Atomic Structure Theory: Lectures on Atomic Physics / Edition 1

by Walter R. Johnson

Overview

Atomic Structure Theory is a textbook for students with a background in quantum mechanics. The text is designed to give hands-on experience with atomic structure calculations. Material covered includes angular momentum methods, the central field Schrödinger and Dirac equations, Hartree-Fock and Dirac-Hartree-Fock equations, multiplet structure, hyperfine structure, the isotope shift, dipole and multipole transitions, basic many-body perturbation theory, configuration interaction, and correlation corrections to matrix elements. Numerical methods for solving the Schrödinger and Dirac eigenvalue problems and the (Dirac)-Hartree-Fock equations are given as well. B-spline basis sets are used to carry out sums arising in higher-order many-body calculations. Illustrative problems are provided, together with solutions. FORTRAN programs implementing the numerical methods in the text are included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642087622
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	11/10/2010
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Frank M. Freimann Professor of Physics, University of Notre Dame, 1992-present

Professor of Physics, University of Notre Dame, 1958-present

Chairman: Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, 1982-1985

Chairperson: Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, American Physical Society, 1988-1989.

Alexander von Humboldt Senior U.S. Scientist Award, University of Frankfurt, 1982-1983;

Technical University of Dresden1994; Technical University of Dresden 2001.

Gordon Godfrey Fellow, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2000, 2005

Table of Contents

Angular Momentum.- Central-Field Schrödinger Equation.- Self-Consistent Fields.- Atomic Multiplets.- Hyperfine Interaction & Isotope Shift.- Radiative Transitions.- to MBPT.- MBPT for Matrix Elements.