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

Bernard Cagnac (auth.), Klaus Peter Jungmann, Joachim Kowalski, Irene Reinhard, Frank Träger (eds.)3540637168, 9783540637165

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 :
Two-photon method for metrology in hydrogen….Pages 1-20
High precision atomic spectroscopy of muonium and simple muonic atoms….Pages 21-41
The muonium atom as a probe of physics beyond the standard model….Pages 43-56
Can atoms trapped in solid helium be used to search for physics beyond the standard model?….Pages 57-75
g -Factors of subatomic particles….Pages 77-94
Laser spectroscopy of metastable antiprotonic helium atomcules….Pages 95-103
Polarized, compressed 3 He-gas and its applications….Pages 105-119
Medical NMR sensing with laser-polarized 3 He and 129 Xe….Pages 121-130
Test of special relativity in a heavy ion storage ring….Pages 131-139
Resonance fluorescence of a single ion….Pages 141-150
Resonance raman studies of the relaxation of photoexcited molecules in solution on the picosecond timescale….Pages 151-158
Four-quantum RF-resonance in the ground state of an alkaline atom….Pages 159-165
Hard highly directional X-radiation emitted by a charged particle moving in a carbon nanotube….Pages 167-184
Quasiclassical approximation in the theory of scattering of polarized atoms….Pages 185-210
Ion beam inertial fusion….Pages 211-229
Spin-echo experiments with neutrons and with atomic beams….Pages 231-244
New generation of light sources for applications in spectroscopy….Pages 245-256
Remote sensing of the environment using laser radar techniques….Pages 257-269
Applied laser spectroscopy in combustion devices….Pages 271-281
The surface of liquid helium – an unusual substrate for unusual coulomb systems….Pages 283-293
Aspects of laser-assisted scanning tunneling microscopy of thin organic layers….Pages 295-310
Optical spectroscopy of metal clusters….Pages 311-334
New concepts for information storage based on color centers….Pages 335-349
Excitons and radiation damage in alkali halides….Pages 351-366
Polarization of negative muons implanted in the fullerene C 60 : Speculations about a null result….Pages 367-379
Positronium in condensed matter studied with spin-polarized positrons….Pages 381-421
Light-induced liberation of atoms and molecules from solid surfaces….Pages 423-437
On the shoulders of giants — Early history of hyperfine structure spectroscopy. For gisbert zu putlitz….Pages 439-448