Electronic Excitations in Liquefied Rare Gases

Product Description For physicists, chemists, electrical engineers, and materials scientists, 15 review chapters offer wide-ranging, in-depth treatment of the field as it has developed over the past 50 years. Berlin-based editors Schmidt (formerly at Hahn-Meitner-Institut) and Illenberger (Freie UniveritÄt) have brought together an international roster of contributors to create this handbook. Liquified rare gases are non- polar; but the focus here is on the processes of their electronic excitation, which have applications in detectors for high-energy physics, and in light sources for the extreme ultraviolet, among others. Coverage begins with explication of ground state properties of rare gas fluids and their microscopic foundations. A sampling of topics of subsequent chapters: high pressure effects, band structure parameters, high-energy radiation, solutes, superfluid helium II, electric discharges, principles of production and ultra purification, helium droplets, and electron and ion mobility. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) From the Publisher Electronic Excitations in Liquefied Rare Gases is the only reference book published in last 50 years. It provides the most up-to-date coverage in the field of Liquefied Rare Gases. It is an excellent book covering LRG materials, their properties, theoretical aspects, and applications in the fields of high energy physics and other related areas.