Atomic Structure Theory: Lectures on Atomic Physics

Atomic Structure Theory is a textbook for students with a background in quantum mechanics. The text is designed to give hands-on experience with atomic structure calculations. Material covered includes angular momentum methods, the central field Schrödinger and Dirac equations, Hartree-Fock and Dirac-Hartree-Fock equations, multiplet structure, hyperfine structure, the isotope shift, dipole and multipole transitions, basic many-body perturbation theory, configuration interaction, and correlation corrections to matrix elements. Numerical methods for solving the Schrödinger and Dirac eigenvalue problems and the (Dirac)-Hartree-Fock equations are given as well. B-spline basis sets are used to carry out sums arising in higher-order many-body calculations. Illustrative problems are provided, together with solutions. FORTRAN programs implementing the numerical methods in the text are included.

Frank M. Freimann Professor of Physics, University of Notre Dame, 1992-present

Professor of Physics, University of Notre Dame, 1958-present

Chairman: Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, 1982-1985

Chairperson: Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, American Physical Society, 1988-1989.

Alexander von Humboldt Senior U.S. Scientist Award, University of Frankfurt, 1982-1983;

Technical University of Dresden1994; Technical University of Dresden 2001.

Gordon Godfrey Fellow, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2000, 2005