Subject Index 1479
Dirac gamma matrices 328
Dirac–Hartree–Fock method 351,
1358
Dirac–Pauli matrices 94
direct dynamics 544
direct excitation cross section 934
direction cosine matrix elements 22
discharge
– cold cathode 1327
–flash 644
–H
2
,D
2
644
– hot cathode 1328
– noble gas 644
– positive column 1327
–rf 1331
discretization of the continuum 758
disentanglement 1074
dispersion
– anomalous 1014
– normal 1014
– optical 262
– quantum mechanical cancellation
1202
dispersion relation 1129
– for Thomas scattering 866
dispersive behaviour 1010
dispersive phase 1136
displacement operator 1143
dissociation 562, 576
– electron impact 935
– probabilities 804
– spontaneous 562
dissociative attachment 576, 722
– in Rydberg atom collisions 836
dissociative ionization 1269
dissociative recombination 576,
800, 807, 1239, 1274, 1277, 1294,
1330
– in the atmosphere 1295
– of diatomic ions 807
– polyatomic 566
distinct row table 96
distorted wave approximation 716
– for dielectronic recombination
833
– for elastic scattering 674
distorted wave Born approximation
– strong potential 793, 795
distribution functions
– use of in Rydberg collisions 840
Doppler broadening 1012, 1103
Doppler cooling 1095, 1100
Doppler spectroscopy 973
Doppler-free resonance 1018
Doppler-free spectroscopy 458,
1015
dosimetry 1389
double excitation 906
double ionization 780, 904, 906,
922
– binary encounter approximation for
855
– by antiprotons 756
– in heavy particle scattering 755
double Pfaffians
– skew symmetric matrices 65
double-well potential 1121
doubly excited states 392
down conversion
– energy–time correlations 1189
– nonclassical features 1145
– polarization entanglement 1196
– spontaneous 1187
– suppression of spontaneous 1192
dressed atom
–two-level 1002
dressed state 1002, 1161
– in electron scattering 724
drift velocity 1323
– definition 1321
dynamical algebras 87
dynamical group
– noncompact 87
dynamical symmetry 492, 523
dynamical tunneling 494
Dyson equation 112, 401, 403, 406,
408
Dyson orbital 368
E
e–2e measurement 936
Eagle mount 647
Earnshaw theorem 1099
Eckart coordinates 761, 765
ECPSSR 757
effective Hamiltonian 110
effective range, in elastic scattering
668
effective thickness of the atmosphere
1260
effusive beam 1138
eigenpolarization 1054
eikonal
–Bornseries 716, 726
– criterion 776
– distorted state 779
– in de Broglie optics 1130
– phase 673
eikonal method
– for forward reactive scattering
684
– for heavy particle scattering 755,
778
Einstein A and B coefficients 237,
261, 286, 1005, 1023
– molecular 524
Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen (EPR)
paradox 1195
elastic scattering 661, 705, 933, 976
– Born approximation 674
– cross section 368, 661
– distorted wave approximation 674
– effective range formulae 668
– in reactive systems 683
– intermediate and high energy 714
– low energy 705
– of electrons 705
thermal energy loss function
1270
– oscillatory structure effects 683
– small-angle 680, 681
electric dipole interaction 216, 380,
998
– finite nuclear mass effect 216
– length, velocity and acceleration
forms 380
– molecular 520
– motional correction 1127
– two-level atom 1001
electric dipole moment 216, 836,
998
– molecular 526
electric dipole phase 1136
electric dipole transition 187, 321,
380
– finite nuclear mass effect 216
– helium results 216, 217
– hydrogenic matrix elements 836
– molecular 520, 526
– selection rules 381
– Stokes parameters for 131
electric field
– atoms in 231, 247
– hydrogenic wave functions in
232
– operator 1142
electric multipole 258, 997
electric polarization 999
electric quadrupole transition 187,
192
electromagnetic field 1168
– quantized 331
electromagnetic interaction 413
electromagnetic units 1
electron
– magnetic moment 429
– relative atomic mass 437
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