Dynamics During Spectroscopic Transitions

"How does a photon get into an atom?" This question puzzled not only leading scientists, e.g. Schrödinger and Heisenberg. It is still asked by students. And it is, indeed, a key question of quantum mechanics. James D. Macomber's book was the first to provide a didactic and unified approach to the answer. It has been updated with recent experimental results and modern theoretical interpretations, including quantum correlation effects in condensed matter, four-wave mixing and synchrotron radiation . The book has been written for final year undergraduate students in Chemistry and Physics. It provides an understanding for similarities among the spectroscopic methods, and is stimulating to read.
TOC: Introduction - Elementary Quantum Theory - Elementary Electromagnetic Theory - Interaction of Radiation and Matter - Ensembles of Radiating Systems - Relaxation Processes and Coherent Dissipative Structures - Applications of CSM Theory - Basic Principles of Magnetic Resonance - Spin Dynamics and Radical Reactions - Generalization of the Gyroscopic Model - Stimulated Scattering: Third Order Processes - Transient Grating Spectroscopy - Synchrotron Radiation and Free Electron Lasers.