Table of Contents

• 1. Electrons, photons and atoms.
• 2. The elements of quantum mechanics.
• 3. One-electron atoms.
• 4. Interaction of one-electron atoms with electomagnetic radiation.
• 5. One-electron atoms: fine structure and hyperfine structure.
• 6. Interaction of one-electron atoms with external electric and magnetic fields.
• 7. Two-electron atoms.
• 8. Many-electron atoms.
• 9. Interaction of many-electron atoms with electromagnetic radiation and with static electric and magnetic fields.
• 10. Molecular structure.
• 11. Molecular spectra.
• 12. Atomic collisions: basic concepts and potential scattering.
• 13. Electron-atom collisions and atomic photoionisation.
• 14. Atom-atom collisions.
• 15. Masers, lasers and their interaction with atoms and molecules.
• 16. Further developments and applications of atomic and molecular physics.
• 17. Appendices.
• References.
• Index.