Covering both theory and applications, this important work provides a comprehensive introduction to the modern theory of X-ray and electronic spectra of free atoms. Romas Karazija discusses methods of angular momenta, irreducible tensorial operators, and coefficients of fractional parentage and their use in determining cross sections and probabilities of elementary processes. In addition, Karazija addresses the structure of electronic shells with inner vacancies and many-body effects.

Inhalt
1 Fundamentals of Atomic Theory. The One-Configuration Approximation.- 2 Correlation Methods in Atomic Theory.- 3 The Structure of Atomic Electron Shells. Configurations with Vacancies.- 4 The Creation of Excited States.- 5 X-Ray Absorption Spectra.- 6 Photoelectron Spectra.- 7 Characteristic Emission Spectra.- 8 Auger Spectra.- 9 The width and Shape of the Lines. The Fluorescence Yield.- 10 Bremsstrahlung and X-Ray Scattering.- Appendices.- References.