Atomic Physics 3: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Atomic Physics, August 7–11, 1972, Boulder, Colorado

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Status of QED Experiments....Pages 1-32
Status of Quantum Electrodynamics Theory....Pages 33-59
Atomic Physics and Quantum Electrodynamics in the Infinite Momentum Frame....Pages 61-72
Theories of the Fine Structure Constant α....Pages 73-84
g J (H)/g S (e) Determination: Preliminary Results....Pages 85-91
Exotic Atoms....Pages 93-118
Highly Excited States of Helium and Neon....Pages 119-141
Theoretical Study of Atomic Rydberg States....Pages 143-153
Inner-Shell Ionization by Heavy Charged Particles....Pages 155-168
Fine Structure and Hyperfine Structure of the Helium Negative Ion....Pages 169-180
Statistical Theory of Atom and Ion Polarizabilities....Pages 181-183
AB Initio Calculations of Atomic Energy Spectra....Pages 185-204
Bound States and Continuum States of Atomic Systems....Pages 205-219
Recent Advances in the Interpretation of Complex Atomic Spectra....Pages 221-246
Model Potential Calculations for Two-Valence Electron Systems....Pages 247-255
Complex Rotations in Atomic Scattering Theory....Pages 257-260
Photodetachment of Li¯ and Na¯....Pages 261-267
Radiative Decay of the Metastable States of the H and He Sequences — Theory....Pages 269-290
Radiative Decay of the Metastable States of the H and He Sequences — Experiment....Pages 291-308
Ionization of Excited Atomic Particles by Electric Fields....Pages 309-326
Metastable States of Highly Excited Heavy Ions....Pages 327-337
Differential Cross Sections for Metastable He and Ar....Pages 339-352
Interstellar Molecules....Pages 353-361
Inner-Shell Ionizations in the Interstellar Medium....Pages 363-375
Atomic Physics in the Upper Atmosphere....Pages 377-392
Rotational Excitation by Resonant Transfer of Electronic Excitation....Pages 393-400
Electronic Polarization Behavior in Collisions....Pages 401-427
Beam Resonance Measurements of Atomic Quadrupole Moments....Pages 429-434
Recent Advances in Helium Optical Pumping....Pages 435-461
The Temperature Dependence of the Electron-Rubidium Spin-Exchange Cross Section....Pages 463-469
Orientation of Short-Lived Mercury Isotopes by Means of Optical Pumping Detected by β and γ Radiation....Pages 471-476
Excited Atomic and Molecular States in Liquid Helium....Pages 477-492
Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis....Pages 493-522
Polarized Electron Sources....Pages 523-541
Photoelectric Measurements of Doublet Intensity Ratios in Cesium....Pages 543-552
Study of e-O 2 and e-H 2 Scattering by Electron Time-of-Flight Spectroscopy....Pages 553-559
Progress with Positron Beams for Atomic Collisions....Pages 561-571
Spin Polarization in Proton-Xenon Charge Exchange Collisions....Pages 573-578
Spectroscopy with Tunable Lasers....Pages 579-614
Saturated Absorption Spectroscopy with Applications to the 3.39 μm Methane Transition....Pages 615-646
Recent Advances in the Spectroscopy of Small Molecules....Pages 647-655
Atomic g-Factors of Hydrogen-Like F 19 ....Pages 657-662
Modulation of Mercury Resonance Fluorescence Under Pulsed Electric Fields: Measurement of Differential Stark Shifts....Pages 663-670
Back Matter....Pages 671-676