Atomic Processes in Basic and Applied Physics

Abstract

The book is a comprehensive edition which considers the interactions of atoms, ions and molecules with charged particles, photons and laser fields and reflects the present understanding of atomic processes such as electron capture, target and projectile ionisation, photoabsorption and others occurring in most of laboratory and astrophysical plasma sources including many-photon and many-electron processes. The material consists of selected papers written by leading scientists in various fields. Part 1. Atomic Processes in Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas. -- Unsolved Mystery of Ball Lightning / V.L. Bychkov -- Unravelling the Mysteries of Matter Surrounding Supermassive Black Holes / A. Müller and S. Schippers -- Large Hot X-Ray Sources in the Solar Corona / S.V. Kuzin, S.A. Bogachev, A.M. Urnov, V.A. Slemzin and S.V. Shestov, et al. -- Populations of Excited Parabolic States of Hydrogen Beam in Fusion Plasmas / O. Marchuk and Yu. Ralchenko -- Atomic Processes in Dusty Plasmas / D.-H. Ki and Y.-D. Jung. Part 2. Atomic Heavy-particle Collisions. -- Electron Loss and Capture Processes in Collisions of Heavy Many-Electron Ions with Neutral Atoms / V.P. Shevelko, M.S. Litsarev, Th. Stöhlker, H. Tawara and I. Yu. Tolstikhina, et al. -- Electron Loss, Excitation, and Pair Production in Relativistic Collisions of Heavy Atomic Particles / A.B. Voitkiv and B. Najjari -- Target-Scaling Properties for Electron Loss by Fast Heavy Ions / R.D. DuBois and A.C.F. Santos -- Extended Theory of Ionic-Covalent Coupling in Collisions of Rydberg Atoms with Neutral Targets / V.S. Lebedev and A.A. Narits. Part 3. Atomic X-ray Physics for Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas. -- On Spectroscopic Diagnostics of Hot Optically Thin Plasmas / A.M. Urnov, F. Goryaev and S. Oparin -- Storage-Ring Studies of Dielectronic Recombination as a Tool for Precision Spectroscopy / C. Brandau and C. Kozhuharov -- Atomic Physics Using Ultra-Intense X-Ray Pulses / M. Martins, M. Meyer, M. Richter, A.A. Sorokin and K. Tiedtke. Part 4. Atomic Data Applications and Databases. -- Radiation Therapy Using High-Energy Carbon Beams / T. Kanai -- Atomic and Molecular Data for Industrial Application Plasmas / M.-Y. Song, D.-C. Kwon, W.-S. Jhang, S.-H. Kwang and J.-H. Park, et al. -- Broadening of Hydrogenic Spectral Lines in Magnetized Plasmas: Diagnostic Applications / E. Oks -- Approach to Ultralow Ion-Beam Temperatures by Beam Cooling / A. Noda, M. Grieser and T. Shirai -- Semiempirical Formulae for Inelastic Atomic and Molecular Collisions / M. Imai -- Atomic and Molecular Data on Internet / D. Humbert and R.E.H. Clark.