Handbook of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

"Atomic, molecular, and optical physics (AMO) is the study of matter-matter and light-matter relations; at the scale of one or a few atoms and energy scales around several electron volts. This guide covers comprehensive reference source that integrates the entire fields of atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics, assembling the principal ideas, techniques and results of the field from atomic spectroscopy to applications in comets. It aims at providing something like the canonical knowledge of modern atomic and molecular physics and optical physics. All of these topics constitute a vital area of active and highly productive research in physics.