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020			_a9781482242034
041			_aeng
082			_a539.7 _bNatM
100			_aNatarajan, Vasant
245			_aModern Atomic Physics / _cVasant Natarajan
260			_aBoca Raton: _bCRC Press; _c©2015
300			_axxi, 418p.
520			_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.
650			_aModern physics
650			_aOptics & Photonics
650			_aAtomic and nuclear physics
942			_cBK
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