Long-Range Casimir Forces: Theory and Recent Experiments on Atomic Systems - Finite Systems and Multiparticle Dynamics 1993 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: An Overview of LongRange Casimir Interactions; L. Spruch. Experimental Studies of High-L Rydberg States in Helium; S. R. Lundeen. High Precision Calculations for the Rydberg States of Helium; G. W. F. Drake. High Rydberg States of Two-Electron Atoms in Perturbation Theory; R. J. Drachman. Long-Range Electromagnetic Forces in Quantum Theory; J. Sucher, G. Feinberg. Index. Publisher Marketing: This series, Finite Systems and Multiparticle Dynamics, is intended to provide timely reviews of current research topics, written in a style sufficiently pedagogic so as to allow a nonexpert to grasp the underlying ideas as well as understand technical details. The series is an outgrowth of our involvement with three interdis- ciplinary activities, namely, those arising from the American Physical Society's Topical Group on Few Body Systems and Multiparticle Dynam- ics, the series of Gordon Research Conferences first known by the title Few Body Problems in Chemistry and Physics and later renamed Dynamics of Simple Systems in Chemistry and Physics, and the series of Sanibel Symposia, sponsored in part by the University of Florida. The vitality of these activities and the enthusiastic response to them by researchers in various subfields of physics and chemistry have convinced us that there is a place--even a need-for a series of timely reviews on topics of interest not only to a narrow band of experts but also to a broader, interdisciplinary readership. It is our hope that the emphasis on pedagogy will permit at least some of the books in the series to be useful in graduate-level courses. Rather than use the adjective Few-Body or Simple to modify the word Systems in the title, we have chosen Finite. It better expresses the wide range of systems with which the reviews of the series may deal. Contributor Bio:  Levin, F S The author received his undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University and his Ph. D. from University of Maryland. Following post-doctoral positions at Rice University, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Author-ity, he accepted an appointment in the Physics Department at Brown University, where he remained for 31 years until his retirement in 1998. Contributor Bio:  Levin, Frank Until his retirement Professor Levin was a faculty member at Brown University, teaching a wide variety of graduate and undergraduate courses in physics and mathematics. Since retiring in 2001 he has taught adult education courses on cosmology and the universe (2002, 2003, and 2005), and on quantum ideas and phenomena (2004 and 2006). His publications include An Introduction to Quantum Theory (Cambridge, 2001/2002), co-editor with D. A. Micha, two volumes in the series, Finite Systems and Multiparticle Dynamics (Plenum): Vol. 1 Long Range Casimir Forces (1993); Vol. 2 Coulomb Interactions in Nuclear and Atomic Few-body Systems (1996).