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This graduate text, dealing with the field of computational atomic structure, concerns itself specifically with the MultiConfiguration Hartree-Fock (MCHF) approach and the manner in which this approach is used in modem physics.
This modem, reliable exposition of atomic structure theory will prove invaluable to anyone looking to make use of the author's MCHF atomic structure software package (available publicly via the Internet). Beginning with an introduction to computational algorithms and procedures for atomic physics the text goes on to describe the theory underlying non-relativistic atomic structure calculations (making use of Brett-Pauli corrections for relativistic effects) and how the MCHF atomic structure software package can be used to this end. Finally the book treats atomic properties such as energy levels, electron affinities, transition probabilities, specific mass shift, fine structure, hyperfine-structure and autoionization.
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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of quantitative microbeam analysis (MQA). Contributed to by international experts, the book is unique in the breadth of microbeam analytical techniques covered. For each technique, it develops the theoretical background, discusses practical details relating to choice of equipment, and describes the current advances. The book highlights developments relating to Auger electron spectroscopy in scanning electron microscopes and transmission electron microscopes and advances in surface analytical imaging and accelerated ion beam-surface interactions.
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Quantitative Microbeam Analysis provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of quantitative microbeam analysis (MQA). MQA is a technique used to analyze subatomic quantities of materials blasted from a surface by a laser or particle beam, providing information on the structure and composition of the material. Contributed to by international experts, the book is unique in the breadth of microbeam analytical techniques covered. For each technique, it develops the theoretical background, discusses practical details relating to choice of equipment, and describes the current advances. The book highlights developments relating to Auger electron spectroscopy in scanning electron microscopes and transmission electron microscopes and advances in surface analytical imaging and accelerated ion beam-surface interactions.