Povh and Rosina’s Scattering and Structures presents the properties of quantum systems (elementary particles, nucleons, atoms, molecules, quantum gases, quantum liquids, stars, and early universe) with the help of elementary concepts and analogies between these seemingly different systems.
Bogdan Povh, MPI Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg Mitja Rosina, University of Ljubljana
Photon Scattering - Form Factors.- Lepton Scattering - Nucleon Radius.- Quasi-Elastic Scattering - Virtual Photons and Gluons.- The Hydrogen Atom - The Playground of Quantum Mechanics.- Many Electron Atoms - Shell Structure.- Covalent and Ionic Binding - Electron Sharing.- Intermolecular Forces - Building Complex Structures.- Cold Neutron - Spectroscopy of the Solid State.- Quantum Gases - Quantum Degeneration.- Quantum Liquids - Superfluidity.- Metals - Quasi-free Electrons.- Hadrons - Atoms of Strong Interaction.- The Nuclear Force - Pion Sharing.- Nuclei - Droplets of a Fermi Liquid.- Stars, Planets and Asteroids - Interplay between Gravitation and Quantum Phenomena.- Elementary Particles - Fundamental Interactions.- Cosmology - The Early Universe.