Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- THE NATURE OF THE FIELD -- EDUCATIONAL ROLE -- CONTRIBUTIONS TO NATIONAL PROGRAMS -- RECENT ADVANCES IN BASIC ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL SCIENCE -- RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES -- PRIORITIES OF RESEARCH -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- SUPPORT FOR THE RESEARCH INITIATIVES -- INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE PROGRAM OF RESEARCH INITIATIVES -- THEORY -- ACCESS TO LARGE COMPUTERS -- SPECIAL FACILITIES -- 1 A Program of Research Initiatives -- THE NATURE OF THE FIELD -- ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- INTRODUCTION TO THE RESEARCH INITIATIVES -- INITIATIVE IN ATOMIC PHYSICS -- Fundamental Tests and High-Precision Techniques -- Many-Electron Dynamics -- Transient States of Atomic Systems -- INITIATIVE IN MOLECULAR PHYSICS -- The Physics of Isolated Molecules -- The Physics of Molecular Collisions -- INITIATIVE IN OPTICAL PHYSICS -- New Light Sources -- Advanced Spectroscopy -- Quantum Optics -- 2 Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics in the United States Today -- DEMOGRAPHICS OF ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL PHYSICS -- Size of the Field -- Employment -- Distribution of Effort -- THE EDUCATIONAL ROLE OF ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL PHYSICS -- SCIENTIFIC INTERFACES AND APPLICATIONS -- THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL PHYSICS -- THE HEALTH OF THE FIELD IN THE UNITED STATES -- 3 Recommendations -- BACKGROUND-THE HISTORY OF SUPPORT -- Comments -- A PLAN OF ACTION -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Base Support -- Instrumentation -- Theory -- Access to Large Computers -- Special Facilities -- ACCELERATOR-BASED ATOMIC PHYSICS -- ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL PHYSICS WITH SYNCHROTRON RADIATION -- RELEVANCE OF ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL RESEARCH TO THE FUNDING AGENCIES -- Department of Defense -- Department of Energy -- National Science Foundation.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- 4 Atomic Physics -- ELEMENTARY ATOMIC PHYSICS -- Advances in Quantum Electrodynamics -- Magnetic Moment of the Electron and Positron -- Lamb Shift of Hydrogen -- Muonium and Positronium -- Muonic and Hadronic Atoms -- Time-Reversal Symmetry -- Neutral-Current Parity Violations in Atomic Physics -- Foundations of Quantum Theory: Is Quantum Mechanics Complete? -- Studies of Time and Space -- Future Directions -- ATOMIC STRUCTURE -- Loosely Bound Atomic States -- Atoms in Strong Fields -- Double-Well Atomic Potentials -- Collective Atomic States -- Relativistic and Quantum Electrodynamic Effects in Atoms -- ATOMIC DYNAMICS -- Structure of the Electron Continuum -- Dielectronic Recombination -- Ultraslow Collisions -- Collisions with Rydberg Atoms -- Approximate Conservation Laws -- Toward the Complete Scattering Experiment -- Comparisons of Positron and Electron Scattering -- ACCELERATOR-BASED ATOMIC PHYSICS -- Atomic Coherence and Out-of-Round Atoms -- Quantum Electrodynamics of Highly Charged Systems -- Pair Production in Transient Superheavies -- Inner-Shell Molecular Orbitals and Molecular Orbital X Rays -- Charge Transfer -- Slow-Recoil Ion Production -- Tunable X Rays -- ATOMIC PHYSICS REQUIRING LARGER FACILITIES -- Accelerator-Based Atomic Physics -- Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics with Synchrotron Radiation -- 5 Molecular Physics -- THE NEW SPECTROSCOPY -- New Views of Electronic Structure -- Electronic-Structure Theory: Ab Initio Calculations -- Hydrogen-Bonded Molecules -- Vibrational Structure of Polyatomic Molecules -- MOLECULAR PHOTOIONIZATION AND ELECTRON-MOLECULE SCATTERING -- Molecular Photoionization -- Molecular Autoionization Dynamics -- Shape Resonances in Molecular Fields -- Resonant Multiphoton Ionization -- Electron-Molecule Collisions -- MOLECULAR DYNAMICS.

State-to-State Chemistry -- Radiative Collisions -- New Ways to Understand The Dynamics of Chemical Reactions -- Variational Transition-State Theory -- Quasi-classical Trajectory Calculations -- Approximate Quantum-Scattering Calculations -- Resonances in a Simple Reaction Complex -- Bond Breaking And "Half-Collisions" -- Reactions at Very Low Temperatures -- SOME NOVEL MOLECULAR SPECIES -- Molecular Ions -- Van Der Waals Molecules -- 6 Optical Physics -- LASERS-THE REVOLUTION CONTINUES -- Excimers and Excimer Lasers -- LASER SPECTROSCOPY -- Ultraprecise Laser Spectroscopy -- Ultrasensitive Spectroscopy -- Doppler-Free Laser Spectroscopy -- Laser Cooling -- Coherent Optical Transients -- Ultranarrow Optical Transitions -- Coherent Raman Spectroscopy -- QUANTUM OPTICS AND COHERENCE -- Photon Antibunching -- Optical Bistability -- Squeezed States -- Rydberg Atoms and Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics -- FEMTOSECOND SPECTROSCOPY -- 7 Scientific Interfaces -- ASTROPHYSICS -- Atomic Processes -- Rydberg Atoms -- Interstellar Molecules -- Astrophysical Chemistry -- Cosmology -- Space Physics -- CONDENSED-MATTER PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE -- Light-Scattering Spectroscopy -- Clusters -- Ultranarrow Optical Transitions -- Spin-Polarized Quantum Fluids -- SURFACE SCIENCE -- Molecular-Beam Surface Scattering -- Metal Clusters -- Studying Surfaces with Laser Light -- The Role of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Data in Surface Science -- PLASMA PHYSICS -- ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS -- NUCLEAR PHYSICS -- Optical Studies of the Nucleus -- Polarized Nuclear Sources -- Dynamics at the Atom-Nuclear Frontier -- 8 Applications of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics -- PRECISION MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES -- FUSION -- Magnetic Confinement -- Inertial Confinement -- NATIONAL SECURITY -- FIBER-OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS -- MANUFACTURING WITH LASERS -- MATERIALS PROCESSING.

Laser-Induced Surface Chemistry -- Ion Implantation -- DATA-BASE SERVICES -- MEDICAL PHYSICS -- Laser Surgery -- Magnetic-Resonance Whole-Body Imaging -- Further Reading -- Index.