text: Spring 2021 - PHYS 881 G100
  Special Topics I (3)
  Jeffrey McGuirk
  jmcguirk@sfu.ca
  1 778 782-3158
  Atomic structure: single- and multi-electron atoms, angular momentum, real nuclei
  Molecular structure: Hund's cases, rotation, and vibration
  Atoms in fields: electric and magnetic fields; atom-light interactions using classical, semiclassical, and quantum approaches; selection rules; near-resonant atom-light interactions
  Applications: selected topics such as forces on atoms and molecules, cooling and trapping techniques, scattering, matter wave interferometry, laser stabilization techniques, atoms in cavities, optical lattices, etc.
  Method of delivery: synchronous (recorded)
  There is no required textbook. Most graduate quantum mechanics books include atomic and molecular structure. Atom-field interactions and applications can be found in many atomic physics books, such as The Physics of Atoms and Molecules by Bransden and Joachain, Laser Cooling and Trapping by Metcalf and van der Straten; Optical Resonance and Two-Level Atoms by Allen and Eberly; Atomic Physics by Foot; or Atom-Photon Interactions by Cohen-Tannoudji, Dupont-Roc, and Grynberg.