PHYSICS 6790/8790 - Spring 1999

CURRENT ISSUES in ATOMIC, MOLECULAR & OPTICAL PHYSICS


Larry J. Curtis

Distinguished University Professor
Physics & Astronomy

Office: McMaster Hall 4025
Phone: (419) 530-2341
FAX: (419) 530-2723
E-Mail: ljc@physics.utoledo.edu
URL: www.physics.utoledo.edu/~ljc/ljc.html


REPORTS AND PROJECTIONS
  • The Role of AMO Physics in the DoE BES Program (P. Dehmer, DAMOP 1998)
  • DoE AMO Workshop Report (Chantilly VA, September 1997)
  • Position Paper (L.J. Curtis, November 1998)
  • Physics in 50 Years (D. Kleppner, Physics Today, November 1998)
  • APS Centennial Meeting (Atlanta GA, March 1999)
  • Focused Session Descriptions
  • NSF Special Emphasis Panel (February 1997)
  • APS News 1997

    RESOURCE MATERIALS
  • Physical Review Focus (Archive)
  • Beyond Reality - Subtleties of Quantum Information (New Scientist, March 1998)
  • Optical Tweezers & Laser Scalpels (Umeå Univ.)
  • Quantum Dots (Technische Univ. Berlin)
  • Artificial Atoms (M.A. Kastner, Physics Today, January 1993)
  • Clusters (Max-Planck-Institut, Stuttgart)
  • Illumination Technology (J. Lawler, Univ. Wisconsin)
  • Plasma-Aided Manufacturing (Univ. Wisconsin)
  • Gaseous Electronics Plasma-Aided Manufacturing
  • Ovonics (Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.)
  • COLTRIMS (Kansas State Univ.)

    DISCUSSION TOPICS
  • Atomic Mirrors
  • Antigravity
  • Atomic Force Microscope
  • Adaptive Eyecare
  • Conceptual theory
  • Genetic algorithm
  • French


    DICTIONARIES
  • Plasma/Fusion Physics Glossary
  • Photonics Dictionary

    RECENT REVIEWS (LJC)
  • Precision Oscillator Strength & Lifetime Measurements (AMO Physics Handbook, 1996)
  • Lifetimes of Excited States in Highly Charged Ions (Monograph, Springer-Verlag, 1999)

    SIDELIGHTS
  • Traffic Phase Transitions
  • Color Confusion
  • Kevin Bacon Numbers
  • 6 degrees of Separation (Discover Mag. Dec. 1998)
  • 1998 Ig Nobel Prizes
  • Spousal uncertainty
  • J. Improb. Rec.
  • Good News!
  • The Cold Facts about Hot Hands

    TRANSPARENCY FILES
  • Casimir Forces
  • Helium fine structure
  • Screening parametrization of line strength
  • Multidimensional spaces
  • Multipole distributions