1498 Subject Index
– atom–atom 753
– autodetachment 391
– autoionization 391
– basic definitions 741
–Born 714, 716
– charge exchange 761
– charge transfer 753, 775
– classical 659, 835, 841, 976
– classical trajectory method 869
– close-coupling 706
– continuum distorted wave method
775
– coordinate systems 694
– density matrix formalism 126,
695
– distorted wave 716
– elastic 659, 976
quantum amplitudes for 664
– electron–atom 367, 705
– electron–ion recombination 800,
829
– electron–molecule 720
– energy loss straggling 1375, 1392
– energy transfer cross section, for
Coulomb potentials 841
– identical particles 666
– intermediate and high energy 714
– ion–atom collisions 753, 761
– ion–atom ionization 789
– laboratory frame representation
720
– line broadening 279, 875
– linear algebraic equations method
714
– mass transfer 863
– model potential formulae 684
– molecular frame representation
721
– Monte Carlo method 869
– normalization choices 668, 790,
821
– optical potential 715
– orbiting and spiraling collisions
662
– orientation and alignment 123,
693
– photoionization 379
– potential scattering 112, 669
– reactive 561, 978, 984
ionic 576
– recombination 800, 829
– regions of validity (diagram) 871
– relativistic effects 708
– resonant 391, 671, 924
– R-matrix 712, 714, 723
– Rydberg atom collisions 835
– semiclassical 663, 675, 835
– Thomas process 863
– variational methods 713
– Wannier method 781
Schawlow–Townes formula 1028
Schiff cross section 663
Schmidt model 459
Schrödinger equation 109, 235, 307
– asymptotic form 200
– cusp conditions for 200
– for Zeeman effect 227
– hydrogenic 153
– many-electron 308
– mathematical properties of 200
– momentum space 156
– parabolic coordinates 155
– radial solutions of 667
– spherical coordinates 153
– three body 199
computational methods for 200
– time-dependent 1078
direct integration of 1086
solution of 724
– two-electron 199
Schrödinger’s cat 1144
Schwartz inequality 1146
Schwinger generating function 34,
45
Schwinger g-value 184
Schwinger variational method 713
Schwinger–Bargmann generating
function 44
Schwinger–Wu generating function
51
second quantization 105, 115
selection rules
– for electron impact excitation 932
– for molecular radiative transitions
521
– for nonadiabatic coupling 745
– for photoionization 381
– for radiative transitions 187
self-consistent field method
– energy derivatives 472
– for molecules 471
self-energy 208, 414, 439
self-focusing 1058
– critical power 1058
self-imaging 1133
self-induced transparency 1005
self-pulsing instability 1033
self-trapping 1058
semiclassical approximation 675,
783, 835, 951, 997
– for heavy particle scattering 754,
757
– for ionization 783
– Monte Carlo 871
semiclassical quantum defect
representation 837
semiclassical theory
– Young’s two slit experiment,
exclusion of 1185
semiconductor clusters 597, 598
semiconductor laser 1028, 1029,
1033
semirigid rotor 491
seniority 81, 117, 308, 350, 351
separability criterion 1216
separatrix curve 496
series limit 185
series summation formula 5
Seya–Namioka design 647
shakedown process 906, 925
shakeoff process 908, 922, 1358
shakeup process 906, 922, 1358
shallowest ascent path 469
Shannon’s information entropy 233
shape resonance 672
– in surface scattering 1346
Shavitt graph 96
shell structure
– group theory of 80
– mixed configurations 80
shelving state 1104
Sherman function 938
shocked gas, interstellar 1243
Shor’s algorithm 1223
Shore profile 905
shot noise 1188
SI units 1
Sil variational principle 778
silicon
–clusters 597
– oscillator strength spectrum 1375
– photodiode 650
– proton scattering cross section
1377
single active electron approximation
1086
single, double, triple, quadruple
(SDTQ) replacements 316
single-atom detection 1080
single-atom laser 1033
single-centered expansion 757
single-ion trap 457
single-particle model 902
single-photon sources 1182
singlet states 1218
singlet–triplet mixing
– helium mixing angles 216
– scattering phase difference 700
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