Atoms, Molecules and Photons An Introduction to Atomic-, Molecular- and Quantum Physics /

• Main Author: Demtröder, Wolfgang (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2018.
• Series: Graduate Texts in Physics,
• Subjects: Atoms.; Physics.; Quantum physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Quantum Physics.; Classical Electrodynamics.

This introduction to Atomic and Molecular Physics explains how our present model of atoms and molecules has been developed over the last two centuries both by many experimental discoveries and, from the theoretical side, by the introduction of quantum physics to the adequate description of micro-par...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The Concept of the Atom
• Development of Quantum Physics
• Basic Concepts of Quantum Mechanics
• The Hydrogen Atom
• Atoms with More Than One Electron
• Emission and Absorption of Electromagnetic Radiation by Atoms
• Lasers
• Diatomic Molecules
• Polyatomic Molecules
• Experimental Techniques in Atomic and Molecular Physics
• Modern Developments in Atomic and Molecular Physics
• Chronological Table for the Development of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• Solutions to the Exercises.