Introduction to the Theory of Laser-Atom Interactions

1. Basic Ideas.- 2. States in a Weak Near-Resonant Laser.- 3. More General States of an Atom in a Laser Field.- 4. Spontaneous Radiation by Atoms in Lasers.- 5. Deflection of Atoms in Laser Fields and External Fields.- 6. Potential Scattering of Charged Particles in a Laser Field.- 7. Multiphoton Ionization.- 8. Electron-Atom Scattering in a Laser Field.- 9. Atom-Atom Scattering in the Field of a Laser.- Appendix: The Effect of an Adiabatically Switched Laser on an Atom with a Continuum.- Series Publications.