Atomic Inner-Shell Processes

Bernd Crasemann

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9780121969011
• eBook ISBN: 9780323148801
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Physics
• Index: Physics

Ionization and Transition Probabilities is the first volume in Atomic Inner Shell Processes which describes the relative status of the physics of atomic inner shells. Both volumes can be applied and used in various traditional scientific disciplines. Volume I consists of 11 chapters written by different authors, each an expert in the field. The book discusses mainly the inner-shell excitation by electrons, heavy-charged particles, and photons and the atomic excitation as seen in nuclear decay. The theory of radiative and radiationless transitions is also explored in terms of single-particle descriptions and many-body approaches. Other major concepts covered in this comprehensive volume include the developments in theory of multiple decay processes; transition energies and their calculations; and energy shifts that are results of chemical environment and hyperfine interactions. This first volume serves as a valuable reference to many scientists and researchers in various fields like atomic and nuclear physics, astrophysics, chemistry, surface and materials science, and engineering or radiation shields.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Ionization and Transition Probabilities
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Contributors
• Contents of Volume II
• Preface
• Chapter 1. Theory of Charged-Particle Excitation
• Chapter 2. Ion–Atom Collisions
• Chapter 3. Photoionization of Inner-Shell Electrons
• Chapter 4. Ionization through Nuclear Electron Capture and Internal Conversion
• Chapter 5. Some Secondary Atomic Effects Accompanying Nuclear Transitions
• Chapter 6. Radiative Transitions
• Chapter 7. Auger and Coster–Kronig Transitions
• Chapter 8. Many-Body Perturbation Approaches to the Calculation of Transition Probabilities
• Chapter 9. Two-Photon Emission, the Radiative Auger Effect, and the Double Auger Process
• Chapter 10. Transition Energies
• Chapter 11. Isotope Shifts, Chemical Shifts, and Hyperfine Interaction of Atomic Κ x Rays
• Author Index
• Subject Index