TY - BOOK AU - Brooks,Robert L. TI - Fundamentals of atomic and molecular physics / T2 - Undergraduate lecture notes in physics SN - 9781461466772 (pbk. : acidfree paper) U1 - 539.7 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York : PB - Springer, KW - Nuclear physics N1 - Includes index; Part I Atoms -- 1. Central Forces and Angular Momentum -- 2. Complex Atoms -- 3. Electro- and Magnetostatic Interactions -- 4. Transition Probabilities -- Part II Diatomic Molecules -- 5. Electronic Structure of Diatomic Molecules -- 6. Vibrations and Rotations of Diatomic Molecules-- A. Some atomic constants-- B. Polynomials and spherical harmonics-- C. Some tensor background-- D. Magnetic dipole interaction energy-- Index N2 - This book treats complex atoms in detail, beginning with the two-electron atom and moving to carbon without the need for additional equations. Discusses spontaneous emission from an atom or molecule in an excited state using time-dependent perturbation theory. ER -