Ebook: Physics of Highly Excited Atoms and Ions

The status of research in the Physics of Highly Excited Atoms and Ions is covered in this monograph. It includes today's approaches and methods for describing isolated Rydberg atoms and ions, radiative transitions between highly excited states, and photoionization and photorecombination processes. The authors present a number of efficient methods for the calculations in the theory of collisions of highly excited atoms and ions with neutral and charged particles and of spectral-line broadening of Rydberg atomic series in gases, low- and high-temperature plasmas, and astrophysics. Particular attention is paid to a comparison of the theoretical results with available experimental data.

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The status of research in the Physics of Highly Excited Atoms and Ions is covered in this monograph. It includes today's approaches and methods for describing isolated Rydberg atoms and ions, radiative transitions between highly excited states, and photoionization and photorecombination processes. The authors present a number of efficient methods for the calculations in the theory of collisions of highly excited atoms and ions with neutral and charged particles and of spectral-line broadening of Rydberg atomic series in gases, low- and high-temperature plasmas, and astrophysics. Particular attention is paid to a comparison of the theoretical results with available experimental data.

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The status of research in the Physics of Highly Excited Atoms and Ions is covered in this monograph. It includes today's approaches and methods for describing isolated Rydberg atoms and ions, radiative transitions between highly excited states, and photoionization and photorecombination processes. The authors present a number of efficient methods for the calculations in the theory of collisions of highly excited atoms and ions with neutral and charged particles and of spectral-line broadening of Rydberg atomic series in gases, low- and high-temperature plasmas, and astrophysics. Particular attention is paid to a comparison of the theoretical results with available experimental data.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-X
Introduction....Pages 1-9
Classical and Quantum Description of Rydberg Atom....Pages 11-37
Radiative Transitions and Form Factors....Pages 39-57
Basic Approaches to Collisions Involving Highly Excited Atoms and Ions....Pages 59-92
Collisions of Rydberg Atom with Neutral Particles: Weak-Coupling Models....Pages 93-131
Elementary Processes Involving Rydberg Atoms and Neutral Particles: Effects of Electron-Projectile Interaction....Pages 133-181
Effects of Ion Core in Rydberg Atom-Neutral Collisions....Pages 183-212
Inelastic Transitions Induced by Collisions of Rydberg Atom (Ion) with Charged Particles....Pages 213-249
Spectral-Line Broadening and Shift....Pages 251-281
Back Matter....Pages 283-299

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The status of research in the Physics of Highly Excited Atoms and Ions is covered in this monograph. It includes today's approaches and methods for describing isolated Rydberg atoms and ions, radiative transitions between highly excited states, and photoionization and photorecombination processes. The authors present a number of efficient methods for the calculations in the theory of collisions of highly excited atoms and ions with neutral and charged particles and of spectral-line broadening of Rydberg atomic series in gases, low- and high-temperature plasmas, and astrophysics. Particular attention is paid to a comparison of the theoretical results with available experimental data.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-X
Introduction....Pages 1-9
Classical and Quantum Description of Rydberg Atom....Pages 11-37
Radiative Transitions and Form Factors....Pages 39-57
Basic Approaches to Collisions Involving Highly Excited Atoms and Ions....Pages 59-92
Collisions of Rydberg Atom with Neutral Particles: Weak-Coupling Models....Pages 93-131
Elementary Processes Involving Rydberg Atoms and Neutral Particles: Effects of Electron-Projectile Interaction....Pages 133-181
Effects of Ion Core in Rydberg Atom-Neutral Collisions....Pages 183-212
Inelastic Transitions Induced by Collisions of Rydberg Atom (Ion) with Charged Particles....Pages 213-249
Spectral-Line Broadening and Shift....Pages 251-281
Back Matter....Pages 283-299
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