ABSTRACT

Emphasizing a physical understanding with many illustrations, Introduction to the Physics of Highly Charged Ions covers the major areas of x-ray radiation and elementary atomic processes occurring with highly charged ions in hot laboratory and astrophysical plasmas. Topics include light and ion sources, spectroscopy, atomic structure, magnetic and

chapter 1|20 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|36 pages

Radiation

chapter 3|29 pages

Spectroscopy

chapter 4|86 pages

Light and ion sources

chapter 5|88 pages

Atomic structure

chapter 6|74 pages

Atomic collisions

chapter 7|13 pages

Conclusion and further reading