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• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Author biography
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Radiation and atoms
• 2.1 Width and shape of spectral lines
• 2.1.1 Lifetime broadening
• 2.1.2 Collision or pressure broadening
• 2.1.3 Doppler broadening
• 2.2 Atomic orders of magnitude
• 2.2.1 Other important atomic quantities
• 2.3 The central field approximation
• 2.4 The form of the central field
• 2.5 Finding the central field
• 3 The central field approximation
• 3.1 The physics of the wave functions
• 3.1.1 Energy
• 3.1.2 Angular momentum
• 3.1.3 Radial wavefunctions
• 3.1.4 Parity
• 3.2 Multi-electron atoms
• 3.2.1 Electron configurations
• 3.2.2 The periodic table
• 3.3 Gross energy level structure of the alkalis: quantum defect
• 4 Corrections to the central field: spin–orbit interaction
• 4.1 The physics of spin–orbit interaction
• 4.2 Finding the spin–orbit correction to the energy
• 4.2.1 The B-field due to orbital motion
• 4.2.2 The energy operator
• 4.2.3 The radial integral
• 4.2.4 The angular integral: degenerate perturbation theory
• 4.2.5 Degenerate perturbation theory and the vector model
• 4.2.6 Evaluation of 〈sˆ_·lˆ_〉 using DPT and the vector model
• 4.3 Spin–orbit interaction: summary
• 4.4 Spin–orbit splitting: alkali atoms
• 4.5 Spectroscopic notation
• 5 Two-electron atoms: residual electrostatic effects and LS-coupling
• 5.1 Magnesium: gross structure
• 5.2 The electrostatic perturbation
• 5.3 Symmetry
• 5.4 Orbital effects on electrostatic interaction in LS-coupling
• 5.5 Spin–orbit effects in two-electron atoms
• 6 Nuclear effects on atomic structure
• 6.1 Hyperfine structure
• 6.2 The magnetic field of electrons
• 6.3 Coupling of I and J
• 6.4 Finding the nuclear spin, I
• 6.5 Isotope effects
• 7 Selection rules
• 7.1 Parity
• 7.2 Configuration
• 7.3 Angular momentum rules
• 8 Atoms in magnetic fields
• 8.1 Weak field, no spin
• 8.2 Weak field with spin and orbit
• 8.2.1 Anomalous Zeeman pattern
• 8.2.2 Polarization of the radiation
• 8.3 Strong fields, spin and orbit
• 8.4 Intermediate fields
• 8.5 Magnetic field effects on hyperfine structure
• 8.5.1 Weak field
• 8.5.2 Strong field
• 9 X-rays: transitions involving inner-shell electrons
• 9.1 X-ray spectra
• 9.2 X-ray series
• 9.3 Fine structure of x-ray spectra
• 9.4 X-ray absorption
• 9.5 Auger effect
• 10 High-resolution laser spectroscopy
• 10.1 Absorption spectroscopy
• 10.2 Laser spectroscopy
• 10.2.1 ‘Doppler-free’ spectroscopy
• 10.2.2 Crossed beam spectroscopy
• 10.2.3 Saturation spectroscopy
• 10.2.4 Two-photon-spectroscopy
• 10.3 Calibration of Doppler-free spectra
• 10.4 Comparison of ‘Doppler-free’ methods