Atomic physics /

Foot, C. J.

Atomic physics / C.J. Foot - Oxford : New York : Oxford University Press, c2005. - xiii, 331 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Oxford master series in physics ; 7. Atomic, Optical, and laser physics . - Oxford master series in physics ; 7. Oxford master series in physics. Atomic, optical, and laser physics. .

Contents;

1. Early atomic physics
2. The hydrogen atom
3. Helium
4. The alkalis
5. The LS-coupling scheme
6. Hyper fine structure and isotope shift
7. The interaction of atoms with radiation
8. Doppler-free loser spectroscopy
9. Laser cooling and trapping
10. Magnetic trapping, evaporative cooling and base-Einstein condensation
11. Atom inferometry
12. Ion traps
13. Quantum computing



Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780198506966 0198506961 (pbk.) 0198506953

2005295406


Atoms
Nuclear physics.

539.7 / FOO