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Theoretical
investigations of the electromagnetic interactions of electrons, ions,
atoms, and molecules with each other and with photons are carried out both
analytically and numerically. There are research programs concerned with
intense radiation fields leading to multiphoton excitation and ionization,
with collision theory, with relativistic photon scattering, radiation,
and absorption, and with modification of these processes in hot and/or
dense plasma environments. These studies have been important applications
to x-ray laser development, to laser and magnetic fusion, to atmospheric
and space physics, and to astrophysics.
updated: February 13, 2017 |