Contents

pp vii-xii

Foreword

pp xiii-xiv

Contributors

pp xv-xvi

Preface

pp xvii-xx

Acknowledgements

pp xxi-xxii

Part 1 - ATOMIC STRUCTURE

pp 1-2

1 - Development of atomic many-body theory

pp 3-38

2 - Relativistic many-body perturbation theory for highly charged ions

pp 39-64

3 - Parity nonconservation in atoms

pp 65-90

Part 2 - PHOTOIONIZATION OF ATOMS

pp 91-92

4 - Many-body effects in single photoionization processes

pp 93-124

5 - Photoionization dominated by double excitation in two-electron and divalent atoms

pp 125-149

6 - Direct double photoionization in atoms

pp 150-166

7 - Photoelectron angular distributions

pp 167-182

Part 3 - ATOMIC SCATTERING: A. General Considerations

pp 183-184

8 - The many-body approach to electron-atom collisions

pp 185-212

9 - Theoretical aspects of electron impact ionization, (e, 2e), at high and intermediate energies

pp 213-234

Part 3 - ATOMIC SCATTERING: B. Low-order applications

pp 235-236

10 - Perturbation series methods for calculating electron-atom differential cross sections

pp 237-260

11 - Target dependence of the triply differential cross section for low energy (e, 2e) processes

pp 261-286

12 - Overview of Thomas processes for fast mass transfer

pp 287-302

Part 3 - ATOMIC SCATTERING: C. All-order applications

pp 303-304

13 - R-matrix theory: some recent applications

pp 305-324

14 - Electron scattering from atomic targets: application of Dirac R-matrix theory

pp 325-348

15 - Electron-ion collisions using close-coupling and distorted-wave theory

pp 349-370

Appendix: Units and notation

pp 371-375

References

pp 376-401

Index

pp 402-406