Hydrogen Atom (Proceedings of the Symposium Held in Pisa, Italy, June 30-July 2, 1988).

New York, NY Springer-Verlag, 1989. Hardcover First Ed, unstated. Very Good: shows light wear to extremities; former owner's name at front free endpaper and at the top edge and fore edge; shows the very slightest spine lean; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing moderate wear and a couple of other flaws. Bright and clean. Despite noted flaws, remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.75 x 6.75 x 1 inches). xi, 353 pages. Illustrated with 157 duotone photographs, diagrams, graphs, drawings, etc. Language: English. Weight: 26 ounces. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'. Atomic hydrogen, the simplest of all stable atoms, has been a challenge to spectroscopists and theoreticians for many years. Here, as in similar systems like positronium, muonium and possibly helium, the accuracy of theoretical predictions is comparable to that of experimental measurements. Hence exciting confrontations are possible. This together with expected large experimental improvements explains the strong interest in the symposium held in Pisa in June-July 1988. The resulting book completely covers the precision spectroscopy of atomic hydrogen and hydrogen-like systems, and also discusses aspects of QED and the influence of strong fields.