Semiclassical Descriptions of Atomic and Nuclear Collisions

Preface. On the history of the so-called WKB method
from 1817 to 1926 (N. Fröman and P.O. Fröman). Semiclassical
methods in chemical dynamics (W.H. Miller). Elastic and
Inelastic Processes. Low energy atomic and molecular collisions
(J.P. Toennies). Inner-shell Coulomb ionization (E. Merzbacher).
Variational methods in inner-shell ionization (M. Kleber).
Nuclear elastic scattering (P. Braun-Munzinger). Absorptive
potentials (G. Pollarolo). Coulomb excitation (Th. W. Elze).
Semiclassical functional integral methods for few and many-body
systems (S. Levit). Rearrangment Collisions. Nuclear transfer
reactions (A. Winther). Semiclassical aspects of transfer
reactions (P.D. Bond). Transfer involving deformed nuclei (J.O.
Rasmussen, M.W. Guidry and L.F. Canto). The theory of electron
capture (J.S. Briggs). Electron capture from the K-shell:
experimental (C.L. Cocke). Observation of the Thomas Peak (E.
Horsdal). WKB approximations (D.M. Brink). Complex Collisions.
Nuclear transport phenomena in low-energy heavy-ion collisions
(J.R. Huizenga and W.U. Schrder). Friction in nuclear dynamics
(W.J. Swiatecki). Fusion reactions at low energy (M. Beckerman).
Uniform approximations and condon reflection effects (M.S.
Child). A semiclassical approach to molecular energy transfer
(G.D. Billing). Multiple electron capture (R. Mann). WKB
approach to nonseparable wave equations (U. Fano). Quantum
phase-space distributions and quantum transport theory (F.
Zachariasen). The phase-space representation of quantum mechanics
and the Bohr-Heisenberg correspondence principle (J.P. Dahl).
Penetration of Atomic Particles through Matter. The Barkas effect
and other higher order Z1-contributions to the stopping
power (H.H. Andersen). Heavy-ion stopping (H. Geissel).
Semiclassical description of scattering by atoms and by atomic
strings (J.U. Andersen). Author Index. Subject Index.