other Ions -- 3.3 Radiative Transition Rates (Bound-Bound) -- 3.4 Photoionization/Absorption (Bound-Free) Rates -- 3.5 Fluorescent Innershell Transitions -- 3.6 Charge Exchange Rates -- 3.6.1 Atoms and Ions -- 3.6.2 Molecules and Grains -- 4. Conclusions -- Chapter Five: Energy Levels of Light Atoms in Strong Magnetic Fields -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical Background -- 3. The Lightest ``Light'' Atom-Hydrogen.
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4. Light Atoms: Two and Few-Electron Systems -- 5. Concluding Remarks and Future Prospects -- Chapter Six: Quantum Electrodynamics of Two-Level Atoms in 1D Configurations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The 1D Kernel and Its Spectral Decomposition -- 2.1 Form of the Lienard-Wiechert Kernel in 1D (Friedberg and Manassah, 2008c) -- 2. 2 Initial Time CDR and CLS of a Slab (Friedberg et al., 1973) -- 2.3 Eigenfunctions and Eigenvalues of a Slab (Friedberg and Manassah, 2008c,d,e) -- 2.3.1 Functional Form of the Eigenfunctions -- 2.3.2 Pseudo-Orthogonality Relations -- 2.3.2.1 Odd Eigenfunctions -- 2.3.2.1 Even Eigenfunctions -- 2.3.3 Parseval´s Identity -- 2.4 Differential Form of the Field Equation (Friedberg and Manassah, 2008c) -- 2.5 Inverted System in the Superradiant Linear Regime (Friedberg and Manassah, 2008e) -- 2.6 Comments on the Numerical Results of Superradiance from a Slab -- 3. Propagation of an Ultrashort Pulse in a Slab and the Ensuing Emitted Radiation Spectrum -- 3.1 Time Development and Spectrum of the Radiation Emitted -- 3.1.1 Spectral Analysis (Friedberg and Manassah, 2008d, 2009b) -- 3.1.2 Computation of the Electric Field at the End Planes -- 3.2 The SVEA Closed-Form Expressions (Manassah, 2012a) -- 3.3 The Modified SVEA Closed-Form Expressions (Manassah, 2012b) -- 3.4 Self-Energy of an Initially Detuned Phased State (Friedberg and Manassah, 2010a) -- 3.5 Spectral Distribution of an Initially Detuned Spatial Distribution -- 4. Near-Threshold Behavior for the Pumped Stationary State -- 4.1 Coupled Maxwell-Bloch Equations -- 4.2 Single-Frequency Lasing -- 4.2.1 Single-Frequency Bare Mode -- 4.2.2 Single-Frequency Dressed Mode -- 4.3 Two-Frequency Bare Modes -- 4.4 General Comments -- 5. Polariton-Plasmon Coupling, Transmission Peaks, and Purcell-Dicke Ultraradiance -- 5.1 The Total Transfer Matrix -- 5.2 The Mittag-Leffler Expansion.
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5.3 Interacting Polariton-Plasmon Modes -- 6. Periodic Structures -- 6.1 Density-Modulated Slab (Manassah, 2012e) -- 6.1.1 The Self-Energy at Initial Time -- 6.1.2 Simple Mathematical Analysis for the Giant Shifts -- 6.2 Periodic Multislabs Eigenvalues (Friedberg and Manassah, 2008f) -- 6.2.1 Eigenvalue Condition -- 6.2.2 Precocious Superradiance -- 6.2.3 Eigenvalues at the Bragg Condition as a Function of the Number of Cells -- 7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix. Transfer Matrix Formalism -- Some Useful Relations of the Pauli Matrices -- Example of an Application of Above Formalism -- References -- Index -- Contents of volumes in this serial.
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