01670    a2200181   450000500170000000800410001702000180005804100080007608200160008410000230010024500460012326000360016930000150020552011950022065000190141565000230143465000310145720251013190835.0241212b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781482242034  aeng  a539.7bNatM  aNatarajan, Vasant   aModern Atomic Physics /cVasant Natarajan  aBoca Raton:bCRC Press;c©2015  axxi, 418p.  aMuch of our understanding of physics in the last 30-plus years has come from research on atoms, photons, and their interactions. Collecting information previously scattered throughout the literature, Modern Atomic Physics provides students with one unified guide to contemporary developments in the field.

After reviewing metrology and preliminary material, the text explains core areas of atomic physics. Important topics discussed include the spontaneous emission of radiation, stimulated transitions and the properties of gas, the physics and applications of resonance fluorescence, coherence, cooling and trapping of charged and neutral particles, and atomic beam magnetic resonance experiments. Covering standards, a different way of looking at a photon, stimulated radiation, and frequency combs, the appendices avoid jargon and use historical notes and personal anecdotes to make the topics accessible to non-atomic physics students.

Written by a leader in atomic and optical physics, this text gives a state-of-the-art account of atomic physics within a basic quantum mechanical framework. It shows students how atomic physics has played a key role in many other areas of physics.  aModern physics  aOptics & Photonics  aAtomic and nuclear physics