| Latest Advances in Atomic Clusters Collisions: Fission, Fusion, Electron, Ion and Photon Impact Contributor(s): Connerade, Jean-Patrick (Editor), Solov'yov, Andrey (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1860944957 ISBN-13: 9781860944956 Publisher: Imperial College Press OUR PRICE: $135.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2004 Annotation: - The first book covering a broad range of physical and chemical problems of atomic cluster physics in the context of physics of atomic and molecular collisions bull; Contains contributions from leading experts in the field bull; Considers both free and supported cluster systems bull; Provides both a general introduction to the field and describes its very recent developments -- ideal for graduate and post-graduate students new to the area as well as specialists in atomic cluster physics bull; Useful for comprehensive lecture courses in quantum mechanics, condensed matter physics and other courses in which complex finite systems like atoic clusters are relevant |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Nuclear - Science | Physics - Quantum Theory - Technology & Engineering | Power Resources - Nuclear |
| Dewey: 539.757 |
| LCCN: 2005279209 |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6.4" W x 9.22" (1.47 lbs) 396 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This comprehensive volume surveys the general aspects of atomic cluster science and outlines some of its important new challenges. It begins by detailing the recent advances in the understanding of structure and the essential properties of selected atomic cluster systems, fullerenes and confined atoms. Recent advances in the field of photo processes involving atomic clusters and fullerenes are discussed, and an entire chapter is devoted to the problem of fission dynamics of atomic clusters, presenting parallels with similar processes in nuclear physics.The book goes on to describe the problems of electron-cluster collisions with special emphasis on polarization and collective excitation effects. The important area of the behavior of atomic clusters in laser fields is considered; the ionization, collective dynamics of electrons in the system in the presence of the laser field, and the laser induced dynamics of molecules and clusters are thoroughly described.Finally, a broad spectrum of problems in the area of ionic collisions with fullerenes and metal clusters is covered -- from both experimental and theoretical points of view -- and the results of the most recent measurements are reported. The concluding chapter takes a careful look at the interaction of an atomic cluster with a surface. The problems of cluster deposition and formation at a surface as well as collision processes involving clusters deposited at a surface are considered through a number of illustrative examples. |