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Atoms in Strong Fields

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Editors:
  1. Cleanthes A. Nicolaides

    1. Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece

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  2. Charles W. Clark

    1. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA

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  3. Munir H. Nayfeh

    1. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series B: (NSSB, volume 212)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  2. Nonperturbative Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 335-335
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    2. Nonperturbative Treatment of Molecule-Radiation Interactions — A Coupled Equations Approach

      • André D. Bandrauk
      Pages 337-352

    3. Many-Electron, Many-Photon Theory of Atoms in Strong Fields

      • C. A. Nicolaides, Th. Mercouris
      Pages 353-378

  4. Multiply Excited States

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 473-473
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    2. Laser Experiments on the Alkaline-Earths

      • Pierre Camus
      Pages 475-476

    3. Highly Excited Double-Rydberg States in Barium

      • Jacques Boulmer, Pierre Camus, Jean-Marie Lecomte, Pierre Pillet
      Pages 477-484

    4. Autoionising 4dnf States and Multiphoton Ionisation Studies in Strontium

      • Pierre Camus, Michael Kompitsas, Samuel Cohen, Cleanthes Nicolaïdes, Mireille Aymar, Michèle Crance et al.
      Pages 485-491

    5. Properties of Multiply Excited States

      • C. A. Nicolaides, Y. Komninos, M. Chrysos, G. Aspromallis
      Pages 493-506

  5. Molecules in Intense Lasers Fields

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 507-507
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    2. Molecules in Intense Laser Fields

      • S. N. Dixit, V. McKoy
      Pages 509-512

    3. Laser — Molecule Interactions at High Intensities

      • K. Codling, L. J. Frasinski
      Pages 513-528

    4. Multiphoton Fragmentation of H2 in Intense UV Radiation

      • Munir H. Nayfeh, D. C. Humm, A. Wriekat, Kwan Ng, J. Mazumder
      Pages 529-533
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This book collects the lectures given at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Atoms in Strong Fields", which took place on the island of Kos, Greece, during the two weeks of October 9-21,1988. The designation "strong field" applies here to an external electromagnetic field that is sufficiently strong to cause highly nonlinear alterations in atomic or molecular struc­ ture and dynamics. The specific topics treated in this volume fall into two general cater­ gories, which are those for which strong field effects can be studied in detail in terrestrial laboratories: the dynamics of excited states in static or quasi-static electric and magnetic fields; and the interaction of atoms and molecules with intense laser radiation. In both areas there exist promising opportunities for research of a fundamental nature. An electric field of even a few volts per centimeter can be very strong on the atom­ ic scale, if it acts upon a weakly bound state. The study of Rydberg states with high reso­ lution laser spectroscopic techniques has made it possible to follow the transition from weak-field to strong-field behavior in remarkable detail, using static fields of modest lab­ oratory strength; in the course of this transition the atomic system evolves from one which can be thoroughly understood in terms of field-free quantum numbers, to one which cannot be meaningfully associated at all with the zero-field states of the atom.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece

    Cleanthes A. Nicolaides

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA

    Charles W. Clark

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA

    Munir H. Nayfeh

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