Books in the North-Holland Personal Library series

Atomic collisions offer opportunities to study atomic structure and reaction mechanisms in experiment and theory, especially for projectiles of high atomic number provided by modern accelerators. This book offers an introduction into the field and provides basic understanding of the atomic processes occurring when a projectile hits another atom.

Replaces the contrived application of the quantum master equation with a satisfactory treatment of quantum fluctuations. This work covers the fluctuations and stochastic methods for describing them. It is of interest to students and researchers in applied mathematics, physics and physical chemistry.