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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 745)
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The study of simple atoms and molecules permits unique confrontations - tweenfundamentaltheoryandprecisionmeasurements.Ithasplayedacentral role in many early discoveries that laid the foundations of quantum physics. Since computational and experimental tools are still evolving rapidly, intri- ing opportunities for future research continue to emerge. How could precision measurements uncover limits of the standard model? Howcanweimprovetheaccuracyoffundamentalconstants?Arefundamental constants really constant? How could we detect possible di?erences between matter and antimatter? How can we overcome the problem of hadronic str- ture in precision tests of quantum electrodynamic theory? How well can QED predict the energy levels of atoms with few electrons? What new physics can be discovered in experiments with exotic atoms? How well do we understand simple molecules? These are just a few of the questions that are now moving into a new focus. This volume collects contributions from experts at the frontier of atomic and molecular precision physics. It illustrates the current state of the art, points at future opportunities, and emphasizes an exciting frontier in atomic and molecular physics that remains as important as ever despite severalother strong currents and fashions in the ?eld. Since I have devoted more than three decades of my career to precision laser spectroscopy of the simple hydrogen atom, I am particularly grateful to the editor, Dr Savely G. Karshenboim, for his initiative to highlight such precision studies of simple atoms and molecules.
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Looking Through Simple Atoms and Molecules at Fundamental Physics
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Front Matter
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Precision Measurements and Fundamental Constants
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Proton Structure and Hydrogen Energy Levels
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Front Matter
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Atoms with Few Electrons
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Savely G. Karhsenboim is a member of CODATA task group on fundamental constants (the group which produces internationally recognized values of the fundamental constants), cochairman of series conferences on simple atoms (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006), coeditor of three books previously published by Springer, author or recent review in Physics reports (2005) on Precision physics of simple atoms.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Precision Physics of Simple Atoms and Molecules
Editors: Savely G. Karshenboim
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75479-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-75478-7Published: 07 December 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09472-9Published: 22 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-75479-4Published: 11 December 2007
Series ISSN: 0075-8450
Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 286
Topics: Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Measurement Science and Instrumentation