Trends in Atomic and Molecular Physics : Proceedings of the XII National Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics, Held 29 December 1998 to 2 January 1999, in Udaipur, India

This volume presents and reviews trends and developments in the following active areas of research in atomic and molecular physics: structure and properties of clusters; atomic dynamics in intense laser fields, (e, 2e); and photoionization processes.

1. Intense, Ultrashort, Laser-Solid Interactions; S. Banerjee , G. Ravindra Kumar, L. Tribedi. 2. Intense-field many-body S-matrix theory of atomic and molecular processes in femtosecond laser pulses; F.H.M. Faisal, A. Becker, J. Muth-Böhm. 3. Structure and properties of atomic clusters; S. Mukherjee. 4. Inner shell ionization processes; C.T. Whelan. 5. Electron impact ionisation: A progress report; H. Klar. 6. Electron impact ionisation of atoms and molecules; S.P. Khare, S. Tomar. 7. Total ionisation cross sections for electron scattering from atomic and molecular targets using quantum mechanical semi-empirical approach from threshold to 400 eV; K.L. Baluja. 8. Radiative electron capture and the photoionization of hydrogen-like ions; J. Eichler. 9. Electron excitation of autoionizing states in alkalis; R. Srivastava. 10. Depopulation of Low-Rydberg atoms: A semi-classical study; A. Kumar. 11. Chemical binding and electron correlation effect studied by inelastic x-ray and high energy electron spectroscopy; A.N. Tripathi. 12. Quantum optical resonance; S. Mathur, U. N. Upadhyaya. 13. Collision physics as a tool for environmental physics; N.J. Mason, S.K. Pathak, J M. Gingel, N.C. Jones. 14. Confined atoms: A new path towards controlled orbital collapse; J.-P. Connerade, P. Anantha Lakshmi,V.K. Dolmatov. 15. Ionization of atoms under heavy particle impact; S.C. Mukherjee. 16. Classical and quantum mechanical investigations on charge transfer in heavy ion-atom interactions; C.R.Mandal. 17. Low energy electron emission in fast ion-atom collisions; L.C. Tribedi. 18. Neutral atom traps for Bose-Einstein condensation; B.N. Jagatap, A.P. Marathe, K.G. Mianohar, R.C. Sethi, S A. Ahmad. 19. Correlation and photoionization: retrospect and prospect; S.N. Tiwary. 20. Low energy photoionization in the Ar isoelectronic sequence: Complex effects of Z; H.S. Chakraborty, P.C. Deshmukh, S.T. Manson. 21. Z-Dependence of photoabsorption properties in isoelectronic sequences; P.C. Deshmukh, H.S. Chakraborty, E.W.B. Dias, S.T. Manson. 22. Multiphoton and multistep laser ionisation spectroscopy of atoms; S.A. Ahmad, S.G. Nakhate. 23. Radiative lifetime measurements and study of perturbed electronic states of NO2; K.P. Subramanian, V. Sivakumaran, V. Kumar. 24. Electron exchange model potential: Application to positronium scattering from atoms and molecules; P.K. Biswas. Indian Society for Atomic and Molecular Physics.Index.