Atoms in Unusual Situations

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages xi-xi
Production of the Heaviest Elements 107 to 109, Limitations, and Prospects to go Beyond....Pages 1-19
Atomic Physics Through Astrophysics....Pages 21-36
Study of Isotopes Far from the Stability Line....Pages 37-53
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
An Introduction to Rydberg Atoms....Pages 57-75
Rydberg Atoms Radiating in Free-Space or in Cavities : New Systems to Test Electrodynamics and Quantum Optics at an Unusual Scale....Pages 77-105
The Structure of Rydberg Atoms in Strong Static Fields....Pages 107-152
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Atoms In Dense Plasmas....Pages 155-215
Atoms and Ions in Very High Fields....Pages 217-224
Atomic Processes in High-Intensity, High-Frequency Laser Fields....Pages 225-239
Multiple Ionisation of Atoms in Intense Laser Fields....Pages 241-247
Front Matter....Pages 249-249
Qed and Relativity in Atomic Physics....Pages 251-300
Relativistic and Qed Calculations for Many-Electron and Few-Electron Atoms....Pages 301-307
Poster Session on Relativistic Atomic Structure....Pages 309-311
Superheavy Atoms — Electrons in Strong Fields....Pages 313-341
Exotic Phenomena in Collisions of Very Heavy Ions....Pages 343-363
On Low Energy Experiments in Qed for Detecting Effects Specifically due to Vacuum Polarization....Pages 365-379
Front Matter....Pages 381-381
States of an Atomic Electron Pair....Pages 383-395
Non-Relativistic Many-Body Perturbation Theory....Pages 397-428
Many-Body Q.E.D.....Pages 429-432
Back Matter....Pages 433-438