Atoms, molecules and photons: An introduction to atomic-, molecular- and quantum-physics

Wolfgang Demtröder3-540-20631-0

This introduction to Atomic and Molecular Physics explains how our present model of atoms and molecules has been developed during the last two centuries by many experimental discoveries and from the theoretical side by the introduction of quantum physics to the adequate description of micro-particles.

It illustrates the wave model of particles by many examples and shows the limits of classical description. The interaction of electromagnetic radiation with atoms and molecules and its potential for spectroscopy is outlined in more detail and in particular lasers as modern spectroscopic tools are discussed more thoroughly.

Many examples and problems with solutions should induce the reader to an intense active cooperation.

Table of contents :
front-matter……Page 1
1……Page 15
2……Page 20
3……Page 91
4……Page 138
5……Page 167
6……Page 206
7……Page 250
8……Page 291
9……Page 328
10……Page 379
11……Page 415
12……Page 479
back-matter……Page 509