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This chapter presents an overview of atomic processes which play important roles in plasma spectroscopy. Starting with the atomic wavefunction of hydrogen, the absorption oscillator strengths between...

This chapter focuses on collective motion of isoscalar nature parameterized by shape variables. The equations of motion are derived from energy conservation as implied by self-consistency. A basic...

Targets for inertial fusion are driven by external beams. Energy deposition of high-power laser and ion beams is considered for cold and hot dense matter. Collisional and resonance absorption of...

The Doppler broadening, the natural broadening, and the quasi-static broadening are introduced. The last broadening is due to the Stark effect in the Holtsmark micro-field with the Debye shielding....

The shell model is generally considered the fundamental nuclear model and works best for light nuclei. More fundamental to the shell model's central position in nuclear physics is that it provides a...

The intensity distribution of the recombination continuum continues smoothly across the ionization limit to the series lines, the upper levels of which are in LTE. Thus, a Boltzmann plot of the...

This chapter describes the basic single-particle model applicable to nearly all deformed nuclei — the Nilsson model. This model is one of the most successful nuclear models ever developed, accounting...

When the plasma density is high, the Coulomb potential for the atomic electron is modified and level energies, transition probabilities are accordingly modified. Collision cross sections are also...

This chapter introduces density operators and matrices for many-body systems, and explains their reduction to one- and two-body densities. Starting from the Slater determinant, the latter are...

This chapter discusses the physics of complex (dusty) plasmas — low-temperature plasmas containing charged microparticles — and the major types of experimental dusty plasmas. Various elementary...