Subject Index 1477
correlation energy 106, 313
– definition of 313
– diagrammatic expression for 365
– Thomas–Fermi Z
−1/3
expansion for
300
correlation function
– master equation 1156
– photon 1146
– quantum regression hypothesis
1156
– scattering 706
– two-time 1156
correlation potential 706
– exchange 476
– Lee, Yang, Parr expression for
302
correspondence principles
– Bohr 839
– Bohr–Sommerfeld quantization
839
– equivalent oscillator theorem 840
– Heisenberg 839
– in Rydberg collisions 839
– strong-coupling 840
cosmic rays 1238
Coster–Kronig transition 920
– super 920
Coulomb
– boundary conditions 776, 779
– coupling parameter 1305
– explosion 1084
– function 155
– gauge 379
–law 1
– logarithms 1307
– phase shift 821
– repulsion 1360
– scattering 671, 819
modified, effective range formula
669
– trajectory 754
– wave, asymptotic form 790
Coulomb–Born approximation
1362
Coulomb–Stark potential 239, 240
counter-intuitive pulse sequencing
1073
counting statistics 1186
coupled cluster (CC) 109
– approximation 401
– calculations 353
– expansion 109, 337
– method 109, 472
coupled-channels method 757
coupled-channels optical (CCO)
method 716
coupling
– electronic and rotational 482
coupling schemes
– term symbols 179
coupling strength
– atom–molecule 1120
coupling, atomic
– J
1
j or J
1
J
2
180
– J
1
l or J
1
L
2
(J
1
K) 180
– LS(Russell–Saunders) 177
– LS
1
(LK) 181
– jj 178
covariance matrix 1217
covariant 4-vectors 327
covariant perturbation theory 413
CPT invariance 429, 430
creation operator 76, 94, 105, 115,
118, 1108, 1142
critical angle
– for total reflection 1131
critical density 1109
critical laser intensity 1081
critical temperature 1109
critical velocity 1118
cross section 659, 706, 882
– Bethe model of 1377
– classical 659, 841, 977
– collision strength 930
– density matrix formalism for 131,
695
– differential 661, 664, 665, 706,
716, 717, 770, 930, 976, 984
binary encounter approximation
852
for Coulomb scattering 819
– double differential 717, 791
– elastic scattering 661
– for multipolar relaxation 223
– frame transformation 517, 792,
975, 985
– Galilean invariant 790
–integral 661, 718, 751, 930
– moment transfer 661
– moments of 661, 708, 814, 1378,
1380
– momentum transfer 930, 1320,
1326
– Rutherford 155, 671, 794, 819,
1376
– selection rules 932
– total scattering 707, 839, 933
– transport 665
– triple differential 717, 783
crossed beam 971
– for ion–molecule reactions 988
– ion-laser 265
crossed beam imaging apparatus
992
crossed beam imaging technique
991
crossing distance 979
Crothers semiclassical approximation
785
Cu
26+
dielectronic recombination
832
cubic graphs, classes of 60
cubic splines 136
cuboid crystal 596
curve crossing 535, 807, 810, 978
– matrix elements of AlH
3+
768
curve fitting 137
– chi-square 138
– least squares 137
cusp conditions, Kato 200
cylindrical mirror analyzer 910
D
damped harmonic oscillator 1153,
1154, 1157
damped two-level atom 1154, 1155
– in squeezed bath 1154
damping rate
– longitudinal 1066
– transverse 1066
dark state 1018, 1073
Darwin term 308, 709
dayglow 1284
– spectra of selected planets 1287
– terrestial spectrum 1286
De Broglie optics 1125
– gravitation 1127
– Hamiltonian 1126
– rotation 1127
De Broglie wavelength 824
–thermal 1138
Debye length 1305
Debye shielding 1325
decay
– free induction 1068
– purely radiative 1005
decay rate
– inelastic collisions 1004
– spontaneous 215, 1004
decoherence 1162, 1223
decoherence times 1224
decoherence-free subspace 1224
deflection function 976
– formulae 660
deflection parameter 643
degeneracy groups (algebras) 87
degenerate Fermi gas 1109
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