The Theory of Atomic Structure and Spectra
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The Theory of Atomic Structure and Spectra

  1. 650 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

The Theory of Atomic Structure and Spectra

About this book

Both the interpretation of atomic spectra and the application of atomic spectroscopy to current problems in astrophysics, laser physics, and thermonuclear plasmas require a thorough knowledge of the Slater-Condon theory of atomic structure and spectra. This book gathers together aspects of the theory that are widely scattered in the literature and augments them to produce a coherent set of closed-form equations suitable both for computer calculations on cases of arbitrary complexity and for hand calculations for very simple cases.


Both the interpretation of atomic spectra and the application of atomic spectroscopy to current problems in astrophysics, laser physics, and thermonuclear plasmas require a thorough knowledge of the Slater-Condon theory of atomic structure and spectra. Th

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. CHAPTER 1. EXPERIMENTAL BACKGROUND AND BASIC CONCEPTS
  5. CHAPTER 2. ANGULAR-MOMENTUM PROPERTIES OF WAVEFUNCTIONS
  6. CHAPTER 3. ONE-ELECTRON ATOMS
  7. CHAPTER 4. COMPLEX ATOMS-THE VECTOR MODEL
  8. CHAPTER 5. THE 3n-j SYMBOLS
  9. CHAPTER 6. CONFIGURATION-AVERAGE ENERGIES
  10. CHAPTER 7. RADIAL WAVE EQUATIONS
  11. CHAPTER 8. RADIAL WAVEFUNCTIONS AND RADIAL INTEGRALS
  12. CHAPTER 9. COUPLED ANTISYMMETRIC BASIS FUNCTIONS
  13. CHAPTER 10. ENERGY LEVEL STRUCTURE (SIMPLE CONFIGURATIONS)
  14. CHAPTER 11. THE ALGEBRA OF IRREDUCIBLE TENSOR OPERATORS
  15. CHAPTER 12. ENERGY LEVEL STRUCTURE (COMPLEX CONFIGURATIONS)
  16. CHAPTER 13. CONFIGURATION INTERACTION
  17. CHAPTER 14. RADIATIVE TRANSITIONS (El)
  18. CHAPTER 15. RADIATIVE TRANSITIONS (Ml AND E2)
  19. CHAPTER 16. NUMERICAL CALCULATION OF ENERGY LEVELS AND SPECTRA
  20. CHAPTER 17. EXTERNAL FIELDS AND NUCLEAR EFFECTS
  21. CHAPTER 18. CONTINUUM STATES; IONIZATION AND RECOMBINATION
  22. CHAPTER 19. HIGHLY IONIZED ATOMS
  23. CHAPTER 20. RARE-EARTH AND TRANSITION ELEMENTS
  24. CHAPTER 21. STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS
  25. Appendix A. Physical Constants, Units, and Conversion Factors
  26. Appendix B. Conversion Between Vacuum and Air Wavelengths
  27. Appendix C. 3-j Symbols
  28. Appendix D. 6-j Symbols
  29. Appendix E. One-Electron and Total-Atom Energies
  30. Appendix F. Basis Functions, Matrix Elements, and Racah Algebra
  31. Appendix G. Matrix Elements of Spherical Harmonics
  32. Appendix H. Coefficients of Fractional Parentage, U(k), V(kl)
  33. Appendix I. Relative Line Strengths Within an LS Multiplet
  34. Bibliography
  35. Name Index
  36. Subject Index