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Synopsis
This has become the standard comprehensive text on the theory of atomic spectra. After a brief history and an exposition of quantum mechanics it is devoted to a unified deduction of the spectra of atoms from quantum mechanical principles. The theory is given in details and the results well documented and compared with experimental observations.
Synopsis
The standard comprehensive work on the theory of atomic spectra. "...a work of the first rank...." Nature
Description
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction; 2. The quantum mechanical method; 3. Angular momentum; 4. The theory of radiation; 5. One-electron spectra; 6. The central-field approximation; 7. The Russell-Saunders case: energy levels; 8. The Russell-Saunders case: eigenfunctions; 9. The Russell-Saunders case: line strengths; 10. Coupling; 11. Intermediate coupling; 12. Transformations in the theory of complex spectra; 13. Configurations containing almost closed shells. X-rays; 14. Central fields; 15. Configuration interaction; 16. The Zeeman effect; 17. The Stark effect; 18. The nucleus in atomic spectra; Appendix. Universal constants and natural atomic units.