This book contains 18 scientific papers setting out the latest developments in the scientific disciplines and endeavours to which Professor P. G. Burke has contributed over the last 40 years, prior to his formal retirement in September 1998. The aim of the volume is to provide an up-to-date survey of the latest developments in many areas of atomic and molecular collision physics and applications and also a number of scientific disciplines where supercomputers play a central role. It will be of use to researchers in various scientific areas and especially to those entering new areas of atomic, molecular and optical physics. The book will form a permanent record celebrating the many contributions by Professor P. G. Burke, CBE, FRS, to the advancement of scientific knowledge. Booknews This collection of 18 papers is part of a September 1998 conference held in Belfast. Among the topics are electron-atom resonances, recent progress in electron-atom scattering, benchmark studies in electron-impact excitation of atoms, aspects of an approach to electron scattering by small molecules, and manipulating small molecules with intense laser fields. Other topics are elastic electron collision with chiral and oriented molecules, embedding and r-matrix methods at surfaces, radiation pressure and element diffusion in stellar interiors, and atomic physics of muon-catalyzed fusion. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Professor Philip G. Burke, CBE, FRS formally retired on 30 September 1998. To recognise this occasion some of his colleagues, friends, and former students decided to hold a conference in his honour and to present this volume as a dedication to his enormous contribution to the theoretical atomic physics community. The conference and this volume of the invited talks reflect very closely those areas with which he has mostly been asso- ated and his influence internationally on the development of atomic physics coupled with a parallel growth in supercomputing. Phil's wide range of interests include electron-atom/molecule collisions, scattering of photons and electrons by molecules adsorbed on surfaces, collisions involving oriented and chiral molecules, and the development of non-perturbative methods for studying multiphoton processes. His devel- ment of the theory associated with such processes has enabled important advances to be made in our understanding of the associated physics, the interpretation of experimental data, has been invaluable in application to fusion processes, and the study of astrophysical plasmas (observed by both ground- and space-based telescopes). We therefore offer this volume as our token of affection and respect to Philip G. Burke, with the hope that it may also fill a gap in the literature in these important fields. Preliminaries......Page 1 Preface......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 1. Fifty Years of Atomic and Molecular Collision Theory......Page 10 2. Electron-Atom Resonances......Page 18 3. Recent Progress in Electron-Atom Scattering......Page 24 4. Benchmark Studies in Electron-Impact Excitation of Atoms......Page 42 5. A Model Adiabatic Potential to Study Shapes and Locations of Single Particle Resonances......Page 60 6. Aspects of an Ab Initio Approach to Electron Scattering by Small Molecules......Page 76 7. Atoms in Intense Laser Fields......Page 86 8. Manipulating Small Molecules with Intense Laser Fields......Page 114 9. Matrix Methods......Page 128 10. Elastic Electron Collision with Chiral and Oriented Molecules......Page 146 11. Positron Scattering by Atoms......Page 164 12. From Positron to Positronium Scattering......Page 180 13. Embedding and R-Matrix Methods at Surfaces......Page 192 14. Negative Ion Resonance of Molecules on Surfaces......Page 206 15. BERTHA—4-Component Relativistic Molecular Quantum Mechanics......Page 222 16. JET Applications of Atomic Collisions......Page 234 17. Radiation Pressure and Element Diffusion in Stellar Interiors......Page 258 18. Atomic Physics of Muon-Catalyzed Fusion......Page 278 Index......Page 288 Atomic, Molecular and Optical (AMO) Physics is about photons, electrons and positrons, positive and negative ions, atoms and molecules and their mutual interactions.
