The study of atomic physics propelled us into the quantum age in
the early twentieth century and carried us into the twenty-first
century with a wealth of new and, in some cases, unexplained
phenomena. Topics in Atomic Physics provides a foundation for
students to begin research in modern atomic physics. It can also
serve as a reference because it contains material that is not
easily located in other sources.
A distinguishing feature is the thorough exposition of the
quantum mechanical hydrogen atom using both the traditional
formulation and an alternative treatment not usually found in
textbooks. The alternative treatment exploits the preeminent nature
of the pure Coulomb potential and places the Lenz vector operator
on an equal footing with other operators corresponding to
classically conserved quantities. A number of difficult to find
proofs and derivations are included as is development of operator
formalism that permits facile solution of the Stark effect in
hydrogen.
Discussion of the classical hydrogen atom is also presented.
Using the correspondence principle this provides a transition from
classical to quantum concepts. It is also adapted to describing
certain characteristics of multi-electron atoms.
The book is intended for graduate students who have had
introductory quantum mechanics, but undergraduates who have had
such a course can also benefit from it. There are more than eighty
problems at the ends of chapters with all answers given. A detailed
solutions manual, in some cases giving more than one solution, is
available to instructors.
Charles E. Burkhardt earned his Ph.D. in experimental atomic
physics at Washington University in St.Louis in 1985. He is
Professor of Physics at Florissant Valley Community College in St.
Louis. Jacob J. Leventhal earned his Ph.D. in experimental atomic
physics at the University of Florida in 1965. He is Curators'
Professor at the University of Missouri a" St. Louis. They have
collaborated on experimental atomic physics since 1980, publishing
numerous papers in research and teaching journals.
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