Overview
- Benefits graduate students by the basic introduction of the quantum theory to the theory of atomic structure
- Includes theoretical methods like angular momentum, Hartree-Fock, and Dirac-Hartree-Fock
- Guideline to calculate multiplet structure, hyperfine structure, isotope shift, dipole and multipole transitions
- Problems and solutions complete the textbook
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
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
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Atomic Structure Theory
Book Subtitle: Lectures on Atomic Physics
Authors: Walter R. Johnson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68013-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-68010-9Published: 05 February 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08762-2Published: 14 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-68013-0Published: 08 March 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 312
Topics: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics, Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra, Quantum Physics, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation