Atomic structure / Colm T. Whelan.

Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφικές παραπομπές.

1. The Bohr atom -- 1.1. Spectral lines -- 1.2. Center of mass -- 1.3. Atomic units -- 1.4. Isotopes and exotic atoms

2. Quantum mechanics -- 2.1. Formalism -- 2.2. Spin -- 2.3. Wave mechanics

3. One-electron atoms -- 3.1. Two-body systems -- 3.2. Schr�odinger equation with a central potential

4. Multi-electron atoms and the periodic table -- 4.1. Identical particles -- 4.2. The periodic table -- 4.3. Approximate methods

5. The self-consistent field approach -- 5.1. The Hartree method -- 5.2. Slater determinants -- 5.3. The Hartree-Fock approximation

Appendices. A. Vector spaces -- B. Some more mathematical results -- C. Variational methods -- D. Angular momentum.

A knowledge of atomic theory should be an essential part of every physicist's and chemist's toolkit. This book provides an introduction to the basic ideas that govern our understanding of microscopic matter, and the essential features of atomic structure and spectra are presented in a direct and easily accessible manner. Semi-classical ideas are reviewed and an introduction to the quantum mechanics of one and two electron systems and their interaction with external electromagnetic fields is featured. Multielectron atoms are also introduced, and the key methods for calculating their properties reviewed.