Publication Date:
2024-04-05
Description:
This Open Access book gives a comprehensive account of both the history and current achievements of molecular beam research. In 1919, Otto Stern launched the revolutionary molecular beam technique. This technique made it possible to send atoms and molecules with well-defined momentum through vacuum and to measure with high accuracy the deflections they underwent when acted upon by transversal forces. These measurements revealed unforeseen quantum properties of nuclei, atoms, and molecules that became the basis for our current understanding of quantum matter. This volume shows that many key areas of modern physics and chemistry owe their beginnings to the seminal molecular beam work of Otto Stern and his school. Written by internationally recognized experts, the contributions in this volume will help experienced researchers and incoming graduate students alike to keep abreast of current developments in molecular beam research as well as to appreciate the history and evolution of this powerful method and the knowledge it reveals.
Keywords:
Quantum Physics
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Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra
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Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
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History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
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Physics, general
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Atomic and Molecular Structure and Properties
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History of Physics and Astronomy
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Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy
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Physics and Astronomy
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Open Access
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Molecular Beam History
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Precision Measurements
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Femto- and Atto-science
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Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
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Droplet Beams
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Molecular Beam Applications
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Matter Wave Interferometry
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Ultracold Atoms
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Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory)
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Nuclear physics
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Theoretical & mathematical astronomy
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History of science
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Physics
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thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics::PHQ Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)
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thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics::PHN Nuclear physics
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thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PG Astronomy, space and time
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thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science
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thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics
Language:
English
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