RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ATOMIC THEORY
CONTENTS 1 METROLOGY A MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS B UNIVERSAL UNITS AND FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS C ATOMIC UNITS D PROBLEMS 2 PRELIMINARIES A CLASSICAL HARMONIC OSCILLATOR B QUANTUM HARMONIC OSCILLATOR C COHERENT STATES D SQUEEZED STATES E RADIATION F PROBLEMS 3 ATOMS A SPECTROSCOPIC NOTATION B ENERGY LEVELS OF ONE-ELECTRON ATOMS C INTERACTION WITH MAGNETIC ?ELDS D ATOMS IN STATIC ELECTRIC ?ELDS — STARK E?ECT E PERMANENT ATOMIC ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENT (EDM) F ATOMS IN OSCILLATING ELECTRIC ?ELDS G STRONG OSCILLATING ?ELDS — DRESSED ATOMS H PROBLEMS 4 NUCLEUS A ISOTOPE E?ECTS B HYPER?NE STRUCTURE C PROBLEMS 5 RESONANCE A INTRODUCTION B MAGNETIC RESONANCE D RESONANCE IN A TWO-STATE SYSTEM E DENSITY MATRIX F RESONANCE OF A REALISTIC TWO-STATE SYSTEM G PROBLEMS 6 INTERACTION A INTERACTION OF EM RADIATION WITH ATOMS B SELECTION RULES AND ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION C TRANSITION RATES D SPONTANEOUS EMISSION E ORDER-OF-MAGNITUDE OF SPONTANEOUS EMISSION F SATURATION INTENSITIES 7 MULTIPHOTON A TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION B TWO-PHOTON DE-EXCITATION PROCESSES C RAMAN PROCESSES D DRESSED ATOM FOR MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES E PROBLEMS 8 COHERENCE A COHERENCE IN SINGLE ATOMS B COHERENCE IN LOCALIZED ENSEMBLES C COHERENCE IN EXTENDED ENSEMBLES D MIXED EXAMPLES E COHERENT CONTROL IN MULTILEVEL ATOMS F OTHER E?ECTS IN COHERENT CONTROL 9 LINESHAPES A LOW-INTENSITY AND SIMPLE COLLISIONS B RELATIVISTIC E?ECTS IN EMISSION AND ABSORPTION C LINESHAPE OF ATOMS IN A GAS D CON?NED PARTICLES E GAUSSIAN BEAM OPTICS 10 SPECTROSCOPY A ALKALI ATOMS B EXPERIMENTAL TOOLS C DOPPLER-FREE TECHNIQUES D NONLINEAR MAGNETO-OPTIC ROTATION — NMOR 11 COOLING AND TRAPPING A SPONTANEOUS FORCE B STIMULATED FORCE C MAGNETIC TRAPPING AND EVAPORATIVE COOLING D BOSE–EINSTEIN CONDENSATION E OPTICAL TWEEZERS F ION TRAPPING