Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Volume 42 (Advances in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)
Contributors: Benjamin Bederson (Series Editor); Herbert Walther (Series Editor)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: September 29, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 554
ISBN-13: 9780120038428
Subjects: Atomic & molecular physics; Nuclear structure physics; Atomic And Nuclear Physics; Molecular Physics; Science; Science/Mathematics; Nuclear Physics; Optics; Science / Nuclear Physics; Astrophysics & Space Science; Cosmology
First sentence: 70 years ago Maria Goppert-Mayer [1] showed that the energy of many photons can be combined to achieve ionization in cases where the energy of one photon is not sufficient to overcome the binding.