Atomic and molecular processes /

Atomic and Molecular Processes.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bates, David R. David Robert, 1916-1994
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Published: Academic Press,
Publisher Address: New York,
Publication Dates: 1962.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Pure and applied physics, v. 13
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/00798193/13
Summary: Atomic and Molecular Processes.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (904 pages) illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9780323142007
0323142001
9780120814503
0120814501
Index Number: QC173
CLC: O562
Contents: Front Cover; AtomicandMolecularProcesses; Copyright Page; Contributors; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Forbidden Transitions; 1. Introduction; 2. Forbidden Lines in Atomic Spectra; 3. Forbidden Transitions In Diatomic Molecular Spectra; 4. Forbidden Transitions in Polyatomic Molecular Spectra; 5. Forbidden Transitions in Crystals; 6. Forbidden Transitions in Astrophysics; References; Chapter 2. Allowed Transitions; 1. Introduction; 2. Basic Concepts and Formulae; 3. Calculations of Atomic Line Strengths; 4. Theory of Molecular Line Strengths.
5. Measurements of Atomic Transition Probabilities6. Measurements of Molecular Transition Probabilities; References; Chapter 3. Photoionization Processes; 1. Introduction; 2. Experimental; 3. Theoretical; 4. Results; References; Chapter 4. Photodetachment; 1. Introduction; 2. Negative Ion Energy States; 3. Theoretical Considerations; 4. Experimental Method for Photodetachment Studies; 5. The H Photodetachment Cross Section; 6. Photodetachment Cross Sections for O , S , and C ; 7. Photodetachment of Negative Molecular Ions; 8. Formation of Negative Ions by Radiative Attachment.
9. Atomic Electron AffinitiesReferences; Chapter 5. High-Temperature Shock Waves; 1. Introduction; 2. Hydrodynamic Considerations; 3. Plane Shock Waves; 4. High-Energy Cylindrical Shock Waves; 5. Establishment of Equilibrium Plasmas; 6. Experimental Verification of the Rankine-Hugoniot Relations in Conventional ShockTubes; 7. Shock-Heated Plasmas as Thermal Light Sources; References; Chapter 6. Attachment and Ionization Coefficients; 1. Electron Attachment; 2. Ionization Coefficients; 3. Attachment Coefficients; References; Chapter 7. Electronic Recombination.
1. Collisional-Radiative Recombination2. Recombination Involving a Free-Bound Radiationless Transition; 3. Experimental Studies; References; Chapter 8. Ionic Recombination; 1. Three Body; 2. Two Body; References; Chapter 9. Elastic Scattering of Electrons; 1. Scattering by a Potential Field; 2. Measurement of Collision Cross Sections; 3. Scattering by Hydrogen Atoms; 4. Scattering by Complex Atoms and Ions; 5. Scattering by Molecules; References; Chapter 10. The Motions of Slow Electrons in Gases; 1. Introduction; 2. Theory of Motion of Ions and Electrons in Gases; 3. Diffusion and Drift.
4. Equation of Continuity5. Mean Loss of Energy in Elastic Encounters; 6. The Distribution Function (c); 7. The Ratio W/D; 8. Measurement of Mean Energy Lost in an Encounter; 9. Experimental Procedure; 10. Experimental Results; 11. The Losses of Energy by Electrons in Colliding with Gas Molecules; References; Chapter 11. The Theory of Excitation and Ionization by Electron Impact; 1. Classical Theory; 2. General Quantum Theory; 3. Partial Wave Theory; 4. Calculated and Measured Cross Sections; 5. Collisional Excitation Treated as a Radiative Process; Appendix; References.