Atomic Physics Methods in Modern Research: Selection of Papers Dedicated to Gisbert Zu Putlitz on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday

Klaus Jungmann, Joachim Kowalski, Irene Reinhard, Frank Traeger9783540637165, 3-540-63716-8

Atomic physics has played a central role in the development of modern physics. Progress was based on newly invented scientific methods and experimental tools and today these techniques are successfully employed in a wide variety of highly active areas in modern research, extending from investigations of most fundamental interactions in physics to experiments related to topics in applied sciences and technical aspects. With steadily increasing importance they are found in areas well outside of classical atomic physics in fields such as nuclear and particle physics, metrology, physics of condensed matter and surfaces, physical chemistry, chemistry, medicine and environmental research. This book gives a thorough survey of the methods and techniques in key experiments of interdisciplinary research.

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Table of contents :
Atomic Physics Methods
in Modern Research……Page 1
Preface……Page 5
Contents……Page 7
Two-Photon Method for Metrology in
Hydrogen……Page 10
High Precision Atomic Spectroscopy of
Muonium and Simple Muonic Atoms……Page 30
The Muonium Atom as a Probe of Physics
beyond the Standard Model……Page 51
Can Atoms Trapped in Solid Helium Be Used
to Search for Physics Beyond the Standard
Model?……Page 65
g-Factors of Subatomic Particles……Page 84
Laser spectroscopy of Metastable Antiprotonic Helium Atomcules……Page 102
Polarized, Compressed 3He-Gas and its
Applications……Page 111
Medical NMR Sensing with Laser-Polarized
aHe and 129Xe……Page 126
Test o f Special Relativity in a Heavy Ion Storage Ring……Page 136
Resonance Fluorescence of a Single Ion……Page 145
Resonance Raman Studies of the Relaxation
of Photoexcited Molecules in Solution on the
Picosecond Timescale……Page 155
Four-Quantum RF-Resonance in the Ground
State of an Alkaline Atom……Page 163
Hard Highly Directional X-Radiation Emitted
by a Charged Particle Moving in a Carbon
Nanotube……Page 170
Quasiclassical Approximation in the Theory
of Scattering of Polarized Atoms……Page 188
Ion Beam Inertial Fusion……Page 214
Spin-echo Experiments with Neutrons and with
Atomic Beams……Page 233
New Generation of Light Sources for
Applications in Spectroscopy……Page 247
Remote Sensing of the Environment using
Laser Radar Techniques……Page 259
Applied Laser Spectroscopy in Combustion
Devices……Page 272
The. Surface of Liquid Helium- an Unusual
Substrate for Unusual Coulomb Systems……Page 283
Aspects of Laser-Assisted Scanning Tunneling
Microscopy of Thin Organic Layers……Page 294
Optical Spectroscopy of Metal Clusters……Page 310
New Concepts for Information Storage Based
on Color Centers……Page 334
Excitons and Radiation Damage in Alkali
Halides……Page 349
Polarization of Negative Muons Implanted in
the Fullerene C60:
Speculations about a Null Result……Page 365
Positronium in Condensed Matter Studied
with Spin-Polarized Positrons……Page 378
Light-Induced Liberation of Atoms and Molecules
from Solid Surfaces……Page 419
On the Shoulders of Giants –
Early History of Hyperfine Structure
Spectroscopy.
For Gisbert zu Putlitz……Page 434