Atomic Physics 4

Edward Uhler Condon — a Personal Recollection.- E. U. Condon — the Physicist and the Individual.- Perspectives on “The Theory of Atomic Spectra”.- New Developments in Level Crossing Spectroscopy.- Correlations of Excited Electrons.- The Search for Violation of P or T Invariance in Atoms or Molecules.- Rydberg Constant.- A New Value of the Fine Structure Constant from Helium Fine Structure.- Recent Fine Structure Measurements in Hydrogen-Like Atoms.- Preliminary Experimental Results on the Energy Difference between the 2S1/2 and 2P3/2 Levels of the (?4He)+ System.- Particular Properties of Hadronic (Exotic) Atoms.- The Vacuum Polarization Correction in Muonic Atoms.- The Decay of the Neutral Vacuum in Overcritical Fields.- The Quasi-Molecular Model of Atomic Collsions.- Radiative Transitions in Quasi-Molecules.- Superheavy Quasimolecules.- Modeland Pseudopotential Calculations.- Eikonal-Born Series Methods in Electron-Atom Scattering.- Interaction of Low Energy Positrons with Gaseous Atoms and Molecules.- Threshold Processes in Electron-Helium Scattering.- Electron Scattering by Laser Excited Atoms in well defined States.- Electron Transfer in Simple Atomic Collisions: Recent Theory, Experiment, and Applications.- Low Energy Electron-Molecule Scattering.- Electron Photon Coincidences and Polarization of Impact Radiation.- The Negative Hydrogen Ion and Its Behaviour in Atomic Collisions.- Intramultiplet Mixing and Depolarization in Atomic Collisions.- The Spectra of Colliding Atoms.- Collision Studies with Ion Storage Techniques.- Optical Pumping with Lasers.- High Resolution Spectroscopy by Means of Tunable Lasers and Atomic Beams.- Quantum-Beats and Laser Excitation in Fast-Beam Spectroscopy.- Cascade and Stepwise Laser Spectroscopy of Alkali Atoms.- NewResults Obtained on Electronic Excited States of the H2 Molecule by Methods Involving Coherence or Doppler-Free Effects.- Photoionization and Autoionization of Excited Rare Gas Atoms.- Structure Information from Atomic-Beam Magnetic-Resonance Studies of Many-Electron Atoms.- Many-Body Effects in Atomic Hyperfine Interaction.- Author Index.