This book reviews the theoretical and experimental work of atomic collision physics and electron emission processes. The basic research results are interesting for a large readership from atomic physics and adjacent fields. The reader learns about the fundamental processes of electron emission in collisions.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Overview of Ionization Mechanisms.- 3. Theoretical Work.- 4. Experimental Methods.- 5. Ionization by Bare Projectiles.- 6. Ionization by Dressed Projectiles.- 7. Multiple Electron Processes.- 8. Concluding Remarks.- A. Summary of Analytic Cross Section Formulae.- B. Kinematic Effects on Electron Emission.- C. References to Double Differential Cross Section Studies.- References.