"Version: 20171001"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. What is a halo? -- 1.2. Examples of halo nuclei -- 1.3. Experimental evidence for halos -- 1.4. The three phases of halo studies2. The structure of halo nuclei -- 2.1. One-neutron halos -- 2.2. Three-body systems--th…
"Version: 20231001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Preliminary concepts. 1. The overall picture -- 1.1. The atomistic structure of matter -- 1.2. The quantum nature of physical laws -- 1.3. Subtleties of the quantum picture -- 1.4. The dual nature of physical phenomena2. Essential quantum mechanics -- 2.1. The wavefunction -- 2.2. Quantum operators -- 2.3. The unc…
"Version: 20231101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The history of resonance fluorescence -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Atomic resonance fluorescence -- 1.3. The Heisenberg linewidth and recoil energy -- 1.4. The early history of nuclear resonance fluorescence -- 1.5. Problems2. The M?ossbauer effect -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Discovery of the M?ossbauer effect -- 2.3.…
"Version: 20190301"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. The field of accelerator techniques -- 2.1. Different types of accelerator -- 2.2. Orbital accelerators -- 2.3. Linear accelerators -- 2.4. Direct voltage accelerators -- 2.5. Tandem electrostatic accelerator3. History…
"Version: 20190102"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Radiation and atoms -- 2.1. Width and shape of spectral lines -- 2.2. Atomic orders of magnitude -- 2.3. The central field approximation -- 2.4. The form of the central field -- 2.5. Finding the central field3. The cen…
"Version: 20190401"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The history of resonance fluorescence -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Atomic resonance fluorescence -- 1.3. The Heisenberg linewidth and recoil energy -- 1.4. The early history of nuclear resonance fluorescence2. The M?ossbauer effect -- 2.…
"Version: 20200601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Gaseous atoms or molecules : what happens at ultra-low temperature? -- 1.1. Why do gaseous atoms and molecules float? -- 1.2. Is transition to liquid or solid phase always possible? -- 1.3. Special characters of cold atoms and molecules in gaseous state2. Role of laser light to search the structure of atoms and molecul…
"Version: 20201101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Preliminaries -- 1.1. On the sizes of atoms -- 1.2. Spectroscopy, the quantum concept, and the Balmer formula -- 1.3. Circular orbit forces and energetics -- 1.4. The radiative collapse problem2. The Bohr model I : hydrogenic atoms -- 2.1. Niels Bohr : early life and paper I of the trilogy -- 2.2. The Bohr model : orbi…
"Version: 20210201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Two flavors of hydrogen atoms : a possible explanation of dark matter -- 2.1. The mystery and its resolution through a fundamental discovery -- 2.2. An alternative kind of hydrogen atom as a possible explanation of the latest puzzling observation of the 21 cm radio line from the early Universe -- 2.3…
"Version: 20210207"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction to molecular spectroscopy and photophysics -- 1.1. The distinctiveness of molecular interactions with light -- 1.2. Properties of molecules and their spectra -- 1.3. The electromagnetic spectrum -- 1.4. Photon properties : polarisation and spin2. Atoms and molecules : developing principles of ele…