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The present Proceedings of the 3rd Euroconference on Atomic Physics at Accelerators : Stored Particles and Fundamental Physics (APAC2001), which was held at University of Aarhus, Denmark, September 8-13, 2001 contains papers on recent research on atomic physics applying traps and storage rings. In particular, subjects covered are: Recombination measurements at storage rings and theory, measurements of fundamental constants, spectra and lifetimes of highly charged ions, atomic lifetimes and spectra, ionization, fragmentation and electron capture, cooling of beams in traps and storage rings, new developments in charged particle traps and storage rings, weak interactions, investigations relevant for astrophysics, clusters, biomolecules, aerosols and nanoparticles, and atomic physics with antiparticles.Together with the proceedings of the earlier conferences in this series: APAC2000 on Mass Spectrometry (19-23 September 2000 Cargese, Corsica, France) and APAC1999 on Laser Spectroscopy and Applications (19-24 September 1999, Mainz, Germany) it gives a comprehensive overview on recent achievements of atomic physics at accelerators.The book's intended target group is students and researchers in atomic physics and related fields. ... Read more

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This volume deals with the basic knowledge and understanding of the fundamental interactions of low-energy electrons with molecules. Recent advances in electron-molecule interaction processes are discussed and a unique up-to-date and comprehensive account of the fundamental interactions of low-energy electrons with molecules of current interest in modern technology, specially the semiconductor industry, is presented. The material provided in this volume will aid scientists and engineers working in many fields of basic and applied science and engineering. The unique and authoritative knowledge, information, and understanding it provides generically underpins advances in plasma, laser, lighting, discharge, environmental, radiation, and other technologies. ... Read more

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The Third Edition of the hugely successful Introduction to Cosmology provides a concise, authoritative study of cosmology at an introductory level. Starting from elementary principles and the history of cosmology, the text carefully guides the student on to curved spacetimes, general relativity, black holes, cosmological models, particles and symmetries, and phase transitions.

Extensively revised, this latest edition includes broader and updated coverage of distance measures, gravitational lensing and waves, dark energy and quintessence, the thermal history of the Universe, inflation, large scale structure formation, and the ‘cosmological coincidence’problem.

• Illustrated throughout and comprehensively referenced with problems at the end of each chapter.
• Includes more material on observational astrophysics and expanded sections on astrophysical phenomena.
• Latest observational results from the WMAP satellite and the 2 degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey.

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Excellent Book!
If you are looking for a way to teach yourself the basics of Cosmology fast and with ease, I highly recommend it. The book covers many topics and take you step by step into the fundemental concepts of Cosmology. The only thing that I have against it is that it is too expensive for a 238-page and soft-cover book. I guess it is worth buying if you do not have another choice. ... Read more

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Chemistry is the central and essential science that can be defined as a science of atoms and molecules or reactions of different kinds of matter or inner beauty of molecular world. Chemistry is everywhere. The life on this planet critically depends upon the science of chemistry.Chemistry is encountered at each and every step of the life without feeling its presence.The benefits it can offer are tremendous; better chemistry better living. This book is a kind of chemical educational novel or a tale based on the classroom experiment and written to educate the general public, and especially the students of chemistry, through the events surrounding a fictitious student Mercury in one day of her life.It briefly explains various common chemistry concepts in a simple language without going into details of chemistry, so that a common person without any chemistry background can comprehend and recognize the service of chemistry to mankind. To supplement the concepts in chemistryWhat is Chemistryis described in Introduction.Further, to enhance the reader s curiosity A Brief History of ChemistryandFrontiers in Chemistryare appended.Few research articles are also appended to shed a light on few concepts for those who are interested in research. ... Read more

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Chemists today creatively use laser-generated photons as probes ofmolecular structure and as reagents to effect chemical transformations. A Guideto Lasers in Chemistry serves to introduce and illustrate the use of lasers inchemistry through specific case studies. The in-depth case glossary andappendices make this text an excellent reference tool for professionals. It isalso appropriate for those preparing for research on the various uses of lasersor individuals who are interested in the use of lasers in chemistry. ... Read more

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Almost a coffee table book...
Lasers in Chemistry is a first glance a very easily accessible book with good use of figures and easily understood text. Additionally, the case studies outlined in the later chapter are particularly interesting and more comlete than I have seen in other texts.

However, for the average user of this book (an advanced undergraduate or graduate Chemistry student) a more advanced book such as Andrews' Lasers in Chemistry would be far more informative and equally well understood.

Perhaps a new edition of the book will add some necessary detail and improve on the organization of some of the topics. ... Read more

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Molecular Theory of Solvation presents the recentprogress in the statistical mechanics of molecular liquids applied tothe most intriguing problems in chemistry today, including chemicalreactions, conformational stability of biomolecules, ion hydration,and electrode-solution interface. The continuum model of "solvation"has played a dominant role in describing chemical processes insolution during the last century. This book discards and replaces itcompletely with molecular theory taking proper account of chemicalspecificity of solvent. The main machinery employed here is thereference-interaction-site-model (RISM) theory, which is combined withother tools in theoretical chemistry and physics: the ab initio anddensity functional theories in quantum chemistry, the generalizedLangevin theory, and the molecular simulation techniques. This book will be of benefit to graduate students and industrialscientists who are struggling to find a better way of accountingand/or predicting "solvation" properties. ... Read more

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Here, readers are introduced to the current experimental techniques of laser spectroscopy of van der Waals complexes produced in supersonic beams. The book is unique in its style, subject and scope, and provides information on recent research not only for researchers focusing on molecular spectroscopy but also for those interested in the cooling of atoms and molecules. Additionally, it provides a comprehensive characterization of the metal(Me)-rare gas(RG) and Me2 diatoms, using an example of the 12-group and rare gas atoms, respectively.
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Dealing mainly with collisions of electrons and photons with heavy particles, Atomic Collisions discusses electron-electron and photon-electron collisions. The energy range covered extends from a few meV up to a few MeV (excluding collisions in which nuclear forces are important). Emphasis is on the mechanisms by which the various collisions take place; almost all of the scattering approximations used in atomic collision theory are considered. Topics covered include scattering resonances, coincidence measurements, merged-beam experiments, positron collisions, collisions between spin-polarized particles, GaAs polarized electron sources, position-sensitive detection, synchrotron radiation sources, cyclotron resonance masers, laser cooling and trapping, multiphoton processes, and more. The exposition is relatively self-contained and includes end-of-chapter notes and more than 200 problems. ... Read more

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Excellent Problem Sets
A good graduate level text on electron and photon scattering off heavy particles. It covers a wide variety of experimental situations, including reactors, accelerators, lasers and masers. Useful not just to theorists but also to experimentalists who want a good understanding of the topic.

Aggregates material scattered through journal papers and much more specialised monographs.

A distinctive feature of the book is the extensive problem sets per chapter. At the level of this book, it is fairly uncommon for find texts that offer these. Quite apart from the pedagogic nature of the problems, some may be applicable in an actual experimental situation that you are trying to analyse. ... Read more

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This comprehensive volume surveys the general aspects of atomic cluster science and outlines some of its important new challenges. It begins by detailing the recent advances in the understanding of structure and the essential properties of selected atomic cluster systems, fullerenes and confined atoms. Recent advances in the field of photo processes involving atomic clusters and fullerenes are discussed, and an entire chapter is devoted to the problem of fission dynamics of atomic clusters, presenting parallels with similar processes in nuclear physics.The book goes on to describe the problems of electron-cluster collisions with special emphasis on polarization and collective excitation effects. The important area of the behavior of atomic clusters in laser fields is considered; the ionization, collective dynamics of electrons in the system in the presence of the laser field, and the laser induced dynamics of molecules and clusters are thoroughly described.

Finally, a broad spectrum of problems in the area of ionic collisions with fullerenes and metal clusters is covered — from both experimental and theoretical points of view — and the results of the most recent measurements are reported. The concluding chapter takes a careful look at the interaction of an atomic cluster with a surface. The problems of cluster deposition and formation at a surface as well as collision processes involving clusters deposited at a surface are considered through a number of illustrative examples. ... Read more

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Quantum mechanics can describe the detailed structure and behavior of matter, from electrons, atoms, and molecules, to the whole universe. It is one of the fields of knowledge that yield extraordinary precessions, limited only by the computational resources available. Among these methods is density functional theory (DFT), which permits one to solve the equations of quantum mechanics more efficiently than with any related method.
The present volume represents the most comprehensive summary currently available in density functional theory and its applications in chemistry from atomic physics to molecular dynamics. DFT is currently being used by more than fifty percent of computational chemists. ... Read more